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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Meredith Gentry Character Inspired Series: Queen Andais



Ever since I got into makeup I've wanted to do looks inspired by the characters from Laurell K Hamilton's Meredith Gentry series.  The series is told from the viewpoint of the mortal Princess Meredith, who fled from Cahokia, IL to Los Angeles, CA because people were trying to kill her.  She has been called back to Cahokia by her aunt, Queen Andais, for reasons unknown.  Merry herself appears "human" enough but her race of faerie, the Sidhe (pronounced "she") tend to look very exotic and one characteristic of Sidhe royals is tricolored irises.  For this look I chose to do Queen Andais whose irises are described as being charcoal, stormy grey and a very pale grey.  Here is the look I came up with: