Dark Eyes and Lips

|Darkest of the Dark|

In our recent make-up lesson we were looking at Dark and and lips where we had to bring in a photograph of our choice to work from to create this look. Firstly our make-up lecturer Fenella showed us a demonstration of how to create a classic smokey eye look and the look normally should contain at least three colours to work with.





Tips by Fenella:

• Always be neat
• Its easier to do the eyes before the base make-up (foundation) because then you dont have to worry about powders dropping on the face
• Keep blending, no harsh lines
• You'll need to be quick when doing TV make-up as you might have at least 10 peoples make-up to do
• Keep the eyes open every so often to see what it looks like because the main view will be when its open
• Translucent powder under the eyes to catch the eye shadow if you have done the base before
• Cream eye shadows first then always powders after

|My own look|

Eyes and lips inspiration 

Products:

• Charles Fox eye shadow palette
• sleek lipstick (matte vamp)
• Charles Fox blusher palette (red and brown)
• Avon Glimmerstick for eyes (soft black)
• Gold gel 
• white base foundation
• Maybelline lip liner (midnight plum)
• Illamasqua neutral palette (gold)

Eyes:

1. Firstly I started with applying a  liquid white base foundation all the lid and into the brows before setting it with white powder before applying the actual colour.
2. Once the whole eye had its base, I started with the red and created the whole base red all the way up every so slightly past the eyebrow. I then brought the red down and followed it down the cheekbone and contoured the cheek and temples with the same red.
3. I then worked into the corner of the eyes and created a line from the corner of the eye to the top of the brow
4. Next was working in with the brown colour, I mixed the brown with a bit of the red powder and worked into the corner of the eye, just under the brow, and on the lash line. 
5. I then used a dark gold powdered eye shadow and brushed over the brown with the gold. 
6. I then used the Avon Glimmerstick and drew on a eyebrow line above my partners original eyebrow. 
7. Next with the same glimmerstick I drew along the lid (by the lashes) and then created a flick going out at the corner of the eye. 
8. Next I used a gold gel and placed it in the corner of the eye. 

Lips:

1. Firstly I started with lining the top lip and the center bit of the bottom lip. 
2. I then used a lip brush and the matte vamp colour lipstick and filled in the entire top lip and small amount in the center of the bottom lip. 
3. I then used the same gold gel I used on the eyes and drew small lines in the center of the bottom lip and the bottom of the top lip.

Overall Iv'e very happy with the look I created, as me and my partner had to swap over I didn't have time to complete both eyes. However I preferred concentrating on perfecting one eye than rushing to create both. My inspiration was the photo right at the top, I used elements from the look however as our theme was dark eyes and lips I chose to change the colours around by using red, black, brown and gold. I think I could improve on my blending on the eyes more and maybe created more of a shape however for creating this first time from looking at a photo I think I did quite well. The lips came out nicely however in the photo her lips are more draw on in the center and look slightly more dramatic however this was my own interpretation. 

Health and safety:

• keep products clean and tidy
• make sure you place the lid straight back on any products 
• keep model covered to protect clothing from products 
• don't run in the studio
• keep bags away tidy 
• make sure of no cross contamination