These two recent looks jumble together an array of influences and tweaks from magazines posted previously, but are most immediately inspired by my attempt fake up and thus avoid purchasing the two eye colour trios that most tempted me from Paul&Joe's spring collection. And to show those P&J bird balls in action. Bouncing. And the like. Anyway...
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Products: Rouge Bunny Rouge Abyssinian Catbird, the blue sparkle from THREE 06 Tranquil Oasis quad (swatch), Lunasol Sheer Glossy Eyes EX04 Peach Beige, Topshop Kohl Pencil Sable for eyes. Innisfree Colour Glow Lipstick and Glossy Lip Lacquer both in 10 Daisy Coral on lips. P&J bird balls on mah face.
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Placement: This is a spin on the triangular placements Maquia pushed so hard last autumn, but by breaking up the THREE blue 'triangle' with a wash of Lunasol peach, I created more of a diagonal (\) running from inner socket to outer corner. To further emphasise the shape, I adapted a technique from a recent Biteki tute (scroll down to 'Trend 1. Lower lashline shadow'), rimming the waterline with Topshop Sable, thickening the line at very inner corner and over the outer half of my eyes, and using RBR Abyssinian Catbird as a tonal extension of that line from both upper and lower lashlines. (On the lower lashline this means AbCat again 'breaks' the THREE blue, which adds to the impression of outward movement I think.)
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Full face involves Innisfree Glossy Lip Lacquer layered over their Colour Glow Lipstick. For base I'm wearing Burberry Sheer Touch Concealer 01 under eyes but otherwise onlyP&J Face Powder S over bare skin: it's texturally perfecting as noted in my review, and adds a diffused barely-discernable glow, but doesn't have any major colour-correcting / skintone-evening effects. You can still see patches of sallowness and translucent veininess around my nose and mouth and a bit of patchy pinkness on my cheeks despite my skipping blush -- places I would usually put foundation.
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Are you a pastel hater or lover or uncontrollable-applier-over-whole-facer like me? What do you think of my meta-tweaks? Or my attempts to dupe the P&J trios? Okay, I declare those a fail because I WANT A KITTY CASE, dammit.
As always, feel free to ask any questions or for more details, bearing in mind that I'm not remotely a pro and just messing around for funsies and usually while inadequately caffeinated. :E <----- this is the bucktoothed result of trying to type a :D with an inadequately caffeinated jabby finger.
DISCLOSURE: Products marked with a [*] were given to me free of charge. In addition, both Innisfree lip products and Suqqu primer were GWP / received free as a result of special offers.
1. The \Back Slash\ inspired by Paul&Joe 06 April in Paris
Products: Rouge Bunny Rouge Abyssinian Catbird, the blue sparkle from THREE 06 Tranquil Oasis quad (swatch), Lunasol Sheer Glossy Eyes EX04 Peach Beige, Topshop Kohl Pencil Sable for eyes. Innisfree Colour Glow Lipstick and Glossy Lip Lacquer both in 10 Daisy Coral on lips. P&J bird balls on mah face.
Placement: This is a spin on the triangular placements Maquia pushed so hard last autumn, but by breaking up the THREE blue 'triangle' with a wash of Lunasol peach, I created more of a diagonal (\) running from inner socket to outer corner. To further emphasise the shape, I adapted a technique from a recent Biteki tute (scroll down to 'Trend 1. Lower lashline shadow'), rimming the waterline with Topshop Sable, thickening the line at very inner corner and over the outer half of my eyes, and using RBR Abyssinian Catbird as a tonal extension of that line from both upper and lower lashlines. (On the lower lashline this means AbCat again 'breaks' the THREE blue, which adds to the impression of outward movement I think.)
Full face involves Innisfree Glossy Lip Lacquer layered over their Colour Glow Lipstick. For base I'm wearing Burberry Sheer Touch Concealer 01 under eyes but otherwise onlyP&J Face Powder S over bare skin: it's texturally perfecting as noted in my review, and adds a diffused barely-discernable glow, but doesn't have any major colour-correcting / skintone-evening effects. You can still see patches of sallowness and translucent veininess around my nose and mouth and a bit of patchy pinkness on my cheeks despite my skipping blush -- places I would usually put foundation.
2. The /Foward Slash/ inspired by Paul & Joe 03 Garden of Flowers
Products -- eyes: Fyrinnae When I Grow Up for the purple, and a mix of Aye Captain and Electric Stardust for the green (I actually only meant to pick up AC but brush landed by mistake on ES in my self-pressed palette, so I just went with the mix), the rose from Shu Uemura x Karl Lagerfeld Prestigious Bordeaux (here, looks, more looks) and GOSH white kohl pencil. Two blushes: Etude House's Blueberry Cheesecake Cupcake All Over Colour for an extremely cool pale pink and Rouge Bunny Rouge Gracilis for a warmer darker shader. Lip: YSL Rouge Volupté Shine 5 Fuchsia in Excess[*]. Base: Suqqu Makeup Base Creamy and Paul&Joe Face Colour S.
Placement: I went for a more 'aggressive' pastel look this time if such a thing is possible (this is not the first time such profound metaphysical questions have been investigated chez drivel -- see 'can glitter be badass?'here) with three equally colourful shades (no obviously lighter highlighter or darker shader in this trio) placed somewhat in balance. The forward slash (/) is most obviously shaped by the green (though it's more of a parallelogram, technically speaking...) but the same upward-and-outward diagonal also informs the overall shape of the purple. I shaded the edges with the Shu rose, again bringing the colour up and out towards the end of the brow, and angled more of the rose out and down from the outer 1/2 of the lower lashline (reads more as a sheen on this angle, but....)
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| slight intentional fuzz to show textures |
Full face: ...following on from where the pink eyeshadow led, I brought RBR Gracilis quite close to the eye on the cheekbones for a subtle blushadow effect, then swept it through cheekbones up to shade the sides of my forehead to boot. I then added a pop of the Etude House Blueberry Cheesecake as a colourful highlight (blushlight) on tops of cheekbones and temples. Because butterfly...wing... shape... thingy? And marshmallows. I don't even know at this point. I think I must have snorted some of that Fyrinnae fairy dust while applying.
Lip is a straightforward coat of YSL Fuchsia in Excess. Base this time involves an application of the Suqqu Makeup Base Creamy (colour-correction) under the Paul&Joe bird balls -- can you see the extra little bit of polish compared to the last look? And I can still claim to be foundation-free :P
PS Comparing these with a recent look wearing foundation, I think the P&J balls give just as texturally perfected a look (in photographs maybe even more of one, due to way it diffuses light), while offering less coverage/correction of uneven pigmentation, even with a tinted primer beneath.
In both looks the soft, minimal brows are due to a light sketching of Za Ever Brow 03, combed through. Mascara is Fasio Full Dynamic Long mascara, for an airier effect than I usually go for with Full Dynamic Volume.
In both looks the soft, minimal brows are due to a light sketching of Za Ever Brow 03, combed through. Mascara is Fasio Full Dynamic Long mascara, for an airier effect than I usually go for with Full Dynamic Volume.
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| left: kitty case! right: case what matches my bird balls! I'm, like, obligated to buy two of these, no? |
As always, feel free to ask any questions or for more details, bearing in mind that I'm not remotely a pro and just messing around for funsies and usually while inadequately caffeinated. :E <----- this is the bucktoothed result of trying to type a :D with an inadequately caffeinated jabby finger.
DISCLOSURE: Products marked with a [*] were given to me free of charge. In addition, both Innisfree lip products and Suqqu primer were GWP / received free as a result of special offers.