Makeup Shake Up #1

Hi everyone,

If you scroll through this blog, you'll quickly come to realise that I have a standard makeup look. Natural base, nude eyeshadow, bright lipstick; usually red, but sometimes pink or orange. Sometimes eyeliner, but not too much. It's my go-to ,my 'Everyday makeup routine'; I've figured out what works for me and I rarely deviate from it. Which is all well and good, but it also means I rarely branch out or experiment and quite honestly have a lot of makeup that rarely sees the light of day. So with all that in mind, this week I'm going to be trying out and posting some new makeup looks, starting today, with one which features a dark lip and more eyeliner than I'm used to.
Because its always good to try new things :)

• For the base, I'm actually going to be sticking to the same things that I always use (this going so well already) because I only have one foundation, concealer and powder. They are the Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation in Ivory (applied with the Real Techniques Face Brush), the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer in Fair and Maybelline's Matte Maker Powder.

• For blush I decided to go for a plum/purple colour to match the dark lip. I chose Sugar Plum by Natural Collection.

Remember when I said a few posts ago that I inevitably smash all my powders? Let's call this exhibit A.

• At this point I remembered I had forgotten to fill in my eyebrows, so I did that with my Collection palette.

• For eyes I decided to use my MUA Immaculate Palette. I started off by applying this heather-y purple  (first from left in the middle row) colour all over the lid.

• Next I applied a small amount of the grey eyeshadow (first from right, middle row) to the crease and other third of my eye.

• Using my Essence Liquid Ink eyeliner, which I forgot to take a picture of, I lined my upper lashline.

•  And now for the winged part....at this point I just have to hold my hands up and admit that I had no idea what I was doing. But that's the whole point of this isn't it? To experiment? Maybe?
• Anyway, I decided to start by drawing a thin line as a sort of guide to where I wanted the winged part to be, like so...

•  Using that line as a guide, I started making the line gradually thicker from the middle of my eyelid outward, until I was happy with what I'd done. And it actually went surprisingly well.

•  Next, I took my Elizabeth Arden black eyeliner pencil (which I also forgot to photograph, I'm so good at this blogging thing) and lined my lower waterline.

• I then applied some of the Rimmel Wake Me Up Mascara, which I would not recommend, but alas, it's the only mascara I have.

• Here is the completed eye look

• Finally, I applied my lipstick which is a recent purchase; the Wet'n'Wild Megalast lipstick in Cherry Bomb. It's an amazing colour, even darker than it shows up in the pictures, and I'm excited to wear it this winter.

And that was part one of the Makeup Shake up! Stay tuned for part two...