Out

I will be out of town for the next week or so at a writers workshop, so I won't be posting any looks or musings. I may check in randomly to see what everyone else has up, though. ^_^

Random Creativity

The other day I did some "special FX makeup" (not really... was totally just messing around) BUT... this is what I came up with:



My boyfriend decided to paint black stripes on a white shirt and talk Sam into dressing like the hamburgler. Of course, the hamburgler needs a mask! So... I pulled out some old halloween makeup (I got it cheap after halloween, you know the kind use it once and it dries up) and went to town on his face.



For those of you wondering... we totally walked into Mcdonalds dressed like that and got the goods to take this picture. YEEES!!!

I also decided that since the pallette also had red and white I would draw some stuff on myself... here's what I came up with.



I used red, black, white and a cheap-o stippling brush

EOTD

this bad boy is in the running to be the eye makeup for the photo shoot:

Here goes:

Shiro "Pikachu" - inner crease, under eye and inner 1/4 of lid and crease
Aromaleigh "tainted love" - lid (blend with pikachu on the inner portion
Fyrinnae "banana mochi" - highlight
Fyrinnae "electro-koi" crease
Manic Panic "black magic" - tightly on crease

My face was just a mixture of meow and ecco bella
Cheeks were Detrivore "gallows" (lightly)
and I highlighted my cheekbones with Physician's Formula bronzer (healthy skin spf 50 stuff)
lips were a little bit of hempseed oil and "son of psalm" lip balm from The Goth Rosary.

Feedback

I'm going to be doing a photo shoot pretty soon where my boys and I (The band) will be dressed in garb that quite obviously evokes clockwork orange as visual inspiration. What do you think would be a good color combination for my eyes?
What's in the running:
a yellow and black color combination (The band name is bee sting sessions)
a bold look with black, white and red
blues and white
A very nude color palette

I will definitely do false eyelashes and make sure to favor one eye, but I'm not sure what else I could do... what do you think?

Candy!!!

This look has a lot of vibrant summer colors. Mostly Pinks, Greens and a teency purple. Makes me think of lollipops.



Pixie epoxy to lid, crease, inner v, and under eye
Detrivore "Sexualis" inner v, first 1/3 of lid, and highlight
Shiro "Butterfree" under eye and inner v (blended with sexualis)
Aromaleigh "psychocandy" 2nd 1/3 of lid
GDE "Phyrra" outer 1/3 of lid
Shiro "Bulbasaur" crease
Erzuli Naturagel liner in "black" lined upper lash line
100% pure "blackberry" mascara




Face
Meow pampered puss mixture (equal parts himalayan 1+2)
Detrivore "Gallows" Blush

Lips
Fyrinnae "lickable"

What does it make you think of?

Day to night... avant garde style

Trying another avant garde look tonight.
I had an interview this morning, so I had to try and keep it neutral.



Here's what I used:
Morgana Minerals "joust" inner v and under eye
Shiru "Charmander" on lid
Aromaleigh "italian ice" highlight
Aromaleigh "black angel" crease (a thin line above lid to outer corner of eye to be blended with crease color)
meow wild child "Geek Cred" crease
Aromaleigh "Bad reputation" outer corner of lid and into crease blended well
Lined upper lash with Erzuli naturagel liner in black and extended to create wide wings... blended the wings to create a smokey cat eye
Boots no7 mascara



Cheeks:
Detrivore "Gallows"
Face:
Meow Pampered puss Sphynx 1+2 mixture
Lips:
Fyrinnae "Deceptive Innocence"

Now... onto my night look... I added a branch with little flowers. I created the branch with Erzuli naturagel liner in black. Some of the flowers were Detrivore "sexualis" (using the same brush I created the branch with... didn't wash it to make it a bit darker). Then, I washed the brush and mixed Aromaleigh "psychocandy" and Shiru "jigglypuff" to create the rest. Lastly, I dipped a blending brush in Shiru "bulbasaur" and applied lightly around the flowers.

Great(ish) Expectations

So... here's my plug. Margo, from Great(ish) Expectations is starting to do a "Dear Abbey" type series on her blog. You can read the first one I've seen here and the most recent one here. She's also doing a giveaway today... I'm pretty sure you can still enter. Either way, though, this lady is a super gifted artist and her blog is full of some awesome insight on dating that is, IMHO, applicable to most relationships. In fact, as soon as I become less broke (notice, no recent makeup hauls... hahaha) I'm going straight to her etsy site and buying some pretties!


I LOOOOOVE this little guy. (Of course, bee colors!)

These bad boys are also RIGHT up my alley!