This is my small orange arsenal. These products have been in my life for years. I have no idea why orange makeup has always appealed to me - maybe it's because its so unexpected, so eye-catching, and as you'll see below, it can be so creepy. While most days I just wear a sharp line of black liquid eyeliner, on days when I'm feeling more transformative I turn to these colors. And when I am shopping for a new pair of glasses I always make sure that it works with my beloved orange makeup. I have 3 different looks that I wear on a regular basis and have refined over the years, switching them around whenever the mood strikes me.
On an aesthetic level, I loooove the look of hollow, sickly eyes. And orange eyeshadow really adds that creepiness that I desire. Rule by MAC has been my standby since I was 16 and I first saw the MAC makeup artist wearing it at the counter. Love at first sight, and I've been wearing it ever since. I use a blending brush to apply the orange color lightly to the lid, and just dab brown eyeshadow into the creases with my finger for depth. For extra sickliness, I lightly dust a little bit of Rule under my lower eyelashes, just enough so that when I close my eyes, it looks like CREEPY SHADOWS from my upper lashes. In order to make my eyes pop a little, I use Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Demolition over my whole waterline, and just smudge it like hell. One thing that is particularly great about Rule is that it works with a lot of different skin tones, so I encourage you all to experiment! Here, I'm wearing MAC's Mocha lipstick because the terracotta color is a good compliment to Dead Eyes.
My summer look! As much as I love looking like a faery woodland witch, Chicago summers are full of life and so my makeup tends to be a little more optimistic. I bought Illamasqua's Powder Blusher in Excite last year after seeing it on a cleverly-designed display at Sephora. THE MARKETING TOTALLY WORKED. The color goes on very saturated, so I blend it like crazy with a wide stippling brush in order for it to be a little more subdued. A very light dusting of a coral eyeshadow (a blush, actually, Pinch Me by MAC) and a sheer coat of Mocha by MAC on the lips are all I need. Brownish lipstick for your best Charmed Ones vibes! FUN FACT: This blush also works as an eyeshadow.
The orange lipstick is easy: just a bit of sheer lip liner, a sheer dusting of a shimmery white eyeshadow (Retrospect by MAC), and lots of Diorshow. Too much Diorshow. HELLA DIORSHOW. With my blue glasses, I find it best to just play up my eyelashes when wearing such a vivid lip color, else I feel too done up for my own personal preference. If you want to see a seriously aspirational orange lipstick lewk, this post on The Divinitus will make you all about that life.
Do any of you guys have any signature makeup looks? Do share!
9 comments:
Awesome look! I love the orange with the blue glasses.
I mix up my makeup a lot, but my staples are winged black liquid liner, mascara, blush, and sometimes red lips. I go a lot of days without any makeup at all, though.
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Usually I'm all about dark, vampy colors or a big pile of mascara and nothing else, but this makes me want to give orange a try! I've never thought of orange as spooky and ethereal before, but of course you figured out a way to make it work.
I've never really tried wearing orange before. I think it would clash too much with my dark skin :S
I usually wear this smoky eye stuff with kohl on my waterline and then a generous amount of mascara or cat eye with a bit of mascara. But I don't really wear make up.
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I am not good at makeup. but I will comment and say that your photos are so lovely.
Orange is so happy rich color.
Love it :)
I actually wear orange makeup a lot because I have really dark circles under my eyes from allergies, and there is no hiding them....so I call even more attention to them with a smudge of orange/rust under my eyes. I feel it makes me look even more dead (ha! as if school hasn't already killed me). But I've never been brave enough to put it on my lids too, I'm going to try it tonight :)
These photos are beautiful. :) I think I tried orange once and failed miserably (I'm not good with make up, either). I just swipe on some eye liner and a bit of burgundy shadow.
Love your orange looks; it's suits perfectly with your eyes, and add a creepy-grungy style! I want to try that now.
Personnally i'm in purple-blue mood these days as my eyes are brown and skin pale, it looks nice.
You wear orange makeup so well, well chosen glasses colour! I've always wanted to wear a bright orange lipstick, but I've never been brave enough to try to pull it off.
I too enjoy sickly looking eyes, glad I'm not the only one.
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