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I loved Brooke’s latest makeup look so I emailed her about it – She was awesome and made us a tutorial!

What Brooke used:

Our Aussie pal Brooke submitted this cool pic of her wearing limecrime glitters and we asked her to make us a tutorial! Enjoy the sparkly goodness:-)

What Brooke used:

Eyeshadows: Mirror Mirror, Nymph & Voodoo Queen Glitter
Eyes: Black liquid eyeliner, black mascara & fake eyelash glue.

1. With a medium sized brush apply a light dusting of Mirror Mirror to the whole eyelid.

2. I was having trouble getting the glitters to stick properly and fully to my eyelid – I tried the creme shadow, make up primer, EVERYTHING – and I wasn’t getting the full coverage look I wanted. I read in one of my make up books that when using glitters it is sometimes good to try the fake eyelash adhesive glue to get it to stick properly and much more solid. I tried this and SUCCESS!

3. Paint fake eyelash glue to the lid in the shape you require. For this look I painted just above the crease of my eye as I was unsure how dramatic it would look.

4. Using a brush you don’t mind wrecking (in case the glue doesn’t come out – mine did as I washed the brush properly after use) soak in water and then into the glitter pot (to ensure the glitter is picked up by the brush). Apply the glitter to the still wet glue until you have a solid base – allow to dry. Apply one eye at a time to ensure the glitter and glue don’t crack and so you can see what you are doing.

5. Once dry take a smaller brush and apply Mirror Mirror (silver) to the outer lines of the glitter and under your bottom lash line.

6. Apply Nymph (white/gold) to the inner corners of your eyes and dust under your brow.

7. Apply foundation and concealer as desired on your face. For this look I used a red gloss on my lips.

Notes: Though the eyelash glue made my eyes feel very heavy to start off with I barely noticed by the end of the night. This is by far one of my favourite looks I’ve created with Lime Crime makeup and I’m sure to repeat it with the 2 other glitter colours I have from Lime Crime.

It made me feel like Sophie Ellis Bextor in her “Murder on the Dance Floor clip”. See it here on youtube (for some reason I can’t get it to post here)

The fabulous (and sparkly) Brooke posted this fabulous tutorial at her blog and said I could share it all with you!

How did she do it??

Lime Crime Magic Eye Dust:
-Elf
-Empress
-Circus Girl
-Nymph
-Turquoise glitter liquid liner (I used M.A.C. glitter liquid liner)
(you can now use LimeCrime Glitters like Jinx, and voodoo queen!),
-black mascara

1. With a medium brush I applied Circus Girl (yellow) to the inner eye – starting at the inner corner to about the centre of the eyelid.
2. With a slightly smaller brush I applied Elf (green) to the outer half of the eye – starting from the outer corner to the edge of the Circus Girl shade.
3. Apply Empress (purple) to the centre line of the eyelid where the colours join - blend slightly.
4. With a flat brush I applied Elf across the crease of my eyelid starting just above the inner corner right the way to the outer corner of my eye. You can bring the colour out as high as you desire – for a more dramatic look bring the colour higher to your brow bone.
5. I wet a small flat brush and applied Elf to the lower lashes pulling the colour outwards. Then apply Empress directly below the Elf from the centre of the eye outwards. To highlight my eyes I applied Circus Girl to the bottom inner eye and appled Nymph (gold/white) along the brow bone.
6. Apply glitter turquoise eyeliner to the top lashline (or use limecrime glitters) and apply black mascara.

*To make the colours more vibrant wet the brush before applying eyeshadows and use a primer*

If you read or comment on my blog, you’ve probably met Brooke–she’s an active member on the blog and today she sent me the best email including some really awesome pics of her rockin’ Shanalogic gear!! She’s even sent a limecrime tutorial that I’m totally going to post very soon! ( I feel like I’d fit in really well in australia and new zealand–Plus Mel (another amazing blog visiter) and Brooke could keep me company!)

She writes:

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Brooke
Date: Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Subject: HAPPY SHOPPER :)
To: shana

Hey hey hey Shana & crew,

So this email has been a long time coming I know but hey at least I’ve finally sat down and written it.

I wouldn’t usually take the time to write a thank you email but with the fabulousness that is your shop I think it’s warranted.

I remember stumbling across your site last year in the midst of my journey away from home. I was living in London and was visiting my local internet cafe (which consisted of people around me looking up gay porn & internet dating sites). It was a cold miserable day when I discovered the Ghetto Blaster necklace (I think it was made by Sabrina’s Charms) and I fell in love – even the cold rain and freezing British wind didn’t seem so bad. I bought it the very next time I was paid (which meant I ate less that week – work was not as constant as I wanted it to be and I spent all my money seeing delicious British bands and drinking delicious British beer) and had it sent to my home address in Australia as a happy Christmas gift when I got home.

lookin' fab in her polaroid necklace

I remember arriving home and being excited (not only to see my family who I hadn’t seen for 6 1/2 months) – I finally got to wear my new necklace :) I had a super special parcel waiting for me and it helped me overcome the jetlag and basic after-travel sadness that comes with that – I just looked at the necklace and *grin*.

Since then I’ve been a constant visiter and buyer – If I had enough money I think I’d own more things but I’m so super duper happy with the things I have managed to buy. I know there is room for more in my collection but I won’t be greedy, I have plenty of time to build it up!

Recently I bought the Bandit love necklace and it has been worn out a lot – some of my friends though it was a cat and I got a bit mad at them – HELLO what cat has a bandit mask on??? It’s  quite clearly a racoon!!! I have always loved racoons – I think my obsession started young – my first toy was a stuffed racoon (I might send you a pic one day). I’ve loved my Raccy (yeah I was real creative on the naming of my stuffed toys when I was younger) for as long as I can remember and now I feel extra happy when I wear my necklace because it reminds me of that very special stuffed animal at home :)

Thank you Shana for the fabulous finds, for supporting indie artists, for shipping to Australia at a reasonable cost, for always entertaining me with your blog, for being super awesome and for the fun magnets I have got with my orders!

I have attached links to some pics of me wearing some of my gear – I’ve also been writing some makeup tutorials and raving about Lime Crime Makeup on my blog (http://baaarooke.blogspot.com) feel free to use any of the pics or link to my blog if you want – you have my permission :)