Fri 13 Mar 2009
Hair piece by Poison Apple Couture
When wearing red lips, you normally want to keep eye makeup subdued. One exception to this rule is the flapper look: deep red lipstick and a mysterious smoky eye make a striking combination and are the very definition of glamour!
INGREDIENTS
- Eyes: black, gray and ivory eyeshadows, black eyeliner, mascara
- Lips: deep red lipstick, red gloss
- Face: Foundation Primer, concealer, foundation, blush
Eyes
Curl lashes. Apply 3 layers of black mascara to top & bottom, let dry. Curl again. Prep the lids with Foundation Primer and dab black eyeshadow up to the crease and extending outwards. Repeat this step on lower lid. With a medium-sized brush, sweep gray eyeshadow slightly over the crease, blending over the black. Repeat the same over the lower lid. Sweep ivory eyeshadow onto the brow bone and underneath the brow arch. Blend well into the gray. Apply black eyeliner on the waterline.
Did you know?
Liquid eyeliner is best applied to the outer edge of waterline, close to the lashes and away from the eyeball. This will prevent it from getting into your eye (ouch!).
Face
Moisturize skin, apply Foundation Primer and then foundation. Concealer for dark spots and under the eyes. Keep blush natural – peaches & beiges. Finish off with Pixie Dust. Add a beauty mark anywhere on the face with a liquid liner or pencil liner. Traditionally, flapper look calls for a thinner brow.
Lips
Smaller mouth was preferred during that era. This can be achieved by covering the edges of your mouth with foundation and recreating the shape from scratch. Draw inside the natural lip line with dark red pencil and fill in with lipstick (try L’Oreal Endless in Crimson Joy). Finish off with red gloss, like Revlon Super Lustrous Gloss in Get Reddy. Voila!
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March 13th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
You look amazing in this picture, gorgeous shot. <3
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March 13th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
You make such a beautiful flapper!
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March 13th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Wow, this is the PERFECT look for something that I’m going to next Tuesday! Thank you so much, Doe! *hugs*
xx
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March 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Love the blue smokey eye it works super well for you!
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March 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
i know you usually mix up your own lipcolour, but what lipstick/gloss is that? its a great red. :)
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March 13th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
I love this look =] its one of my favorite everyday looks to do. I like adding a little bit of brown into my smokey eye though along the outer crease and top edge of the black.
It’s also cute paired with a cloche hat!
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March 13th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
♣ Simone
Happy to help! :D
♣ Xie
Updated the post with the info.
♣ Sunny
Oh, I want a cloche hat! Those are super adorable!
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March 13th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I always wear smoky eyes with red lips, its tht dramatic goth in me lol. Love the red gloss in this look,*goes to search for shade*
One thing i often find though, is using red gloss over lipstick will make the colour bleed, even when i use a bleed stop lip pencil (i use pout brand).
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March 13th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
What is your best advice for keeping red lip stick from feathering? I’m a young lady and don’t have wrinkles but can’t seem to keep my lipstick contained. I put liner underneath the lipstick and use a “reverse liner” around my lips to keep it from traveling but it still manages to make it’s way outside the lines.
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March 13th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Oh, I just love 20’s era styles. I just got my hair cut and coloured yesterday and was looking to try a new red lipstick, since I have some red streaks in my hair. Foundation? I would have never thought of that. :-) Yay time to get all dressed up!
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March 13th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Hey Doe!
How do you get that sharp line for your lips? Whenever I put on lipstick it’s always a softer line, and I really hate that look -.-
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March 13th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Speaking of the red lipstick. Your lips in all your shots are always PERFECT. Lips are so hard to perfect but you’ve got them down. Can’t wait til I’m to your skill level.
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March 13th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
красавица :)
Your skin looks so smooth! :O What foundation do you use? I can see you have a really alabaster skin tone and I know how hard it is to get a decent ‘pale’ foundation (at least I can’t get my hands on any, that would be light enough) … <3
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March 13th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Hey Doe, would that flapper look work for someone like me http://i39.tinypic.com/e85088.jpg who’s skin is naturally darker?
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March 13th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Thank you so, so, so much for posting this… this is pretty much my ‘daily look’, in terms of makeup at least (my hair kind of traps me into it, but I prefer it anyway). But, I had no idea how to get that nice dark smokey eye look (without looking like a raccoon).
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March 13th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
(I am the ‘Inquisitive_Kat’ following you on Twitter, if you’re wondering what I meant by “my hair kind of traps me into it.”)
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March 13th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
This is definitely my favourite tutorial so far! This is the look I try to achieve on many an evening and *almost* get right. Perhaps tomorrow after following your advice I’ll perfect it finally!
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March 13th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
This I will definitely try!
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March 13th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
FINALLY! A red lipstick recommendation. You are a godsend!
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March 13th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
You always look so gorgeous!! I love that makeup look. The dark smoky eye and red lip… always awesome.
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March 13th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Got to love this look
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March 14th, 2009 at 1:23 am
I have often wondered if there is a reason you apply mascara before the eyeshadow, I don’t know of anyone else who does this.
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March 14th, 2009 at 4:41 am
i loooooove it!!!what a great picture too!!! i’ll try it on a special night out…
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March 14th, 2009 at 10:07 am
I love flapper fashion! I think just about every woman looks beautiful in this look, because it’s all about the drama of the makeup. Yay!
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March 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Oh my goodness! That picture of you is soooooo beautiful! I’ve always been obsessed with the flapper look. I don’t know what it is, but it’s very appealing!
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March 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I agree with others, your lips always look amazing in your photos! :D
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March 15th, 2009 at 4:58 am
I think this is my favourite make up tutorial of yours – you look gorgeous!
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March 15th, 2009 at 7:57 am
That’s gorgeous!
PS: I finally bought your songs on iTunes :)
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March 15th, 2009 at 11:02 am
♣ Kristen & Euphoria
To keep red lipstick from bleeding, leave a little bit of liner outside the lipstick. Also, apply lip color with a small lipstick brush – it gives you more precision and deposits just enough color to cover the lips, but not bleed out.
♣ Kristi
Using a lipliner pencil will give you that sharp line. Also, filling in with a lip brush instead of the lipstick itself gives more precision.
♣ Pixie Dust
I use L’Oreal True Match foundation in Alabaster. They have many lighter shades to choose from!
♣ Tara
Of course! It will look beautiful on you. :)
♣ Meliara
Oh, that’s because I’m incredibly messy with mascara and always end up with it smudged all over my eye. Can’t risk ruining all that eye makeup, haha!
♣ Elien
Yay! Enjoy. :D
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March 15th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
i love this look!! i was a flapper last halloween and had tons of fun dressing up as one, too…
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March 15th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
This look (perhaps it’s just the pale lighting, the feathered hat, and the blue-toned eyes) reminds me more of a fairy than a flapper… but who says the two styles can’t merge? ;) Can’t wait to see the rest of the shoot that went with this. :)
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March 15th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
OMG, this is amazing! I teach U.S. History for High School and I tend to try to dress up like the time periods I’m teaching about (reconstruction after the civil war to now). I could never get a flapper look down right without embarrassing myself.
But there’s one look I could never quite get and that was the 1940’s hair…kinda like the June Cleaver kind of hair pulled back and classy…I’ve tried all the styles but I’m not gifted in the hair department…oh well.
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March 16th, 2009 at 1:28 am
One question though: I love fake eyelashes, but I somehow can’t seem to get them on without
A. Getting my real eyelashes stuck to the glue (even when using the nifty plastic applicator) and then after fixing the glue has worn off
B. Getting my makeup all smudged away, and I have to ruin my brushes to get the color back
And more often than not, and combination of the two.
I’m not sure how to get these guys on, I’ve looked up tutorials, but I just seem to lack the techniques on putting them on. Any hint will be wonderful :)
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March 16th, 2009 at 7:23 am
I love your use of color! No look can be bad on you! =)
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March 17th, 2009 at 1:36 am
Your lips are so amazing<3
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March 17th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I want a decent red lipstick but I don’t want to splash out on something I’ll be too scared to wear. What shade would you recommend to start out with. I’m nearly 17, have brown to black hair and an average skin tone.
Any pointers would be great!
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March 19th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
that hat is BEYOND AMAZING !
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April 12th, 2009 at 1:09 am
a—DOR—able!
p.s. redheads unite!!
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April 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
do you ever do youtube tutorials?
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June 30th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
You should make youtube tutorials if you don’t already. Clumsy twits like me could benefit from seeing how you hold or motion the brushes etc.
I have to say I absolutely love this look!!!!!
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July 6th, 2009 at 11:56 am
hey, where did you get the head piece? i know you said posion apple couture but there is no website for this brand? do you know where you can purchase these?
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August 7th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I love the eyes. :)
But then again, the makeup you used in this picture is from LC right? Because the blue looks awfully a lot like Pompadour. :)
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August 9th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Deere, how would a lady with darker skin pull off something as magnificent as the ‘flapper look’? I always manage to look a lot less like a flapper and more like a slapper
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November 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
I went as a flapper for this Halloween and I used this tutorial as a guideline. Thanks a lot! It turned out great :)
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