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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 - April 2, 2011- Saturday Night Live - Elton John

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Blacktrack gel liner, Eye Kohl in Fascinating (white)

eye shadow: NARS in Biarritz, MAC in Copperplate

eye brows: filled with MAC eyebrow crayon in Fling

eye lashes: Fiberwig LX

                  Individual false lashes by Mattesse                 

cheeks: MAC in Harmony

lips: Make Up For Ever in Matte 4

Harnessing the power of the 1960’s seems like the only way to see Elton John at SNL.  I know, I know, his first album didn’t come out until 1969, but I’ve been dying to do a full out mod look and I thought it would be great with this yellow dress.  So…

I applied Biarritz to my lid from lashline to crease.  I used my finger to apply it to ensure I get the most amount of pigment on my eye.  Then I applied Copperplate to the crease keeping a pretty defined line (meaning don’t blend it too much).

I lined my eyes heavily with Blacktrack, applying it also to the inner rims.  For a mod look it is important to get very sharp edges on the liner, with really visible wings (even if they get a little obstructed by false lashes, like might did, the wings will be really visible in person).

Next I applied individual false lashes to my top lash line.  For the bottom lashes I applied Fiberwig mascara and then with tweezers I squeezed them together into small bunches until they stuck in points.  Then, using a thin brush and Blacktrack, I applied a thin line of liner under each eyelash bunch from the lash line, downward.  This creates the illusion that the lash bunch is thicker.  Next, using the white eye pencil I made the same thin strokes in between the black liner strokes.  This creates the illusion that the lash bunches are farther apart and also drives home that mod look.  (If you need to see the look closer up, click the photo and enlarge the high res version.)

I applied blush under my cheek bones for a sculpted look and finished everything off with a neutral matte lipstick.

Pulling off this look can seem intimidating because it’s kind of loud, but it’s a great way to bring attention to your eyes and make a serious makeup statement.  Believe me, everyone has an inner Twiggy.

At the end of the night I got to meet Elton!  Even though he gave me a kiss on both my cheeks, I think he liked my boyfriend a little more.