Thursday, February 12, 2015

Black&plum gothic

This is one of my all time favorite looks but it is so extreme that I actually never wear it. Still I decided it to include it into this blog for something more different than looks I usually post here.
The absolute beauty of the look is contrast between extremely dark eyes and lips and very pale skin. The eye look is nothing difficult - pretty much very black smokey eyes. Normally with smokey eyes the transition color (crease color) is either light brown or beige or something very neutral. I used matt dark plum color to make it look more interesting. I used the same colors onto my lower lid as well and I went pretty far down in order to make my eyes appear bigger. I lined my eyes with gel liner (top, bottom, waterline) and applied crazy amount of mascara. You may also use false lashes. After I cleaned up all fall outs (especially in my under eye area) I applied concealer under my eyes which is very important step to set the border between dark eyes and pale face. If you skip this step you might end up looking like panda bear:-)
I applied the lightest foundation I have all over my face, set with loose powder and did very little contouring on my cheekbones. I didn't highlight nor applied any blush. I finished off with lips. First I applied Maybelline's Colorstay 24H lipstick in shade Burgundy and after it dried I lined corners of my lips with black gel liner. I tried to be very precise. Then I blended the edges in the corners to achieve the nice "ombre" effect.


Black&white cut crease cat eye

This is one of my very dramatic looks inspired by 60's Mod style combined with cat eye. I've chosen to use black and white to make it appear even more "edgy".

I didn't use any false lashes but they would have been perfect for this look.

 I couldn't decide on lip color, I first wanted to use bright red but then I thought I should better keep it more neutral since the eyes are so dramatic. But feel free to use any lip color you wish. Dark red or pink would look awesome as well.







How to achieve this look:

Prime your lids first. I've used Paint Pot (soft ochre). Than mark your crease shape. I have slightly hooded lids so I went bit above my natural crease. I used black gel liner for it. Then I smudged it with matt black shadow. You may choose to go thicker (as I did) or thinner at this part.
 Then I blended the line slightly upwards with chocolate matt eyeshadow to bring bit warmth into the look and also to avoid black (in combination with white) to look blue-ish.
After brown was applied I blended it with matt beige shadow to make transition smooth. I applied matt white shadow under the brows to highlight the area.
Then I applied base for my white shadow onto moving part of my lid. I used white kohl pencil and I blended it with my finger. Then I applied white matt eye shadow on top of it. I made sure I wouldn't cross the black crease line I've applied earlier.
Then I moved on to eyeliner. I used L'Oréal's Gel intenza liner and I applied it from very inner corner of my eyes all the way out and I extended the line till it met the crease line where I connected them. Then I went with black matt shadow over it.
So, that's the whole trick on cut crease cat eyes. Rest of the make up is my standard rutine.