Two more Bohemian EOTD’s
After my first EotD with these colours, I couldn't resist playing around with the Bohemian palette some more. These pictures were all taken at night, so the quality isn't too great. Apologies for that. Here's the reference chart again so you'll know which colour numbers I'm talking about:
First, I tried to incorporate the bright neon yellow in a look, just to see if it would work. I figured my best bet was to combine it with the bright grassy green, and the result was this rather spring-themed look:
That's #4 on the lid, #9 in the crease and blended down onto the lid a little, and a tiny bit of #6 in the outer V and blended along the crease to darken. Also, #4 in the inner corners, #9 along the rest of the lower lash line, and the Sleek Dip It eyeliner on the upper lash line. Etos Extra Volume Black mascara to finish.
Okayyy, so in the first picture I'm standing in front of an orangey light source (cropped out), and it's doing crazy things to the lighting/colour balance. I promise my face isn't actually blueish. But anyway... deep purple smokeyness! This look is pretty dark and heavy (even moreso in real life than it appears in these pictures)... I probably wouldn't wear this going to work or school during daytime, but I'd wear this going out. #11 on lid and in inner corner of lower lash line; #10 in crease and along the rest of the lower lash line, smoked out quite a bit; #6 in outer V and upper lash line, and Etos Extra Volume Black mascara to finish.
EOTD: Bohemian
I'm not wearing any foundation or lip products today, so this is just an Eye of the Day rather than a full Face of the Day. This is the first look I created using my new Bohemian palette from Sleek. For reference, I've gone ahead and numbered the colours in the palette.
For this first look, I used a Gosh shadestick in Love that icy brown, colours #1 (shimmery olive green), #2 (shimmery copper) and #12 (matte dark brown) from the Bohemian palette, and my new Dip It eyeliner.
I used the Gosh shadestick as a base, all over my lid and crease. I then used #1 on my lid, # 2 all along my crease and #12 in the outer V and along my lower lash line, and blended all the colours into each other quite well. I regularly use more than one colour of eyeshadow in my looks, but that tends to be along the lines of "light and dark green" or "light golden brown and dark shimmery brown", etc. This is one my first times using quite different kinds of colours, but I do like the effect.
To finish up, I created a subtle thin black line using the Dip It eyeliner, and applied some Etos Extra Volume Black mascara and Etos Automatic Kohl Pencil in 001. I also used whatever was left of the matte brown on my liner brush on my eyebrows to darken them slightly.
Amsterdam Gay Pride 2010 (well not really) – including FOTD
Last Thursday, Jildou and I were going to go check out the Amsterdam Gay Pride. According to the info we'd seen online, the event was going on from August 5th right up to August 8th, with the biggest event (the Canal Parade) happening today (the 7th) but lots of other festivities going on on the other days as well. So I arrived in Amsterdam at about 11am and met Jildou there, and under her supervision actually charged my public transport chip card for the first time. I feel all cool and modern now. Anyway, once her friend Sander (or is it Xander with an X? I'm not sure) had arrived, we headed out into the city, collecting programmes and maps and such. Over lunch, we had a look at those to figure out where we wanted to go.
Err... well. Protip: if you are going to visit Gay Pride, don't go on Thursday. At least wait until Friday, or even better, Saturday when the actual Canal Parade is taking place. We quickly discovered none of the festivities were taking place until about 8pm, and even then, that was just the opening ceremony/party that took place on some kind of ship. A ship that was actually going to sail out, so if you were going to come to the party, you'd have to stay right until the end, when the ship docked again, somewhere between 2am and 4am. (Well, or start swimming, I guess.) So, that wasn't really an option either, and other than that, there were really only two other events on that first evening, neither of which turned out to be interesting. So, we still had a fun day shopping, hanging out, sight-seeing for a bit like regular Amsterdam tourists and so on, it just didn't have a whole lot to do with the Gay Pride event :P
Here's the look I wore for the day:
On my face I'm wearing the same products I typically use when doing a full-face make-up look: Sunlight colour corrector, Multi-intensive concealer, Medium semi-matte foundation and Finishing dust by Everyday Minerals. I'm not using any lip stick or gloss this day, just a little bit of Rosebud Salve to moisturize.
For the eye look, I actually started out in the crease this time. I used the coppery brown colour in the lower left corner of the Sleek Storm palette and blended this along the crease. Then I took the black from the same palette and applied that all over the eyelid, so it became a very dark grey, blended into the brown above. I also applied the brown all along my lower lash line, smudging it out quite a bit, and used the black in the outer corners of my lower lash line. I then took a wet liner brush and applied the black along my upper lash line as well. Since the whole look was now a bit too dark and smokey for my liking, for a daytime look anyway, I put a bit of the golden champagne colour (upper left corner) in the inner corner of the eye, blended out to about the middle of the lid. I finished off the look with some Etos Extra Volume Black mascara and Automatic Kohl Pencil in 001, as per usual.
FOTD: Aqua Blue
On my last day at work, I was wearing a black tunic with a white and aqua blue print on it. This time I did match my make-up to my clothing, going for a sort of greenish aqua look.
On my face, I'm wearing the same Sunlight/Multi-intensive concealer/Medium semi-matte foundation/Finishing dust combo as in yesterday's post, all by Everyday Minerals. I'm also wearing Essence XXXL Shine lipgloss in 07 Big Night Out.
I used Auburn eyebrow powder by Everyday Minerals on my eyebrows, and a Gosh shadestick in Love that icy blue as a base. Then I applied Barry M Dazzle Dust in #78 all over my eyelids. I used the darkest green from the Sleek Safari palette in my crease, and Barry M Dazzle Dust in #83 in the inner corner of my eyes. I used the same green from Sleek Safari on my lower lash line, and the black from the Sleek palette on my upper lash line. I applied Etos Extra Volume Black mascara to my lashes again, as per usual :P
FOTD: Smokey Copper
Here's the look I wore to Marco's birthday party last weekend. I occasionally like to match my make-up to my clothing if it's appropriate, but in this case I was wearing a pink dress. Pink eye make-up looks horrible on me; no matter what shade I use, it always looks as if I've just been crying. So, if I'm not trying to match colours, I usually end up picking warm earthy tones, which is what happened today as well.
You can see the pink dress in the background :) I'm wearing Everyday Minerals colour corrector in Sunlight for undereye circles, EDM multi-intensive concealer for blemishes, EDM semi-matte foundation in Medium and EDM Finishing Dust to make it a bit more long-lasting (I completely forgot to put this on in my previous FOTD, in case you're wondering why you didn't see it then. haha :)) I'm wearing Bourjous Lovely Brille lipstick in 02 Sable Fin on my lips, and darkened my eyebrows a little using EDM eyebrow powder in Auburn.
On my eyes, I'm wearing a Gosh shadestick in Love That Brown as a base. On top of that, I'm wearing Barry M Dazzle Dust #44 all over my lid. I then used Barry M Dazzle Dust #53 in my crease and also blended it down onto the lid a little bit. I also used #53 on my lower lash line using a liner brush, and smudged that out a bit (simply using my pinky ;)) I then used the liner brush on the black from a Sleek palette while wet, and used that to line my upper lash line. To finish off the eye look I applied some Automatic Kohl Pencil in 001 by Etos to my waterline and Etos Extra Black Volume mascara.
FOTD: Tropical
I had a birthday party yesterday and the theme was "beach". I was originally going to wear one of my cute new summer dresses that I recently bought from ASOS... and then the weather turned and the forecast was a measly cloudy 19°C. So I ended up just wearing jeans with my new bright coral asymmetrical top (also from ASOS) for at least a slight beachy feeling, and spiced up my make-up a little to compensate.
On my face, I'm wearing Sunlight colour corrector (for dark circles), Mint colour corrector (for redness), Multi-intensive concealer and foundation in Medium, all by Everyday Minerals. I put on some coral pink lip gloss, Ultra Shiny Lipgloss in 001 by Etos to match the top.
I used eyebrow powder in Auburn, also by Everyday Minerals, to help my eyebrows match my hair colour. On my eyes, I used a Gosh shadestick in Love that icy blue! as a base, smudging and fading it into the skin until it was barely visible. I then put Barry M Dazzle Dust #78 all over my lid and crease, and Barry M Dazzle Dust #83 on the inner 1/3 of the lid. I then used my blending brush to apply a little bit of the darkest blue colour from the Sleek Storm palette along the crease. Using a liner brush, I lined my lower lash line with both Barry M colours, the light green in the inner corner and the blue along the rest of my lash line. On my upper lash line, I used the black from the Sleek palette with the same liner brush. I finished the look off with some Ultra Black Volume mascara by Etos and the Etos Automatic Kohl Pencil in 001 on my waterline.
FOTD: Warm brown tones for Father’s Day
Not that it is a reference to Father's Day in any way -- it just happened to be what I wore when I had dinner with my dad. Pictures after the break: