Jennifer Lopez inspired... "I'm in to you"

This look is inspired by Jennifer Lopez's new song "I'm in to you". I love her makeup in this video because it has an African/Arab feel to it. This is a fun dramatic look that would be great for parties.  Keep reading for a list of products and a tutorial.

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Jennifer Lopez "I'm in to you" Music Video

 

 

Feather Hair Accents By Sultra "Boho Breeze"

How to:

For this look you can apply any light eye shadow shade you like. I used Urban Decay's Half Baked on my lid and Dark Horse on my crease. Then I used a damped short shader brush to outline my crease. I used a black eye shadow because that is the way JLo has it in her video, but be creative and use any color you like! You can create this wing by short strokes and by following the outline of your crease. The hardest part is getting both eyes the same (Tip: do the outline very light so if you mess up it is easy to correct, then go back and darken it). Now create a double winged eye but connect the ends in a triangle form. In the triangle, use a white eye liner to make the wing pop!

Products used:

Face

Eve Pearl- foundation

Coastal Scents- Blush/contour palette 

Eve Pearl- Highlighter

Eyes

Urban Decay- Naked Palette

MUFE- white eye liner

Benefit- They're Real mascara 

Eve Pearl- Smudge Proof liner

Eye Brushes

angled liner brush

flat liner brush

short shader brush  

Hair

Feather Hair Accents by Sultra

Here's a video about the feather hair clip I wore for this look.

**By Eleni**

Ancient Ruins...Relic Eyes

Last night I was transported to a beautiful mysterious land as I listen to my new collection of World music. The album is called Garden of Eden by Mosavo. My three favorite pieces of the album are The Enchanting Harp, Black Tulip and Misirlou. The flute, drums, and harp takes you on a beautiful musical journey. During that voyage, I was inspired to create this elaborate Middle Eastern look.

GypsyNet members, Raqs sharqi, and Raqs baladi fans what's great about Middle Eastern adornment is there's no wrong way in doing it. Look at your favorite dancers and get inspired by how they do their makeup/costumes and add your own twist to it. The dots around my eyes were inspired by BDSS Ansuya. Remember this is an art, feel free... feel inspired...and let the music move your makeup brush.

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Products and Tools Used:

 

**By Eleni**

"Habibi Ya Nour El-Ain"

Translation: "My darling, you are the glow in my eyes"

Here is another Arabic inspired look for all the blog readers that have emailed us requesting more!  I only used Naked pigments for this look and added water for a more dramatic effect.

To create an Arabic look like this at home, you must invest in makeup brushes.  A few of the brushes I used are: Bent Liner, Small Chisel Brush , Angle Liner, Eyelash Definer, and a Chisel Mini Smudger. The smaller the brush is the more precision you will have to create a smokey effect, dramatic wings, and face art.

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 **By Eleni**

Middle Eastern Eyes

Nothing inspires me more than Arabic music. The music is very upbeat and contagious! So I tapped into my Arabic roots today and created an Exotic Middle Eastern inspired look. I encourage you to try a similar look at home, but remember to set the mood, light a few candles, put on some Arabic music, and don't forget to shimmy!!

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This is one of my favorite songs preformed by belly dance superstar, Ansuya!

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Face:

Foundation- Temptu Air Brush

Blush- Benefit 'Coralista'

Bronzer- Benefit 'Hoola'

Eyes:

Coastal Scents 88 Colors Palette

Liner: Make Up For Ever "Aqua Black" liner

Mascara: Lash Blast

Lips:

Victoria Secret "Pink Rush"

*By Eleni*

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Egyptian Inspired Makeup Look

Egyptian Royalty Inspired Makeup

Time for another Photo shoot where I let my creativity and imagination take control and come up with a more dramatic style makeup look. This time we "travel" to Egypt.

Here we have my assistant Eleni. I wanted to make her look completely different and I was inspired by Egyptian style makeup to create this amazing transformation. I took the pictures without flash, using low yellow lights to create a warm, mystical effect. Scroll down for more information, tips and ideas that you can use to recreate this look.

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Here is the Before:

And after the transformation:

Closeups:

Slideshow with lots more pictures:

Tips and tricks:

As you can clearly see Eleni is naturally pale so I darkened her skin tone about 4 shades for this look. Egyptians were known to be tanned and I wanted to make her look tanner and also give her that golden glow to her skin.

Tips on fake tanning with foundation:

• In this case I used a foundation palette that had shades ranging from 3 to about 6 shades darker than her skin tone. I used the different colors to contour and highlight the face so that the tan looked more realistic.
• If you want to try this at home I would recommend you make sure to buy a darker cream foundation that is not too orange. Make sure you blend it well into the hairline and apply it to your ears, neck and décolletage.

Tips on body Makeup:

• To tan her body I blended an inexpensive dark Liquid Bronzer with lotion and applied it all over her arms and her back. This gives the skin that coveted golden glow.
•  (You can also use this tip to make your legs look tanned and amazing.)
• I also used Benefit's Bathina to add shimmer to certain areas I wanted to highlight.

Tips on applying glitter as eyeshadow:

• To achieve the super glitter look on the eyelids apply a gold cream eyeshadow (I used the gold shade in the Make Up Forever 12 Flash Color palette of creams) all over your lid. Then apply a darker cream eyeshadow on the crease, creating a v shape at the end. Then apply your favorite gold glitter on top of the gold base (I used the Make Up Forever Diamond Powder in Gold) and a darker coppery one on the crease (I used the Make Up Forever Diamond Powder in Smoky.)
• Applying a cream eyeshadow under the glitter helps it adhere to your skin and it will make it last longer.

This is the makeup I used to create this look:

A lot of makeup for one look right?

I hope you enjoyed looking at all the pictures and I urge you to try this look at home. You can easily make this more wearable by using eyeshadow instead of glitter and applying a natural lipstick.

Jaday

Bollywood Inspired: Rubies & Golds

Here is Eleni's first Tutorial. Enjoy!

This wearable Bollywood look is inspired by the beautiful women in India. The women in India are known for their flawless faces, breathtaking eyes, and beautiful embellished sari dresses and jewelry.

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Instructions:

1.       To create this look at home I began by priming my eyes with Urban Decay eye potion, to ensure a long lasting look!

2.       For my base color, I used Half Baked from UD a shimmery gold eye shadow. I patted this color down using a flat brush throughout my eye.

3.       I continued with the crease of my eye, I used a smudge brush to apply glittery brown eye shadow called Twice Baked from UD. Remember blending is important!!

4.       For the inner corner of my eye, I used my favorite eye shadow called Sell Out from the fabulous Urban Decay Vol 2 palette.

5.       As for my brow bone, I used UD Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, please be aware that you will need to clean your face before applying your foundation because these shadows have a lot of glitter!!

6.       I used my Coastal Scent Metal Mania palette to apply a few different gold tones on my eye lid. (Just to give it more dimension)

7.       For my lower lash line, I applied with an angle brush a light gold eye shadow from my CS palette. This brightens up the eye and helps those who have droopy eyes too.   I lined my upper lash line with a soft black liner and applied Make-Up Forever Smokey Eye mascara.

8.       Moving on to face, I primed my face with Make-up Forever HD primer and used Eve Pearls duo foundation.

9.   For cheeks I used Nars Orgasm and Benefit duo bronzer

10.   For lips I used Nars Cruela DeVil lip stick

*By Eleni*