A quick excerpt & photo below (because it’s late, I’m tired, and I’ll be damned if I have to come up with more unnecessary words).
With the 2012 Pantone Color of the Year being the bold, punchy Tangerine Tango, Spring and Summer are the easiest times of the year to wear it. Compared to 2011′s Honeysuckle (a dark, vibrant pink), I’ve been finding the orange hues of Tangerine Tango harder to get away with – it’s a very obvious, stark colour on my complexion, and the saturation makes it difficult to integrate it into the rest of a makeup look.
A quick tutorial on adding natural-looking colour for everyone from the chronically ill to just the mildly hungover. (Hey, I’ve been both. And unfortunately, I can therefore guarentee that the same principles more or less apply.) (Think about that the next time you go out drinking. Man.)
Read it here.
So… this happened.
I’m not entirely certain when, or why, or how, but it was sitting in my “coming up” folder when I went rooting around for a look to post this Monday, and– well, that’s pretty much all I have to say here. It’s weird, and almost a complete 180 from the neutral lid looks I’ve been posting recently, but (or perhaps “so,”) I hope you like it!
Products used
The basics: NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, Smashbox Matte Eye Shadow in Smoke, Hard Candy Glamoflauge concealer in Light.
The pigments: MAC Pigments in Vanilla, Grape, and Fuschia; FaceFront Artistic Pigment in Steam.
Everything else: Annabelle Mono Eyeshadow in Lagoon, FaceFront Color Volume Blush in I Dream of Peaches, 100% Pure Fruit Pigmented Mascara in Black Tea, La Bella Donna eyeliner in Black.
A ramble/tutorial about hair loss, wigs, and faking it* here.
Plus, a few gifs (which were turned into PNGs on the She Said Beauty site) -
This last one’s relevant to all of our interests, because (let’s be honest), sparse lashes and brows aren’t just a problem for people on chemo drugs. A before and after with super-natural (supernatural!) brow penciling + black liner in the lash line itself, rather than just above or below it:
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*”It” being lashes and brows, that is. Get your mind out of the gutter.
Check out the post here or by clicking on either of the images!
Products used
Eyeshadow: Urban Decay Primer Potion, NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (base), MAC Matte2 Eye Shadow in Blanc Type (lashline to brow), Smashbox Matte Eyeshadow in Smoke (brows and outer third), Senna Matte Eyeshadow in Fusion (middle of the lid & blended out)
Eyeliner: Ellis Faas Liquid Eyeliner in Black, Marcelle LUX Metallic Liquid Eyeliner in Jade (layered together)
Lips: GOSH Velvet Touch Lipstick in Darling (patted on very lightly)
Cheeks: MAC Powder Blush in Harmony (Matte; to contour)
