Why do I end up looking like a clown when I paint my face?

I'm using the Mehron aqua color palette and I want to do something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7yBtT7c2LQ

But my blending is awful. Even the colors themselves look cheap on me. What could I be doing wrong?
I'm not going for a natural or "normal" day look. I'm trying to create a scene (like in the link attached, the artist did a scene from the Wizard of Oz on her face). Hers looks really good. But mine just looks amateurish.
 
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