MOTD constructive criticism please.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

Hi guys! I'm new here so I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'd like to know what you all think of the look I did today.
Foundation: Kat Von D's lock it foundation, applied with a damp beauty blender.
Highlighter: YSL Touche Éclat under my eyes.
Highlighter: RCMA's highlight and contour palette on my forehead, down my nose, my Cupid's bow and chin.
Contour (from same pallette) down my cheeks and on the sides of my nose
I used It Cosmetics translucent powder to set all of that liquid/cream
For my eyebrows I used Tarte's pomade for brunettes.
On my eyelids I started with Mac's eyelid primer in painterly.
I chose Urban Decay's "Vice" palette. On my lids I used Alien, on my outer corners and through my crease I used Alchemy. I went over my outer corners with a bit of Vanity. I used Bobby Dazzle for my under brow highlighter and brought it down to my inner corners.
Unfortunately I had to skip eyeliner because at this point I found out I had a client on the way. So I added some Alchemy under my lower lids and finished with Dior mascara.
I brushed Nars' Orgasm (they named it!) on my cheeks and swept it up to my temples.
I used my favorite drugstore buy on my lips, it's Revlon 14 hr lipstick in Mauve. And that completes it!
Any ideas or constructive criticism?

Dec 5, 2014

Beth F.

Love this look, your skin looks amazing. Beautiful :)

Dec 5, 2014

Lauren G.

I love the look! I can't really think of anything to change, you look beautiful.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

Thank you ladies!! I was practicing for a client of mine. She's coming in to get dolled up for a hug formal event. Unfortunately she has hooded lids and she brought me pictures from Pinterest of the looks she likes and of course they're all heavily eye focused and not on hooded lids. I'm scrambling trying to figure out what I can do to make her happy. After some playing around its different techniques I think I've got it.
Again, thank you!

Dec 5, 2014

Rissa G.

Welcome to Beautylish! I love the whole look, you look great. :)

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

I noticed other girls did it so I was pretty sure it was a rule or something.
Thank you Renay and Sandra you're welcome!  Hahaha

Dec 5, 2014

Ivette H.

Very pretty, your skin is flawless :)

Dec 5, 2014

Alma M.

I really like the look all around great job Kathryn and welcome to Beautylish. Thank you for content and posting in the correct category much appreciated.:-)

Dec 5, 2014

Traci L.

looks beautiful hun

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

Alma I posted once in the Makeup Artist category and didn't get any responses. I'm using an iPhone so I'm just sorta hoping I get everything right. Thank you for the welcome!

Dec 5, 2014

Jenny A.

How did you get on with the hooded lid lady? I have hooded lids myself. It took me forever to learn how to apply shadow effectively and to manage my expectations for what I can actually wear.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

She's coming in on Sunday for a trial run on Sunday. I'll attach a pic of what she wants. Just imagine trying to do that on a hooded eye. Hopefully I can whip out some serious artistic skill!

Dec 5, 2014

Monica K.

What you did is gorgeous!??

Dec 5, 2014

Roz X.

Gorgeous. Just lovely. The eyes are very sultry, yet subtle.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

Oh no wait!! That picture two comments above wasn't done by me! I was just showing yall the pic she brought in of what she wants done. I soooo didn't do that one.
I DID do the pic towards the top of this thread. I'm so sorry yall! I didn't mean to cause any confusion!

Dec 5, 2014

Jenny A.

This might work though, because it has makeup all over the brow bone. With a hooded eye the main problem is not being able to see the lid but here you can just make a crease with all this color on the brow bone. The hard thing will be getting any color on the lid to pop.

Dec 5, 2014

Jenny A.

Wayne Goss has a great tutorial on hooded smokey eye. Very similar to this actually.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

I love Wayne Goss! I'm going to look that up. Thank you for the tip!

Dec 5, 2014

Jenny A.

Wayne is the best. I'm a bit of a fangirl, I'm afraid. But his brushline led me to beautylish, so that's good.

Dec 5, 2014

Alma M.

Kathryn you'll be able to achieve that look on her there is a way to do it :-) I have hooded eyes and do that look often on others as well but if she actually does not have a lid you simply explain options with her like a Smokey eye which you could use the same color scheme into it.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

I would post a pic of her but I wouldn't feel right about it. But yeah, there is no lid visible whatsoever. I've gotten a lot of great info on here (the members are so great!) so I'm feeling a lot more confident that I can work with what she wants. 😊
Also, Alma can you tell me what the forum called "makeup artist" is for? Like I mentioned, when I posted on there I didn't see any other posts and didn't get any responses. Just a newbie trying to figure out the site!

Dec 5, 2014

Alma M.

Sure that category is actually for pros in the beauty field and you could share or have a conversation about your field but sometimes that section gets over looked since so many just reply on the other categories.So you say she has no visible lid? I would go with a Smokey Eye, I actually came across the same thing a few weeks ago she had asked for a gradient look and what I asked her was if she mind that I do the look she requested and compare it to the look I thought would look great on her(Smokey eye) she said yes and in the end she preferred the Smokey eye :-) I also used the colors she picked for the gradient and transferred it to the Smokey.

Dec 5, 2014

Kathryn R.

That's an excellent idea. I'm going to call her in for a trial run so we can hopefully get on the same page. You all give some great advice.