Red Eyes

Red Eyes

Red Eyes full face

This is inspired by one of the three very wearable Halloween looks from last Friday’s Evening Standard Magazine.  I have always wondered if I could ever wear red eyeshadow and now I’m hooked!

I started by moisturising my lips with Nivea Lip Butter in Vanilla and Macadamia.

I then applied Bobbi Brown corrector in dark peach on my chin as it is much darker than the rest of my face (as is my forehead but I forgot to colour correct it!) using my No7 foundation brush.  Using the same brush I applied Bobbi Brown Natural Finish Long Lasting Foundation SPF15 foundation in Golden 6 all over my face. I used my EcoTools powder brush to set the foundation with Bobbi Brown Illuminating Finish Powder Compact Foundation SPF 12 in Honey 5.

Using my Bobbi Brown Cream Blending concealer brush I applied Bobbi Brown corrector in dark bisque under my eyes and on my eyelids and followed this with Bobbi Brown concealer in Golden.  I set the concealer with Bobbi Brown loose powder in pale yellow using my Ruby & Millie travel sized blusher brush.

To contour my cheeks I used Bare Minerals Warmth to add depth, using with my travel sized Clinique blusher brush and I highlighted using the lighter tones in my Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact in Nectar, using my Models Own (travel sized) powder brush.

Using MAC brush 239, I applied a line of the red colour in the Sleek Chaos 577 eyeshadow palette underneath my lower lash line. I gradually built up the colour until I was happy with the intensity. I then blended it using MAC brush 219.  Along the top of my lash line I used my Models Own blending brush to line my upper lids with the brown-taupe colour from the Sleek Bohemian 604 eyeshadow palette and softened the line by blending with the same brush.  To finish my eyes I applied two coats of Maybelline the Falsies Volum’ Express Mascara Flared in black to my top lashes and one coat to my bottom lashes.

For my eyebrows, I applied Vaseline with fingers to shape my brows then using my firm, short bristled angled brush I defined my eyebrows with Bobbi Brown eyeshadow in Mahogany 10.

To finish, I filled in my lips using No7 Perfect Lips Pencil in Nude 20.

Happy Halloween!

Red Eyes full face

Red Eyes

Red Eyes full face kit

Unfortunately the following are no longer available:

• Anything by Ruby & Millie – it has been discontinued.
• No7 Perfect Lips Pencil is now called No7 Precision Lips Pencil.
• Sleek eyeshadow palettes in Chaos and Bohemian as they were limited edition.  The other Sleek eyeshadow palettes have similar colours.
• Bobbi Brown Natural Finish Long Last Foundation SPF 15 in Golden 6 – I believe this has been replaced with Long-Wear Even Finish Foundation SPF 15.