makeup inspiration: jem and the holograms

heyyo.




(image from bestofthe80s.wordpress.com)

this is jem and she rocked my world on television when i was a kid. she's so cool and i totally wanted to have pink hair &front a band.

was about to do a simple look for the day when i suddenly swerved to the wild side by choosing to do a jem-inspired look.

it didn't help that i happened to be wearing a purple dress.

since the cartoon's tagline is 'totally outrageous', there's no other way to go but 80s glam rock, mdm.

so. then.
here's the look i came up with.


i decided to stick to the main two colours jem is associated with - pink and purple, and immediately i thought of noise eyeshadow in the urban decay vice palette and got straight down to work.

up close


all colours used are from vice, they are:-
noise (bright medium cerise pink):
on the entire lid till the brow bone

freebird (light metallic rose gold with glitter): on the crease

vice (metallic royal purple with red tones): swept to form a 'v' from the outer corner of the eye to the under of the brow bone (midway) and also along the lash line from the outer and stop at the middle

anonymous (skin foundation tone): on the brow bone

provocateur (warm silver-ish lilac with pink tones and glitter): on the brow bone and also at the inner corner of the eye

besides these shadows i also used coffret d'or eyeshadow primer, liquid eyeliner and mascara to complete the eye look.

&what would the 80s be without neon?


to round off the look i chose a neon pink lipstick from topshop makeup called 'brighton rock'.

there. done. my take on jem.
it's all or nothing, man.

go bold or go home.
xoxo,
nais.