#BareFacedorBold Challenge - Bold Look #2

It's back to the Bold looks today!
Perhaps by doing a bit of a dis-service to the upcoming Bold #3, Bold #2 is my favourite of 'bold' looks I'll be doing for Westfield's #BareFacedorBold campaign this week. It might be partly because Halloween is coming up, or because I just love going all out and playing with colours sometimes - even if the postwoman was the only other person to see it in person!

Bold #2

This looks centre around the beauty of mixing two eyeshadows, and for this I've used MAC's Aquadisiac and Fig 1. Aquadisiac is quite a typical aqua shade with a slight sheen and shimmer. It has a strong silver sheen running through it that makes it quite difficult to use on its own. Fig 1, on the other hand is a matte medium purple which leans a bit pink.

So the first thing I did was to apply a wash of Aquadisiac with my MAC 224, and go over that directly with another wash of Fig 1. This creates the most gorgeous, dark cobalt blue base.

Afterwards, I loaded a flat eyeshadow brush like a madman with Fig 1, and lined my eyes. This is why the look looks quite purple when my eyes are open. I finished off by blending the cobalt blue with another wash of Aquadisiac. Because of its silver sheen, this works wonders to make that really mysterious glow.

To add a bit more drama, I lined the bottom lashline with Fig 1 on the outer corner, and a little bit of Aquadisiac in the inner corner - again, to make use of its sheen.

For my liner, I wanted something a bit smudgy so I went with a winged liner created with a pencil liner. It compliments the soft edges of the look (a gel eyeliner I think would've been to harsh), but still adds to the drama. I also tightlined and waterlined, which defined my eyes further and even went as far as mascara-ing my bottom lashes (which I never do!).
My cheeks were kept pretty subtle when it came to colour. I contoured the hell out of my cheeks with MAC's Mineralise Skinfinish in Comfort, and gave myself a bronzey highlight using Dior's Amber Diamond. The lips were also toned down to a nude, so as to not steal the attention from the eyes.


Remember to check out the rest of the looks by clicking on the photos!

Yu