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Oh make me over June 23, 2008

A while ago at Make Up/Over Monday, we decided that we’d set ourselves the challenge of looking different. What this translated to was that Rachel who normally doesn’t wear much makeup at all got the full on loads of bright eyeshadow ala me, and since I normally do my makeup very loose and smudgey, Amy applied mine neat and straight out of Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin, in the style of “Temptress”, modeled on Barbara Streisand. It was a learning experience for everyone involved!

The results and revelations after the jump.
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Cream eyeliner May 23, 2008

I kinda like pencil eyeliners, i really like liquid eyeliners, and now i love love love cream eyeliners. I bought this Stila smudge liner (my first cream liner) a little while ago and it’s really versatile. You have to apply it with a make-up brush, but you can create all sorts of different looks with it using different brushes, mixing with water, smudging with fingers, or blending with eyeshadow. The possibilities are endless!

Here’s a pic of my Stila liner in Copper, with the tiny-tipped brush i bought from the art shop. Sorry about the blur.

With the smallest brush you can get real precise lines like this…

I dipped the brush in water first to make the liner more liquidy for the above look.

And then i got a bigger brush, and smudged it all out, and the blended with a blender brush with a bit of vanilla eyeshadow. This isn’t the best photo but you get the idea…

(Sorry about the poor quality of the pics.)

The only thing that’s a bit of a pain with this creme liner is that in cold weather it hardens and becomes difficult to apply. i guess i could fix that by putting the pottle into warm water or blow drying it.