I did my own makeup for my wedding (did I see raised
eyebrows in surprise :P). I did not trust the beauty parlour I knew in Visakhapatnam and
more than that I did not want to shell out thousands for every occasion. One of
my cousins spent a whopping total of 25k for makeup for 5 occasions! (that is
considered a lot in traditional south Indian families, our weddings are more
subdued than north Indian weddings which I love btw am waited to be invited to :P). My logic was that it’s
better to buy makeup products worth 25k and learn to apply than pay so much and
hope that he/she does a good job. And finding a good makeup artist in
Visakhapatnam would have been tricky as I was in Bangalore and was traveling there
just in time for the wedding. Anyway I am always in for DIY, my wedding lehenga
was a DIY for god sake! I had a harrowing time getting it done but at the same
time I had a lot of fun J
(does that make sense :P)
So I became all
makeup junkie, reading reviews online (IMBB was a boon), watching tutorials,
getting to know the difference between a bronzer and a blush etc and in the
process collected a whole lot of makeup. My makeup collection before consisted
of a kajal, a compact and a few lip balms (all of it fitted into my old college
pen pouch) and after the wedding I had cream blushes, powder blushes, eye
shadow palettes, mascara, two different foundations for matte and dewy (I did
not even know these terms before) and etc etc. I am proud that other than one
or two lipsticks (thanks to the mall lighting when I tried on at the store)
there were hardly any misses (again the credit goes to IMBB). I have not become
a pro at makeup but I am decent now (I can apply blush without looking like a
clown and I can apply eye shadow without looking like someone gave me a black
eye).
With all that
makeup came quite a few makeup brushes (never knew there were so many types)
and I wanted to store my fluffies properly so that the bristles were not
damaged and they were handy at the same time. A mug was an obvious choice but I
wanted to up the cute quotient and make it all girly and pretty. So I took the
plain white mug and painted makeup products all over it. I went all high end and
painted Channel lipstick, Dior eye shadow palette, Givenchy mascara etc on it.
I just googled for the images of real products and drew the same, first with
pencil (it does not come out very dark, but it is enough for outline). Then I
went over the same thing with acrylic paint. I tried to keep the colours same
and added the logos and tried to copy the labels as well. At the end here is
what I got J
You can paint dresses or bags or shoes or even teddies or hearts or you can just doodle cute stuff on the mug. It would make a cute addition to your vanity display and more importantly all your brushes will be in one place intact.
Psst: It also makes a very good gift for your bestie :)
And psst again: This post is dedicated to IMBB which inspired me to start this blog :)
