Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Calypso

I absolutely loved this look, but it somehow got buried among my backlog of draft posts!

It was vaguely based off a FOTD Wendy did here, but I changed it so much to suit me that it doesn't really resemble the original look anymore! I knew I couldn't pull off the gold crease, as I'm sure you've heard me wail about light crease colours making me look like a mutant. I had also recently ordered the Sleek blushes in Aruba and Santorini, so I figured I'd try them as eyeshadows and substituted Aruba for the crease colour, and Santorini for a more cracked out pink on the lid. I originally went with the turquoise lower lashline but felt it paled in comparison to the brightass lid and crease, so I popped a bit of green in there too. And I still wanted a little gold in there as a tribute to the original look and to add a bit of texture, so I popped some on the inner corner. I've totally mutilated it so it barely resembles the original post, but I still love it. ^__^


Products: 
  • Too Faced Shadow Insurance 
  • NYX Dolly Pink Lipliner - as a base on the lid 
  • NYX Electric Blue Eyeliner - as a base on the lower lashline 
  • BYS Shine Stick Eye Shadow in Light Gold - as a base on the inner corner 
  • Sleek Makeup Santorini Blush - lid 
  • Sleek Makeup Aruba Blush - crease
  • Sugarpill Flamepoint - to deepen the crease 
  • Sephora Collection Colourful Mono Eyeshadow in #38 Stephane - outer lower lashline 
  • MAC Lucky Green - centre lower lashline 
  • Hi-Fi Cosmetics Rockstar Shadow in On Tour - inner corner
  • Sugarpill Bulletproof - to tightline 
  • Silk White Gel Liner - lower waterline 
  • Sugarpill Tako - to set lower waterline 
  • Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara
Cheeks: 
  • MAC Cream Colour Base in Tickle Me Pink - cream blush 
  • Illamasqua Powder Blush in Nymph - powder blush, layered lightly on top 
Lips: 
  • Sportsgirl Give Some Lip Liquid Lip Colour in Candy Floss - lipgloss


Unfortunately I didn't get a whole lot of good eye closeups, but I hope you get the idea. I've also recreated this using Sugarpill Magentric on the lid, which is more faithful to Wendy's original look. I'll get that up soon! ^__^