Inspirational Look: Rare Tropical Hibiscus "Bridal Path"

Beautiful - Giant - Tropical Hibiscus. Bridal Path blooms with giant 8-10" flowers in a vivid spectrum of colors, from the yellow outer edge to the inner pink eye. Bridal Path grows a handsome, upright bush that will grow 4-6' when mature. Its parents, 'The Path' and 'Wedding Day,' give it its spectacular colors, but the flowers of 'Bridal Path' are larger than those of either of its parents.




The Hibiscus is one of my personal favorite flowers. I love all the types of Hawaiin flowers from Plumeria's, and all Hibiscus flowers, you name 'em I love 'em. I wanted to do an inspirational look since I feel I do a lot of product feature looks, and talk about particular collections and items.



I love Hawaii, and I love to see Hawaiin or tropical sunset weddings...I wouldn't wear this look to my own wedding in all honesty, because it is a bright editorial look, I'd rather be a bit more timeless for my own wedding. This flower I love just happens to be called Bridal Path.



1. Prep and prime the face, apply shadow primer, and lip condtioner.



2. Now take MAC's Paint Pot in Bare study or MAC's Paint in Base Light (white with beige-gold undertone) and apply it to the middle to the inner portion of the lid and into the tear duct for an inner tear duct highlight.



3. Now take MAC's Paint Pot in Coral Crepe or Perky (peachy gold Paint Pots) or Make Up Forever's Flash color in the peachy shade, or the MUFE Aqua Cream in a peachy shade, whatever you have even if it is MAC's Cream Color Base in Virgin Isle, and apply it to middle to the end of the outer eyelid. Just use your fingertip to melt the product down...



4. Now take MAC's pigment in Golden Lemon (frosty golden lemon color) and apply it with the MAC 239 or a flat shader paddle brush over the top of Base Light Paint or Bare Study Paint Pot, and cover that area completely, even the inner tear duct, and go under the eye with the yellow as well, and into the inner crease.



5. Now take a matte hot pink color (Make Up Forever makes one, MAC makes one called Passionate, or take the original Coastal Scents 88 Palette, or Ben Nye's Azalea eyeshadow or a hot pink blush even) and the MAC 239 again, and pat it over the middle of the eyelid.



6. Now take Make Up Forever's infamous #92 (matte bright dark violet) and pat it into the ouer corner of the eye. Now take the MAC 224 or a blender brush and blend the colors into each other. Smooth out the yellow first, then go to the end. Don't go back into the yellow portions unless the brush is clean, or it'll get muddy because violet and yellow are split complimentary colors so it'll turn brown if you do. Any split complimentary colors (orange and blue, or red and green) will turn brown if blended into one another.



7. Now take Make Up Forever's #18 (matte tangerine eyeshadow) and the MAc 217 and blend into the crease right after the Golden Lemon Pigment. Apply this color to the middle of the crease.



8. Now take the matte hot pink shade and blend just the tiniest amount right after the orange color onto the crease.



9. Now take Make Up Forever's #92 again, and blend into the outer crease. The reason that little bit of hot pink was used was so that the orange and violet don't fuse together and make a warm brown...Wipe away any excess shadow, fall out, etc, and sweep the shadows out into a winged cat eye so its sort of a sultry Hawaiin Goddess look.



10. Now take MAC's Fascinating Eye Kohl (matte white) and line the waterline. Now take Urban Decay's eyeshadow in ABC Gum (nude peach color), and the MAC 227 magical brush and blend onto the brow bone, and soften into the beginning of the crease, so there is no line or marking of no color. Now take MAC's Crystal Avalanche (shimmery white) and blend on top of the ABC Gum color on just the outer brow bone.



11. Now take MAC's Chromagraphic Pencil in Hi-Def Cyan (IMATS 2010-bright blue) and apply to the lower lashline. Now take a bright vivid matte blue from Coastal Scents or use what you got, and blend on top of Hi Def Cyan, to set the pencil so it doesn't smudge. I also like to wing out the color into the outer corner so it meets up with the eyeshadow and looks sultry.



12. Now take Urban Decay's glitter liner in Air Guitar (bright blue) and line over the lower lashline color. There is no blue obviously in the flower, so if you wanted to be literall I would definitely choose green like Urban Decay in Graffiti and then do a green glitter liner maybe, but I chose blue because of the ocean in Hawaii, and violet grades into blue, and since violet is in the outer corner and crease, I thought it would be pretty if it faded into blue under the eye.



13. Now take MAC's Black Track Fluid Line, and an angled brush, and line the upper lashline, and draw a wing out the side for a flirty fun affect. Now set that with black eyeshadow.



14. I chose to apply Miss Adoro's Lashes in #99 (IMATS 2010 for a $1.00-regularly $1.99, and 100% human hair-these particular lashes are very defined lashes that have a demi cut, and are solid black, fairly natural looking when applied, and look like Ardell's Demi Pixies a bit, similar style).



15. Use a nice peach cream blush I used an airbrush blush, but I think MAC's Cream Color Base in Virgin Isle would be gorgeous if it were stippled on, or MAC's Cremeblend in Joie-De-Vivre, as always use what you have, Coastal scents also makes peach blushes, NYX makes paech blushes. I like the contrast of the peach blush with the hot pink shadow personally, so the look isn't too cool toned or monochromatic, but does have a nice flushed cheek to it, so you look like you've been sunkissed.



16. Use an illuminator like Silver Dusk from MAC or an airbrush color in a champagne tone, or MAC's Cream Color Base in Pearl. Apply on the cheekbones, and nose bridge.



17. Now take MAC's Magenta Lip Pencil, and line and fill in the lips.



18. Use MAC's lipstick in Petals & Peacocks (Liberty Of London-sort of looks like an amped up version of Show Orchid from MAC) and apply a coat.



19. Now take MAC's Dazzleglass Creme (Alice + Olivia) in If Its Pink... and apply a dab in the center of the lower lip and upper lip....Yummy....