Paint Me Porcelain

I'll give a runaway smile

The lip smear was @lillyfox 's idea that she kindly let me have. I use makeup as a crutch- mascara to be exact. If I'm feeling not so confident one day, I'll load on the mascara to feel better. Isn't it funny what each of us use for a mask? Mine happens to be in tube form.

[Kerri]

This is beautiful!!

[Flamez]

beautiful shot !

[Geertje K.]

I like the selective colouring, beautiful!

[Michael Brennan]

WOW

[B]

Wow. This is amazingly cool. It has a cinema feeling to it.

[Erica DeCola]

mine is eyeliner! always makes me feel better - I feel like I look more awake and ready for the day after I put it on! :)

[Tineke]

It reminds me of lady Gaga for some reason - very cool shot :-)

[Beth Baird]

love this... and your so right about the mask/makeup think we all want to look our best all the time but really no one is perfect so I know how you feel

[Kerry Bergman]

This is almost spooky. Very effective!

[Dennis Dantic]

trueblood effect! well done!

[Krissy]

Very pretty! I love the pop of red.

[heba azouz]

amazing feelings thru it

[LisLee]

Love this!

[J.dMulli]

Powerful !!

[Shannon Darkow]

great image!

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

This is beautiful...And BTW, did you know that about half of your pictures are up on the sign-in page? I counted at least three.., Talk about being popular...

[Amy Hughes]

@aj1268 seriously??!!?? Oh my gosh wow. Wow I'm floored....

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

@amyhughes Seriously. Congratulations. You're that good.

[Paula]

I love this photo. It kind of goes with the discussion I posted today.

[Amy Hughes]

Yes! I thought so too. Should I post out there?@pwallis

[Michelle Sheils]

Again, a beautiful capture Amy, I don't know how you do it day after day. Lovely.

[Elise DeCola]

So beautiful!

[robinwarner]

stunning and creative as always.

[Amy Hughes]

@robinwarner @eliserose781 @artistmichelle thanks ladies :) you guys comment on my stuff every day!!!! I love you for it. ;) thank you

[Amy Hughes]

@kezzam @relicsong @tnaki @ericaleigh017 @nectarfizz @macb @geertje @flamez @kerristephens
you guys are all amazing. :) thanks guys!

[Amy Hughes]

@ddantic ha! you're right!!! that's cool :)

[Amy Hughes]

@ericaleigh017 mine is turning into the mascara plus some liquid eyeliner Audrey Hepburn style, you know? :)

[Amy Hughes]

@tnaki lol about the Lady Gaga..haha The model Elyse is going to laugh her head off about that one.

[meredith]

very cool shot!

[Bethany Gardner]

Sweet!!! The smudges are so perfect!!

[Amy Hughes]

@bethanyjay lol thanks :) she smeared them a bit with her fingers, then I went over them with a little paint brush. It was pretty weird "painting" on lipstick :D

[Molly Pankok]

so beautiful...I tried this a few weeks ago, but didn't upload (or even keep any of the shots!) because my smudges looked silly to me...yours: perfect!! love it!

[Amy Hughes]

@mollyanne31790 oh! you should do it again. try it with a paintbrush this time, I know so weird. But it really did work I promise!

[Molly Pankok]

ah, good idea!! i am going to give it another shot...i'm adding it to the list now :) thanks for the tip!

[Jennifer Vargas]

Love it!

[Rick Schies]

Great idea, and very creative.

[Erica DeCola]

@amyhughes oh, that's even better!! my friend can do the Audrey Hepburn thing, but I just can't get it to look right. :)

[bruni]

What discussion thing is Pula talking about.. is their a thread I missed.
you picture is fabulous..only you can pull this of so beautifully.

[Lorin Norris]

i really like how yours turned out :) im glad my idea went to good use :3 im ganna be posting my own soon, mind if i link yours in mine?

[Alecio]

Very nice!

[Isaac Westwood]

Really strong image, love this!

[Caren]

Well done. This is so beautiful, but you can see the story with out reading it. Fav!

[Anastasia]

Beautiful!!

[Lucy Antony]

Fab image...:)

[Amy Hughes]

@lillyfox YES! And then I'll link yours to mine. Just let me know when you put it up

[Amy Hughes]

@bruni thank you love! It's this thread:

http://365project.org/discuss/general/4533/if-you-feel-as-strongly-about-this-as-i-do

[Jennifer Greene]

looks Lady Gagaish lol I like

[Iva Grubisic]

This is beautiful! How you did this porcelain effect, I still didn't figure it out by myself

[Amy Hughes]

@ivy_box Thank you Iva!!!! I went into picnik, in the Touch Up section and used the wrinkle remover. I had the fade super low and I believe that I used the strong brush instead of the normal brush. That way it became super super smooth

[Steven Hughes]

So could be a film poster!

[Iva Grubisic]

@amyhughes Thx so much Amy! :D

[glynnis garrod]

Yah for mascara - love this !

[Mimo]

brilliant! I love it

[April Resa]

Oh this is beautiful! The smear is perfect and I love the softness :)

[Ruth Greene]

beautiful Amy, very creative shot!

[Jill (Emeraldboots)]

OMG! Fabulous Amy!

[Ariel Magyawe Jr.]

love the idea of smudged lipstick!!
so good!! :)

[Erica Patstone]

I absolutely love this! I can't get over how beautiful it is.

[Lynn M. Watson]

Lovely shot and effect . . . I'm a mascara gal myself!

[Ali Howard]

I am loving looking at all of your photos! They are fantastic. What editing software do you use? x