I Made A New Makeup Challenge!

This post is inspired by the Ace Beaute Cosmetics Paletteopoly eyeshadow palette game. I was very intrigued when it was first announced, and then just a bit let down when we all collectively discovered that the game could only be played with the palette it is sold with. At the very least, I knew a lot of others in my own circle who were hoping for a game that could be played like "palette bingo" but as a physical product.

A bit later on, a video crossed my homepage on Youtube and although it was from four years ago, I still watched it because it was a different sort of palette bingo: the person used a D20 die to roll for how basic or dramatic her makeup products would be, as well as for colors to use in a particular eyeshadow palette. She called it the "D20 Makeup Challenge."

As someone who recently got into playing D&D, I thought this was a fangtastic idea! Their rules were quite simple, for each face makeup "category" they rolled a D20 (or using a random number generator to roll between 1 and 20). The rules were fairly simple: roll the D20 and the number it landed on determined how basic or extra the makeup would be.

1-10 = natural or low key makeup

11-15 = everyday or glam makeup

16 - 20 = dramatic/editorial/high glam/drag/sfx

Rolling a 1 or a 20 is a critical failure or critical hit in D&D. She didn't really have any rules for landing either of those, but she did get a 20 for her eyebrows, so she decided to do rainbows for them! For her eyeshadow itself, she used a palette that had 12 pans, so she rolled a D12 die to determine which shadows to use, but she didn't really have any rules for placement, as she made it up herself on the fly in the video. I wanted to add some rules for that!

I do like the idea of rolling like above for each makeup category beyond your basic face makeup - so do your face primer, eye primer, foundation, and concealer first.

We are going to roll a D20 (or use a random number generator online) for our eyeshadow* (see extra rolls below), eye liner, eyebrows, blush, contouring, highlighter, eyelashes, and lips. Of course, omit any of those products if you don't wear them. I would say that if you roll a 1 that means you don't use that product at all.

I found this eyeshadow "map" online, and thought it would be a great base for determining how many eyeshadows one uses, and where one places them. 

*Roll a D20 (or use a random number generator for 1 to 20) for your eyeshadow look. This will determine what type of eyeshadow palette to choose.

Rolled 1-10: choose a neutral eyeshadow palette, may include "pops" of color

Rolled 11-15: choose a mix of neutral and colorful eyeshadow palette

Rolled 16-20: choose any palette you want, but it has to include a lot of color

If you got a neutral look, roll between 1 and 4

If you got a everyday glam look, roll between 1 and 6

If you got a dramatic look, roll between 1 and 8

The number below will determine how many shades you'll use, and in which order you'll roll for.

1 - all over lid and crease shade

2 - all over lid shade, all over crease shade

3 - lid shade, crease shade, inner corner

4 - crease, inner lid, outer lid, inner corner

5 - crease, outer lid, middle lid, inner lid, inner corner

6 - inner crease, outer crease, outer lid, inner lid, brow bone, inner corner

7 - crease, above crease, outer lid, middle lid, inner lid, brow bone, inner corner

8 - deep crease, crease, above crease, outer lid, middle lid, inner lid, brow bone, inner corner

Now that you know how many colors you'll use, take your chosen palette (which should have at least 8 colors in it to choose from) and roll for each eyeshadow you'll use.

For example, my below eye look was made using a roll of 3. I got the red color for my lid shade, the yellow for my crease shade...And a TEAL shade for my inner corner! It oddly enough looked pretty cool! 

**Optional rules:

• Inspiration: roll or generate a number between 1 and however many shimmers are in your palette. Count starting from the top left which shimmer and you can use that in your eyeshadow look.
• Advantage: re-roll ONE SINGLE roll you wish turned out differently. Use the larger number of the two.

If you ended up using this, I'd love if you tagged me (either here, or on my other socials) and use the hashtag #dndbingo and #beautybeatdown!

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