The Ladybug

Time for the grande finale of Red and Black week, a post that I have put some thought to because I have had rather high expectations on myself for this. :) Since eye makeup is my specialty of course I had to include an eye look - and an artsy one to - but I also wanted to show you one of my summer-goth outfits.

What is red, black and definitely part of a decent summer month? The ladybug of course! :D Lady bugs are beautiful creatures and probably the only bug that I wasn't afraid of as a kid. Of course I just had to adopt their elegant esthétique for one of my Red and Black week looks!

Red eyeshadow, red eyes (no they're not actually contact lenses) and black dots. What could go wrong?

I'm sorry I don't have a whole face look with this one; my right eye was misbehaving at the day I created this and didn't want to have any makeup put on it.

As you probably have worked out by yourselves by now the rounded shape of the eyeshadow is deliberate; an attempt to catch the curvy, feminine beauty of the ladybug.

Face

*Skin Base Foundation 02  (Illamasqua)

*Mineral Veil (Bare minerals)

Eyebrows

*#391 (Inglot)

*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)

*#391 (Inglot) 

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)

*Love+ (Sugarpill)

*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek)

*Gel liner Poison (Makeup Geek)

*Truly bold and curly mascara (Lumene)

*False eyelashes #115 (Ardell)

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And here comes the outfit! :D It is a very girly outfit and I definitely am a girly girl so I guess it kind of suits me. 

Dress: H&M

Tights & necklace: Åhléns

Gloves & hairband: Glitter

Shoes: Graceland

How do I look in bangs? XD

And here's a better picture of the hairband.

Well, last but not least, I would like to give a HUGE thank you to Ms. Kitty for hosting Red and Black week this year again. :) It is such a delightful event and I enjoy reading everyone's posts! 

And a big thanks to all of you who have taken your time to read my posts and send me such nice comments! I'm blessed to have such wonderful readers as all of you! <3 

Imperfection

While the looks I posted previously during this week has been very dramatic, artsy and almost completely unwearable this one is going to be of the more wearable kind. At least it is wearable if you like dramatic makeup in bright colors. ;)

This look is inspired by the speckled liner that Illamasqua had on one of their promo pictures for their collection I'mperfection. I wanted to spice it up a bit using red as a base instead of a neutral color. :)

Red lips goes well with this look and the one I'm using is one of the lipstick pens (comparable to Clinique's chubby sticks) by Lumene. I haven't had time to do a proper review of it yet but it will come.

Step 1. Prime your eyes and fill in your eyebrows.

Step 2. Apply NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk in a soft layer all over your eyelid. Don't forget to share the love with your lower lids!

Step 3. Define your crease slightly with a light brown eyeshadow. This will be our transition color that will make it a lot easier to blend the red eyeshadow into our skin tone. If you have darker skin just use a medium or darker brown instead. :)

Step 4. Pop on some Love+ and blend to your heart's content!

Step 5. A thick, winged eyeliner will create a base for the speckles. Line your waterline with white eyeliner.

Step 6. Now, do some black speckles along the liner. Due to my eye shape I found it more suitable to concentrate the speckles on the outer part.

Step 7. I haven't had the pleasure to make acquaintance with Illamasqua's Scribe yet so I'm using Kryolan's white AquaColor to do the white speckles.

Step 8. Mascara and false eyelashes.

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Studio Finish Concealer (M.A.C.)* 

*Mineral Veil (Bare Minerals)

*Eyeshadow Purely naked (Makeup Geek)

*Blush Glow (e.l.f.)

Eyebrows

*Brow powder Dark brown (Anastasia Beverly Hills)

*#391 (Inglot)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)

*#351 (Inglot) 

*Velvet Revolver (Too Faced)

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)
*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek)
*AquaColor White (Kryolan)
*Truly bold and curly mascara (Lumene)

*False eyelashes #701 (Red Cherry)

Lips

*Raspberry miracle lip sorbet 16 Wild Raspberries (Lumene)

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I have a very special look planned for the grande finale of Red and Black week tomorrow so make sure you stop by then! ;)
Thank you so much for reading and I really hope you liked this look!

*Not cruelty-free