Prom makeup for vampires!

Hello everybody! :)

So, you're going to prom but your problem is that you are a vampire. Then, of course, you'll need a vampire makeup to take you through your special night. ;)

The tutorial pictures are a bit "washed out", so the black eyeshadow looks quite brown. I apologize for that, I didn't have the time to adjust the colors on all of the photos in PS. :(

I'm in love with this eyeshadow! It is Burlesque by Makeup Geek. I thought it would look similar to Sketch by M.A.C. but it doesn't. This one is more burgundy and less brown. And it has a slight shimmer. Love! :D 

It has become a habit for me to fill in my brows with black now instead of brown.

Of course, this look wouldn't be a vampire prom look without a pair of blood-red lips. The lipstick I've used is Black orchid (which is a dark burgundy, and not black as the name suggests). And yeah, I know I don't look like I'm on my way to prom dressed in a regular black long-sleeve shirt. And I look like a purple version of Sonic the Hedgehog in that hairstyle. Haha. 

So here's the tutorial! :D 

Step 1. When you're a vampire, living forever is not a big deal. To make your eyeshadow last that long, however... Well, then you'll need a good primer! ;)

Step 2. I wanted a purple base for this look, to get a little more deep red feeling, but I didn't find an eyeliner pencil or something that would be suitable so I used Poison plum by Sugarpill as a base. You can simply skip this step, if you like. :)

Step 3. Apply Burlesque by Makeup Geek on your lid and blend it upwards into your crease.

Step 4. Define the outer corner by applying a black eyeshadow. I've used Corrupt by Makeup Geek. And yes, I know, it looks brown in these pictures.

Step 5. Fill in your upper and lower waterline with a black eyeliner pencil.

Step 6. Line your upper lashline with a black liquid eyeliner. Now, liquid eyeliner leaves no room for mistakes so be careful!

Step 7. Apply mascara and a pair of false eyelashes.

Step 8. Line your lips with a black pencil. Blend it slightly inwards. Apply a dark burgundy lipstick on your lips.

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Hope you like the look and the tutorial! :)

Have a nice day!

Summer sky lips

Hello everybody! :)

The look of today is - *surprise surprise*- a lip look! Makeupbee.com is running a competition in collaboration with OCC and the look is supposed to be focused on lips. So, since I usually don't do
too many lip looks, and since that is something I would like to do more often, I decided to participate.

So here's my look for the competition:

If you'd like, you can go in on this link and click "Like" to help me win. :) Thank you! 

*Chromagraphic pencil Hi Def Cyan (M.A.C.)

*Eye kohl Smolder (M.A.C.)

*NYX Jumbo Pencil Milk (used as a base)

*Eyeshadow Mermaid (Makeup Geek) 

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I told you about how I wanted to fix my hair, the other day, didn't I? 

Anyway, here's the result: 

So, what do you think? There will be a tutorial for this makeup look soon, (I hope). :) 

Have a nice day everybody! :D 

Prom makeup to complement your dress Part 2

Hello everybody! :)

I hope you've all had a good weekend!

As you might have guessed from the title of this post, this is the second makeup look that can be used to match your prom dress. If you have a green dress you can just use this particular look but this look works for whatever dress you have, all you need to do is to switch the eyeshadows I've used for two (one lighter and one darker) in the same color as your dress.

Here's the look we are doing today:

I was going to do a third makeup tutorial on how to complement your dress, but when I thought about it I realized I've already done a similar one! The third, and probably most original way, to complement your dress by choosing makeup in a similar color is this one:

Complement your dress Part 3

I've used a blue eyeliner pencil in that particular tutorial but you can use whatever color you want. :)

Now, let's move on to this tutorial:

Step 1. As always, prime your eyes! :)

Step 2. Line your upper and lower waterline with a black eyeliner pencil, but don't go all the way in to the inner corner. I like to do this step first, although people usually do it after they've already done their eyeshadow. 

Step 3. Apply your lighter shade, I've used Poison ivy by Makeup Geek, in the outer part of your eye and blend it softly. 

Step 4. On the lid, on the outer part of your eye (does that make sense?) apply your darker shade, which for me is Dirty martini, also by Makeup Geek. Blend it into the lighter green. 

Step 5. Create a cat-eye, using a matte black eyeshadow (I've used Corrupt) by Makeup Geek, and an angled brush such as the M.A.C. #266. 

Step 6. Apply mascara and if you wish, false eyelashes. For this look corner lashes, such as the Ardell #305's  would be great! I didn't apply any falsies today though, just to see the shock on your faces. ;) 

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Hmpf! That tutorial didn't turn out the way I hoped. Better luck next time, I guess...

Have a nice day everyone! :)

Gothic mermaid

Hello everybody! :)

The look of today is just some pictures of a look that I made yesterday, playing around with my new Makeup Geek eyeshadows (which are amazing!) and my new black lipstick. :)

I'm practically jumping up and down in excitement to do some tutorials for you with the Makeup Geek eyeshadows! :D 

I've also been experimenting a bit with my hair to get more volume and attitude to it and now I know exactly how I want it to look. :D 

---> Deathhawk

Very pretty, isn't it?

My hair is a bit too long in the front and short in the back to get that particular hairstyle but I can manage to get a teased fluff á la Robert Smith at least.

Anyways, back to the makeup. :)

Hmm... I wish my fluffy hair would have been more visible on this picture. :/


I'm going to do a red carpet-style prom makeup look soon too, but I had a little accident the other day that gave me a black eye (a little one, you can barely see it...) so I will have to wait until it has disappeared. Actually, I've been very accident prone this week, bumping my head into things and tripping over my own feet. Or maybe I'm just clumsy. :P

Face

*Everlasting foundation Ivory (Clarins)

*Studio finish concealer (M.A.C.)

*Compact white powder (Stargazer)

*Eyeshadow Latte (Makeup Geek), used as contour 

Eyebrows

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Eye kohl Smolder (Makeup Geek)

*Ocean breeze (Makeup Geek), smokey navy blue, upper and lower lash line.

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek), matte black, upper and lower lash line.

* Mermaid (Makeup Geek), shimmery petrol blue, crease.

*Ice Queen (Makeup Geek), shimmery white, inner corne/brow highlight.

*False eyelashes #28 (Red Cherry)

Lips

* Inliner Indian ink (Isadora)

*Lipstick Goth (Viva la Diva), yes I bought it partly because of the name :P

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So that's all for today! Tomorrow (hopefully) I will be back with another prom makeup tutorial. I've already taken the pictures and everything, I just have to find the time to edit them and write the tutorial. :)

Take care until we meet again!

Prom makeup to complement your dress Part 1

Hello everybody!

Today we are continuing to go through different kinds of prom makeup looks and I thought I'd show you guys some designs that can be used to complement your dress. I've used yellow, since I felt like it, but you can simply pick another color to match your own prom dress! :)

If you have a red prom dress, you can use for instance gold on instead of red, since I know many people wouldn't wear red eyeshadow.

And a very important advice for your prom makeup: DON'T USE TOO MUCH FOUNDATION!!
On my own prom (which was a disaster by the way, mostly because of the jerk I went there with...) there was a girl who had used far too much foundation in a tone that was very, very much darker than her actual skin tone. The result was quite nasty and it looked like her face was flaking off. Not cute! I really felt sorry for her!

So, anyways... Here's the promised tutorial. :)

Step 1. As always, prime your eyes. :) This is the only way to make the eye-makeup last the whole night without creasing. 

Step 2. Using a pencil brush, apply Latte by MakeupGeek in a C-shape around the outer corner of your eye. 

Step 3. Blend out the C-shape and apply NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk on your lid, blending it out by patting it gently with your finger. 

Step 4. Apply Buttercupcake from Sugarpill, or whatever color that matches your promdress, on your lid, carefully blending it out into the brown C-shape. 

Step 5. Line your eyes with a black eyeliner pencil. Also apply it on your upper lash line. Blend it out. 

Step 6. To add some more depth to the look apply a black eyeshadow (or dark brown if you want a softer result) to your deep crease (that is, the outermost part of your crease). Fill in your brows with an eyeshadow that matches your natural browcolor. 

Also, apply a shimmery white - I've used Ice Queen by Makeup Geek - to your inner corner and beneath your eyebrow.

Step 7. Apply mascara and a pair of false eyelashes (which is of course optional). 

Now, here's the finished look: 

I should have worn something yellow to show you the match, but since my wardrobe is 99,9% black that was not a possibility. 

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I hope that this tutorial has been helpful! :) Thanks for taking your time reading it. 

Have lovely day! 

Luminous prom look

Hello everybody!

Here's another one of my prom makeup tutorial using the amazing loose eyeshadow "Lumi" by Sugarpill. So what's so amazing about this eyeshadow? In the packaging it looks just like a glittery blueish-greenish white powder, somewhat like a shimmer you might find on the dress of a Barbie-doll. If you apply it dry it will look just as it does in the packaging. The magic occurs when you put it over a black base. Then, the white powder transforms to a gorgeous shimmery turquoise that a teal-loving freak as myself could never resist. :)

I've contoured my cheekbones with a powder that is about three shades darker than my skin and then applied a little bit of blush onto the back of the apples of my cheeks, blending it into the contour. 

Step 1. Prime your eyes with a good primer. I've used the eyelid primer from e.l.f. because it normally works well but when I do a black smokey eye I find that the Urban Decay Primer Potion works a lot better. Since we are going to use dark colors I prefer to put on the base afterwards. (And in case anyone was wondering, yes it is the same Step 1. picture as in the previous tutorial :P ).

Step 2. Fill in your upper and lower waterline and the outer part of your lid with a soft, black eyeliner pencil. I have used Smolder by M.A.C. Blend it outwards and upwards to create the perfect smokey base. 

Step 3. Apply NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk in the inner corner and blend it out, into the black, by patting it gently with your finger. In and above your crease, apply a dark gray (I've used Knight divine by M.A.C.). If you don't have a dark gray you can simply use a black, just tap off the excess from your brush and wipe it of gently to reduce the color payoff. :)

Step 4. In the inner corner, apply a matte white as a highlight. On the outer part of the lid, apply a matte black to set the eyeliner pencil and make it look even blacker. Blend it upwards into the crease. Don't apply any black to the middle of your lid, since we want it sticky for Step 5. ;)

Step 5. Pick up some of the loose eyeshadow Lumi by Sugarpill on a flat shader brush. Press it onto the middle of your lid and blend it out. Pick up some more Lumi and tap off the excess gently. Then pat the eyeshadow carefully on the rest of the  lid all the way up to your eyebrow to get a luminous shimmer. 

Step 6. Fill in your eyebrows with a color matching your natural brow color. Line your upper lash line with a black gel eyeliner, trying to get it in between your lashes so that no skin shows through. 

Step 7. Apply mascara and a pair of false eyelashes. 

Step 8. Any nude, light pink lipcolor will work great with this eye-look but since I love the dark and dramatic I've chosen a dark burgundy lipstick. It is Black dawn by MakeUpStore.

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So that's all for this tutorial! I hope that it was helpful and that some of you out there might find any inspiration from it. :)

I will do a more wearable prom look soon, that will suit those of you who don't wear that much/dramatic makeup everyday. 

Have a lovely day everybody and hope to see you soon! :D