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What’s On My Face – Volume 22

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Another set of makeup roundups!

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Something nude-ish for all your neutral lovers out there!

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Eyes

  1. MAC Ricepaper as the inner corner highlight and to highlight the brow.
  2. MAC Amber Lights all over the lid.
  3. MAC Handwritten on the outer third.

CoverGirl Clump Crusher mascara is on my lashes.

Rest of the Face

  • Bronzer: Hard Candy – Hula Hula
  • Blush: MAC – Warm Soul

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The nude lips soooo do not work with this one!

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Eyes

  1. Makeup Geek Mango Tango all over the lid.
  2. Makeup Geek Bitten on the outer half of the lid.
  3. Makeup Geek Creme Brulee through the top of the crease.
  4. MAC Shroom to highlight the brow.

Tarte Black gel liner to create the wing and CoverGirl‘s Clump Crusher mascara is on my lashes.

Rest of the Face

  • Bronzer: NYC – Fire Island Tan
  • Blush: Tarte – Charisma
  • Highlighter: MAC – Whisper of Gilt
  • Lips: essence – Nude Love

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A fun dark one! As I’ve said before, I usually stay away from dark lid colours but when I do try it out I generally quite like the results!

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Eyes

  1. Urban Decay Darkside all over the lid.
  2. Urban Decay Blackheart on the outer third of the lid.
  3. Urban Decay Nooner to blend out the crease.
  4. Urban Decay Strange on the browbone.
  5. Urban Decay Dust to highlight the inner corner.

Rest of the Face

  • Bronzer: NYC – Fire Island Tan
  • Blush: Wet n Wild – Pearlescent Pink
  • Highlighter: MAC – Soft & Gentle
  • Lips: Maybelline – Maple Kiss

 

 

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This one doesn’t come across as well in photos as I had hoped. Isn’t it strange how that can happen? I really love orangey-reds on my lids and this was one of the first few looks I ever did that really pushed me into using more and more fiery colours.

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Eyes

  1. MAC Gleam all over the lid.
  2. MAC Coppering on the outer half of the lid and heavily through the crease.
  3. MAC Handwritten in the very outer corner.
  4. MAC Blanc Type to highlight the brow.

CoverGirl Clump Crusher mascara is on my lashes.

Rest of the Face

  • Bronzer: NYC – Fire Island Tan
  • Blush: Tarte – Charisma
  • Lips: NYX Butter Gloss – Cherry Cheesecake

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I had been lamenting how much I seem to fail at makeup looks that involve gold, primarily because I tend to combine them with brown. Kalyn showed me that gold just seems to work way better with black, so I decided to give it a shot the next time I incorporated some gold shadow.

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Eyes

  1. Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bold Gold all over the lid with Sleek‘s gold shadow from the Sunset palette layered on top.
  2. I used a strip of tape on my outer lid to create the super sharp edge, then swept on Urban Decay‘s Blackout.
  3. Makeup Geek Creme Brulee lightly through the crease to blend out the black.
  4. MAC Blanc Type to highlight the brow.

I tightlined my upper waterline with the Lord & Berry Black eye pencil and applied Urban Decay‘s Perversion mascara on my lashes.

Rest of the Face

  • Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
  • Bronzer: Revlon Photoready in Bronzed & Chic
  • Blush: Hourglass – Diffused Heat
  • Highlighter: MAC – Whisper of Gilt
  • Lips: Revlon Sunset Peach gloss

 

The essence of Fall Beauty FotD + Giveaway

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The Canadian Beauty Blogger brand of the month is essence! The brand has been kind enough to sponsor a giveaway for several of the CBB blogs and I was one of the lucky ones chosen to be a part of this fantastic giveaway. Having never tried any essence products before, I was excited to play around with some of their products and find out what I thought about the brand.

First up is my own Face of the Day using products from essence‘s Fall line. See below for giveaways details and how to enter.

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Having never been one for subtle makeup, I knew when I saw the All About Paradise eyeshadow palette that I had to do something fun with it.

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And have fun I did! I managed to use all of the colours in the incredibly vibrant six-pan palette. The end result is exactly what I wanted – something moderately tropical, semi tie-dyed and just all around fun!

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So here’s how I did it:

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Eyes

I first layed down a solid white base using NYX‘s Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk to ensure that the colourful shades would pack a punch. I then used essence‘s All About Paradise eyeshadow palette:

  1. Yellow all over the inner corner and around the tearduct.
  2. The pale green on the middle of the lid.
  3. Blue in the outer corner and the outer half of the lower lash line.
  4. Pink through the crease.
  5. Champagne to highlight the brow.
  6. Peach on the inner half of the lower lid.

I then used Tarte‘s black gel liner to create the wing and then tightlined and lined my lower water line with essence‘s Black gel eye pencil. On my lashes is essence‘s get BIG! lashes mascara.

Rest of the Face

  • Foundation: Boots No7 Instance Radiance foundation in Cool Vanilla
  • Eyebrows: Anastasia‘s Dipbrow Pomade in Blonde
  • Bronzer: NYC‘s Fire Island Tan
  • Blush: essence Silky Touch Blush in Autumn Peach
  • Highlighter: Champagne shade from essence‘s All About Paradise palette
  • Concealer: essence Match 2 Cover! cream concealer
  • Lips: essence‘s Wear Berries!
Possible prize options
Possible prize options
The essence of Fall Beauty Giveaway

One lucky winner will win $100 worth of essence cosmetics! Items selected will be at random, but it’ll be $100 worth of awesome essenceproducts.

Details

  • Open to residents of Canada (you must have a Canadian address that we can ship to).
  • Giveaway runs from August 10th until August 18th at 12:00 a.m. EST.
  • Winner will receive $100 in products from essence, no purchase necessary.
  • Be aware that all entries will be double checked to ensure fairness.

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The products featured in this post were sent to me to create this look.