I have always loved big voluminous hair, and doing a beehive hair style. I was browsing the internet and it suddenly occurred to me that I should do a hair and makeup look similar to Amy Winehouse. I love big bold eye makeup, and big hair, so it only made sense as she did both, to recreate her signature look.
I started off with the makeup. Even though Amy's look is quite bold, it doesn't involve many products to recreate it. The key to this look is the eyes. If you get this bit sussed, then everything else just falls into place. I started off as I usually would any makeup look, with my foundation and concealer. This just gives my skin an even finish and creates a fresh base to work with. Looking at pictures of Amy, she doesn't have thick or fancy eyebrows, so I just filled out sparse areas in mine with a brown/grey eye shadow using an angled brush.
I then placed a cream coloured base shadow all over my eyelids, before adding an orange colour to my crease. I then took a liquid eyeliner and created Amy's signature extremely thick wing. It felt very odd plastering this much eyeliner onto my eyes, but I soon got used to how it looked. Without it, you just can't achieve her signature look.
Once I had made my eyes as even as possible, I added a pink blush to my cheeks and lined my lips with a pink liner and covered with pink lip gloss. This completes the makeup.
Now comes the fun part! I love creating a beehive, and Amy's is just that one step further. I began by separating the top half from the bottom, tying the bottom out of the way. Using a backcombing brush, I backcombed the entire top half of hair to an immense volume. Normally, this is enough for a beehive, however, to get the extremely high hair that Amy has, I placed a hair donut at the crown of my head and pinned it in place. This just gives that extra height beneath the hair. Bringing the backcombed upper half over the donut, I smoothed and pinned it into place at the back of my head.
For the lower section, I took my hair straighteners and roughly curled my hair. Once curled, I then brushed with my backcomb brush to add volume, and create a slight messy look. I combed my fringe and pushed it to the side. Add lots of hair spray and a flower to finish it all off.
I have uploaded a video on my YouTube channel, where you can see all the products I use, and how I completed each step.
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