Ombre Eyeliner: Another Way To Wear Color!

If you’re anything like me in real life, there are only so many occasions where you can wear eyeshadows to without being asked, “Wah, are you going on a date/to some fancy dinner?”

So, what should one do to prevent wastage of all the lovely eyeshadows you have?

One way is to lighten the tone of the colors you’re wearing, or the other is to introduce color to your lower lashline. Well, I’ve since discovered a way to use color on the upper lashline too, yay!

 

Step 1: Apply your eyeliner as usual. I went for a slightly extended cat-eye. You can make the line thicker so that the colors will show up better, too!

Step 2: Layer a little bit of white onto the inner corner of the eyeliner, make sure to stay within the line.

Step 3: Fill in the middle 1/3 of the line with a a medium blue.

Step 4: Complete the ends with a blacked blue.

Step 5: Line the waterline with a bright, electric blue eyeliner and top off with an eyeshadow of the same color (more or less). If you want this look to be a little more dramatic, why not use another color altogether? You could make it more neutral by using a skin-colored eyeliner there too, which will make your eyes look bigger.

Step 6: Define your brows and add mascara to both upper and lower lashes.

Step 7: Sweep a little pink blush onto your cheeks and put on your favorite pink lipstick and you’re done!

See, with a little patience and a steady hand, you can wear a little more color subtly without feeling as though you’re putting more “effort” than you should!

Products Used:

Eyes -

• Cyber Colors Gel Liner in Black
• Inglot 496 DS (White) – Inner 1/3 of lashline
• NYX Kiss in Casablanca Eyeshadow (Medium blue) – Middle 1/3 of lashline.
• NYX Frosted Ocean Eyeshadow (Shimmery blackened blue) – Outer 1/3 of lashline.
• Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Definer in 01 Aqua
• Inglot 322 Matte (Electric blue) – Waterline

Lips

• Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet in Le’Exuberante 63

Face

• MAC Pro Longwear Foundation NC 30
• MAC Mineralize Concealer NW 30
• Red Earth Eco Color Compact
• Nars Desire Blush

Monochrome Blue II: Easy Smokey Blue Eyes! (Adapted from Jaclyn Hill’s Bombshell video)

Hello lovelies! I’m sorry for the delay in posting, but, it’s finals season again, so I’d be popping in and out of the blogs about once a week, I think.

Today’s FOTD will once again feature the color blue, but unlike the last time, this is a smokey look that is very, very easy to do and will work with any colors.

The inspiration for this FOTD came in the form of Jaclyn Hill’s latest video:

I used the same steps for the eye, more or less, but omitted the copious amounts of face makeup i.e.: contouring/bronzing/blush.

So, what are we waiting for, let’s go!

Step 1: Apply a blue base all over the eye. This will make sure the blue eyeshadows, well, appear more blue.

Step 2: Pat (don’t rub, pat) on a medium blue eyeshadow all over the base applied in Step 1.

Step 3: Blend the edges with a bright navy color using circular motions into the crease/socket-line. If you want the look to be a little smokier, bring the color up above the crease/socket-line.

Step 4: Using the same brush you used in Step 3, dip it into some white eyeshadow and highlight the area below your eyebrow.

Step 5: Line the upper lashline and using a pencil brush (or something small and precise), smudge the line with a darkened/blackened blue color of your choice. You could use black too, if you wish.

Step 6: Repeat Step 5 on the lower lashline and define your eyebrows.

Step 7: Apply mascara to the upper and bottom lashes. Add false lashes too add more drama to the look.

Step 8: I contoured my cheeks a little and highlighted my upper cheekbones. The lips are a soft pink with a little purple eyeshadow patted onto the lipstick to make give it a slightly darker and berry hue.

How did you like this look? Would you be willing to sport a bright, blue smokey eye? Tell me at the comments section! ^.^

Products Used:

Eyes -

• Eyeko Shadow/Pencil Duo in Pop Star (Blue end) – Base
• Inglot 322 Matte (Medium blue) – Eyelid
• Nars Outremer Eyeshadow (Bright navy) – Crease/socket-line.
• Inglot 496 DS (White) – Highlight
• Mix of black, brown and grey eyeshadows to define brows.
• Maybelline Volum’Express The Magnum Cat Eyes mascara
• Lash Bar TS 1100 Lashes
• Canmake Creamy Eye Pencil in Black (Eyeliner)
• NYX Frosted Ocean Eyeshadow (Shimmery blackened blue) – To smudge eyeliner

Lips -

• MAC Bombshell Lipstick (Frost)
• Inglot 375 Matte (Purple) – Patted over Bombshell

Face -

• Sleek Contour Kit in Medium
• Red Earth Eco Color Complexion Compact

FOTD: Easy Smudgy Eyes!

I seem to be in a strange mood lately, everything needs to be easy and fast. Well, it can’t be all that surprising, as exam-time is finally reaching the corner!

Today, I took a break out of my revision schedule to give you this FOTD, something that really piqued my interest as I usually enjoy precise cat eyes for my eye makeup. Yep, I am showing you something that is NOT precise and sharply pointed at the end… Behold the smudgy makeup style!

This style was popularized by… dare I say her name… Kristen Stewart, and because I love color, I decided to do a purple one instead of your normal black/brown.

Step 1: Use your favorite cream eyeliner/eyeshadow and line your upper lashline, lower lashline and waterline with it. Make sure that you don’t go into OCD mode and clean up those lines, because the messier you are, the better the effect.

Step 2: Take a small, precise brush and smudge the eyeliner/eyeshadow with a similarly-colored eyeshadow to set it. Yep, go over all the areas you’ve lined in Step 1, remembering to have somewhat of a connection between your top and bottom lashlines.

[Note: You can stop here if you want]

Step 3: I mixed a little shimmering cream-colored eyeshadow with a brown to make this taupe color and applied it all over the eyelid.

Step 4: If the eyeshadow in Step 3 took away the edge on the upper lashline, simply go-over the line with more of the colored eyeshadow used in Step 2.

Step 5: Define your brows and tightline the upper waterline with a black eyeliner pencil to make your lashes look fuller.

Step 6: Stick on some falsies for added drama!

Step 7: I wanted the eyes to stand out more, so I decided to go slightly neutral on the face. I did some shading/contouring on the hollows of my cheeks and jawlines, highlighting the cheekbones and applied a slightly neutral, but frosty pink lip.

There is the look and I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Products Used:

Eyes -

• Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Painted Purple (Eyeliner)
• Sleek Acid Palette’s Purple eyeshadow (Purple) – To smudge eyeliner
• Inglot 395 Pearl and Inglot 363 Matte (Shimmery beige/cream and matte brown) – Eyelid
• Canmake Creamy Pencil (Black) – Tightline
• Lashbar TS 063 Lashes

Lips -

• MAC Bombshell Lipstick (Frost)

Face -

• Red Earth Eco Color Complexion Compact (As face power)
• Sleek Contour Kit in Medium

Hanny’s New Personal Graphic!

I think that everyone would have an image that they would naturally associate with themselves – be they bunnies, little puppies or even a dragon or a scorpion.

This post will be about the graphic that I have made for myself – as well as the backstory behind it, and I’ll tell you why it’s so significant to me.

The graphic has two parts: the Assassin Insignia, which forms the outer part and a crowned dragon, which forms the inner part. Let me start with the Assassin Insignia.

It is the symbol of the Assassins from the Assassin’s Creed series. I’ve talked about how much I love these games before, but let me tell you, I love the symbolism behind the Insignia even more. Look closely at the area on the right, slightly below the apex of the Insignia and you will see that it is not symmetrical with the left side. The right side is significantly thicker than it is on the left. Meanwhile, they are symmetrical on the bottom.

Of course, this could be just the design of the Insignia, but to me, it rings to the tune of the Creed’s maxim, which states that “Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted”. This quote ran in concurrence with my studies, especially when learning about discourse. It teaches the Assassins that nothing would forever remain in existence, that everything can be shaken and proven false, and that being so, everything could be done, for better or for worse.

The Creed resounds so much to me because it shows that there is no one sole Truth in this world. It is made of different versions of the truth. As humans, we all choose the truths that we would follow and enforce them to ourselves. There are always binaries in this life – black and white, hot or cold. The chicken could have come first, but did a chicken not hatch from an egg? It compels me not to be complacent, and to always seek knowledge. Knowing this, “Everything is Permitted” follows naturally. Since there is no Truth, what I will do or have done is absolutely permissible – but I will have to bear the cost of my actions.

You can find out more about the Creed here.

As for the inner part of the graphic: the crowned dragon, it came out from an app I was playing with around 2 months ago when season 3 of Game of Thrones premiered. HBO launched a website known as www.jointherealm.com where users could create their own House banners. I chose this to be my banner:

If this banner would be to be described in a Game of Thrones manner, it would be: “A red dragon crowned in gold over a field of purple”

As you can see, the original dragon has a forked tongue and some teeth, unlike the one in my graphic, I decided to forego them to give my dragon a cleaner look. I also re-generated the dragon in black and white so as to match the Assassin Insignia.

In China, dragons were considered to be auspicious animals, symbolizing power, wealth and luck. Emperors have long used dragons, but that’s besides the point. I’m no descendant of Chinese nobility, but I enjoy both Chinese and Western depictions of dragons.

For me, the dragon is a misunderstood creature. The Chinese fear and revere the dragon, while the Westerners just plain feared because they only wrought havoc. Dragons hold a vast dual meaning – they can bring chaos, while they can bring peace. You see it in many times throughout pop culture – acquiring a dragon can mean winning a war, while a rampaging dragon could mean doom. Once again, the duality of life appears.

By placing the crowned dragon into the interior of the Assassin Insignia – you would get either an Assassin’s sect that adopted a dragon as their symbol, or the match point of two ideas that summarizes my beliefs that the world does have black and white, but I choose to believe in grey, not only because I can, because it is what I should do.

I hope I did not bore you too much with this post. I was just so excited that I’ve found THE image that could really represent myself. Of course, this might change in the future, but for now, I’m really happy with this, and I hope to have this as a tattoo one day.