Beauty By Ess Marie: TUTORIALS

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Monday, 16th September 2013 ItWorks Body Wrap

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Monday, 1st June 2013 Checking For Lead In Lipstick:

Get foil and make sure the shiny side is up

Tear some tissue


Now take your lipstick (MAC)

Put a small amount onto foil

With your tissue rub onto the tissue in circle motions

Turn over to see it turn black. Black shows the lead in your lipstick!!!!

Another way to test lead in your lipstick:
1: Put lipstick of choice on your hand
2: With a 24k-14k gold ring, scratch on the lipstick
3: If the lipstick turns black in colour, that indicates lead in your lipstick

*** To see pictures of more lipsticks, Carmex and Vaseline tested please click on GALLERY ***

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Tuesday, 05 February 2013 Soft Smokey Eye Shadow:

What You Will Need:

Now lets begin...

Use a large shader brush and apply the colour 'Sin' on two thirds of your eyelid (sorry only shown one eyelid done)


With a medium shading brush apply the colour 'Buck' on the outer corner of your eyelids. Blend inwards and upwards to the middle of your eyelid. If you want a natural look you can stop applying eye shadow here.


Now with a angled shading brush pop the colour 'Creep' right in the outer corner of your eye. This time only blend the colour in your crease going inwards. Blending is they key to smokey eyes.

Use a clean tapered brush and blend all colours from the outer corner to the middle. It should look something like this.

Using the colour 'Buck' again, get a small pencil brush and apply on the bottom of your water line from the outer corner to the middle.


You can use the colour 'Sin' once more or 'Vrigin' and with another pencil brush pop that colour at the inner corner of your eyes. That area of your eye is called your tear duct.

To make your eyes look large or to hide your tired eyes use a skin tone or white pencil eyeliner on your water line.

Now you can apply your eyeliner on top of your eyelid. It doesn't have to be winged like mine.

To make sure your eyes are not top heavy, apply eyeliner right underneath your water line in the outer corners.

Now apply mascara on your top and bottom lashes. Curl your lashes if needed. BOOM you're done ^_^

Depending on your preference you can add false lashes to give it more va va vooom lol!!!
Hope this helps xoxo

Everybody has their own preference or technique on how to do a soft smokey eye shadow look. Again I’m NOT STATING that the technique that I will be showing is THE BEST but what works really well for me and that I am most comfortable with.

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Wednesday, 03 January 2013 Cleaning Makeup Brushes:

Everybody has their own preferences on how to clean their brushes. I’m NOT STATING that the method that I will be showing is THE BEST but what has worked really well for me.

Try to wash your brushes at night and allow them to dry so that the brushes will be ready for use the next day. Make sure that the brushes are thoroughly dried before use as it could affect application.

What You Will Need:

The majority people use mild/ sensitive soap, baby shampoo, even professional brush cleaners and those are very good choices. However I use antibacterial wash which removes oil, pigment, dirt and most importantly bacteria.

The dish washing antibacterial wash can be slightly harsh to the brushes and may strip the hairs of its natural oils so to recondition the hairs on the brushes I use extra virgin oil.

This method is not only effective but also inexpensive too!!! Here we go...

Use a plate and drizzle the antibacterial washing liquid onto a plate

Now pour some of the extra virgin oil

It should look something like this

Grab a brush and swirl it into the mixture of washing soap and extra virgin oil

Swirl the brush onto the palm of your hand so that the mixture gets to all the dirt

Once the brush is all lathered up, rinse under lukewarm water, making sure the brush is facing down so that no water gets into the metal ferrule. If water gets into the ferrule it may loosen the glue that holds the bristles together and can cause them to fall out. Then squeeze excess water with brush facing down.

There are two ways to dry your brushes:

Roll up a towel and place the brushes facing down so that all the water seeps down and out of the brushes. If you were to lay the brushes flat it can still cause any water that may have got into the ferrule to loosen the bristles or even rust. Leave to dry overnight.

Another method to dry your brushes is to use ‘the brush guard’ which can be bought on amazon. Not only does it protect your brushes but it also helps shape and dries them. Push the brush through the guard leaving 2cm at the end and face upside down in a cup/glass so that gravity help draws out all the water. Leave to dry overnight.

Last part is optional but I highly recommend. Grab any antibacterial wipes and wipe down the handle of each brush to ensure all bacteria is gone. Your all done!

If you prefer to use a professional brush cleaner I recommend Parian Spirit.

Monday, 11 June 2012 Simple Eyeliner:

Every single person has different types of eyelids therefore depending on what type of eyelid you have your eyeliner method may vary. Here I will be showing you what the types of eyelids people may have and this is very important when doing makeup for others.

a) Single eyelid, no crease.
b) Double eyelid.
c) Broken or non-continuous crease.
d) Partial crease.
e) Multiple eyelid creases.
f) Double eyelid of nasally-tapered crease shape and some widening on the outer end.
g) Double eyelid with parallel crease.
h) Caucasian eyelid crease (semi-lunar shape with widest separation in mid-section).

According to the diagram the eyelid that I have is letter F

(source: http://www.asianeyelid.com/faq.html)

When applying eyeliner many people pull on the eye but if possible try not to. Apply to your natural shape... your natural shape isn't someone pulling your eye to the side! Another reason why I don't like pulling slightly on the eye is that it can cause sagging over a long period of time especially for those who apply eyeliner nearly every day and do it that way.

Apply black eyeliner or the colour of your choice at the inner corner of your eye on your upper lash line.

Apply again at outer corner of your eye. Depending on what type of eyelid you have it may very... I have a nasally-tapered crease with some widening on the outer end so the eyeliner applied is thicker than in the inner corner of my eye.

This is what it will look like when my eye is opened. Can you see how it follows with the natural shape of my eyelid?

Then fill in the gap from inner corner to outer corner of your eyelid.

If you want winged eyeliner make a triangle at the outer corner of your eye then fill in.

To elongate the winged liner make sure it follows through with your lower lash line like so.

Apply white or flesh coloured eyeliner on your bottom waterline to open out your eye giving the illusion for bigger eyes.

Apply black eyeliner at the bottom of your lower lash line but only at the outer corner. You can apply the liner on the whole of your lower lash line if you wish to but it closes the eye in... It works best with a dramatic looks.

Smudge the eyeliner on the bottom corner of your lower lash line to make it more subtle and you’re done!

Products used:

Stila stay all day waterproof liquid eyeliner

Rimmel Soft Kohl Eye Pencil

Sephora Collection Pro Natural Dome Smudge Brush #13

Below are examples of eyeliner done on other people with Caucasian eyelids with parallel crease or semi-lunar shape with widest separation in mid-section