Sunday, October 2, 2011

Smoking Guns and Gambling Nuns

Wouldn't that be the best Western EVER??





Lid and lower lashline: Fyrinnae Strip Poker (next time I'll use PE so I don't lose the sparkles)
Crease: mysterious Aziza II eyeshadow
Highlight and inner corner: SN Fire

Maybe someday I'll photograph the Aziza palette. I've had that thing since I was 14 or 15, which makes it old. How old? OLD AS BALLS.








Lid/lower lashline: ES Acolyte, possibly over Pixie Epoxy
Inner corner: a shitty blend of NYX Kiwi and Yellow (NOT Yellow Funk)

I love how Acolyte looks as a smokey eye. The only disappointment with this look is how shitty the NYX shadows were. I'd forgotten that I had those two, apparently for a good reason. Kiwi is supposed to be a beautifully pigmented lime green shimmer, and it's gorgeous in the pan. Yellow is a standard matte yellow GEE I HAD NO IDEA. Together they form... a disgusting muddy-bruise color.

Delicious.

I have to be honest, I felt pretty awesome in this makeup. I've never had much luck with the whole "smokey eye" thing before, but I think it was because I usually tried to use straight black colors and over-blended the crease/extended the color too far up toward the browbone. Lessons learned, my friends.
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8 comments:

  1. hovercatmittensOctober 2, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    "a disgusting muddy-bruise color" MY FAVOURITE!! For realzies :D

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  2. eRiNOctober 2, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    LOL!! Love the look on your face! This combination looks incredible on you :D

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  3. kayeffjayOctober 3, 2011 at 2:15 AM

    Oooooh, both these looks are gorgeous on you! I especially love the green smokey eye, though, and it's brilliant with your eyecolor. And yes, smoking guns and gambling nuns WOULD be the raddest Western.

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  4. SilhouetteScreamsOctober 8, 2011 at 1:12 AM

    UNFFFFFFF Acolyte looks so good on you. <3 And I would love to star in Smoking Guns and Gambling Nuns, haha

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  5. thecandiedmangoOctober 10, 2011 at 1:32 AM

    I'll start writing a screenplay. It will be a thing of beauty.

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  6. thecandiedmangoOctober 10, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Why, thank you! I think smokiness mixed with colors makes all that darkness right around the eyeballs a lot easier to wear than straight black.

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  7. thecandiedmangoOctober 10, 2011 at 1:43 AM

    I try to make things fun :)

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  8. thecandiedmangoOctober 10, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    And YOU make it work, madam. I was just so disappointed because I was expecting, like, hot-blinding-chartreuse goodness with the way the eyeshadow looked in the pan and in swatches I've seen. NYX shadows have disappointed me ever since I got into indie makeup.

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