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Showing posts with label creative makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative makeup. Show all posts

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Carnival make-up: Geisha

February is the Carnival month in Italy, and although I am not really proud of how my costume turned out, I will show you who I was for the night of "Giovedì Grasso", when I went clubbing with my roommate and some other girls.

Nonostante non sia veramente soddisfatta di come sia uscito il mio travestimento di quest'anno, vi mostro la mia maschera del Giovedì Grasso, per la festa in maschera in una discoteca a cui sono andata con la mia coinquilina ed altre amiche. 

I dressed as a Geisha, eventhough I mixed a little: the dress I bought was actually typically Chinese (as opposed as the original, which is Japanese) and I went so exteme with the make-up that some girls thought I was dressed as a tranny. Not nice, considering it took me more than one hour to complete the look, which you cannot see really well in picture. I must admit, though, I did look a little drag-queen-ish....

Io mi sono vestita da Geisha, anche se devo dire ho fatto un po' di miscugli vari, visto che il vestito è cinese e non giapponese, e che ho calcato così tanto la mano col trucco che alcune ragazze dietro di me per la fila del guardaroba pensavano fossi mascherata da trans. Non è stato molto bello, considerando poi che mi ci è voluta più di un'ora per completare il tutto, anche se le foto non rendono tanto giustizia. 
Effettivamente, però, un po' drag queen china sembravo...
me and my lovely roommate, who's like a little sister to me :)

I didn't paint my whole face in white (I just did the eye, nose, and forhead area), because white makes your teeth look so damn yellow, I could not bear seeing myself like that.
I also "erased" my eyebrows, which is quite hard because I have thick eyebrows, and draw in some new ones.

Non ho dipinto di bianco tutta la faccia (ho fatto solo l'area del contorno occhi, naso e fronte) perché altrimenti mi avrebbe fatto i denti così gialli che non ce l'avrei proprio fatta a mostrarli in pubblico.
Ho anche "cancellato" le sopracciglia, cosa davvero difficile da fare su di me, visto che le mie sono naturalmente spesse.

What I used:
Estée Lauder Double Wear Foundation (it's a very very light shade, too light for me)
Kryolan Aquacolor paints (the white one and the red one)
Benefit Creaseless Cream in Stiletto
Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Depravity
Illamasqua Shimmer Blusher in Morale (on both eyes and contour)
Ellis Faas Creamy Lipstick (the Ellis Red)
Madina Milano Gel liner in Pot in Black (on my eyes and to draw my new eyebrows)
Illamasqua False eyelashes. I cannot remember the number of them, but they were so so long and curled.

I put on a black wig and that was it :)

Parrucca nera e...pronti!

So, if you celebrated Carnival where you are, what where you dressed as?

E voi, come avete passato il Carnevale? Vi siete mascherate? Se sì, da cosa?

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

My Halloween Make-up

 Here is my contribution for this Halloween (the first I've ever celebrated!): I just put on some black clothes, feathers, and I had a "sexy zombie" makeover.
These pictures have been taken at 5 am, when I came back from a night spent at a pub and in a club, so my make-up wasn't fresh.
For my wounds, I used some toilet paper and DUO glue. After it all dried, I painted on them. :)

PRODUCTS USED:

FACE:
Estée Lauder Double Wear foundation,
Catrice Eyeshadow in Heidi Plum
Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Queen of the Night (from the Freak collection)
Illamasqua Cream Pigments in: Dab, Delirium, Depravity
Illamasqua Powdered Metal in Ether


EYES
Illamasqua Cream Pigments in Dab & Delirium
Illamasqua Pure Pigments in Queen of the Night and Zeitgeist
Illamasqua Powdered Metal in Ether
Catrice Eyeshadow in Hiedi Plum
Eldora False Eyelashes


LIPS
KIKO plum Double eye pencil
Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Dab


THE BLOOD ON THE WOUNDS:
Ellis Faas Creamy Lips Ellis Red.
This product was fantastic! Everyone thought it was real blood!

Hope you liked this, I had so much fun doing it!

Friday, June 11, 2010

Creative makeup (impromptu)






It wasn't easy to photograph this look!
A little explanation on why I did this look: it was super hot, I had around 30°C in my room, air conditioning won't be working til at least monday, and I couldn't really stay on the computer, cos it was burning.
I couldn't think of anything but heat, and the sea. This is why I used orange and blues (and teals). This wasn't really planned in any way, and I know it is not wearable, but believe me, it was fun!

Products used:

FACE
Cargo One Base*
Clinique Superbalanced foundation (was a sample, and I liked it)
KIKO Essential Bronzer + Sunproof Powder foundation for contouring*

TEMPLES
Superbright orange e/s from the Sleek Makeup Sunset palette

EYES
UDPP
UD Jinx e/s
UD Flipside e/s
Some blues and teals from the Sleek Makeup Curious palette to accentuate the UD colours
Very light aqua shade from the Sleek Makeup Jewels palette
KIKO Matte Coloursphere in 211* (teal matte colour on the crease to add depht + glitters on the browbone, although you can't really see them)
Some black e/s on the outer part of my crease to add definition on the flick
Sleek Makeup Ink Pot in Dominatrix (black)
Bourjois Effet Metallique eye pencil on the lower lashline (the blue line)
Cargo Lash Activator mascara*
NYX falsies in Elite

Lips
Cargo The Reverse Lip Liner*
KIKO Red Emotion satin lipstick in Cheerful Orange*
Lancome Juicy Tube in Mangue dotted on the centre of my lips.


Hope you like it, I'm really curious to get your feedback


disclaimer: items marked with an * were sent to me for reviewing purposes. No monetary compensation was earned, and I am not affiliated with any of the brands providing the products.

the other products were either bought with my own money or got in swaps or contests.