Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Sometimes You Just Need to be Out of Your Comfort Zone

For the first time in what feels like a really long time, I finally felt like doing something different with my makeup. This morning I had to drop by university for a bit even though I'm done exams as of yesterday.. woohoo!! I decided I'd try to sport red lips because I know if I can't be brave enough to wear red lipstick to school when hardly anyone's around (since it's the last day of exams), I won't be able to do it during the regular school year either!

While getting dressed, it crossed my mind a few times that I should probably just wipe it off since it's too bold for school, especially since I was there at 11am. Wrong time, wrong place? Whatevs, I still did it.

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I look like I hardly have an upper lip, but it's just the angle that the pictures were taken in.
It's 5pm & I still have it on even though I feel like taking off all this makeup because I'm so tired. So much stuff to do today, tomorrow, & on the weekend too when all I feel like doing is taking a long, Lush bath. No worries though, it's staying on for the rest of the day when I'm out!

To balance out the bold lip, I went with a neutral eye. I applied the highlight & lid colour first, but thought it looked too shimmery & light, so I sorta blended it with my finger & added the darker eyeshadow on the outer corner of the eye.

Don't mind the messy eyebrows, I'm trying to grow them so that the ends are thicker & since university has been so busy, I haven't been taking care of them. & then there's that long, annoying eyebrow hair that never stays in place!
Products Used:

Face
  • Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse in Pure Beige: Medium 2
  • Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Honey: Medium 3-4
  • Annabelle Mineral Powder Bronzer in Terra (you can hardly see it in the pictures because it was so bright in my washroom & the camera washed it out)
Eyes
  • Prestige Eyeshadow in Angel (highlight & tearduct)
  • NYX Single Eyeshadow in Cotton Candy (all over eyelid)
  • MAC Eyeshadow in Saddle (outer corner)
  • MAC Penultimtate Eyeliner in Rapidblack
  • Almay Triple Effect One Coat Nourishing Mascara in Black
  • Maybelline Lash Stiletto Mascara (lower lashes)
Lips
  • Bath & Body Works' Rose Salve
  • MAC Lip Pencil in Subculture (because it matches my lips almost perfectly)
  • Revlon Matte Lipstick in Fabulous Fig

What will my next bold look be? A recreation of Rihanna's oh-so-popular bold pink lip & blue+black winged eyeliner look? Perhaps. You'll just have to wait & see! ;)

♥ Saimese