Brigitte Bardot Inspired

For this look I REALLY needed a jet black eyeshadow, the ones I had were coming out a bit silvery/bluey. So if anyone has any tips for a highly pigmented black/kohl eyeshadow do let me know!

I used two sets of eyelashes (bottom and top) to get that really sultry look. Josie is wearing a shirt from ZARA which gives the photos a 70s feel I think. But originally I wanted to create that Brigitte Bardot look, which is not overdone and a little bit messy. As a perfectionist that was a little tricky!

Lust List:

• Rich black eyeshadow
• Black ink gel eyeliner

I'll let you know what I find! Any tips/ideas just comment below!

MUApril x

Creepy Experiment

This is one of my first attempts at a 'fashion' look. I worked with Kitty to create an 'Ice Queen' look. 

It was much harder than I thought to fade her eyebrows out! She has quite dark eyebrows and a light concealer just wasn't cutting the mustard. So next I tried dabbing the eyebrows with vaseline and patting on a white eyeshadow which worked a bit better but still wasn't giving me the bleached look I wanted. Finally I tried talc, and that seemed to work (if it became a little bit like a paste) so I covered the eyebrows and once they looked white enough I used a 'Too Faced' glitter over the top. 

To create the sparkly lip I covered Kitty's lips in vaseline and pressed her lips into a pile of glitter. I used a Mac eyeshadow to highlight her cheekbones and the bridge of her nose which gives her that eery/skeletal look.

Let me know what you think!

MUApril x

Kitty

I love these pics! This is such a natural look, but in reality the model (my friend Kitty) is wearing quite a bit of make-up. Photographs take away 40% of the make-up applied, so if you are attending an event where you know your photo will be taken I would always a little more than you first thought!

For example; the lipstick I used is a really lovely one by NARS called 'Tzigane', on the hand it comes out quite dark...

But as you can see from the photos it just looks like a lovely natural lip colour. It has a little shine to it, but more moisture-looking than iridescent.

For the eyes I used quite a big eyeshadow blending brush to blend three colours (lightest first). I used my Bobbi Brown eyeshadow pallet which includes 'Hot Stone 56', 'Rich Brown 11', 'Bone 2'.

1. First use the lightest colour - 'Hot Stone' in my case - all over the eyelid and socket up to the brow
2. Use a highlighter for under the brow line - I used a MAC eyeshadow called 'Nylon'
3. Next apply the middle colour  - 'Bone' - into the eye socket and blend up and out towards the far edge of the eyebrow
4. Use the darkest colour along the eyelashes and under the eye in the outer corner.  

Hope this is useful, let me know if you need more explanation!

MUApril x