What people don't understand about pictures over the internet. From a photographer/ makeup artist perspective.

As technological as we have become we still struggling with people who deliver counterfeit work.  It is sad. Everyone know it. Lack of creativity, lack of knowledge many reasons can be the underlying fact behind the use of copyright work.  Even if it is not copyright work. If it was not done by you. It is not yours.  I know there is a humongous group of people who believe that if you don't have a copyright logo on something it is public domain. Recently I was looking on the internet and I visit this page on facebook called ... 

Maquillaje paso a paso (makeup step by step)   it was interesting for me because as a makeup artist and a photographer I spend many years not taking pictures of my own work. So I went there and notice they have 6,964,952 likes  which is impressive for a makeup tutorial page.  But I did like to see how they took the pictures of their makeup to make their tutorials. When I start noticing some of the pictures I have seen them before. In the pages of other serious makeup artist. This is terrible because even if you report this Facebook aint going to do nothing about it.

When you click on the tutorials it opens to their website which is a website based on pictures taken from the internet. /http://fotos.soymoda.net/  Some of the pictures are from other people blogs. Some have the credit on it because the picture have the watermark name on it.  Some other doesn't.  They are receiving millions of clicks on sales from advertisements, people and clicks.  Some people would say this is like pinterest.  No is not.  Pinterest is a depository of images.  People only make archives of the images they like.  They just have folders with images.  Is not the same to have a site to make folders with pictures that you like than write blogs with advertisements using pictures that have copy right. Go to this link and tell me if I am right or wrong? http://fotos.soymoda.net/paso-a-paso-para-alargar-y-darle-volumen-a-las-pestanas/

This is only one example. God know how many websites are out there doing this. It is really irritating how they can take the work of someone for granted. Mine included.  Some of the pictures of a tutorial I did for the page http:lovethediva.com were used in that website.  It is insulting that my name is not even remotely mention.  Is not about money. Is about integrity.  From now on I watermark my work. Big lesson to learn. 

Copyright is an automatic right and does not require the author to file special paperwork, as is the case for trademark and patent. Registration is required to enforce the rights, but as a matter of right, an author is not required to register anything to get the right to use the “circle c,” showing the work is copyrighted. As soon as you type words, click the shutter on your camera (or, for many of you, hit the home button on your iPhone), apply paint to canvas or paper or lay down tracks for your next hit, you’ve got a copyright.



Stock photo services: Is a  depository of pictures licensed for specific uses. They can be purchased and delivered online. The pictures are professional pictures taken by professional photographers in studio using models or people posing as different stereotyped characters.  You pay a small fee and use the pictures depending of contracted copy righted material. 

Creative commons licenses: A good example of this is https://www.flickr.com. Is a site where people who have copyrights of their pictures share their pictures to get more exposure and you don't have to pay them for their pictures. But you do have to obey the rules they post in the site in order to use their work. If you get caught using their work out of those rules you can be legally sued.  The rules are as simple as... 

• Place the name of the photographer under the picture once you use the picture. (fair enough don't you think) Specially if you know is someone who is doing the job. This is called Attribution.  
•  You can share the picture with some changes with the authorization of the author. This is called Share-Alike. He took the picture. You are going to use. Don't change it unless the author know about it! You don't like something... Guess what. Look for another picture or another photographer. 
• Don't use my picture if you are going to make money out of it. This is called NON COMMERCIAL this include and is not limited to bloggers who are paid for people who click like in their website. Bloggers who have advertisements in their page and the picture is going to be showing up next to those advertisements.  Bloggers who write and add as part of the blog words that link to an advertisement in which they get paid. If your blog is already commercialized you cannot use this kind of pictures unless the author have agree to it.  Send them an email. Tell them how many people see your page and how much exposure they will have. But do not use copyright work without the proper authorization. 
• Do not edit the photograph by all means. No crops or photoshop. Use the work as it is. This is called No derivative work. 
• From this categories you can mix them and match them. You can create a Share-Alike/Non Commercial.  Attribution/Non Commercial.  No Commercial/ No derivate Work... etc The options are many depending on what kind of control and limitations you want to set in your pictures once they are shared. 

***REMEMBER

• Stock photo services require you to pay for a license
• Creative commons licenses confer the right to use an image under certain circumstances
• Public domain images are not subject to copyright in the first place.

So in what moment a person can just copy a photo and use for a blog, news or anything just because it is in the net? NEVER.  

Pink makeup tutorial

The pink makeup is a very simple and easy to do tutorial. We mix products and textures. From powder shadows to cream shadows. It is ok to use them both. But you must be careful where to use them. Because cream shadow can be incompatible with the powder shadow depending on the brand. 

We start the shadow area with a light pink eye shadow from a palette from the company ELF.  We apply it starting at the middle of the eye. 

Then we select a earth tone beige from the same ELF palette to paint the arch of the eyebrow and the edge of the eye close to the nose. 

Afterwards we select a deep cream eye shadow (this is the first cream eyeshadow we are using) it is reach in emollients and irridescent. 

The second cream color is from Mark and is a deep brown. We are going to blend them at the outside of the eyes creating a V shape. This will create the appearance of bigger eyes and will make the pink color turn more metallic. 

We place fake eye lashes. But to give a natural look we use the very think ones. 

Black eye liner at the edge of the eye lashes on top and bottom of the eyes and eyebrow were defined with dark brown eyeliner. 

Voluminous mascara from L'Oreal was applied on top and bottom of the lashes. 

White eye liner on the inside of the eye. 

This is the final product. 

Let me know if you like it. Do you have any questions. I hope you like this tutorial. Give us your opinion about it.  Thanks Joyce. 

Tutorial paso a paso de como maquillarse los ojos con colores metálicos para el dia.

 Hay muchas personas que piensan que los colores metálicos son solo para la noche. Pero usted puede utilizarlos durante el dia si estos son matizados y difuminados correctamente. Aquí le vamos a enseñar como hacer este look con colores metálicos.

Primero aplicamos nuestra base y corrector. Luego de este paso utilizamos un producto llamado Color Shadow Control Creme de la compañía Beauty Control este producto se aplica en el párpado superior antes de aplicar la sombra. El mismo deja el párpado con la textura de seda y hace que la sombra corra suavemente. No se empelota ni cambia el color de tu sombra. No es un primer.  Yo lo uso mucho ya que permite que puedas difuminar los colores de las sombras facilmente. Las sombras de adhieren a tu ojo facilmente sin tener que aplicar grandes cantidades de sombra. El tubo es pequeño pero la cantidad que te tienes que poner tambien es pequeña.  Un tubo te puede durar meses. Con aproximadamente una gotita del tamaño de la punta de un fósforo cubres ambos ojos. 

Para crear el look con los colores metálicos utilizamos la paleta de colores de L'Oreal  240 Treasured Bronze.  Consigalo presionando aqui. 

La paleta de colores de Treasured Bronze tiene diferentes colores metálicos en ella. Utilice el  color mas clarito para el delinear el arco de las cejas. Esto hace que las cejas luzcan más altas y oscuras. Con ese mismo color se rellena el área del párpado movil hasta el pliegue del ojo. 

Luego con el color cobre se rellena la parte del párpado fijo y el pliegue del ojo. Recuerda difuminar con la brocha y no extenderse más allá de la esquina de la ceja.  

Con el color bronze vas a crear un arco en forma de uve con una brocha plana desde la punta de la V externa del ojo hasta el pliegue del ojo y una vez estés en el pliegue dibujas del dobles del ojo.  Se supone que se vea de esta manera. 

Si ves el diagrama la regla es que la sombra no se extienda de la línea amarilla. La línea amarilla representa una linea imaginaria entre la V externa del ojo y la esquina de las cejas. La linea roja es una línea imaginaria representando la V que dibujamos con la brocha plana. Dependiendo de cuan pequeño es el ojo la V puede ser mas alta como es el ejemplo en la fotografía. Si es un maquillaje de noche la V puede llegar hasta la mitad del parpado fijo. Para una persona con un ojo grande la V debe ser exactamente donde esta el pliegue del ojo. Este maquillaje es un maquillaje de dia sin photoshop. Por esta razón la V la hacemos pequeña para que no sea tan llamativa.

Con una brocha espesa difuminas la V que habías dibujado para que esta se mezcle con el color que ya tenías.  Las cejas se marcaron con el lápiz Brow Stylist Sculptor de L'oreal.  Tome en consideración el color de su cabello a la hora de escoger el color de su lápiz de cejas. Mis cejas son negras pero mi cabello esta teñido de marrón rojizo por lo tanto el color del lápiz de cejas debe ser uno que esté de acuerdo con el color de cabello.

 El lápiz de cejas de L'Oreal tiene el beneficio que trae el cepillo para peinar las cejas, y al otro lado del lápiz trae un lápiz blanco para delinear el arco de la ceja. En este caso no utilizamos esta parte del delineador pues creamos este efecto con la sombra clara de la paleta de sombras. Para conseguir este producto presione aquí.

Para hacer la línea de el delineador se utilizó el delineador líquido de L'Oreal Lineur Intense Brush Tip en color negro. 

Se delineo el ojo por la parte de afuera con el delineador líquido bien cerca de las pestañas.  Para conseguir este producto presione aquí.  Se delinearon las pestañas de abajo con la sombra clarita.

Para las pestañas se utilizó la mascara Voluminous de L'Oreal en color negro. Para conseguir este producto presione aquí.

Aqui esta el resultado final. Deja un comentario si le gusto este blog o si tienes alguna pregunta. El video de como se hace lo vamos a subir a la página ya pronto. Próximamente vamos a hacer un tutorial de como utilizar los colores metálicos para la noche. Ninguna de las fotos a sido retocada con photoshop. Los colores son tal y como se ven.  La paleta de colores pueden ser mas oscuros si aplica mas sombras a su gusto.  Hasta luego.

Joyce

When plastic surgery and Laser is not an option to erase scars

 A few years ago, my younger sister had a motorcycle accident that caused her permanent injuries to her face and body.  It was a very traumatic time for my family because she was very young and very beautiful. At the time, we did not know if she would live and how she would react when she realized she had so many injuries. A partially amputated arm, a dislocated knee, multiple broken ribs, multiple broken vertebrae, a broken jaw, broken jugular vein, along with multiple other wounds. She was in physical therapy for a long period of time. Plastic surgery or Laser therapy was not an option for a poor family like ours.  One day, she surprised us all by displaying herself to the whole family, all dressed up with Makeup.  What was amazing is that her makeup was special and you could not see any of her scars.  I remained speechless because it looked like she never even had the accident, you couldn't see any scars at all!  She had bought a professional makeup called Dermablend, Super easy to use.  The colors are very natural, the loose powder conforms to your skin color it also comes in translucent color. If you have dark circles under the eyes, they also have an eye corrector.  It's amazing to go out and let people see you without them seeing your scars and having to explain to every person who stares at you what happened.  What she went through at the time of the crash was much deeper than the physical appearance.  She was able to overcome her personal struggle between life and death.  It is hard to be in a hospital at such a young age and in the midst of an unpredictable diagnosis to hear the voice of God.  Today, my sister is disabled from her accident, but her disability does not define her.  She gets up every day cover her wounds and gives a smile to the world like a normal person. No one notice what she went through. There is hundreds of people with birth marks, burn marks, surgery scars, vitiligo and other skin problems that cause them to feel uncomfortable with the appearance of their skin.  Dermablend is being helping to cover those skin imperfections. My sister beauty as a human being is bigger than the scars on her body.  Life took away things from a physical aspect, but gave her a lot of strength to live.  I thank God because I have my sister with me for many more years to come. She is an excellent woman and my best friend, she is my sister Ivette.

Dermablend has been in our family  ever since that day. I  use it even though I have no scars on my face, but I do have very dark circles under my eyes.  Another benefit of Dermablend is NO RETOUCH!  It does not leave a sweaty, shiny, glossy look on your face, no matter what situation or environment you're in.  If you don't believe me believe me, this is a picture of me in the desert in the middle of Iraq. What?! Yes, it was in regulation.  I can imagine the load of comments on this blog... but Divas will be Divas and Haters will be Haters, no matter what.  I woke up in the morning, took a shower and put my Dermablend with the translucent powder, chap-stick and went to work.  It didn't take me 2 minutes to do it.  This kind of make up will resist rain, sand storms, sweat, extreme heat (I went to Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait for a year and half) and you can run a marathon if you want with this on and it will  not fade.  The is a downside to  Dermablend and I'm going to pause here so you can pay attention to this because it is important.  This product is amazing, the same way I say it is amazing because it lasts a long time on your face without needing to be retouched and it wont come off.  When something doesn't come off by itself, you have to wash it off really good.  EVERY DAY!!  I have used this product almost daily for more than 13 years, and the only time I had a break out was the first time I used it and didn't know how to properly wash it off.  Once I learned, I never had this problem again.  If I'm not going anywhere, I don't wear it.  I use my cleansing products, and I scrub my face regularly.

For the last 30 years Dermablend have been described as the best product by the medical community and professional makeup artists for its high performance wear and coverage. Dermablend also has some products specialized for the body if you are interested in their products, click here to check them out.  Here are some other videos that are awesome to get some more information.  They allow you to see on camera how these products work and that I'm not exaggerating when I say they  change people's life.

Cheri's Camo

Dermablend Tattoo Cover