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In its current state, this plugin offers 11 makeup textures assigned to the Warpaints section in Racemenu. This includes three eyeshadow variations, and several approaches to lipstick.

I made these while working on some NPC overhauls for another project and being unsatisfied with most of the existing choices.

My skin and face textures of choice are Graphene Block 20 which can be found at skydevgru.tumblr.com. The tints offered were made using this as a base and I haven't tested extensively with other skin texture packs, but it SHOULD work reasonably well with anything that has similar normal maps (yes, the NORMAL MAP is the important part here). Graphene was IIRC based on Fair Skin Complexion so you'll likely have good results with it as well.

The intent was to provide basic options that would work well together, while being layerable and allow for combinations that would could get more fanciful.

Lipsticks have been carefully fitted based on the normal map to best match the perceived 'edge' of the lip. This seems to be what separates my approach to this from a number of the others I've tried (and indeed my OWN previous efforts). It is possible to precisely match the shape of the diffuse texture, but if the tint doesn't match the NORMALS, it will seem to physically be in the wrong place. My tints were constructed to match the normals.

There are a number of options for the lips, some pictured above: a fully opaque tint (I was hoping this would result in a more 'matte' effect, but it should offer something similar to Seductive Lips), a more detailed slightly lighter stain (which I'm currently using as a default lipstick replacer on my machine, because it's the prettiest IMHO), one slightly deeper variation of the same stain, and a set of 'stain/lip liner' tints which will allow you to define the edge and center colors separately for maximum control. And because they are part of the Warpaints section, you can layer them exactly as you wish.
You'd be surprised how useful actual makeup tutorials are for this kind of thing. Great place to get ideas.

There is also a set of tints I made for the lip based on Queen Amidala's makeup from The Phantom Menace, basically just because. Why not.

Similarly to the lip tints, the eyeshadow tints (dubbed 'kaishadow' by a friend and I am DEEPLY UPSET that I didn't think of it first) have been constructed with three sizes; full, medium, and the smallest size which covers basically just the eyelids themselves. These can also be layered if desired, letting you create any effect from the simple and elegant (HOPEFULLY), to the ostentatious and glamorously theatrical.

Obviously the mod REQUIRES Racemenu, since it is a Racemenu plugin. You also need the high res warpaint setting in SKSE.

You can find me at Tumblr/Nexus/LoversLab by looking for KaiEffingLeng/XarathosHawke/Xarathos respectively.

PERMISSIONS:

You're welcome to use these for followers, characters, NPCs, or whatever else, just link back here OR, when/if I've set it up, to the file's Nexus page. You're getting it early because I want it HERE.

Making changes or building on the files is also okay, as long as you give credit to me, and as long as your permissions are the same as mine.

And nothing you make based on these can be behind a pay wall, thank you kindly.