3/03/2012

Happy Hinamatsuri! And a Girl's Day Look!

Hello everyone!

Today's Hinamatsuri or Girl's Day in Japan. This festival celebrates young girls and their future happiness. One of the customs of this festival is to display a set of Hina-ningyou (hina dolls). It's believed that these dolls can capture evils spirits and protect girls from bad luck.

Another custom is to drink Shirozake (white sake)...for the adults of course; and eat colorful foods like Hisimochi (colored mochi), Hina-arare ( puffed rice snacks) and Chitrasizusi. The three main colors of Girl's Day are: green (symbolizing growth), white (symbolizing purity), pink (symbolizing love).

 Above is a photo of Hishimochi. Kinda tastes like a sesame bars but less nutty.

 Above is Hina-arare, sugar coated puffed rice .

 Above is Hina-arare, but these are salty, basically little senbei puffs. 

In celebration, I created a Girl's Day look using one of my Chanel quads in Garden Party. Here are swatches of that quad.

A shimmery pale minty green.

A shimmery pale peach.

A Shimmery rosy pink.

A shimmery muted pine green with green sparkles.

Not sure if you can see, but the lip gloss has a green sheen. 

Look Breakdown

Face:  

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation in Santa Fe (Medium 2).

Shu Uemura Hard Formula brow Pencil in Seal Brown.
Chanel Les 4 Ombres Quadra Eye Shadow in 86 Garden Party, used the pale peach shadow to highlight my cheekbones and down my nose.
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Dollface.

Eyes:

Smashbox Photo Op Under Eye Brightener

Mac Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW25

Mac Eye Shaodw in Orb on the brow bone.

Chanel Les 4 Ombres Quadra Eye Shadow in 86 Garden Party:

Placed The rosy pink from the inner half of the lid and inner bottom  corner of the eye up to the iris. 

Placed the minty green on the second outer half of the lid and  on the bottom under the iris.

Placed the muted pine green in the crease and outer bottom lash line.

Mac Eye Kohl in Fresh Cream on the lower water line.

Dolly Wink Liquid Liner in Deep Black.

Mac Plush Lash Mascara in Plushblack.

L'oreal Waterproof Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black.

Lips: 

Mac Lusterglass in Palatial. 

Tonight was very frustrating!!! Every photo was either too dark or blurred...kill me now XD

Please ignore the missing lipgloss, I was about to wash my face, when I decided to give it another go and try to get a better photo of the eye shadow :P

Hope you enjoyed this post and look :)

P.s. Don't forget my giveaway! http://solonelyingorgeous.blogspot.com/2012/02/60-gorgeous-darling-members-giveaway.html

Looking gorgeous one lipstick at a time.