THE BARBIE DOLL

I think of this make up as the early 60's barbie doll make up. With a hell-lot of glitter added. My mother has a couple of Barbies left from around '62 with thick eyeliner (I thought they looked evil) and bright turquoise eyeshadow. The eyeshadow is only on the actual eye lid. Eddi thinks this make up is "umm, pretty strong".

Well. To make it actually strong and more Barbie double the thickness of the eyeliner and paint the eyeshadow above the lid, but still keeping the same shape, like making your lid bigger. And add some liner under the eye too.

My eyeshadow and lipstick is from Limecrime (Troubadour and Centrifuchsia) and the glitter is gel plus polyglitter from Grimas, in case you were wondering. What else? A good foundation (and a good camera lense). The eyelashes are not mine own but false ones. Thick, doll like and cat shaped ones, that are longer in the outer corners will work best. I suggest putting the eyeshadow on with a wet brush for a precise line, if the formula is such that it will work wet. And start off with a primer. Also, paint the eyeliner once before adding the glitter, otherwise it will be hard to get it straigt. You need to fill in  a bit with the liner after applying the glitter again. And the whole shabadang works well without the glitter too and just plain blue of course.

Perhaps something for tonight, if you're heading over to the first night of the Helsinki Burlesque Festival?