The Stylised Guide to UNLIKELY beauty tutorials #1

It has occurred to me recently that the blogosphere is having a real beauty/make up moment. A quick glance at my bloglovin' newsfeed and you will come across the words 'dewy', 'pigmentation', 'long lasting' and 'chantecaille' (aka put another mortgage on your house because you NEED this blush that looks like every other blush you own) more times than you probably ever have up to this point.

I don't mean to sound bitter sarcastic, I get pretty bad FOMO(fear of missing out) and I'm not one to let a bandwagon pass me by.

So, I hereby present you my first foray into beauty blogging. *insert frantic clapping*

My inspiration was a Greek Blond Ambition whose latest beauty look was one of the most talked about of 2014. People tend to be dark haired in Greece so when someone finds the guts to embrace the Blond Bombshell look, they need to be celebrated (or ridiculed)

So let's begin. I solemnly swear to provide tips, photographic guidance and even a GIF to help you through every step of the way:

The Stylised Guide to UNLIKELY beauty tutorials  #1

Foundation! For this look, I'd suggest you opt for a base a few shades darker than your natural skin tone. Foundation shades tend to pull orange on paler skins which is exactly what we want for this terracota tinted babe!

real life demonstration of foundation application while looking super miserable

So here I am looking pretty tangerine-y! Next, add some bronzer for that extra under-the-sun hue

Bronzing like a pro

So now that we look like we're the sun's number one mistress, let's focus on the damage it may have caused. The next step is of great importance and cannot be missed. If you are not aware of what conturing is, it's basically a technique with which you shade targeted areas of your face in order to carve out the appearance of cheekbones, high temples and teeny noses. Or, for the more knowledgable amongst you, the secret to looking like a Kardashian. Kevyn Aucoin created a great sculpting powder which he produced for the lacking-in-cheekbone masses in exchange for our left kidney. I was lucky enough to get my hands on it with both kidneys still intact and to be honest, if you, like myself, identify with the full moon shaped faces, I'd encourage you to take the plunge and just drink less!

In this tutorial, however, we're not going to use the sculpting powder to conform to glossy beauty standards. Au contrair, we'll use it to create prominent under eye bags, frown lines, side-of-the-mouth wrinkles and crows feet... hard earned signs of restlessness, captivity and plotting. 

Look guys! I created a GIF! I'm practically techy *googles the meaning of: hard drive*

We're nearly at the end of the tutorial but we've only just started dipping our toes in the revelation of our inspo's identity!  I never said this iconic beauty was a lady, so get your eyeliners out, we're drawing on a beard! 

concentraaaation can be fuuuuuuuun

so come with me to concentrated laaaaaaaand (which song have I just paraphrased? brownie points if you get it!)

Make sure to get the ombre effect right! Use a brown eyeliner towards the bottom of your chin, then get a white (or flesh coloured one) and go in for the sparse white hairs here and there.

Beard in place and now all that's left is to ADD A BLOND, BOBBED WIG (with which I can't assist you, I'm awful at doing hair) AAAAAAAAND WE'RE DONE.......

DRUMROLL, (as per usual...)

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Could you STILL be wondering who it is that I'm channeling? I mean, I understand if you're not Greek...

But if you are? Καμ όν γκάηζ!

The End. 

P.s If you recreate this look please tag me on instagram with the hashtag #ChristodoulosKsirosStD (what! that's what all the other beauty bloggers say) 

*tumbleweed*