EOTD 01.08.13 Sparkly Brown

Good News Everyone! A new EOTD!


I've really been loving a neutral eye with something extra pretty lately. This time I've gone with a beautiful brown loaded with sparkle! This was one of those eyes you hated to take off at bedtime.


What I used:
Darling Girl Cosmetics: Phantom of the Taupera inner 3/4 lid
Darling Girl Cosmetics: F Dash Dash Dash outer 1/4 lid and crease
BFTE Cosmetics: Butt Naked - highlight
Darling Girl Cosmetics: Smoke Pixie Sprinkles on top of eyeliner affixed with Darling Girl Glitter Glue

ELF Liquid Eyeliner: black - eyeliner
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencil: 01 Black - waterline

Maybelline The Mega Plush Volum Express Mascara: Very Black

Lips:
Darling Girl Cosmetics Liquid Kiss Luxe : Rach

? So you might be asking yourself where this sparkle I was talking about is?

You can see the sparkle a little better in this photo, but its still not accurate.  Camera Shy Glitter! 

So I made a video ... 

AHHHHH there is the elusive sparkle! Be sure you watch it in HD Quality . Its SO PRETTY! 

 

Hope you guys enjoyed today's look. :D What do you all think of showing a video of the look "live" when I'm unable to capture the colors/sparklies very well with a digi cam? Let me know what you think in the comments! 

06.22.12 EOTD Steampunk Clock

Good News Everyone! A new EOTD!


Today I was inspired by the wondrous world of Steampunk. I was also inspired by the beautifully sparkly Geek Chic shadows I have. I was looking through my stash and thought these colors would be cool with some sort of really interesting liner, and so I made the little clock hands. I was going to add numerals to the clock.. just a few of them.. but I think I really love how this is a bit more subtle. If I had a tiny bit more artistic talent I would have tried for gears too.... but you guys know how unforgiving black liquid liner is! ;) Maybe we'll shoot for that next time...  Hope you enjoy this look as much as I do!


What I used:
Geek Chic Cosmetics: Eyes of the Werewolf - inner 1/2 lid & inner lower lash line
Geek Chic Cosmetics: The Pointy End - outer 1/2 lid
Geek Chic Cosmetics: Ugghhh...Brains - blended just above the crease & outer lower lash line
Geek Chic Cosmetics: Mana Battery - Highlight & inner corner
Maybelline The Falsies Volum Express Mascara: Black Drama
ELF Liquid Eyeliner: #4203 black - eyeliner + clock hands
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencil: 01 Black - waterline

Lips: Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter : Peach Parfait

Oh mah goodness.. my bangs seriously need a trim! :D Hope you guys are having a great weekend! The question of the day is : What do you think of creative liner? Do you think its wearable or just something fun for costuming? Comment below and let me know what you think! 

06.10.12 EOTD Muddy Runaway Corpse

Good News Everyone! A new EOTD!


Hey guys! I was in a really awful mood this weekend. Turns out my car is broken beyond repair and its a really hard blow for us because we are a single car family, and this is the only way my husband has to get to work and for us to go anywhere really. We needed to go out quickly for some groceries (thankfully a family member is allowing us to borrow a vehicle atm) .. this weekend, so I threw this on. The full face photos really didn't turn out, but I'm sure it had mostly to do with the terrible mood I was in. So .. I apologize for that. But I really hope you guys still enjoy the look just the same! :D 


What I used:
Darling Girl Cosmetics: Muddy Waters - lid
Moi Minerals: RunAway  - crease
Coastal Scents 88 Palette (original) : Dark Brown - Outer V (&blended into the crease area)
Coastal Scents 88 Palette (original) : White - Highlight
Darling Girl Cosmetics: Corpse Candle -Highlight (sparklies) & inner corner
Moi Minerals: Zim - Lower lash line (2/3rds from outside edge)
Maybelline The Falsies Volum Express Mascara: Black Drama
Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liner: 05 Everlast - liner & wing
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencil: 01 Black - waterline


Lips: Brazen : Peep Show on top of Haus of Gloi: Banana Lip Balm (I wanted Peep Show to be a bit more sheer/less sticky ) 


.... After mashing my lips together too many times my lip choice didn't really pan out ... I eventually switched to my favorite gloss which atm happens to be: Milani 3D glitzy glamour gloss in Fashion Diva (No photos of this look with this lippie though sorry!) 

To show  which colors I used from the 88 Palette

NTMS: All the Taupes

Never Too Much Sparkle Facebook Group Challenge:
Theme:ALL THE TAUPES

 For Challenges I'm not going to list off products used. It will just be a photo entry for the most part and how I was influenced by the challenge. If you are curious about a particular item I used, please feel free to comment below and I'll do my best to answer!

My influence: I call this look  Fire the Taupe-edos! or Taupe Gun! LoL.. I could go on an on with these taupe puns.. so my influence was just the awesome taupes I have! I've been doing this look or something similar as my go to look lately. It can be pretty much worn anywhere and with my glasses on, I appear to just look put together.


I don't have a ton of taupes, yet..  I'm slowly getting more & more. I love their versatility. And with the amazing taupes with color shifts and duochromes the indie companies keep revealing.. it not only keeps things more interesting to a color fiend like me.. but to be completely honest... I don't even know if I would have ever touched a neutral without their wonderful mad scientistry.. .. so that's pretty cool! :D okay okay. without further babbling .. Here's my look!

Indoor light with Flash

Natural indoor light

You can see what it looks more like IRL here. The pretty blue/green duo & sparkles this taupe has. I LOVE it. 

 Ok.. Well.. that's it from me today. If you guys like this taupe look I'll post more. I take photos of all my "plain" or "neutral" hurry up and go looks like this, but figured you'd be bored of seeing all the versions of this same look I have. Just let me know if you'd like to see more! Have a great day!

EOTD 03.08.12 Sweet n Spicy Truffle

Good News Everyone! A new EOTD!

 Today I was feeling kinda "normal". I wanted something really pretty, neutral, and sweet. Then I remembered a really great mini collection from Beauty From the Earth. Its called The Blushing Bride and I thought it would be perfect for today. I had most of the colors so I thought I'd give it a go.


What I used:
TFSI - Primer
Beauty From the Earth: Beautiful - Highlight
Beauty From the Earth: Sweet n Spicy - all over lid & inner 1/2 lower lash line
Beauty From the Earth: Truffle - crease (slightly heavier in outer Vee) & outer 1/2 lower lash line
Maybelline The Falsies Volum Express Mascara: Very Black
ELF Liquid Eyeliner: #4203 black - eyeliner + wing
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencil: 01 Black - waterline
Evil Shades Cosmetics: Feline's Kyss - lips

I wear glasses, so I thought I'd show you guys what it looked like with them on.

 I think this turned out alright. Although I wish I would have stayed in my true crease. Because my eyes are fairly hooded, I tend to do a faux crease up above my natural crease line to make it look like I've got larger lids than I actually do. Most of the time this method works pretty well for me.. but compared to the original look. I really think the original wins hands down here. Which I think was done by The Daily Glamour. So thanks for looking today guys. Hope your week went well. What are your plans for this weekend? Don't forget to spring fwd on Saturday night (early Sunday morning) here in (most states) of the US. :D

EOTD 11.14.11 Inspired by Siryn

Good News Everyone! A new EOTD!

So last Friday the lovely Siryn Von Steam posted the look she wore to this years Comikaze. Let me tell you. She looked abso-freaking-lutely stunning. I immedately fell in love with the look, and decided I would attempt to recreate it. Siryn has some of the most amazing talent I've seen out there, so this was a challenge for me. Not to mention I've never tried to RECREATE a look EXACTLY. I usually put my own spin on things and such. But I tried to get this one as close as possible. I didn't have the palette she used, but I did the best I could with what I had. I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. :D

Please take a moment to visit her page to see the original look here : Siryn Von Steam Steampunk Look

What I used:
Wet n Wild LE Palette "Golden Goddess": Bottom Right Brown - Crease & 1/2 outside lower lash line
Psyche Minerals: Aerith - Crease (mixed on top of shade above and patted on top for glitter)
Wet n Wild LE Palette "Golden Goddess": Top Left Creamy Champagne - Highlight
Rock A Betty Beauty: Requiem - lid & 1/2 inside lower lash line
Wet n Wild LE Palette "Night Elf": Top Right Silver - Inner corner (tear duct)
Maybelline The Falsies Volum Express Mascara: Very Black
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencil: 01 Black - waterline
Just Pure Minerals: Black Cherry- lips

For some reason I thought u could see the glitter in this photo better?

I think this was a pretty okay first attempt. I needed a richer/ darker brown for my crease color I think. But I haven't really picked up too many fall colors yet, so I'm lacking in that department. I think this is definitely something I will try to do again to try to master. I think its perfect for sweater weather, and goes wonderful with darker eye shades. Thanks for reading :) Hope you are all having a great week!

PF Shimmer Strips for Hazel Eyes Review

Hi there!

Awhile back I won a little giveaway going on over at Rural Glamour Beauty blog. Physicians Formula had the wrong address for me so it took a little over a month to get my winnings sent to me. BUT I was super stoked when it finally arrived. I wasn't sure what all my winnings included but what I got was :

All in "Hazel Eyes"  

• Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Shadow & Liner

• Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner, Glam Collection (You can find superb photos and swatches of these over at vampyvarnish .) 

• Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Mascara Duo, Glam Collection

Winning!

Now that I've done a bit of research, I would probably have preferred the ones for green eyes, as it contains alot of really pretty purples and my eyes tend to shift from hazel to green. But I'm also partial to a little brighter makeup as well, and these are definitely for neutral fans who maybe slide a little into dramatic for special occasions or something.

The Review:

The gel liners I found to be very nice. The shimmery name here I suppose would apply to the fact that 2 of the colors are metallic looking in finish and the 3rd color has golden sparkles in it. They go on super smooth, and are highly pigmented. They had long staying power, which I always enjoy.

The eyeshadows, were just alright. They are shimmery as the titles suggests which makes them pretty. However none of the colors in this particular set really JUMPED out at me. Most of them are different shades of brown/bronze. That being said, I think it would be great for someone who doesn't have many shadows/ just starting out with makeup. You get a bunch of colors that are easy to blend together. I also feel like I had to pack on the color a bit. I don't think I would get this product again.

The mascara is alright. Doesn't really give much volume. It didn't seem to lengthen at all. The brush is quite thick so its a little difficult for me to apply. The gold side.. well I felt it made me look a little silly. Like I had blond lashes to go with my dark hair wasn't what I'd look for in a mascara. So I took it off and went with the black with gold sparkles side. It was a bit better as far as color goes. I don't know weather it was the sparkles or the actual formula of the mascara, but I couldn't get home fast enough to wash it off. It made my lashes start to itch at the end of about an 8 hour day.

Mascara duo on top, 3 gel liners on bottom

Here is a look I did using the products featured above. 

I used the bottom 3 colors from the palette (dark brown for the lid, pink for the crease & a light golden cream for the highlight)
I used the black with gold sparkles gel liner & the gold with black sparkles mascara.

Shimmery

Have you guys tried the PF shimmer strips eye enhancing products?  What color did you get?

EOTD 03.04.11

Hey there. I just wanted to share my pin-uppie type look for today. I wanted something neutral and pretty to go with my bold red lippie and this seemed to work really well. I absolutely ADORE this palette. It came out this winter with a few other palettes and the pigmentation and smoothness of the shadows I have been getting from them lately have made me fall in love with Wet n Wild all over again.

I used the lightest cream shade (located in the upper left) for all over the lid & packed on under the brow for the high light. I blended the medium golden brown shade (located middle right) from the outer corner lid to the inner 2/3. The crease color was the darkest shade in the palette (located at the bottom right) and I blended that into the crease and up to the highlight shade. Used a dark winged liner for this and I think it turned out pretty great for a nice brown smokey eye.

Wet n Wild Kitty

A brief review of Wet n Wild in general: 
In revamping their formulas, and updating their image, they aren't just affordable, they are holding their own to MUCH more expensive companies out there. Not everything is a WIN, per se,  but certainly more now than ever! During these rough financial times, that is something I for one can be grateful for! I hate the stigma that you have to spend a small (or large one for that matter) fortune to get good quality, high pigmented makeup that does what it claims to do.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Well.. my *garbled/muffled age* birthday just came to an end. Thanks so much to my family who made it so nice! I just got done playing DJ Hero 2 (I got the first one on my last birthday) and its just as much fun as the first one, if not more so. I love that you have a lot more ability to mix things yourself. But I still think it's missing a "create your own DJ" feature as well as I don't like that they pulled back on the ability to customize your tables as much. Thanks mucho to my hubby who got it for me.

We went out to dinner (yummy Italian food), and I was in a hurry to get out the door. Did a really super fast EOTBD (eye of the birth-day! lol) today. Here I've used Face Candy Couture shadow in Seed all over the eyelid and as under eyeliner and then added the darkest shade of brown from the Wet'nWild Golden Goddess palette in a "c" shape in the outer corner & in the crease. The lightest cream/off white shade from this palette was also used as the highlight.

Happy Birthday to me!