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May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge: Day 29 – Face of the day

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Today’s face is neutral – just a brownish shimmery eyeshadow, a bit of blusher, mascara and lip balm.

So instead I have an EOTD from a couple of weeks ago. I originally intended to go to a pub but ended up staying at home with a friend.

 

I used a real mix of products: Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Retrograde (purple), one of my many purple eyeshdows on top and blended up into the crease, and the silver from the Sleek Sparkle palette on the other half of my eyelids, with Bourjois Suivez Mon Regard in ‘Regard étoile d’argent’ (loose silver glitter) patted on top. I finished the look with Bourjois Liner Pinceau in Black à la the Rookie tutorial.

May 31 Day Fashion Blogger Challenge: Day 27 – Inspired by your style icon

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I don’t really have a style icon now. I’ve gone through several in the past. It all began, like Hannah, with Amy Lee, when I was 16:

How much did I want long black hair and blue eyes? The answer is: A lot. I was so obsessed I had a whole folder of pictures of her outfits and used to have a shopping list that I would update every time I found a new picture of her. I tried many a time to copy the make-up from the ‘Going Under’ video:

I recommend the below tutorial, if you want to try it. Obviously this tutorial was not about in 2003, I discovered it a year or so ago! Thank you YouTube sidebar.

When I was 18/19 I discovered Emilie Autumn, which led to an obsession with stripes – grey and black are my favourite. I also got into fashion blogging and started to be inspired by Gala Darling‘s love of colour. I also obsessed over hats with Ashe, drooled over Viona’s photography, and admired Zoetica Ebb’s wardrobe and ability to put together an outfit. But I didn’t try to copy any one person’s style. I never really did. Even when I was an Amy Lee devotee, I was too shy/low on funds to do more than try to grow my hair, experiment a bit with make-up, and wear longer skirts. But once I started exploring all the gorgeous images and blogs that were starting to appear, I was inspired by too much to even want to hitch my apple wagon to only one star.

More recently I discovered the wondrous world of make-up blogging and started learning how to apply eyeshadow properly (hint: it involves brushes) – the bloggers whose make-up looks I copy the most are Zoffe and Lily, but I have tutorials and EOTDs saved from many more.