The Unparalleled Awesomeness of M.A.C.

I started my life's maquillage the way I think everyone probably does - with a heady blend of Mom's cosmetics and cheap stuff from CVS.  As I got older and got, you know, a job, I discovered magical money-sucking stores like Sephora, which had more hardcore cosmetics that worked better and were more exciting.  Makeup is one of the things I firmly believe you should invest in as you can; I don't mean invest as in "everyone should make makeup a priority" but rather "if you're going to wear it, wear the good stuff."  While Sephora is my favorite for a broad selection of cosmetics and for good tips and fun new things, the best single brand I use is M.A.C.  I know Sephora used to carry their products and am not sure why that stopped, but it's probably for the best, Josie's pocketbook wise.  There are two products in particular that I love of theirs, which I'd like to mention here.

Item number one is their nail polish.  I am awful with nail polish on my fingernails.  Apparently I'm just super tough on my nails and spend all my time smashing my hands into things...even salon manicures chip almost immediately and look like I stuck my hand in a wood chipper before the week is out.  But M.A.C. can keep up.  I don't know how and frankly my best guess is "magic" but this stuff stays put like crazy glue.  The colors are all lovely, too...it's one of those things where it might not look like your particular thing, but odds are it will look lovely on.  I kind of gambled on this rum raisiny color, but it looks like a million bucks on, and every "ehhhhh I'll try it" purchase I've made from them has panned out much the same.  They are color experts in a big way, and I can't recommend them on that front enough!

To give my nail polish the best chance at hanging in there, I have kind of a process.  I start by washing my hands and then using either coconut oil or some other kind of moisturizing oil on my hands (I've even used olive oil), focusing on getting it into my cuticles.  I push my cuticles back and sometimes trim them with nail scissors, depending on how industrious I'm feeling.  After that, I file the edges to the shape I want and file the whole surface of the nail.  I think it's this resurfacing that really helps.  Then I put one coat on and let it dry ALL THE WAY.  I follow it up with a second coat, and that's the one I really try to let dry for as long as possible.  Sometimes I use a top coat, sometimes not.  I have been trying too to not worry too much about streaking or light patches at first, because sometimes as coats dry, the color evens out, but if I try to fix it in process, I always screw it up.

The other M.A.C. product I want to recommend is their pigment.  This is a loose powder and again, the key is the beautiful color sensibility.  I use their Rose pigment as a standby - if I'm packing for a trip more often than not it's this, mascara and a lip gloss - and it's amazingly gorgeous and versatile.  It also comes packed SO tightly in the jar...I've had this jar for almost a year and I use it all the time, but look how low it is!  It's more lightly packed now, but damn, that's serious business.  I can see the Rose being beautiful on almost anyone for everyday wear, but they have so many more colors for fun, and they're so worth it.  They aren't even that expensive, only about $20 for a jar.

You can buy all of these cosmetics at M.A.C. or at a counter in Macy's.

Makeup is Easy!: Cat Eyes Two Ways

My friend Rose occasionally makes noise about having me come over every morning to do her makeup.  However, this weekend we narrowed her makeup needs down to one main skill: doing a good cat eye.  This is a great choice if you're going to master one makeup skill, because it can be dressed up or down for any occasion.  If you want something a little snazzier, you can throw sparkly shadow over the top of it to make it pop, but if you just have a quiet day at work and want minimal makeup, you can leave the cat eye on its own, and that's all before you get to lipstick - I don't think there's anything more simply pretty than a smooth cat eye and a bright red lip!

Rose also mentioned a fear of liquid liner, and I don't think she is alone in that fear.  I have two ways to do a basic cat eye, one with liquid liner and one with shadow, but I also want to take a moment to talk about liquid liner itself.  The main thing to remember is: not all liquid liners are created equal.  If you are just starting to experiment with liquid liner, you want to get one with the skinniest possible applicator.  Sephora makes a really good one that comes to a lovely sharp point.  The second liner tip is to remember that you can work in small dabs, and that pays off huge.  I think the tendency is to think you have to open that sucker up and just draw one continuous line, but that's just not necessary.  As you'll see in my tutorial, I don't even do one straight line, and I consider myself something of a liquid liner pro.  As always, slow and steady wins the race.  Liquid liner does make a hard line, so it's much better to take it slow and get it right. 

So without further ado, let's make our way to feline fabulousity!  The first approach is the liquid liner approach.  I am using SEPHORA COLLECTION Long Lasting Eye Liner in "Glittering Black", which I bought on a whim and am totally delighted with; I thought the glitter would inevitably either get stuck in the tube or gunk up the smoothness of my line, but no!  It applies in a really fun, smooth glittery black line.  I should have had more faith in Sephora. 

1. First, draw a little wing at the corner of your eye.  I use my bottom lid as a guide.  You don't want a huge angle, so you should think of it as extending the line of your bottom lid towards the top of your ear.  The longer the line from the corner of your eye, the more dramatic, so you can adjust accordingly.  If you're unsure, start small - you can always extend it later!  As you can see, I have kind of hooked the liner along my lower lid; we'll elaborate on this a little later.

2.  Next, draw a line from the middle-ish of your eyeball to the furthest point of your wing.  I like to do this in small dabs, extending the line from both the tip of the wing towards the eyeball and from the middle towards the wing, eventually joining them together.  How you do this depends on your dexterity - I am pretty good at working from any angle on my face, but there was definitely a point where one direction was more comfortable, so go with what works for you.  I will say that if you're going to draw from the center of your eyeball out, don't aim for the tippiest-tip of the wing, but instead aim for just below it, so you leave a little room for error. 

NB: there is some reflection over the center; draw a straight line.

3.  Once you have the outline sketched up, fill that sucker in!  Once again, little dabs will be helpful, and you want to get as close to the edges of your eye as possible.  I find that the toughest part is getting the liner worked right into the corner of your eye, because it takes a weird little dip.

4. You'll now want to tune everything up: double check everything and even it out, making sure you have a nice smooth line and continuing it towards your tear duct at the inner corner of your eye, narrowing it as you go along.  The narrowing bit can be hard and there are two methods I use, depending on the liner brush.  When I use narrow brushes with a fine tip, I can draw mostly with the tip, again using small dabs.  If I have a thicker brush, I like to lay the brush parallel to my lash line and just tap it on the very edge of the lid.  That tends to get a very fine and neat line.  (You can also use this technique with a narrow brush, and I think it's actually easier, no matter what kind of brush you have.)

5.  The next step is optional, but I think it gives a much more complete look.  This step involves lining your bottom lash line, and you can use a liner of your choice.  I think a smokier liner works better here, to take some of the edge off the look.  I used Guerlain Terracotta Khol Kajal Intense Indian Kohl, which is a really great smudgey crayon of liner.  [NB: As far as I can tell, Guerlain's eyeliners are 100% win at all times.  They are a little pricey but the quality is outstanding and they last forever.  I highly, highly recommend them.  Literally cannot do so enough.]  You want to line right along your waterline, as I am creepily demonstrating by pulling down my eyelid in this shot (sorry, people who get eyeball-related heebie-jeebies!).  I also lined along the waterline on my upper lid and around the outer corner of my eye again, just so everything was all connected.

6. If you do not add mascara, this will look creepy.  Fire that stuff up!  You can also add false lashes, but I think the cat eye look stands alone well.  I use Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes Waterproof Mascara but I also like MAKEUP FOREVER Smoky Lash.  I think the key to success with this look is making sure your lashes are as separated as possible, and getting a very light coat on your lower lashes.  Voila!

So there we have your more traditional cat eye look.  It takes some practice to get comfortable with liquid liner, but it's not an unattainable goal.  I actually like to draw a little bit on the back of my hand when I get a new liner, in order to get used to the way it applies.  I would also like to remind you of what I consider the most important rule of makeup: no one is looking that closely at your makeup.  That doesn't mean no one cares, but it does mean that they're not appraising your makeup for symmetry and perfection.  Don't worry too much about little bumps and unevenness!

Let's get started with the second method!  This one is all done with eyeshadow, though I think you could also use the technique with liquid liner or with a cream shadow.  I haven't tried it with either of those, but I see no reason it wouldn't work!

1.  Go to your desk and get your scotch tape out.

1a. Yes really.

1b.  Take a piece of tape and apply it to your face, following the curve of your lower lash line up and out just like we talked about with the initial wing in the liquid liner demo.  This will be your guide for a nice even line.

2. Take a makeup brush you are comfortable with and pick up a small amount of the eye shadow you're going to use.  I used the SEPHORA COLLECTION Double-Ended Smokey Eye Brush, without which I literally could not live, but you can use any brush you like.  This time, you're going to be applying shadow from the top lid out.  You are going to create the wing here, so feel free to go over the tape to get a nice narrow point.  It looks a little sloppy in the photo, but you'll be able to see better when the tape is removed.

I removed the tape at this point, but if you're worried about shadow fall-out, you can certainly leave it on.  As you can see, there's a nice sharp wing!

3. You're now going to continue the line across the top lid.  Keep using your brush to get the powder carried across the lid and over to your tear duct.  As always, a little bit goes a long way - you can always add more powder over the top, so start light!

5. I used a thicker line here to capitalize on the smokiness of the powder, but you can still keep it nice and thin if you prefer.  You can finish up with the same waterline liner application and mascara, and you'll be good to go!

I took a quick shot of all the products I used in this tutorial, and it's really amazing how few are needed - this is all you need for BOTH looks!

The pot on my palm is the shadow I used, and it's from the now defunct She Space, but any powder would work; I've also used pressed powder with the same technique.

Go forth, my glorious bewinged beauties, and fear the cat eye no more!

Makeup Is Easy: Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Green

I'm starting to feel a little bit like an OPI nail polish titler at this point with the Makeup Is Easy posts, but I haven't really run out of horrible weird puns, so that's...good? Not sure. YOU DECIDE!!!!

In any case, you can see here that I went with a pretty basic green eye. I forewent the eye liner because I wasn't feeling up to it. I've been rocking the liquid liner lately because it hangs in there better in summertime, but it is kind of a process to get it so it doesn't look like you did your face with Sharpie. You can see how effective just a simple eyeshadow plus mascara can be, though:
I encourage any and all readers to just abandon foundation et al for day in the summer. It's just too much work to have it melt off midday and the odds of your skin looking better in summer are huge. A little sunshine - filtered through sunscreen - will cover all manner of sins. Don't sweat it and go with easy makeup that doesn't disappear.

Makeup Is Easy: Tango in Argentina

I don't know about other people, but I often have to plan makeup that goes through several events and for most of the day. I was invited to a panel and afterparty put on by the Federalist Society in Boston at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, but it was also on a day that I worked, so I wanted to have something that looked okay for both. I turned once again to my Sephora Color Play palette, because it is awesome.
This time I went with the "Tango in Argentina" swatch, which is the fourth one from the left in the picture above (with all the blues).
I went with the third blue down on the left side (the photo is not very true to color) and worked it from the inner corner of my eye to about the middle of my eye. It's a really lovely luminous turquoisey color with lots of shimmer. I finished the lid with a navy-ish blue which I believe was the second blue down in the same column. I liked the effect, but the darker blue didn't have the same sheen as the lighter so I swept a bit of the light color over top of it. I then took the fourth green down on the right side and added a touch of it over the whole shebang.
I finished the look with (I think) my Givenchy lip gloss sample in Rose and Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes mascara. It stayed put all night long and would have gone longer had I not wrestled it off my face with my sister's makeup remover pads. Great makeup, and another win for the Color Play palette!

Makeup Is Easy: Pink Idol

If you want to purchase something that has a wide variety of uses and doesn't take up much space, splurge on a Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow Compact. They aren't cheap, but they have the perfect range of colors to use for whatever you could possibly need and will stay put all day long. I have two - Pink Idol and Tender Chic. The former is a selection of (surprise!) pinks, and the second is a purple and yellow blend. I used Pink Idol here because I wanted to wear strong colors without being overwhelming. I have M.A.C.'s Pro Longwear Lipstain Marker in Runway Ripened on my lips, and the eyes are finished with the strong pink, orangey-sunset pink and white of the Idol compact. I think it's pretty effective with the strong color in the lipstick and the blue shirt.

Makeup Is Easy: Art Class!

I have a couple friends who don't really get why I do my makeup, and I've explained to them that it gives me a chance to start the day with a little bit of art. M.A.C., God bless 'em, has taken this mentality to its logical conclusion and made actual markers of lipstick.
My friend Katy gave me a gift card to M.A.C for graduation, and one of the items I bought was the Pro Longwear Lipstain Marker in Runway Ripened and it is awesome! My lips tend to bleed a little without liner, but these babies go right on and stay put. The color I got is awesome and I couldn't be happier with it. The consistency is great, too...not sticky, drying or greasy. I'll likely be picking up more of these. I also tried putting my Get Rich Quick Dazzleglass over it and it darkened up the color and added fantastic shine.
You can see that it's quite matte but the color is nice and deep. I have Glee Club Dropout on my eyelids, finished with Phenomen'eyes mascara - such an easy look, but maximum impact!

Makeup Is Easy: Clubbing in Tokyo

I got a Visa gift card from work for my graduation and surprise, surprise, I wound up using it to hit up Sephora. I actually did use it to go out to dinner and such, but I had about $40 left over and decided to use some of that to pick up the Sephora Collection ColorPlay 5-in-1 Pallette, which has five different color stories in one handy box. Each little panel pops out and fits into the included portable compact. How smart is that? I'll wait here while you go order one.
You could be set for life with this selection of colors, and it includes gadgets! Totally fun, and they also include little tutorials on each look on the Sephora website. I tried out the "Clubbing in Tokyo" look suggested on the site because it matched the new M.A.C. Superglass lip gunk I got in Totally Bang! which is also excellent, though I admit I do not like the glitter in it as much as I like the Dazzleglass for everyday wear. That being said, I will be wearing the SHIT out of that Superglass when I go to Lady Gaga July 2nd with THE LUCY!

(There is not a single element of that sentence that isn't 100 times more awesome than anything else in the world [with the exception of Rich who is awesome and snagged the tix for us as a graduation present].)

Seriously you guys, I'm going to be wearing the draggiest, most cracked out makeup ever for that concert and I've been seriously considering how to make a phone hairpiece out of an old wig of mine.

Ahem.

Anyway, Clubbing in Tokyo.
The COLOR of the Superglass is primo and as usual M.A.C. is the shit. You can also see my new haircut, courtesy of Ali who was cutting hair as a fundraiser for the US Social Forum in Detroit. Badass, is it not?
I used the green on the lid and topped it with a strong pink, with some serious sparkle action to blend, then finished with Aqua Smoky Lash.

Makeup Is Easy: Get a Foundation Brush

I've always been a fingers-and-palms makeup person. Up until a couple years ago, this even applied to eye makeup - I just never used brushes. I don't know why, but my nearest guess is that my Mom didn't worry too much about in-depth makeup bootcamp (...well played, Mom. Seriously.) so I just figured that makeup only needed what came in the package. No brush included, no need for one. I now use brushes for eyeshadow - standard EcoTools ones available from your local CVS - but for a long time I resisted using a foundation brush, quite frankly because that whole concept sounded dumb as hell to me.

But oh my God you guys, you've gotta get a foundation brush.

My theory on foundation brushes' usefulness is that the bristles allow finer spread of the foundation and also remove the problem of the makeup getting snorked up by your fingers as you work it in. I don't have any MAGIC SCIENCE to back this idea up but that's how it works in my brain. Moisturizing will always allow better makeup application, but the brush really takes it to the next level. Check this out:
My skin is not that good...but it LOOKS that way because foundation brushes are awesome! As with all brushes, it's important to clean them regularly. I've started just cleaning them after every use, and I usually use shampoo but I want to try Michelle Phan's technique with olive oil and dishsoap to see how that goes.

On to the specific eye makeup, I've used my Anastasia brow powder to define my brows, which as you can see really goes a long way. The key is to keep it within the edges of your natural brow so you avoid the Older Lady From The Boonies Effect.
I used a new liquid liner I got that I'm kind of ambivalent about. On theone hand, it really stays put and the color is nice and rich, but on the other, the applicator kind of sucks. I like liquid liner applicators to be super, super fine, and even though this one does have a mitered edge, it just doesn't go on as thin as I would like. Dealing with liquid liner is always dangerous thanks to the increased potential for small-but-incredibly-problematic misfires, so having a less than ideal applicator is a bigger problem that with other makeup types. In any case, I carefully winged out my eyes, then added The She Space's Yin and Yang over the top of it, working it into the hollow of my tear duct so the color really popped. I finished the look with a dose of Phenomen'Eyes mascara and made sure to do the lower lashes as well, to compensate for the strength of the black liner. Voila!

Makeup Is Easy: What's New, Kitty Kat?

I got my Gaga Viva Glam lipstick in and wanted to give it a whirl, so I fired up this look. I think you need to have strong color involved one way or the other - it's a light opaque pink. I paired it with the salmony pink Kitty Kat color from the She Space.
The green dress helped balance everything out, though I'm not sure I love the necklace with the lipstick. The necklace in and of itself, however, is awesome - I found it at Fresh Produce in Sarasota and thought it was so cool I just had to have it. The baubles are a series of quartzes, and they're tied together with a brown twine, so it has a very organic feel to it.
My eyebrows seem to be filling in a little, which is interesting to me. I wonder if it's because I'm basically brushing them daily as I apply brow powder? This was a super-simple look - just Kitty Kat on the lids and Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes mascara, with the lipstick to finish.
Kitty Kat is a terrific shadow color - if Heather still has it over at the She Space (she's liquidating her inventory so she may be all out) I highly recommend it, particularly if you have similar coloring to me. You won't be sorry!

Makeup Is Easy: This House Believes In The Color Blue

March 25th was a busy day. I went to my four classes (Philosophy and Literature, Political Mass Murder, Economy and Society, 20th Century Continental Philosophy), then met with the two members of the Cambridge Union Society with whom I would be debating that night, then got inducted into the Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy honor society, THEN changed into a dress in the bathroom like the class act that I am and went to debate the existence of the War on Terror, followed by a celebratory trip to The Citizen. It was quite the extravaganza and a TOTAL blast. Debating the Cambridge Union Society folks was a terrific experience, and we all had a great time...really smart, wonderful people. They're on a US debate tour, and they are serious, serious business.

Anyway, since I was leaving the house at 9:30, I needed makeup that would last all day, and I came up with this:
You can see my haircut more clearly here, though I usually wind up pushing my bangs to one side. I went with an adaptation of a look I saw on Sephora. I applied Scared Silly on my inner eye, making sure to work it around the hollow and along my lower lash line, then applied Electric Lust on the outside corner, again working it around to the lower lash line. Sephora left a bare strip between colors in the middle of the eye, but I didn't really like how that looked so I added Jumpin' Jellyfish to blend the two together. I added two coats of Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes mascara and then set the whole shebang with Skindinavia makeup setting spray. For lipstick, I used Julie Hewett lipstick in Oona Noir with M.A.C. Dazzleglass in Get Rich Quick over it.

If you have the chance to see the Cambridge Union Society debate, or even better, to talk with them, don't pass it up. The quartet that came to assumption was just a wonderful group of people, and their performance was brilliant. A good time had by all!

Makeup Is Easy: Life Is A Cabaret

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!
I guess that's not a very excited face, but it's still a FIERCE face. I went to my friend Cha Cha's cabaret show at 86 Winter last night with my friend Dan and my Dad, and I figured it was the ideal time to fire up some hardcore makeup. I've been loving Michelle Phan's YouTube channel because she does totally awesome makeup and she is great about explaining the mechanics of and reasons for what she's doing. She's basically the Alton Brown of makeup. I was looking for something fun to try out, and one of the looks that caught my eye was an Avatar inspired one that incorporated the lush colors of the movie. It looked great, so I decided to give it a whirl.
I used my She Space colors, which are powders instead of creams like Michelle used. I started out by using Fairy Tale Failed (light green) from my inner eye to the middle of my eyelid, about halfway up the lid. I then took Scared Silly (light blue) and continued the line out to a long wing on the side, and did a mirror wing from my lower lid. When you're doing winged eyes, it's easy to get disenchanted by fumbles, but the good news is that they're super easy to fix. You just want to use a wet Q-tip and pull firmly along the line you want while holding your skin taut. Once I was done refining the wings, I applied some sparkly Extra Caution (glittery blue-green) in the center of my eye.

Once I had the wings established, I took Fire and Brimstone (punchy strong yellow-orange and filled in the space between the two wings. I liked the pink overlay that Michelle used, so I applied Kitty Kat (salmony pink - I REALLY love this color, it's so pretty!) about midway up to my eyebrows. I finished the whole thing with white accents in Snow Capped along the eyebrow and my inner eye. Once all the shadows were done, I applied a round of mascara and defined my brows with Anastasia brow powder.

Then came the hard part.
I'm not good at applying false eyelashes. I usually wind up with a creepy V shape that makes no sense, gives a distinct drag feel to my look, and requires a two inch application of eyeliner to fix, which shoves the look from "drag" to "cat lady." It's not good. However, I liked these Sephora lashes so much I couldn't resist. The style I am wearing here isn't on the website anymore but the construction of them is so good I'll link you to the page anyway for other styles. They're really long with a criss-cross section at the inner eye. The nice thing about the Sephora lashes is that they have a band that's thick enough to give you good glue coverage but isn't obtrusive. I applied the glue, let it get tacky, then carefully placed the lashes along my lash line. I have literally spent twenty minutes one eyeball before (followed by swift giving up) and applying both lashes only took me about three minutes this time. I'm NEVER going back to drugstore lashes!

All in all, I was really happy with how this came out. The only thing I would have changed would be my lips - I think I probably should have used a light coral lipgloss just so my lips could keep up. The color in my lips has faded a bit as I get older so I'm used to being able to go without, but I think I need a little somethin'-somethin' these days. Enjoy!

Makeup Is Easy: Here We Go Worcester, Here We Go!

TRUE LIFE: Forty-plus nights of my life, I'm going to be wearing some form of teal. This is the ways it's been for some time now...first with the Icecats and now with the Sharks. I guess I should be happy that the two Worcester teams have both involved teal. In any case, I sometimes match my makeup to the occasion. Now this is important: if you match your makeup to your outfit, you will look crazy. Therefore, I only use teal eye makeup when I am wearing a black (or other non-teal) jersey.
For this look I applied a strip of Acidic Reign in the middle of my eyelid. If you only buy one color from The She Space (and you'd better get on it, she's selling off her inventory), make it this one. It's a gorgeous rich color that I'm pretty sure would look great on anyone - I know that sounds odd, but I can't think of a better color to have around your eyes. I then added Into The Smoke on the outside third of the lid and a lighter silver from the military collection on the inside. I finished it all with Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes mascara and then went to Manchester to have three pitchers of beer. It was a great time!

Makeup Is Easy: Rah-rah Ra-ah-ah-ah, Ro-ma, Ooh-la-la

I loved Lady Gaga's Space Program Get Up so much that it leached into my morning makeup routine.
I used the color palette from her look to create this effect, all with my beloved She Space colors. I used Dance With The Devil for the light purple tones with Moonlight Whimsy - a nice soft silvery glitter - over the top of it. It didn't seem right to leave her insane yellow hair out of the mix, so I added a blaze in Aphrodite Screams over my inner lid.

When I had used those three colors, I stopped to look at the effect and it still didn't have the pop that I felt looking at that dress, so I added some Twisted Psychic as a liner. Obviously, that color isn't in the outfit, but I think it does add the right Pow Factor. I love how it came out! I also think Gaga would probably enjoy the combination of shadow names, don't you?
You can see here that I used a minimal amount of the Twisted Psychic, but the impact was huge. It also worked REALLY well as a liner and stayed on all day...yet another testament to Heather's skill and great products! I like using small details that add depth once realized; since we're on the Gaga page, I'll use her hand movements in her music videos as an example, particularly in the Bad Romance video.
Also, I got bangs! My hair is so now. It's just as short as it looks, but I love it.I originally had a sparkly lipgloss on - Get Rich Quick Dazzleglass from M.A.C. - but I had just had my coffee and thus removed my lipstick when I took this picture. Whoops!

Makeup Is Easy: NeoPreppy

TRUE LIFE: I like wearing black, but I wear it more than my like level because sometimes I leave myself no other option.

I have never seen the TRUE LIFE show so I don't know if I'm using the reference properly - from what I understand, it is lacking at least a controlled substance and possibly prostitution - but the fact is certainly true. I have a mental block about makeup where I convince myself that good makeup is good makeup regardless and goes with everything. This is often true but not always true, because sometimes said good makeup is aggressive dark pink.

*Please see bottom of post for important makeup-based announcement*
I basically finished this look, started thinking about clothes, realized I was stuck and went looking for a black shirt. I figured I could play off the traditional prepster pink/green combo by throwing this Stormy Sea necklace from Anthropologie over it. It also turned my eyes super green all day.
I used She Space pigments for this whole look: the darker pink is Valley Girl (I think), the lighter pink is Takes the Cake, and the white highlight at the browline is Snow Capped. I finished it with Givenchy Phenomen'Eyes mascara. I also took special care to keep the pinks off my lower lid and lashline to avoid the consumptive look. It's not the Victorian era anymore, people.
I am very sad to inform you that The She Space is discontinuing its eyeshadow pigments. Heather, the awesome woman who runs The She Space, wants to focus on one section of the business, something called Hope Quest which deals with quads of eyeshadows for a cause. I really hope she doesn't completely stop making eyeshadows, because they are without question the best ones I have ever used. All of her inventory is on sale for $2.50 a color, which is essentially free, especially for the quality of the makeup. Head on over and get yourself some. Best of luck to Heather on her new project!