Something a little different this week. Meet Sarah:
Today we’re replicating a makeup we designed for Sarah a couple of months ago for a fancy dress party, and my inspiration for the look was Theda Bara. As always, we start with the base:
We’ve used a mixture of foundations to match Sarah’s skin tone, then powdered it down with a smattering of Benefit Bluffdust. Then it was onto the eyes, and we decided to use MAC Paint in Artifact, which is a lovely burgundy shade:
I applied this in an almond shape on the eyelid, then drew out the outer edges into a pointed shape. After that, I added lashings of MAC Feline eyeliner to make it even darker:
After that, of course, time for mascara:
And then lips, we needed something dark, but still flattering, so we chose Gash by Urban Decay, as it’s a really good dark red. Sarah has lovely shaped lips for the bee-stung look, so I just exaggerated her cupid’s bow a little, and drew the colour slightly inside her natural lipshape. There was no need for blush with this look:
And here’s how the whole thing looked when we put it together:
I love how this looks, dramatic, different, yet still wearable for a night-time special event.
Here’s the before’n’after:
Another super makeover… love the shade of red on those lips, she's lucky that hers are full enough to carry a dark red off so well!
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Very pretty, I like the way you made an extended cat eye shape on her!