Loading ...This is the look I did for my work’s end-of-term dinner the other night. My first step is to tie back my hair, stick my contact lenses in, and cleanse, tone and moisturise. After that, I apply foundation and concealer, maybe blusher if I’m not going extra-gothy.
With just foundation and concealer
The concealer deserves a mention because it was the first time I’d used Sleek MakeUp’s ‘Hide It’ (shade 00) – I was impressed! Stick concealers aren’t renowned for working on the shadows under my eyes but this one does a good job.
The focus of this look is my eyes:
Eye closeup with eyes open
Whoa scary! Here’s my eyes closed:
With my eyes shut
The main product here is Barry M’s dazzle dust in shade 14, a dark forest green. (It matches their nail polish in Racing Green! For my purposes, it also matches my eyes…) I applied this to my lids and blended it into the creases, winging it out a bit at the sides. I then made use of Collection 2000′s Glam Glitters in shades Showbiz (black) and OMG! (gold). The idea with these is that you apply the fixing gel first and brush the glitter over it. I applied Showbiz to my lower eyelid and OMG! to my lashes, over black mascara. Finally, I lined my eyes with Barry M’s metallic liquid eyeliner in shade 1, a silvery black, using a thicker line on the top lid than on the bottom and making a little flick up at the outer corner.
The overall effect
And here’s the finished product, complete with a heroic attempt to put my hair up! It doesn’t show as well as I’d like in the photo, but I finished the look off with Sleek MakeUp’s All That Glitters glitter gel in Gold. This is the best face/body glitter I’ve ever had – it moisturises rather than going gluey!
I’m 28 and in the last year of a PhD, working as a teaching assistant. I’m a vegetarian and avoid products that are tested on animals – luckily this doesn’t limit me much! I normally blog about makeup at http://beakandclaws.tumblr.com and about animal issues (and recipes!) at http://increasingveganicity.blogspot.com. I am currently being annoyed by the low battery signal from my fire alarm and cheered up by the work of one Val McDermid.
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