Tutorial ~ Mermaid Makeup

Mermaid makeup is a fun style to try. You can really go overboard with the whole sea theme. You know, pearls, shells, etc.

Here's the look we're aiming for:

You will need:

Black, Bright Turquoise, Medium Turquoise, Pale Turquoise and White Eyeliner

Black, White and Medium Turquoise Eyepencil

Dark Turquoise, Light Brown, White, Pale Turquoise and Black Eyeshadow

Any Luxe eyeshadow

Nude and Turquoise Lipstick

Luxe Lipgloss

Brown and Turquoise Blush

Start off with the eyeliner: The black out to a little wing and underneath the eye up to the iris. Continue on on the bright turquoise, then medium turquoise, and then pale turquoise. Finish with white on the inside corners of the eyes.

Apply the black eyepencil starting from your wing of eyeliner and across the top of the eye to the centre. Use the white to make a "v" around the inside corners of the eye. Apply the turquoise eyepencil under the turquoise eyeliner

Don't forget to shade the eyebrows in black. You can change this in the "Face" section of your Beauty Parlour, or with an eyebrow pencil.

Add a bit of light brown eyeshadow to contour the nose. Apply a couple of layers of the dark turquoise eyeshadow as shown in the picture.

Highlight under the brow bone with white eyeshadow, and blend in between the turquoise  and brown with a pale turquoise or pale green.

Blend the black eyepencil and the turquoise eyeshadow with a few smoky layers of black eyeshadow.

Handy Hint: Put a blob of Luxe eyeshadow of any colour anywhere on the eye. Then click the "Back" button to remove it. The Luxe eyeshadow goes, but the sparkles stay! This is really handy when you want sparkles, but don't have the right colour Luxe.

Cover the lips in nude lipstick.

Apply turquoise lipstick as shown in the picture.

Put Luxe lipgloss over the turquoise lipstick.

Apply brown blush under the cheekbones. Also use some turquoise blush under the eyes as shown. Make sure you don't cover the white highlight on the cheeks though. Otherwise the cheeks will look flat.

And there you go! Just choose a hairstyle, put a couple of pairs of eyelashes on, and put on some sea themed accessories.

Susanna x

Creepy Doll

Here's some inspiration for a makeup style that I think is great for Halloween or fancy dress. Here it is!

Some close ups without accessories so you can see how I did it:

Why not try it, or make up your own Creepy Doll makeup designs? Send them in so they can be published here.

Susanna x

Fake Injuries with Makeup

This is great fun to try when you're bored ~ using makeup to replicate injuries. I tried out two: a black eye and a scar. What do you think?

Pretty cool, huh?

Why not try them out, or make up your own injuries. Send them in, and they could be posted here on the blog.

Susanna x

Colours to Suit your Eye Colour

Certain colours go better with certain eye colours than others, and here's a helpful guide to colours that suit you, and which ones to avoid!

Green Eyes

Good eye shadow colours: 

Forest green, light green, chartreuse (lime green), turquoise, purple, taupe (beige), apricot, chocolate, gold, copper.

Colours to avoid: 

Blue, Silver, certain shades of pink.

Brown Eyes

Good eye shadow colours: 

Blue, navy blue, dark brown, blue grey, plum, gold, vanilla, purple violet and nutmeg.

Colours to avoid:

Black, as it tends to be too dark. Deep browns, plums and charcoals are good alternatives.

Blue Eyes

Good eye shadow colours:

Grey, taupe, camel, browns, charcoal, black, pink, fuschia, copper, lilac, violet, silver and gold.

Colours to avoid:

Blue.

Hazel Eyes

Most colours go great with your eyes, seeing as your eyes are kind of a mish- mosh of blue, brown and green. If you want to be more specific, check to see whether your eyes are mostly blue, brown or green, and then use that as your main colour.






Grey Eyes


Lucky you! You can wear absolutely anything.








Susanna x

Complimentary Colours

Here's a little lesson on complimentary colours!

Complimentary colours are basically colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. There are 3 main pairs:

Purple and Yellow

Orange and Blue
Red and Green

When you're stuck for ideas for your medoll, you really can't go wrong with  complimentary colours. They look really dramatic, and really make your eyes stand out.

Here are some examples of complimentary colours using eye makeup:

Purple and Yellow

Orange and Blue

   

            

Red and Green

  

Susanna x