Tutorial: Rainbow Liner

HI! Long time no see, real life things, blablabla.

I got new makeup and some new brushes. I played with them and took pictures of it. Let me show you!


WARNING! Very photo heavy post ahead.

After the shower I cleaned my skin with the Garnier Micellaire Water. I then applied the Kruidvat Skin Science Beauty Elixir Serum, the Skin Science Eye Gel, the Neutral Face Cream and the Garnier BB Eye Cream Roller ball and moisturized my lips with my EOS Honeysuckle Honeydew lipbalm.

I perfected my base with a light layer of the Catrice Matt Plus foundation in 010 Light Beige and the Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 15, all blended in with  a damp BeautyBlender. I set everywhere I applied concealer with the Catrice Nude Illusion Loose Powder in Transparent Matt, again with my damp BeautyBlender.

Using a Zoeva Brow Line Brush I defined my entire brow with Urban Decays Buck eyeshadow, going for a very soft front. I defined the tail of my brow with Urban Decays Faint. Then I used NYX Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk in the inner corner of my eye and under my brow. Across my lid I applied Milani Shadow Eyez Pencil in Almond Cream for evening out the colour of my lid.

Mixed on a large shadow brush (from Sigma) I applied Urban Decay Foxy and Walk of Shame across my entire lid, from lashline to browbone. Using a Zoeva Luxe Soft Definer btush I used Naked 2 across my entire crease, for some soft definition. Seeing as the rest of this look is going to be a bit... Bright, I want to keep the lid clean looking.

Are you ready to look nuts with me? Let's do it!

Nothing to do but pulling a silly face when you're looking like this. To make sure my eyeliner ends up being nice and crisp I applied tape to the outer corners of my eyes, following my lower lashline. Imagine that line continues, follow that with the tape and your liner or eyeshadow will look crisp as a winter morning!

Using the NYX Milk pencil from earlier and an angled liner brush, I applied the white cream shadow in a fairly bold cat-wing across my eye. The white base will ensure that our bright shadows will look even brighter. You might notice that mine looks a bit weird, but I have hooded lids and I need to make the wing of my liner fairly wide to have to look somewhat decent when I open my eyes.

With a Zoeva Wing Liner Brush I applied Cricket from the Sleek Ultra Matte Bright palette on the inner part of my lower lashline. To avoid excess fall out, dab the brush onto your lid instead of wiping it. I then applied Dragon Fly from the same palette in the same manner, blending them together and then continuing the line onwards.

Using the bright blue Bolt from the Sleek palette, I fade the green into blue and then move on to my large Boozyshop GIANT palette with every single colour, ever. I use a deep royal blue and fade the bright blue into the deep. Still using dabbing motions, I add a bright purple to the mix, at the very end of the wing of my cat-eye. Once done with the purple, remove the tape and TADAAAAH, a beautiful crisp line. Add NYX Milk to the lower lash-line and let's move on.

Going back to my trusty Sleek Ultra Matte Bright palette, using a Zoeva Luxe Pencil Brush and the colour Bamm! I apply it to the inner part of the lashline. Then from the same palette and with the same brush, I take Strike and make sure I blend the two together.

Staying with the same pencil brush and palette, I take the bright pink Sugarlite and blend it into the orange and almost to to the outer corner of my eye. I then finish off the lower lash line with a warm red from my Boozy palette.

I finished off the eyes by tightlining with  the Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in Black, curling my lashes with my Tweezerman lash curlers and applying a few layers of the Maybelline Colossal Waterproof Mascara.

I contoured my cheekbones using NYX Blush in Taupe and warmed up my skin using The Body Shop Bronzer in 02. For Blush I applied Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso. ( SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS BLUSH! URGH!) And I lightly powdered the rest of my face with the Catrice Nude Illusion Powder.

To keep it light and neutral... HAHAHAHA! Who are we kidding? We got off that train a while ago. To compliment the bright eyes, I went with a beautiful bright lip.The lipstick is Milani Moisture Matte in the colour Matte Orchid. It's a lovely matte formula, that feels like nothing on the lips but has amazing wear and pigment.

And some full face shots of the finished look! This is (for me) not a day to day look, but I would definitely wear this to a day festival or something of that sort.

Would you rock a rainbow look? How would you go about it? Let me know down below. If you have suggestions for other looks as well!


Thank you for reading and untill next time!
XXX

Tutorial: Poison Ivy for Halloween

Fall has fallen and throughout much of the world, the Halloween hype is raging. I didn't grow up in a country where Halloween was a thing, although I would totally say YES if invited to a Halloween dress-up party. (HINT HINT!)

Since I recently dyed my hair bright red, I got the idea of doing a simple tutorial inspired by my favourite red head baddie, Poison Ivy. This is not a "costume-y" type of makeup, more the type of makeup to use if you want to dress up as Poison Ivy and don't quite know what to do for makeup.

Starting out looking a bit more like her day to day persona, Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, with a freshly cleansed and moisturized face, let's get started!

We start out with first removing my glasses and put in contact lenses. Makes for easier application and Poison Ivy doesn't wear glasses. She's too cool for that! Or... Something. I then made an equal mix of one part Max Factor Facefinity Foundation in Light Ivory 40, one part Catrice BB Allaround Foundation in 010 Light Beige and my Essence My Base Illuminating Makeup base. The BB cream/foundation and the illuminating base help add a nice glow/shine to my skin and the Facefinity foundation gives me some coverage, which I need.

To fix up my comicbook baddie brows, I first filled them in with MAC Lip Pencil in Cherry and then used two different red tones from my big Boozy Cosmetics P117 palette with an angled brush to set and shade the brows in a bit more. Now, Poison Ivy's actual hair colour is of course a bright red, unlike my dark red hair. If dressing up as her I suggest a bright red wig to go with this and matching your brows to the wig exactly. The exact match will make the look a lot more cartoon-y/comicbook-y.

With a large, fluffy blending brush I applied Adam's Apple from the Sleek Garden of Eden palette on and above my crease, leaving my orbital/brow bone bare. Any matte minty green will do!

Using the same brush I applied a matte, bright grass green from my Boozy Cosmetics palette throughout my crease and blended it up into the mint green.

Using a flat shader brush, I applied a bright grass green with a golden shimmer across my mobile lid. This colour was also in my Boozy Cosmetics palette.

Going back into the Sleek Garden of Eden palette, I applied Tree of Life on the outer "V" shape of my eye with a tapered crease brush. This just intensifies the look and gives it a bit more OOMPH!

Using a fluffy paddleshadped brush, I applied a light, shimmery mint green to my inner corners and all over my browbone. I would normally NEVER wear something this shimmery on the browbone, as I personally just do not like that look normally, but seeing as this is a look for dressing up, I felt the green glow just added a nice touch. It IS Poison Ivy afterall. As you can tell on the latest picture, I also used the matte grass green and matte dark green along my lower lashline. I only the used the dark green on the outer third of the lower lid.

Using Tree of Life from the Sleek palette on an angled brush, I lined my upper lashline. I then tightlined both my upper and lower water line using Aparthy 24/7 Eye Pencil by Urban Decay, which is a nice dark green.

I contoured using NYX Blush in Taupe, used Catrice Illuminating Blush in 020 Coral Me Maybe (definitely not a coral, more of a peachy pink) and highlighted all the high points of my face using a light, mint green from my MUA Eyeshadow Palette in Pretty Pastels. It is not very obviously green on the face, but it's a slight green sheen when in direct sunlight, so seemed appropriate!

For the lips, I layered two different Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss Lipsticks. I layered two different reds on top of each other, in the colours 01 and 10, to get the colour I wanted. To mattify the lips I applied one of the red shadows I also used on my brows all over the lips. This also helps the lipstick stay on for longer. The matter, the better. Perfect for that famous, deadly kiss!

The finished result! Pair with either a full on Poison Ivy costume OR with a pair of glasses, a labcoat, greens shirt and a brown/black pencil skirt for a Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley costume, both with a bright red wig.

Unfortunately, I won't be going to any Halloween parties, but I will be doing a few more tutorials that are inspired by popular costumes.

Are you going to a Halloween party? What are you dressing as? Let me know!


Thank you for reading!

XXX