Brands that I miss in KSA Part 1: Bobbi Brown

Dear Readers,

Oh I was absolutely in love with Bobbi Brown,  I love all their make-up, I think I used to drool at Bobbi Brown’s Selfridges counter on a weekly basis.  I find their make-up does what in my opinion make-up should ideally do and is that enhances your features upgrading you to a prettier healthier, ‘I eat , drink and sleep well and am in love with the essence of life’ version. 

I find some of the popular makeup brands here are rather heavy-handed, and  mask your skin  making it obvious to everyone within 5-10m radius (depending on eyesight) that your face  is painted, and IMHO the vibe I get is that you are going for the ever ready 'God forbid that acid rain should descend and leave you with a bare face, because your self-esteem requires  that you must hide behind  such an opaque foundation' look. 

I find that girls here often wear make-up suited to photo-shoots but which in my humble opinion looks out of place in normal life.I guess all the selfie-mania has turned everyone into a self-conscious celeb.

Oops I digress, as I was saying I miss Bobbi Brown make-up. I adore their BB cream with SPF35 the medium shade is perfect for Asian skin tones. Their blush, oh my, it gives your cheeks a natural gorgeous colour so much so, that when I first noticed my friends rosy cheeks I thought it was because she had been running upstairs to meet me. So to the great people at Bobbi Brown please set up shop in Jeddah, the fashionistas need you ASAP!

If any one would be interested in full reviews of their stick foundation/bb cream/lip liner/blush  please leave a comment below and I will do it in future posts.

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3 Sizzling Arab/Khaleeji Style Make-up Tutorials

Dear Readers,

Are you bored of your usual make-up looks? Do you want to sizzle at the next big party/wedding/special occasion. I suggest you mix things up and try an Arab/Khaleeji style make-up look.

I have added three tutorials by one of my favourite make-up artists pixiwoo.

The first one is  the Arab Khaleeji style make-ip tutorial with a green smoky eye. I've seen Saudi ladies wear this look at weddings and its very dramatic, with lots of va va voom, certainly not for the faint-hearted.  

The second look is a tutorial of how to get Haifa Wehbe's make-up look, she's a popular Arab singer, her look is emulated by many women in the Middle East. 

This features different shades of blue for the eye, they eyeliner is slightly more tricky to apply. I think it creates a very glamorous Greek goddess type look.

The final tutorial is also an Arabic/Haifa Wehbe look by pixiwoo but its got less intimidating shades of brown with again quite a toned down pink lip.

Pixiwoo uses a lot of MAC makeup and also a lot MUFE, you don't have use these product if you have similar products/colours from other brands. I'm only starting to use MAC products ever since I started watching these tutorials!  

So try out these Arabic make-up looks, and let me know how they turned out.