fire eyes

this look was inspired by one of the girls working in MAC in Myer Melbourne :) the liner on her upper lashline was thicker and more precise though... i'm still trying to get comfortable using Fluidline - MAC's gel/cream liner.

beautiful johnjohn asked me the other day how there can be SO many make-up things that i still want, when i already have a big collection.  he draws, so i explained it to him by comparing it to his derwents - so so many different colours, materials, finishes, applications and uses.

an example of how i decide i need something is that while i was doing this look, i wished that i had a vibrant yellow to use as a highlight on the inner corner and above the black liner and a bright orange to place between the hot pink shadow and the red shadow to make the difference in colour more obvious.

hence, i think i will invest in (spend the bank's money on) either:

Lime Crime Magic Dust in 'Circus Girl' (yellow) and 'Cleopatra' (orange)

OR

Medusa's Make Up Eye Dust in 'Big Bird' (yellow.. duh?) and 'Tiger' (orange)

products that i use with just about every look:

Revlon ColourStay Foundation in Ivory

MAC Brow Set in Beguile

CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume Mascara in Black

MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder

EYES

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

everywhere where product needs to stay on!

from upper lashline to eyebrow and along lower lashline

NYX Single Shadow in Barely There

all over where you put the primer

NYX Eye Shadow Trio in Cherry

flat, stiff brush (Sigma SS239)

outer third of eyelid, into crease, two thirds of the way to tearduct

Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette in a pale orange

fluffy brush (MAC #217)

blend out hot pink edge

pull up onto the brow bone

start moving the colour into a point to act as a guide for the red shadow

pencil brush(MAC #219)

under lower lashline

Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette in a bright deep red

fluffy brush

blend along the top of the orange, making the point out past the end of the eyebrow more visible

NYX Eye Shadow Trio in Ultra Chic (off white)

fluffier brush (Sigma SS224)

highlight between eyebrow and red shadow and down toward tearduct

Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette in pale yellow

stiff, flat brush

inner two thirds of eyelid, blend into hot pink

MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder

waterline and tightline

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

angle brush (MAC #263)

along upper lashline with a big flick at the end

below the outer third of the lower lashline

NYX Eye Shadow Trio in Deep Purple

pencil brush

from black liner, two thirds into crease

Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette in a dark red

pencil brush

over Deep Purple in the crease to deepen

Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Jabberwocky (sparkly black)

angle brush

over liner to hold it in place

CHEEKS

Sigma Blush in 'Some Girls' (soft peachy orange)

apple of the cheeks

Sigma Highlight in 'Moonlight Mile' (sparkly gold)

'C'-shape from beneath the outer third of the eye, around to above the outer third of the eyebrow

LIPS

Lipstick Queen Butterfly Ball Shimmer Treatment Lipstick in Trance