Pink Eyeshadow Tutorial

I'm still on a bit of a quest to stay away from brown eyeshadow all the time so I decided to use a bit of pink today. I don't use these kind of shades enough but I actually really love soft baby pink eyeshadow - it's a great colour for grey eyes in particular. I amped it up a bit here with some mauve and plum and lots of black liner.

~ Products Used ~

Face:

Make Up For Ever HD Foundation #120

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer NW20

Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pearl

MAC Harmony Blush for contouring

MAC Mineralize Blush in Gentle

Make Up For Ever Super Matte Loose Powder

Eyes:

Clinique Quick Eyes Cream Shadow in Starlit Pink

MAC eyeshadows in Seedy Pearl, Shale, Shadowy Lady, 

Vellum & Vanilla

Clinique Cream Liner 

Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara

Elise half lashes

MAC Dirty Blonde Pencil & Omega eyeshadow on brows

Lips:

Topshop Lipstick in Show Off

1. Apply a pink base to the eyelid. I used Clinique's Cream Shadow in Starlit Pink.

2. Use a flat brush like the MAC 242 to press MAC Seedy Pearl eyeshadow onto the lid.

3. Blend MAC Shale eyeshadow into the crease with a 217 brush.

4. Run some of that Shale under the lower lash line using the tip of a flat brush. I used the 242 again.

5. On a slightly pointed brush, apply MAC Shadowy Lady eyeshadow about halfway into the crease and blend some onto the outer corner too. The brush in the photo is by Louise Young but it didn't pack on enough colour so I used the Laura Mercier crease brush after. If you have small eyes you could use a pencil brush for this too.

6. Take some Shadowy Lady underneath the eye too - just on the outer third of the lower lash line.

7. On a small pencil brush like the MAC 219, apply some MAC Vellum eyeshadow onto the tear duct area.

8. Blend an eyeshadow which is a shade lighter than your skin tone under the brow as a highlight and to soften the edges of the crease colour. I used MAC Vanilla on a 222 brush for this.

9. Line the top lash line with a black gel/cream liner and wing it out at the end. You can have a look at my winged liner tutorial here. I used Clinique's Cream Liner on a Louise Young LY24 brush.

10. Apply the gel liner along the waterline. Line the outer third of the lower lash line with the gel liner too and before it has time to dry smudge it out with a q-tip to soften it. I went back and added a bit more Shale eyeshadow under the eye at this point too. Now just apply mascara and add false lashes if you wish. I added some half lashes by Elise. .........That's it!

Please excuse the messy hair in the above photo...I was having some issues with it! It's been quite dry lately so I'm trying to use less heat on it when I can. I think I might get some Moroccanoil to try out but If anyone knows some other really great conditioning products then please do leave your recommendations in the comments! It would be very helpful!

Hope anyone in Canada had a good Canada day on the 1st. Oh and a happy 4th July (tomorrow) to everyone in the US!

Neutral Eyes, Red Lips

This is actually from a while ago but I never got round to posting it til now! I was trying out MAC's Soba eyeshadow which I think is a great shade for a nice neutral eye. Since the eyes were fairly neutral I opted for a red lip with MAC's 'MAC Red' lipstick which is an all time favourite red of mine!

Face:

Diorskin Forever Foundation 010

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer NW15

Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pearl

Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

Dior Bronze Matte 002 Honey Matte

MAC Well Dressed Blush

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC Dazzlelight on inner half of lid

MAC Soba on outer half of lid & in crease

NARS Surabaya Duo (left side) in outer corner & crease

MAC Vanilla on browbone

Face2 Cake Liner on lashline

Clinique Cream Liner on waterline

Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara

Elise half lashes

Laura Mercier Brow Pencil in Blonde

Bobbi Brown Natural Brow Shaper in Blonde

Lips:

MAC Redd Lip Liner & MAC Red Lipstick

MAC Clear Lipglass

I know a few people have asked me before to do an eye make-up tutorial so hopefully I will have some of those on the way soon! 

MAC Plumful FOTD

I'd just like to start by saying a huge thank you to everyone who has followed my blog so far as I just reached 100 followers the other day and in less than a month too which I never anticipated happening! I was afraid of even starting a blog as I thought absolutely no one would follow it so thank you so much everyone! (: 
So now on to the FOTD...


This is one of my staple eyeshadow combinations - I tend to wear this or something very similar when I don't have time to think about what I'm going to use. I find that it works well with almost any pink or plum lipstick and blush which is very handy. My skin is a tad on the pastier side in these photos which is just down to the lighting. I'm definitely not *quite* so pale in real life! I do generally like to embrace the pale but now that it's coming into summer I'm thinking it may be about time to get stuck into some fake tan!

  Face:

Graftobian HD Glamour Creme Foundation in Bombshell

Benefit Erase Paste in Fair

Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Pearl

Make Up For Ever Super Matte Loose Powder # 12

Dior Bronze Matte 002 Honey Matte

Chanel Joues Contraste in 56 Tea Rose

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC Phloof in inner corner

MAC Jest on the lid

MAC Haux in the crease

MAC Embark in outer corner & crease

Face2 Cake Liner on upper lashline

Clinique Cream Liner on waterline

Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara

ELF False Lashes 

Laura Mercier Brow Pencil in Blonde

Lips:

MAC Plumful Lipstick

MAC Kissable Lipcolour in Scandelicious (tiny bit)

I really wasn't getting on well with the foundation I used here - Graftobian Hi-Def Glamour Creme. It sunk into all my pores very badly which I've never experienced from a foundation before. I've been testing it out for about a month now and I'm sorry to say that I don't think very highly of it at all. For this reason I'm not too sure yet if I'll do a full review on it. If anyone would really like a review, however, then please do just let me know and in that case I'll be very willing!

Cheap Dupe: Becca Prairie Moon Eye Look with Superdrug MUA Shade 1

Becca is one of those brands you'll never have heard of unless you're a beauty addict, and even then, it usually takes a little while to get over the shock of how expensive tiny vials of makeup can be. That said, almost all their items are of very good quality - I personally am a fan of the Pressed Shimmer Powders (or PSPs if you know the lingo) and Loose Shimmer Powders (or LSPs). Every season, they also release palettes containing eyeshadows, cream blush and eyeliner that get a lot of good press. This season, they released the Prairie Moon Palette, which consisted of a lip/cheek creme, and some eyshadows.

(Picture courtesy of Northender on MUA)

As usual, I was drooling over those pictures, in particular the beautiful silvery-green eyeshadow. It's second from the right, and it looked absolutely gorgeous. I was thinking - since it was that silvery-green eyeshadow I wanted most, surely in my massive stash, there must be something similar, if not a dupe, for it?

So I rooted around in my makeup stash, and voila. This is what I found. Not a dupe, but pretty, nonetheless.



Yes, that's the £1-a-pop Superdrug MUA line. They have a series of loose eyeshadow powders, called the Eye Dusts, which I found a little bit overrated, to be honest. But for £1, what's not to like? This is Shade 1.

Shade 1 is a silvery-green with gold shimmer, much like the Becca version. I really like this colour - I think it leans cool, but the gold shimmer warms it up so that it's not unwearabble if you're a warmtoned girl. It's very pretty, and it was the colour that made me buy it in the first place.



This looks quite close to the Becca version to me, only that the Becca version isn't as glittery. I have to admit, the glitter in this one is in rather large chunks, while the Becca version isn't. Also, I think the Becca shade is a bit more brown, leaning khaki, while the Superdrug MUA shade is a more simplistic silver-grey shade, without the khaki hints. So it's not a dupe. But it's still a pretty shadow in a similar colour family.

So, with that in mind, I decided to attempt an eye look with this shade. Here is how it turned out. Firstly, you'll have to excuse the lashes - I had an incident with my eyelash curler, which chopped off a good 4-5 lashes, leaving me with a bald spot along my lashline:



Here is a breakdown of the eye look:

Superdrug MUA Eye Dust Shade 1 on lid
Urban Decay Twice Baked in crease
Milani Snow Frost on browbone
Covergirl Lashblast mascara
Urban Decay Yeyo 24/7 Eyeliner Pencil in inner corner
GOSH Velvet Touch Eyeliner Pencil in Metallic Brass in outer lower lashline

For this look, I foiled the Superdrug MUA Eye Dust. The Eye Dusts are only of medium pigmentation, so if you really want that wet look you'll have to foil them. And when you foil them, it's a good idea to use a sticky base, instead of just water like I did. These loose powders have little staying power, so a good base is necessary.

Here is a picture of the eye look with my eyes closed. You can see the Eye Dust falling off onto my lashes already without a base. You can also see the stumps of lashes where my eyelash curler brutally chopped them off:



So, was the dupe-the-look attempt successful? Not really, because the Superdrug MUA Eye Dust isn't really a dupe for the Becca eyeshadow in the palette. But I guess for £1, it's the cheapest way possible to get a similar look. So I imagine if you're on a budget, and don't mind the blingy shimmer in the Eye Dust, it would probably be worth a go for you. But if you hate big chunky shimmer, and don't want to deal with loose powder fallout, then the Becca palette will bring you much more enjoyment.