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The Great Makeup Experiment, Days 3 and 4:

Day 3: Sparkling Neutrals. Aromaleigh eyeshadow in Gilt, Stila eyeshadow in Sun and Venus. Black liquid liner (rather hastily applied), and black mascara. Nothing else. Literally. I was fresh from the shower and still in my birthday suit.









Day 4: Purple Haze. Aromaleigh eyeshadow in Lavande and Penelope, Urban Decay eyeshadow in Last Call. The usual black eyeliner/mascara. Sorry, no full face, as I was running very very late! Instead, I give you a bonus shot of Jason's new haircut.

Comments

[efface.livejournal.com]

nay on the black eyeliner. it doesn't do your beauty justice. but the other colors are super pretty.

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

It's the only shade I have. I gotta say, I'm not very adventurous with my eyeliner. Maybe I'll get a dark brown?

[efface.livejournal.com]

i don't know, in the other makeup photos, you don't have it on and you look hot. i'm not saying you look bad! i'm just saying i don't really dig it in the first look.

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

I do, actually. I think the difference is in the top one, I'm wearing a liquid liner instead of just my plain black pencil. It's a little bit more -bam- inyoface. But I agree, the contrast with the neutrals is pretty drastic.

[efface.livejournal.com]

yeah, i was gonna say that if you're wearing it in the others, it's gotta be a pencil or smudged in really, really good.

[phloxblossom.livejournal.com]

I think your eyes look really pretty with black eyeliner, but I bet something like Stila's smudge pot would really be amazing-- it has the intensity of liquid eyeliner but, well, you can smudge it.

looking pretty, lady.

[noralita.livejournal.com]

dude, violet plum! or deep sparkly green! Also: Bad Gal Lash in plum. Really, its not really obvious, just pretty.

[efface.livejournal.com]

on a side note, i'm totally loving these makeup posts. my eye makeup is always so boring; if i actually had good stuff and somewhere nice to go, i'd totally copy you. especially that gold one from the third. sooo beautiful.

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

Um. Well. I'm not sure yet. I'm liking the trying out a buncha colors. But some of the lighter colors are chalky and don't seem to want to blend well. The lighter purple (lavande) had to be re-done once I'd done my crease colors because it flaked off somethin' fierce. But other shades have been great. So I think it's case by case... but at least they have a decent samples program for you to try before you buy a full size.

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's Last Call.

[posiefairy.livejournal.com]

good to know. im loving their very bright crazy colors. good for faeries. will you be visiting Spoutwood Fairie Festival this year?

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

I'll still be in New Mexico for Spoutwood, but I'll probably make it to the MD faerie fest. And I'm DEFINITELY doing FaerieCon!

[posiefairy.livejournal.com]

cool, ill be at MDFF on Sunday and am planning on being at Faeriecon all three days :)

[sidhe-etain.livejournal.com]

WHOOOHOO re: the last statement

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

It's in my neck of the woods. How could I not?

[sidhe-etain.livejournal.com]

Good!! The more the better, I say. And I'll be there with bells on!

[bellybalt.livejournal.com]

Those glasses really do frame his face well.

(Gah, stupid ENTER button.)

Your skin is absolutely luminous in the full-face day 3 picture. WOW. You need to take more pictures fresh out of the shower more often!

Erm, you know what i mean.

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

I am clueless with makeup! I don't even know where to start. Thanks for sharing your experiments!

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

I have been known to do tutorials for friends. :)

[yancentric.livejournal.com]

I'm the worst at having anything valuable to say about one kind of make-up or another.

But this is the first time I've seen that icon of you and it's well chosen -- absolutely gorgeous shot of you.

[tennyo.livejournal.com]

Did you get the F&F code for 30% off at urbandecay.com? I don't need any more makeup but I am eyeing the cream eyeshadows.

[greyeyedpixie.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[chickenhat.livejournal.com]

Just adding to the "lovely, very pretty" comments... because, well, duh. You are. :-)

You've got really clear, wide-open eyes that have a very clear color to them. You don't need a heavy liner to make them stand out. It works anyway, but as long as you're experimenting I'll add my vote for the "try something new" crowd.

And I'll add as a theatre-makeup person with blond hair that especially with the light eyebrows you really should try a medium brown eyeliner, and wether you use liquid or pencil, stick with the format you're comfortable with so you're not messing with a new application technique. Ditto for the mascara. You're using thin lines and as light a touch as possible, but I'm guessing a brown would enhance some of your other natural colors, especially if you go without a base.

[faerishimmer.livejournal.com]

Liquid liner is such a bitch to apply. I rarely use it these days. I'd highly recommend Smashbox cream liners with their pointed angle brush - it's an incredible combination. Lasts all day, is smudgable or can give a liquid effect and applies in seconds. I use Nars black shadows mixed with water for a similar effect.

I like experimenting with different colours for liners. Brown is a good staple for day time if you feel black is too harsh for that particular morning, but navy blue and plum really make the whites of your eyes sparkle and a dark hunter green can look lovely, too. I've been loving a very dark gold/black from Smashbox called "on Trend".

Very pretty colour combinations - really make your eye colour pop.