Sleek Oh So Special and Curaçao I-Divine Palettes

Hello folks!

Sleek makeup recently came out with a new collection: The Caribbean collection. The collection consists of an eyeshadow palette, a blush and a tinted lipbalm. I only picked up the eyeshadow palette. After I bought their Storm palette when I was in London, I started collecting their palettes. I think the quality of the eyeshadows is amazing for the prize (around £7 or €9 or $12).

This palette from the Caribbean collection is called "Curaçao" and is filled with bright and fun colours.
Lets have a look:

Sleek Curaçao palette (click for larger view)

Like all the Sleek palettes, these eyeshadows are nicely pigmented. The matte shadows are usually a little less pigmented than the shimmery/metalic ones. The darker matte colours usually show up better I find. Over a base or primer they work great though.

I swatched each row on bare skin and over Urban Decay's Primer potion.

Top row, bare skin, flash

Top row, over UDPP, flash

Bottom row, bare skin, flash

Bottom row, over UDPP, flash

My favorites of this palette are Green Iguana, Purple Haze, Green Martini and Singapore Sling.
Not all the palettes I have from Sleek have names for the colours but I'm glad all these new palettes do.



Sleek also came out with another palette, with more neutral colours, which is called "Oh So Special". I believe this is part of their permanent line since it isn't part of a collection.
This palette has got some great shadows to create any kind of neutral look with. It has some matte and some shimmery colours, going from really light to black so you could do an every day eye look with this but also a really dark smokey eye. If you can't get your hands on the Urban Decay Naked palette or it's too expensive, definitely check out this palette!

Sleek Oh So Special palette (click for larger view)

Here are the swatches, with and without primer.

Top row, bare skin, flash

Top row, over UDPP, fash

Bottom row, bare skin, flash

Bottom row, over UDPP, flash

My favorites: Glitz, Celebrate, Boxed and Wrapped Up.
I'm not too crazy about the matte pinks in this palette. Not as eyeshadows anyway, but I've found they work nicely as blushes.
I love how pigmented the matte black (Noir) that comes with a lot of these palettes is. I won't have to buy a matte black in a looong time, haha.


I'll probably do some eye looks with these palettes in the future, so look out for that!


x
Tanja

Toned Down Morange FOTD

I bought Mac Morange on a whim recently, and it is the brightest, boldest color I personally own. I absolutely love it but on me, it looks awful without a lipgloss on top to tone it down a tiny bit. My lips are still a vibrant orange, but not as neon! Here's a realllly simple (hopefully not too boring) neutral look I did to pair with it. I just started piling different warm, brown neutrals on my lid, and blended well hoping it would look alright in the end! lol

Left side Nars kalahari on lid, Mac Soba in crease, Urban Decay Darkhorse in outer crease, Mac Handwritten in Outer-V, Mac femme fi to highlight

Products Used:
Face:
Laura Mercier Face PrimerTarte Smooth Operator in Agent 14
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage
Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
Illamasqua Lover blushMac Refined Golden Bronzer
TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer
Anastasia Brow Powder in brunette

Eyes:
Laura Mercier Eye Basics in Wheat
Mac femme-fi, soba, handwritten
Nars Kalahari (left side)
Urban Decay DarkhorseBobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in black ink
Covergirl Lashblast

Lips:
Mac Morange Lipstick
Kiko lipgloss (a nude color, not sure on the name. A friend from Italy gave it to me!)


What do you think? How would you wear Mac Morange or a really bright orange lip!? Might give Morange another go in a future FOTD soon :)

Natural Neutrals Look

Really simple look (at least compared to more smokey looks I tend to gravitate towards!) I used mainly matte eyeshadows and wanted to focus on really glowy pink cheeks!

Eek! Sorry liner is a bit uneven! Mac brule on lid, Mac wedge in crease and outer v, Nars Galapagos in outer-v, Mac shroom to highlight

Products Used:
Face:
Tarte Smooth Operator in Agent 14 (had to use a darker tinted moisturizer I had since I'm more tan now! I miss my Laura Mercier though, I like the coverage better.)
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage
Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Amused
Mac Refined Golden Bronzer
TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer
Anastasia Brow Powder in brunette

Eyes:
Laura Mercier Eye Basics in Wheat
Mac Brule, Wedge, Shroom
Nars Galapagos
Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in chocolate shimmer ink
Covergirl Lashblast

Lips:
Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Blush

Simple, but I hope you like it! Maybe I should have added a bright lip? Oh well, next time! :)

Coral Jardin Aires Fotd

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I'm just finishing up my last week of undergrad so I've been really busy! Here's a simple neutral look I did today using Mac Jardin Aires pigment. I need to figure out how to take clearer, better pictures because the camera didn't capture the loveliness of this pigment! I tried taking some eye pictures the last few days and didn't even bother posting them because they didn't come out well. Any advice?!

Mac Jardin Aires on lid, Mac Sable in Crease, Mac Swiss Chocolate in Outer-V, Mac Brule as Highlight

Didn't line the waterline today either! Not sure if i like it better or not though!

Products:

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer and Mineral Powder

Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage

Bobbi Brown Corrector

Nars Laguna

Rock and Republic Bedroom Blush

Mac Jardin Aires (a tiny bit on cheeks to highlight!)

Anastasia Brow Powder

Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

Eyes:

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Mac Jardin Aires, Sable, Swiss Chocolate, Brule, (and a tiny bit of wedge to blend the crease)

Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in black ink

Covergirl Lashblast

Lips:

Revlon Kiss Me Coral Lipstick

Mac Enchantress Lipgloss

Daytime Ondine EOTD

Decided to try out a look using nars ondine. I wasn't quite sure what to pair it. Since it's a taupey purple with gold glitter I thought the gold sheen of femme fi would look nice with it!

Mac Femme Fi on lid, Nars ondine in crease and outer lid, Mac Smut in outer v

Products Used

Eyes:

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Mac Femme Fi, Smut

Nars Ondine

Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner in black ink

Covergirl lashblast

Thanks for looking!!

Shimmery Neutral Fotd

So this is one of my quick neutral eyeshadow looks that I do when i'm in a hurry or am having trouble picking out colors!

Femme Fi as highlight and lid,Smog on outer lid, Darkhorse in outer v, and Wedge in the crease to blend

Products Used

Eyes:

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Mac femme-fi,wedge (Femme-Fi is limited edition, but I found it at my CCO recently. Shroom is pretty similar!)

Urban Decay smog and darkhorse (from the Naked Palette)

Covergirl lashblast

Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner in black ink

Anastasia brow powder in brunette

Let me know if you have any questions!

Tutorial: Soft neutral look

For my second tutorial I went for a soft eye, using neutral colours. This will look great on anyone with any skin tone or eye colour.

Last time I forgot to mention what I use for my brows and brow highlight.
I pretty much every day use Brun from MAC to fill in my brows and Vanilla, also from MAC, as my brow highlight.

So here's the tutorial:

Brun...













...with a big angled brush from The Body shop (got this on years ago)

and Vanilla...

... with a flat shader brush, SS 239 from Sigma (this one is a little bigger and fluffier than the MAC 239, which makes it perfect for my brow highlight)

Next, Soft Ochre paintpot from MAC (or any other eye shadow base you like) 

 For this look, I used the NYX eye shadow palette called Versus. I used number 2, 3, 4 and 10.

 First, I put number 3 all over the lid and lower lash line with a flat shader brush (MAC 239)

 Then, using the SS 226, I put number 2 in the crease.

I also applied it on the outer half of my lower lash line using the 239. 






  

 I then lined my upper lash line with a black pencil. (You can use any black pencil you like)

 And smudged it with a pencil brush. I used the MAC 219.

 To darken the outer corner a bit I used number 4 with the SS 226 and connected it to the lower lash line with the 219.
 (doesnt really show up in the picture) It also helps blend the black eyeliner.

Next is a white eye pencil for the waterline and I put number 10 from the palette in the inner corner.






  

  

Lots of mascara. I used MaxFactor Masterpiece again.

And you're done!













And you're done! Hope you like it.
Requests for future tutorials are always welcome!




x
Tanja