Ask the Artist tips - preparing skin (foundation & powder)

Hello ladies
I have been asked by many of my clients 'how do I know what colour to choose for foundation?', 'how do I get that dewy, luminescent look?' and 'how do I avoid looking orange?'
Well here are a few simple tips, where you only require a few products & you can spend the money saved on a great pair of shoes!!!!

1. Primer - this is one of the most important parts of ensuring your make up stays on, does not sit in your creases & ensures your make up glides on your skin smoothly. I use Sundari Skin primer, which is a good gel based all rounder for all skin types.

• Using a synthetic foundation brush is best, use a small amount & apply quickly in a feather like affect all over the face & eyelids (reference Sundari Foundation brush)

2. Conceal - concealer should not be too dark or too light. It should be the same colour as your skin. Using a synthetic brush again, this can be the size of a medium to large eyeshadow brush (reference Sundari Multi task round end).

• The area that should be concealed is the whole eye area, to the brow bone, inner eyes to the nose bone, under the eye to the top of your cheek bone.  Once you have brushed this on, use your finger to blend, as the warmth from your skin will melt it into your skin, so it does not appear streaky or patchy

3. Foundation - it is important that you choose a foundation that is not darker for your skin, as this is what can make the appearance of the orange look, or the line on your chin which ofcourse is different to your neck. Foundation is to even the skin tone, so it should just melt into your skin, the colour should not 'sit' on your face.  You can add colour later with bronzer, highlighters & blush.

• Using the same synthetic foundation brush as you did for primer (reference, Sundari Foundation brush), apply all over the face, ensuring you go right up to you ears & jaw line.

4. Highlighting - there are a number of highlighting products out there however, a cost effective way to highlight is to use a concealer two shades lighter then your own skin. I have attached a face highlighting chart as a guide (reference Sundari Concealer)

• Dab on top of eyebrows, top of cheek bones, cupids bow, bridge of nose & jaw line, then with foundation brush, just feather in upward sweeps

5. Powder - its time to set the face and give your that radiant 'glow'. You can either use a translucent setting powder if you want to keep the skin looking natural or sheer, otherwise if you would like that extra coverage, use a powder foundation that is the colour of your skin or slightly darker (reference Sundari Sheer Setting powder, Sundari Silk Luminous Powder foundation).

• Gently dust all over face area (reference Sundari Kabuki brush)

6. Bronzer - most people put bronzer all over their face which is fine however, if you are not sure how much it can come up looking very orange & an over glazed face with too much shimmer.

• Using either the Sundari Kabuki brush or Sundari Blush brush, in a circular motion add Sundari Bronzer to the top of your cheekbones, feather along the jaw line & your forehead. This will add that glow to the areas that will catch natural light.

So now you are all prepped, primed, glamed & glowing for the next online workshop.....so stay tuned & keep reading my  BLOG so you dont miss out on 'How to achieve the smokey eye'

Mossman Store Event...working with celebrity make up artist - Bec Shannon

Mossman Store QV

What a way to kick off Valentines Day, than to have Sundari Cosmetics feature in the funky & stylish Mossman Store at QV.....to top it off, hanging out & working with Bec Shannon, celebrity make up artist to the likes of Danni Minogue, Fergie....to name a few, was a BLAST!!!  Seeing her using
Sundari Cosmetics....a DREAM!!!

Make over - Sundari Cosmetics

Celebrity Make Up Artist - Bec Shannon using Sundari Cosmetics

Wedding Birds....a featured vendor.....LOVE x

Make Up by Lea @ Sundari Make Up featured in the Wedding Birds Magazine

A true honor.....I will be working alongside with them again in future shoots, so will keep you posted

The glam ...the glitz....its a wedding - Sarah & Rob, April 20 - 21st

The gorgeous Sarah Hudson (Gibbins now) tied the knot on the rooftop of Siglo's overlooking the Parliament House in Melbourne, very posh!! The celebrations will continue on Saturday in a warehouse style function venue in Newport....again in true Sarah style.....it will be AMAZING!!!

Its all about the love hearts...xoxo

The beautiful Sarah from Seaford, tied the knot near Torquay last weekend. A total delight to make the already beautiful bride radiant using Sundari Mineral Make Up. Her gorgeous dress & shoes by Vivienne Westwood were AMAZING!! Congrats to you & your hubby xx

The first day of the rest of my business life!!

So I finally did it, I left corporate world for good & solely concentrating on building the business of Sundari Cosmetics......very exciting!!!  To add to the start of this amazing journey,  I recently met with Gillian Frank, CEO of Heat Group.  Distributors for Max Factor, Cover Girl, Maybelline, Ulta 3, Elite to name a few. A great meeting & good things to come!!

Welcome to my Blog!!

My name is Lea, mother to a precious little boy, Javier & fiance to my sweetheart, Sam. I am so excited to be able to share with all of you, the journey which has brought me to this monumental point in my life.

I have always had a love of anything beautiful whether it be furniture, design, food or fashion however, I took the easy route when I first entered the workforce and went for the 'safe' option - Human Resource Management or more commonly known, recruitment!! I know a far cry from developing a mineral make up range, but at that time I was young, chasing the money & wanted to wear the suits & live the corporate career girls life.

I am not saying it was a bad decision, the motives may have been questionable however, it provided me with so much experience & I acquired so many skills that enabled me to travel the world, work with some very talented people & push boundaries that I never thought I was capable of doing.

Somehow though, I always craved the need to be creative, so whilst in London, I made a brave decision to turn my back on what was familiar and try my hand at something new - a make up artist.  It was like I came alive, my canvas was the faces of woman, my passion was immediately ignited & the new me emerged.....so in typical Lea style, it just could not stop there,  I saw a gap in the market for make up for darker skin tones. Every time I spoke to someone who had olive to dark skin, they complained how they could never find the right colour match, so a seed was planted.

Years later, after continuing to make the faces up of so many women whilst still holding a career in corporate world, I met the love of my life, Sam to whom I created the most amazing little being in our son. So as the hormones kicked in, the nesting phase started, so did that little seed in my head & the quest began to find a company that would develop & manufacture what I wanted, where the ingredients are pure, sourced in Australia to our quality standards & I had control over what colours I could make. Well i was lucky enough to find such a partnership & things soon got underway. Next Sundari was the chosen brand name, as it represents my Sri Lankan heritage  & translates from sanskrit to mean 'beautiful'. The rest as they say is history.

So now, I am living my dream one day at a time - a full range developed, launched, design & packaging is on its way, a website I am very proud of that captures the essence of Sundari thanks to a team of amazing people. Online shopping is now available & next is seeing it on the shelves of boutiques, pharmacies & hopefully one day in the big chain stores.

I have so many more experiences to share with you, so I will give you a sneak peek of what has been happening in the past 6 months....stay tuned.