With this year in its final stretch, I can't help but think of the holidays quickly approaching... and first up to bat??? HALLOWEEN!!!
Being the Pinterest fanatic that I am... I have been pinning endless makeup looks for the past year and half... always with the expectation or "fantasy" of replicating them one day... and so here I begin my first "PINSPERATION MAKEUP LOOK"!!!
I am starting with this Cleopatra-style look, for no particular reason... it seemed simple for my first "Pinsperation" post...
1)I started by applying face and eye primer, then my natural skin color foundation and concealer.
2)to prevent all that blue and gold eyeshadow from ruining the foundation, I applied a generous amount of translucent powder under my eyes and on the apples of my cheeks... feel free to over-do-it with this step, it can be swiped away with a brush after, leaving your face "fall-out" free!
3)I began my eyes. I put a base on my eyelids in the form of a cream, copper color (the closest I had to gold)... this will help to really make the gold shadow stay and pop. Once I did this on both eyes, I applied gold eyeshadow directly on top. Above my lids on the brow bone, I used a bright blue and filled in the rest of my eye to the outer tips of my brows. Lastly, I swept a dark gray shadow in my crease to give dimension.
4)You can't be Cleopatra without her unmistakable eyeliner cat-eye look... have fun with this part and make it as thick or cat-like as you wish!!! Then, with the same gold I used earlier I thickly lined under my lower lash line, and used a black eyeliner to line my waterline.
5) To give the rest of my face dimension and light, I used a dark shade cream foundation stick and applied this in all the areas that I want defined and thinned. I did my jawline, the hollows under my cheek bones, temples, forehead border, and down the sides of my nose. I used a similar color in powder and went over all the areas I darkened... this is to set the cream and give even more dimension.
6) Then, we highlight the area we want to pop! With a white chubby eyeliner (use white only for "theatrical" looks), I did the bridge of my nose, the center of my forehead, under my eyes and above the apples of my cheeks, under my nose to shape my Cupid's bow, and right above my jawline... then went right over it with a shimmery translucent powder.
7) Don't for get blush on your apples and cheekbones!!!
8) To have a little fun with my lips, I lined them with black eyeliner and filled them with shiny red lipstick. When you blend it well, it makes a beautiful "ombre" look.
9) Lastly, eyebrows... I chose to make my brows more angular and straight-lined using black eyeshadow.
10)After lastly, is finally... dress up and have fun!
(My good camera was out of commission... damn iPhone camera and its shadows!!!)
Hope you like my "Pinsperations"... you can follow me on Pinterest and Facebook as Alexis the Makeup Girl... links below!
Imagine Hump Day and Cleopatra- Alexis
