FOTD ft. Wet N Wild

I wanted to try to use more drugstore products on my eyes this time, since I feel like I end up using too much high end stuff. I love my Wet N Wild products, so I did this eye look using mostly Wet N Wild products! Let me know if you guys want to see more looks using only drugstore products, or more looks using only/mostly one brand!

Eyes

Wet N Wild Comfort Zone left half Eyelid shade (inner 1/3 of lid)

Wet N Wild Fauna Eyelid shade (middle 1/3 of lid)

Wet N Wild Fauna Crease shade (outer 1/3 of lid)

Wet N Wild Comfort Zone left half Browbone shade (inner corner)

Inglot Pearl 409 (outer 1/3 of crease)

Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

YBF Automatic Brow Pencil in Universal Taupe

Face

MUFE Full Cover Concealer in 7

Pur Minerals 4-in-1 Foundation in Blush Medium

MAC Fleet Fast

Benefit Hoola

theBalm Mary Lou-manizer

theBalm Sexy Mama Powder

Lips

MAC Bombshell

Hope you guys liked this, I haven't done a more colorful look for a while!

Dramatic Bright EOTD/FOTD

I decided to go with a more dramatic look, since I usually either do neutrals or simple bright looks. And, they're higher quailty images than I used to post because they're taken with my new camera (ahhhh)! Enjoy!

Eyes

Azade Emerald Stone (allover lid)

Urban Decay Naked2 Blackout (in outer 2/3 of crease, brought down to outer corner)

Urban Decay Naked2 Snakebite (in inner 1/3 of crease and under where Blackout was placed)

Urban Decay Naked2 Busted (lower lashline)

Urban Decay Naked2 Bootycall (inner corner & browbone)

Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

YBF Brow Pencil in Universal Taupe

Face

MUFE Full Cover Concealer in 7

Pur Minerals 4 in 1 Foundation

Wet N Wild Pearlescent Pink Blush (from LE Fauna set)

Benefit Hoola

theBalm Sexy Mama Pressed Powder

Lips

Inglot 145 Lipstick

FOTD with Ombre Lips!

I've always wanted to try the ombre lips trend, so I did it! It didn't really turn out how I imagined, but I'm still pleased with the result; it's very subtle, although the lip itself is quite dramatic. I paired it with a really neutral eye.

Eyes
Maybelline Browntones Eyeshadow Duo (right shade allover lid)
Inglot AMC Shine 27 (inner 1/3 of lid and inner corner)
YBF Automatic Brow Pencil in Universal Taupe
Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

Face
MUFE Full Cover Concealer in 7
Pur Minerals 4-in-1 Foundation in Blush Medium
theBalm Hot Mama Blush
Benefit Hoola
theBalm Sexy Mama Powder

Lips
Maybelline Red Revival (on outer lipline)
MAC Viva Glam Nicki (inner lips)

I have to say, I am in LOVE with my new camera. Cue awkward mirror selfie...

Anyway, what do you guys think of the ombre lips trend?  Would you ever wear it out of the house?

Glowing Embers Tutorial/FOTD

I know, I know, the title is interesting, to say the least. But it's the best my friend and I could come up with. All name credit goes to my friend Mia, thank you! This morning, I decided to do a look with my Inglot eyeshadows. Inglot is probably my favorite makeup brand of all time - they have such consistent products at a fantastic price! Anyway, their eyeshadows are just fantastic in terms of texture, color, wear, and everything else you could think of. You guys have probably heard me rave about Inglot eyeshadows countess times on this blog, so I'll stop now. Anyway, I felt that my Inglot eyeshadows hadn't gotten enough love recently, so I used all Inglot eyeshadows this time around. Here's the look, and then I'll do a tutorial on it! My pictures didn't come out as well as I liked, sorry about that. =/

This look has pale golds, burgundy brown, and copper, although it doesn't show super well in the pictures. It's a really gorgeous look in real life! Here's pictures and swatches of the eyeshadows I used, so that you guys can find dupes in your collection.

Clockwise from bottom: Inglot Pearl 423, Inglot Pearl 405, Inglot AMC Shine 27

From top to bottom: Inglot AMC Shine 27, Inglot Pearl 405, Inglot Pearl 423

Hopefully you guys will have similar colors in your makeup collections! Anyway, here goes the tutorial:

1. Place Inglot AMC Shine 27 (a cool toned shimmery gold, I can't think of any dupes right now) over the inner 2/3 of your lid

2. Using a small shader brush, place Inglot Pearl 405 (a true copper, dupes could be MAC Amber Lights, credit to Temptalia, or Stila Copper) in the very center of your lid, making sure the color is visible.

3. Using that same small shader brush, place Inglot Pearl 423 (a brown with hints of burgundy, dupe could be Urban Decay Hustle) on the outer 1/3 of your lid.

4. Blend out all the colors

5. Add eyeliner if you wish, and mascara.

Here's a complete FOTD product list.

Eyes

-Urban Decay Primer Potion

-Inglot AMC Shine 27

-Inglot Pearl 405

-Inglot Pearl 423

-Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

-YBF Automatic Universal Taupe Eyebrow Pencil

Face

-Pur Minerals 4 in 1 Powder Foundation

-Make Up Forever Full Cover Concealer in 7

-theBalm Hot Mama Blush

-theBalm Sexy Mama Powder

Lips

-YSL Rouge Pur Couture Vernis a Levres Glossy Stain in 15 Rose Vinyl

Hope you guys enjoyed the tutorial, I want to start doing more FOTD/tutorial type things in the future. I think they're a lot of fun! Next time I'll take step by step pictures so it's easier to follow and hopefully come up with a name that's not quite as cheesy (not that I'm bashing the name)! Hope you guys are all having a good day!

Cloudy Skies: Makeup on my friend

If you can ignore the crappy title, this post is going to be a lot of fun, I promise. I haven't done a tutorial or FOTD in a while, and the other day my friend Anna (who would prefer not to have her real name disclosed) was over at my house and we decided to do makeup. Here's her before vs. after picture, with her  eye on the left undone and her eye on the right done:

I'm now going to tell you the steps to achieve this look.
1. Take Stila Cloud (a frosty silver taupe, but any taupe will do; try MAC Satin Taupe or Maybelline Silken Taupe) and place it all over the lid.
2. Take Inglot Pearl 423 (a dark brown with hints of burgundy, dupe could be Urban Decay Hustle) and place it in the crease.
3. Blend out
4. Take Inglot Pearl 397 (any shimmery light shadow will do, you could use the lightest shade in Wet N Wild Walking on Eggshells, or Urban Decay Sin if you like) and place it in the inner corner to brighten up the eye.
5. If you want, add eyeliner for more definition (I didn't, though)
6. Curl your lashes and put on mascara

And you're finished! Here's Anna's finished look.

The look came off looking more silvery in this light, and the brown tones in the crease don't show that well. However, nevertheless it's still an easy look that you can do with only 3 colors. Hope you all enjoyed the tutorial. Here's a full face picture of the finished look! Thanks a bunch to my gorgeous friend Anna for being my willing subject to put makeup on!

FOTD May 6: Falsies!

I got these in my MyGlam bag, and since I'm planning on just doing homework and an internship application today, I figured I might as well try them out. They're VERY dramatic, and I don't regularly wear falsies, so this was quite different for me. These aren't uncomfortable, but I can definitely tell I have them on. I can see them, they cut off a bit of my line of vision, which is quite annoying. Anyway, here's my FOTD!

Eyes
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-Urban Decay Foxy (Naked 2 palette) all over lid as base
-Inglot 423 Pearl allover lid
-Inglot 405 Pearl inner 1/2 of lid
-Urban Decay Rockstar pigment in crease
-Stila Kitten in inner corner
-Urban Decay Bootycall (Naked 2 palette) as browbone highlight
-Azade Emerald Stone on lower lashline
-YBF Brow Pencil in Universal Taupe
-Al-Belle Natural Lash in Blue Extreme

Face
-Pur Minerals 4-in-1 Foundation
-Milani Luminoso
-theBalm Sexy Mama Pressed Powder

Lips
-Inglot 145 Lipstick

Neutral Eyes, Bright Lips FOTD!

There's been a lot of talk about neutrals and brights paired together for spring, so I thought I'd do a FOTD mimicking that. Bobbi Brown's new collection is called Neons & Nudes, and I was inspired by this photo.

(image from http://makeupforlife.net/)

I love the combination of bright lips and neutral eyes, so I decided to pair fairly neutral eyes with bright coral lipstick. Tangerine is a really trendy color for spring, and orange and tangerine are kind of like cousins. So I'm being semi-trendy, I suppose. And there's also the fact that I don't own any other bright lipsticks (although the new Nicki Minaj for MAC lipstick looks extremely tempting). Anyway, here's the look (sorry for the awful lighting, it's been raining for about a week now and there's pretty much no sun).

Products

Eyes:

-L'oreal Infallible 24 Hour Eyeshadow in 555 Perpetual Purple (allover lid)

-Lorac TantalEYES Eyeshadow palette (bottom right brownish maroon color, in crease)

-Urban Decay Bootycall (inner corner)

-Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

Face:
Rain Cosmetics Undercover Concealer
Pur Minerals 4 in 1 in Blush Medium
theBalm Sexy Mama Powder
theBalm Hot Mama Blush

Lips:
Revlon Lipstick in Coralberry

FOTD 2/29/12 - Leap Year Day!

Today, I went to put the date on a piece of binder paper during class and had to stop for a minute to think about the date! My watch thinks it's March 1st. However, it's actually February 29 - we only get a leap year day every 4 years! Coincidentally, the leap year is always a presidential election year. Uncanny, right? Anyway, I got to take my new L'oreal Infallible 24 Hour eyeshadow in Perpetual Purple for a test drive today, along with the much-loved Wet N Wild Nutty. I did a very simple look, with Perpetual Purple all over the lid and Wet N Wild Nutty in the crease. These photos don't do either of them justice - I'll upload swatches of what I picked up at the drugstore really soon. I really like the Jouer lip gloss - I received it in my Birchbox when I was still subscribed, and I fell in love with it and ended up buying the mid-size version since the full size one was sold out. It's amazing, I might end up doing a review on that as well.

In the picture above, the eyeshadow appears not to go all the way down to my lashline, but it was just the light - I just didn't notice until I uploaded the picture to the computer and by then I was too lazy to take another. xP Sorry about that.

Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion
L'oreal Infallible 24 Hour Infallible Eyeshadow in 555 Perpetual Purple
Wet N Wild Nutty
Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

Face
Rain Cosmetics Undercover Concealer in Master of Disguise
Pur Minerals 4-in-1 in Blush Medium
theBalm Mary Lou-manizer
theBalm Sexy Mama Pressed Powder

Lips
Jouer Moisturizing Lip Gloss in Birchbox Pink

Valentine's Day FOTD

Wore some pink on my eyes today, which I don't usually do since pink eyeshadow makes me look tired. I had to use blush, since I don't own any pink eyeshadows. Anyway, here's my FOTD:

Eyes
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-Bobbi Brown Pale Pink Blush (allover lid)
-Inglot #434 (very lightly in outer V)
-Urban Decay Half Baked (inner 1/3 of lid)
-Stila Kitten (inner corner)
-Inglot Gel Eyeliner in 90 (on top lashline)
-Fairydrops Scandal Queen Mascara

Face
-Wet N Wild Pearlescent Pink Blush
-Pur Minerals 4-in-1 in Blush Medium
-theBalm Sexy Mama Pressed Powder
-Inglot Cream Concealer in 21
-Make Up Forever Concealer in 7

Lips
-MAC Bombshell