ilexica
Well-known member
The Plan
NB - superscript numbers are footnotes to explain the Anglicisms - references at the bottom!
I decided to do this FOTD for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I was watching a programme on Cheryl Cole¹ the other day and was struck by how many of the presenters seemed convinced that she was a natural beauty. Now, undoubtedly the girl is gorgeous, but she piles it on with a trowel. I mean, the Daily Mail² (not the most reliable of sources, but hey ho) guesstimated she'd spent £250,000³ on her looks. That's a lot of money, even if you are rolling in it. So, after going to Wilkinsons⁴ yesterday (to pick up some curtain hooks) I spied some 'glamour lashes' for 97p. 97p! Well, I had to have them, and trying a look modelled on Chezza seemed to be a good way to try them out...
This is the image I'm using for inspiration: X-Factor
The Results
Conclusions
- Blacktrack fluidline is great for using with falsies! I usually do 50s flicks for eyeliner, for which liquid works much better, but I really ought to use blacktrack more often. It's much more smudgeable.
- I think this worked OK. But I look more Jenna Jameson than Cheryl Cole because my colouring really isn't right for this. But I look SO different to how I do normally, so I think it would totally be possible to have a dramatic impact on someone with darker skin. It really makes me wonder what she looks like without all the slap. (Something like this, presumably).
- Just to prove how much makeup I actually used...yuck!
What I used
- EL Doublewear in Shell (applied with fingers and buffed with a crown syntho power blush - I used about twice as much as usual!)
- NW15 studiofix (used as a setting powder with 150 - with a trowel, remember)
- Select cover up concealer (with crown crease brush, lots under eyes)
- Trace gold blush (187, all over cheeks)
- Perfect topping MSF (cheeks, high places of face, 187 again)
- Blacktrack Fluidline (with an art store bought flat liner)
- Smoulder Kohl
- Wilkos 97p lashes (with MUFE glue)
- Zoomlash mascara
- Fling on brows
- Creme de la femme (no liner, since I'm pretty sure she skips it)
- Some mystery Boots no.7 gloss
Footnotes
1. British girl band star discovered on the first pop idol, and is loved by the media for her rags-to-riches origins. Went on to marry a total douche of a footballer. Currently on the panel for the X-Factor (our version of American Idol where Simon Cowell gets paid a lot to be horrible to people), where she mostly spends her time providing a counterpoint to Simon by being super nice and weeping a lot. Also known for mangling her vowels on L'Oreal adverts.
2. Really awful right wing newspaper determined to prove that everything causes cancer, but it does have a good showbiz section.
3. That's $400,000 in proper money.
4. Wilkinsons is a hardware store that also sells a bizarre assortment of cosmetics, home decor, lawnmowers, tinsel, bathtowels, etc etc. I suspect it's the British version of Wallmart?
NB - superscript numbers are footnotes to explain the Anglicisms - references at the bottom!
I decided to do this FOTD for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I was watching a programme on Cheryl Cole¹ the other day and was struck by how many of the presenters seemed convinced that she was a natural beauty. Now, undoubtedly the girl is gorgeous, but she piles it on with a trowel. I mean, the Daily Mail² (not the most reliable of sources, but hey ho) guesstimated she'd spent £250,000³ on her looks. That's a lot of money, even if you are rolling in it. So, after going to Wilkinsons⁴ yesterday (to pick up some curtain hooks) I spied some 'glamour lashes' for 97p. 97p! Well, I had to have them, and trying a look modelled on Chezza seemed to be a good way to try them out...
This is the image I'm using for inspiration: X-Factor
The Results
Conclusions
- Blacktrack fluidline is great for using with falsies! I usually do 50s flicks for eyeliner, for which liquid works much better, but I really ought to use blacktrack more often. It's much more smudgeable.
- I think this worked OK. But I look more Jenna Jameson than Cheryl Cole because my colouring really isn't right for this. But I look SO different to how I do normally, so I think it would totally be possible to have a dramatic impact on someone with darker skin. It really makes me wonder what she looks like without all the slap. (Something like this, presumably).
- Just to prove how much makeup I actually used...yuck!
What I used
- EL Doublewear in Shell (applied with fingers and buffed with a crown syntho power blush - I used about twice as much as usual!)
- NW15 studiofix (used as a setting powder with 150 - with a trowel, remember)
- Select cover up concealer (with crown crease brush, lots under eyes)
- Trace gold blush (187, all over cheeks)
- Perfect topping MSF (cheeks, high places of face, 187 again)
- Blacktrack Fluidline (with an art store bought flat liner)
- Smoulder Kohl
- Wilkos 97p lashes (with MUFE glue)
- Zoomlash mascara
- Fling on brows
- Creme de la femme (no liner, since I'm pretty sure she skips it)
- Some mystery Boots no.7 gloss
Footnotes
1. British girl band star discovered on the first pop idol, and is loved by the media for her rags-to-riches origins. Went on to marry a total douche of a footballer. Currently on the panel for the X-Factor (our version of American Idol where Simon Cowell gets paid a lot to be horrible to people), where she mostly spends her time providing a counterpoint to Simon by being super nice and weeping a lot. Also known for mangling her vowels on L'Oreal adverts.
2. Really awful right wing newspaper determined to prove that everything causes cancer, but it does have a good showbiz section.
3. That's $400,000 in proper money.
4. Wilkinsons is a hardware store that also sells a bizarre assortment of cosmetics, home decor, lawnmowers, tinsel, bathtowels, etc etc. I suspect it's the British version of Wallmart?
