First as usual ladies; moisturizer, and primer. Gem is actually white in the movie but if you actually made yourself white it would look weird since you don't have camera effects on you :p However you do want to go a shade lighter of foundation or even two shades if you can. I used Loreal's True Match foundation in Porcelain. Then used Bare Essentials Mineral Veil powder and applied it all over my face. I did two applications of the powder. This powder is almost impossible to make look cake-y. It just gives your skin a nice finish. Gem doesn't have any flaws or blemishes on her face, nor black circles. So conceal your dark circles, the redness (if you have it) on the sides of your nose, on the sides of your lips, any blemish or imperfection you want to hide.
Next comes the fun part, the eyes. I don't have very many tips for you to get the perfect shape, but I can recommend that you have eye makeup remover handy with a couple of q-tips. That way if you make any mistakes you can instantly fix them. Apply a eyelid primer to your eyes to prep them and so that the eye makeup will last longer. I used MAC's Painterly Paint. First thing you want to do is create the shape of the eyeliner. Using a gel based eyeliner in this case I am using Stila's Smudge Pot in black cat. Use your eyeliner brush and draw an outline of the shape you want. Draw the line just a little past your crease. Look at a picture of Gem to help guide you. Then fill the outline you just created. Bring the line down underneath your water line, connecting the lines in the corners of your eyes. Repeat these steps on the next eye. Touch up any mistakes you made on the way if needed.
Now time for lashes, you will need two pairs of lashes. It is really up to you what kind of lashes you want to use, any will do. I used two different MAC lashes this one and this one. Measure the lashes to your eye and cut according to your eye shape. Lashes almost always have to be cut because nobodies eyes are that long. :p Apply a thin strip of glue along the lashes and place as close to the lash line as possible. Repeat again with the next pair of lashes. Your look should be coming together.
You don't want to use strip lashes for the bottom lashes since this will look weird and won't be the look you want. Individual lashes are a pain to put on, but trust me you will thank me after you are finished ;) I used about 6 or 7 individual lashes on each eye. You may want to apply more depending on how long and thick your bottom lashes are. Take tweezers to pick up the lashes and dip the tip in glue you only want a tiny amount of glue. Then apply on the lashes, but be careful not to glue them to your waterline. This is pretty time consuming so just be patient.Now if you don't have naturally black eyelashes take some liquid eyeliner and apply a tiny bit on your own lashes to blend in the with the fake ones. It helps give a cleaner look.
We won't be applying any blush because Gem's face is all one color. But for eyebrows you can go for the real look and arch your eyebrows really high and hiding your own with concealer. But I just worked with the shape of my own eyebrows and filled them in with black eyeliner. You be the judge and decide what you want to do.
Gem has a really tiny nose so to make my nose look smaller I took a light brown eyeshadow and lightly brushed it on the sides of my nose.
Last step apply a pink glossy lipstick/gloss. Gem's lips are glossy in the movie but not dramatic because her eyes is what is meant to catch your eyes.
And finished! :) This look is really quite simple and only requires your time and effort :p I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.
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