Make-Up Monday: How to wear Red Eye Shadow

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A huge trend on Runways and in magazines for the spring collections this year was bold red eye shadow... which is a look most people don't think they can pull off.

Make-up is 50% skill and 50% attitude as I always say.  Have confidence in yourself and you can do anything... and that applies to make-up just as much as it applies to anything else.

The first step to rocking red eye shadow is picking shades of red that works with your skin tone.  People who are fair skinned with cool complexions (like me) should stick to an orange/browny-red.  If you use a pinky-red, this is just going to pick up the red in your skin.  The brighter the red, especially the pinky-reds, the more red the rest of your skin will look.  Try something like Simga's Reveal Eye shadow.  If you have a very dark skin tone, then feel free to find the brightest red out there.  I like Inglot's AMC 501 on darker skin.  For Olive toned, or people with golden/yellow under tones, try Barry M's Dazzle Dust in Cherry Red 84.

The important thing to remember, especially for those who have a lot of red on their skin naturally is to do a really good job with your concealer.  It will make the overall look much cleaner.

With reds, I prefer to work with a loose powder, to have more control over the amount of pigment going on the eye.

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If you're using a loose powder, I recommend using a concealer brush, that has rather stiff (but not hard) bristles and a rounded tip, like the one pictured.

For close set eyes, I would recommend using the a darker red on the outer corners (or a rust color for pale skinned folks) and a light color, like pink (darker or golden skin tones) or orange on the inside.  Remember if you have close set or small eyes, a dark color all the way across the lid is just going to make them look smaller.

For deep set eyes, I would concentrate the majority of the red pigment in the crease and just above it, with lighter colors on the lid.

For hooded eyes or protruding eyes, a matte shade is best, though I wouldn't recommend this look for either one, as it can make you look a bit Sci-Fi monsterish.  If you are really set on wearing red eye shadow, test it out at home first to see how it looks and how it holds up.

Remember, as with any bright color, a little can go a long way.

I always recommend reading my tips and tricks page before trying any new looks.

Aching for more make up?  Check out my Make-up Only blog, "The Daily Look"

Bloggettes: Jon Snow - Bastard of Winterfell, Rick Moranis, and Dance Moms

Dance Moms is one of those shows I wouldn't readily admit to watching last season.  Its the same sort of sensationalized made-for-television-drama that I've picked on the Kardashians about mercilessly.

However, I got sucked into it last season when I had a cold and there was literally nothing else on TV.

The Show is Bat Crap Crazy.  Kathy is the biggest Guano Bowl.

I mean, I thought Abby Lee was crazy at first... but when we get into the second season, Kathy shows her true colors and she will stop at nothing... to come in 8th place when Abby is coming in first.

Underhanded tactics like putting girls in the wrong age category, using her own daughter as a human prop to be able to enter lower age categories (basically, the actual dancers were much older and thus more experienced, but in order to compete against Abby Lee in a lower age category, she put her daughter in the group dance... sitting there or standing there, like a prop), trying to steal clients, and basically just being a nasty little witch.... Kathy is fucking nuts.

Whatever happened to Rick Moranis?  The last thing I remember seeing him in was the Flintstones.

I've mentioned in the past how much I've really been enjoying A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.  I've read the first four books (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows) and started A Dance With Dragons about two weeks ago.

If you are interested in the show, or books, but haven't finished the series (as it stands), you may not want to read below this line, because I'm about to talk about some shit.  And by that, I mean there will be spoilers.

I'm not kidding.

If I were Jon Snow, and I was bastard born, and my whole life, people had looked down on me because I was a bastard, the wall might seem like a good idea to me.

However, if a King came along and said "Yo, Jon, here's the dealie... you marry this HOT chick, I legitimize your Bastardy and make your claim to your father's heir legit, you get Winterfell, the title, the money, AND you get to leave this fucking cold ass wall,"  I might have to take him up on that.

I mean, yes, Jon took a vow, and he seems to be blighted by the same intense system of honor that his father was, but I almost think that in this particular situation, almost anyone would have understood if he had taken Stannis's offer.  So what does he do?

He fucking stays on the wall.  What the fuck Jon?  Your men are going to kill you, and if they don't, The Others will.

Also, I want a dire wolf.

I Get Tired Just Reading the Wikipedia Pages for Extremely Accomplished People

Although I am a music lover, I am woefully ignorant of how music works.

I mean, I took basic piano lessons.  I can play  "Adam's Song" by Blink-182, The Forest Gump Theme, Mary Had a Little Lamb and The Imperial March, and somewhere in my house is the Sheet Music to a dozen Avril Lavigne Songs that I could plink my way awkwardly through, but I never was able to really get my right hand and my left hand to play independently from one another.   I fooled around with the guitar for years and for a while, I was half way decent (though, admittedly, I greatly exaggerated my skills to friends), but like anything else, if you don't practice it fades away.

I sang in the choir.  I can *sort* of read music.  Can I pick a "A" note out of thin air?  Nope.  Do I know the difference between flats and sharps?  Not really.  I can follow along by ear, I suppose.

What does all that have to do with the title of my post?

I'm glad you asked, dear Reader.  I'm glad you asked.

Despite my ignorance of the fine tunings of music (see what I did there?), I still love it.  I listen to music constantly.  I am that douche bag playing music on their phone.

In fact, one of the things I do to pass the many hours at work that go by without a phone call is look at furniture that I can't afford and fantasizing about where I'd put it in our apartment while listening to instrumental movie sound tracks.  Some of my favorites include Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Superman: The Movie and yes, Star Wars.  You may have noticed that those four films were all composed by the amazing John Williams.

John Williams is undoubtedly the creator of some of the most memorable pieces of music written in the last 50 years.  His ridiculous amount of talent aside, Williams is one of the busiest men in the music industry.  Nominated (beaten only by Walt Fucking Disney)  for nearly 50 (45, to be exact) academy award nominations and 5 wins, 20 Grammy Wins, 7 BAFTAs wins,  there is no denying that Williams is a musical genius who pours his heart and soul into his creations.

This one man is solely responsible for the soundtrack of my life until I was 12 and realized in order to be cool I'd have to listen to popular music.  My Pony.  My Saddle's. Waiting.  Come on. and.  Jump on it.  All that.  But in my room, secretly, when I was alone... when other girls my age were... I dunno, whatever the fuck "normal" 12 year old girls do, I was listening to John Williams's score for Jurassic Park over and over again.  on TAPE.  I listened to that thing so many times, I actually wore the tape out.

Anywho, now that I'm a little lot older and realize that popular music is mostly shit (though I do admit to loving Ke$ha, damn her and her dirty face), I can listen to John Williams whenever and where ever I want.

As I was perusing the YouTubes looking for new John Williams material, I thought I'd check out his wikipedia page and see what I was missing.  Good. Holy. Fuck.

That man did more in the 90s than I will probably accomplish in my entire life.  Moosebutter was right...  John Williams is the man:






I suggest a new strategy: let the Wookiee win.

Do you have a favorite composer?  Some others I enjoy are Hans Zimmer, James Horner, and Alexandre Desplat.  What's your favorite musical score from a movie?