Turning Page Inspired Look

One day I will have the time and courage to actually post videos on my YouTube page because then this look would make more sense. I just hate my voice when I hear it played back, but I have a camcorder and I just need a good way to film and learn how to edit and I'll be good to go on my first video. It's in the works folks :)

This look was inspired as I was listening to Sleeping At Last- Turning Page. A lot of beauty gurus will do looks inspired by a song and that's what I did for the look below. I would say it's a grey-purple look. Obviously smoky because that's my signature look. I tried to do a gradient effect but I think my colors were too similar so it didn't turn out as perfect as I'd like but overall I'm pleased with the look. What's interesting is the lipstick because it looks more brown-pink on the lips but the lipstick color is actually more mauve-taupe and I layered it with a lavender color dazzleglass...so I don't know if the lighting is picking up the right color. This is also one of the first looks I have done with my Inglot shadows. Inglot is a makeup company baed out of Poland and they have amazing eyeshadows for only $5 a pan. I am absolutely in love with them. They are so soft and easy to blend. My only complaint would be that because they are too soft you get more eyeshadow than needed and it's wasteful. However, the pan size for these shadows are relatively large so it's not that big of a deal. They can just be messy and get all over my desk. I should do a review and swatches of them. They are so pretty! Anyways, enjoy!

Face:
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in #4 mixed with Benefit Girl Meets Pearl
Benefit Boi-ing concealer in #01
Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk Powder in #4
Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess
MAC Beauty Powder in Briar Rose
Benefit High Beam

Eyes:
Laura Mercier Eye Base in Wheat
MAC Paint Pot in For Effect
Inglot #376 blended into crease and on lower lashline
Inglot #434 on lid
Smashbox Putty blended in middle of lid only
Smashbox Blacktop added to crease for more definition
Smashbox Mist in the inner corner
Too Faced Cut the Cake in the inner corner and lower lashline
Inglot #354 as a highlight
Lancome Artliner in Noir on upper lashline
Stila Kajal pencil eyeliner in upper tightline and waterline
Benefit Speed Brow gel
Benefit Eye Bright in inner corner
Lancome CILS Booster XL mascara primer
Lancome Doll Lashes mascara

Lips:
MAC Lipliner in Draw Me Close
MAC Lipstick in Soft Sable
MAC Dazzleglass in Via Veneto-- my favorite lipgloss of ALL time.

Tourist Inspired Look

No I didn't see that awful movie. However, I saw some movie pictures and was inspired to do this Angelina Jolie look from The Tourist. I really like the neutral eyeshadow paired with an intense eyeliner. This could also be toned down for a really nice daytime work look. Personally, I think this look as is would be work wearable :)

I didn't really like the pink lip I paired it with. It was too pink and cool-toned. I think a more natural color like MAC Creme d' Nude or even a peachy/gold pink would work best since it's more warmer look overall.

Also, I am not wearing fake eyelashes in the look. So yes, those are my natural lashes.

Cheeks:
MAC MSF in Petticoat

Eyes:
UDPP
Spell Cosmetics Corset applied on lid and outward
Too Faced Like a Virgin and Pillow Talk blended into crease and outward
Urban Decay Virgin as a highlight
LORAC Front of the Line Pro liquid eyeliner in Black on upper lashline. I winged it out and I also added the line on the inner corner to make the eye look bigger. Black liner can really make your eyes appear small :(
Stila Kajal eyeliner in Onyx on lower and upper waterlines
Fresh Supernova mascara in Black

Lips:
MAC Phlox lipstick

Smoked Berries

Instead of studying for the LSAT in two weeks, I decided it was time for a (way overdue) new post. I couldn't think of  a better way to procrastinate but by updating my makeup blog. Also, I recently purchased a few things from the new MAC holiday collection, so I have been wanting to play around with some holiday looks. This is the look I did tonight with the Crush pigments in Smoked Berry:

*And I plan to do a Breaking Dawn inspired look. Yes, I'm a dork. It was my favorite book of the series so I was really excited about the new movie. However, my favorite movie is still New Moon. The Breaking Dawn movie wasn't as impressive as I thought it would be.

Cheeks:
NARS Luster Blush
NARS Albatross Highlighting Powder

Eyes:
MAC Let's Skate Paintpot all over lid
MAC Crushed Pigment in Pearl all over lid
MAC Crushed Pigment in Rose Light in middle of lid and blended into crease and outward
MAC Crushed Pigment in Spicy Smoked blended into crease
MAC Crushed Pigment in Roasted Chestnut in crease and outer-V
Lancome Artliner in Noir on upper lash line
Stile Kajal pencil eyeliner in Onyx in waterline and smudged out
Lancome Doll Lashes Mascara
Benefit Speed Brow in Light

Lips:
MAC lipliner in Subculture
MAC lipstick in Soft Sable
MAC Dazzleglass in Pleasure Principle

LORAC Private Affair Palette and a Bachelorette Party

I guess this is the first post of 2011. I have no time to do crazy, outrageous make up looks. However, I promise a few updates between now and the start of summer. Also, my makeup mirror light is out. And it's hard to do makeup without it. Hopefully, I'll get that fixed tomorrow or Friday. I mean all I need to do is find this tiny light bulb. Anyways, a couple weeks ago I finally caved and bought the LORAC Private Affair palette. I was intrigued by it's dark plum eyeshadow with red glitter in it. Also, the color pay of it was amazing. However, once I applied it I noticed it was really soft and so it created a lot of fallout under my eyes. So if you use this palette definitely put on your foundation and concealer AFTER you do your eyes. The palette itself comes with six colors: a shimmer champagne, shimmer gold, soft shimmer brown, shimmer grey taupe, dark burgundy with red glitter and the dark plum with red glitter. Yeah, it's kind of irritating these colors aren't named but here is a link to the swatches of them. Compliments to Temptalia. I thought this palette would be the perfect look for a bachelorette party I went to the weekend before spring break. I paired the look with the Lady Gaga 2 viva glam lipstick from MAC. All proceeds from the MAC viva glam collection go toward AIDs research, so it's definitely a good line to check out.

Eyes:
UDPP
Used from the LORAC palette: dark burgundy on the lid, dark plum blended into the crease, champagne  color as a highlight.
MAC Carbon e/s in the crease
MAC Penultimate liner in Rabpidblack on the upper lashline
Stila Kajal eyeliner in Oynx on the upper and lower waterlines
Chanel Inimitable mascara

Cheeks:
MAC Perfect Topping MSF

Lips:
MAC lipliner in Subculture
MAC lipstick in Lady Gaga 2 viva glam

Holiday Cranberry Glitz!

So I was feeling pretty festive this thanksgiving and wanted to do a fun golden-cranberry look. I took inspiration from MissMischievous from YouTube. It's a nice warm, golden look that really makes those green eyes pop. As well, it's fairly simple to do and takes no time at all. Enjoy!

Eyes:
UDPP
MAC Soft Ochre paintpot
L'Oreal HIP Duo in Electrified (use the gold one)- all over lid
MAC e/s in Cranberry- blended into crease
Any matte dark brown e/s- blending into outer v and crease.
MAC e/s in Dazzlelight as a highlight
Stila Kajal eyeliner in Onyx- tightlight and waterline
Bourjois Liquid Clubbing eyeliner in Absolute Black- upper lash line
Ardell Demi Lashes
Lancome Defincils mascara in black

Lips:
MAC lipliner in Soar
MAC lipstick in Gilty Kiss

MAC Venomous Villains

Finally MAC's Disney Villains collection is out. I have waited for this collection all summer. It comprises of four different Disney Villains: Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, The Evil Queen from Snow White and Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. Of course I pretty much had to have the majority of the Maleficent collection since Sleeping Beauty is my favorite Disney movie. Now, if only they had Ursula from The Little Mermaid my life would be complete. Well, not really, but this collection would have gotten even more cool points. The other three collections were quite neutral in color. Maleficent's collection is not only my favorite because of Sleeping Beauty but because of its dark, gothic colors. Last night I finally had the time to play around with my new goodies and this is one of the looks I did. I would have liked to use the eyeshadows wet. However, I'm all out of Fix+ and I do have a water sprayer at hand. Those are the only ways I know of to use pan eyeshadows wet without damaging the entire product. Expect another awesome look from this collection. Also, the Maleficent collection is very reminiscent from MAC's Style Black collection from September 2009. So if anyone has missed out on the mineralized eyeshadows like the black-glitter-purple (Young Punk) or black-glitter-blue (Blue Flame) this is your chance to purchase those dupes.  I myself missed out on Young Punk and I wish I hadn't. At least My Dark Magic is a close enough dupe for it, so not a total loss. The colors are fitting because Maleficent is green and purple and so is my eyeshadow combination :D Enjoy!

Eyes:
UDPP
She Who Dares e/s (green part) on inner corner
My Dark Magic e/s (purple-pink part) on outer corner
My Dark Magic e/s (purple-blue part) in crease
MAC Dazzlelight e/s as a highlight
MAC eyeliner in Nocturnal on upper eyelid
Stila Kajal eyeliner in Onyx on the lower waterline and upper tightline
Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara

Cheeks:
MAC Beauty Powder in Briar Rose

Lips:
MAC lipliner in Soar
MAC lipstick in Dark Deed
MAC lipglass in Wrong Spell

Playing Around with the Urban Decay Naked Palette

As many of you know the must have make-up product of this Fall is Urban Decay's Naked Palette. With 16 eyeshadows and 2 pencil eyeliner's it is full of never-ending color combination's from night and day to natural and smokey. I'm also in love with its brownish-red eyeliner called "Whiskey" that debuted in this palette, it really makes green eyes pop as you'll see below. I'll probably do more looks with this palette. The one I did below is more of a natural smokey look.

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Toasted- all over the lid
Sin- used on the inner portion of the lid
Hustle- used on the outer portion of the lid and blended into crease
Virgin- used as a highlight
Whiskey eyeliner- used on upper lashline, lower waterline and upper tightline
Cover Girl Eyelights in Black Ruby
Benefit Browzings in light

Cheek:
Fresh's Bronzer Palette
Dior Rose Diamond shimmer brick

Lip:
MAC lipliner in Soar
MAC Lady Gaga lipstick