Amaranth's 1st Tutorial: SOLAR FLARE (Extremely Picture Heavy!)

[witchery-woo]

thanks for the tutorial. that was really easy to understand and super FUN to read!

[trip75]

Fab!!! I love it. Great detail and your pics were a riot!

[Motoko Kusanagi]

Loved this look!!! Great tut!!!

[Bybs]

This is a fantastic, detailed tut. I adore the faces you pull.

[Amaranth]

Thanks everyone! I'm soooo glad you all like it!

And I looked hideous at so many stages of the tut, I figured I should try to make it look like I was TRYING to be hideous by making those faces...yeah, that's it...you buy that, right? If not...would you believe...I just wanted to make you guys smile? Is that excuse better? Hahaha.

But seriously though...to all the people who don't own Flammable or are afriad to wear it...I suggest you go to your nearest MAC and try it out. I was scared of it for so long, and I wondered why anyone in their right mind would wanna put red on their freakin EYES in the first place. But I caved a little while ago, and it is actually, by far, my favourite eye anything. It works on a lot of skin tones, and it really looks especially beautiful on people with green or blue eyes. And the colour REALLY stands out on me because I'm so ungodly pale, so if you're really scared of it because of how bright it is on me, the lighter your skin is, the brighter it'll seem. I'm not saying you can't see it on darker skin tones, because I've seen it in action and it still looks amazing, but colours tend to look extra crazy and wild on lighter skin tones. And also, just because you own red eyeshadow doesn't mean you have to use it all over, you can use it in a more subtle fashion. So everyone give Flammable a chance, it's hard to find an eye safe red, so we're lucky MAC makes one, and in such a beautiful SHADE of red at that. One of the good things about MAC is that you can try stuff out before you buy it, so you have nothing to lose!

[Hilly]

Beautiful!

[Backseat_betty]

This tutorial is HOT! I love it!

[stevoulina]

Awesome!!

[stephie06]

Fantastic tutorial! I going to try this out for sure! Great job and I can't wait for your next tut

[snowkei]

so pretty love the eyes

[mariposasoy]

wow! what a great look, especially on you! i love flammable and i just got firespot

[pookus]

really great tut! i enjoyed it as much for the humor as the great instructions and you came out looking fabulous!

[lethaldesign]

great in depth tutorial! i def need to get flammable pain. its been on my wishlist for months.

[Kelaia]

Fun tut! Very informative And the end result is great!! I was a little scared at first when I saw that red e/s on your eye, but with everything else put together it looks amazing

[Amaranth]

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Originally Posted by Kelaia

Fun tut! Very informative And the end result is great!! I was a little scared at first when I saw that red e/s on your eye, but with everything else put together it looks amazing

Haha, yeah, Flammable paint is a bit scary on its own on skin as light as mine. If only I had a nice deep tan, I've seen it alone on darker skin tones and it doesn't look nearly as freaky.

[BinkysBaby]

Wow. Really nice.

[tiramisu]

you look absolutely great, and I love the tut, made me laugh while I could follow it easily!!

[greeneyes]

Gorgeous and amazing! Thanks for your Tut, I'm one of the new in MAC world

I found also very interesting the way you used the Q-Tip


Grazie!!

[Amaranth]

Quote:

Originally Posted by greeneyes

Gorgeous and amazing! Thanks for your Tut, I'm one of the new in MAC world

I found also very interesting the way you used the Q-Tip


Grazie!!

Thanks! I don't usually really use Q-Tips for anything besides removing excess make-up in very rare situations, but the Paint won't blend with a regular blending brush. I needed something I could really rub in there and not have to worry about ruining. Glad you liked it!

[s_prev]

OMG loved the colours, and you did an awesome job...thanks for the pics b/c for new mac lovers, and makeup users like me it really helps! cant wait to try

[Amaranth]

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Originally Posted by s_prev

OMG loved the colours, and you did an awesome job...thanks for the pics b/c for new mac lovers, and makeup users like me it really helps! cant wait to try

Thanks! Well I knew the Q-Tip thing was sort of odd, even for me (since I only use it for this look), so I wanted to make sure people got what I meant. Also, I'm not the best at explaining, so I figured if people didn't get what I meant, they could just look at the picture and hopefully figure it out.

[tsukiyomi]

Hahaaha, I love your sense of humour and this is a nice tutorial.

[star07]

so complicated but it looks great on you!

[Amaranth]

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Originally Posted by star07

so complicated but it looks great on you!

Aaah! No way! It's definitely not hard, you don't even really need any blending skills for this since the colours are pretty much blended when you apply them. I probably made it look a lot harder than it was by putting in so many steps, but I only did that to make it easier. You should try it anyway, if I can do it, it's not that hard.

[nunu]

great tutorial!!!
thank you!!!