We are all bird-like creatures...

Winter usually has most of us automatically reaching for darker, more neutral colors. I have definitely been a repeat offender of this these past few weeks! So to shake things up I decided to do a dramatic color blocking look with brightness galore!

This was definitely a fun one! Got me out of my winter funk :)

I used 4 colors, Purple on the lid with yellow on top, gently blended to transition one into the other, meaning that all I did was gently pull the yellow into the purple to create a transition area so that the lines wouldn't be so harsh.On the bottom, I used aqua creams from MUFE in green and pink to line and shape my eye, creating a massive pink wing at the outer corners. To finish it off, black liner on my waterlines, liquid liner on top and a generous coat of mascara! 

For my face, I paled out my face to a color about 2 shades lighter than my own (liquid foundation, cream concealer and translucent powder). I also blank-ed out my lips and eyebrows using concealer to really put the emphasis on my eyes. Lastly, I contoured tons with a matte brown contouring powder.

The basic of color blocking rules are pretty simple. Using a color wheel, you fond colors that oppose each other. This means that they are contrasting colors and will complement each other best. The color will pop more next to each other than they would with even a neutral like black.

Color Wheel

This is a technique that you can use when choosing your everyday shadows. Just find your eye color on the wheel and choose an opposing color to rely make them pop. Brown is actually a shade of orange, so that's the one you would reference if you have brown eyes.

Sometimes, I like to have a little fun :P Always such serious pictures get  boring!