Colorful Goals

Me: *sidles up patiently to the Universe and Reality and waits to be noticed*

Universe: What? Oh, crap, she's back.

Me: Hi! *little wave*

Reality: Be gentle, Universe. Hello, sweetie, what's up?

Me:. I have a request.

Universe: Here we go.

Reality: Another one?

Me:. It's not a big request.

Universe:. Oh boy. That means it's huge.

Me: Nuh-uh.

Universe: Uh huh!

Me: Nuh-uh Nuh-uh!

Reality: That's enough. What's the request, dear?

Me:. I wanna be an Outer Space Booty Samba Princess!

Universe and Reality: . . .

Universe:. You get this one. I got the last one.

Reality: Oh, thanks. Honey, there's no such thing as a - what was it again?

Me: Outer Space Booty Samba Princess.

Reality: Riiiight. I'm sorry, honey, that's not a thing.

Me:. Then I'll be the first!

Universe: No, you won't.

Me: Generations of future Outer Space Booty Samba Princesses will revere my memory as the creator of their way of life.

Universe: Oh, my giddy aunt.

Reality: Pumpkin -

Me:. You didn't let me be Sparkly Prom Queen Girl.

Reality: No, we didn't.

Me: And you said no to Shimmering Sexy Faerie Goddess of Moonlight.

Reality: That was a very tall order.

Me:. Plus, I never got to be Cute Skinny Bikini Model Party Girl! Not even once! And that's totally a thing.

Universe:. That is a thing.

Reality: Don't encourage her. Honey, I'm sorry, but you're short. And from Earth. And not Brazilian.

Universe:. And you have an ass like a deflated basketball.

Reality:. Universe!

Me:. You should have given me a good one, then!

Universe:. Look, honey, what if you just did the makeup and pretended?

Me:. It's not the same. Plus I can't pull off blue eyeshadow. Like at all. It really isn't that big of a request.

Universe:. We'll think about it. For now, just practice the look, okay?

Me: I'm going to be an Outer Space Booty Samba Princess eventually. I just want to make that clear.

Reality:. Ok, sweetie. You work on that.

Me: . . .booty booty booty booty. . .

Ok, it didn't go exactly like that, but I was imagining something along those lines while I worked on this look. Was it the influence of looking at too many Carnival/Pride/Festival looks? Duh, of course.

Things I learned today: trying to blend shades of blue just makes me look like I am turning into a zombie. Honestly, I wear a lot of cool colors (ok, mostly I wear black) but I do not seem to be able to wear cool jewel tones on my eyes. My skin is sallow, usually pale, and will have nothing to do with such nonsense. I tried, my friend, I really did. I redid this look three times. Neon green eyeshadow is really hard to get off, by the way. Now you know.

In the end, I mixed shades from Zeesea's Ankh palette with some from Revolution's Birds of Paradise. I got more glittery than I had planned in the process. But we all know that's a feature, not a bug.

Since Zeesea doesn't name their shades, I have numbered them for clarity.

After prepping my eyes with Tatcha the Silk Canvas and Urban Decay's Eyeshadow Primer Potion, I did my entire lid to the brow with #3. I then covered the eyelid with #1, a gorgeous green-gold glitter that I love. I used Fiesta from the Birds of Paradise on the center of each eyelid (gold-green, see what I did there?), then Budgie on the outer corner. My original plan to go blue above the crease was scrapped in favor of Ankh shade #2 in the crease, halfway to the lid, then blended up into Hot Tropic from Birds of Paradise. Every one of these colors is a glitter or a foil, so that made for plenty of sparkle. I used 4 colors of eyeliner: CoverGirl's Emerald on the outside, Nyx Epic Wear in Emerald Hue in the middle, and Nyx Epic Wear Gold on the inside, with just a tiny bit of CoverGirl Jet Black on the outside corner. I went with an extra coat of Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions mascara, and then a hearty dash of Urban Decay's Heavy Metal Disco Daydream all the way around the eye, because MORE GLITTER! The lipstick is MAC's Paramount.

Outer Space Booty Samba Princesses go through a LOT of glitter. Also a lot of makeup wipes.