Saturday, May 21, 2016

Dark smokey eyes feat. Sleek Enchanted Forest palette


I started with priming my eyelids using MAC Paint Pot in shade Soft Ochre. I blended it very well up to my eyebrows. Next I applied my black base on top - creamy black eye pencil which I blended with my finger. I made sure that outer corners are the darkest. I applied some of that pencil on my bottom lids as well.

Then I started with the Enchanted Forest palette. First I highlighted under my brows with a white eye shadow (1). This also created a barrier for other shadows I applied later on.
Than I applied a dark plum eye shadow (2) all over my eyelids. I went pretty high in my inner corners, almost up till my brows which was something new I wanted to try out. I made sure I blended well above my crease. I always apply eye shadows very high above my crease because I have hooded eyes and this is an amazing trick how to make it less visible.
Next I applied a silvery-green eye shadow into my inner corners (3). Afterwards I darkened the outer corners with a dark burgundy/black (4). I did this on my lower lids as well. The last eye shadow I used was the shimmery purple (5) which I popped in the center of my lids (top and bottom).

Next I lined my top lash line with liquid eyeliner. I also applied black eye pencil into my waterline.
Afterwards I applied my foundation from Mary Kay in shade Ivory, a concealer under my eyes (LA Girl HD concealer in shade Natural) and I set it all with a white loose powder from Grimase. I also contoured under my cheekbones using a light brown matte eye shadow from Revlon (Hazelnut). Then I applied my mascara and defined my brows using black matte eye shadow.
For my lips I used 2 products - both liquid. I first lined my lips with black liquid lipstick from LA Splash in shade Venom. Then I filled in the center with a purple matte lip gloss.
Afterwards I blended them together a bit to achieve more smooth transmission of colors.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Quick plum smokey eyes

I started with the foundation. I used Vichy Dermablend foundation stick in shade Opal (which is the lightest foundation I own). I set it with loose powder. Next I applied the dark plum matte eye shadow from Sleek Enchanted forest palette. I blended the edges with white eye shadow and I darkened the outer and the inner corners of my eyes with the darkest shadow in the palette (it's dark burgundy, almost black). Next I lined my top and bottom lash line with black eye pencil. I also lined my waterline. Next I defined my brows using black eye shadow. Afterwards I applied mascara on my top and bottom lashes and I moved on to the lips. I first put on liquid lipstick from Maybelline in shade Raspberry all over the lips. Then I darkened the inner corners with a black liquid lipstick from LA Splash (shade Venom). Then I blended the colors together a bit to achieve a smooth transmission.

Friday, May 13, 2016

It's Black Friday inspired Gothic look

I'm a huge fan of Black Friday. She is an ultimate Victorian Goth and a very successful YouTuber. She posts videos with make up tutorials, outfits, vlogs, really funny reactions to hate comments and much more. I absolutely love her style and creativity and that's why I tried to recreate one of her signature looks.

First I primed my lids with white eye-shadow base. Then I applied white matte eye-shadow all over them. Next I drew a crease line with grey eye-shadow way higher than where is my natural crease to achieve bigger looking eyes. I elongated this line towards my temple. Next I drew a line along my lash line with black matte eye-shadow. I connected this line with the crease line. I played a bit with defining the correct thickness and shape. Next I went over this line with a liquid liner to make it more precise, sharp and more black.
Then I drew another line under my bottom lash line. I drew it lower than it should be in order to achieve big doll like eyes. I connected this line with the top line in the inner corners. Then I blended under this line with a black eye-shadow to make it more diffused because I didn't want the line to be too sharp.
Next I applied my foundation and I set it with a powder.
Then I continued with blending the lines and adding more darkness. When I was done with eye shadows I applied plenty of mascara on my top and bottom lashes. Black Friday wears beautiful extremely big false lashes which I didn't have at the moment, so I had to do without them.
Next I defined my brows with a black eye-shadow. I made them different than Black Friday does simply because she shaves her natural brows off so she can draw any shape she likes but I like to have my natural brows so I have to adapt my brow shape to them.
As a last step I put on my liquid lipstick from LA Splash in shade Venom (which is pure black).