Painting By Pixels - World of Warcraft - Undercity

The idea for this look was provided by one of my readers and friends, Jaimi, who mentioned that she had long wanted to do a look based on World of Warcraft's Undercity, something "Dark, purpley and smoky, with some acid green thrown in". So, naturally, I stole her idea because I thought it was awesome, and did this corrosive look.

Her inspiration (she was mine) - Undercity in World of Warcraft.

Corrosive - step-by-step


It looked a lot brighter in person.

Eyes

• Prime lids. I used Smashbox Photo Finish Lid primer all over, including the lower lashline and up to the eyebrow.


• Apply Beauty from the Earth in Rome all over the lid, wet, using a flat shader (GOSH flat/MAC 239) brush. Dry the brush and re-apply dry over the top for more coverage.


• Using a stiff dome brush (MAC 217) shade TKB Trading Black Amethyst over the outer-V and crease, darkening the lid colour.


• Using a pencil (GOSH round, MAC 219) brush, darken around the outer-V and crease in a C shape (on your left eye it's a C, on the right it's inverted) stroking inward toward the lid with TKB Trading Blackstar Red.


• With the same brush, use a sparing amount of matte black eyeshadow (I used the one from the Sleek Storm palette) to further darken the crease and outer-edge of the eyelid.


• Apply TKB Trading Black Amethyst under the lower-lashline, smoking it out towards the outer-V.


• Use a clean brush for highlighting (I prefer MAC 275 or the GOSH Round e/s brush) and use your normal highlight colour to thoroughly blend out the Black Amethyst & matte black above the crease toward the brow-bone.


• Highlight more carefully the highest point of the brow using a lighter highlight shade. (As ever, I use MAC Malt and Sleek's shimmery white from the Safari/Curiosity palette)


• Re-apply Black Amethyst using your 217 brush above the crease as necessary to get the right degree of smoky blending above the eye.


• Line the waterline with black (UD 24/7 in Zero), then using a pencil brush apply a little of the pencil eyeliner to the brush. Carefully smudge it along the lower lashline, smudging it out as you go to get a smoky black effect. If it goes too far (mine did), simply use some highlighter shade on a different brush underneath to tidy it up. You can also tidy with concealer.
  


• Apply Urban Decay liquid liner in Acid Rain to the upper lashline.


• See to your lashes. I used Urban Decay lash primer, Bourjois liner effect mascara and L'Oreal Telescopic Explosion over the top.

Lips

• Exfoliate & condition lips so they're super-smooth. I use a cheapie little exfoliating glove and ordinary cheap lip balm instead of an expensive lip scrub.


• Apply Urban Decay lip primer all over the lips.


• Apply NYX round lipstick in Aphrodite.


• Top it off with Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Fury.

This looks really nice on, I love the pop that the Acid Rain liner gives me, it seems to really widen my eyes and I still get the nice sultry drama of a dark, dramatic smoky look. I'm really digging the purple lip, too, which is much more vibrant in reality. The UD lip primer means NYX lipsticks finally go smooth onto my lips instead of showing up every flaw underneath, and the Illamasqua gloss is a stunning opaque purple that I have to use pretty sparingly due to its rich pigmentation.