OMG these eye looks are BEAUTIFUL!!! Look at the stunning use of color, shading, and blending it is simply phenomenal. *runs off to practice*





OMG these eye looks are BEAUTIFUL!!! Look at the stunning use of color, shading, and blending it is simply phenomenal. *runs off to practice*
Wow...I loved the 6th one in, I think...its the one with the rainbow colors. Awesome.
*Runs off to practice*
Thanks, LSM!!





yw! I wonder what techniques they are using? Some of them just seem too perfect for simple blending...is there airbrushing going on???
eta oh gosh check out some of the links to the right there are some cool how-to videos.
edit again: oh lordy I found part II



I think you might like this vid too, it's one of my faves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uut2TI9cwfM
Check out the rainbow eyes at 1:30!![]()





Ooh, I love the one at :28. I used to do my eyes like that for going out. Some really pretty ones at the end too.
Wow, the second one would look great on me! I need to go to the damn MAC store.
Oh those are beautiful! Thanks LSM!
Every time I try to do my eye make up, I end up looking like either someone punched me in my eyes or I haven't slept in a week. Not sexy. I need to practice. Desperately.





Did you guys notice how perfect their eyebrows are? I'm tempted to order some brow stencils.
Eyebrow threading. Very popular in M.E.
Also, they use pure kohl from Egypt. My former dance director used to import it directly from Cairo. Tough to get the hang of initially, but it makes that beautiful deep, defined black color.
In M.E. culture, the eyes, ayoonan, are very important. Especially since most women are encouraged (forced some places?) to dress very conservatively.
The eyes are the palette that can be played with safely. Allow the female to "pretty up" without dressing provacatively and invoking social dissaproval.
Plus many M.E. women have huge, gorgeous eyes with great lids. I have those slavic semi-hooded lids and they are much harder to color.
"Have you ever been to American wedding? Where is the vodka, where's marinated herring?" - GB
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Originally Posted by Mia M
^^What is eyebrow threading?
I believe you Dottie and you have my support





^I've had it done before and it's AWESOME, gives you that perfect brow. But alas, I know of nobody locally who does it.
eta : HEre's a better video fast forward to about 1:30. I don't know why it's entitled "ouch" because I didn't find it painful at all...much more comfortable than waxing for sure.
Eyebrow threading... very painful... I've had it done a few times. I still prefer waxing lol.
The threading is they have this funky string thing that they like twist over your eyebrows to pull out the hair. It just feels so weird. I did not like it at all lol.





Ooo Now I need to go practice and get to the MAC store.
you live like an ivy vine
you can only survive by clinging onto trees
that's your flaw
put down some roots so you can stand on your own
-Kenpachi
Those are beautiful. I wish I could wear liner on the inside waterline of my eye but I can't. Makes my eyes tear up and water all over the place.
Wow...I so prefer threading over waxing. It's like tweezing on a mass scale. The waxing feels like it's ripping the skin off of my eyes. Although, with that kind of "ripping" on soft, sensitive eye area skin...I can't imagine the sag that would come with it in later years.
I'll stick to threading and tweezing.
Of course, I had my eyebrows waxed a few years ago and the woman fucked up my eyebrows so bad...they've never really recovered from that...I should go get them professionally shaped and all someplace downtown where they charge you and arm and leg to get some hair pulled from your eyebrows.![]()
Well i just wanna say that even though I can't do dramatic eye make up for shit, I have this eyeshadow primer from Sephora and it makes color SO much richer, plus it lasts all day. The primer comes in a light purple tube.
I'm at B's, posting on my phone so I can't watch the vids. Are they video or slide shows??





Wow, I wish I looked like that. lol. Beautiful.
A lot of middle eastern women have perfect eyebrows and long thick black lashes, so that plays a role too.





I'll check it out when I can, just know that pics of Arabic eye makeup are notoriously photoshopped. There was a big discussion on Specktra about it awhile ago. A lot of Middle Eastern artists use MUFE shadows for their bright matte colors, check em out!!





oh really? Well that kinda stinks! Ruins the fantasy I had for my eyes haha





Has anybody ever used real kohl? I was going to order some but I've read reports online that up to 1/3 of the imported kohls have tested positive for lead. How can one ensure that the kohl is lead-free? (short of running it through an NMR spectrometer which I actually have access to but I'm not sure how well that would go over in the chemistry department. "um, yeah, I just wanna see if my eyeliner has any lead")
They sell lead testing strips in the stores.
Usually, the people who buy them are parents to see if the kid toys have lead in them. But, you can use it for other things, as well.
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