Certainly Red

Here's my first blog post wearing a red lip! Ta-da! Really trying to break out of my shell and wear some bolder lips. I have a bunch of reds but rarely use them--need to change that habit!

Tried winging it out a little further than usual!

Bare Escentuals Summer all over lid, Urban Decay Buck in Crease, Nars Galapagos in Crease, Nars Mekong in Outer V, a little Urban Decay Half Baked on middle of lid 

Face:
Laura Mercier Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer in Nude & Sand (mixed)
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage
Mac Mineralized Skin Finish
Laura Mercier Translucent powder
Mac Refined Golden Bronzer
Nars Madly & Illamasqua Lover Blush
TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer
Anastasia Brow Powder in Brunette

Eyes:
Bare Study Paint Pot
Bare Escentuals Summer
Urban Decay Half Baked, Buck
Nars Galapagos, Mekong
Rock & Republic Skintight (highlight)
Covergirl Lashblast
Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner

Lips:
Revlon Certainly Red Lipstick
A little bit of clear gloss and Mac Melon Pigment

What do you think of the red lips? I always shy away from them! What's your favorite red lippie!?Thanks for looking!

Tutorial: Sunset on the Beach Look

Hey guys,

This is the latest tutorial that I've decided to re-upload from my old channel. This is one of my favorite looks when I created it last year, I love the contrast of the gold and purple. This is also one of my sister's favorite looks which she often asks me to recreate on her.

EYES:
- Two Faced Shadow Insurance
- Indianwood paint pot
- Amber Lights eye shadow
- Inglot #430 (true gold) eye shadow - Goldmine eye shadow would work too, although it wouldnt be as dramatic
- NYX "Milk" jumbo eye pencil
- Naked "Blue Duochrome" pigment - this comes from the Ivory Stack and actually has a number but I don't remember what it is. If you have Vellum eye shadow it would work too
- Cork eye shadow
- Brown Down eye shadow
- Carbon eye shadow
- Vanilla eye shadow
- Non-Conformist fluidline
- Inglot #379 (matte blue-purple) eye shadow - you could also use Parfait Amour eye shadow
- Smolder eyeliner
- Blacktrack fluidline
- Ardell "Demi Whispies" lashes (optional)


CHEEKS:
- Inglot #35 (neutral cantaloupe with silver shimmer) blush
- Inglot #57 (neutral pink-based brown with silver shimmer) blush

LIPS:
- Plastique lipstick
- Pupa Ultra Reflects lipgloss in "#07"

 

 

I hope you guys like this look as much as I do. Please send me photos if you try it out and I'll feature them on my blog. Thanks again

Tutorial: Smokey Olive and Gold Look

Hi guys,

This is the long awaited new tutorial that has been a long time coming. Sorry it has been so long since I have been able to upload one but I haven't been feeling up to doing much lately because the winter chill has really gotten to me. Anyway, enough excuses and on to the look!

This is a really simple gold and olive-green smokey look that would be perfect for any time of the day/night. It is created using a limited edition product (Techtonic mineralize eye shadow from the Flashtronic Collection ['07]) but this colour can easily be duped with any other olive gold eye shadow.

EYES:
- Indianwood paint pot
- Gorgeous Gold eye shadow
- Techtonic mineralise eye shadow
- Inglot #731 (matte olive) eye shadow
- Humid eye shadow
- Vanilla eye shadow
- Nylon eye shadow
- Blacktrack fluidline
- Smolder eyeliner
- Ardell "117" lashes

CHEEKS:
- Inglot #34 (peach with gold shimmer) blush

LIPS:
- Hug Me lipstick
- Inglot #545 (orange with multicolour reflects) lipsgloss

I hope you enjoyed this look, please let me know if you try it out :)

Nars Dogon Smokey Look

Ahhh Nars Dogon, you are so lovely to work with. Decided to smoke out the duo-chrome taupe with the  dark blue/black.

Light side of Dogon on lid, Dark side of Dogon on outer-v, Rock & Republic Diffused to blend crease (a little), & Mac Phloof to highlight

The lid color changes in different lighting and angles. Hopefully the pictures capture it a little bit! 

A little blurry, with no flash.

Products

Face:

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer & a little bit of the mineral powder

Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

Revlon Age Defying Spa Illuminator in bare light (mixed a little bit with my tinted moisturizer)

Bobbi Brown Corrector

Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer

Mac Refined Golden Bronzer

TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer

Nars Mata Hari

Eyes:

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

A little bit of Benefit Skinny Jeans

Nars Dogon

Mac Phloof

Rock & Republic Diffused

Anastasia Brow Powder in Brunette

Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in black ink

Covergirl lashblast volume

Lips:

Revlon Colorburst lipstick in Petal

Revlon Colorburst lipgloss in Pink Ice

Thanks for looking! Let me know what you think or how you'd wear Dogon!

Also, if you're in the US don't forget to enter my giveaway here before July 1st!

My first eyeshadow tutorial!

Hi everyone!

I finally got around to doing a tutorial for this brown smokey eye I did here! The quality isn't great and the editing is very beginner, but I hope it helps you get an idea of how I created the look! Let me know what you think :)

Heavy Browns with Nars Galapagos and Mekong

Here's my first try at a smokey eye using my recent purchase, Galapagos. Definitely too dark and heavy for the daytime, but perfect for a night out!

Nars Galapagos all over lid, Nars Mekong to define outer v, Mac soba to blend crease, Mac Femme-fi to highlight

Sorry I look a bit tired, this was taken when I got home!

Products...

Face:

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer & a little bit of the mineral powder

Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

Bobbi Brown Corrector

Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer

Mac Refined Golden Bronzer

Benefit Coralista

Eyes:

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Stila Smudgepot in Bronze (i think this intensified the look and made the sparkles show up more. I'm going to try this look w/o it and see how different it looks!)

Mac Femme Fi & Soba

Nars Galapagos & Mekong

Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in black ink

Covergirl Lashblast volume

Anastasia Brow Powder in brunette

Lips:

Estee Lauder Coral Kiss (found at a CCO a few months ago, I think it was Limited Edition)

Mac Enchantress Lipglass

Thanks for looking!

Tutorial: Golden Beach Sunset Look

YAY! Finally, the first tutorial for my new channel! This has been a long time coming I know but I wanted to get everything set up just the way I wanted it before I started posting anything on Youtube.

This is a really pretty look I came up with that is inspired by a new hair bow I got a few weeks ago. It is a really pretty sequin bow with blue, gold and silver sequins all over it. I thought that using gold and silver in the one look would be a little bit overkill so I changed the silver element to a champagne colour.

EYES:
- Indianwood paint pot
- Fade eye shadow
- All That Glitters eye shadow
- Inglot #430 (true gold) eye shadow
- Contrast eye shadow
- Inglot #61 (black with blue shimmer) eye shadow
- Vanilla eye shadow
- Pure Show super slick liner
- Prized eye shadow
- Inglot black liquid liner
- Smolder eyeliner
- Ardell "105" lashes

CHEEKS:
- Inglot #53 (light coral brown with silver shimmer) blush

LIPS:
- Inglot #03 (light pinky brown) lipstick
- Ingot #545 (holographic orange) lipgloss

Envy humid FOTD

Long time no post, I'm ready to get back into the swing of things! Here's a look from last night! Decided to do a smokey green look to go with my current favorite (and most recently bought!) blush Illamasqua lover!

Mac Humid on lid, Rock and Republic Envy on outer lid, Urban Decay Oil Slick to deepen outer v, Mac Wedge to blend crease, Mac Nylon to highlight

Products...

Face:

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer and Mineral Foundation

Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

Bobbi Brown Corrector

Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer

(As you can see I'm a huge fan of Laura Mercier face products! I love them!)

Nars Laguna

Illamasqua Lover Blush

TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer

Eyes:

Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Mac Humid, Wedge, Nylon

Rock and Republic Envy

Urban Decay Oil Slick

Anastasia Brow Powder in Brunette

Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in black ink

Covergirl Lashblast

Lips:

Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude

Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Sunset Peach (just a tiny bit)

Hope you like this look!

Diffused Browns FOTD

Here's a dark smokey brownish grey look I did the other night! Hope you like ;)

R&R diffused all over lid, Urban Decay darkhorse on outer lid and crease, Mac smut to deepen outer-v, Nars mekong near outer lashline, mac wedge to blend, mac femme-fi as highlight

Products...

Face:

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer and Mineral Powder

Laura Mercier Undercover Pot

Nars Laguna

Mac Hush on cheekbones

Mac Springsheen & a little Nars Madly

Anastasia Brow Powder

Eyes:

Mac painterly paint pot

R&R diffused

Nars Mekong

Urban Decay Darkhorse

Mac Femme-fi, wedge, smut

Covergirl Lashblast

Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in black ink

Lips:

Revlon Lipstick Pink in the Afternoon

Revlon Coloburst lipstick in Peony