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Look – Quick & Dirty Style Warrior Yellow & Brown Look

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

This was a really quick Style Warrior look I put together the other day. I don’t think Night Manoeuvers is a very flattering color on me — at least in this pairing! I think I could wear it in a more gray/purple kind of look. I was attempting to only use Style Warrior products, so, there ya have it. Live and learn :) Never hurts to try.

You will need the following…

  • Eyes: Soft Ochre paint pot (neutral beige base), Golden Lemon pigment (gold yellow), Bright Future eyeshadow (bright yellow), Tempting eyeshadow (chocolate brown), Folie eyeshadow (reddish brown), Night Manoeuvers eyeshadow (gray-purple), Soft Force eyeshadow (soft white-gold), Urban Decay Honey 24/7 Liner (gold), Plushlash mascara (black)
  • Cheeks: Eversun beauty powder blush (orangey-pink), Dior Amber Diamond Skin Shimmer (bronze highlighter)
  • Lips: Sunsational lipstick (peachy gold), Style Warrior lipglass (brown)
  • Brushes: 266 (firm, angled brush), 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 214 (smudge brush), 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 129 (dense blush brush)
  • Substitutes: Femme-fi = Shroom; Brave New Bronze = Velvet Teddy

Directions: Define brows using a coordinating powder shadow applied with the 266 brush. Apply Soft Ochre paint pot all over the lid as the base with the 249. With the 239, apply Golden Lemon pigment with water-based mixing medium on the lower lid. On the inner lid, pack Bright Future eyeshadow on using the 239. Apply Tempting eyeshadow to the middle and outer portions of the lid. Darken crease with Night Manoeuvers eyeshadow using the 226, then deepen with Folie eyeshadow with the 219. Sweep Soft Force eyeshadow underneath the brow bone to highlight. Finish with Urban Decay Honey Liner on lower lash line. Apply Plushlash mascara on lashes. Sweep apples of cheeks with Eversun blush using the 129, then highlight with Dior Amber Diamond Skin Shimmer with the 188. Apply Sunsational lipstick to lips, and then top with Style Warrior lipglass for color and shine.

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Christine this is gorgeous! Those colours are perfect for your eyes :)

Thanks a lot, Stacey :)

I love this look Christine, I think it is just awesome, I will try copying it for sure!

Thanks, Adriana! Hope you like it when you recreate it!

The colors don't really complement her skin very well. You must know what type of complexion you have and which colors will fit perfectly with your complexion. These colors are a little too bright for her skin tone. However I do like the shade of lipstick she chose but it does not correspond with the eye shadow colors.

Sorry you didn't like the look!

omg , you killed this look , its so niiiice i love it ! I actually yelled like "yo !! she killed it !!" anyways good job , dont even pay any mind to people talking trash and being negative .

LOL! Thanks, girl!! :D

Christine, I was actually planning on getting Night Manouevers, do you think this would work if I just applied it as a lid color with Dipdown fluidline as the liner over it and maybe Femmi Fi somewhere in the mix? Thanks!

I think that would definitely be nicer!

I think you are beautiful Christine! (kissing Christine's butt) I love all of your looks, (kissing Christine's butt again) but there is always going to be someone with a negative opinion, it is just inevitable. So whaaat, big deal. :)

This is one of my fav looks by far!!!

Oh, wow! Thanks, JackieJaci!

Wow, very pretty eyes. I love trying new colors and techniques too. Just maybe she should have some foundation for better face coverage and a better hairdo....

This is not a fashion or hair magazine shot though. It would be good to include nice hair & gorgeous clothes, but we are here to look at Christine's makeup looks. I was too busy looking at Christine's eyes, I didn't know you had hair :p

If only I knew anything about hair, LOL!

Thanks, Robin! Sorry you don't like the hair.

I think this is most def a lovely look on you, and I love the lippie combo!

Sooo glad I got Sunsational and Style Warrior. I LOVE the lips for this look. They are right up my alley. :D I am placing my order tomorrow. Can't wait. I am going to buy Bright Future because it's quite different than most MAC shadows, but I don't think I can pull it off with my NW15 skin. :( It's so pretty but yellow looks awful on me most of the time.

I was a bit wary about Style Warrior, but it can work ;) Bright Future is a bit odd yellow on me even!

I love how you're always so unique with your colors! I have trouble thinking of what looks to do sometimes, but I'm always inspired by your color pairings!! I've occasionally made the mistake of pairing cool and warm and thinking it came out horrible looking, but then someone else will like it. :-) To each their own, right? And the greatest part: makeup comes off! You wipe it off and start fresh tomorrow! That's not to say I don't like this look though, I certainly do! And I just wanted to say that I appreciate your creativity and boldness - you always put yourself out there no matter what and I admire you!

Aww, thank you Heather! I am so flattered to have inspired you :) And oh yeah, that's definitely the best part -- you can remove it in thirty seconds if you hate it. You can rock it around the house for hours (like I did), before you decide you don't like, too. OR pile more on top to fix ;)

If I might also add that you even if you don't love that night maneuver color right away..I'm sure there's a bunch of ways to spice it up...mix it with something warmer or brighter. Christine you have this amazing ability to mix, match, combine, blend so many colors and create all these combinations..most of us probably haven't even thought of yet. You will find something spiffy to do with that color, I have faith in you. :)

I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet for ol' Night Manoeuvers, never fear!!

I agreee, if i wouldnt have liked the look, i would have just been eh? about it and kept it moving, no need to go outta your way to offend someone.

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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but some are best kept to oneself. Honestly, i dont think this is the appropriate forum to debate skill, this isn't live journal. Christine never claimed to be a professional makeup artist, just a hobbyist, she is however a PRO beauty blogger, and thats where her props come in. She blogs and gets the beauty scoop like no other, and thats not ass kissing, thats just the TRUTH. IMHO, this look embodies the Style Warrior collection.

This blog is definitely all about the fun and excitement of makeup and beauty :)

You’re beautiful as always Christine. While I wouldn’t wear the eye colours you do (I’m just a Blacktrack gal myself), I can appreciate when others do. And your lips and cheeks look very pretty.

Thanks, Annika! :) Some days I am just an eyeliner gal myself!

Christine, I think no matter what look you try, you still look lovely.

Aww, thanks so much, Deanna ;)

The color might not be the best for you, but I love how you blended the colors together. I really love how Tempting kinda makes it flow together. :D

Thanks! :) I think for me to wear Night Manoeuvers, I just have to pair it with purples/grays.

I agree with you Christine. Night maneuvers is not the best color on you. Maybe Magnetic Fields from the neo sci-fi collection [if you still have it]? I love that you love that Honey eyeliner and I'm glad that you made Style Warrior work for you. The lips look goooooorgeous

Oh, yeah, I'd definitely would have thrown on a warmer brown (because that's definitely what it needs for me being so warm-toned), but I was trying to stay in the Style Warrior collection :) Thanks for the tips, Lizzii!

These colours suit you beautifully !!

Thanks so much, Claudia!

I think it is rather pretty. Would love to see the purplish paired with silver too. The name though...too much like "manure".

Thanks, Hillary ;) LOL! OMG, the name is so odd to me.

I don't mind the look. I did Bright Future/Tempting last week, and it's cute together. I'm kind of upset that I didn't realize I already had a tempting from my Cult of Cherry quad, but oh well :). To all the negative comments, I'm sure Christine doesn't mind in general if you don't like her looks, but if you don't have anything to add to the discussion(like alternative color choices and whatnot), there's really no point in being negative, you know.

Aww! You could return Tempting, though, if you really want to. No shame in that :) (Shame on MAC for repromoting all the time, yeah? LOL!) And yes, definitely! I can't improve/fix/know what you didn't like unless you tell me!

i like the look, but it's a bit messy. it reminds me of honey :) really like the color scheme!

Sorry you found it messy!

christine--i actually like the night maneouvres in the crease...you've put together a really nice combination! i'm looking forward to checking out these colours when they come out here.

I'm glad you liked it, Aradna :) Thanks!

The color scheme is okay, but I think the combination of the warm (Tempting and Folie) and cool (Night Maneuvers) browns is throwing me off. I think either warm or cool browns could work well with bright yellow, but both together is not ideal (obviously, one intuitively thinks of warm, but I do like how Night Maneuvers and Bright Future go together and provide a contrast!). I could really see Satin Taupe, as someone above said, with the yellow and Night Maneuvers, or replacing Night Maneuvers with a more neutral brown. Obviously, the blending and placement is gorgeous as always! I have tons of fun coming up with color combinations but still really struggle with blending, especially if my crease color is really dark. Practice practice, I know :)