EOTD: Mermaid

Everyone does mermaid-y looks, don't they? I love this look, since it gave me the opportunity to use three of my favourite Beauty From The Earth multipurpose minerals. Particularly mermaid, which you'll see in the swatches, looks like a yellowy gold, but has a greenish hue in the light, so is gorgeous over blues and turquoises.

Mermaid: Step by Step


Don't mind the messy brows!

• Using your mixing medium, apply BftE Mint wet from the inner-corner to the middle of the lid (Brush: MAC 239). Wipe the brush off, then re-apply a little of the same powder dry over it to ensure there are no gaps.
• Using a similar (or the same, if wiped off) brush apply BftE Caribbean wet from the middle of the lid (where mint ends) to the outer V, and slightly above the crease. Apply the dry powder as before over the wet, blending the mint and caribbean slightly and blending out the edges above the crease.
• Using a blending brush (MAC 217, 224 etc) brush BftE Mermaid lightly over the lid, from the inner-corner to the middle of the lid, applying more to the inner-corner and fading it out toward the middle. Blend it out over the crease, and apply a little below the lower lashline from the inner-corner to the middle.
• With a similar brush, shade in the outer-V and crease from the outer-V to the middle using the darkest colour from Nyx's Aquamarine trio. Brush a little under the lower lashline and blend with the Mermaid there.
• Apply MAC Going Bananas to the inner-corners and blend up into the crease using a thin brush.
• Using a fluffy blending brush (MAC 217) apply a little of the black from the Sleek Acid iDivine palette (or any matte black) and tap off the excess. Shade the outer-V, crease and outside edge of the browbone carefully.
• Highlight the browbone using a pale powder and blend out any harsh lines.
• Apply thin black eyeliner and mascara. I used Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On liner in Zero and Estée Lauder Lash Primer Plus, Bourjois Liner Effect mascara and Lancome Virtuose mascara, both in black.

Swatches of the colours used

All done! Pair with pale rose lips or pale peach and similarly shaded blush, whichever suits your colouring more.

In other news, a while ago I took out a Marie Claire subscription to get the free gift - an Aveda green tea cleanser set (cleanser and something else, toner or something, I forgot) worth around £65 supposedly. Unfortunately, they apparently ran out of stock, but sent me Prescriptives Super Line Preventor Xtreme instead. It's worth less, but I just ran out of my Lancome Hydra-Zen serum and couldn't afford more, so I'm very happy to have it (I have plenty of cleansers!) and will be reviewing it for you soon.