Sunday 1 February 2015

Cheering myself up - channelling circus/doll/Bianca Del Rio

Okay, I'm full of cold and feeling guilty I've not done any makeup blogging in ages so this was a quick one just to have the transformation into something much faker and prettier than my slug self today.
Based on an inspirational pin found on Pinterest.

1. No makeup selfie (omg...) try to ignore the scabby red nose.

2. Base layer of white (hard to get smooth today due to a lack of patience and a mixture of dry, scaly and sore skin from my cold. I only partly blended it into my neck and ears, but took it up to the hairline. 

3. I reaaaally couldn't be arsed with false eyelashes or faking out my eyebrows so I thought, bugger it, just paint over the buggers. I took the black to about half way through my eyebrows and added flicks to the ends. It's all gone a bit Black Swan..

4. Adding in a fake bottom 'lash' and dusting the bits between with grey eyeshadow.

5. Eyebrow wonk catastrophe!

6. Makeup wipes got rid of it and started again, this time a bit thicker unfortunately but less lop sided! Maybe it's just my face...and the lights....and I'm feeling ill....ahh, fuck it!

7.Adding in some pink blush much lower down on my cheeks than usual, it seemed really heavy up close but comes out less so in the pics. I've also added in the fake lash lines and added yet more grey eyeshadow to in between. - note to self, don't be an idiot, do the lashes last in future. Dumbass...

8. If I could have been arsed, I'd probably either have added in a dot of colour to the middle of the black circle bits on the end of the 'lashes' or used dark sticker/bindi things, but..

9. No, no, no - NOW is the time for the awkward sticker sparkly shit... Oh why did I start this again?! 27 sparkles later I finally get a few in the right bits of my face..

10. Oh..I don't have a giant heart shaped gem to stick to me.. Umm, heart shaped button and some Mastix adhesive it is!

11. I added a little black eyeshadow to darken the grey used earlier and also to matify my eyelids which are prone to dissolving when using water based makeup. Finally for some lippy in a different shape to my lips and a black outline to tie it all together better and voila!

12. Fix my hair a little better, add a sparkly tiny hat and dick about with some filters for a final effect:

Kit used: Snazaroo facepaints in black and white, grey and black eyeshadows, pink blusher, silver sparkly bindis, hot pink lipstick, Mastix adhesive. 2 types of sponges and 3 brushes of differing widths. All in all, took maybe 30-45mins. 

Hardest bit was not blowing/touching/scratching my nose! Bloody colds..
On retrospect, some falsies would have finished it all off, but as I say, this was an impromptu quick makeup idea that might work for an upcoming party!