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Unless you have been living under a rock (many pardons to rock-dwellers), the singer Amy Winehouse died this weekend. I have been a huge Winehouse for years and it's just so sad how many demons and what a mess such a talented artist had. She really reinvented popular music and made classic jazz and blues mainstream. It's just unfortunate that she didn't put out another album, but then again, she's been in pretty rough shape for a while. Anyway, besides her voice, her iconic makeup and hair is...iconic. I decided to do a Winehouse inspired look while listening to the album "Back to Black" on repeat.
Her winged liner is obviously the main focal point. When researching her makeup it was interesting to see the variations of her giant wing liner. I used Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner in Blackest Black for my eyes. I used the included brush and lined my entire lid and drew guidelines for the wings and filled those in. She didn't typically have under-eye liner, so I just used some mascara.
I always thought Amy had a mole, but I guess it's a Monroe piercing. I improvised with a little jewel from Michael's and glued it on Shu Uemura Eyelash Adhesive.
I have very un-arched eyebrows so I improvised by filling in my brows with NAR's Shadow in Night Bird and making more of a point with some liner that was leftover on my brush.
Her lip color changed all of the time, but she was most commonly seen wearing a light pink or peachy. I used Estee Lauder Long Lasting Lipstick in Rubellite, dabbed it with a tissue and applied MAC Kissable Lipcolour in Vanity Fair to pink things up. I teased my hair, which is now a rat's nest too, but it's not a complete look without an attempt at a beehive.
"Tears Dry on Their Own"
On a happier note, my nails matched my bubble tea (Revlon Top Speech Fast Dry Nail Enamel in Super Nature)
I promise this is my last one, "Valerie" sung live, most def one of her most underrated songs. Ah, so sad, but at least we can concentrate on her wonderful music.
This day (Thursday) I went shopping with mi mama at Nordstom for the Anniversary Sale, so of course I had to go all dramatic with the winged eyeliner :) This is just my basic look pretty much: Benefit'sPosietint, Urban Decay Liquid Liner in Perversion,Makeup Forever Lipstick in 205, and the base eyeshadow color was Covergirl Eye Enhancer in Golden Sunrise. I used Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil in Lucky on my waterline, above my black liner to clean it up and finally, I swooped it from my waterline underneath the black. It's a different take on the "popular" double winged cat's eye and I really loved the way this turned out.
Not to be going on about how great I look, haha, jk, jk, I used Benefit's That Gal Primer all over my face under my foundation to give myself a rosier glow.
Closeup on my eye, *twilight zone music cue*
Because I was at le mall of AMERICA! I stopped at Sephora and got some new fun purchases and restocks. For instance, I was out of my UD De-Slick, which works wonders for touching up and de-slicking excess day face oil. I had my old one since they invented the stuff and it has lasted that long. A fab product for sure! I really wanted to try Makeup Forever's new Aqua Liners. I tested them out today and the liner literally stays on though everything. I'm talking excessive sweating from learning how to ride a bike (true story) and a dance party with extreme interpretive dancing to Bohemian Rhapsody. The only downfall is that the brush is a little hard to control, so my lines weren't as precise as I like them to be. I think with practice, this aspect will improve.
TOKIDOKI lipgloss! I really like Tokidoki makeup products. I loved their handbags since their invention and I feel like their makeup really fits their overall brand. It seems like not a ton of people use their makeup though...
OHHHHH, and I got some really cool new Chanel makeup, which will be posted about later, so be prepared. AND I'm thinking once I hit 50 followers I'll have a lovely little giveaway for all the fab and beautiful and talented followers of my blog. Thanks so much for the support and lovely comments. I read them all and really appreciate everything, so hopefully a giveaway will be an acceptable token of my appreciation :)
~Shannon
