Shakeup Your Makeup

Another look featuring the Younique Moodstruck pigments.  Talk about color, I absolutely love "Gorgeous", the bright orange color in the crease and along the lower lashline.  This color certainly adds a ton of color and really enhanced the green of my eyes.  I blended the "Gorgeous" into "Heartbroken", which then blended into "Divine", a rich coppery, almost black brown shade.  Line the lids and add the Moodstruck 3D Fiber mascara and I was set!  

I'm ready for fall...can you tell?  

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This morning's FOTD/EOTD features more Younique products...this time, their pigments.  I wanted to play around with some greens and blues, so I picked Dignified and Empowered out of my samples, as well as a matte rust brown called Beautiful.  Empowered is a very pale sea foam green with golden duochrome.  Dignified is a rich turquoise, with sparks of green, blue and gold.  I mixed these colors with NYX Sunset, a rich orange to burnt orange frost and the Blackout shade from the Urban Decay Naked 2 pallet.  

The Younique pigments are very rich and, I know...shocker...PIGMENTED!  They are very smooth, creamy, and a little goes a long way.  I used the Dignified as a liner on the bottom by applying it wet, and it went on extremely smoothly and did not fall into the lines along my undereye.  The mattes applied effortlessly, without any chalkiness or grabbing and pulling on the lid.  I have been extremely impressed with how well the shadows blend together, to create that seamless transition between colors.  

On top of how workable these pigments are, let me tell you a few more things about them:

-  They are 100% Natural

-  They are chemical free

-  Mineral based

-  They are free of talc oils, preservatives, perfumes, synthetic dyes and parabens

-  No creasing, smudging or smearing!

At $10 a pop, these are going to last you a very long time, and are very versatile.  I can't wait to create some more looks and share them with you!

A few more shots, as well as full face FOTD's below.  As always, feel free to click the image to make larger!

To create the look above/below, here is what I used:

Face:

Laura Geller Spackle

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye Concealer

Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten - Fair

Mally Beauty Bronzer - contouring

Nars Blush in Orgasm

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion - all over lid

Urban Decay Naked Pallet 2 Blackout - outer V and halfway through crease

Younique Pigment "Beautiful" - just above and blended into Blackout, and all the way across crease

NYX Sunset - blended above & into Younique Beautiful along crease

Younique Dignified - blended into blackout on outer corner/V and halfway across lid - applied wet along lower lashline

Younique Empowered - inner corner of lid

Younique Innocent - blended into NYX and up to browbone

Mally Mascara - one coat along lower lashline

Younique Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes - upper lashes

Lips:

Revlon Color Stay Mineral Lipglaze in Timeless Nude

(Click the picture above for a larger view of all available colors)

If you would like to order any of the pigments, mascara, or other Younique brands, feel free to click the link which takes you to my online Younique Party I'm hosting!

I wanted to post a quick EOTD/FOTD using some Fyrinnae that have been buried in my makeup drawers before I did my in depth look at the It Cosmetics "Your Skin But Better" CC Cream.  A full face is below, but for the eyes I used Bare Escentuals Big and Bright Eyeliner in Black, and drew the corner and crease.  Blending on top of the black, I used Fyrinnae Bonfire Spirits in the middle of the lid and blended it ontop of the black.  Closer to the inner corner and outer corner of the lower lashline, I blended Fyrinnae Velvet Vampire, which is a bit pinkier than the Bonfire Spirits.  I then took Fyrinnae Dinosaur Plushie on the inner corner and drew it down the lower lashline as well.  The highlight is MAC Vanilla pigment. 

I will do a detail on my face in a later post, when I look at the IT Cosmetics as well.  

 

After several days over overcoming the stomach flu I am finally back.  I decided to go bright and colorful this morning, in hopes of giving my mood a boost.  Besides the stomach bug, the weather has been gloomy too, so I'm in need of some color to brighten the day!

 

My outfit had lots of coral, purple and pink, so I thought I'd tie in my eyeshadow with it.  Today is a mix of Fyrinnae and Aromaleigh - four colors that worked extremely well together.  Aromaleigh Zinnia (the inner corner shade) actually doesn't look like much when applied, but is a gorgeous pink in the pictures.  Maybe it was the lighting in my bathroom that washed it out, but I love the pop or color below.  Here is what I used:

 

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - all over lid

Aromaleigh Zinnia - inner corner

Fyrinnae Electro Koi - next in towards outer corner from Zinnia

Fyrinnae Velvet Vampire - next in from Electro Koi / blended along lower lashline ontop of liner

Aromaleigh Solange - outer corner, crease

Avon Glow Eyeliner in Ultra Voilet - lower lashline

Physicians Formula Gel Eyeliner Trio (green eyes) - the brown shade

Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara

 

I used to be timid about bright colors, but have managed to mix them into my looks.  For instance, Electro Koi is an extremely bright orange, and although gorgeous in the pot, one might think - what do I do with this?  But, just a subtle application with some more neutral colors can really make a look stand out, without being over the top. 

 

One more thing, I just received the Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara in the mail as a freebie I signed up for on Facebook - it's a pretty good mascara giving some nice definition and length.  I will do a full review after a few more days of trial. 

 

Happy Halloween to everyone!  I hope your evening is full of treats, and possible a few tricks! 

 

Below, I wanted to do something for Halloween, but wasn't feeling super-creative this morning, so orange and black it is.  I used Fyrinnae and MAC. 

 

Face:

Laura Geller Champagne Spackle

Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten Fair

Milani Baked Blush in Coralista

 

Eyes:

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Fyrinnae Pumpkinfire - outer corners/crease

MAC Firespot - inner lid

Fyrinnae Arcane Magic Pyromontic Erotica - inner corner and blended into lower lashline

Unknown Wet 'n Wild as highlight

 

Lips:

Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle

 

Here's a closeup of the eye.  I like the color combination a lot - the Fyrinnae shadows, of course, are gorgeous.

 

What did you do for Halloween? 

 

 

I have fallen in love with color again...after weeks of wearing either neutrals or basic smokey grays, I've decided that regardless of the fact that Puxatony Phil saw his shadow, I'm asking for spring to come fast and furiously! 

So, at my attempt to entice Spring to make an enterance early, I decided to play around with some Fyrinnae shades that have sat idle in my drawer for some time.  The colors I chose probably wouldn't have gone together if I hadn't been wearing a shirt that had a watercolor-floral print of peaches, pinks, greens and yellows.  I chose Fyrinnae Kimchi, Fyrinnae Dressed to Kill, and Fyrinnae Damn Paladins.  Kimchi looks almost matte with flecks of glitter in the pot, but once it is applied, especially over Pixie Epoxy, it is absolutely stunning.  Dressed to Kill is probably one of my favorite colors - this is an absolutely perfect olive green with tons of golden green shimmer and sparkle.  It is beautiful applied dry, over PE, or wet (I used PE and wet here).  Damn Paladins adapted to a more golden yellow hue in this look, where it is actually a beautiful pale golden taupe with bluish glitter in the pot. 

I tell you what, those Fyrinnae shadows always put on a show!  Below is how I applied.

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - all over lid

Fyrinnae Damn Paladins - inner corner, lower lashline

Fyrinnae Kimchi - middle of lid

Fyrinnae Dressed to Kill - outer corner, crease, wet as eyeliner

LA Splash Nude Diamonds - highlight

LashBlast Mascara