Jay Shin for Marie Claire Korea April 2010
Blue Baby-Doll Mod Eye
—-This is an adaptation of the 60’s Twiggy Mod Eye with the very drawn-in crease, and bare lids. I wanted to update it a bit by using color, but kept to the overall theme by keeping the lids beige-colored and applying spiky lashes.
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Step 1: Start with a soft champagne-beige shadow all the way from lash line up almost to the brow bone. I just used Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Shimmer Primer.
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Step 2: Using a pointed brush (below), I applied a green-based deep blue, Coastal Scents Brandeis Blue, along the socket, without touching the inner and outer corners. This is what is going to give you that 60’s Mod eye. Angle the tip of the brush downwards as this gives you a very crisp line at the base and a more blended look above.
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My favorite new crease-brush: Coastal Scents Classic Pointed Blender (Natural hair)
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Step 3: Using the same brush and shadow, run along the lower lash line as well, building up slowly until you get color.
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Step 4: Add more facets by running a smoky grey along the outer half of the socket line (Coastal Scents Hot Pot in Gipsy Silver), then a cobalt blue pencil (Bourjois Contour Clubbing Waterproof in 46 Bleu Neon) along the waterline.
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Step 5: Apply spiky, separated lashes to finish the look, after curling your own lashes. If you have very straight or downward pointing lashes, you may need to apply mascara after this so your natural lashes weave into the falsies.
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Finish the look with a soft pink-peach blush and nude lips!
MAC “Vera” Collection Haul: My Top Picks and Swatches!
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All items swatched on bare skin without a base.
I had some gift vouchers (yay) so what better than to blow them on the MAC “Vera” 2012 collection?
I’d been waiting for this since I saw the images on MAC’s site a few weeks ago, but didn’t know it would hit our shelves this soon. So when I walked past a MAC counter this evening on my way to a movie, my eyes lighted on a small colorful display, and I might have shrieked a little before I made a beeline right for it.
The item I had really wanted from the collection was actually only the Crushed Metallic Pigment stack “Butterfly Party”, but I decided to swatch everything on a whim and feel in love with 2 other items I had not thought would be nice. So I ended up getting:
Crushed Metallic Pigment Stack “Butterfly Party”
- Rain Drop: Metallic Teal (if you have Teal pigment, you don’t need this.)
- Moss Garden: Sparkly Seafoam-Silver (unexpectedly pretty and quite unique)
- Butterfly Party: Rich Purple Pearl (nice but not a must to have)
- Desert Cloud: Metallic Indigo Violet (lovely blue-violet; a darker, more purple version of Cornflower pigment)
Crushed Metallic Pigment Stack “Strawberry Patch”
- Star Crystal: Metallic champagne-ash (If you missed out Metal X Palladium, this is a lovely pearl-beige shade that isn’t too stark white)
- Rose Light: Frosted Pastel Pink (80’s pink - in a good way)
- Strawberry Patch: Glittery mauve (pretty, but my least favorite of the bunch because it’s so sparkly that it’s hard to wear for day, and needs a good base to work)
- Moon Rose: Metallic burgundy with fuchsia sheen (the reason I picked up this stack. The images don’t do this justice so you’ll have to swatch this yourself before it’s sold out!)
MAC Pearlmatte Face Powder in Sunday Afternoon
I thought the 2 pearlmatte face powders were blushes until I swatched one of them on and got the surprise of my life. These are like a cross between beauty powders and Mineralize Skinfinishes, with an interesting texture that’s matte but luminous at the same time.
It’s a little like my beloved MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Porcelain Pink, which gives a soft pink glow but is not outright shiny like other MAC MSFs, except this is better if you are afraid of looking oily.
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I did not get any of the lip glasses or liners from the Vera collection.
It’s not that they aren’t nice; in fact the glitter liners are beautiful. But I don’t find the glitters in pencils obviously enough to make much of a difference from regular metallic pencils, so I didn’t see any point buying them at MAC prices.
As for the glosses, well, I’m not a lip gloss girl so I gave all of them a miss. You’ll have to check them out yourselves at the counter and judge for yourself if you like them!
