Pantone Fall 2013 Color Forecast series- Emerald Green

Today, I'd like to share with you another color from Pantone's Fall Color forecast: Emerald Green. This color also happens to be Pantone's Color of the Year for 2013. I used Diana of London's Starstruck eyeliner (a stunning 100% emerald green, with subtle silver shimmer) and Catrice Intensify #40 eyeshadow to create the looks below. I also had a perfect emerald green dress I wanted my model to wear and I wanted to turn this into a tutorial. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, my camera battery dying, Sweetberry Pie being away, and just fudging up on the hair, I couldn't get a picture of the overall look. Nor did I get a manage to get a picture of the eyeliner and eyeshadow used. Maybe later on I can do a better Emerald Green post. This eye makeup turned out vibrant, but I couldn't capture it well enough. The overall look was just so much more striking in real life, esp with the emerald green dress my model had intended to wear. Pics below: 

Pantone Fall 2013 Color Forecast series- Acai Berry!!!!

Well, the much-awaited Pantone Autumn Forecast 2013 is out  http://www.pantone.com/pages/Products/Product.aspx?pid=1384&ca=4
Below is a list of the colors that will be featuring fall 2013: 

"PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald
PANTONE 18-4434 Mykonos Blue
PANTONE 15-0533 Linden Green
PANTONE 19-3628 Acai
PANTONE 19-1662 Samba
PANTONE 17-1452 Koi
PANTONE 18-0312 Deep Lichen Green
PANTONE 19-2045 Vivacious
PANTONE 19-4215 Turbulence
PANTONE 19-1116 Carafe" 

Some of my fave colors <3 font="">

Al-Karam ready-to-wear lawn (Carafe and Acai berry colors) and grey shrug (Turbulence Grey. I can't remember which brand and I'm too lazy to go check right now)

I was pleasantly suprised to note I've already been wearing maany of the colors lately. Mainly, the Carafe and Turbulence and Acai Berry combo.

Below are some makeup looks I created, mainly featuring Acai Berry and Turbulence Gray. Just btw, I used two Bourjois Little Round Pot eyeshadows (shades 11 Intense and 72) to achieve most of these looks, plus my Body Shop Amethyst eyeliner as a base. 

Bourjois Little Round Pots 11 Intense and 72

The Body Shop eyeliner in Amethyst, second from left

Now, I had already mentioned the Bourjois Little Round Pots in the page (on right sidebar) titled "on my way to the Bourjois counter). While these two shades are beautifully pigmented at first swatch, they are barely noticable when applied properly with a brush or applicator. Number 11 Intense is not intense at all. Disappointingly, the lovely, delicate moonstone-with- palest -lilac color and silver shimmer doesn't even rub off on my eyelid. Bourjois 72 applied alone is a very washed-out grape, but when used over The Body Shop Amethyst eyepencil, it turns into a lovely deep plum! So here are the looks below, hope you are inspired!

Well, that's it for now...more to come on the Fall looks !!!