As usual, my love for the yellow eyeshadow was in full swing under the bright lights of Sephora and it’s reassuring employees who made my “risky” fashion statement seem like no thang (their lids seem to be inspired by strobe light gels). But once home, well, it felt just a bit “girlfriend woke up with jaundice.” “Sickly” could be considered chic in an Italian Vogue kind of way, but on the streets of NY as a mere mortal, I wondered about my eyes becoming a bit of an eyesore.
But as a determined experimentalist, I decided I had to just find the right opportunity to sport it and to temper the “Motion Sickness Victim” reference with some dark eyeliner and mascara.
Last night was the perfect opportunity.
I was gifted with tickets to see The Cure (!) and where is there a better place for makeup experimenting than a concert (of goth gods no less)? So I worked it.
I kept my face bare for the most part. And I was admittedly light handed with the application- using it more as a liner. But the results were surprisingly fun and did make me feel a bit mischievous and cat like. I am posting some pictures here of the results. This may have been a horrible fashion faux pas, you’re welcome to weigh in with WTF’s or bad, wrong, no no no’s…but there was something a bit intriguing about it and made me feel kind of like a cool goth girl.
I secretly love going to concerts because there seems to be a general anything goes attitude towards fashion. I certainly could have had a heyday with street style pictures of people entering and exiting Madison Square Garden.
In a really old, thread bare tee stolen from the BF, stovepipe black jeans and black stiletto ankle boots, I felt like the crazy eye makeup added a nice level of “androgynous femininity” which is what I was going for.
Anyway, enough of my personal musings- it would tickle me if you would disclose your biggest beauty risks. How do you make them work? Any tricks for tempering something that feels like it should be a great big non plus?
~ Olivia Villanti
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