The Secret To Gorgeous Photos

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Ok, I'm sorry, the tile is just a sneaky way to catch your attention. There isn't much to say about it honestly, and I bet my so-called secret would be pretty disappointing (or worse, disapproving). Here are some tips on getting semi-pro gorgeous looking photos from an amateur blogger with accumulated experience. Nope, you don't need any expensive equipments nor an extra pair of hands, just a decent camera will do (I'm using Canon G11).

1) Find clean background with great lighting
You are the main focus, so think of a white wall or something with single tone or color. Opt for a background that has less visual objects. This will make editing the photo easier later on. Oh ya, and the lighting! It is far too important to be neglected, you should keep experimenting by taking various pictures in different spot until you get the best lighting effect.

2) Dress up
Pick your favorite outfit, mix it, match it, don't be afraid to play with the color. Accessories are essential unless you are a minimalist like me.

3) Hairdo
I'm not good at it but I always try to make my hair looks as awesome as possible in pictures, and solely in the pictures. It involves a lot of works, efforts and practices, be prepared to spend 30 mins to an hour toying with hair spray, hair gel, bobby pin, hair rubber band... Wig is a great way to create an instant celebrity hairstyle. Lucky if you have one!

4) Makeup
Now you have a found a great spot for your photo-shoot, well-dressed, and even gave yourself a complete hair makeover, but you look P.A.L.E. Frankly speaking, all the pictures with extremely natural, flawless and fresh-looking skin that appeared on posters or magazines are highly deceiving. It's all about makeup, makeup and more makeup. Of course post-production like photo-editing does play an important role, but a bad picture is still a bad one, there's very little the mighty photoshop can do about it. Plus, some details like eyelashes, glowing effect, juicy lips and etc can't be perfectly fixed, you can only enhance it.

So, the ultimate secret of all, is getting high quality makeup products. Although that's often implies high-end product that is generally expensive, it's worth it still.


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#6 I placed my orders a week ago...


#7 Purchased La Mer Cleanser. Bought this for Chean last year on his birthday. It's too good, I swore to get the same cleanser once I've finished my Dior cleanser.


#8 Also purchased ToykoMilk Lip Balm.


#9 Easy & simple checkout process, it took me less than 10 minutes.


#10 Viola~~ Received my orders few days ago!!!


#11 They made me a happy bear. I'll write another blog entry to review the products, there are a few more to come.

Yup, I didn't get any makeup products because I already stocked up too many!!! Was totally running out of reasons to persuade myself T______T

But... I wanna get my hands on this...


#12 Yves Saint Laurent 'Perfect Touch' Radiant Brush Foundation.

You can never go wrong with YSL foundation; it's my favorite, can't live without it.

Give YSL a try or order your favorite beauty products via Apothica.com and enjoy free shipping today! Remember to check out the Special Offers and Sales Items, I managed to scope out great deals at as low as US$0.90! Definitely a steal ^_____^V

Happy fun shopping~~



p/s: Anyone interested in a tutorial of this exaggerated eye makeup? Just curious ;)



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Bev