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What’s On My Face – Volume 42
Another roundup! You’ll notice these sets of look go from bright and vibrant eye makeup to darker plums and red pretty quickly. It wasn’t done intentionally, but you can definitely see fall creeping into my looks slowly!
I had received the NARS Rated R duo in a swap a while ago and wanted to try it out. So I wore it out to brunch!
Eyes
- MAC Cork through the crease.
- NARS Rated R – green side all over the lid.
- NARS Rated R – blue side on the outer half of the lid.
- Too Faced White Chocolate on the brow bone.
I created the wing with MAC‘s Blacktrack fluidline and applied Urban Decay‘s Perversion mascara to my lashes.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Garnier BB Cream in Light to Medium
- Bronzer: Revlon Bronzed & Chic
- Blush: Milani Luminoso
- Highlighter: Becca Champage Pop
I *loved* this one. I wore it to my cousin’s engagement party and fell in love with the final look so much that I’ve now used it everywhere for my social media profile shot. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
Eyes
- MAC Cork through the top of the crease.
- Inglot AMC Shine 33 all over the lid.
- Inglot Matte 338 on the half of the lid and through the crease.
- MAC Print to deepen the outer corner.
- MAC Blanc Type on the brow bone.
- Naked Cosmetics IV05 (green reflect) on the inner corner of the eye.
I used Catrice‘s Dating Joe Black to create the wing and tightlined my upper and lower water lines with Marc Jacobs‘ Blacquer. I also popped on a pair of House of Lashes Bombshell falsies.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
- Bronzer: Hard Candy Hula Hula
- Blush: Hourglass Diffused Heat
- Highlighter: Becca Champagne Pop
- Lips: Bite Beauty Fig
I did this to match my JORD watch a few weeks ago and it reminded me just how much I love that L’Oreal eyeshadow.
Eyes
- Eyeshadow: L’Oreal Infallible shadow in Golden Mahogany (seriously, that’s the only thing I’m wearing on my lids).
- Mascara: Urban Decay Perversion
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Make Up For Ever UltraHD stick foundation in Y225
- Bronzer: Hard Candy Hula Hula
- Blush: Laura Geller Pink Grapefruit
- Highlighter: MAC Soft & Gentle
- Lips: Clarins Nude Beige lip liner
Ohhh yes. So much yes to this one. I was playing around with my Makeup Geek shadows and loved how this gold worked out with that darker rusty red. You can ever go wrong with MUG‘s Bitten!
Eyes
- Makeup Geek Fortune Teller all over the lid.
- Makeup Geek Bitten on the outer corner and through the crease. Apparently I blended it out with Peach Smoothie, but forgot to identify that on the chart above.
- Makeup Geek Corrupt on the outer corner to deepen it up.
- Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean on the brow bone.
I coated my lashes with Urban Decay‘s Perversion mascara.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
- Bronzer: Make Up For Ever Pro Bronze Fusion in 30M
- Blush: Kryolan Glossy Rosewood
- Highlighter: MAC Soft & Gentle
- Lips: Clarins Joli Rouge in Soft Plum
I can tell the outdoor natural lighting is starting to get fucked up in my pictures – definitely going to be investing in some studio lighting this fall and winter that’s for sure. I wanted to play more with my Too Faced Chocolate Bar palettes – I love them, but I feel like I’m always reaching for the newest thing that’s been released. However, I still very, very much love these palettes.
Eyes
(all Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette)
- Salted Caramel through the top of the crease.
- Creme Brulee all over the lid.
- Cherry Cordial on the outer half of the lid.
- Triple Fudge in the outer corner to deepen it up.
- White Chocolate on the brow bone.
On my lashes is Urban Decay‘s Perversion mascara.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Revlon Colorstay in 200 Nude and 220 Sand Beige mixed together
- Concealer: Collection Lasting Perfection in Light 2
- Bronzer: NYC Fire Island Tan
- Blush: Clinique Cola Pop
- Highlighter: Becca Champagne Pop
- Lips: Too Faced Jelly Bean
What I Bought This Month – July 2015 Haul
Another month, another roundup of beauty goodies. I have to say, I’ve been spending a lot less, but my makeup intake has been insane because the CBB keeps doing swap after swap after swap and I keep walking away with more and more products to try out!
Let’s start with the one item I did purchase this past month: Becca‘s collaboration with Jaclyn Hill resulted in Champagne Pop. Quite possibly the most beautiful highlighting shade I own. (Full review here.) This was expensive – there’s no doubt about that. But as a regular viewer of Jaclyn Hill’s videos I wanted to support her latest creation since I’d also been meaning to try out Becca‘s stuff too!
My first Estee Lauder product, I think. This was from a limited edition collection called Courreges a few months ago. The shade is Black Silver and there’s a LOT of it in the that pot!
A quad cast off from a friend. This is The Body Shop‘s Shimmer Cubes in Pink Poppy. They’re in truly bizarre packaging. There’s the outer layer that holds all four of them, and then each individual shade is in its’ OWN little plastic tin with a cap. Super weird.
The texture is a bit powdery, but the colours are lovely. I didn’t take any decent photos of my makeup with it on, but I did snag a shot for Instagram while wearing them:
Quite pretty!
A brand new tube of Avon‘s Anew Vitale Day Lotion. I’ve had no experience with it, but as someone without sensitive skin, I’m always up for free skincare!
I got this at the swap because it seems like nobody wanted it! I’ve been a fan D&G‘s Light Blue for a while… but as it turns out, I’m not so much of a fan of this version called Escape to Panarea. Ah well.
Okay yeah. I have no idea when or where I’ll wear these – maybe for a Halloween look? But they were awesome and no one else wanted them!
Shawna of Spill The Beauty accidentally ordered two of these halographic polishes and I was the lucky recipient of the extra one! I’ve not applied it yet, but damn can I ever not wait. Holographic anything? Yes PLEASE! (This is Glitter Gal’s Copper shade.)
I don’t know all the shade names (because I’m currently writing this while on vacation in Montreal – follow our blogging hash tag for the past weekend with #CBBroadtrip – we’ve been having a blast!) but I got some lovely lip products to try out. There’s a Maybelline lipstick in there, a Revlon lip butter in Peach Parfait (I’ve actually finished an entire one of these before – true story!), a Australis Velourlips (if Sharon Farrell loves them, then *I* must love them!), a mini from Tarte, a lipstick from the Sephora brand and a red lip paint from a brand I’m not familiar with.
The imprint on this compact is gorgeous. And I love me a humongous bronzer. But the sad news is that Lise Watier‘s Eden Tropical Bronzing Powder is oompa loompa orange and I just cannot wear it. 🙁
Another cast off from a friend. This is the kind of shade I hate to love. Make Up For Ever‘s 210 cream blush is a bubble gum pink that has the unfortunate habit of looking lovely on me. It’s not the kind of shade I like looking at as it’s far too girly for my tastes, but the reality is that it looks really good on me, and therefore I love it.
The Make Up For Ever Plexi Glosses are something I had passed on entirely because I don’t feel I’m a gloss person. I had several of them very nearly thrown at me during the swap, so I figured I’d try them out. End result? I can confirm they’re not for me. They fade off quickly (as to be expected of a gloss) and I just can’t be bothered with the constant reapplication.
More cast offs! I already owned Coral Cove, and I was happy to add Tea Rose and Love Potion to the collection.
A full tube of Miracle 10‘s Light Serum was left on the table after the swap. I’m not a huge fan of the scent of this thing, and it’s really only decent for hydrating in the summer time since it is VERY light. But I did run through a whole tube of it before, so I mean… I like it enough to use it all up again!
Ohhh yes. NARS Rated R and Revlon Metropolitan. Both items I’ve been wanting to try and thankfully totally free!
Another item I’ve been wanting to try because the Olay Fresh Effects packaging ALWAYS pulls me in. I need another foundation like I need a hole in the head, but hey… this one is a BB CREAM, so therefore it’s totally different…
A bunch of cast offs! A MAC paint pot, an Australis plush, a Laura Geller blush (it’s GORGEOUS!), an essence mineralize eyeshadow that is really, really good quality, a Kryolan blush (also stunning) and some gold eyeshadow cream/pigment type thing.
I don’t know why I insist on trying out different kinds of lashes when I *know* that House of Lashes make the ones that work for me the best. But I keep trying others… mostly because I hear about how everyone likes other brands. I’ve heard plenty of good things about Red Cherry so I’ll happily give these a shot!
I wasn’t sure what to think of Smashbox‘s Earth As We Know It palette at first. But then I created this:
and I was like… oh okay. I like you.
I absolutely love the texture of The Body Shop‘s sorbet moisturizers. It has this frothy, foamy like consistency and is soooo much fun to play with… uhhh I mean fun to put on. Mango‘s a new scent to me and I quite liked the few sniffs I had of it.
Man, everyone keeps ditching their Wet n Wild Megalast lipsticks, whereas I just LOVE them! Here’s Stoplight Red and, one I’ve been meaning to find, Carrot Gold. It’s way more orange than I thought it would be – we’ll have to see how it looks on my lips!
And finally (phew!) an eight pan shadow palette from Wet n Wild – Petal Pusher. I’d always glanced at it but never bought it. I know the quality will be on parr with The Comfort Zone palette so I’m looking forward to playing with the shadows.
PHEW! GOOD GRIEF THAT WAS A LOT OF STUFF! I hope the swap stuff is interesting for you – please let me know whether or not it is. It’s all gently used makeup and stuff I’m adding into my collection so I think it’s relevant. But I’m not sure if people like seeing the swap stuff, or if they’d rather just see the brand new stuff I purchased.
What’s On My Face – Volume 40
In my (not so humble) opinion, there’s some pretty epic makeup looks in this post. Either I love how my makeup turned out, or I love how the shots came out. I hope you like them too!
Let’s start this off with what I feel is probably my best makeup look accomplished to date. (So I’m going to post a few extra shots of it because I’m really pleased with how this turned out.)
We were going to the pub to watch the Womens’ World Cup final (USA versus Japan), and since my husband is American, I defaulted to supporting the USA. It was so close to the Fourth of July too, so this could’ve doubled as an Independence Day theme as well.
I don’t always post huge eye shots because I typically take photos of my makeup before work and don’t have the time to perfect everything. Smaller photos hide some mistakes so I have less to worry about. But when I do guest posts, or feature products specifically, I like to make sure that I get as close to a perfect makeup look as I’m physically capable of (since I don’t airbrush my photos). But this one, despite being done in a relative rush, was done soooo well that I just had to post a full-sized shot!
And here’s what I used:
Eyes
- MAC Cork through the top of the crease.
- MAC Crystal Avalanche all over the lid.
- Urban Decay Heroine on the outer half of the lid.
- MAC Blanc Type on the brow bone.
I then patted MAC‘s Transparent Blue Glitter on top of the whole lid using Too Faced‘s Glitter Glue to make sure it stayed in place. I then used MAC‘s Strike While Haute shadow all along the bottom lash line, and applied MAC Reflect Red glitter overtop (again with the Glitter Glue).
The winged liner was done with Kat Von D‘s Tattoo Liner in Trooper and I lined my lower water line with Marc Jacobs‘ Blacquer. I applied a coat of CoverGirl‘s Clump Crusher mascara and then popped on a pair of Bombshell lashes by House of Lashes.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in shade 52 Vanilla
- Bronzer & Highlighter: Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow
- Cheeks: Elizabeth Mott – Tints & Sass
- Lips: MAC Russian Red
Next up is a product I waited far, FAR too long to use. It had been sitting in my “to use” pile but I never got around to it. And as soon as I did, I wore it three times that week! That beautiful neon red? That’s Kryolan‘s UV-Red pressed shadow and it is INCREDIBLE. Since it is a neon, it does need a sticky white base to make it pop. But damn… seriously amazing.
Eyes
I first applied NYX‘s Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk to the entire lid, blended it out, then:
- Applied Kryolan‘s UV-Red to the entire lid of my eye and the inner tearduct.
- Makeup Geek‘s Corrupt was used through the outer third of the lid, through the crease and on the lower lash line.
I created the wing with Kat Von D‘s Tattoo Liner in Trooper, coated my lashes with CoverGirl‘s Clump Crusher and then put on a pair of Bombshell lashes by House of Lashes. I tightlined both waterlines with Marc Jacobs‘ Blacquer.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
- Powder: Hourglass Ethereal Light
- Blush: Sleek Chantilly
- Highlighter: Becca Champagne Pop
Playing around with some Makeup Revolution foiled shadow.
Eyes
- Makeup Revolution‘s Emerald Goddess all over the lid.
- essence‘s Smokey Day Trio (dark shade) through the outer corner and crease.
On my lashes is Make Up For Ever‘s Smoky Stretch mascara.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
- Bronzer: MAC Refined Golden
- Blush: Burberry Lip & Cheek Bloom in Poppy
- Highlighter: MAC Soft & Gentle
- Lips: SST Cosmetics Vitale
I swear this is such a vain post, but anyway… That shot on the left is my favourite shot of myself I think I’ve ever taken. It’s all thick lash line, fiery eyeshadow, chubby cheeks and intense steel blue eyes. AND I LOVE IT. I did this for a guest post on Vancouver Eyeshadow Addict back in May and somehow forgot to cross post it!
Eyes
- Makeup Geek Peach Smoothie through the top of the crease.
- Makeup Geek Chickadee all over the lid.
- Makeup Geek Poppy on the outer corner and through the crease.
- Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean on brow bone.
- Naked Cosmetics IV-04 pigment on the inner corner.
I used Poppy on the outer corner of the lower lash line and used Chickadee for the remainder of the lower lash line. I then created the wing with Kat Von D Tattoo Liner inTrooper and tightlined with Urban Decay‘s Black Velvet liner. On my lashes is essence‘s Lash Princess mascara.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum in 52 Vanilla
- Contour: Makeup Geek Barcelona Beach eyeshadow
- Blush: Tarte Charisma
- Highlighter: MAC Whisper of Gilt
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Lips: Revlon Papaya gloss
And lastly, a Makeup Geek look because I hadn’t yet played around with the new foiled shadow Pegasus.
Eyes
- MAC Cork
- Makeup Geek Pegasus
- Makeup Geek Duchess
- Makeup Geek Shimma Shimma
I created the wing with MAC‘s Blacktrack fluidline and coated my lashes with essence‘s Plump, No Clump mascara.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
- Bronzer & Highlighter: Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow
- Blush: Milani Coral Cove
- Lips: Catrice Feeling Feline