Friday, May 27, 2011

Drawing Inspiration: Blossoming Crab Apple Trees

  I love the gorgeous colors of spring! One of my favorite spring sights are the blossoming crab apple trees. They transition from a snowy white to a deep flush of pink and I felt they were perfect inspiration for our next look!
 _______________________________________________________________

  First, as always, I primed my eye. I used Urban Decay Primer Potion.
Then, I applied a pale pink cream shadow from Revlon's Illuminance 'Twilight' Quad onto the inner half of my lid using my ring finger to blend it out.

 


   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next, I used an angled shader brush to apply a white shadow (it can be either matte or shimmer) on the inner half of the lid - where I applied the cream shadow. I dusted this same shadow on my brow bone.



 
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I then tapped a flat shader brush into a matte magenta shadow and applied this in the outer "V", starting along the outer half of my upper lash line then connecting up into the outer half of my crease. After, I pulled the color in the crease slightly upwards and out to soften it. Blend over all this gently with a fluffy brush.





    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To add depth to the eyes, I picked up a small amount of a matte red on a pencil brush and applied this in the same "V" shape but kept this "V" smaller and inside the magenta.




   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Using a purply-pink eye shadow and a fluffy brush, blend the space between the magenta and white to create a soft transition of color. This shadow can be matte or shimmer. I chose a shimmer because it adds light to the eyes.






   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For a twist, I used a deep violet shadow, applied wet with a liner brush, as a liner instead of the usual black. To do this, I just ran some water on the palm of my hand and picked up some of the water droplets with the brush. Then, I picked up some shadow. Easy!




    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I finished this look off with mascara, a little black pencil liner along the outer lower lash line, a pale pink blush and then I lined my lips with NYX's "Dolly Pink", a magenta liner that I blended slightly inward from the edge of my lip line. I topped that with a shimmery pink gloss dabbed in the center of my lips.


You can make this look more wearable by skipping the red and using less of the magenta. And, of course, you can wear this with black liner! Just make sure to go bigger on the lashes to balance out the vivid color on the eyes.