October has been a great month for book releases. In anticipation of Ashley Poston’s Among the Beasts and Briars, I did a makeup look inspired by the cover.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab comes out this week, and I can’t wait. I wanted to celebrate by doing a makeup look inspired by the beautiful cover.
I started by doing my foundation and concealer before doing my eyebrows.
I applied eye shadow primer and grabbed an eye shadow palette I love that includes the right shade of gold.
I started by applying the gold shade all over my eyelid, and then I added some brown into the crease.
Then I added brown eyeliner to my waterline and a black wing to my lid.
I did a thin line of glitter primer right above my eyeliner and added gold glitter.
Then I added mascara to finish the eye look.
I contoured my cheeks and added some gold highlighter to make me look unforgettable. Heh see what I did there?
Then I drew the constellation from the cover using eyeliner. The eyeliner I used had a star stamp on the other end which was helpful, but you could also draw in the stars yourself.
I added dark lipstick. Mine is a dark purple-y brown, but any dark shade will do.
Finally to complete the look, I added gold lipstick on top.
With how long I’ve been stuck inside, I’m beginning to feel like Rapunzel at the beginning of Tangled. In fact, I’ve 100% gone around my house singing “When Will My Life Begin”. While I was doing that I couldn’t help but think this would be the perfect time to do a Rapunzel inspired makeup look. I’m in the process of moving during all of this and don’t have access to all my makeup, so I did the best I could with what I have.
Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.
Kylo Ren
Background
Although the relationship between the First Order and the Empire isn’t made very clear, the two together seem to represent the cyclical nature of evil in the Star Wars universe. Although both these organizations have prominently placed Force users, they rely almost entirely on numbers and weaponry for their strength, showing them to be alienated from the natural and spiritual worlds.
The greatest teacher, failure is.
Yoda
Background
Back in A New Hope, Obi Wan Kenobi introduces the world to the Jedi Knights as guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. But as the series goes on, the truth becomes more complex. Hubris and failure are also integral to the order’s history. The Jedi that we meet across the three trilogies often struggle to live up to their own values of non-violence, truth, and stoicism. Characters often have to figure out what being a Jedi means to them and how they will move forward with this legacy.
I tend to go slightly overboard when it comes to movie premieres. If I’m not in full cosplay, I definitely geek bound to the max and make sure my makeup is inspired by the movie I’m going to see. Obviously, I was going to go all out for The Rise of Skywalker. I knew I was wearing my Galactic Commander dress from Elhoffer Designs, but what was I going to do with my makeup? Clearly, the answer was R2D2 inspired makeup. I love all the Star Wars droids (I relate to D-O so hard), but R2 is always going to be my favourite.
For quite some time now, Espionage Cosmetics has been killing the nail wrap game (check out Jordan’s thoughts on them). But last year, they released two palettes for the nerd in all of us: the Colovaria palette, and the RPG palette. Both feature some powerful pops of color. But, being the Harry Potter Fangirl that I am, I opted for Colovaria.