Tarja Turunen in Ave Maria en Plein Air Inspired Makeup Look

Hello!
Today's post is inspired by one very talented singer that I so love, Tarja Turunen.

Her makeup is usually very monotonous in shades of silver and black which suits her features beautifully but for the promo video for her upcoming Ave Maria En Plein Air album she has this bright orange eye makeup that at first I didn't particularly love because orange is not my favourite colour of eyeshadow but then I kinda fell in love with it as I was doing that same makeup on myself.

It's quite intricate the way the orange reflects pink and transitions to a dark plum shade.
She has a very peculiar eye shape that I tried to mimic by placing the plum colour in the very socket of my eye in a V shape to give me that sunken in look she has to her eyes.

This is what I came up with!

I apologize for the little white particles on top of the lashes, I applied an eyeshadow that has a rosy lust to it after I applied the false lashes and it fell on top and I only realised when I was editing the photos.

Bloopers

Products used:

Face: 
Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Foundation in "I'm pure 4 sure" IvoryBenefit Boi-ing Concealer in O1 and O2
W7 In The Mood Eyeshadow Palette in Wink (contour) 
Kiko Milano Water Eyeshadow in 218 (blush)
H&M Highlighting Palette in 2

Eyes: 
Kiko Milano Long Lasting Stick in 28
Kiko Milano Infinity Eyeshadow in 206
Sleek Ultra Mattes V2 Eyeshadows in Dune, Flesh, Vilan and Noir
H&M Highlighting Palette in 2 (inner corner, outer corner, brow done) 
Kiko Milano Miami Click Slick Eyeliner in 06 Black
Ardell Lashed in 118

Brows: 
Astra Italy Eyebrow Pencil in 23
Essence Lash & Brow Gel Mascara´

 Lips:
H&M Lip Gloss in Nude Rose (a LOT of it over concealed lips with foundation)


With all the orange it almost looks like a fall look!

I hope you have enjoyed this look, of course it is dedicated to Rita who also took the photos.
If you want you can check the inspiration video here, I also used some reference photos which I got by cutting some frames out of that video.

Have a great week and till the next one.

Love,
Anna

Tarja Turunen Inspired Look

Today's my day to post a look. The title is pretty self-explainatory but for those who don't know who Tarja Turunen, she's a Finnish singer. Tarja was initially noticed as the lead singer of the symphonic power metal band Nightwish, which she left in 2005; then she pursued a sucessful solo career. This specific look is inspired by Nightwish's video clip for their song "Bless The Child". When I can't decide what to do with my makeup, it's very common for me to do this.

What I love the most about this look is it's simplicity. It is actually pretty quick. It takes three eyeshadows, all purple, but in different tones to achieve it. Placing the medium purple on my crease first, it helps to set ground for the following shadows which are lavender on the lid and a slightly darker purple than the first one to further deepen the crease and make the contrast between lid and crease, bolder.
The liner is just a medium line on the upper lash line and on the water line. I used black gel liner for both and smudge the lower lash line with a bit of the darkest purple eyeshadow.
Then, I used Essence's I Love Extreme volume mascara, my personal favorite.

For the lips I used KIKO's Smart Lip Liner in the shade 710 Rouge Noir with a matte brown lipstick on top. Unfortunately, none of the photos captured the actual darkness of the lips. In the second set of pictures, in which, I removed all forms of light filters, even the eye look is washed out.

Lip liner (left) & Lipstick (right)

For the rest of my face I did what I usually do.
Of course, in the video,  Tarja's eyes look darker and her lipstick is almost black but I guess it's because the lighting in both situations is really different.

I hope you liked this post. Hopefully, I'll post more looks in the future!

LOTS OF LOVE,
Tânia