sugarplum fairy

most of you will know that i am nuts about youtube make up tutorials, so many of the looks i put on here come from those.

the three main ones on rotation for me are:

- Kandee Johnson

- MakeUp By Tiffany D

- Michelle Phan

this week, i discovered a new one, and have almost seen all her videos already lol keen!

- Miss Jessica Harlow

she has great, short, easy to understand looks - this is the first look of hers that i have tried: 'Sugar Plum Fairy'

- cover entire eyelid with:

• a primer (Urban Decay Primer Potion or Too Faced Shadow Insurance from Kit)
  
• white eyeliner as a base (my NYX jumbo liner in Milk hasn't arrived yet, so i used Chanel Le Crayon Kohl in Blanc)
  
• white eye shadow with a flat brush to dry up and hold the liner in place and give you a blending base (MAC Eye Shadow in Gesso - matte white)

- starting at the outer end of the crease, place a matte, darkish purple, using a fluffy brush to keep it blended (Urban Decay Queen and Underland)

- shade and blend that into the shape that you like/want - round or with the point toward the end of the eyebrow like i have here

- once it is well blended, using a bullet shaped brush, focus some colour in the outer third of your crease to deepen the hollow

- on the 'outer V' (outer third of the eyelid) and up onto the brow bone, blend a dark grey to emphasise the shape of the shadow

- fill in lid area with a lighter purple (MAC Eye Shadow in Beautiful Iris or Urban Decay Curiouser) with a flat brush, use this colour also, to soften and fade out the top of the dark purple shadow

- redo the matte white under the eyebrow, follow either with a shimmer pigment or sparkly white shadow like Urban Decay's White Rabbit

- line the upper lashes with black liner (whichever form you like - i used MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder because i was wearing this during the day, liquid/gel liner would give a more defined shape and would be stronger for nighttime - or anytime...)

- line under your lower lashes with whatever turquoise product you have - i used Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil in Flipside, and covered it with MAC Eye Shadow in Aquadisiac using an angled liner brush

- line your waterline with white eyeliner - again, i used Chanel, but the NYX Jumbo will show up more

- use a bullet brush to put some shimmer around your tearduct as a highlight

• Brows: MAC Brow Set in Beguile
  
• Lashes: Dior Diorshow in Black
  
• Face: Revlon ColourStay in 110 Ivory
  
• Cheeks: MAC Bronzer in Golden, random Lamcome hot pink, MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in By Candlelight
  

let me know what you think, and i will do my best not to leave it so long between posts!!

thank you for reading :)