Posting madness: makeup tips for a specific look?

[cupcake_goth]

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.

Comments

[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

It might be tricky to pull off but maybe try incorporating subtle inconsistency in the makeup (maybe making the under of one purple and the other one pink?). This will throw off the eye and give a sort of surreal or uncanny feel to the look if it's done right. As always with something like this, it's always more fun to experiment than anything. Oh and I think your color choices are pretty spot on for what you're looking to do though do feel free to incoporate red in there. I see no reason it couldn't be blended into the other color as an accent.

Best of luck!

[jessicac.livejournal.com]

This + don't evenly match the shape/size of your undereye make-up. Uneveness or difference between the two will lend to uncanniness.

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