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You don't have to be a good cook to impress your family and friends with a satisfying breakfast. In this post, I will show you how to prepare this quick and easy breakfast quesadilla. In addition, it looks very instagram-mable!

WHAT YOU NEED
- Dish soap/ shampoo, olive oil, a bowl and paper towels!

You can use dish or hand soap that is antibacterial to remove any bacteria and dirt on your brush. The olive oil is to condition the bristles on the brushes to prevent them from drying out. I usually mix two parts of dish soap to one part of olive oil to prevent my brushes from being too oily after washing.

Once you've gathered your ingredients and dirty brushes, we can begin!


1. Mix both ingredients into the bowl and stir it.
2. Start with your smallest brush, dip just the bristle into the mixture, then swirl the brush onto your palm to work out the dirt in your brush. I usually clean my powder and foundation brush the last.
3. Rinse your brush under your tap water to release out the dirt and cleansing mixture. Make sure the water that you squeeze out from the brush is clear after you've rinse it with water.
4. Use a cloth or paper towel to squeeze out the water from your brush and make sure to reshape your brush as you dry it. Dry it as much as possible with paper towels before you air-dry them.
Lay your brushes on a paper towel and leave it to dry overnight.
Elevate the end of your brushes to let the water flow out of your brushes. This will prevent the water from flowing into the brush which might loosen the bristles and cause them to fall out in future.

I'd recommend washing them every week if its for personal use. I personally wash them right after each use especially when I use it on other people to make sure it is hygienic.
I hope this this post helps to start getting you into the habit of cleaning your brushes more often!

xx Carmen

1. Tie your hair up into a single ponytail. Split the ponytail into two equal sections, top and bottom.
2. Take a rubberband, tie the top section of your hair approximately 1-2 inches from the first rubberband.
3. Split the top section into half as shown, you'll want to pull the bottom section through the hole.
4. Pull out the bottom section through the hole.
5. The bottom hair will now be on top.
6. Take a rubberband, now tie the new hair section that is on top. Repeat the process of pulling the bottom braid through the hole on the top section of your hair and tie a rubberband.
7. When you reach the end of your ponytail,just tie both the hair section together. You can loosen the side of the hair to create a messy braid look!

I'm hoping to start some makeup tutorials/tips real soon! Been juggling with some work, assignments and finals revision this past month so it's been tough. Also, I will be sharing reviews on some makeup haul that I got recently, really excited to start on it after my finals next month!

XX Carmen

Do you find yourself constantly checking out your lips and reapplying it when you're out?

Wearing bold lip colours can be tricky especially when you don't want to be checking out your lipstick every hour. As a makeup artist, how do I make my client's lipstick last all night especially with bold red lips?
Here are a few simple steps that works really well without having to reapply your lipstick throughout the night!

Tools needed:
Lipstick, powder brush, translucent powder.

Apply lip balm at lest ten minutes before you apply your lipstick to let your lips soak in the moisture. I like to apply my lip balm as early as possible to let my lips fully absorb the moisture because it surely makes a difference when I have my lipstick on after that. Applying lip balm right before your lipstick will leave a funny texture on your lips which isn't what you want.

1. Use a lip liner to trace the shape of your lip.
2. Apply your lipstick onto your lips! To fill in certain gaps that you might have left out, smile and reapply on your lips.
You can either apply it straight on or with a lip brush, whichever you prefer.
3. Take a piece of tissue and lightly blot your lipstick to remove any excess colour that you might have over applied on your lips.
4. Take a small powder brush and apply translucent loose or pressed powder on your lips. This will help to set and seal the lipstick onto your lips and mattify it.
*Try not to apply too much powder or else it will dry out your lips.
 You can apply on another thin layer of lipstick and you're done!

Step out and wear that bold lip with confidence!

xx Carmen

People have always been asking "how do you trim and shape your brows? how come I can never seem to trim it nicely? how do I know where to begin? how do I find my arch??" etc etc.
Hence, I've decided to share with you how to trim and shape your own natural eyebrows!

TOOLS NEEDED
-Razor, Spoolie Brush(Mascara wand), cuticle scissors.
I will be showing you how to trim with a razor because not everyone can stand the pain of plucking their eyebrows (don't worry, I feel your pain!)




xx Carmen