help me create mah face; event!

[mominatrix]

so, this weekend I'm going to a school auction with a Rock and Roll theme


It's for my daughter's (public, urban) school; I'm going, though, as the unofficial PTA photographer, which means I need a look that can weather more than dinner... I'll be moving around and have equipment to haul and all of it. But, yanno, I want to look cute.


So... for what I'm wearing... from the ground up... (links to pics)

Black motorcycle boots

Reddish/coral skinny jeans (I might chicken out and switch to black pants or leggings, or blue jeans)

a tank top I can't find a picture of. It's pewter colored lace, with some sequins at the neck. It just kind of works as a rock look.

trim black blazer


I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow, so... whatever, I'll figure that out...





Help me pick a makeup look!



I kinda don't know what to do. 

I was thinking for about a minute to try to do a Patti Smith kind of thing:


so, like no-makeup makeup, nude lip... etc... but... I dunno. It doesn't seem right at all


The default would seem to be big dark eye, and again, a nude lip:



...but I"m not sure I'm in love with that, either.



Anyway...
suggest away!  I have a pretty decent collection and feel that I could probably mock up almost any look...

[mominatrix]

holy shit, this is cool.


I worry, though, that I couldn't pull it off, and I'd just end up looking dumb

[mominatrix]

man, all of a sudden it's all about Siouxie Sioux



I have the perfect eyeshadow for that.

[panicked]

Can you do a winged eyeliner and some realllly red lipstick?

[mominatrix]

[secretlyevil]

I definitely like the latter photos more than the no-make up look.

[pixy0stix]

Don't chicken out on the pants!

[mominatrix]

Mar 26, 2015 17:23:52 GMT -5 panicked said:

Can you do a winged eyeliner and some realllly red lipstick?

yeah, I have a few really reds.


Oooh!  I'll swatch them!
(I have no idea why I'm so excited about that... I just am)

[pixy0stix]

Don't do this! But I have to share because LOLOL!

[mominatrix]

Mar 26, 2015 17:25:28 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Don't chicken out on the pants!

I wear them around all the time... hell, I'm wearing them RIGHT NOW.
It's more about how they look... I've never worn them with those particular boots

I'm thinking, with the moto boots they're going to give that 70's rocker vibe. Or, they're just going to make me look fat and dumpy and trying to get away with a rocker vibe. In which case, no bueno.

[pixy0stix]

I think the winged eyes and red lips are more rockabilly than rock, but it could work.

[mominatrix]

top to bottom


Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter - Candy Apple
Wet n Wild - Black Orchid
Wet n Wild - Cherry Frost
Maybelline Color Sensational - Blissful Berry
MAC -  Viva Glam IV (which is broken off, so it needs help)
MAC - Russian Red
Chanel - Tempting Red

[panicked]

Mac Russian Red would be my vote

[AJL]

I like the smokey eye/sheer lip look -




Debbie Harry



P!nk


Joan Jett

[pixy0stix]

I love Russian Red.

[mominatrix]

Mar 26, 2015 17:43:59 GMT -5 panicked said:

Mac Russian Red would be my vote

...wore it to the same event last year, and I don't think I've worn it since.

<)

[mominatrix]

yeah, I was thinking it would either end up being Russian Red or Black Orchid.

though, I love Tempting Red so so so much.
So much that I have a second tube of it hidden away, because Chanel discontinued it.
That's love.

[mominatrix]

so many pretties!

[mominatrix]

as much as I don't like the way she names makeup... Kat Von D really has the kind of look I think I'm going for:


different colors on each eye!!!









makeup geek even has a tutorial

www.makeupgeek.com/tutorials/kat-von-d-cat-eye-makeup/

[mominatrix]

a little Kat inspired action...




...it needs some work.  but I don't hate it, and it seems like something I can pull off.  Foundation and blush and all was left over from this morning. This was just eyes and 'tattoos'.  And lips.


I thought the liner was very different, eye-to-eye, but it's not, so I'd do the heavy black cat-eye on both. The lips need liner and a lighter color in the center (this is the Chanel, but I think I'll go with the matte Russian Red, instead, and put a shiny lighter bit in the middle)... I think the star tattoos look OK, not great, but I did them in like two minutes.  I want to do the brows super dark, too.

Discovery... to make black liquid liner look more like actual tattoos, wait for them to dry, then powder + foundation over them.  Walla.   (eta: in really looking at the pics, I'm realizing I 'faded' them too much. Powder alone will probably be perfect.)



I can't figure out how to blend out these super bold colors (red, navy)... I don't know what to do to make the transition back to my skin color look OK. The shadows I'm using (Ulta brand for the red; NYX for the blue) are good but not fantastic.... Thoughts? Ideas?

[pixy0stix]

Do you have the NYX pencil in milk? You really need it as a base for the red for it to pop.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I wouldn't do the two colors. It looks like you forgot to do the other eye. I like the red eyeshadow, though. Not nuts about the tats.

[mominatrix]

Mar 26, 2015 21:21:17 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Do you have the NYX pencil in milk? You really need it as a base for the red for it to pop.

I do.

I literally just did all this over the eye makeup I was previously wearing. 

Yeah, I think Milk would help a lot!

[mominatrix]

Mar 26, 2015 21:27:55 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

I wouldn't do the two colors. It looks like you forgot to do the other eye. I like the red eyeshadow, though. Not nuts about the tats.

yeah, I did both eyes completely different from each other.

I think I need to do the same exact liner (bold, black, cat eyed) and the shadows in the same way, just with different colors.

On the blue eye, I did a more subtle liner, no cat, and did the shadow differently... I think if I bring it up high like I did to the red, it'll work.

I think, also, I need to use a lighter, bolder blue. This was a navy, and I don't think it's working the way I want it to.



I have more time to play, though...

[pixy0stix]

To get the blue to pop, you need a black base. There's a black color tattoo that is ok for that purpose.