If you've been following me for a while, or even for a day haha, you'll know I have a thing for smokey eyes. I just love them. Black, grey, brown, purple, green, blue, I've even done oranges and reds before, I just love them all. So I saw a look that Kassie (from Unique Desire, which you can check out by clicking on THIS LINK!!) did a while ago and I fell in love with it! So I decided to do a look kinda like hers today. I changed up the glitter location (so my look wouldn't be exactly like hers) and the lips (she used the silver glitterati Violent Lips in hers).
So here's what I did:
Kassie, you have to teach my how you got your glitter to look good on camera!!!
I haven't done a goofy face in like a hundred years so here ya go haha
To do this look I used:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX Jumbo Eye pencil "Black Bean"
NYX "Black" shadow
Inglot 376 M (a matte grey)
NYX "White" shadow (which I've been super disappointed with! I have to work really hard to get it to work for me)
NYX "Silver" glitter liner
MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
Lips:
MAC "Myth" lipstick
MAC "Right Image" Cremesheen glass
L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black mascara
I hope this makes you proud, Kassie! And I also wanted to say that I'm up to 300 (well, 302) followers!! Yay!! Thank you all so so much for following me and any comments made are SO appreciated! I'm trying to figure something out for a giveaway to do soon... I just have to think about it a little more!! Thank you all so much for checking this out!!!
I'm sorry I've been super boring and haven't posted anything in a few days. I've taken some pictures of my makeup but I've been too lazy to upload them haha. So I finally did it!
This first look I like if my eyes aren't open (which isn't really a good thing, I rarely walk around with my eyes closed haha). When my eyes are open, it really does nothing for me.
See what I mean? It doesn't do anything good for my eyes at all
Haha can you tell I changed my mind about my waterline color? I had it black and then wanted it white.
This look was inspired by Tanja's "When Ken Dumped Barbie" look on MakeupBee (I forgot to put this in here originally, I'm sorry!!)
I used :
Inglot shadows:
DS 496
372 M
392 M
351 M
A bright pink and a dark brown from my 88 palette
NYX "black" eyeshadow
And this is a look I wore on a date night with the hubby. I actually got a lot of compliments on it (while we were eating, a guy came over and told me how great my eye makeup looked and how it looked like it should be in a Maybelline commercial haha). It's been really cloudy out I've been having a hard time taking pictures (I like my natural sunshine for my pictures!!). Some have been taken inside and some have been taken in bad outdoor lighting haha.
(with flash)
(no flash)
no flash again
I used:
Kat Von D "Redemption"
Inglot 388 M
Inglot 379 M
Inglot 351 M
And this last one I did when I was in a neutral mood. I've done a similar look before but I like it so I did it again
I used:
Inglot 419 P on lid
Inglot 450 P above crease
Urban Decay "Twice Baked" in crease
MAC "Vanilla" pigment as a highlight
And that's about it! The other day when I went to get my daughter off the bus, the mom who lives at the house where her bus stop is came out to wait for her sons and said, "You'll never believe the randomness... I found your blog." Isn't that awesome? I think it's so funny that she found me (I hadn't told her I have a blog). But I feel relieved because now she knows why my makeup is crazy sometimes haha.
I know these looks aren't that exciting but I figured I'd post them anyways! Thank you so much for checking this out!!!
So in my thinking about what to do for Halloween, I finally decided to do a Drag Queen look. I just think drag makeup is so much fun with all of the glitter and bright colors and just how dramatic it is. I've only tried to cover my eyebrows one other time and it didn't work out that well because the glue stick I had was junk. So I made sure to get some Elmer's glue this time! So here's my final look!
My daughter took this picture. I don't have a costume haha so this is what I'm wearing.
I had sooo much fun doing this! For real, this was the most fun I've ever had doing makeup. I know you can't really see the sparkles (any advice on how to get glitter to show up on camera???) but I swear they're there. I used Petrilude's video (the glue stick method) to help me cover my brows. It worked pretty well. You could still kinda see where my brows were, even after foundation, concealer, and powder, but with the eyeshadow on it really doesn't matter. Oh, just f.y.i, shadow doesn't like to apply as nicely on glue as it does on skin.
Then to draw on my new brows I used the brown ELF studio cream liner ($3 at Target) and it worked PERFECTLY! I was worried about them not looking right but I think they look great!
What I used:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
88 palette (dark turquoise blue)
NYX "Black" eyeshadow
Inglot shadows 371 M (bright blue), 352 M (skintone color)
NYX JEP "Milk" right under new brow and all over lid
NYX silver liner
NYX ultra pearl manias "Lime" and "Yellow"
Jesse's Girl sparkly white/gold pigment
Bed Head White Eyeshadow under brow
Bobbi Brown "Black Ink" gel liner
MAC "Blacktrack" fluidline
Kat Von D lashes from the Tattoo Chronicles Palette
L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black
Face:
ELF blush/bronzer duo
NYX "Taupe" blush to contour
A random no name pink blush I have
Inglot 351 M to highlight under eyes
Same Jesse's Girl pigment to highlight cheeks and add sparkle
Lips:
A brown eyeliner
MAC "Pink Friday" lipstick
MAC "Right Image" cremesheen glass
And then I teased my hair like crazy, which is not my thing at all haha.
This was so much fun to do! For real, if you ever have a chance to rock some drag makeup, do it! Ashii had suggested that I do a drag look like forever ago and I've wanted to I just didn't have anywhere to wear it haha. So trick-or-treating here I come! I hope you guys all have fun and stay safe!!! Take pictures and show me what you're being!!!
Hey ladies, I know this is asking kind of a lot but I entered a Smokey Eye Contest on Too Faced's Facebook page and the look with the most votes wins. I don't know that many people haha so I'm looking for some help. If you guys could vote for me (I think you can vote once every 24 hours???), that would be amazing! The winner gets a $250 gift card to use on their cosmetics (and I bet if I won, I'd get something for a giveaway... just sayin haha). But here's the link! I appreciate your support!! Thanks so much!!!! https://apps.facebook.com/smokeyeyecontest/contests/155598/voteable_entries/33877750
I know there has to be people like me out there who like the whole going all out for Halloween idea, you just don't happen to be going to any parties so you have a hard time justifying buying a costume. So that's where it can be tricky to figure out what to do because you want to do something that still looks good whether you have a real costume or not. So I came up with this SUPER easy idea that really only has one main product that makes the whole look.
What you need: a golden toned pigment. Yup. That's pretty much it. I used a Jesse's Girl (I know they're sold at Walgreens, I'm not sure if they're in the other drugstores or not) glittery pigment that, when you look at the product in the container looks more white than gold, but when you swatch it, you definitely see the gold.
I used a primer on my lid first (as always) and then I mixed a bit of the pigment with some water and made an almost paste-like consistency (just slightly more watery). I applied that all over my lid up to the crease and in the inner corner of my eye and the outer third of my bottom lid. This technique, where you wet a pigment, is called foiling. I've only tried it a few times before. It makes the pigment more metallic looking and makes them more intense.
From the foiled part, I blended a bit of the dry pigment up to a matte highlight color (for Halloween, I'd probably do this a shimmery color though). I added a light, basic winged liner. And then I went bananas adding that same pigment to my cheekbones. Like bananas (which you cannot see well in the pictures but I swear I look like a metallic sparkly fairy or something haha). To make that more metallic, I did one spray of my MAC Fix + spray on the back of my hand and stippled my Sonia Kashuk stippling brush in it, then I stippled over top of the pigment I had added to my cheekbones. While that was still damp, I added more pigment on top of it so it was ridiculously sparkly and golden.
For my lips, I applied Revlon's "Nude Attitude" matte lipstick and took the same pigment and patted it on top of the lipstick.
And then for hair, I'd probably do loose waves with a gold headband or something (I literally had to run to get my daughter off the bus after I did this, so I didn't make this as well done as I should have) and DEFINITELY gold jewelry (which I don't own, I wear white gold or silver). And if I personally were going to wear this look on Halloween, I'd just rock jeans (or a white skirt or dress) and a plain white t-shirt because I think you'd get the idea of what I was going for without my actually having a costume. Of course, it would be better if you had a costume, but if you don't this can still work.
And once I finished doing this, I got to go to my daughter's bus stop (which is at someone's house) looking like a golden glittery crazy person haha. I wondered if I should have told them why I was wearing that makeup but I just left it alone haha, we'll just let them think I'm insane haha. I know you can't tell from the pictures but I swear, it's SOOO sparkly!
I hope this helps someone out there whether you're wearing a real costume or not! A few minor details would really make this look, I just wasn't prepared to do this haha, it just came to me. I hope you all are having a great week! Let me know what you're going to be for Halloween, I always like hearing what people are being!
Hey guys! Sorry I've been MIA for the past few days, I haven't felt that well so I've just been a bum haha. But I decided to do my makeup today and to do a Breast Cancer Awareness look (I also entered in the MUG challenge). I'm pleased with how it came out, my husband called it crazy but what does he know haha? So here's the look I did!
This one doesn't show the eye makeup very well but I'm diggin the shimmer on my cheeks.
For this look I used my 88 palette, the colors marked with a yellow heart
Inglot DS 496 (a matte white with sparkles)
Inglot 382 M (a bright pink red)
MAC blacktrack fluidline to line.
And on my lips, I have NYX "Narcissus" lipstick topped with MAC "Right Image" Cremesheen Glass.
So I hope you like this look! Make sure you all do your self exams at home and keep healthy so hopefully, even if we can't stop breast cancer completely, we can catch it early enough so we don't have to lose any more beautiful women to it! Stay strong and my heart goes out to anyone whose lives have been touched by this horrible disease! Thanks so much guys! Love you all!
I know, I know, I've said it before and I'll say it again; I have a thing for army/olive green eyeshadow. I don't know what it is but I just love it. So today I really wanted to use my new MAC "Boy Bait" cremesheen glass over MAC's "Myth" (which is the most perfect nude glossy lip ever!) so I knew I'd need to do something dramatic on my eyes to balance it out. So I went with green.
I used a layer of MAC "blacktrack" fluidline as a base and then I used my 88 palette for the rest (except the highlight and inner corner, which are Inglot 395 P). Here are the colors I used from the palette:
I LOVE that olive green and tan color from this palette.
Then I lined my eyes with the Blacktrack fluidline. I used L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara. I used the ELF blush/bronzer duo and NYX's "peach" blush on my cheeks. And then I finished the look with MAC's "Myth" lipstick topped with "Boy Bait" cremesheen glass.
Speaking of Boy Bait, I figured I should do some swatches for you. This was the color that I was looking at getting last time I went to a Cosmetics Company Outlet and when I picked it up, the lady said, "that'll wash you out" so I didn't get it. Well I got it now haha!
I know you can't really see it, that's partially because of how light of a color it is and partially because it's pretty sheer.
Here are my lips with nothing on them
Here they are with a layer of Boy Bait
And here are my glossed lips next to the container so you can see how they look compared to the tube
haha sorry for the weird face
I think the color is great. I don't think it's overwhelmingly pigmented at all. I don't think that, by itself, it washes me out because it's not pigmented enough to. Obviously my lip color doesn't look just like the tube color but it's pigmented enough to make me happy. And I just love the texture. I paid $13 for it and I think it's well worth it. I do think I'd have a hard time paying the $18.50 that they cost on the website though, knowing that I could get them way cheaper, but that's just me.
Have you used MAC's Cremesheen glasses?? Do you like them as much as I do? What are your favorite shades???
And now, just because I like taking pictures randomly and don't know what else to do with them, I'm going to show you a couple of pictures from today. Well this first one my daughter took of me, but I think it's a super artistic looking picture, I love it!
And one of me and my daughter
And my daughter "being a cat" haha
I just like to share some of my personal life stuff on here (not too much) but some so you can feel like you know me and the kind of person I am!
Thank you guys so much for checking this out! You're the best!
