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Beauty Blog (Archive)
Thursday, September 11, 2003
posted by TheBroadroom.Net at
1:20 PM (Pacific)
I was going to wait till tonight to post this but I really really want to talk right now!
Yesterday, I went to a MAC event at Ogilvy's. It was for the Femme Noir collection. During the first hour, they picked two people to do Femme Noir looks on. One got a day look and the other a night look. While the two MAs were working on them, two other talked to us about what's in this Fall and Winter in clothes, makeup, and hair. According to them there are 7 and they gave them cute names. There was Hitchcock Heroine, Future Shock Babe (that's me!), Wizened Vamp, and I forget the rest :) One was a very chic uptown look. Future Shock Babe was 60's. The mod look that I'm liking right now (even though I still don't have the skirts and dresses). The way they pictured the future back then. Very cool. And the Wizened Vamp was more 80s with lots of makeup both on lips and eyes. Oh, there was Femme Noir too which is the old film stars look. After the trends talk, we saw some clips of Fall fashion shows (so footage from March) where MAC did the makeup.
The next hour was spent browsing and getting your makeup done. The idea with those events is
1. buy MAC stuff: the ticket is 50$ that can be used to buy MAC products
2. get some new ideas for makeup, fashion, etc.
3. have fun!
I asked my MA for a mod look. I figured I might as well see what the makeup looked like since I was wanting to wear the clothes :) My MA suggested we go for a colourful mod as opposed to the classic dark eye and pale mouth. This is what he did more or less (there was no time to write down everything he did and since I was the last to be made up, there was a bit of a hurry to finish up). Colours I'm sure of have a * next to them.
Eyes: I think Seedy Pearl on my browbone but I can't be sure. I only remember there was a bit of shimmer there and a cool pink tinge. He used Sushi Flower* (brightish pink) on my lids and up into my crease. Then he put Melton Mauve* (pinky mauve, brightish) somewhere. Maybe in the outer corner? Or maybe on top of Sushi Flower for a different colour? I don't know. He lined my eyes (bottom and top) with Tarnish* (dark green) eye khol. Then, he applied some Nocturnelle shadow* (dark frosty purple) on top of the Tarnish and a little into my crease (very very lightly). He finished off with quite a bit of Tulip* mascara (dark dark, almost black pink).
Lips: Some lipliner or other. Can't say really. Alibi* lipstick with Chai? lipglass on top. It was a very light beige. Lighter than C-Thru. In any case, it turned out too orange (could've predicted that when I saw Alibi) so he added Underage* (light light pink) on top.
Overall, gorgeous! Way way WAY too bright for daytime. Not even sure I'd do this for night but gave me some great ideas. I would never have thought of layering purple over green. Today I did a toned down version of this look. This is what I did.
Eyes: MAC Yogurt on browbone with a bit of Nars Himalayas on the outer part to give some shimmer. MAC Mink Pink all over lid and into crease (much more muted than the Sushi Flower). A tiny bit of MAC Haux (brownish pink, kind of like Mink Pink but browner and deeper) on outer corners. I then lined with Tarnish (upper lids only) and then went over that with the dark purple from the Miss Dior duo (do I really need to tell you the name of the brand?).
Cheeks: Benefit Dandelion
Lips: MAC Lust lipglass. I want to experiment with Underage a bit more. It looked a little too pink with the eye look this morning. I didn't have time to try out stuff, so I went for the safe neutral light pinky-corally-brown gloss...
This actually looks really good! Next time, I'll try a bit of liner under my eyes too. Boyfriend doesn't like that but I think it would look better. Sometimes, it just takes a little something under the eyes to balance the look out. I also want to get the Nocturnelle to pump up my crease a bit (they were out yesterday).
Apart from that, I did learn quite a bit from yesterday. All the MAs were sporting a different Femme Noir look. You can see them on the website. The one who did my makeup had the Nocturnelle look. These looks are all really special because the shadows aren't placed like they usually are. Ya know, people usually do a light wash with a medium colour in the crease and then a dark colour to line. This was very different. One look (Mlle) had a wash of light colour with a dark colour forming a sideways L or T in the inner corners. Destined and Femme Noir are two other really interesting looks. Of course, they're not daytime looks but you could tone them down really easily. Femme Noir had an inverted classic look. That is, the dark colour was in the inner corner and crease and wrapped underneath the inner corner of the eye. Destined had the lid separated in three vertical stripes with the darker colour on the two end stripes of each eye. Very very cool. These new colour placements were exactly what I needed. I already have so many colours! The new ideas were a lot of help for me.
The MAs showed us a brush they call the pencil brush. It has synthetic hairs and it's quite a bit harder than your usual brushes. Now, all my other brushes are soft. Very good for blending and soft looks. The pencil brush is more fun for precise placement of colour on the eye as well as more intense colour. This brush was my personal must-have for the night. It's really useful for the new colour placements I want to experiment with.
So this is what I came away with:
-Mink Pink velluxe shadow: love love LOVE the texture of the velluxe shadows. They're very finely milled and oh so soft. More on the sheer side but buildable, matte.
-Sophisto lipstick (for free because I had my six containers!): lustre formula so quite sheer. Looks like I'm not wearing much when I put it on. Just nice shiny lips but slightly more raspberry coloured.
-Pencil brush, of course
-Underage lipglass
-Fawn brow pencil: I need to work on my brows more. I don't pluck even though I have a couple hairs that should disappear. It just hurts too much and nobody can ever tell. Too much pain for too little result. But I still want to groom them. I brush them into place every morning but I was thinking they needed more. So I got a pencil. The MA had no time to show me how to use it but said I should come back if I can't figure it out on my own.
I still want the Nocturnelle shadow and I'm thinking more and more about the Melton Mauve and Seedy Pearl. I'll have to go back to check these out again. I've always thought Melton Mauve wouldn't work on me and was too similar to Petalescent which I have. I need to compare them again to see. And then, I always figured I didn't need another highlight colour like Seedy Pearl even though I'm always attracted to this colour... I'm just so wanting it now! And Sushi Flower. That one's iffy. I used to have Phase which is similar and it didn't work on me. Too pink and made me look like I'd been crying or something. But yesterday's look was very pink and it worked! I think it's because of the liner. I figure I'll just a wait a while. Either I'll forget about it or it'll start haunting me. If it starts haunting me, I'll be buy it. Till then, I'll be getting the Nocturnelle...
Raphaelle
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