Friday, July 17, 2015

Gothic Black-Plum (video)


I've started with the primer (MAC Paint Pot Soft Ochre) all over my eyelid. I concentrated especially on my brow bone area. Then I applied a white matte eyeshadow under my brows to highlight the area. Afterwards I applied matte beige eyeshadow all over my crease and I blended it. This created a smooth texture for blending darker colors (which I was going to do later). I applied a matte medium brown eyeshadow into my crease as well to create dimension and more intensity.
Afterwards I applied the plum-purple color into my crease. I spent a while blending and re-applying till I got the opacity I wanted.
Then I worked on eyelid base. I applied a black kajal eye pencil all over the moving part of my lid - just up to my crease, not higher. I made sure that this layer wasn't too thick and that it was perfectly even. The last thing you want is uneven base because it will cause creasing and it will make the eye shadows look horrible. Then I blended the edges (where my base connected the purple color in the crease) with a matte dark grey eyeshadow. This created a smooth transmission between all shadows. I used a small fluffy blending brush for this. With this step I lost some of the purple-plumy color so I re-applied it again.
Then I applied a super black eyeshadow on top of my lid. It sticked very well because of the black base I created earlier and it didn't crease nor move.
For my lower lid I did pretty much the same - I applied the base with the black kajal eye pencil, then I blended it with the same dark grey eyeshadow. Then I applied purple-plum color beneath and blended it with the beige eyeshadow.
After I cleaned all fall outs and fixed the areas where I blended too far (under my eyes) I put on my gel eyeliner into my waterline, inner corners and top lash line where I winged it slightly towards my brows. Next I blended the purple-plum eyeshadow under my eyes with the beige eyeshadow again to make the color fade out gradually.
Then I applied my foundation - I used foundation stick so application of that is slightly different than of liquid foundation. I drew few strokes in strategic points on my face and I blended them with my fingers. With this technique I didn't apply too much foundation. Then I powdered my entire face and contoured under my cheekbones, jaw and under my chin down to my neck.
Next I did my brows - first I brushed them through with  a spoolie, then I filled them in with a black brow pencil and set it with the dark grey eyeshadow. Then I brushed them through with a clear brow gel in order to give them more natural look and to keep the hair in place.
Next I applied 2 different mascaras to my top and bottom lashes.
The last step was the lipstick - I mixed the darkest liquid lipstick I own with gel eyeliner and I applied it on my lips with a small lip brush.




Monday, July 13, 2015

Rockabilly: Cool red lips & grey eyes

I've started with priming my eyes using MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre and light beige eyeshadow on top of it (Inglot 390). Then I applied matte dark grey eyeshadow into my crease and I blended it very well. Next step was the white eyeshadow in my inner corners and under my brows. Then I moved on to the most important part of all Pin up and Rockabilly looks: the eyeliner. I drew a medium thick line from my very inner corner to the outer corner and I winged it outwards towards my brow. I set it with a black matte eyeshadow to get rid of any shine. I wanted everything to be perfectly matte. I applied a white kohl eye pencil into my waterline and bit of a grey eyeshadow on my lower lid. Afterwards I moved on to my standard face routine (primer, MAC Pro Long wear concealer NC25, powder, contour) and I applied some red blush (using Sleek's Lace blush palette). I've made my brows quite thick, dark and very defined but I still tried to keep their natural shape. I finished off my eyes with a tone of mascara (Max Factor's Clump Defy and Rimmel's Scandal eyes). As a last step I applied lipstick - Maybelline Super Stay 24h in shade Cherry Pie. 

Rockabilly: Warm brown eyes & orange lips



I've started with an eyelid base (MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot). Then I applied matte eyeshadow  in the shade closest to my skin color (W7 In the Buff Palette) all over my eyelid and a warm golden-brown shimmery eyeshadow in my crease. I blended both eye shadows very well so there wouldn't be any harsh edges. Then I darkened the outer V's with medium brown matte eyeshadow. Afterwards I spent quite some time applying eyeliner (Maybelline Lasting drama gel eyeliner in shade 01 Black). I made the line pretty thick and winged out and I drew sharp edges in my inner corners to optically elongate my eyes. I put a matte black eyeshadow on top of it to get rid of any shine and also to set the gel eyeliner. I put on same golden-brown eye shadow to my lower lid as well. Then I used a
white kohl eye pencil in my waterline and in the inner corners of my eyes (under the black eyeliner I drew earlier). I put shimmery shell eyeshadow on top of the white eye pencil in my inner corners and under my brows as well.
For foundation I used MAC Pro long wear concealer in shade NC 25 an I set it with mattifying waterproof face powder by Catrice. I contoured with Inglot 342 eyeshadow. I used Maybelline's Color Tattoo gel eyeliner in shade black on my brows. I used 2 mascara's - Clump Defy by Max Factor as the first one and Rimmel Scandal Eyes as the second one. For a blush I used Sleek's Lace Palette and for the lips Max Factor's Lipfinity Color & Gloss 560 Radiant Red.