The Makeup Box

The Purple “V-liner” Look: Simple Work/School-friendly Makeup (Wearable for Girls with Glasses!)

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When you wear glasses, it tends to hide most of your eye makeup but the bonus is that you get to wear stronger colors than most people do.

This is a fun and straightforward liner look that works for most eye shapes, because it extends into the socket-line. It’s not going to look like too much straight-on if you wear glasses but from the side and every time you blink, there’s a surprising stroke of color that will show up.

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Popster: Fuchsia Lips with Warm, Romantic Neutral Eye (Good for Mono-Lids and Smaller Eyes

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I call this look the “popster” because it’s SUCH a popular look among celebs and popstars both in the West and in the East. (P.S. this is actually slightly similar to another tutorial I have lined up recreating Jade Thirwell’s makeup in DNA, but that look is slightly more complex and a LITTLE more dramatic.)

A warm, glamorous bombshell-esque eye focusing on winged liner and sometimes false lashes, paired with electric fuchsia-pink lips.

This is a look that’s especially good if you want to “enlarge” your eyes a little, because the lashes, the shadow AND the liner all create the illusion of bigger eyes.

You will need:

• A brown cream shadow (I used Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in #14; you can use a regular powder shadow if you want)
• A soft bronze-beige shadow (I used The Body Shop’s single shadow in #41; just look for something a little deeper than a beige)
• A pale yellow matte pencil (NYX Yellow would work)
• A black gel liner (or liquid liner if you want; I used Maybelline’s black gel liner)
• Black mascara
• False lashes (I prefer soft fluttery, natural-looking ones like Ardell 122s for this sort of look because they are longest at the center, not the outer corners. You want to retain that very rounded, doll-like eye shape.)

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Camo and Color: Simple Khaki Neutral Eyes with Fuchsia Lips

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I wanted to do a strong lip look, but instead of the usual neutrals on the lids, I thought it might be nice to do a little subtle color.

Works great for:

• Most eye shapes, including hooded and mono-lids
• All skin tones
• All eye colors, but especially hazel or green eyes

You will need (if you can’t get hold of the Sephora Jungle Chic palette):

• A dark brown gel liner or cream shadow (I used Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Liner in 02 Brown)
• A medium olive/khaki green with a shimmery finish
• A deep steel-grey or charcoal; this shade can be slightly blue or green based as long as it’s quite dark and smoky
• A medium matte beige
• A bright pink blush (I used MAC Peony Petal)
• A fuchsia lip pencil (like NYX Fuchsia)
• A fuchsia lipstick (like Revlon Colorburst in Fuchsia, NYX’s Addis Ababa, or MAC Girl About Town)

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The Neo-Bombshell Giveaway (300,000 Follower Makeup Giveaway Part 2)

Leave red to the other girls.

Fuchsia is where it’s at!

When I was thinking of what a gorgeous, glamorous girl would wear, I immediately thought of a classic “bombshell” with strong lips and neutral, defined eyes. But red is everywhere, and there’s nothing like a deep, rich shade of fuchsia to make you stand out from the crowd (without losing an iota of posh either).

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[CLOSED] Calling All Malibu Barbies! (300,000 Follower Makeup Giveaway Part 1 of 3)

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I’m delighted to announce that the 2^nd part of the 300,000 Follower giveaway includes not one, not two… but THREE themed sets of Lime Crime makeup products! Each themed set contains completely different products and will create different looks. 

I’d also like to thank the amazing team (and shout out to Cassie) for the incredible generosity and actually letting me put together sets of items for the giveaway.

Without further ado, here’s the first themed set…

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The Malibu Barbie kit!

So what if you don’t have platinum blonde locks, a wasp waste and a caramel-colored tan? You can still channel a little Barbie-style. The Malibu Barbie kit includes the following 3 items:

Reason Uniliner: I picked Reason because unlike most silver liners, it is actually made up of very fine little silver flecks so you have the option of both wearing it in a concentrated line or sheering it out like a sparkly cream/liquid shadow. (Tutorial here.) Perfect foil for bright pink lips when you want to go over the top!

Great Pink Planet (link to demo for lipstick and powder-pigment heart below): I’ve used and repurchased this baby-pink lipstick multiple times. It is like an ever-so-slightly warmer version of MAC’s Saint Germain (some people consider it an exact dupe, but while it looks very close once on the lips, Saint Germain is a touch more cool-toned). Goes on creamy and sets to more of a satin finish. Pale lipsticks can accentuate flakes and cracks though, so make sure your lips are well-conditioned.  

Countessa Fluorescent (below): Highlighter pink. If you know what MAC’s Candy Yum Yum or Barry M Shocking Pink looks like, this is similarly bright but more of a straight neon pink instead of magenta. Absolutely, ridiculously fun, this is another of those traffic-stopping pinks that no self-respecting Barbie would be without! (Does leave a pink stain on the lips after wearing, due to the pigments used.)

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To Enter:

• You must be a follower of The Makeup Box
• You must reblog or reply to this post, and tell or show us HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE COLOR PINK! (If you have an original photo of yourself wearing, doing, eating, or holding something pink, all the better!*)
• You must reply by 25 Feb 2013 (Mon), 10a.m. GMT+8

*Please do not take others’ content/photos/images and try to pass them off as your own for the contest submission. I’m looking for honesty and fun, not perfection! Plagiarized and racially/sexually offensive content will  be disqualified.

If you don’t have a Tumblr account but would like to submit an image or a link to a post on your own site/blog, simply copy the link  in the Disqus box for this contest page, rather than post a separate submission to me! Please ensure you use Disqus with an active email because if I can’t contact you, I can’t send any prize to you!