Extraterrestrial: An Alien Makeup Look

A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine from college had his once every two years birthday blowout. This year's theme: the Jetson's Glow-in-the-Dark Moonbase Masquerade. Where the men are from Mars, the women are from Venus and the gays are from Uranus.

Since most of my awesome outfits don't fit (see 28 weeks pregnant) and my awesome wigs are in Hawaii, I decided that makeup would be my main costume. This is what I came up with...

Unfortunately, I didn't have a bright purple in my stash here in Washington. But I made due. Here are a few pictures of the process. It ended up taking about three hours for the complete makeup.

Outlining the shape of the eyes. I wore this early 1980's asian inspired tunic as the rest of my costume. It looked super retro sci-fi without trying too hard. Thus, it was perfect. My late grandmother gave it to my mother after I was born. I also wore my Daenerys dragon egg necklace, which also looked fabulous together with the costume and makeup. Listening to the Benny Benassi station on Pandora helped too.

This is about an hour in. Yes, I hand drew the lines under my eyes. And yes, that took the longest. I was a bit of a perfectionist. And what, pray tell, made it possible to get such sharp lines? Eyeko's Skinny Liquid Eyeliner! I LOVE this pen liner; its seriously the best one I have ever tried. Darkly pigmented and easy to create perfect lines, its worth the higher price tag.

Back in makeupland, after hours of contouring and blending blending blending, here is the finished look:

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I decided to go with a neutral lip vs the hot pink in the original concept. I felt the paleness would look more alien. Here are a few more shots via my iPhone.

Though blurry, this is a better one showing my tunic.

Even though I couldn't drink, I had an amazing time and everyone loved the look. They were shocked to hear that I did it myself. And the funniest part, for me, is that 90% of the look was done with indie cosmetics! Take that overpriced brands! So what did I use...?

FACE

• Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in 46
• Morgana Cryptoria Ethereal Veil (Used all over my face and neck for a blue sheen to my skin.)
• Fyrinnae Eyeshadow in Conjuror (Used for dark contouring on forehead, neck and cheekbones, as well as on the nose. Mind Meld or Riddle Me This would be great alternatives.)
• Geek Chic Cosmetics LE Holiday Door Buster Eyeshadow (This was a bright blue toned green with turquoise sparkles; used for contouring along the nose, hairline, cheek bones and neck.)
• DuWop Peacock Palette (Used the green and blue for contouring and the purple for the spots.)
• Chivoni Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Supernova (Used as highlight on cheek bones, down bridge of nose and around mouth.)
• Fyrinnae Eyeshadow in Sakura (Used as highlight inside spots.)
• Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner (Used for spots.)
• Darling Girl Cosmetics Spectral Shift in Will-O-Whisp (Used as blush.)

EYES

• Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance Primer
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy (Apply to lid after crease and shape were filled in.)
• Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner (Used to create eyeliner.)
• Fyrinnae Eyeshadow in Conjuror (Used in petal shape around eyes.)
• Darling Girl Cosmetics Diamond Dust in Sirena (Used over top Conjuror and as contouring around lips.)
• Geek Chic Cosmetics LE Holiday Door Buster Eyeshadow (Used in crease, blended out over eyebrows and nose contours.)
• DuWop Peacock Palette Eyeshadow in Navy Metallic Blue (Used in crease and nose contours.)
• Geek Chic Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Yellow Jumpsuit (Used on outer corner of lids.)
• Fyrinnae Eyeshadow in Book of the Dead (Used over top Yellow Jumpsuit.)
• Darling Girl Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Pumpkin Patch (Free gift with purchase; used on middle part of lids.)
• Darling Girl Cosmetics Spectral Shift in Will-O-Whisp (Used over top Pumpkin Patch.)
• Geek Chic Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Fallen and Glitter Grenade in EMP (Fallen was applied first to the inner corner of my eyes, then EMP was patted over top.)
• Fyrinnae Eyeshadow in Sakura (Used as highlight in inner corner of eyes and along lower lash line.)
• Chivoni Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Supernova (Used as highlight in inner corner of eyes, along lower lash line and blended our over eyebrows.)
• Ardell Individual False Lashes (Used on upper lash line and along lower eyeliner.)

LIPS

• Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation in 46
• Rimmel London Vinyl Gloss Mirror Shine Lipgloss in Crystal Clear

And that's it! Pretty cool, right?! It took forever but it was so worth it. It turned out amazing and I am super proud. :D