Bright Eyed Beauty Blog: Look: Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Look: Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party

Hello!

You may have noticed I haven't been posting as many looks up as I used to. I've been suffering from make-up creative block. Until recently, I hadn't seen much to inspire me to do new looks. That changed when I saw these pictures of actress Ginnifer Goodwin at the Oscars after party.


Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party. Picture property of Just Jared. Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2820345/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas-vanity-fair-oscars-party-2013-04/

Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
Picture property of Just Jared.
Source: http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/2820345/ginnifer-goodwin-josh-dallas-vanity-fair-oscars-party-2013-04/

This is the kind of makeup I would do with this dress! It's bold, it ties into the dress without being too matchy-matchy and it's perfectly balanced- she kept the rest of her face neutral with some light bronzing anda neutral lip. Most of the time on the red carpet, you see very neutral makeup and if someone does a basic smoky eye or a red/pink lip, they're classed as adventurous or bold. For me, that's not bold. Playing with colour in different ways is bold.

So I tried to recreate it...
I have to say this was the most difficult relatively-simple look I've done in ages. I hadn't done a bold look in so long, it was like I was learning how to use make-up all over again. Plus, a fair amount of my makeup is in storage, so I didn't have the perfect colours and so had to mix and match. I think it turned out ok. Hopefully you'll like it!

Eye Look inspired by Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party

Eye Look inspired by Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party
(both eyes closed)

Eye Look inspired by Ginnifer Goodwin at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars after party
(both eyes open)

It took me a while, but I realised (apart from not being her makeup artist/using the same products) one reason my final look doesn't look like hers is that she's wearing insanely feathery false eyelashes. I love you all, but not enough to stick falsies to my eyelids late at night solely for the purpose of a blog post (sorry!).

How-To:

Apply Urban Decay eyeshadow in Kinky (from the Smoked Palette) under the eyebrow and close to the bridge of the nose;
Apply Urban Decay eyeshadow in Echo Beach to the inner 1/3 of the mobile lid and apply Nevermind to the inner 1/2 of the crease (both from the Vice Palette);
Apply blue eyeshadow (Column 6, Row 6) from the Coastal Scents 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette to the middle of the mobile lid, blending in with the Echo Beach;
Apply Evidence to the outer third of the mobile lid; layer Backdoor over it and blend out beyond the natural eyelid with Blackout (all from the Smoked Palette);
Apply Smog from the Naked Palette to the outer perimeters of the eye look and blend in to the crease;
Apply Smog to the lower lash line and add some Lovey Dovey (from the Too Faced Shadow Bon Bons Palette) over it.

Basically, I had finished this look using just Smog and then took a photo of it and found it looked too golden- Ginnifer's look has a bit of a brownish-reddish tint to it, so I tried to tone down the gold in Smog a bit. It worked, but it still wasn't the same colour Ginnifer wore.