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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Glamourous Asian Eyes
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In the previous post I did a neutral and everyday look on Jessica. This time it is all about glamour. I chose a palette with some smokiness to it: shimmery dark gray clove, a shimmery charcoal brown, and a shimmery black. For the lid I chose a shimmery duochrome of violet/blue and a light shimmery ghost blue for the browbone. For the glamour and drama a shimmer true red and a black eyeliner pencil.
In this tutorial, the order of my application is different from the others mostly because of the way the colors blend together.
1-Duochrome of violet/blue shimmer. 2-Eye is prepped and primed. 3-Apply to the lid or fleshy area of the eye only. 4-Blend well.
5-Shimmery Ghost Blue. 6-I decided to apply the browbone eyeshadow just on the browbone and stopping before the fleshy part of the eyeball. Don't worry if it exceeds the area, it will be blended. 7-Blended into the edge of the lid area.
This is where I take things a bit out of order. I use the bottom eyeliner as a guide for the top. This application elongates the Asian eye and really enhances the almond shape of it. 8-Shimmery dark gray clove. 9-Apply the eyeliner a bit thicker in width than usual. 10-Different angle. Here I show the outer corner of the eye. The red line is the stopping point of the bottom liner. 11-Application of the liner. 12-Smudged to a soft smokiness. If you find the width too wide just wipe away with a q-tip.
13-Shimmery true red. 14-I placed a red line to extend the "angle" of the bottom eyeliner. The color should not go past this mark. 15-Application on orbital ridge. 16-Different angle. 17-Blended.
18-Shimmery charcoal brown. 19-Again I use the same guideline as I did for the orbital ridge color placement. I don't want the color to go past this line. 20-Application of color. 21-Blended. 22-A different angle.
Applying color just to the outer area may not feel comfortable at first. You shouldn't do anything you feel isn't right for you but I do recommend you give it a chance. Just play with the idea and soon you will find it second nature. 23-Shimmery black. 24-Apply on the bottom lashline just on the outer half from center of eye and growing thicker towards the end. (here I took away all the other colors to see the color better). 25-Different angle. I use the same guideline that I did for the bottom eyeliner. See how the end gets wider. 26-Smudge. 27-Front view. 28-Again for clarity, I got rid of the other colors. Repeat, only do it on the top lashline. 29-With all the colors. 30-All the colors and blended. This emphasizes the outer lashline and creates not only smokiness but depth on the Asian eye.
If you feel uncomfortable doing the waterline, don't do it. In this one I decided to take it as close to the waterline without coloring it. I just made a thick line which with smudging does run into the waterline anyway. 31-Kohl liner pencil in black. 32-Draw a line on the top lashline making sure the edge of the lashline doesn't show. 33-Smudge. 34-For clarity the other colors are removed. Do the same on the bottom. Make sure you get the inner corners of the eyes. 35-Smudged and end result.
Here we see Jessica's no make up eyes. Then the result. I added top and bottom lashes for extra glamour. There you have it! Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Remember to practice, makeup doesn't apply itself. :-)
*Special thanks to Jessica
In this tutorial, the order of my application is different from the others mostly because of the way the colors blend together.
Lid
1-Duochrome of violet/blue shimmer. 2-Eye is prepped and primed. 3-Apply to the lid or fleshy area of the eye only. 4-Blend well.
Browbone
5-Shimmery Ghost Blue. 6-I decided to apply the browbone eyeshadow just on the browbone and stopping before the fleshy part of the eyeball. Don't worry if it exceeds the area, it will be blended. 7-Blended into the edge of the lid area.
Bottom Eyeliner
This is where I take things a bit out of order. I use the bottom eyeliner as a guide for the top. This application elongates the Asian eye and really enhances the almond shape of it. 8-Shimmery dark gray clove. 9-Apply the eyeliner a bit thicker in width than usual. 10-Different angle. Here I show the outer corner of the eye. The red line is the stopping point of the bottom liner. 11-Application of the liner. 12-Smudged to a soft smokiness. If you find the width too wide just wipe away with a q-tip.
Orbital Ridge
13-Shimmery true red. 14-I placed a red line to extend the "angle" of the bottom eyeliner. The color should not go past this mark. 15-Application on orbital ridge. 16-Different angle. 17-Blended.
Outer Top Corner-The "V"
18-Shimmery charcoal brown. 19-Again I use the same guideline as I did for the orbital ridge color placement. I don't want the color to go past this line. 20-Application of color. 21-Blended. 22-A different angle.
Lashline-The Outer Corner
Applying color just to the outer area may not feel comfortable at first. You shouldn't do anything you feel isn't right for you but I do recommend you give it a chance. Just play with the idea and soon you will find it second nature. 23-Shimmery black. 24-Apply on the bottom lashline just on the outer half from center of eye and growing thicker towards the end. (here I took away all the other colors to see the color better). 25-Different angle. I use the same guideline that I did for the bottom eyeliner. See how the end gets wider. 26-Smudge. 27-Front view. 28-Again for clarity, I got rid of the other colors. Repeat, only do it on the top lashline. 29-With all the colors. 30-All the colors and blended. This emphasizes the outer lashline and creates not only smokiness but depth on the Asian eye.
Kohl Eyeliner
If you feel uncomfortable doing the waterline, don't do it. In this one I decided to take it as close to the waterline without coloring it. I just made a thick line which with smudging does run into the waterline anyway. 31-Kohl liner pencil in black. 32-Draw a line on the top lashline making sure the edge of the lashline doesn't show. 33-Smudge. 34-For clarity the other colors are removed. Do the same on the bottom. Make sure you get the inner corners of the eyes. 35-Smudged and end result.
The Result
Here we see Jessica's no make up eyes. Then the result. I added top and bottom lashes for extra glamour. There you have it! Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Remember to practice, makeup doesn't apply itself. :-)
*Special thanks to Jessica
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Asian Eyes-Adapting Mad Men Faye Miller's Look
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I will be working on Jessica's eyes for other tutorials so don't think this is the only look that is possible for her type of eyes. As many of you know, Asian eyes are considered difficult or let's say different from the usual application method seen in most beauty magazines and books. There are many that are not usually represented by or seen in many publications. Those publications choose the ones that appear to have what is the definition of browbone, lid, and crease. When in actuality Asian eyes come in many shapes and sizes probably more than the occidental version.
I will be working on Jessica's eyes for other tutorials so don't think this is the only look that is possible for her type of eyes. As many of you know, Asian eyes are considered difficult or let's say different from the usual application method seen in most beauty magazines and books. There are many that are not usually represented by or seen in many publications. Those publications choose the ones that appear to have what is the definition of browbone, lid, and crease. When in actuality Asian eyes come in many shapes and sizes probably more than the occidental version.
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