Grey Eyeshadow Tutorial

Something a bit more fun today - dramatic grey eyeshadow with a pop of bright pink on the lips to brighten things up! You could tone it down with a nude lip though too if you wanted. Hope you enjoy it!

~ Products Used ~

Face:

Chanel Pro Lumiere Foundation 20

Make Up For Ever Lift Concealer #3

Make Up For Ever Star Powder on cheekbones

MAC Prep & Prime Powder

MAC Matte Bronzer

MAC Pink Swoon Blush

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC Vanilla, Gesso, Scene & Typographic

Make Up For Ever Star Powder #902

Clinique Cream Liner

Max Factor False Lash Mascara

Ardell Demi Wispies

Laura Mercier Blonde Brow Pencil

Lips:

Dior Addict Lipstick in 865 Collection

 1. Apply MAC Painterly as a base. Sweep some Vanilla eyeshadow (or any shade which is close to your skin tone) all over the lid up to the brow. This ensures that the following eyeshadows will blend seemlessly. Next take some Gesso eyeshadow and appy it to the inner half of the lid.

 2. Take MAC Scene eyeshadow or another medium grey shade and, with a flat brush, apply this to the outer half of the lid. Now take a fluffy blending brush like the MAC 217 and blend this across the lid into the Gesso shade.

 3. Now take a dark grey (I'm using MAC Typographic) and apply this to the outer corner of the eye on a flat brush. I created an angled shape with this. Use the same flat brush to sweep the eyeshadow across the lid into the medium grey shade. So there should be a nice graduation of colour now from light to dark.

 4. Take some more Vanilla eyeshadow and use this to blend around the edges so that they're not so harsh. I used a MAC 222 Brush for this.

 5. Take some of MAC Scene and run it under the eyes. Now take some shimmer (I used a Make Up For Ever Star Powder) and press this over the area where the Gesso eyeshadow was applied on the inner corner. Take it around the tear duct area too.

 6. With a gel or liquid liner, line your top lash line. Apply some black liner to your waterline too. Add mascara to top and bottom lashes. Apply some false eyelashes and that's it!

Here's the finished eye make-up again.........

I hope everyone had a great week/weekend. I received my Visa for Australia a few days ago which is equally exciting and extremely scary! It definitely hasn't quite hit me yet that I'll be moving there very soon. Trying to think of how I'm going to manage packing everything is really beyond me at the moment. It will definitely be very nice to be going somewhere with some lovely sunshine though. I'm going to be passing through California too for a few days on my way there which I absolutely can't wait for. I lived in California for a few months several years ago and I love the place so it will be so nice to be back there. Beats Ireland any day! :D

Yellow & Purple Eye Look / Tutorial

Hey Beauties,
Here is a purple and yellow eye makeup tutorial that was requested by one of my lovely subscribers (Buttercupjoy1988) on youtube, who seems to have deleted her account. :(  I needed to dig into my INGLOT shadows, plus I love purples, so I was happy to have done the request anyway.

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EYES:
* NYX Jumbo eyeshadow pencil: Milk
* INGLOT eyeshadows: AMC SHINE #41, AMC SHINE #14 , Matte #386
* Ben Nye Lumiere Grande eyeshadow: Royal Purple
* Ben Nye Pressed Eyeshadow: White
* Milani Infinite Liquid eyeliner: Forever
* Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eyeliner - Gold

CHEEKS:
* Milani Powder Mosaics: Sunset Spice (bronzer)
* Sonia Kashuk Beautifying Blush: Flamingo

LIPS:
* Palladio Herbal lip slix: Petal Pink

<3 Krystal aka MakeupNme

DISCLAIMER:  The Palladio Herbal Lip Slix pencil was sent to me from Palladio. All other items were purchased by me.

Coral & Purple Eye Look / Tutorial

Hi Beauties!
This is a quick picture tutorial using some of my INGLOT eyeshadow's.

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EYES:
* NYX Eyeshadow Base - White
* INGLOT Eyeshadow's:  Matte #361 (Coral), Matte #386 (Purple), Matte #391 (Black)
* Palladio Eyelink - Black

LIPS:
* Wet N Wild Lipstick - 901B
* Essence Stay with me Longlasting lipgloss - me&my icecream
* Stila Major Lash Mascara - Black

I forgot what I used on my cheeks!  "/

<3 Krystal aka MakeupNme

DISCLAIMER:  I received the Palladio eyeink for free.  Other other products were purchased by me.

Defined Crease Tutorial with MAC Rebel Lipstick

Rebel is one of those lipsticks which can work on absolutely any skin tone, from the palest to the darkest. It looks great sheered out to a stain too or made into a gloss by mixing a tiny amount in with some clear lipgloss. It's really versatile and tends to be a favourite among make-up artists. I paired it with very neutral eyeshadows here but I think the defined crease and winged black liner still inject just enough drama to balance out the deep lip. You can of course also use this eye make-up with just about any lip colour!

 ~ Products Used ~

Face:

Chanel Pro Lumiere Foundation 20

MAC Pro Longwear Concealer NW20

MAC Pearl Cream Colour Base

MAC Prep & Prime Powder

MAC Matte Bronzer

NYX Blush in Pinky

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC eyeshadows in Vanilla, Gesso, Wedge, 

Embark, Carbon

Urban Decay Buck eyeshadow
Make Up For Ever Star Powder

Clinique Cream Liner

Make Up For Ever Concealer Pencil

Maybelline Volume Express Mascara

Ardell Demi 102 Lashes

MAC Dirty Blonde Brow Pencil

Lips:

MAC Plum Lip Liner & Rebel Lipstick

MAC Clear Lipglass

1. Appy MAC Painterly Paint Pot as a base. Next, apply a good amount of MAC Vanilla eyeshadow all over the lid all the way up to the brow. Doing this ensures that the shadows which will be applied later will blend really easily. 

2. Apply MAC Gesso eyeshadow to the lid on a flat brush, keeping it below the crease. 

3. On a large fluffy brush like the Illamasqua Blending Brush sweep some MAC Wedge eyeshadow onto the area slightly above the socket line.

4. On a pointed brush (I'm using one by Louise Young) apply a darker brown shade into the crease. I mixed Urban Decay Buck and MAC Embark to get the shade I wanted. The pointed brush should create a very defined line in the crease with the eyeshadow.

5. Take a MAC 217 or a similar blending brush and blend the top edge of the darker brown where it meets the lighter brown shade. Now just keep applying more dark brown and blending it. You can apply more of the lighter brown too if it begins to get lost. 

6. Run some of the Urban Decay Buck eyeshadow underneath the eye on a flat brush like a MAC 242. I also applied a tiny bit of MAC Carbon eyeshadow very close to the lower lashes on an angled brush to define my lash line. If you already have dark lashes and a dark lash line you may not need to do this.

7. Line your top lash line with a cream/gel or liquid liner. I used Clinique Cream Liner on a MAC 210 brush.

8.  Line your waterline with an off white pencil. I used Make Up For Ever's Concealer Pencil. On a small brush, apply a shimmery eyeshadow to the tear duct area as a highlight. I used a Make Up For Ever Star Powder for this.

9. Apply mascara to top and bottom lashes. Add some false lashes and you're done! 

Here's the finished look. The eye make-up is really quite simple - it just requires some good blending work!

Maui Sunset (Copper & Teal) Look / Tutorial using Palladio Herbal Eyeshadow Quads

Hey *waves*!  It's me again.  I'm back with a Copper & Teal look / tutorial using the new Palladio Beauty herbal eyeshadow quads that I recently posted a review and swatches on.

::Products used::

EYES:

* Urban Decay Primer Potion - Eden

* Palladio Herbal ES Quads - Blue Suede (Teal & Pearly White & Black), Copper 'N' Chic (Copper & Matte Warm Brown), Smokey Eyes (Matte White)

* Palladio Felt Tip Eyeliner - Jet Black

*L'Oreal Collagen Mascara - Blackest Black

CHEEKS:

*Milani Powder Mosaics - Touch 'O' Sun (bronzer)

* Palladio Herbal Mosaic Powder - Spice (blush)

LIPS:

Palladio Herbal Tinted Lip Balm - Golden Pink

Until Next Time...

<3 Krystal aka MakeupNme

DISCLAIMER:  All the Palladio products mentioned in this post were sent to me for free.  I am NOT being compensated for any posts relating to Palladio Beauty.  All opinions are honest and my own.

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!