Quick summary: I'm using a MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow every day this week (except Sunday and Monday, because I didn't think of it 'til Tuesday). I want to show how versatile it is. The shadow is black with silver veining; it can be used wet or dry, alone or layered over something. You can see Look #1 (unnamed) here, and Look #2 ("Halloween Cinders") here.
I'm not naming this look. That's stupid. If I did name it, I'd call it something like "Bumble Bee"... but that would be dumb, so I'm not going to do it.
Let's get started.
Or I'd name it "The Hornet". That would be ridiculous. Just skip it. Forget about the naming thing!
Moving on. Here's the shadow in question: Cinderfella:
CINDERFELLA LOOK #3
For whatever reason, I decided last night that I needed to do a black and yellow eye today. I don't look great in yellow, but since it sounded like a good idea as I was falling asleep... I guess I just accepted it as "a challenge" when I woke up. :)
I prepped the eye with this pencil thingy I have from Shu Uemura. It's creamy-style shadows in a pencil, and there were three stacked together like shown to the right. ---->
I used the yellow one all over the lid and through the crease to halfway to the brow. I used the white pencil above that, all of the way up to the brow. The yellow also was drawn around the tear duct area and a bit under the lower lashline. I smudged with my finger to get it nice and smooth - it's an excellent base!
MAC's Chrome Yellow shadow is matte, and thus a little hard to use. A flat brush picks the color up great, and pressing onto the eye is the best technique to get the color to adhere well (evenly, smoothly). I applied Chrome Yellow to the entire lid and through and above the crease a bit - over the yellow base.
Rose Blanc, by MAC, went from just above the crease to slightly under the brow, on top of the base and Chrome Yellow. I used a fluffy brush to blend.
I took a flat brush (dry) and pressed Cinderfella over the lid. The result allowed the yellow to show through, giving a neat transparent look to the Cinderfella. Nifty!
MAC's Carbon went into the crease and extreme outer corner of the lid and was also pulled down under the lower lashline. MAC's Rite of Spring was applied over the top of the yellow and up under the brow as a highlight. This was blended well, so it was as seamless as possible.
Diorshow mascara topped it off.
The rest of the look:
Face: Armani LSF
with Beauty Blender sponge that I wet with MAC's Fix +.
Cheeks: Nothing with a touch of nada
Lips: MAC Pas a Deux Lipglass topped with MAC's Vie de Veneto Dazzleglass
Brows: MAC's Auburn Brow Shader (discontinued because MAC hates me)
Rose Blanc - soft, pale butter yellow frost
Chrome Yellow - bang-on intense yellow matte
Carbon - black matte
Rite of Spring - the best shadow EVER! Palest yellow with a pink duochrome
Wait! I know! I could always come up with a name that brought to mind The Steelers, but I'm not really a fan... ARGH! This naming thing is driving me nuts.