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Emo Makeup - The Exceptional Fashion Statement of Exhibiting an Emo Image

By Sarah Lowe
Oct 22, 2008
Acquiring an Emo makeup is one way of getting into the fashionable and latest Emo look. Emo has indeed conquered the hearts of a lot of avid fans as admirers of this music genre pose in the likeness of their icons. Manifesting the Emo look comes not just in the way posers carry themselves to give an identical Emo appeal but also the right Emo fashion and hairstyle. Emo fashion is oftentimes associated with the Gothic fashion. Although these two has some basic similitude still, the Emo fashion's major distinction is characterized through dark tints on eyes, nails and the lips. Goth fashion has the same style though Emo can play with various colors related to black. While Goth just sticks on the sole shade of black.

Emo makeup is comprised of pale looking skin taking necessary attention to the use of thick foundation in creating a paler look. This is how Emo got its trademark style and centering on exhibiting a hard edge look is far-reaching. Apart from the face, the next attention grabbing facet of the Emo fashion comes with the way the eyes are emphasized. With this, black eyeliners are mostly used with greater prominence on the path encircling the eyes. The color black eyeliner serves as the base in making the eyes more accentuated than the rest of the other parts of the face. You can also create a gloomy effect around the eyes by adding on colors associated with dark and shady hues of purple or violet and dark red. The lower eyelid is also considered one major part of the eyes where proper highlighting is necessary. Giving importance to the eyes can also be accentuated by means of using a dark red pencil liner. Dark red color also signifies gloomy and shadowy appearance thereby making you closer to what Emo icons are known for. You can also apply the use of mascara that should be more than 2 to 3 layers in creating a thick looking eye that will synchronized with the eyelids and eyebrows dark shade.

If you are still learning the Emo makeup and fashion then you have to consider acquiring kits like foundation, eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow of various shades of dark colors, a moisturizer since you are required to wear thicker foundation and lipstick of very light tint.

If this is the first time you will be engaging in a different look like the Emo style then you have to learn the basics of applying the Emo wear. First thing you need to do is to apply moisturizer evenly dabbed on the face and neck area leaving no portions untouched. Moisturizers are required as it act as the base of the foundation. The look of Emo is recognized through the pale color of the face. However, you have to choose a foundation that will also match with your skin color and skin type. What this means is the fact that you wouldn't want to look inane with your foundation much lighter than your skin color.
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