FOTD

I've done this with my eyeshadow like 4 times this week because I love how the colors look with my skin color. I dont remember what I have on my face is terms of foundation and blush, but who really cares about that anyway.

On the eyes..
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (base)
Orb (lid)
Embark (crease)
Cork (to blend out darker brown)
UD 24/7 in Zero
Lancome Hypnose Drama

And the lips..
Shy Girl l/s
C-Thru l/g

Looove pinks on the lid with warm dark browns in crease or outer v. Another good pink to use with Embark is Da Bling.. the MA in mac did my eyeshadow using only those two colors and it looked amazing. The trick is to keep the dark brown defined in the outer v.. don't overblend it all the way into your lid.

Micabella Eyeshadows

Here are the Micabella shadow swatches I promised. The three colors I got were 'Coral Reef', a peachy color with golden shimmer; 'Carnival', a super shimmery gold-bronze; and 'Diligence', a deep, plum-y brown.


Side to side comparisons, left side swatched dry, right side swatched wet using Visine.




Finally, a look I did yesterday using Carnival. I used Nylon in the inner corner, Micabella's Carnival on the lid, Embark on the outer lid, and Blanc Type to highlight.

Blue Turned Teal EOTD

I can only wear super neutral make up to my new job, which has been driving me crazy. So lately I've been on a huge color kick, and doing all kinds of colorful looks on my day off. This is what I came up with today:


I used a generic shimmery color from a Hard Candy baked shadow duo on the inner corner, Urban Decay's Shattered on the lid, Contrast on the outer-v, and Prussian over the Contrast and pulled into the crease. I used Shroom to highlight. I used all blue's, but it kind of turned into a teal look somehow..




Enjoyyy :)

EOTD

1. I used Painterly paint pot as my base.
2. I packed on Urban Decay's Blunt (love!), from the Skull Shadow Box, in the inner corner and lid.

3. I applied Amber Lights on the outer lid and into the crease.

4. With a dense blending brush, I deepened the crease with Antiqued. 5. I used a tiny bit of UD's Oil Slick to bring some depth into the outer-v. I made sure to blend it out really well, so the black didn't muddy up the earthy colors.
6. Blanc Type with the 224 to highlight.
7. I used Rimmel's "Spark It Up!" liner in Tiger's Eye on my waterline.

8. I then applied Blacktrack fluidline on the upper lid, and finished with Maybelline's Colossal mascara.

I also want to throw in a quick picture of how my toes are done. I'm not huge on nail designs.. I get acrylics myself, but I love blinged out toe nails. I've never tried to do my own nail designs, but I got some nail art pens, and this is what I came up with :)

Crappy iPhone pic:

EOTD

Found my usb cord.. I have a few eotd's to show.

1. I used Mac's Cream Color Base in "Pearl" as my base.

2. I applied Orb in the inner corner, then extended the color out onto the lid. Towards the outer part, I only covered about half my lid space with it, packing it closer to the lash line.

3. I applied Passionate in the middle part of my lid.

4. I mixed a few different purples from the 120 palette together on my 239, then created a deep purple outer-v.
5. Using a lighter mix of purples and the 217 brush, I applied the new color around the darker outer-v.

6. With the 224, I blended everything together. Then, using the same brush, I got some Orb and applied it starting from the inner corner, bringing it up and in to the other colors to pull everything together.

7. At this point I added more of whatever I needed. Orb in the inner corner, more Passionate on the middle of the lid.

8. Using the 224, I used Blanc Type to highlight.

The second look is a easy taupe-y smoky eye. I used Shroom in the inner corner, Era on the entire lid, Satin Taupe in the crease, and Carbon to deepen the crease. I lined my upper lid with a black pencil liner, then smudged it out with the black shadow using a pencil brush. Then, using that same brush, I picked up some color off the tip of the eyeliner, and smudged the liner along my bottom lashline, connecting it with the liner on the upper lid.