EOTD: The dangers of overblending

July 26th, 2010

The other day I was watching YouTube videos, and came across a burgundy and purple eye look that I wanted to do my own version of.  (I *think* it was by Tiffany D, but I watched enough videos that I can’t be sure.)  Unfortunately, I was so thorough with my blending brush that the burgundy sort of took over.  Further into unfortunate territory, burgundy on its own is not the best color for me.  It flatters the green in my eyes, but my skin looks really tired.

Eyes only today, and my closed-eye picture is only one eye, because I couldn’t size it any smaller and still show the colors properly (that’s how much I blended!)

Closeup picture:

See, you can barely see that there are three colors going on there!  (Also, ignore that shadow on the left that looks like creasing.  It’s about 3 hours later, and the shadow has not, in actuality, creased at all.)  This photo seems a lot duller in color than I thought it was when I cropped and saved it, but I could be crazy.

Colors I used:

• Detrivore primer (I finally have the hang of using this without having it crease!)
• Aromaleigh Rocks! nightshift – inner 2/3 of the lid
• Aromaleigh Rocks! stillinhollywood – outer 2/3 of the lid (yup, that gives me some overlap in the middle)
• Aromaleigh Rocks! pleasuredome – outer corner into the crease, lower lashline (I should have used this one wet, because I got mostly sparkle, and it went all over the place)
• Fyrinnae Nijiro – inner corner and browbone
• Urban Decay 24/7 liner in 1999 (can’t really see it, unfortunately)
• CG Lash Blast length in black

My next look should be something pastelly, after all this dark stuff the past couple of times!