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05 November, 2011

EOTD: Gold 'n' green

Last month a number of bloggers posted some wonderful EOTD looks using variations of green.  It inspired me to step outside my personal comfort zone of pink, beige and purple and create a look a bit more dramatic than I'd normally wear. 





For this look I used:
  • Face of Australia primer (matte) blended over the lids
  • Excel - GL01 (gold) on inner corners
  • MAC - Sumptuous Olive (golden olive) on lids
  • Red Earth - After Eight (forest green) blended in crease and outer V
  • MAC Duck Powerpoint eye pencil on outer upper lash line
  • Christian Dior Diorshow mascara (black) on upper lashes only

For added reference on the colours used here are the eyeshadows in their pans and swatched in daylight.  I bought the gold Excel eyeshadow at a drugstore in Tokyo back in 2008:

L-R:
Excel GL01, MAC Sumptuous Olive, Red Earth After Eight


Until next time.

Vita :)
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11 comments:

  1. hermeticNovember 5, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    Well, this goes just perfect with your eyes, very pretty and not too dramatic imo :)

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  2. Haute_StyleNovember 5, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    LOVE this look! Such pretty colours. They really bring out your green eyes

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  3. KristyNovember 5, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    So pretty Vita

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  4. prettymomNovember 6, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    this doesn't look dramatic at all. and it brings out your green eyes. pretty!

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  5. Liz (Beauty Reductionista)November 6, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Seriously - why was everyone on a green kick? I feel like I missed a memo.

    I think this looks so beautiful with your green/hazel eyes! You should wear it boldly more often. :)

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  6. Makeup and MuttsNovember 6, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    This is extremely gorgeous! You should do more EOTDs as you're looks are better than 90% I've seen on here :)

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  7. VitaNovember 6, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    @hermetic - Thank you :) I think the pictures soften the look because it was a lot more vivid IRL.

    @Haute_Style - Thanks! I broke the colour rules - you know how you're never supposed to match the shadow to your eye colour but it actually worked!

    @Kristy - Thank you xoxo

    @prettymom - Green against green shouldn't really work but it seems it did!

    @Liz - I'm the one who missed the memo! A lot of girls wore green to promote depression awareness in October but unfortunately I was too slow off the mark :-p Thanks for the compliment BTW.

    @Vintage Makeup - You're embarrassing me again (in the nicest possible way xxx) I'd love to post more EOTD's. I just need to get inspired I guess cos I usually stick to the same tried and true looks during the week.

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  8. GraceNovember 8, 2011 at 2:21 AM

    Loving it! really sets of your eye colour.
    Grace xx

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  9. VitaNovember 8, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    @Grace - Thank you! The green was a lot more wearable than I expected. xoxo

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  10. SilhouetteScreamsNovember 18, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    I love that green crease on you! :)

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  11. VitaNovember 18, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    @SilhouetteScreams - Thankyou, that's a great compliment xoxo

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