Punky Makeup Tutorial

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE: I wish to make a disclaimer regarding the low quality of the photos my camera takes.

That is an extra-large-sized photo of MY FACE. Unnerving.

This is a lot more makeup than I usually wear day-to-day, buuuuut it's all in good fun, right?

1.) Start with your foundation and concealer.  I went really pale (not that I need much help looking ghostly...sigh): makes the look more starkly contrasting.  Make sure to cover your lips in foundation, too.

2.) TIME TO HIT THE EYES, AND HIT THEM HARD. 
Well, figuratively, not really, but the goal is kinda to look as if you did get two shiners. 
Line those suckers: make a REALLY think line on top extending the full length of lid, but make sure to taper it slightly when you approach the inner corner.  Keep it thicker towads the outer corner (you could even do  slight cateye effect).  Line the lashline of your bottom lid too, but much more thinly.


The two brushes I used.
The uber-fluffy one was for the eyeshadow,
and I used a lip brush to darken my brows, which is probably
heinously blasphenous, but I'm poor, and I gots what I gots.

3.) Two words:  Black. Shadow.  Take a thick, gentle brush and dip it lightly in the black eyeshadow, lightly tapping off any extra.  Then, starting at the outside of the lid so it receives the greatest concentration of shadow, basically cover your lid in shadow.  Repea on both eyes, then look in the miror and even eveythig out to your satisfaction.  Feel free to create a shape that is the most flattering to your face.

4.) Add some light black shadowing underneath your eyes as well.  Create depth and widen your eyes: don't add so much that you look sleepy.  Focus on the outer corner.

5.) Add white shadow to the inner corners and your browbone.

6.) I decided my eyebrows needed darkening.  Thick brows are en vogue right now, and it gave the look more PUNCH.  Win-win.

7.) Apply many coats of mascara.

8.) Finish off the look by adding a high-shine gloss to your nude lip.


Wish my lips were nude-r.

So anyway, there we go.  OH BUT WAIT!  I nearly forgot the last and most crucial step:

9.) PUT ON SOME SERIOUS ATTITUDE.

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A boring look at the final product.

the Nude Eye

I believe I have finally mastered (measured only by my own expectations) the Nude Eye (aka: How to Wear Makeup Without it Looking Like You are Wearing Makeup 101).

Walkthrough:
-Sparkly beige all over the lid and just above it.
-Grey applied with an angled brush to the outer corner and blended up into the crease (stop the grey about halfway across).
-White at the inner corners, under the eyebrows, and at the center of the lid.
-Brown shadow under the eyes close to the outer half of the lashline.
-Line with black SHADOW (not liner) using a liner brush.  Only line the outer corners.

For the rest of the face:

-Make sure you have already applied foundation/concealer before you do the eyes. 

-Use a light pink blush very subtley on the apples of your cheeks, sweeping it up to your temples.  Dab a little blush just above your eyebrows, as well.  (I'm a HUGE fan of blush: without it, I would look like a ghost.)

-Use a tinted lip balm on your lips.

I'm not the real makeup expert: my gal, Kelsey is!  Check out the makeover she gave me here.  It's a bit more dynamic and fun than this tutorial I'm subjecting you to!

Also: since this IS a style blog, if you want the full effect of the outfit I wore that day, here you go:

Scarf: thifted

Sweater: ShopKo

Tank: H&M

Jeans: Express

Booties: Payless