( above: idda Van Munster by Angelica Photography
When it come to an authentic vintage eye shadow. Always keep with a neutral palette with matte finishes. Although you can play around with blues, greens, smokey khols and pastel hues, perfecting the 'fault-less' naturals and nudes you cannot go wrong. Heres some inspiration:
Make up artist and blogger Mynxii White caught up with Dita von Teese at the Obliphica International beauty show NY last month, Mynxii asked Dita,
Mynxii: You are such a strong style and beauty icon. What PERSONAL beauty advice can you give to your fans?
Dita: My best advice is practice makes perfect. You cannot expect to become great by just trying a new hair style a few times. You have to really practice at everything. Some of the greatest hair dressers and makeup people I know didn't even go to school. They are self taught, and that goes a long way. It shows that you can learn how to do it yourself too with a little patience and time.
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re-creating and perfecting vintage make up is an art and as Miss Von Teese says 'practice makes perfect'. Dita does her own make up for her shows, public appreances and most of her editorial work. because she has mastered her look down to an art for years. Of course the cosmetics are essential tools to create this look.
Of course girlies thats the best part. Make up shopping! yey! Whichever your budget you can create the beautifully smooth vintage eye. Where to start. NUDE shadow pallettes! Along with you liquid liners and red lipstick. A pallette loaded with nudes, peches , browns and neutrals is a must weapon of choice for your make up bag.
I love Urban Decay's 'Naked' Pallette. Its a perfect collection of natural browns, golds, peaches, nudes and silver. They also give you several options of both matte finishes, velvet sheens and shimmers.
They have two large Pallettes (NAKED and NAKED 2) and Naked 'Basics'.
I have the first edition in the brown velvetine casing. I adore this so much. Its been well over a year since I purchased it and its still going strong. Its been Urban Decays bestseller and has since its release three years ago been selling like HOT CAKES! This first edition palette is based on warmer tones of yellow golds and rusty browns (comes with a mini postion primer).
I personally prefer the second edition 'NAKED 2'. its more based around cooler tones. The second edition comes in a gorgeous metal case (comes with travel size Lip-Junkie lipgloss in Naked) with more silvers and minks, nudes, ballerina pinks, peaches and pearlescent ivorys. Because im uber pale this works better for me. NOTE: Both pallettes come with a stunning 'Good Karma' shadow brush.
The original NAKED palette is more suitable for girls with olive or darker skin. As for 'Naked 2', this would be better suited for the fairer skinned girl with cool tones. However, both pallettes are amazing investments, and you really cant go wrong with either.
Its really all down to preference if you like your golds, or your cooler pinks. Whats so amazing about these two pallette's is that you can create and perfect graduated/layered vintage eye looks for both day and night. You have your array of matte shadows in pale ivorys and flesh colours, with pinks or peaches to smudge into your crease and socket. Mink and rusty browns or silvers and khols for a more exagerated sultry hooded eye. Theres a combination of shimmers too for a more youthful pretty impression you have mixes of pale pinks, peaches and ivorys with irridescent glimmers.
Urban Decay also recently released 'NAKED basics'. So if you want a more compact and 'to the point' pallette. Its cheaper and half the size, but has the focal shades for building the definition for the vintage eye. All in Matte textures. so this is the ultimate no mess everyday option. Either way any of these products are an investment cos they last for aaaaaaaaaaaaages!
For the NAKED (first edition: see in below image) my fave shades are 'Virgin' is a pale and blendable ivory flesh shade perfect as a base all over my eye lid, socket and brow bone. 'Sin' although a shimmer is a gorgoeus satin shimmer. Its a pale peachy shade thats a perfect first shade to use on the crease and perfect for shade graduation with the darker colours. Then depending on whether i want a warm look or an ash look, 'Dinomite' is great ash brown perfect as the darkest colour to brush into the socket and blend to create definition. Also 'Hustle' is nice to use for the dark option. Its more of a rusty red brown with a satin shimmer. Its like an art really and so much fun to faff about with all these shades. you really are spoilt for choice. As Dita Von Teese says its all about 'practice for perfection'. 'Toasted' is great warm shade to blend in the outer lid/brow bone. Its a technique i like to do to create a more feline eyelid lift, just a simple triangular flash of colour and blend, creates an instant siren (Jessica Rabbit gaze) The only thing missing from the first NAKED palette is an highlighter. I feel 'virgin' is not light enough or shimmery enough to create this highlight effect for the brow bone. NAKED 2 has several highlighter options. So i may have to save my pennies.
The later in the day, the darker the shadows you go. I think you cant go wrong with just two shades of pale matte ivory mixed with a darker nude shade to define the socket and an highlighter for the brow and a slick of black eyeliner and a fringe of mascarer. I always keep my eye lid light especially towards the eyelashes. so when slicking on my liquid black eye liner, the contrast of the shiny black makes it pop. Sometimes when im in the mood, from the NAKED pallette I put a flash of 'sugar', or 'half baked' right on the centre of my eyelid. The dot of gold almost adds a flash to my eye lids when i blink. The application technique i like to start with concealer all over the eye area, or a primer 'eye shadow primer potion' by UD or boing by Benefit. Then a matte pale shadow. layer up the colours from pales to darks the darker towards the socket. blend with brushes or fingers. i use both. i think your fingers are the best for creating natural finishes, as Bobbi Brown taught me in her books. ;) and brushes for blending. My favorite Liquid eyeliner to create a perfect cat eye is Mac's 'Liquid Last'.
Alongside Urban Decay many brands have joined the line, to create the ultimate boudoir eye collections with natural hues for the perfect siren/vintage look. Kat Von D has created some gorgoeus eye shadow pallettes for her tattoo make up range, including a naked palette.
Benefit has created some gorgoeus vintage focused beauty palettes. One bestseller in particular is a contour eye shadow palette called 'Big Beautiful Eyes'. Benefit also recently lauched a 3 part collection of the ultimate "worlds Most famous Neutrals" eye shadows. The shadows are presented in your typical Benefit style book. with a mysterious siren on the front. Encased inside these books are 4 shadows and two bottled crease-less cream shadows. The books come with 'Tips N Tricks' cards with daytime or playtime looks. Ive not tried these myself, however the colours look amazing and any one of the three would be perfect to create a vintage look. The easiest nudes palette looks like my fave. check out some great reviews and swatches can be found from these sites and blogs:
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From Highstreet to High-end. Dolce and Gabbana have created the most beautiful compact eyeshadowcollections aptly named the 'Ruby Collection' special edition jewel compacts at Harrods. Of course in a perfect nautral palette of 4 shades as seen worn by Marilyn-esque Scarlette Johanson. Brands such as Tom ford, YSL, Lancome, Dior, Georgio Armani and many luxe cosmetic brands have their own nude pallettes.
1. Dolce & Gabbana 'Ruby Collection' in Femme Fatale 100 2. Illamasque: Neutral Palette 3. Tom Ford: Beauty Eye Color Quad 4. Lancome: Colour Design All in One Browns-Neutrals 5. Yves Saint Laurent: Ombres 5 lumieres in Tawny 6. Georgio Armani: Eyes To Kill Quad Eye shadows
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One of my favorite blogsteress and vintage model/make up artist is IddaVan Munster. Shes stunning and Her examples of a perfectly executed vintage make up is hands down the most inspirational and beutiful. Especially her signature cat eye eyeliner . Shes so inspirational to me: check out her blogspot: www.iddavanmunster.blogspot.com
Youtube has a wealth of make-up tutorials for eyeshadows and vintage make up techniques. There's my obvious faves like Lisa Freemont Street and Cherry dollface. Do check out PixiWoo, a make up artist duo have 100s of make up vlogs on youtube. Fom uncanny celebrity looks to costume make up efects and of course classic vintage techniques and styles.
Do check these out. See Their Elizabeth Taylor tutorial (above) They do a nice blendable eye shadow look on this one. However delve into their library of videos and subscribe. http://www.youtube.com/user/pixiwoo?feature=watch
image source(above): jessieblush.tumblr.com
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