Thursday, May 17, 2012

Casual Flapper

Hi Guys! Back from paper writing hell... I finished a paper for a class I took a year ago that was going to revert to a failing grade if I did not complete it by the end of this semester, which is in approximately 10 days! Yikes! Anyway, it's done... And I am back to doing makeup!

I decided to have some fun with it today, since it had been awhile since I'd put anything on my face. After I had the colors on my eyes, it reminded me of estate jewelry... Not sure why I was thinking of specifically estate jewelry, but I went with the mood and ended up with a 1920's inspired look that was modern enough to wear out to the store.

Here's what I ended up with!



So, what did I do diferently to try to recall a 1920's aesthetic? The most noticeable thing would be the lip. I did a sort of "deconstructed" bee-stung lip shape by concentrating the color in the center of my mouth and using fingers to pull the stain outwards. I started with a lip balm before I did my makeup, letting some of the foundation mix with the balm to create a bit of a canvas to start with, without actually trying to erase my lip line, and then added the color on top of that base. The second thing I did differently was to concentrate eyeliner on the bottom lash line and wrap it around to the top outer corner, creating droopy, rounded ingenue eyes. Finally, sculpted cheeks helped to finish off the look, subtly (hopefully) evoking the dramatic lighting techniques used to highlight starlets in silent films.

I used...

Face: Clinique Redness Solutions base, NARS concealer, Revlon Colorstay Foundation, Benefit High Beam (on cheek bones), Hard Candy Pin Up (on cheeks), MAC Vintage Grape blush (brighter color used on apple of cheek with darker color used to contour), NYX taupe (to contour near temples and under cheekbone), The Body Shop bronzer (on edges of face).

Eyes: Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in 13 all over lid as base, Inglot Matte 352 (pale ballerina pink) under brow bones and on inner corner, Inglot Matte 390 (pale warm taupe) in crease, Urban Decay Tease (on lid), Urban Decay Verve (on inner part of lid), Urban Decay Pistol (on outer part of lid), Urban Decay Rock Star (to line bottom lash line and outer 1/3 of upper lash line), Prestige My Biggest Lashes mascara, Prestige brow pencil, Ulta brow gel.

Lips: Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment in Plum, a tiny bit of Revlon Colorstay Foundation, Revlon Wine Not, Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense 13, and Rimmel Stay Glossy lip gloss in Yours Forever on center of lip, blended outwards slightly.

Here are some angles that show color placement more clearly:

New earrings! They're little bows! 







I have to say, I like how this turned out! I did wimp out and blend the lip color out to cover the lip more evenly after I took these pictures, but this is a look I would do again. I'd like to do a more dramatic version at some point in the future-- hopefully after I find my NARS Velvet Matte pencil in Train Bleu-- and then try to stay a little closer to the source inspiration.

18 comments:

  1. I love what you did with your lips and those earrings are so cute!

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  2. The lips look GORGEOUS! Love how you blended it like that.

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  3. Cute! And props to you for finishing your paper 10 days early! I don't think I've ever finished a paper more than a few hours early....

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    1. I mean... Technically it is a year late, and grades are due in 10 days, so if I'd waited much longer my professor wouldn't have had time to grade my paper before the University turned my "I" into a "D"... But thanks anyway! I do feel like I've accomplished something :P

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  4. I love it! This is one of my favorite ways to do my eyes- concentrating eyeliner/darker eyeshadow around the outer corners. It's so flattering. :) And deep lips always look awesome on you!

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    1. Thank you, Stephanie! It's not how I usually wear my eyeliner, and I think I still prefer emphasizing eyeliner on the top lashes, but it was fun for a change :)

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  5. wowza! i love what you did with the lips. so cool!

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    1. Thank you! It's fun for something different.

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  6. Love everything about this look! You look beautiful Sarah :)

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  7. I like the way the Sugar lip tint looks on you! It's not as pigmented on me (probably because of the natural color of my lips).

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    1. It's not very pigmented on me, either, most of the color on my lips in the pictures is from Revlon Wine Not and MUFE's Rouge Artist in 13, two of the darkest lip colors I own! :P

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  8. I really love this look! And those earrings are so cute! xx

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  9. I love what you've done with your lips, it looks really awesome and really vintage!!! YES!!

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    1. Thank you! It was fun :) I'll have to try something like this again soon!

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