When Amateurs Play with Colors...

[entipy]

... this is what happens! *sigh* I guess we have to take our failures along with our successes, right?

HAPPY MONDAY! *glagh*

FACE:
Foundations - Signature Minerals: 5.0, 5.3, 7.0
Concealers - Signature Minerals: Soft Mint, Sunshine, Multi-Tasking
Powder - Signature Minerals: Petal
Blush - Everyday Minerals: Apple, Natural
Face Color - Merle Norman: Bronzer in Copper

EYES:
UDPP
e/s - Pure Luxe: Sunny Side Up (yellow)
e/s - Fyrrinae: Red Hot (red)
e/s - Everyday Minerals: Floating Feathers (white)
e/s - Everyday Minerals: Oasis (flesh color on here)
e/s - Pure Luxe: White Diamonds (sparkle all over)
e/l - ELF pencil: Midnight
mascara - Clinique: High Impact - Black

LIPS:
l/s - L'Oreal: Endless - Eternally Mauve


Normal picture:

And these two are how I FEEL today:

It doesn't look too bad with my eyes open, really:

But with them closed... *eek*:

Natural Light:

So, thanks for looking.

Y'all have a better day than I'm having, eh?

 

[Shimmer]

a little less harsh a line and it would have been outta the ballpark.

I love that lipcolor on you

 

[happy*phantom]

Your lips rock!!!

 

[aeryss]

nice idea - i'd like to see a third color in this look, perhaps under the eye?

 

[entipy]

Thanks...

I lined the bottom with the yellow, but after I screwed it up with the midnight liner, I had to take some off, so the yellow doesn't even show! I thought about using a third 'brighter' color, but... I didn't really like how it was looking, and I didn't have time to change it, so I didn't want it to be even worse! LOL

 

[Mien]

I actually really like this! Great idea, hon

That lipcolor looks smashing on you!!!

I think because of the white/neutral looking lid the brights look ok unblended, like liner. If you'd blended it, it would look neat too, I'm sure, just a different style.​

 

[c00ki312]

looking hott! love the 2nd pic lol

 

[41hill]

I love your FOTD's! What do you use on your hair to make your curls so defined?

 

[prppygrl69]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 41hill I love your FOTD's! What do you use on your hair to make your curls so defined?

I'd love to know as well.I have curly hair and i never wear it that way cuz it gets so FRIZZY.
Anyways i love these colors together,and the lips color is absolutely gorgeous!

 

[MACATTAK]

Your lips look very pretty & I can't tell you how much I LOVE your hair!!!

 

[entipy]

Thanks for all the lovely comments, y'all! They're really appreciated, especially considering how much I really didn't like how my eye make-up turned out yesterday! LOL

As for my hair - I had a girl PM me the other day and ask, so I wrote out a fairly detailed description of how I style my hair. I've found that, for me, it's mainly in the styling methods instead of the products - but some products DO work better than others. The products I usually use are:

Garnier Fructis Curl and Shine Shampoo, Conditioner, and Leave-In Conditioner
Herbal Essences Set Me Up gel - usually the spray but sometimes the regular
John Frieda Frizz Ease hairspray

Here is what I do more times than not on my curly hair days:

Wash normally with the GF C&S shampoo. Then use the GF C&S conditioner LIBERALLY! I usually take about a quarter-sized amount (or a little more) and smooth it over the outer layer all over my hair. Then I take another blob about the same size - more if necessary - and finger comb it through my hair in sections, beginning at the back of my hair underneath, then the sides, then the front/top. My hair feels pretty "slimy" at this point. I let that sit while I finish bathing. Then I rinse it out.

Towel dry a tiny bit and very carefully, scrunching instead of rubbing. At this point, I generally shake my head back and forth fairly vigorously to loosen up my hair and let it fall into its natural curl pattern. Then I take the GF C&S leave-in conditioner, about a quarter-sized amount and comb it through all of my hair, roots to ends. Then I take another quarter-sized blob of that and rub it in between my hands. With my left hand, I scrunch it into the side and back/bottom of my hair on the left side. Then repeat on the right with the stuff in my right hand. Then I get another quarter-sized amount, rub it into my hands, bend over and scrunch that into the top. Then I flip back upright and scrunch a bit more all around to arrange the curls. After that, I take some Herbal Essences Set Me Up spray gel and spray it all over my hair, flipping back and forth to be sure I hit all spots. Then I scrunch that in and arrange, as well, like before with the leave-in.

Next comes the blow drying! Sometimes I use a bowl diffuser and sometimes I use a sock diffuser. I flip upside down and just let the curls hang. I dry the top first then the sides. Then I flip upright and dry the back. It's important to NOT move the blow dryer around anymore than necessary. This way, your curls stay nice and clumped together. I dry my hair probably about 90%. Then I let it finish air drying while I put on make-up and get dressed.

After I'm dressed and made-up, I "scrunch out the crunch" from my hair with my hands. I've found that using a claw-like hand (with your fingers curled inward a lot) helps soften up the crunch a good bit. This is where you have to be careful. If you scrunch TOO much, you'll loosen up the clumped curls too much and get frizz. I always scrunch until my hair feels smooth in my hands and not crunchy anymore from the gel.

Here's what my hair looks like after blow-drying and BEFORE scrunching: http://nookra.com/makeup/FOTD/2007_05_22/before.jpg (That's also what I look like with NO MAKEUP on! LOL. Scary, huh?)

After I have it scrunched out the way I want and arranged, I spray it pretty liberally with John Frieda's Frizz Ease hairspray.

And that's it!!!

If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask. I hope this was clear.

Thanks again!

 

[Krasevayadancer]

I love the idea you used, great concept and color combo!

 

[entipy]

Thanks!