50's/ Dita Von Teese Look

This is really popular look right now with the burlesque, vintage and retro scenes becoming very fashionable. This teamed with this A/W '11's ladylike trend means that red lips are set, as usual, to be quite a big trend for the colder seasons.

Here is the full face look with the eyes opened.

This is it with the eyes closed, so you can get a better idea of exactly how I have done the eyes.

So what did I do and what did I use to get this look???

STEP 1: Firstly I used Chanel's Vitalumiere Aqua in Beige Tendre. This colour is usually a little dark for me and when doing this look I would usually try and go a little paler. But as I am wearing tan I really didn't want my face to be a completely different colour to my body! I applied the foundation using a Louise Young Foundation Brush LY02.

STEP 2: Next I used Rimmel's Glam Eye's Professional Eyeliner into a cat flick Again this would not have been my first choice for a look like this, I'll explain why in a later review, but it is cheap and cheerful! I then curled by lashes using the Shu Uemura 24k Gold Eyelash Curlers. I have a funny feeling these may not be on the market anymore as they don't seem to be on the UK website. I then applied Benefit's Bad Gal Lash Mascara and on top of this I applied a pair of Eyelure's Naturalites Intense. I couldn't find out a number for them but they are really thick ones. There is a number 147 on the box but I'm not sure if this is the number of the lashes.

STEP 3: I finished off the skin. I put MAC's Pro Longwear Concealer in NW20 under my eyes using my ring finger to blend. I then applied a little to the other areas of the face that I needed a little extra coverage and used my LY02 to blend again. I then powdered my face with MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in.... well the name has worn off so I'm not really sure. It looks like Light/Medium but I couldn't find this on the website so maybe this colour has been discontinued or maybe I'm reading it wrong! I applied it with a discontinued Benefit buffer brush, it would be very like the MAC 182 though.

STEP 4: Eyebrows are a very important aspect of this look. My brows are very thick and very dark so there is only so much that I can do with them. Regardless, the brow should be a arched and as defined as possible, so get the tweezers out! To fill mine in I used HD Brow's Palette in Vamp. I used the darkest colour Carbon which is a very dark brown, this I applied using a cheap slanted brush, which would be similar to the Benefit Hard Angle Brush.

STEP 5: Blusher! Colour in the cheeks is not really an overly important aspect of the look but I love to add a little shape with it. For this look I used the most beautiful discontinued blusher ever, Oh So Fair from MAC. It was a beauty powder that MAC brought out for their limited edition Disney Venomous Villain's Collection in 2010. It has an amazing picture of the evil queen from Snow White on the front and inside is a subtle pink blush. I applied this using another discontinued brush from Benefit. Any understated pink blush and simple blusher brush will suffice.

STEP 6: Finally the lips! The most important aspect of the look. I used an old Lipliner by Benefit called Siren, which was a really rich red. MAC's liner in Brick will do the same job. I then filled this in with Givenchy's Rouge Can Can. I can't find any of my lip brushes so I applied it straight from the bullet.

And that is pretty much it! If you want to push it a little further and have a few moles on your face fill them in for an even more authentic look. I done this with a brown eyeliner from Boot's Natural Collection range.

I also really should have curled my hair for this!!