Inanna

Today, I complete my sequence of posts dealing with releasing your inner goddess through the use of makeup. :) Today, I will focus on the Sumerian goddess, Inanna. She is a mother goddess of love, fertility and lust and she is also called the "Queen of Heaven". I could not find out too much about her, but to me, she seems to embody the gentility and ethereal calm nature of women. (Totally opposite from yesterday's goddess.) Shall we get to it? :)



After I prepped my face, I got out the Mac 22-color shadow palette and put the shimmery champagne color all over my lids. Then, I put the shimmery pearly rose color in the creases, shimmery light brown on the outer corners and shimmery gold on the inner corners. I put shimmery white on the browbone and lined the eyes thickly with black liquid liner and put on mascara. (Forgive my eyebrows. I will finally be waxing them tomorrow! :D) Then, I put Shisheido gradient pink shimmery blush on the cheeks and a shimmery pink gloss from Claire's on the lips.






And that will complete our sequence of goddesses to emulate through the use of makeup! :D



Kali

Welcome to the continuation of releasing your inner goddess through the use of makeup! Today's inspiration is the Hindu goddess, Kali. Kali embodies the destructive and violent force. (A force that we females are all familiar with during certain times of the month. xD) I'm sorry the makeup is kinda half-assed, but I ran out of the blue stuff. :/ Alas, I did my very best and I hope you enjoy it, anyways. :) Shall get to the destruction, then? >:)



The first thing I did was use black liquid liner to draw the outlines of the skulls on my chest. Obviously, it helps if you have a necklace of skulls, but I don't have one of those and I don't know where to find one. ;p Then, I used Mehron blue face paint all over my face, neck and decolletage. I filled in the skulls with Mehron's white paint and use Mehron's red paint for the bindhi on the forehead. Then, I got some black powder liner and drew the teeth, eyeholes and nose hole for the skulls. Then, I lined my brows thickly with the powder liner and lined the eyes with black liquid liner. I finished off with Rimmer London lipstick in "Alarm".






Kali is one craaaaaazy Motha...Goddess. ;)



Demeter

To make up for the half-assedness of yesterday's makeup, I did a more elaborate look today! :D Today's goddess is Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest. She represents the nurturing, motherly side of women and our connection with nature. Shall we grow our own look? ;)



After prepping my face, I took out the Pro Palette and put some light green on the lids up to the creases. Then, I put some matte medium green in the creases and matte dark green on the outer corners. I finished the eyes with some Maybelline Lash Stiletto in "Very Black". With the liquid liner that lost its pigment, I drew vines or roots going down the cheeks and patted some matte medium green over them. I finished them by gluing on some sparkling dark and light green gems. I finished the look with Manic Panic lipstick in "Venom". :)






This looks...like a very familiar mythology. >_>



Hecate

Today's look was kinda half-assed and simple. :p All I did was put on some of Manic Panic's "Raven" lipstick and left it at that. (I have only a few minutes to post this!) Hecate is a "crone" goddess. She is more about wisdom and mysticism than any of the other goddesses. She dares to explore the dark side of life, which is something most women probably should learn to do. ;)

Diana

Today is the third day on releasing your inner goddess through the use of makeup. :D While being powerful and sexy (or powerfully sexy xD) is something that comes to mind whenever we think of being like a goddess, one thing we forget is that maidenly innocence and purity are often overlooked, but wonderful qualities. And Diana is just the goddess to teach us to embrace our inner maiden. :) (Given that sometimes, she is depicted in not so maidenly nakedness.) Diana is the Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt and maidenly innocence in general. :)



After I prepped my face, I dusted Revlon Diamond Lust all over the lids in "Pillow Talk" and put on some mascara. The rosy cheeks were acheived by using Shisheido gradient pink blush and Mary Kay's "Simply Pink" was slicked onto the lips. The look is mostly natural, pure and rosy.






For the hair, I simply pulled it into a side ponytail in its natural state and pinned a white rose into it. :)






Actaeon better not dare to suprise me! ;)



Astarte

Today, I continue the series on how to unleash your inner goddess through the use of makeup. ;) Today's inspiration was Astarte, a goddess from the Semitic Pagan tradition. You may know her through reading the Bible and how the Old Testament tells its readers to not make statues in Her honor. Well, in my religion, we do make statues in her honor. ;) Astarte is the goddess of fertility, war and love. Most of her makeup is that shimmering mineral/dark kohl around the eyes combination. And here I am to gild your path for you. ;)



After prepping my skin, I used Revlon ColorStay Mineral Bronzer in "Golden Bronze" and put it all over my face for a tanned look. (I suppose a Sumerian goddess would be tanned. ;p) Then, I put on "Honeymoon" (a gold shadow) from the Too-Faced Romantic Eye palette all around the eye. On the lids, on the creases, on the browbone, under the lashes, everywhere that covers the general eye area. ;P With e.l.f black liquid liner, I lined the entire eye and did the little "fishtail" flick at the edges. I finished off the eyes with Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara in "Very Black".





For the eyebrows, I needed to make them extra dark, so I got a matte black shadow from the Pro Palette and lined the brows with it. For Astarte's gilded lips, I just used a classic secret that some makeup artists use when they don't have a lipstick or lipgloss of that color. I patted on plenty of the "Honeymoon" shadow on the lips and slicked over Rimmel Sweet Jelly gloss (a clear gloss) in "Gourmet". For Astarte's fabulous hair, just pull back two sections of your hair in the front and push it up from behind to make something that looks like her horned headdress. (Can't really see it here. ;/) Then, just adorn it with something gold or ancient-looking. ;)






This was the best goddess picture I could do. :p I got it down to PG-13 even tho Astarte's pictures are always, well...NC-17. xD



Isis

Today's look was fairly simple and fun to do. :) Inspired by the mystical Egyptian mother goddess, I honor her in all her glory and her amazing eyeliner. ;) There's a whole lot of lore I could insert about Isis here, but I just don't have a whole lotta time right now. So, I give you just the look, since you probably know most of it, anyways. :)



After prepping my skin, I used e.l.f black liquid liner all around the eyes and made a line that extended to the edge of the brow. Then, I lined the brows with black shadow and made a flick at their ends. Simple as that!






Walk like an Egyptian...
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :3