Grey Smoky Eyes Pt. Three

Final post of my mediocre eye makeup attempts for a while I promise. I know my more popular posts are sewing or DIY posts, even just outfits, but I don't have the time for them at the moment and I've always felt that purely outfits posts were kind of vain. Now I am vain don't get me wrong, I'm just not sure that I want the whole internet to see it. I do have a stockpile of outfit photos from a while back when I got in the habit of taking a picture of every outfit I wore to work out what worked and more importantly what didn't. I may dig them out. I'm hoping too to get some sewing and DIYing done over christmas but after all this revision and work I'm doing it is quite likely that most of my time over the holidays will be spent either in bed or in front of the TV.

Anyway I created the look below using just Boot's 17 Solo Eye Shadow in Midnight Pearl. More dramatic that pt.two less dramatic than my usual mix of black and grey. Good for casual nights out.

Grey Smoky Eyes Pt. Two

I created this look using just the darker colour from the Rimmel London Colour Rush Duo Eyeshadow below '514 Metallic Pearls'. I swept it over the lid to just above the crease and then lined my bottom lashes with it. It's subtle but I really like it. A good way of doing smokey eyes for day.

Grey Smoky Eyes Pt. One

Been experimenting with grey smoky eyes since my post on smoky eyes featured in Company magazine. This was my first attempt. I used two different greys, had them so long I doubt the colours are even still produced so I won't bother with the product details. I liked it but it wasn't the one colour smoky effect that I was going for as seen in the magazine. Further attempts to come.

Blue Smoky Eyes

According to Company magazines September issue, 'this season the smoky eye has gone soft. "It's lineless, shadowy, beautifully blown-out and blended."' 'Any colour works, though - the catwalk featured soft blacks, smudy mauves and lots and lots of grey.'

I'll try the grey smoky eye out another time. Yesterday I wore a navy dress so I thought I would give a blue smoky eye a try. I think I need to be braver about taking the colour above the crease. What do you think?

Playing with Makeup

So the other day I decided to have a play with my makeup. No reason. Just because I'm a girl and some of us do that sometimes. Behold, purple smokey eyes! I experimented with taking the colour above my natural eye lid crease, not that it shows in the picture. I know it is an odd complaint but my eye lids are really small so I've found limiting the colour to them makes every look some what understated. Anyway what is really impressive is this close up I managed to take of my eye!

Little Fashion and Beauty Escapes of the Volunteer

Okay, so fashion and beauty wasn’t exactly my number one priority while I was running around Harlow and Shymkent volunteering and dealing with the daily toils of Global Xchange but I did manage to sneak in a few moments of retail therapy and make-up experimentation.

Had another bash at Effy's eyemake from skins that I tried back in March in this post. Made the liner thicker this time. I really love the colour of this eyeliner but unfortunately it doesn't seem to go with any of the clothes I own.

Loved this look and I got loads of compliments about it. Nothing like a good boost to the old self esteem. Mixed green and purple eyeshadow with loads of black mascara for stewarding at the Bishops Stortford music festival. The green turned out to be a perfect match for my GX t-shirt.

Now for the retail...

Black wetlook legging. My mother says I look like a dominatrix, I love them. Worn here with a vintage David Emanuel t-shirt designed for the WWF. It's so sad but I can't really wear this t-shirt out. It's somewhat miscoloured and thread bare at the back. Kinda looks someone might have been wearing it as a nightgown for the last ten years. Probably because that is exactly what I did before I realised its true value. I'm hoping to use its basic shape as a pattern for a whole load of printed, plain and embellished t-shirts I'm planning.

Did not think this purchase through. It's the perfect little summer dress. However the material is man made and not breathable enough to cope in the heat of a Kazakh summer so I left it at home to wear when I got back, in winter! Can only hope this look is still in next year. Might start looking for matching cardigans.

Didn't make too many purchases in Kazakhstan due to the general rhinestoned tackyness of everything. I did however make a few purchases in the bazaars, see the entry for Sunday on this post, and these shoes! They are fantastic. I love them. They are from Kira Plastinina and cost the equivalent of about £20.

Skins - Effy's Eye Makeup

I have mixed feelings about Skins. I find the program entertaining but I don't think that the kids who probably end up watching it should be watching it. You'd think that it's completely normal for British teenagers to engage in frequent casual sex and A Class drug use. Well I've been a British teenager and my life was NOTHING like this. I would guess the same goes for the majority of young people. Anyway I loved Effy's eyemakeup from this episode, with the dark green liner under the eyes, so I thought I'd have a go at it on myself. I do have a clearer closeup of her eyes that I took as a screen shot during the episode but I can't work out how to up load it. See my attempt at a toned down day time look below.

Image is a screen shot from Skins, not captured by me, don't know who by, sorry!