Over the weekend, I attended, iluvsaraii’s (Karen)  workshop in the city. People literally came from ALL OVER for this which I’m not surprised. For all of you who don’t know who she is, she’s an LA based Makeup Artist who has a big following on social media. Her work is absolutely stunning and flawless I might add.  Once I found out she was going to be in NY, I knew I had to take her class.

We were all greeted with a goodie bag of makeup from companies that have sponsored her tour. One of the products I was pleasantly surprised to see in the bag was the Anastasia Dipbrow. This is a product to fill in your brows and retails for $18.00. It’s a gel so for those of you who are heavy handed or aren’t experienced with using gel I would probably use powder or pencil because the gel can be very opaque if you don’t use a light hand. Personally, I absolutely loved it. It was a lot quicker for me to use than my powder and gel. (I won’t be abandoning that though). The little goodie bag also had a nail polish, Girlactik gloss, Anastasia Brow Gel, gold liner, a couple lashes, and – honestly I can’t even remember the rest. SORRY!

Moving on, the workshop was from 1:00pm-5:00pm. Karen demonstrated two looks for us. The first look was a day look with powder contouring while the second look was a night look with cream contouring. I learned a lot of tips and tricks from this workshop and lots of new products which I will be purchasing.

Just to name a few:
Anastasia Contouring powder
Skindinavia setting spray
Morphe Gel Liner

It’s always nice to see the techniques and little tricks other makeup artists have. For those of you who don’t know, many artists are self taught but are constantly taking workshops/ classes or staying connected with other makeup artists, (as well as the rest of the world i.e.: whats trending in all areas) to improve their skills.  More workshops to come!

So sorry for the quality of the crappy iPhone pics!