Starry-Eyed Surprise Makeup

I am a fan of KlairedelysArt.  Klaire is a makeup artist from the UK, and I love everything she does.  For her youtube channel, click here.

You may watch her HUHMAZING tutorial below.

This look is definitely one of her more wearable looks, (she is usually super-artsy, which I LOVE) and I admired it so much, I decided to try it.  Unfortunately, I don't have any eyeshadow that was blue enough. So the blue you see here was done primarily with Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide Eye Pencil in Deviant.  Then I covered it with my brightest matte blue eyeshadow, and the black eyeshadow, both by e.l.f..  And then white eyeliner with an ice-blue shimmer eyeshadow for the inside corner of the eye.  Lightly dust with an iridescent blue glitter.

This is what I came up with.  I was doing my makeup from memory, soooo REALLY different from Klaire's.

So there's this totally great song by Paul Oakenfold from his album Bunka, called Starry-eyed surprise. It's a great song.  Watch the music video here.

It's such a great song that Coca-Cola paid a bajillion dollars to use it for the most wonderful commercial in the whole world, which you shall now watch here.

And two months after I took the pictures of the makeup I did, I was like "Huh, Tharry Eyeth." (Because when I talk to myself, I talk with a lisp.)

And the whole time I was trying to edit my mascara mistakes out of the picture (It was pretty bad, I started coughing right after I put my mascara on,) this song was running through my head.  Thus the title.

KAY, LOVEYOUBYE.

Making Makeup Easy: 5 Tips.

1. PRACTICE: just like anything else, the more you do something, the easier it becomes.

2. BE WASTEFUL.  For years, I was so afraid to waste makeup, I never explored with it.  I was so frugal with my makeup, that it went bad before I used it all up. (The recommended life of mascara is 3 months. And the longest lasting powder eye-shadows should be thrown away after 3 years.) I wish I had started having fun sooner.

3. MAKE MISTAKES. Being afraid of making mistakes is step #1 to making them. Plan on making mistakes and starting over.  I always play makeup at night before I wash my face to go to bed.

4.  BE TERRIFYING. If you’re playing with makeup, and you suddenly make an irreparable mistake, don’t baptize your face right away.  Make yourself scary, villainous, ugly, monstrous, creepy! It’s fun! And besides, trying to be pretty all the time isn’t as fun.

5. PLAY!!! Don’t call it practicing makeup, call it playing with makeup. Because that’s what it is.  That’s what keeps it fun.

Ultimately, the only thing that makes anything easier is practice, and the only thing that makes practice meaningful is enjoying it.  That’s why these are more tips for enjoying it.  Try something crazy! Even if you don’t wear it out, that’s fine. Just send me a picture before you wash it off, Kay?

Elfwood

So, I received an email from a website that I joined last year.  The website is http://www.elfwood.com/.  I admit that I joined it at an age of nerdiness, but I confess that I still love it.

It is a fantasy/sci-fi art/writing website.  People come and post their art or writing and use it to open discussions on art or for suggestions.

Well, the message said "We haven't seen you in a while."  And I thought Oh, yeah.  I should visit. Previously, I had always done this in an art-oriented way.  I only wanted to see the pwitty pictas.  (Maybe it's a sign of maturity, that I'm not just looking at picutre-books anymore. :P Right.)

But I started reading some of the writing on there.  It was AWESOME!  In all caps: AWESOME!

There are so many talented writers that I can't even stand it!

I am inspired!  I must write!  I MUST!!!

Once again, in all caps: AWESOME!