May FOTD Challenge: Cleopatra

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I’ve been having a blast doing the May FOTD Challenge- I feel like I’ve gone to an unprecedented number of fancy dress parties over the last 3 weeks.

Cleopatra inspired face of the day

Cleopatra Face of the Day makeup breakdown:

Eyes:

- UDPP

- Inglot Pearl 419 (shimmery olive green) all over lid right to brow- see my review and swatches here.

- Illamasqua Surge Liquid Metal blended as browbone highlight (see review and swatches here)

- MAC plumage eyeshadow + MAC Flourish eyeshadow to create depth in other third of top lid, as well as under eyebrow near nose bridge.

- MAC Mystery eyeshadow under bottom lashline

- Urban Decay 24/7 liner in ‘zero on brows, extended out. Also used on waterline.

- Nylon on the inner part of chunky ‘winged’ eye liner. Bobbi Brown black gel liner to line top lashline and winged out.

more after the jump!

Cheeks:

- MAC bronzer ‘Golden’ to contour

- Bobbi Brown Shimmer brick in ‘Bronze’ all over cheeks (really didn’t show up in the photos, ah well, it looked good IRL)

Lips:

- NARS Supervixen lip gloss

Cleopatra inspired face of the day

The inspiration… of course, Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

FOTD inspiration- Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

Check out all the other players by going to my first post in the series- Rock Chic FOTD