I started with the lippie I wanted to swatch, then had the hardest time thinking what direction I wanted to go in. Then I remembered I had wanted to try Beau Nelson's lip technique, and I had used a different gloss than I had thought of originally. That will be later today Too Faced -- and more pix. And I hadn't chosen my T yet.
I don't think I was in a light pink mode. After all that angst, I think it turned out nicely. I think it came together. What do you think?
Eyes:
Base: Dior light pink cream in wand; then my sparkly mix
Lid: Cat got your tongue? Meow IdealEyes Purrl -- light pink
Brows: La Prairie pencil
What direction to go in?
I knew I didn't want to do blue or teal or green -- but what?
Ah, grey with pink would likely be nice. But I hadn't sampled any greys from Meow. My BE greys are very dark, which would have worked too, and I might do it later over the lighter. So I went to AL and chose a light one.
Crease and outer corners: AL Avalon rocks! sonic eyes
Very light grey; almost no contrast with the pink, but enough.
Lined upper: Mary Kay Steely pencil (dark grey)
Lined lower: MAC graphblack in waterline, then earthline outside it -- whoa! dark and too piecy looking...had to soften for it to fit -- and also deepen the shadow shades by:
Lined upper and lower: AL evilwoman rocks! glam glitter, deeper sparkly grey
Lined just outside the lower, very carefully with more of the Meow to bring the pink around
Mascara: BE Buxom Black
Primer: Guerlain Meteorites
Foundation: Guerlain
Concealer: Mary Kay Highlighting Pen Color 2
Color under my sparkly powder mix: Mary Kay cream rouge
Blush over the powder: Meow Lush Blush Hugs and Kitties -- I thought this would hardly show, but it was perfect. First time I tried the sample.
Using Beau Nelson of Beauté's technique highlighting my lips
NYX Pink Sparkle Diamond Sparkle Lip Gloss
Lancome Starlight lip gloss to rim
You can read about this technique here.
I might do a Take 2 later today with other colors. Hope you enjoyed this one!
Karin
Originally posted 2009-03-25 13:29:38.
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