Bedroom Eyes

Here's the other look from The Stripper's Guide to Looking Great Naked. This one is on page 37 entitled: Bedroom Eyes. Again, here is the list of products you will need and the instructions straight from the book.

Bedroom Eyes:

*Fat black eye pencil ( I used Benefit's Bad gal eyeliner)

*Frosty white powder shadow (MAC's Crystal Avalanche

*Small angled brush (MAC 316, not angled)

*Dark-Purple eyeshadow (Dark quad from ELF palette Silver Lining)

*Black eyeshadow (MAC's Carbon)

*Lengthening mascara (Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara)

*False eyelashes (Didn't use)

*Black mascara (Didn't use another mascara)

*White iridescent eyeshadow (Sephora eyeshadow in Aspen Summit)

1. Line inner rims with black eye pencil; smear into lash line.

2. Brush frosty white powder shadow over entire eyelid and blend. (I used the MAC brush, I forgot the number)

3. Using a small angled brush, edge bottom lashes with dark-purple shadow.

4. Repeat this step, using black eyeshadow.

5. Use lengthening mascara on lashes. For an extra-dramatic look, try false eyelashes.

6. After lashes have been lengthened, slowly sweep black mascara up lashes. for bestt results, you should feel your brush on the very edge of your lash line.

7. Finish look with white iridescent eyeshadow at the corner of each eye. You can also dust a little along the top of the cheek-to find this area, just give a sly smile. (I didn't do this part)

Here is the final look: It looked a lot more dramatic in person. This looks like a day time wearable look in the pictures but in real life I definitely would keep this a night time "going out" look.

The Stripper's Guide To Looking Great Naked + Makeup Review

I was recently cleaning out my bookshelf and I found this book. I bought it a couple of years ago and thought it was really cute. Authored by Jennifer Axen & Leigh Phillips, The Stripper's Guide To Looking Great Naked is all about ways to help you look and feel better when naked. The authors interviewed lots of strippers to find out there secrets for looking good and hiding flaws. There are some makeup tips and tricks in this book and I thought I'd try a few of them out. The first one I'm doing is on page 38 titled Charmaine's Champagne Cheeks. Here are the items you need and the instructions paraphrased from the book. (When I re-created the look I changed a few things which I will note below.) Enjoy.

(Picture of book courtesy of Amazon.com)

Charmaine's Champagne Cheeks:

*Pink liquid blush (I used Maybelline Dream matte mousse blush in Pink Frosting)

*Brush blush (Can't remember what the brand name of the brush is. I also used a stippling brush)

*Powder bronzer (I can't remember exactly what bronzer this is because the label fell off, but I do know i)t's by Physicians Formula

*Iridescent shimmer powder (Maybelline Loose Shimmer Powder)

*Moisturizer (Target moisturizing lotion, dupe of Cetaphil lotion)

1. On the apple of your cheek make 3 small dots of pink liquid blush in a little triangle, blend around cheek and up toward brow bone. (This is where I used the stippling brush.)

2. Suck in cheeks and use blush brush to dust bronzer along bottom edge of cheekbone.

3. Using iridescent shimmer powder, make a half-moon shape from the top of your cheek to the bottom of your eyebrow and blend toward hairline.

4. Blot gently with moisturizer

Then your done. Here's a pic of me with the look. I think its cute, but better left for a night time look.