ENTRY: ZOMBIE

Products used:

• Liquid latex
• Toilet paper
• Body/face paints (red, black, grey, white)
• Fake blood (Karo corn syrup & food coloring)

What is your favorite blush for special occasions? What’s the one blush that just gives you that certain je ne sais pas that’s simply perfect for events you need to be stunning for?

For cool cheeks, MAC Don’t Be Shy is a great cool pink blush; for well-bronzed, high-glow cheeks, Other Worldly is divine; for a faint blushy glow, Margin is perfect.

ENTRY: JIGSAW

Products used:

• Eyeshadows: Blue Storm, Big T, Carbon, Rondelle, NARS Emmanuel, Coppering, Humid, Eyepopping, Wondergrass, Bright Sunshine, Firespot, Romping, Electric Eel, Tilt, Nocturnelle, Hepcat, Sushi Flower, Sketch, Woodwinked , Mi-Lady
• Pigments: Chartreuse, Navy Blue, Blue Brown, Fuchsia, Entremauve(my BFF), Acid Orange, Cornflower, Kelly Green, Off the Radar, Ruby Red, Golden Lemon
• Brushes: 242SE, 266
• Blitz & Glitz Fluidline, Feline Kohl Power,NW45 StudioTech, Fashion Fair Warm Sand blush, Mattene’s Rapurous lipstick

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ENTRY: LEOPARD

Products used:

• Rubenesque Paint Pot
• Goldmine e/s
• Amber Lights e/s
• Woodwinked e/s
• Nylon e/s
• Beautyburst e/s
• Smoke Signals pigment
• Showstopper e/s
• Smoking e/s
• Mehron pigment in white
• Laura Gellar bronzer
• Prestige black liquid liner
• Cheap halloween lashes
• Black lipstick

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Over the next four days, we will be posting eight entries from our October 2007 contest. There will be two winners – one decided by a panel of judges, and another decided by our readers for “Reader’s Choice!” First place winner will be announced after we have posted all of the entries. We’ll then let you vote for your favorite as well, but for now, enjoy them!

ENTRY: MERMAID PUNK

Eyes

• Eyeliner: Rimmel Exaggerate Full color eye definer-Aubergine
• Light blue shadow on top lid: Ulta-Mosaic
• Light green color on lower eye Ulta-radient (both of the above shadows are also brushed around the eyeliner for starker contrast)
• Dark Blue on lid: Color concepts 98 colors (Nameless, but is a Dark blue)
• Mascara: Revlon 3D extreme mascara

Lips

• Wet and Wild Silver lipstick
• Ulta-Radiant shadow on top

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Where do you find inspiration for your makeup looks? Do you find it in nature, magazines, celebrities? What inspires you to try a certain look or change up your makeup style?

I personally find a lot of my inspiration from color combinations, just seeing them in my head or on a website or on a random product design.