This past week I worked on the music video for ‘I Wanna” by Bob Sinclar and Sahara featuring Shaggy. It’s a very catchy and danceable track……the first 800 times anyway.

While Shaggy and Bob (who unless I’m delusional introduced himself to me as Chris?) wanted natural looks, Sahara wanted nothing natural.  When she first sat in my chair she said, “I want it dark. I like it really dark.” I immediately figured she wanted the smokey look, since 9 times out of 10 that’s the case. However as I began to feather up the black shadow she says to me, “No, no, I want it like…. You know what? I’ll do it.”

While of course my pride was hurt, and I prefer not to stand around watching while someone else does my job, I have to say that that girl can do her makeup! What she wanted was straight Pamela Anderson makeup. Totally bypassing the Pussy Cat Dolls and going straight for the full frontal. Honestly I don’t think I could have done it as well as she did herself. She says, “In my country, in Romania, everyone does their makeup like this.” Interesting.

So here’s the method Sahara (Andrea) used. She used mainly Dior products, while I’m using a hodgepodge:

-Use a soft pencil liner to sketch in the beginning shape

-Fill the lid with shadow using a paddle brush.

-Use a blender brush to drag the shadow softly outward and upward to exaggerate the shape.

-Add any flares of color you desire softly over the lid and crease. I’m going for purple.

-Fill in eyebrows to add definition.

-Curl and mascara eyelashes.

-Apply the largest lashes you feel your eyes can handle.

-Use a soft, moist foundation like a liquid type. Applying with a sponge you can use to tidy up and messy bits is preferred.

-Use bronzer as a contouring blush. Follow the bottom of the cheekbone and focus on the outer edges.

-Take some highlighter on a paddle brush to define the bottom line of the shadow and just under the brow bone.

11. Line the lips over the natural lip line with a neutral color and fill in with a gloss or moisture rich lipstick.

Here’s my finished. I could totally use stronger lashes…. and a blow-out. The lack of a hair-did is kind of killing it.

Daylight

I really don’t pull it off with the same kind of pizazz as Sahara and fellow artist Autumn though. It’s cool, I know it.