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The Daily Face - February 2, 2012 - Mod

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: Illamasqua Precision Ink, MAC Kohl Pencil in Fascinating (white)

eye brows: MAC Eyebrow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

Illamasqua sent me a few products to try out, one of them being their Precision Ink, and I immediately wanted to create a 60’s mod eye with it.  This product creates a super smooth, rich black, gloss finished line, perfect for dramatic winged liner.  If you are a makeup beginner this might not be the easiest liner for you to start out with, but if you have a steady hand, are comfortable with makeup application, or are willing to practice I highly recommend trying the Precision Ink out.

I applied the Precision Ink in a fairly thick line from corner to corner, winging the liner at the outer corners.  Next I carefully extended the liner past the inner corners of the eyes.  (If you have wide set eyes this line can be longer, but if your eyes are closer together you will want to make this line fairly short.)  Then I lined the bottom lash line also extending past the inner corners.  When you do this follow the natural shape of your eye, and it might take a couple of tries to get right.  Next I used the tip of the liner to draw on little bottom lashes beneath my natural lashes.  Draw these on an slight angle toward the outer corners of the eyes, not straight down.

Next I lined the eye socket bone.  There are many variations on how this cane be done, and all of them can be tricky.  You can connect the line with the wing, you can bring the line farther into the inner corners, it all depends on the shape of your eyes; experiment!  Also, remember that the more symmetrical your face is the easier this will be.  My eye socket bones are not symmetrical so I have to draw the liner on the left eye slightly higher than the right.

Last I added a little white liner under the lower lashes, in between the inner corner lines, and to my lid between the liner and the eye bone line.  If you want to go really over the top add false lashes, otherwise just apply some mascara.

The Daily Face - January 10, 2012 - Blue Liner 

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack, Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes pencil in 12L (blue)

eye brows: MAC Eyebrow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

cheeks: MAC Blush in Harmony

This is a really easy look that’s interesting but also doesn’t require a lot of makeup.  I started by lining the lids with Blacktrack.  I made a pretty large sweeping wing, but obviously you can alter the size of the cat eye according to your own face.  I also lined the entire top inner rim and the bottom inner rim just along the outer corner.

Next I applied the blue Aqua Eye pencil along the top edge of the black liner.  Make sure there is no space between the black and blue liner.  If the blue covers the black a little you can always go back over the black liner once the blue liner is in place.  I started the blue liner about 60% of the way in from the outer corners of the eyes.  This will be different depending on individual eye shape, but use 60% as a jumping off point.  The blue liner extends all the way to the tip of the wing creating a thin point with the black liner.

I then went over the black liner to accentuate the hard line between the black and blue and also added the blue liner very lightly to the inner corner of the eyes.  Lastly I applied mascara and MAC blush in Harmony to the cheekbones.

The Daily Face - January 5, 2012 

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: NARS Liquid Eyeliner Pen, MAC Eye Kohl Pencil in Fascinating, NARS Eye Pencil in Hollywoodland

eye shadow: MAC Eyeshadow in Crystal Avalanche, NARS Eyeshadow Duo in Kuala Lumpur

eye brows: MAC Eyebrow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

cheeks: MAC Highlighter in Pearl, NARS Blush in Penny Lane

lips: NARS Lipstick in Dolce Vita

It’s getting so cold outside so here is a look with an icy winter feel.  I started by lining the outer edge of the upper lid with NARS Liquid Eyeliner Pen go give a little definition to the eye.  Next, I shaded the inner corners of the eyes with the white MAC eye pencil, followed by the NARS Eye Pencil Hollywoodland, followed by another layer of the MAC pencil.  The NARS Hollywoodland pencil will add a little bit of warmth and shimmer to the otherwise matte MAC pencil.

Next I applied MAC Eyeshadow in Crystal Avalanche to the lid from lash line to crease.  I then applied the light pink shade in the NARS Kuala Lumpur Eyeshadow Duo over it.  Next I shaded the darker shadow in the Kuala Lumpur Duo into the outer corners of the top lid and slightly into the crease.  Add a bit of this color under to outer corner of the lower lash line to achieve a drop shadow effect.

I applied MAC Highlighter in Pearl amply to my cheekbones.  This won’t really show up in photos without a flash or studio lighting, but you will definitely be able to see it in person.  Next I applied NARS Cream Blush in Penny Lane on top of the Pearl highlighter, concentrating the color mostly on the apples of the cheeks, but also bringing it back on the cheekbones toward the temples.

Last, I applied mascara and a coat of NARS Dolce Vita Lipstick.

Ok, you’re really to brave the cold.

Monique Lhuillier SS12

The lead makeup artist for the Monique Lhuillier show was Jal Garland for MAC.  Her look was inspired by the urban, fast-paced, sporty woman.  When I spoke with her, Garland highlighted that this allusion of quick, forward motion would be represented in the eyes.  Aerodynamic swooshed black and blue liner dramatically stretches toward the hairline as if it’s being pulled back by speed itself.

Face and Body foundation was applied over well moisturized skin and slightly contour was given under the cheekbone using Sand Brown and Malaysia Contour Creme.

For the eyes, Pro Black Creme Liner was applied in a very straight line.  A think line of Marine Ultra Chromacake was applied hugging the black liner and then returning in a straight line through the crease.

The lips were left natural, with a bit of lip balm.

Garland gave this tip: Apply all detail makeup first, i.e. the eyes, and then go back and perfect the skin after.  That way if you need to touch up any small mistakes on the detail areas you don’t effect the foundation in the process.     

The Daily Face - May 19, 2011 - Egyptian Eyes

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Blacktrack, Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes pencil in 10L (gold)

eye brows: MAC Fling

eye lashes: first coat: Chanel Inimitable Intense

                   second coat: Fiberwig

cheeks: MAC Harmony

lips: NARS in Morocco

I am a huge fan of Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Eyes pencils.  They come in a sorts of cool and crazy colors that can be added to any look for a pop of color.  Their consistency is more like a gel than a regular pencil so they apply easily, are super pigmented, and don’t smudge at all.

For this look I started with the previously mentioned Cleopatra liner, except I brought the wings up and out a little farther.  Then using the Aqua Eyes gold pencil I lined the bottom lid only, from inner corner to the end of the wing.  By bringing the gold all the way to the point of the wing you will give the illusion of an elongated eye.  And who doesn’t want bigger eyes?  I also brought the gold into the inner corners of the eye.

I finished the look off with a sweep of blush under the cheekbones, a little bit of lipstick, and a ton of mascara.  This is a great look to add individual false lashes to if you’re feeling extra fancy.

The Daily Face - April 5, 2011- Doing a Shoot > Writing a Midterm

under eyes: Makeup Forever HD Concealer 325

eyeliner: The Body Shop pencil liner in black

eye shadow: MAC eye shadow in Honesty

eye brows: MAC eyebrow pencil in Fling

eye lashes: first coat - Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash

                 second coat - Fiberwig LX

cheeks: NARS creme blush in Penny Lane

lips: NARS Dolce Vita

So, I’m in my mid twenties and I still haven’t graduated from college.  After doing a year at Parsons School of Design I started working full time, but a couple of years ago I went back to The New School to finish my bachelors degree.  I am happy to say that I’m in the home stretch, but unhappy to say that I will be spending the rest of today writing a midterm for my Hitchcock film class.  I know I shouldn’t really be complaining, there are much worse topics to write midterms on AND I’m graduating in May!!  Working full time while completing school on scholarship has been no easy task.  I’ve had to feed myself, pay my rent, and keep above a 3.75 GPA for the past 6 semesters.  I can’t wait to be finished and I’m very proud of myself.

Since I’ll be spending the rest of the day writing this midterm I was happy to have a quick shoot with Paper Magazine this morning.  It got me out of the apartment for a few hours.

Today I lined my top lid with black eye pencil.  I didn’t bring the liner all the way into my inner eye, instead I started about half way into the lid and then winged the liner out past the outer corner of my eye.  When you don’t bring the liner all the way into the inner corner of the eye it is important to match and blend the beginning of the line with the lashes, so it appears that the liner is originating the highest point of your lash line. (On most people this is about 40% of the way in from the outer corner of the eye.)  If you don’t blend the starting point of the liner in with the lash line it will look like have a thick line sitting on top of your lashes.  This will actually create the illusion that your eyes are smaller and it’s simply not flattery.  If it helps, enlarge the photo for a clearer visual of what I mean.  Eyeliner should come to a delicate point at it’s origin and ending.

I applied MAC shadow from lash line to crease.  Honesty is a good pinky-gold color with a little bit of sparkle.  It’s subtle, but helps to spice up a look a little.  Then I used Penny Lane on the apples of my cheeks and Dolce Vita, my go-to lipstick. 

I know it seems silly to wear lipstick while writing a midterm, but I’m trying to give my computer screen something nice to look at for the next few hours.