This is beautiful! Exquisite color match to the earrings.
There is the tinist diagonal dark shadow on the side of the nose, and another that is shaped like a small half circle at the inside corner of the eye. I'd lighten those ever so slightly...

thanks, I see what you are saying about the nose, I'll certainly fix that, but I'm not sure what part of the eye you are talking about...the inside corner?

Yes, just above the inside corner and the eyelid crease. It's barely noticeable, but I have hyper color sensitivity, so I see it really well...

really good work, well done

why thank you!

nice work gl author..!!

Why thank you kind sir!!!

looks very very beautiful author
great work

thank you!!! I was going for very beautiful, so mission accomplished

Wow, fantastic retouch work! She 'cleans up' right nice, you made her look like a geisha, very pretty. (suggest she get some Pro-Activ! lol)

Congrats

Congrats again Robert lovely work

congrats...

Well deserved win. Gorgeous image.
~M

Congrats!

Very elegant!

Thanks! that was my intention!

IMO white should be on the outer edge of the hair, not so much in the middle. Good pic, though.

nice work gl author..!!

THANK YOU!

congrats...

There's an odd greenish tint to her shoes, but overall, this came out really well. Fun image!

I agree completely with MossyB. I wish the SBS had explanations of what you did at each step so we could all learn something.

Given that you went to the effort to emphasize the 'floor' starting with Step 12, I wonder if there shouldn't be a little (one or two pixels), intense shadow under her shoes to ground her to that floor.

the background looks so great,Stunning colours and gorgeous composition
good luck

nice work gl author..!!

She's super cool!!!

nice one -- like the appearance of depth you have given this

Really nice shading and depth. I like the subtle "plastic" light reflections on the eye. Good work!

Thank you all for your comments!!!

Drivenslush: Special thanks for your fav!!!

Extremely creative and fun! Her strong shadow on the wall might suggest a bit more bang shadow on her forehead, chin shadow on her neck, and pearls shadow on her neck and the wall. A string connecting the pearls might be nice, as well. I would be tempted to crop the image just below the pearls as that portion is kind of creepy IMO.

wow, this is so freaky cool...love those eyes...best of luck author

Thank you DanLundberg and erathion for your comments!!!

Thanks minnie for your fav!