Anastasia Beverly Hills

ColourPop Ultra Satin Lip Color "London Fog"

9:19 AM


ColourPop Cosmetics released their Ultra Satin Lip collection several weeks ago, and I picked up a couple of new shades, including this beautiful blue-toned red, called London Fog.  The texture on these is very light and not gloppy or sticky at all.  I really like semi-matte finish as well.  Not shiny like a gloss, and not completely dry/matte like the Ultra Matte Lippies.  



Bitter Lace Beauty

Bitter Lace Beauty UnBirthday Highlighter and Kylie Lip Kit in Mary Jo

6:48 AM


I love discovering new indie companies and sharing them with you!  I was running through Instagram the other day, and stumbled across Bitter Lace Beauty, an adorable Etsy Shop that has a variety of highlighters to choose from.  I picked up UnBirthday, which is a gorgeous swirl of turquoise, gold, pink, coral and violet.  When brushed on the skin, it is the most beautiful and bright way of turning the lights on your skin.  I couldn't be happier with the purchase, and I know I will be going back for more!  


I purchased two UnBirthday, one for me, and one for my sister.  Look at how different each one is!


Above, the UnBirthday I kept for myself.  I absolutely love all of the colors, and look at how illuminating it is!  The colors all swirl together beautifully, and make just a gorgeous color on the skin.  With precise application, you could grab any of the colors individually to use as an eye-shadow or highlight as well.  

Below, UnBirthday on me.  Everything I am wearing is broken down below:

Face:
Laura Geller Primer Potion
Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten in Fair
Younique Beachfront Bronzer to contour
Nars Orgasm Blush
Bitter Lace Beauty UnBirthday - highlight

Eyes
Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Pallet: Zone, Serious, Blackout and 1987
Laura Geller Fortifying Lash Primer Mascara - top and bottom lashes
Kiss True Volume Lashes in Ritzy
Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipstick Weirdo as eyeliner

Lips
LipKit by Kylie in Mary Jo

Cover Girl

FOTD: Covergirl TruNaked Goldens Pallet

9:38 AM


I posted some swatches of the new Cover Girl TruNaked Goldens pallet, and today is a quick FOTD I did using them as well.  These are gorgeous, highly compatible and blendable shadows.  Like I mentioned in the earlier post, I am blown away by the quality of these, especially when used over a base.  CoverGirl was never my "go to" drug store brand for eyeshadows, but I am absolutely loving this pallet and will definitely take a look at the other two available.  I also will say, although they are attempting to be a dupe for the Urban Decay Naked pallets, these do have some different colors in the mix, making these a lot of fun to work with!


Below is my quick cut-crease with the pallet.  I used the darkest brown for the crease, blended it into the third-from-the-left and blended that into the third-from-the-right for my crease.  The lid is the second from the right, and my highlight is the farthest to the right.  Gorgeous - a simple and easy way to create a neutral cut crease, and at a drug-store cost!  

Lips are the Younique Opulence Lipstick in Stuck Up.  Cheeks is the Nars Orgasm blush.  
 


Cover Girl

Swatches: CoverGirl TruNaked Golden's Pallet

9:00 AM


CoverGirl has introduced a new eyeshadow pallet targeting the Urban Decay Naked series.  There are three pallets (Goldens, Roses and Nudes).  I instantly went towards the Goldens, so I had to buy them to try it out.  These retail around $10-$12, depending on where you purchase.


These truly are beautiful.  Talk about compatible, shimmer-filled, gorgeousness.  

I have tried CoverGirl shadows before only to be disappointed at the texture and pigmentation.  Let me just tell you, that is not the case here.  These shadows couldn't be more pigmented and blendable.  I used the Cinderella eyeshadow primer that is available at Walgreens (this stuff is amazing if you haven't tried it, and only $2.99!)


Swatches are below over the primer.  There is also a video to try and capture the sparkle and duochorome of some of the colors.  I will also post a couple of FOTD's using these!  




Have you picked up any of these pallets?  What do you think?  

Anastasia Beverly Hills

EOTD: Anatastasia Beverly Hills "Self Made" Pallet and Violet Voss "Chocolate Swirl" Glitter

9:00 AM


The neutral shades in this Self Made pallet are just gorgeous.  Below I used the following, including some new glitter I picked up from Violet Voss, called "Chocolate Swirl".  

For the look I used the following:
Urban Decay Primer Potion - original
ABH Self Made - Hot and Cold - upper crease
ABH Self Made - Spirit Rock - deep crease/outer corner / lower lashline
ABH Self Made - Witchy - lid / lower lashline
ABH Self Made - Treasure - highlight
Violet Voss "Chocolate Swirl" - applied with their Secret Weapon Glitter Adhesive to lid
ELF Precision Liquid Eyeliner - black
Younique 3D Fiber Lash mascara



Can I just say, that Secret Weapon Glitter Adhesive holds ALL DAY LONG?!  Love this, and have reinvigorated my love for glitter because I won't have fall out!

3d fiber lashes

FOTD: Urban Decay Vice 3 (Downfall, Heroine, Bobby Dazzle) and Urban Decay Vice LTD Disco

3:57 PM





I have absolutely fallen in love with my two Urban Decal pallets from Christmas.  Dragon might be the best green I've worked with in a long time (used it here), but I am also loving the matte shadows in both of these sets.  I don't typically go for mattes, but I am learning how to use them to blend into creases and create some different combinations with them, although it has been a struggle because most brands matte shadows are so chalky and difficult to work with.  Not so much with UD!

I have been eyeing Heroine in the Vice3 pallet, but typically don't wear blues.  I decided to mix it with Disco and a whole lot of glitter to have some fun!

Here is the look, below:

Face:
L'Oreal True Match Liquid Foundation - N1
L'Oreal True Match Powder N1
Mally Bronzer - contour
Mally Beauty AirBrush Blush "Afterglow"
Artist Couture Diamond Glow Powder "Conceited" - highlight - BTW, if you haven't check out Artist Couture, you absolutely have to.  These will have their own post in the near future!

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay Downfall - upper crease
Urban Decay Heroine - cut crease, blended into Downfall
Urban Decay Disco - lid
Urban Decay Bobby Dazzle - highlight
Mary Kate & Ashley Sequin Glitter in All Over Gold
Physician's Formula Gel Eyeliner
Younique Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes Mascara

Lips:
ColourPop Cosmetics Lippie Stick in Brink







EOTD Green

FOTD: Urban Vice LTD Pallet and Vice 3 Pallet: Disco, Dragon, Defy, Downfall and Bobby Dazzle

1:36 PM

(Urban Decay Vice LTD)

I'm not going to lie, I went ahead and woke up at 2:00 in the morning to make sure I could get my hands on the relaunch of the Urban Decay Vice LTD pallet.  In the meantime, I had already purchased the Vice 3 Pallet, and had decided it was my Christmas present to myself, so held off on using it until just now.   

(Urban Decay Vice3)

For the look below wanted to use the new Revlon PhotoReady Eye Art I posted swatches of yesterday.  Here is what I used:

Face
Laura Geller Spackle Primer
Loreal True Match Foundation N1
Loreal True Match Powder N1
Nars Laguna Bronzer - contour
Mally Beauty AirBrush Blush in Afterglow

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay Disco (Vice LTD Pallet) -inner corner/lower lashline
Urban Decay Dragon (Vice 3 Pallet) - middle of lid / lower lashline
Urban Decay Downfall (Vice 3 pallet) - upper crease
Urban Decay Defy (Vice 3 pallet) - blended into Downfall into crease and along lower lashline
Urban Decay Bobby Dazzle (Vice 3 pallet) - highlight
Physicians Formula Gel Eyeliner - black
Younique 3D Fiberlash Moodstruck Mascara

Lips
Revlon Colorblast Matte in Standout
Milani HD Advanced Lip Color in Candy Apple



Bare Escentuals

Smokey Silver Holiday FOTD: L'Oreal Infalllible Eyeshadow in Liquid Diamond, Urban Decay Blackout and Mary Kate & Ashley Shimmer Dust in Sparkling Night

9:09 AM



Today on the blog, a silver-smokey holiday look.  This one is actually quite easy to do, and uses L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow in Liquid Diamond and a black matte eyeshadow (I used Urban Decay in Black Out).  Add a pop of glitter to the center of the lid, some matte red lips, and you are ready to hit the holiday scene!

Here is what I am wearing:

Face
Laura Geller Spackle Primer - all over face
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye concealer 
Bare Escentuals Mineral Foundation in Fair (original formula)
Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil
Mally Beauty Bronzer (light) - cheek bones
Mally Beauty Effortless Airbrush Blush in Afterglow/Pure Light

Eyes
NYX HD Eyeshadow Primer - all over lid
Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet - Tease - upper crease
Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet - Blackout - crease and outer corner of lid
L'Oreal Infallible in Liquid Diamond - inner corner, blended into UD Blackout in middle of lid
MAC Vanilla Pigment - highlight
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - middle of lid
Mary Kate & Ashley Sequin Shimmer Dust - Sparkling Night - middle of lid

Lips
Revlon Matte Color Burst in Standout







EOTD

FOTD w/ Urban Decay Naked Pallet, Wet 'n Wild LE Pallet in Daring Downtown, Loreal Infallible in Gold Imperial, and Jordana Color Effects Eyeshadow in Green

2:17 PM

Playing around with green and gold today.  One of my favorite drugstore greens is Jordana Color Effects Eyeshadow in Green, which is truly one of the "greenest" eyeshadows I own.  It wears like iron when over a primer, and has a nice brightening shimmer. I love finding little gems like these in the drug store!




For the look, here is what I used:

Face:
Laura Geller Spackle
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer - Light
Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten - Fair
Mally Beauty's Effortless Airbrush Blush in Afterglow

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay Naked Pallet - Buck - blended into crease
Wet 'n Wild LE Pallet in Daring Downtown (Black shade) - cut crease blended into Buck
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - lid (not above crease)
Jordana Green - lid / lower lashline
Loreal Infallible "Gold Imperial" - inner corner
Urban Decay Naked Pallet - Sin - lightly blended into highlight
Physicians Formula Gel Eyeliner - black
Younique 3D Moodstruck Fiber lashes - mascara





I almost forgot I found this lovely Wet 'n Wild on sale for 50% off during the CVS Beauty sale, which is what I am wearing in the pic above.  


Aromaleigh

An Emerald Green FOTD w/ Hard Candy Space Cadet, Aromaleigh Spectacularly Ignorant, and Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet

9:28 AM


Taking a step away from my "neutral" rut I've been in recently, I decided to play matchy-matchy with my shirt and wear a rich emerald green smokey eye.  To do this, I am using an old shadow I dug up - Hard Candy Meteorite Shadow in Space Cadet (a rich emerald frost with emerald glitter), as well as Aromaleigh Spectacularly Ignorant and Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet.  

For the look, here is how I did it:

Face
Laura Geller Spackle
Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten in Fair
Laura Geller Balance 'n Bronze - contour
Laura Geller Blush 'n Brighten in Golden Apricot - blush

Eyes:
Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet - Tease - upper crease
Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet - Blackout - crease, outer corner
Hard Candy Space Cadet - all over lid / on top of Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Aromaleigh Spectacularly Ignorant - inner corner, lower lashline - on top of Pixie Epoxy
Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet - Foxy - highlight

Lips
NYX Lipstick Thalia

Hope you like!

3d fiber lashes

My Thanksgiving EOTD: Younique

11:12 AM

I have been very negligent with the blog recently, simply due to life in general, and my new obsession with Instagram (find me over there at @shakeupyourmakeup and @shakeupyourmakeupscloset).  With that said, I missed working on my daily posts, so I am going to work very hard to get back up and running over the weekend, so I can get back to more of what I love  - makeup!

Quickly, here is a snapshot of my eyeshadow from earlier this week - lots of gold for Thanksgiving.  I went very smokey here, just to make it a little more elegant.

For the look, I started with Urban Decay Primer Potion.  Above the crease, I am using Buck, from the UD Naked 2 pallet, which is lightly applied.  Just below, in the crease, is Creep from the same pallet.  On the lid, I first applied Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy, and then used Younique's pigment in Gorgeous (a very rich 24K gold shade).  I applied Creep to the outer corner, blending it into the lower lashline.  The light gold shade in the lower lashline is Younique's pigment in Innocent.  Top this off with a highlight in MAC's Vanilla pigment, and a random black gel eyeliner and I was finished.

My lashes are Younique's 3D Moodstruck Fiber Lash mascara, which is unbelievable.



I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving, and are enjoying some great Black Friday sales, as well as some respite from all of the food and family :)  More posts to come!

3d fiber lashes

EOTD with Fyrinnae's Velvet Vampire, Urban Decay Black Out & Naked, Younique Sassy Pigment

12:39 PM


As I have been playing around with the Younique pigments, I am finding how beautiful they are.  Today's looked features "Sassy", a rich, slightly pink, berry color.  I combined this with Fyrinnae's Velvet Vampire, which has more orange/red undertones, and I absolutely love it.  Details for the look below.  Enjoy!


For the look, here is what I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion "Greed" - all over lids
Urban Decay Naked - blended into crease and up towards brow bone
Urban Decay Black Out - blended deep into crease/into Naked as well as in outer "V"
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - just on lid and lower lashline
Fyrinnae Velvet Vampire - blended into Black Out and in middle of lid
Younique Pigment in Sassy - blended into Velvet Vampire all the way to inner corner, lower lashline
Younique 3D Moodstruck Lashes

Speaking of lashes - look at what these do for mine!  And, this is WITHOUT mascara!  I am in love.



EOTD Blue

FOTD using Younique Pigments in Empowered, Dignified, Innocent,and Beautiful as well as NYX Sunset and Urban Decay Naked 2 Blackout

9:58 AM

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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!

FOTD Brown

FOTD: Urban Decay Naked2 Pallet

2:32 PM


After months...well make that years...of wishing I had the Urban Decay Naked pallets, I finally bit the bullet and purchased all three about a week ago.  Recently I have stepped away from neutrals and been using a lot more color with my eyeshadows, but there is something about bold looks using neutral shades that I love.  

To create the look here, I used the original UDPP all over my lid.  Above the crease, I gently applied Tease, which is a matte milk chocolate color.  I then took Snake Bite and applied that underneath, closer to the actual crease.  Black Out is applied right at the crease and outer "V", with YDK in the middle of the lid and Half Baked applied in the inner corner.  Finished the look off with a black eyeliner (NYX) and my Younique 3D Moodstruck lashes and I was set!  


Dupes

Spotted at Walgreens: Profusion Perfect 10 Eyeshadow Pallets - Urban Decay Naked Dupes??

10:28 AM

 
Walgreens has started putting out their holiday beauty products, and this one instantly caught my eye on an end cap.  It is by Profusion, called the Perfect Ten eyeshadow pallet.  There were two pallets, each retailing at $4.99. 
 
The first pallet, below, was called Midnight Fever and consisted of 10 shimmery colors, leaning more taupe and gray. 

 
The second pallet, called Sultry and Neutral, has half shimmery and half matte colors.  Most of the mattes were the light shades, where the shimmery shades were goldens and bronzes. 

 
I picked up both of these and will swatch them, hopefully tonight.  I didn't have the chance to do so last night for you guys.
 
Gorgeous, aren't they?  The colors look really good and smooth, but only a swatch will tell!

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