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Creating the Look: Vamp

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Sherley has a look that will stop traffic, so I asked her if she would sit down and do a Vamp Look for me. I was lucky when she agreed.

I started by priming her skin for makeup application. Sherley, like many women with very dark pigmented skin, has very dry skin. I was certain to give her skin's moisture levels additional attention, using a medium weight moisturizer and primers that keep the skin moist while makeup is being applied.

Using a concealor brush, I applied a slightly lighter concealor where necessary to cover-up skin discoloration and unevenness. I followed this with a medium coat of cream foundation (to ensure plenty of moisture), and a dark loose powder to hold the foundation firm.

I applied a bare minimum of blush, since our focus with Sherley's look would be glamour-heavy eyes and lips.

I trimmed Sherley's eyebrows using a small pair of scissors and a clean mascara wand. I brushed the eyebrow hair up in one direction and carefully cut away the hairs that didn't fit within the arch. I darkened her eyebrows slightly using a dark black eyebrow liner.

I wanted really bright color on her lids - green to match the Vamp green velvet dress I'd found for the shoot. I started with a lighter green to lighten her eyelids so that the bright green I'd be applying would pop out. I lined the upper and lower lids with pitch black and lined the inner ledge of the lower lid with more black.

I covered her upper and lower lashes with a double coat of blackest-black mascara to create a good base for the fake eyelashes I'd be applying shortly.

I began applying the false eyelashes by adding a small amount of glue to the band on the lashes and letting it dry slightly before placing it on the ledge of her upper eyelid. Once applied, I asked her to blink her eyes several times to avoid eyelashes sticking to each other.

While her eyelashes dried, I applied lipliner and color. I wanted something that really smoldered. I decided on a dark, dark purple liner followed by an a dark, bright purple lipstick and clear lipgloss.

We wanted a complete look, so I purchased a red wig with v-cut bangs to accentuate the Vamp/Seductress look. Using a wide-toothed comb and lots of hairspray, I put the hairs of the wig where I wanted them and Sherley was almost ready to shoot!

Sherley changed into a dark green velvet dress and started working her stuff in front of the camera, and she really emulated that Vamp Look. What do you think?

You can see more of Sherley's work here:
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Trimming and filling in eyebrows.

Creating a dark base for additional eyeshadow.

Adding shimmer eyeshadow.

Adding final touches with dark purple-brown lipstick.

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