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I found a promo photo from the MAC Feline collection (released in USA, not Australia, disappointed but not surprised!), and knew I had to at least give it a shot! It would also be a good excuse to use my green eyeshadows, a group of shades I generally neglect 🙁
I wasn’t actually aiming to –look- like a cat, instead I wanted my photos to give off a “cat” like feel. You know, the sneaky, stealth like nature. I tried to achieve this through primarily via the lighting, I spent a lot of time playing around with how the lights were positioned. Again, just using my two cheapo Ikea lamps. I do these shoots completely on my own, so it involves a lot of “pose, hit the remote, check camera, rise and repeat”. Usually I’ll hook up my laptop to make it easier, but the poor thing decided to crash during this shoot >_<
How to reproduce:
Face
This was going to be a quick look, so I decided to skip the primer and go straight into Revlon’s ColorStay in Sand Beige and concealed with Bobbi Brown’s Creamy Concealer in Beige. Skipped the powder since I wanted that creamy / dewy look. But I would certainly use powder if I was to wear this out and for longer.
Cheeks
To get my cheeks to pop, I applied Giorgio Armani’s Sheer Blush in 3 to the hollows of my cheeks, then NARS Albatross to all my high points.
Eyes
Primed my eyes with MAC’s Paint in Bare Canvas, applied MAC’s Eyeshadow in Goldmine to the inner half of my lid, then Tempting to the remaining half. Blend together. On the crease I applied Swimming, and on the outer corner I used Humid. Blending is key for this look! I dusted some NARS Albatross to my brow bone.
I lightly lined my eyes with MAC Technakohl Liner in Graphblack, curled my lashes and applied one coat of L’Oreal’s Telescopic Mascara in Black.
Next I applied my false lashes. I prefer using lashes with a clear lash line, they just appear more natural to me (though are a tad more expensive).
You’ll notice the last 2 photos are different, as I attempted to try cat like eye brows on myself. I think they ended up looking more like “waves” than anything organic, but hey! It’s a first shot lol, and learning is what the lookbooks are all about! I used Lancome’s Le Crayon in Poudre Mahogany. I know I said it last lookbook, but man I really need a darker brow liner! Just can’t seem to find any that match my shade 🙁
Lips
Lined the outside of my lips with MAC Concealer in NC20, and applied NYX’s Round Lipstick Iced Lavender direct from the tube.
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Wow, what an interesting effect with the eyebrows! I think, though, if you made the lines look more like /__|__ (that is, pointing in different directions, but following the line of your browbone), it might have come across more “cat-like”? Maybe you need to come over and stare at Mitsu more XD
Hmm, good idea! I should play around it a bit more as I want to do an official lookbook entry with my “tiger” look I did late last year!
Ahaha, any reason to come stare at Mitsu is a good one =D
The photos on this entry are outstanding! Your camera work is improving every time 🙂
=D Coming from you, that’s a massive compliment! Thank you thank you <3 <3
This looks wonderful!
And the fact that you created the lighting just from two Ikea lamps is pretty impressive. I wish I could take photos like this – or have a camera that has the ability to take photos like these!
I admire your makeup skills so much. I haven’t seen many Asians who could pull off coloured eyeshadow – but you definitely did. And you created the stealthy look so well.
I think that not only did the lighting help to produce such a look, but your makeup and your post did too.
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Aww! <3 Thank you so much 🙂 I'm completely addicted to makeup so it's great to know people think I'm half decent with the application 😉
I'm keen to buy a couple more cheapo lamps to see what else I can do with them 😀 You def don't need an overly expensive camera, before I got my DSLR, I used to just use my Canon IXUS point and shoot, and it was pretty good. I personally think it's all in the lighting and experimenting a heap!
this is amazing! i can’t never take a proper photo of myself, let alone doing lighting and poses etc.
agree with melody from above comment, not many asians could pull off colored eyeshadow this well. you’re very talented!
Aww thank you so much! Hearing such lovely comments from other bloggers I love really makes me smile 🙂