Illamasqua Contest entry 4 - Galatea

The idea for this character came again from the idea of someone searching for the secret to life itself. I started thinking about Pygmalion and his statue and the idea came from there. The makeup was my attempt to look like I was made of marble but uhh it didn't work so well (i think i look more like the moon) and then do a sort of normal face of makeup over it, as if it was my actual skin.

Galatea was created by Pygmalion, who pined and lusted after her, even though she was just a marble statue. He prayed to the Gods and eventually Cupid granted his wish and brought her to life. The sculpter was delighted. However Galatea was not. She had no love for Pygmalion, she did not know him at all, but he forced her to marry him, saying that without him she wouldn't have life at all. He treated her as his property, forgetting that she was now her own person. Eventually Galatea could not take it anymore and ran away.
She still has the look of cold stone but is a real woman, with a kind heart and sweet nature.

 

 

More under the cut :)

 

To do this first i painted my whole face white with face paint, then i took white translucent face powder and a matte black Barry M Dazzle Dust and mixed them together. I painted the grey powder all over my face and then went over certain places to make them darker. I added black eyeshadow (Sugarpill Bulletproof) used very lightly in places, and heavier in some small patches. Then i added some more black patches using Benefit Bad Girl pencil (free with Glamour! :D) and drew on white 'veins' with the face paint. I brushed Aromaleigh Opal powder all over to make myself look shimmery. Then i drew my eyebrows on using Bulletproof and added some on the top of my eyes with wings at the corner. I went over this with Collection 2000 Rock Chick glitter eyeliner and finished with mascara. Finally I used Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Liason on my lips.

I don't know why i didn't leave this on and take it to the club! XD