Makeup 365 Days 53 and 54 - Revisiting B&W and some ugly stencils

I seriously completed day 53 last night, I just got a little side track playing with the ladies over at Stana Talk Radio. Yea, yea. I know. We just got caught up talking about Monday's stellar episode of Castle and, hey, don't act like you aren't a fan of something. I'll refrain from sticking my tongue out like a 6 year old.

Anywho, I found a gorgeous black and white photo on tumblr (my God, I have one of those ...) and just had to replicate it. So, here is Day 53.

The project:


I plum forgot to take a picture of the makeup, but I will tell you what I used: Smashbox Photo Finish Primer, MAC Studio Tech NC15, Kryolon concealer palette, Hot Pot gel eyeliner by Pop Candy, MAC False Lashes, falsies, Kat Von D by Sephora lipcolor in hellcat.

My results:




I rather enjoyed this one and I actually like my pictures. Shock.

Day 54:

Yea, I had no project tonight. I had an idea for something really awesome ... and it resulted in something totally gross. Now, before you sit there and say 'then why show us? Why not have a do-over?' let me tell you why. Because, frankly, you see me at what I deem 'acceptable' and occasionally think 'hey, that one could actually be pretty'. Why would I not show you myself at my ugliest? Now, granted I am not a zombie, I'm not scarred and I'm not sporting bruising. To me those things are cool and if I do them well then they're 'acceptable'. They are not me at my ugliest. This project is me at my ugliest. It's sloppy, stupidly placed, randomly colored and all sorts of 'no'. So here we go.

The makeup:

(Pictured: my staple primers, MAC Studio Tech NC15, MAC False Lashes, Hot Pot gel eyeliner by Pop Candy, Original88 Palette from CoastlaScents.com, Kat Von D by Sephora lipcolor in Hellcat, damask fabric I had laying around)

My horrific results:




I look like a Reaver with the damask over the mouth. I had planned on doing strong black eyes, strong red lips and have the damask almost be a veil over the whole face like a wallpaper. That changed somewhere. *shudder* Me at my worst, folks. Pray I never screw a job up like this.