Let's edit pictures together with Meitu!

It was requested I do an entry on how I edit my pictures~

I don't think I'm any expert at it, but I think I do a fairly decent job...

For photo editing, I use Meitu, it's free and awesome!!!

[before downloading, please look up a tutorial on how to download or you will download annoying desktop things in Han..]

[[you can also watch this tutorial video]]

First I'll go over Meitu Meiyan which is a free beauty and camera app [for camera, I do prefer to use Camera 360 for the 'sweet' filter]

The app looks like the one I have pointed out~ Under it is the two icons you can pick between.

First one is the camera and the one I pointed out is the photo editor, click that and it'll bring you to a screen where you can pick out which picture you want to edit.

 Pointing out the icons I usually use... The bottom bar scrolls so the other two are off too the side haha;;
But it's pretty self explanatory from the icons.

 First I mess with the slimming/weight tool.

 There's a little tool editor at the bottom to pick the size of the tool you want. I slightly pull in the sides of my face by just a little. The trick to continuity is to only slightly adjust what you want too so that it's not super obvious every time you post an edited picture~ [plus, you do want to look like yourself, just slightly improved!]

 Then to zoom in use two fingers and drag them apart to  hone into the section you want.

 I change the size of my tool to the smallest setting and cinch in my nostril slightly.
Don't forget to click the check at the top right to confirm the change.

 I then go into the eye enlarger, a little box shows up when you put your finger down so you can be precise with your placement of enlargement.
The issue with eye enlargement is it warps the pixels and you lose definition, which we'll fix later...
Click the check at the top again and move on..

 I then go into the under eye bag fix section and highlight only the darkest part.

 I also do the same on the bride of my nose for a bit more contour :3
Click the check and move on~

Last part is to fix the loss of definition by using the eyeliner tool on my pupil~

Click the check again, and it'll save it onto your files.

Original and finished picture~ yeah! Slight edits do make a big difference!

Now onto Meitu Xiu Xiu

 

Original picture, unedited~

First thing I do is use the weight/slimming section to pull in my chin, sides of my face, nostrils and arm.

After pulling in everything~

 Next, I go into the skin lightening to edit the brightness of my picture.

 I usually pull it up to 3 or 4 and bring it to a cooler tone.

I then go into the blemish section and clear up any blemishes I have, be very light on it. The less the better~

After that, I go into the eye enlarging tool and enlarge my eyes.

The one problem is that enlarging the eyes is that it blurs the eyes a bit and it does need to be fixed later on  by going into the darkening section and just darkening up the pupil area~

After eye enlarging~

 Next is my fave step fixing the under eye circles. I usually go into the second section where you select a lighter area around the eye and you can blend it into the under eye circle to lighten it in a more natural looking way.

  I then go into the basic editing section and use the selected filters in varying percentages. You have to click the blue button to confirm the choices you make.

After filters are applied. I did go a bit heavy, just to show you what it can do<3

 I then go into picture overlay, where you can find lots of cute add ons for your pictures like mustaches, bows, text and other fun things~
You can also upload your own by clicking the folder icon in that section.

 After selecting a picture a pop up box appears where you can select the opacity, size and tilt, you can also flip it too.

Watermark added~

 Now to save. Be sure, unless you want a gif, to click the right button on top, which will change it to a jpg file.

You can choose where to save the file and the file title.

Then, click the large green box and voilla, you're done!

When you edit, make sure to not pull things in too far or to over do it, because it's hard to remember how to replicate a look over and over. For me, I know I only slightly pull in my chin [cause it's really long to me] and the sides of my face. I also bring in my nostrils slightly maybe reducing them by 15-20%?

LESS IS MORE

Yeah!

Gosh, I hope that was easy to understand!

And I hope you all enjoyed this tutorial~

<3CarisseIris

Purrrfectly Pink~

 I'm finally at my dream hair colour, dusky rose pink! [though I need it to fade a bit more to become a more baby shade]

^^

above is the colour I gave to my stylist of what I wanted. She said I should get to that shade in about 2-3 weeks depending how often I shower...

 Ah, but it's so pretty and I love my current colour so much! I almost cried from happiness when I was done at the salon. I finally felt like myself and in my own skin~

Yay for my pink hair!

Love Taffi, Shop Review~

 I got a wonderful cute package from the etsy store Love Taffi, who is run by a really sweet  person<3

Love Taffi, has cute unique pins and bows that make nice details for any outfit!

The goodies came in a wonderfully compact package and inside was this cute drawstring with my hair accesories.

 The owner also put some free goodies like stickers, pretty beads and some nummy candy!
On to the products!

 I received a darling scrunchie with rabbit ear detail, and medallion sporting the shop name. It goes with a lot of my clothes and makes for a subtle cute touch to my hair.

 I also got some wonderfully glittery baby animal hair pins~ they're super glittery and are a really nice accent piece! It even makes my hair glittery too, so that's a bonus<3

 I really love the hair tie, it doesn't look childish, on the contrary I think it looks cute and elegant! The construction is really well done, no exposed threads, no fraying, no visible seams or the like!

The pins are really really cute though! It makes me feel like one of those cartoon characters that always wears their hair with that one unique hair pin or beret! The quality of the pins is very high, They feel very secure and I've been wearing them a lot to work and haven't broken on me!

 My favorite one is the bunny one, what can I say, I'm a bit biased;;
It makes me feel really chipper and happy when I wear it because it can be so very subtle and when people spot it, they are so happily surprised to see a cute critter in my hair~ [[I get it a lot at work haaha!]]

Also, my candy was ramune flavoured, so yummy!

Thank you so much Love Taffi! I will be a repeat customer!

Check them out at etsy.com/shop/lovetaffi
<3CarisseIris