(The Beautiful Beginnings posts are indeed inspired by Christine of Temptalia.com, and I give her full credit for it. Those of you who read my blog regularly enough, you know I really love her blog. Of her many types of posts, I really like her idea of talking about how she came into certain brands every now and then, so I thought it would be nice if we could all do a TAG and share with each other the stories behind our makeup. Do checkout all Christine's Beautiful Beginnings posts, as they are very insightful if you love makeup. =))
The reason why I say "back and forth" in time is because the Back to Basics posts will mainly feature what happened after I got my first set of makeup at Make Up Store, and they will be mostly during the time I discovered makeup tutorials on Youtube. However, the Beautiful Beginnings posts is really about my very first piece of makeup item in a certain category, say mascara, or blush, etc, which mostly happened at the point I bought from Make Up Store, way before everything else happened. I wasn't even blogging at the point I first delved into makeup, so all that was not documented. I guess, with this series, I just wish to go back and talk about what happened before PositivelyNice came into being.
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For today's post, I feature silver and pink eyeshadows and the technique of lining your lower waterline with white.I remember back then, I was sitting on my bed, googling "how to (do something)", and Michelle Phan on Youtube appeared. She had very few videos then, and I watched all of them in one sitting. There was a particular one that so inspired me, I ran out to buy silver eyeshadows and a white eyeliner pencil the very next day!
I will embed this video right here:
Okay, so if you watch the tutorial, Michelle starts by lining the lower water line with a white eye pencil, then sweeping silver eyeshadow on the brow bones and inner corners of the eyes.
(After that, she lines the upper lash line very thinly with black liquid liner, did her brows and put on mascara.)
Basically, in this FOTD, I am wearing my very, very first silver eyeshadow, the one that I ran out to buy the next day after watching this video.
And here is the eye.
haha, I know it's just a bit strange that I used reddish brown for my eyebrows. I am playing around as it's my day off.
I didn't put eyeliner because I don't have the habit of doing it recently.
If you notice the slight gradient or difference in sheen, it's because I have pink on the outer two-thirds of my eye. It's a slight modification to Michelle's look in the tutorial, simply because I like pink, and on that faithful day I ran out to buy the eyeshadows, I couldn't help buying one more pink one.
Here are the eyeshadows that I used, they are from O2 Skin (a brand I am not sure still exists).
They are pretty right?
O2 Skin was advertising strongly at that time, so I just walked into the store and asked for silver eyeshadow straight, instead of going to a drugstore.
At that time, I doubt I'd find silver eyeshadow in a drugstore anyway.
Obviously, they have expired after so long. October 2012.
See the motifs. Too pretty.
The silver one still okay, doesn't feels like it has expired, maybe because I used less of it, so less contamination.
But the pink one (that looks like it has orange in the sunlight) has really expired. It's stickier and has moisture to it. I took a risk for this look though. I spritzed my brush cleaner all over, and wiped it down before using. But just this once.
I created a dent in this one.
And these are the swatches.
From left, blended silver, heavy silver, heavy pink, and blended pink.
Honestly, I don't really like these two eyeshadows.
If you ask me for a review, I will give 2.5/5 straightaway.
I think they pass because the feeling when you rub it with your fingers is good, and they swatch really well too. I expected them to come out this nice on the eyelids, but obviously, they do not.
On the eyelid, they are incredibly dusty, lots of fall out, poor pigmentation, poor build-ability.
That's why I actually put them aside for so many years without touching. I'd probably throw them away since they have expired. I guess I blog about them partly also because I intend to clear them out already, so this is like a parting post.
I managed to use the pink one quite a bit partly because it was the only eyeshadow I had then, and partly because it has too much fall out and such poor pigmentation that I always have to dip a lot.
Back to the FOTD!
Does Michelle Phan's tutorial works?
Definitely yes!
I know Michelle has a lot of haters, and many dislikes in her recent videos, but her very, very beginning videos are extremely good because she goes through the basics one by one, something that I have not seen any other beauty gurus doing!
She was the one who taught me the technique of lining the lower waterline, and also highlighting the brow bones and inner corners. Of which, I swear by highlighting the inner corners! I am a big fan of the technique, and can't complete any look without my hands automatically doing so. I'd feel something is very wrong without inner corner highlights.
However, I find the technique of lining waterline with white only so-so. It's not a must for me. I only do it on special occasions, and even then, I find myself doing something redundant just for the sake of it.
Anyhow, here are the list of products used and some close ups.
Face
- Hada Labo sunscreen for primer
- Make Up Store Dual Foundation (I am taking a chance of breakout with this... =P But yes, if you're wondering what that foundation looks like on the face, it looks pretty good!)
- Sephora Professional Mineral Powder Brush 45
- Sonia Kashuk concealer quad for under the eyes
Eyes
- O2 Skin Symphony eyeshadow in silver and pink (shown above in this post)
- Shisedo Mauillage eyelash curler
- Make Up Store mascara
- Rhomlon eyebrow pencil
Cheeks
- Make Up Store blush in Lush
- Make Up Store retractable blush brush
Lips
- Chanel Rouge Coco in Legende
Close up of cheek with Make Up Store blush in Lush.
Chanel Rouge Coco in Legende.
After taking all those pictures, I suddenly thought that orange lips fit the blush better, so I decided to transform myself into this:
The lipgloss is M.A.C's Eclectic Edge (limited edition).
I am quite obsessed with matching the lips and cheeks colour. I'd get very uneasy if I didn't. But I don't mind not matching the eyes or brows. Are you like that too?
All in all, this post is really about simply using silver eyeshadow and white eye pencil to make your eyes look bigger! This is truly a basic technique no matter which stage of makeup you're at.
I need to add that over the years, although Michelle Phan didn't teach (about undertones), I have shifted from silver to gold tinge highlights as I find this silver is just way too cool and not as flattering as if I use something like theBalm Mary Lou-Manizer. I will blog about the Mary Lou-Manizer asap!
What is one basic technique you have to make eyes look bigger? What are some of your first ever eyeshadows? And first eyeshadow colour?
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