Dark Cupid - red and black look

So, the request was recently made for a red and black look. I agonized over what direction I wanted to take this in.. go superdark and goth, make it smokey, more red than black... Finally, I decided on a smoky black with red.

This WILL be a glasses tutorial.

Assemble your products. IT cosmetics mascara, NYX Shadow base in white (Quick note here - you reall need a black base for this look, but I don't have one and desperately need base, so this had to do.)UD 24/7 in Perversion, and MSC Optimus Primer, Ruby, Winter Rose, and Stormhold Ruby.

Glasses! Brushes! Top to bottom: fluffy shadow brush, medium angled shadow brush, sharply tapered pencil brush, medium contouring brush, large contouring brush, fluffy medium shadow brush.

Put on your primer and base.  I used just a touch of base, because I really didn't want the colors of this to be changed, I just needed that little extra "stick" for these colors

Line your waterline with UD 24/7.

Pick up some Winter Rose with your medium contour brush.

Pat liberally into your duct area.

Time for some Ruby. Pick up a good amount on the angle of the brush.

Apply to 2/3's of your lid, extending above your natural crease.

With your stiff, tapered pencil brush, pick up a good amount of Stormhold Ruby.

Keep your medium shadow brush on hand.

Do the same with your large contour brush.

DRAW IN your Stormhold Ruby.  Don't worry, it's a hot mess at first.

Use your shadow brush to gently bring in the sStormhold Ruby and distribute it on to the outer 1/3rd of your lids and into the crease.

You want your end result to look like so.

Add your glasses, and you're ready for a sexy valentine's night out!

You are very wise, little Grasshopper.

Over at Madd Style Cosmetix the color of the week for the past seven days was none other than Ecto Cooler. I won't lie - this is a color I haven't had a chance to experiment with much, but whoa... lemme tell you, it's in the favorites drawer.

This look really reminds me of summer grasshoppers down here in the swamp.  They're multi-colored and beautiful.

 Products: MSC: Awesome Sauce, Acid Bath, Ecto Cooler, Witch's Brew, Silver Haze, Misfits and Moonbeams; UDPP; NYX Shadow base in White; WnW Plumping Mascara, Black kohl liner, Taupe kohl brow pencil.

Stiff concealer brush, floofy medium peaked shadow brush, large floofy domed blending brush, medium width liner brush, brow/lash tool.

Start out with a relatively opaque application of the NYX Shadow Base.

Apply Acid Bath from your inner corner to mid-lid.  Also bring it down to the first 1/3 of your lower lash line.

Now apply your Ecto Cooler to the outer half of your lid.  This color is EXTREMELY saturated, so a little dab'll do ya.

Bring your Witch's Brew across your crease, but blend in and down to avoid a cut look.

Apply Silver Haze from crease to orbital bone, very lightly.  Another one where a little dab'll do ya.

Apply your liner.  Once again, Jalackie/Accidentally Mommy has attempted winged liner.  Outline with pencil...

And fill with Misfits and Moonbeams, both in your wing and tightlined on the bottom.

I currently have a hand-held mirror, so my results with winged liner are mixed.  Today wasn't awesome, but it wasn't awful either.  

Add glasses, and voila! Liner looks awesome behind them! ;)

Stay Madd, darlings!