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cupcake_goth ([personal profile] cupcake_goth) wrote2010-02-10 02:22 pm
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Posting madness: makeup tips for a specific look?

Help me, oh LJ Hivemind! I have an upcoming photo shoot where I need to look, er, mad. Not angry, but crazy. I would also prefer that the mad look be at least a bit flattering, because I'm vain. (Look, I will freely admit to my vanity. I am not in denial about it.)

Anyway, yes. Mad-looking makeup. I'm thinking of something vaguely Emilie Autumn-ish, but without the heart or the exaggeratedly-tiny lips.





But maybe more pinks and deep purple/browns, instead of red and black, because I've learned that trying to do that sort of look in red and black makes me look tired and unwell.

So, this is where I turn to the LJ Hivemind! Give me suggestions or tips for doing flattering-yet-mad-looking makeup, please! Thank you.

[identity profile] trudybooth.livejournal.com 2010-02-10 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I went and looked at some of my favorite examples of madness for some ideas and got none, but maybe you will.

Here's Creature Feature's Buried Alive. At 2:30ish they show some tight shots of Curtis Rx's makeup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b704tlVZqs

He looks beautiful as always yet completely fucking mad. Maybe you need a less angular face though...

http://www.youtube.com/user/mychemicalromance?blend=3&ob=4&rclk=cti#p/u/8/hxhdhBRP06Y

Gerard's face also seems to make use of the Big Eye Circles... though they're both being not only mad but corpsy

So, where are some good Gee Way Crazy Eyes sans deadness?

http://www.youtube.com/user/mychemicalromance?blend=3&ob=4&rclk=cti#p/u/7/pyi0ZfuIIvo

Why, yes, it seems I HAVE taken your reasonable question and gone on a mad tangent in order to look at pretty boys being pretty.

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[personal profile] ashbet 2010-02-11 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Random tangent -- okay, I am now a fan of Creature Feature :D :D :D

And I'm taking makeup notes, because I've never been all that good at doing eye-circles without looking hungover!

-- A <3

[identity profile] indilwen.livejournal.com 2010-02-11 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Hijacking random tangent -Creature Feature, yes!!