Doe Deere Inspired Look

Hi! As promised, today I bring you an inspired look and this time it's inspired in the biggest doll in the makeup world, Doe Deere, the CEO of Lime Crime.

Since Venus, the Grunge palette, launched, Doe has been doing a lot of warm looks with it and, although I don't have it, I decided to try to do a look inspired on it.

This look is what most makeup artists have been calling "the Grunge look" and I do like it, I just don't think it suits my face that well.

Anyway, the look is fairly simple, you just need a couple of red shadows and warm browns.

After you prime your lids, use a red shade similar to Venus, from the Venus palette, and place that all over your eyelid and up to the crease. Also apply that on your lower lid and buff it quite far down, to give the eye a round shape. 

As a blending shadow, use a shadow similar to Creation, from the Venus palette, again, and a little bit of Rebirth to further blend it.

On the outer corner, to deepen it, use a warm matte brown like Icon and place just a little bit in the corner.

Use Icon also on the lower lash line, close to the lashes, to darken it. 

I used a brown liner close to my lash line in my top lid, which I then blended out with a color similar to Icon. "The Grunge look" usually aims for a rounder eye type shape but, in the look I based this on, Doe had a very small wing with that same brown. 

I also used a warm brown pencil in my water line and loads of mascara. Focus the mascara on the center lashes of the eye to make it even rounder.

To highlight in the inner corner I used an eye shadow similar to Shell and to highlight my brow bone I used a shadow similar to Aura.

I used a foundation that would give a flawless look to the skin and then I used a full coverage concealer to erase all those little imperfections like discolorations and blemishes.

To further perfect your skin, use a powder with a little bit of coverage or even layer a powder foundation over your creamy or liquid foundation that you applied before.

If you don't have that doll shape to your face like Doe does, you will need quite a bit of contour. Use just enough to shape your cheeks and to emphasize your cheekbones.

I used a golden pink blush like Nars' Orgasm, I think it was perfect for this look.

I also highlighted the high points of my face such as the high points of my cheeks, the tip of my nose, my cupid's bow, my chin and a bit in my forehead. 

All you need to finish this look is a warm brown lipstick like Lime Crime's Salem to give you that pinch of darkness.

The day I did this look I was wearing a long black skirt so I felt like a total witch with this makeup on.

In order for this type of makeup to work for me I could never blend it so far down in the bottom lid, it just makes me look tired really.

But other than that, I think this look would suit everyone with all kinds of skin tones. You can obviously work with it to make it suit your skin tone!

I love how the matte brown lip looks so good with the eyes and all! 

The Venus palette is a palette that I've been wanting since it was announced, even before it came out, but, unfortunately, it's always sold out, so it looks like I'm gonna have to stick to the dupes... (MNY has some great ones by the way)

This is it for this week's post, I hope you liked it and I hope this autumn look has inspired you for some christmas looks!

Next week I'll be doing a christmas related post. I'll be putting up a couple of looks for the holiday season for people that, like me, only wear black. Sort of to give you tips on how to make an all black look a bit more christmasy and festive.

Love,

Anna

Back To School Makeup: My tips and tricks

Since school is almost starting/has already started, I figured I would do a makeup look for you showing two looks suitable for school.

Look I

For this first look, I decided to go light and fresh.

The key to looking awake and fresh is highlighting. In this look I used a shimmery champagne eye shadow all over the lid to bring some light to the eyes and also used an eye shadow a couple of shades lighter than my skin on the inner corners of my eyes to give me that "wide awake" look. By adding slightly darker shadows to the outer corners of the eyes, you give your face some shape, avoiding the "flat board" look.
I also used a brown gel pencil close to my upper and lower lash line, but only on the outer thirds of the eyes, smudging it into the other shadows.

With such a simple look in the eyes, you can use all sorts of lip products that you want, in any shade that you prefer. For this look, I chose an orange lip gloss by Catrice called Peach Boy. This is a fairly pigmented lip gloss, so I didn't use any lip liner or lipstick underneath. 

If you use foundation everyday, make sure you contour your face and use some bronzer and blush to bring some life and color to your face.

Look II

I am very fond of this second look. It's the one I use almost every single day for school or when I'm in a rush.

The eye makeup is a "bolder" version of the one from the first look. The only thing I added was a cold brown matte eye shadow in the crease and some gel eyeliner, creating a wing. Something to help you look awake with a look similar to this is using a white/beige eyeliner pencil in the waterline.

This is, again, a neutral look, so you can choose any lip products you want to go with this look. I used a mix of brown, nude and red lipsticks to create this gorgeous old pink nude'ish color. The Lydia lip pencil by OCC is a darker version of this mixture I made and that was my initial inspiration. 

I also like to have a strong full brow, so I just use either an eyebrow pencil or a matte eye shadow to fill them in just a tad and eyebrow gel to keep them in place all day long.

When it comes to lashes, I personally love when they have volume and length so I use a mascara that gives me both. You just have to search for what you like to see on yourself.

Some other tips and trick:

• To make your eye makeup stay put all day, you can use a primer. There's a lot of eye primers available nowadays but one of the most famous ones is Urban Decay's Primer Potion, but you can just as well use a cream eye shadow or a creamy eye pencil like NYX Jumbo Pencils.

• Since you're wearing makeup all day long, if you do use foundation and want it to stick with you for the whole day, you should use a primer as well. There are loads of facial primers out there but the best trick is to apply your favorite moisturizing cream. 

• To keep the look through the whole day, you may want to choose a lip product that is easy to reapply and doesn't need too much maintenance throughout the day. That is why I chose a pigmented gloss and a nude lipstick, they're easy to reapply and you can just take it with you in your bag.

This is it for this post. I hope you have enjoyed the looks and my personal choices.

I wish all of you the best of lucks for this school year.

Love,

Anna