Pixiwoo - Who What Where

That's the Pixiwoo banner and web address.

If you’ve been following my blog, then you’ve surely stumbled upon videos I’ve posted by Pixiwoo.
I’m writing a post about them to avoid repeating how great they are on ever single post I use their videos on.

I’ll start off by telling you who they are, why I love their work so much as to have - thus far, solely used their tutorials. I’ll also tell you where to get more of them.

Pixiwoo:  A Make-up Artist duo (sisters) with their own make-up tutorial channel on www.youtube.com and website of the same name.

Nicola (Nic) of pixiwoo applying Make-up @ the Becca counter in Australia

As to why I love their videos/work - here are my reasons:

They are immensely talented, I don’t need to add anything to this - their videos speak for themselves.
They’re articulate & eloquent in their explanations.
They’re very versatile – just look at the wide variety of looks they’ve created or recreated.
They’re refreshingly professional – they stick to the subject at hand and their videos don’t drag.
They use all sorts of products ranging from ILA MASQUA to pharmacy brands.
They have an extensive stash to choose from and they truly do use them all.
They give you their real unbiased opinions about each product
They’re very up-to-date with looks and new make-up lines.
They each have fifteen years of experience in the field and it shows in their work.
They always tell you the name of each product or brush that they work with.
They tell you of their experiences so you gain from it. For example: because they‘ve used foundations from all the brands out there and they come out and say: “CHANEL is the best when it comes to consistently making amazing foundations”. Then I obviously will not waste tons of money trying out different foundations and go straight for CHANEL.
(By the way, they couldn’t be more right about CHANEL foundations)

Ok, I’ll stop here because I think I just managed to convince you to follow their blog instead of mine ;)

Samantha (Sam) of Pixiwoo after her Pam Anderson youtube tutorial.

Sculpting/Contouring: Lights and shadows

I once heard: “How you contour a face can either make you or break you as a makeup artist.”

Inexperienced as I was, I didn’t quite comprehend the full meaning of this statement – that is until I witnessed my first “sculpted” face.

Hmmm… how could I explain? Imagine wearing non-name brand shapeless clothing all your life and then suddenly being dressed in DIOR.
It gives your face a sense of sophistication not duplicated by any other technique in Make-up.

In his book “Making Faces” Kevyn Aucoin has enclosed an image of a model’s torso where he’s emphasized with a dark concealer where the shadings should be applied and with a white concealer where the highlights should be applied.

Making Faces - Kevyn Aucoin

Beautifully and eloquently explained with much greater detail, I give you a video by Pixiwoo.

Beauty Icons of the 1950's

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner - these names ring a bell?
I bet they do.
Beauty, grace, elegance, sophistication and sex appeal - they had it all.
The men are back from war and the 'pin-ups' are no longer required.
Their wives are sporting shorter hairdos and longer skirts but are just as stunning.

Dressed to the nines, complete with white gloves, fashion hats and the "doe-eyed look" that becomes the signature look of this decade, these women became our beauty icons and, let's face it - the fantasy of men for decades to come.

Ava Gardner

Elizabeth Taylor

Jayne Mansfield

Audrey Hepburn

Hmm... anyone thinking Dita Von Tease? Yea, so am I.

Dita Von Tease

As mentioned in my first post, when a client books you and says: I want a Jayne Mansfield look, you have to know who Jayne Mansfield was and know that this chick really wants to look like Pamela Anderson but is too shy to say so. ;) Just kidding, but is it just me or did you also get a Pam Anderson vibe from Jayne Mansfield? I'm just saying.
But i digress, in short: you need to know what these beauty icons looked like so you can recreate the look.

There are some great make-up tutorials on www.youtube.com, one make-up artist duo in particular that i absolutely love are named: Pixiwoo. 

Here's their Elizabeth Taylor make-up tutorial:

Blog to you soon,

Sahar