This edition of Blush Response is brought to you by the lush eye shadows of Aromaleigh [again] and the recent Master and Margarita session of Sketchy’s NYC. I was going for an updated super-vamp look when shooting the promo image for this event, with soft curls, dark, smoky eyes and deep cherry lips.
HAIR
- Separating 2-inch-wide sections, curl with a medium-barrel curling iron
- Spray each curled section and let cool – I use Big Sexy Hair Spray & Play
- Once hair is curled and cool, run your fingers through it to transform curled sections from doll-like ringlets into softer waves
- Use a comb to tease and mess
- Pin with bobby-pins to taste
EYES
I used Aromaleigh* Victoria’s Revenge eye shadow line for 75% of my look, including blush and eyebrows.
- Prime. Prime, prime, prime! These shadows do not do well without a base.
- Dust Cyanide Sorrow all over the upper lid, blending out near the brow
- Use Magick & Metal to accentuate the crease & lower lash line under the eye
- With Ruthless Indulgence [hawtt damn I love this one] accentuate the outer creases, blending up and out
- Highlight the inner lid corners and brow bone with Infernal Chaos
- Using Prestige liquid eye liner, create a cat eye, then carefully and minimally line around the entire eye
- Use a small smudging brush and blend under the eye with a bit of black shadow. I used Sugarpill’s Bulletproof.
- Mascara! Lots of it. I’ve just switched to CoverGirl’s LashBlast Volume, with that adorable rubber brush and I may never go back.
LIPS
9. Line with a dark red liner, then fill in with dark red lipstick — I used cheap-o drug store brands for this and it worked out just fine.
CHEEKS
10. Brush Magick & Metal on your cheeks and blend
SKIN
11. I used Bare Escentuals mineral foundation in Fairly Light. Sometimes I apply my foundation first, sometimes last, depending on how much cleanup I think the eye makeup will need. In the case of extra dark shadows, I tend to do the foundation last.
*Sadly, Aromaleigh is going out of business, but the good news is that they are offering a 35% discount on their site right now, with the code ADIEU35. Go forth and order, before it’s all gone forever!
Good Morning: )
A Vampire Lives in His-Her Body without the Human Heart, We have two More Hearts that Keeps Us Alive. If you want to become a Vamp you have to Broke your Human Heart and Become Immortal. It’s just Another Brick on The Wall, but We have to do it to Live Forever. I know is Hard to Understand but is Sad but True…
Aromaleigh wont ship internationally (f0r good reason).
Woe!
Is there any chance at all that one day you might treat us with a video tutorial? To watch your technique would be wonderful.
Woah. Aromaleigh is going out of business? That is the absolute pants of Pantsington, and from what it sounds like it seems due to pure dracatics. Damn you and your drama, Internets. Damn you.
Guys, where else will you go now for such an amazing range of shades?
Yes, I second the request for video tutorials!
Nice work. I love your hair lighter like this.
1. still seriously digging the hair color
2. fantastic lipwork here! i have the tiniest lips, i can never wear dark colors like that!
i’ll have to really try one of these tutorials one day. i’m so basic when it comes to makeup.
love this look! those eyeshadows look lovely…i’m a relatively recent convert to cover girl lash blast. i used to spend $20/tube on benefit “bad gal lash” which is great, but i think the cover girl is just as good if not better, at a fraction of the price!
I was hoping that you would post a tutorial for this look. I love it. I will definitely be trying it.
I also really like the new hair color. It’s very fascinating– did you do it yourself? If so, how? :)
Danica, bah, that sucks! Maybe you could order through a proxy?
Kate and Amandalee – I’ve thought about it, but haven’t figured out the best way to do it yet! One day, maybee.
Typhoid, it really sounds like the drama llama got the best of them, which is too bad. After 12 years of Aromaleigh, this is putting a gaping hole into many people’s shopping lists. As soon as I find someone comparable, I’ll let everyone know.
Melissa, that thing about thin lips and no dark lipstick is stupid. Think about the flappers! They actually made their lips appear smaller intentionally, to make their eyes look bigger. Go for it, I say!
Stepho, there is no reason to spend that much on mascara! Between this stuff and L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara, you’re set.
Rachel, thank you! I did it myself, sort-of. There were streaks in it from the salon visit ages ago, i let it fade into almost nothingness and then bleached it. Ta-da!
LOVE this look. i’m terrible with makeup, all i wear is eyebrows and powder – would love to have your skills!
also, being a font fiend i thought you might like these:
http://shop.blackmilkclothing.com/product/helvetica
they’re by an aussie designer, i have a couple of his pieces and they’re super comfy and amazing!
beth x
Zo, I adore your makeup tutorials, and even more, I love that you endorse independent make-up brands and drugstore brands that are inexpensive and widely available! There’s a lot of fancy-pants high-dolla make-up that I crave, but the fact is that I tend to lose many things smaller than a breadbox. A sad side effect of swinging my purse over my head while skipping down the street? Yeah, possibly. Well, it’s all replaceable and good thing it weren’t no $50 dollar lipgloss, neither. Love your skills, the fact that you share them, and that you make it accessible for the more practical, thrifty, and um – spazzy (!) macquillage enthusiasts among us.
muchas, muchas gracias + xoxo,
Angeliska
May I ask who the lipstick is by?
I’ve been trying to get my digits on a good burgundy-ish colored lipstick and haven’t had any luck.
Please, do tell. :D
yes yes please do tell! it’s a beautiful color!
I adore playing with eyelid colors and themes and always love seeing these make up tutorials. I do wonder though, the crease often gives me trouble… What type of brush would you recommend for the darkest part of this tutorial?
tried that lashblast on your rec, and loved it! many thanks!
Hey there- this is a gorgeous look.
I’m either going to read this book next or “Heart of a dog” by the same author. Have you read that one? Any advice on which would be the best for someone new to his books?
@Amethyst
I have a really great dark burgundy lipstick by Rimmel that’s great, but the colour will bleed if you don’t use a liner on it. It’s called Bordeaux shade 124 by Rimmel and it smells AMAZING, too. You can buy it at drugstores; I got mine at a CVS pharmacy. (i live in California)