Ocean Gradient

My creative juices haven't really been flowin' since summer classes started, so I kinda forced myself to sit in front of the mirror, but I'm glad I did.  I knew I wanted to use blue, but blue shadows can go disastrous really fast & you can end up looking like this:

Haha!

And I also knew I wanted to do a gradient look.  I haven't done one in a while since I started experimenting with cut creases, so I thought I'd go just for it.  And this is the look i created:

I was inspired by a diagram I saw in California  illustrating the depth of the water in La Jolla Cove using a color gradient of blues.  The deepest parts were deep, dark shades of blue & the shallower areas were lighter, crystal-like shades of blue & green.  From the cliffs you could actually see the differences in shade with depth & it was gorgeous!

I took step-by-step pictures of this one so I could give you guys another tutorial.  Someone requested on my Twitter that I start a Youtube channel, but I'm soOo camera shy, it would just be super awkward for everyone lol.

First I did my brows, primed my eyes with UD Primer Potion & applied tape to outer corner to ensure a sharp line.

Next I applied Wet'n'Wild eyeliner in white as a base & put Sugarpill's Tako over that.

Then I started with my outer-V applying MAC's Night Owl (L/E) with a pencil brush 

Next to that I applied Sugarpill's Afterparty

Then UD's Alice (Alive in Wonderland Palette L/E)

And then Bobbi Brown's loose shadow in aquamarine to the inner corner using Sally Girl glitter adhesive.

I started to blend out any harsh lines & added night owl & aquamarine to the lower lash line.

And even more blending until I had a smokey effect.

Then I removed the tape

Cleaned up the mess, added NYX JEP in Black Bean to upper lash line, Maybelline One-by-One mascara & Elf lashes #20312

Products

Face

A mixture of Revlon Colorstay in 400 Caramel & MAC pro longwear in nc40

MAC shell as a highlighter

BH Cosmetics Contour kit

NYC: Cream blush in Hot pink cb08

MAC: Marine Life (L/E)

Lips

NYX Pink Rose (I didn't see this shade on their site, it may have been discontinued)