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.  


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.



Aromaleigh

FOTD featuring Aromaleigh "Fraud", Fyrinnae "Druid Werewolf" and Sassy Minerals "Pandora's Box"

10:47 AM


Is it summer yet?  I don't know where you guys are, but here in the Midwest we keep getting teased with a day or two of nice warm sunshine, and then it reverts back to wet, dreary, and cold!  In an effort to bring back that warm sun, I was playing around with some warm golden hues the other day, and thought I would share.  I will detail the look a little bit later, but the eyeshadows I used are below.  From top left, clockwise they are:  Aromaleigh Elements Lustre in "Fraud", Sassy Minerals "Pandora's Box" and the bottom shade is Fyrinnae's "Druid Wererwolf".


To create the look below, I used Laura Geller's Baked Minerals Foundation in Fair on top of her Ethereal Rose Spackle.  The blush I am using is Laura Geller's split Blush 'n Brighten in Ethereal Rose and Subtle Orchid.  I absolutely love this shade - it is the brightest, happiest pink blush I think I own.  For my eyes, I used the following:

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - all over lid
Sassy Minerals "Pandora's Box" - outer corner, crease
Aromaleigh Elemental Lustre "Fraud" - inner portion of lid
Fyrinnae "Druid Werewolf" - inner corner and blended into crease, as well as blended at crease up into highlight
MAC Vanilla Pigment - highlight

My lips are It Cosmetics "Je ne sais quoi".


Thanks for looking!

Bare Escentuals

FOTD w/ It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC Cream, and Fyrinnae Bonfire Spirits & Velvet Vampire

10:06 AM



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.  

Aromaleigh

Happy St. Patrick's Day EOTD using Aromaleigh Spectacularly Ignorant, Regifted, Fyrinnae Dark Fantasy, and Make Up Forever Aqua Liner in

8:39 AM


A day late on posting my St. Patrick's Day EOTD, featuring Aromaleigh and Fyrinnae, but better late than never!  I have absolutely fallen in love with Spectacularly Ignorant from Aromaleigh.  This gorgeous evergreen with gold sparks really blends well with a lot of other colors I have in my collection, so I tend to reach for it a lot.  I blended it into Dark Fantasy from the Fyrinnae Archane Magic collection to create a deep smokey eye for St. Patty's.  

Hopefully everyone had a great day yesterday!  Anyone find that pot of gold we've all been looking for? :)  




Here's how I put this look together:

Laura Geller Eye Spackle - all over lid and up to browbone
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy - on lid and lower lashline
Fyrinnae Dark Fantasy - outer corner blended up into crease
Aromaleigh Spectacularly Ignorant - middle of lid, lower lashline, blended into crease
Aromaleigh Regifted - inner corner and slightly in the lower lasline.
Milani Liquid Eyeliner in Black
Make Up Forever Aqua Liner in 1 - the gold one
Mally Beauty Mascara - Black



EOTD Pink

FOTD: Bright Pink & Springy w/ Fyrinnae Chaotic Evil and Sake & Sashimi

9:53 AM


Yesterday, it was 67 degrees here....today, snow with a low of 9.  I am so incredibly ready for spring, so I decided to play around with some bright pinks to brighten the mood.  Fyrinnae Chaotic Evil is a neon pink frost that I received a sample of a couple of months ago, but haven't had time to try out until now.  What an absolutely fun and bright color!  I paired that with Sake & Sashimi in my crease, and really like how the colors blended together.  

Face:
Laura Geller Primer
IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye concealer - light
Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten - fair
Mally Beauty Bronzer in Fair - contour
Laura Geller Blush 'n Brighten Pink Grapefruit - blush

Eyes:
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy 
Fyrinnae Chaotic Evil - lid
Fyrinnae Sake & Sashimi - crease
Fyrinnae Velvet Vampire - blended into crease and along lower lashline
MAC Vanilla Pigment - highlight
Milani Liquid Eyeliner - Black
Mally's Volumizing Mascara - Black

Lips
Jane Lipstick - I can't remember the name!




Thanks for looking!

Aromaleigh

Swatches and FOTD: Aromaleigh "Spectacularly Ignorant" & "Tribute Token" and Loreal Infallible "Dive Right In" w/ Laura Geller's Collection of Love Set

9:50 AM


All this snow has me thinking about warm beaches and tropical blue waters.  So....when I found a $2 off coupon for L'oreal and was able to pick up the Infallible shadow in "Dive Right In", I decided to build a EOTD around this color that could get me out of the winter doldrums.  (Click on any of the images below to enlarge).

I just received a new order of Aromaleigh eyeshadows, two of which went really well with Dive Right In, so I decided to coordinate around them.  Spectacularly Ignorant (from the Sherlock Holmes "Brilliant Deductions" collection) and Tribute Token (from the Hunger Games "Ever In Your Favor" collection) are two absolutely stunning, multifaceted, colors.  Can we talk about how absolutely gorgeous these are?  Not to mention, pigmented, long lasting, and just down right unique!  


Spectacularly Ignorant is a very deep teal to evergreen base with golden shimmer.  Tribute Token is a mustard green that has pink and copper shimmer.  Both are extremely multifaceted, and it is difficult to capture in the pictures below, although the swatch of Tribute Token is pretty close.  


For the look below, I used the following:

Face:
Laura Geller Spackle Primer (original)
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye Concealer in Light
Laura Geller Baked Elements Foundation in Fair
Mally Bronzer in Light - contour
Laura Geller Baked Heart Blush 'n Brighten in Pink Valentine

Eyes:
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Aromaleigh Tribute Token - inner corner, lower lashline
L'oreal Infallible Dive Right In - middle of lid
Aromaleigh Spectacularly Ignorant - crease, outer corner, and wet as liner
MAC Phloof - highlight
L'oreal Voluminous Butterfly Mascara in Black

Lips:
Laura Geller Love Me Dew Lip Crayon in Lychee Glace





I absolutely loved this eyeshadow combination.  Such bright and fun colors that remind me of the ocean and definitely take me away from the feet of snow we are fielding this week in the midwest!  I have always loved Aromaleigh eyeshadows, but my love affair has been rekindled with these two, so I can definitely see another order being placed in the very near future.

Fyrinnae

Swatches: Laura Mercier Baked Eye Colour "Black Karat"

3:57 PM


This gorgeous baked eyeshadow was a Christmas gift.  I have never tried Laura Mercier before, but after Black Karat, I may very well be back for more!  


Black Karat is a one of Laura Mercier's Baked Eye Colours.  There are several to choose from (see snapshot from Sephora above).   The shadows are a good size (0.06 oz) - about the same size as the MAC Mineralize shadows.  

Black Karat is a deep brown, almost black base, with rich gold shimmer throughout.  Applied wet you get a very intense color and applied dry it is a nice wash of shimmer.  Below, my swatches are used dry, and over Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy.  


This is absolutely gorgeous.  Have you tried these shadows?  What is your favorite color?



FOTD

FOTD: Fyrinnae Velvet Vampire and Alchemist Curse

9:30 AM


OK, so this may be one of my favorite color combinations in a while.  Purple is one of those go-to colors for me when I need a pick me up, and Fyrinnae doesn't disappoint when it comes to their color selection.  For this look, I wanted to wear Velvet Vampire, but needed just a pop more purple in the look, so I paired it with Alchemist Curse.  Talk about two pretty colors together!  On top of that, the dress I have on was Banana Republic steal from eBay, so I was one happy lady with this whole get-up!

Below is the full list of the look:

Face:
Laura Geller Spackle Primer
It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer
Laura Geller Balance 'n Brighten - Fair
Nars Laguna - Contour
Nars Orgasm - Blush

Eyes
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Fyrinnae Alchemist Curse (outer corner/crease)
Fyrinnae Velvet Vampire (inner/middle lid)
I can't remember what was used on the inner corner
MAC Vanilla Pigment - highlighter
Mally Volumizing Mascara - black
NYX Gel Eyeliner - Black

Lips:
Kate Moss for Rimmel 08


FOTD

A Pink and Gunmetal FOTD: Laura Geller and Mally Beauty

9:54 AM


Ever since I opened the Mally Beauty Favorite Things Volume 2, I have been in love with the bright springy lip colors that came in the set.  Bright corals and pink glosses can really brighten a look, and I find myself reaching for these glosses every day.  Recently I have been grabbing Punch, which is a crème pink. 

Below is a simple FOTD I did last week, using Laura Geller's Spumoni and Sinful Praline baked eyeshadow duo from the Eye Dream of Italy collection years ago. 


Face
Laura Geller Tinted Spackle "Champagne"
Make Up For Ever HD Invisible Coverage Foundation 115
Make Up For Ever HD Microfinishing Powder
Laura Geller Blush 'n Brighten Ethereal Rose

Eyes
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Laura Geller Spumoni (inner corner, lower lashline)
Laura Geller Sinful Praline - outer corner/crease
NYX Egg Whites - highlight
Physician's Formula Eyeliner Trio for Hazel Eyes - black - eyeliner
Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara

Lips
Mally Beauty Liquid Lipstick in Punch

FOTD Neutrals

My Valentines FOTD Using NYX Eyeshadow Singles in Wild Flower, Jazzy Bronze & Shimmer

11:55 AM

 
I hope everyone had a nice Valentine's Day.  I decided to play around with some pinks and peaches for my makeup yesterday, as opposed to reds.  Simply, I'm ready for spring, so I'm hoping some pastels will bring it sooner! 
 
A brand I haven't worn in a LONG time is NYX.  A few years ago I bought a ton of these from their website, and swatched them all here (pictures are kind of big, but you get the idea).  I picked out three complimentary colors to play with: Jazzy Bronze (far left), Shimmer (bottom right) and Wild Flower (top right).  Wild Flower would make a gorgeous blush too. 
 

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