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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Geisha Inspired Makeup!

One day while waiting for our children to get off their buses, my neighbor and I were talking a little bit and she said she'd seen this video showing modern Geisha makeup and she loved it.  Now Geisha makeup isn't something I'd ever considered doing.  It scares me a little haha.  But I watched the tutorial she sent me which you can watch here!  I thought it was neat and just was trying to figure out a time when I could wear it without feeling completely nutso haha.

So today is that day.  I was very influenced by that YouTube video but I also googled "Geisha makeup" and took bits of inspiration from pictures I saw there too.  So here's my look!


It's soooo different for me!!  Which is good.

I did use a foundation that it way too light for my skin (which you can really see in the last picture!) to lighten but not white out my face.  

Eyes:
TFSI
NYX JEP "milk"
Inglot 403 P (yellow gold) shadow
Sugarpill's Love+ (red) shadow on eyes, cheeks, forehead, and a little in eyebrows
NYX "white" shadow
Revlon Colorstay/ Wet 'n Wild black liquid liners mixed
a set of Halloween lashes for top and some random ones for the lower lashes

Lips:
NYX "Amsterdam" soft matte lip cream

This was fun to do.  I definitely like trying different things but my problem is wearing them out.  Who wants to do makeup and then just wash it off??  That's no fun. 

I hope you like this (especially you, Carrie!). Haha I feel like a crazy person with the bottom lashes since they're not actually near my natural lashes so it feels VERY strange!  I hope you all enjoy your Sunday!!!  

17 comments:

  1. OMG LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS LOOK!! Totally was not expecting this from you and I am pleasantly surprised!!

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  2. Amazing makeup. I so love visiting your blog, very colourful and very creative, thanks for sharing.

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  3. OMG! I love it! I am so happy you did it! It looks awesome!!

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  4. This look is Amazing great job:)


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  5. Wow! Your shading and blending is beyond impressive.

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  6. Wow you did an awesome job! This is a good idea for Halloween next year!

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  7. superrrrrrrrrrrrr wowwwwwwww... awesome look. \m/

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  8. You guys are so great! You sure know how to make a girl who's feeling self conscious about her makeup feel better!! Thank you all soo much!!

    @Charlotte Sparkle: Thank you for saying that! It means so much to me!!

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  9. holllllly shit. This is BY FAR the best geisha look I have ever ever ever seen. And I've seen lots. BRAVO!!

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  10. Can you PLEASE redo this & do a tutorial!????? YOU"RE KILLING ME, you're so amazing and NEVER show us how you do it lol

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  11. I admire your eyeliner skills and the different shape you create with your eyeshadow placement... i'd love to see a tutorial on your techniques for these things. beautiful job on this look... i just love that you didn't use white for the whole face. makes it uique.

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  12. I love it!
    I follow you! Can you visit my site?
    Kisses

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  13. @Ronnie: that was the best compliment EVER! Thank you!

    @LexiFresh: I will definitely consider doing this one again!!! I swear I'm working on taping tutorials. Just I need natural light and the time of day never works out!

    @Story of a girl: Thank you so much! I promise I'll try!

    @Esther.MTMU: Thanks! I'll check it out!

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  14. I had to revisit this post and comment AGAIN, that's just how good this look is. Like, I don't think you even REALIZE how good this look is. I can't stop coming back to look at it!!

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