Brown and Pink Eyeshadow

After sporting lots of colors, I decided to go a bit more natural the next day and went with a pink and brown combination I've been wanting to do for some time: pink and brown.

I used brown cream eyeshadow on the lid as a base for some sparkly dark brown shadow. I used a pink cream eyeshadow as a base for light pink shadow from the crease to the brow. I used a slightly darker pink for the browbone, thinking it'd be interesting to put the darker color there instead of the rest of the lid. The pinks are from The Color Workshop. I used Avon's Ultra Luxury Eye Liner in Dark Brown on the lower lashline.

The reason my lids look so lined is that it was really sunny outside, and I couldn't help but squint. Even in the shade with my eyes closed, my eyes were involuntarily closing on me. This next photo's color is slightly different because of the angle of the sun and the darker pink at the browbone is a little less noticeable.

Makeup Inspired by Twilight Sparkle

I absolutely love the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and when I saw Jangsara's makeup creations inspired by the ponies, my brain exploded and left rainbows everywhere. Since then, I haven't been able to watch the show without thinking, "Oh, look at that color combination! I wish I had those colors!"


Luckily, I do have the colors for Twilight Sparkle.

I thought for a while about how I was going to use blue, dark purple, and dark pink of her mane together so that each color would stand out and it became obvious that one of them had to be eyeliner. I used the dark blue for the eyeliner, the dark purple for the outer corner, and the pink for the inner two-thirds of the lid. I used the color I had closet to Twilight's coat from the crease to the brow. Finally, I decided to incorporate the while of the stars on her cutie mark by using white eyshadow as a highlighter on the inner corner and browbone. I used pink cream eyeshadow as a base.

The eyeliner is Midnight Blue from Avon (discontinued); the dark purple is Catwalk from mark; the light purple is Tart from mark; and the white and hot pink are from Avon's 12-in-1 Shimmering Eye Palette. I had done this look before but with a slightly darker purple above the crease. Unfortunately, it ended up looking quite gloomy, and I like this result much better.

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Grey and Blue Eyeshadow

A few months ago, I read on a beauty blog that some people were afraid of blue eyeshadow. It surprised me since I've never thought it scary at all. In fact, my first eyeliner was blue. I wore this look to an event at a hotel.

I was pleased with the results in the sunlight (when I took the photos), but not at the hotel. It's yellow lights made the makeup look much darker and more gloomy. That's the last time I wear dark shadow to a hotel.

I used a dark blue eyeliner for the bottom lash line and waterline. I used a shimmer grey for the lid and socket and a lighter grey for the brow bone. I extended the dark blue shadow a little past my socket because I find that doing that with dark colors works best with my eye shape. I also used a little blue eyeshadow in the socket. Both colors are from The Color Workshop and the eyeliner is a discontinued blue from Avon called Midnight Blue.* I also used just a little bit of white eyeshadow on the brow bone to lighten the grey, but it didn't do much for the hotel's lights. Lesson learned.


*I know that they still have Midnight Blue, but my mom has it and I definitely think it's a different blue, so that's why I say it's discontinued.