Golden Spring

Hello! Today I bring you a Spring inspired look. This is a colorful look that will certainly not be "something" for everyone but it's fun and you can always tone it down, use some neutrals to make it more wearable to suit your daily activities.

Let's get started!

I came up with the idea for this look after I saw Oriflame's spring campaign. They have this girl with gold and purple shades in her eyes and it looked delightful! It was so pretty that I decided to try it out.

I had no idea purple and gold would go so well together!

This look can be toned down by using colder shades of purple rather than warmer, as I did for this post.

The warmer the purple you use, the stronger that sunset feel will be. When blended into the gold, the purple can mix up with the yellow tones of the gold and create a beautiful gradient. 

Any type of purple will suit this makeup really, you just have to find out what kind of purple suits your complexion better.

Usually warmer purples go better with yellow/golden/olive skin undertones and cooler purples will be best for pink skin undertones because they will complement the skin better.

I used only two pigment to achieve the gold and purple gradient. Unfortunately I only have the littlest bit of these two pigments so I store them in tiny Z bags and I did not identify them so I can't identify them for you with accuracy. Instead, I'll be presenting alternatives that will help you achieve this same look.

I used a light gold pigment, that is very reflective, on the inner half of my eye. Some alternatives for this would be Makeup Geek's New Year's Eve or Sweet Dreams pigment for lighter skin colors and Makeup Geek's Afterglow pigment for darker, warmer skin colors.  The pigment I used if very very similar to New Year's Eve and it is best for pale skin tones. If you have a medium skin tone, Sweet Dreams is a great option and Afterglow is best for darker skin tones. If you're not a fan of pigments, Makeup Geek's Shimma Shimma eyeshadow, for light skin tones, and Makeup Geek's In the Spot Light foiled eyeshadow, for deeper skin tones, are also great options.

I used a very warm purple pigment on the other half of my eye, the pigment that I used has no shimmer to it so I think you'd achieve the same effect with an eyeshadow. A couple of options to this are Sugarpill's Poison Plum eyeshadow and Sugarpill's 2AM eyeshadow. Poison Plum is a darker version of 2AM, both are very warm purples tho. I would say that the pigment I used is similar to 2AM because it is lighter and a more vibrant shade of warm purple. If you want to darken up the outside corner of the eye, Poison Plum is a great option. But, if you're going for a darker look, Poison Plum is purfect too.

Both these eyeshadows are matte and shimmer-less.

I blended the gold and the purple together, achieving this sunset'ish effect. I had to darken my lashline, and for that I used black eyeshadow and I buffed it out to soften it. I also used a light beige pencil liner on the inner half of my waterline and black eyeliner on the outer part of my waterline. This gives a more elongated shape to my eye, brightening up that inner corner.

If you want a more dramatic look, go for black in all of your waterline.

Top it up with some mascara and the eye is finished!

I decided to bronze up the face a little, after contouring, and I used a pink blush that will match the eye makeup a little. I used highlighter in the highest points of my face to enhance that glow as well.

For lips I used a lipliner in a brownish color a tad darker than my skin color. A good pencil for this would be OCC'S Cosmetic Colorful Pencil in Pennyroyal for lighter skin tones and OCC'S Cosmetic Colorful Pencil in Sybil for darker skin tones.

I used this to outline my lips. Then I used O Boticário's lipgloss in 223 (which is a great dupe for Nars' Orgasm Lipgloss) all over the lips and I used a little bit of that gold pigment I had used before in the center of the lips. 

This combo gives me a fuller pout that looks effortlessly natural.

And that's it for this week's post! I hope you have enjoyed this spring look. I find that these colors are perfect for spring since they're so colorful!

Tânia told me the other day that one of the girls from her class did a frame inspired in my Valentine's Day DIY frame that I did in January and she showed me the final result and I loved it!

I love to know that someone out there that sees our blog gets inspired by what me and Tânia do, so if you recreate any of our looks or get inspired by our posts, please let us know! We'd love to receive your feedback!

I hope you have a wonderful week and I'll be back in the next one.

Love,

Anna