How I edit

I took part in the i ❤ faces fix it friday challenge. I thought I would share the technique I used to edit the photo with you guys! PLEASE follow my photography blog! It is so lonely over there! Thanks :] and enjoy! Happy editing. I'll once again apologize this is not the best tutorial, if you would like tutorials of how I do my work then leave a comment and I'll do my best to start writing some!
Candice Michal Photography

This is the original photo we had to edit. The photo is not mine, I just edited it.

And this is my finished product.
An overview of what I did:

Sorry I didn't keep track of the specifics for every single step but I'll do my best to remember.

1) Took the picture into iphoto and changed the levels, under exposed [not by much] and increased the contrast.

2) Still in iphoto I applied the antique filter, and then upped fade color 1 or 2 slots

3) Now to photoshop, I applied a photo filter, orange and played with the density until I was happy

4) I download all my brushes here, I found some swirly ones I like and dl them to my computer

5) I got two or three different swirl brushes for each corner and rotated them around, and played with size until I was satisfied. Each swirl is completely white with opacity 100% brush mode normal

6) I applied inner and outer glow, opacity 100% each, everything else I left at the default.

7) Then I submitted to iheartfaces :]

*note* The brushes are all free, some artists clarify that they do not want their brushes used if you are making money unless you are paying them or crediting them.