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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Green "Alligator" tutorial

When I posted "Two Colorful Looks" the other day, Liz asked me if I could do a tutorial on the green look, which I thought looked kind of like it was inspired by an alligator.  This look is really quite easy.  Usually I blend my shadows like crazy so you can't see the seams between them and that takes a while but I wanted the black to be kind of sharp in this look so that saves a lot of time!  So here it is Liz!!

-I started off with my brows filled in and put Too Faced Shadow Insurance all over my lid up to my brow
- I put a little bit of NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in "Milk" all over my lid up to my crease because I'll be using a pigment and I want it to stick
- I applied Inglot Pigment 43 on lid up to my crease
- I applied Inglot 384M shadow above my crease up toward my brow (you can see that it's angled up toward the inner corner of my brow)
-I applied a bit of NYX "Black" eyeshadow along the outer corner of my lashline and in the outer "v"
-I blended the black out just a bit
-I added MAC "Vanilla" pigment under my brow and in the tearduct area
-I applied a bit more 384M with my Sonia Kashuk blending brush and blended it up into the "Vanilla" pigment
-I added Bobbi Brown gel liner in "Black Ink" to my lashline and winged it out a bit
-I also added the gel liner to my waterline
-Something I do sometimes to help blend a bit is to add a bit of black shadow on top of the gel liner in my waterline and I drag it down into my lower lashes

-I added some 384M to the outer lower lashline and blended it with the black
-I put just a little bit of the 43 pigment to the inner corner of my lower lashline
- I added L'oreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara
and we're done!  Well, with one eye haha

I wanted to show you guys this just so you can see why I love makeup as much as I do.  Which eye looks bigger????
It's one thing to see a before and after and a totally different thing to see them side by side.  Haha I think it's funny at night when I remove makeup from one eye and then I look all crazy like this!  
This is much better!
I hope this helps!  Let me know if you give it a try and how it turns out!!!

11 comments:

  1. Yay, thanks! I am so trying this over the weekend.

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  2. Beautiful eye makeup, love that green.

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  3. So pretty what a beautiful green color. Its amazing how much makeup can transform you!

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  4. Love it! Thanks so much for the tutorial!

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  5. Very pretty, I wish I didn't feel so self conscious in brighter colors, I just can't seem to break out of the neutral colors. Great look and thanks for the tutorial. Can you recommend a good make up remover?

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  6. that's beautiful! and holy wow, either that mascara is amazing or you lashes are because it totally looks like you have some false lashes on!

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  7. Awesome tutorial! This look is so pretty. My eyes look way small without makeup too!! You are even gorgeous without makeup!

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  8. Great tutorial! I agree with Danisaddiction...You are still very beautiful without makeup!

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  9. @Liz: yay!
    @Charlotte: thank you! I love it too!
    @Amber: yeah, I know! I don't know what I'd do without makeup haha!
    @Kassie: this is nothing like your tutorials! Yours are amazing!
    @Star: aw, I'm sure you'd look great in bright colors! That's definitely the hardest thing... putting it on and not feeling self conscious about it. I feel the same way when I wear red lips! Honestly, I just use the generic WalMart version of the Neutrogena liquid eye makeup remover. It works really well! I had tried the Neutrogena wipes but it didn't take my eye makeup off as easily, I really had to rub to get it off and I don't like doing that.
    @LD: haha it's the mascara. My lashes are ok but they're really light.
    @Dani: thank you! I feel really not very pretty without makeup, look at the brows haha!
    @Meme: thank you very much!

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  10. Gorgeous!!! Your looks are always pretty!! I wish I could wear the bolder/brighter (MORE FUN) looks...

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  11. Thank you Starryskies for taking the time to respond to my question about make up remover.

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