Blogust Day 20- #TBT Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra

Welcome back to #TBT! Today I'm coming at you with my FINAL instalment of this lovely little series so I'd thought we'd go out with a super iconic look from an uber iconic lady..I am of course talking about Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra.

Who:

Elizabeth Taylor. Actress.

When:

1932-2011

The look:

Defined brows, bold graphic liner, blue shadow.

Works best on:

The daring and bold! 

Okay, so Liz's look isn't exactly what you'd call wearable, but it is inspired by a look that it is believed would have been worn by Cleopatra.

It includes a strong, defined arched brow, blue shadow right the way up the the brow bone and very graphic liner.

As you can see from the picture above, the lips are kept a peachy nude and there is a little bronzer on the cheeks but the main focus here is definitely the eyes!

In order to recreate the look I would suggest the HD Brows palette, first use to powder to strongly define the shape and the make yours brows much darker and fuller looking. I'd finish off the brows with Benefit's Gimme Brow to further fill out those brows. Brow game needs to be strong here girls!

Moving on to the blue shadow, I'd go for a base of the Maybelline 24hr Colour Tattoo in Turquoise Forever all over the lid and right the way up to the brow bone. Then over the top go over with a light layer on translucent powder to keep everything in place.

Finally, the liner! Depending on how pro you feel with your liner you could either go for a gel or a liquid liner, however as the liner is so thick I would suggest going for liquid, as gel can become a little patchy when covering such a large area. Place a piece of tape from the bottom lash line up towards where your brow finishes to give you a guide to work by, when you remove the tape you will have perfectly crisp lines. Line the upper and lower lash line and make your "wing" more triangular than you usually would.

Add a black bob wig, some giant gold earrings and there you have it, Liz Taylor as Cleopatra!

I hope you've enjoyed my #TBT series as part of Blogust, I've really enjoyed looking through iconic looks of the past!