Face Of The Day

So I had surgery yesterday and so I get to work from home for the rest of the week.  I don't know about anyone else but painkillers make me really really productive.  I came home yesterday after being cut open, cleaned the house, washed all my makeup brushes then settled in and did my work that I missed earlier in the day.  I didn't end up going to bed until 4am and woke up at 8.  I have not stopped for a nap all day.  Anyway, so as I was powering through my emails today and letting a deep conditioning mask sit in my hair, I decided to do a little makeup.  It started out with eyeliner, then mascara, then brows, then a cut crease, shadows...etc.  Next was foundation, concealer, powder, blush, contour, highlight, lips and finally GLITTER.  Not sure if I like it but it was my first attempt at a cut crease.  Oh yea, and I'm a brunet now too...I'll talk about that fiasco later.

PICS!!!

Skin:

• Garnier Anti Dark Circle Roller
• Mixture of Illamasqua Rich Liquid Foundation in RF133, MAC Pro Longwear concealer in NW25 and Origins A Perfect World Moisturizer
• Laura Mercier Mineral Powder in Soft Porcelain and Amazing Cosmetics Velvet Mineral Foundation in Medium Beige
• Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Tipsy
• Benefit Hoola for my contour
• MAC MSF in Perfect Topping for my highlight

Eyes:

• MAC E/S in Saddle to start the cut crease.  Define your crease with a MAC 242 brush
• MAC E/S in Phloof! and Blanc Type for the lid and brow highlight.  Apply with a MAC 239.  Add a little Phloof! to the inner corner for a highlight
• define the crease a little more with MAC E/S in Brown Down with a MAC 242 Brush and go about halfway across your lid blending upwards slightly with the Saddle.
• Use a clean MAC 217 to blend out any harsh lines while still keeping the defined line between your lid and crease.
• Apply LA Splash's Splash Proof Sealer with a MAC 242 to just the lid.  Be sure not to put any of this "adhesive" in the crease.  The glitter will stick to anything this touches.
• Apply LA Splash's Glitter in Bliss using the same MAC 242.  Stay on the lid only.
• Create a winged eyeliner using Liquid Liner. I used Physician's Formula eye booster in black. Wing it out a lot!
• Now because this should be a little smoky because, lets face it, it's 2:30 on a Tuesday...we need to look as much like a drag queen as possible...Apply a very small amount of Lancome's Ombre Magnetique in Black Macadam to the very outer V connecting it to the wing from your eyeliner and then blend it under your lashline to create definition.  This is very similar to the Armani Eyes To Kill shadows...only this came first.  If you don't have it use black shadow with Silver Glitter.  MAC E/S in Black Tied will do. 
• Now apparently a neutral eye won't do so I lined my waterline with NYX Jumbo eyeshadow pencil in Milk.  
• Apply various blue eyeshadows on top of the Milk to create a sort of ombre effect starting at the outside and working your way in.  Mine are in the following order: MAC E/S in Deep Truth, MAC E/S in Fresh Water, MAC E/S in Suave Intentions and finally MAC Pigment in Mutiny.  
• Fill in those brows!  I used MAC E/S in Omega with a MAC 266 brush
• Lastly, finish it all off with about 4 coats of Mascara...no joke.  Maybelline Falsies, Cover Girl Lashblast Volume, Fresh Supernova, and then a final coat of MUFE Smoky Lash.  Don't judge me...they were all really thin coats. 

Lips:

• Lip Balm...I chose Jack Black
• Tarte Lipsurgence in Adored
• Lined with NYX Lip Liner in Dolly Pink and MAC Lip Liner in Trimmed in Pink

What do you do while you recover from surgery and deep condition your hair?  All jokes aside, I enjoyed experimenting with my makeup again.  It's been a while.  I love being a makeup artist but no one EVER lets me put glitter on them and rarely ask for winged eyeliner or cut creases.  I think I'll do a Face of the Day every day this week.  I've got the time and I'd like to play with my makeup some more.  Tomorrow I'm going to try out some pinks and see if I'd like to wear it on my wedding day.  

Tootles!!