GREAT GATSBY INSPIRED MAKEUP - FRONTCOVER TO GO MACAROONS EYE SET - REVIEW

Well I went to go and see The Great Gatsby movie last weekend with some girl pals and was pretty apprehensive thanks to mixed reviews, but now I think it is safe to say, I am firmly on "Team Gatsby."

Beautiful Leo...

I love the pomp and flare of a good Baz Luhrmann movie and it was a great excuse to ogle Leo for a couple of hours (like I need an excuse).





But the main aspect which blew me away and has stayed with me was the colourful recreation of 1920s chic.

Carey Mulligan's Daisy Buchanan was absolutely stunning, as were the other flapper girls. From the bobbed finger waves, to the matte powdered faces and rosy cheeks, the 20s vintage makeup look is back in fashion in a big way.

The one defining quote describing Daisy's physical appearance in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel draws attention to her "bright eyes." and I hooked up with Anna Roscoe, makeup artist and founder of Glasgow beauty bargains store, Penny Pin Up, to see about creating a bright eyed look for me...

We used new Frontcover to Go Macaroons eye makeup boxset, described by the experts as: "a sophisticated colour palette echoing the aristocratic hue of the 1920s, with rain drenched macaroon shades.
The set encapsulates 1920s elegance in a range of stylish shades for eyes in iridescent chiffon finishes.
Get fluid watercolour washes and draw flowing eye lines.
This vintage inspired colour palette for eyes is ideal for flapper girl chic. However the shades are also an edited highlight of this season's colour trends as seen on the Chanel and Peter Som catwalks, but with a nod to the opulent colour hues of the roaring 20s - the best of both beauty worlds."

Inside the box:

8 Click in Domed Baked Powder Eyeshadows in the Latest Macaroon Shades
1 Refillable Compact
1 Double Ended Applicator
1 Shadowbase Eye Primer
1 Shadowline (turns all eyeshadow into eyeliner) 

Formulation Information:
Shadowline:
Turns absolutely any shadow into long lasting eyeliner at the flick of a wand. Simply dip into your chosen shade and apply as you usually would your liquid liner for colour popping eyes. 

Domed Baked Powder Eyeshadows:
Baked powder formulations have been finely tuned to achieve an opulent silky taffeta like finish. They are highly pigmented for intense colour and maximum iridescence and work perfectly on all skin tones.

Mmmm Macaroons...

With shades named apricot, mocha, cinnamon, praline, caramel and buttermilk, the set sounded and looked good enough to eat and with all the positive blurb, we had high hopes, lets get to work...

This is a list of products Anna used alongside the set, and with helpful application instructions:

Base:

Beauty Blender

Wet sponge and squeeze out water

Apply Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in Light Bronze all over the face with patting motion & blend in hair line & Jaw line

Apply ELF Mineral Booster in sheer to set the foundation

Apply Liz Earle face powder in Sheer Tan to contour & define the cheek bones

Apply Lush highlighter on the cheek bone (pat lightly towards hairline)

Apply MAC blusher in Poised to apples of the cheek

Blend all products together with an ELF kabuki brush

Brows – used Sephora angle brush and Clinique Coffee eye shadow to shape the brows

Vaseline to set the fly aways

Eyes:

Using Frontcover to go Macaroons box set

Apply primer all over lid

Apply apricot eye shadow over lid

Mix cinnamon, mocha & caramel for crease

Apply ginger in outer V to highlight

All applied using brush provided in the set and damp the tip of the brush to accentuate the colours

Clarins 3 Dot Liner across lash line

Use small brush tip provided in set to smudge the liner and create wing effect

Apply mascara

Clean up all make up with the beauty blender

And here are the results...

I love the look, it was so shiny and really made my eyes bright. The brush also made it very easy to create a wing effect, which I really liked.

The orangy-red colouring isn't what I would have normally chosen for my eyes, but it really suited me.  I now can't wait to try this look out by myself again with the praline and lavender shades.  The only downside for me is that we noticed there wasn't much pigmentation to the shades, and so had to apply a lot to get the colour out but apart from that, it's a really nice set and perfect for recreating Great Gatsby inspired peepers, old sport.

Anna's Review:

Front cover beauty box is a kit with a good range of colours and comes complete with applicator brushes, primer & liner.
The different shades available mean you can really achieve a good range of looks from neutral day to evening. Although the colours are not highly pigmented they do come up nicely when the brushes are damp.  The brush is a good quality tool and is very easy to work with. The short brush is particularly handy for applying & smouldering you liner. You get a good amount of product for the price and it is all neatly presented in a book type packaging.
This would be a good present/purchase for a make-up beginner.

Frontcover to go Macaroons is priced at £20 and is available from www.frontcovercosmetics.com

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