Pink and blue eyeshadow tutorial

You will need:
Rosey-pink eyeshadow (Sephora De Luxe Punk)
Shimmery light blue eyeshadow (MAC Mutiny pigment)
Medium-deep purple eyeshadow (Urban Decay Tornado from the Glinda Palette)
Shimmery light blue eyeshadow (Urban Decay Aura from the Glinda Palette)
White eyeshadow (MAC White Frost)
Black Liquid Eyeliner (Rimmel Glam Eyes Liquid Eyeliner)
Blue Pencil Eyeliner (Urban Decay Electric)
Mascara (L'Oreal Volume Millions for Hazel Eyes)

1.  Apply a rosey-pink eyeshadow with a small fluff brush.
2.  With a tapered blending blush, apply a light blue shadow in the crease.
3.  Using a short shader brush, apply a purple shadow just to the outer v area.
4.  Taking your tapered blending brush again, blend the purple shadow into the blue shadow.  Be careful not to over-blend.  You still want to see the blue shadow.  You may need to apply more of the purple or blue shadow during this step.
5.  Apply a pale blue shadow to the tear duct area with a flat shader brush.  Highlight the brow bone with a sheer white shadow, blending down into the blue with a fluffy tapered blending brush.
6.  With the short shader brush, apply the pruple shadow under the eye.
7.  Use a black liquid liner to line your eye.  I've done a thin line with a larger flick at the end.
8.  Line your water line with a blue pencil eyeliner.
9.  Apply your mascara and you're done!

I finished this look off with a matte medium blue-pink blush (MAC Fashion Frenzy) and a sheer red-toned pink lipgloss (Lacome Juicy Tube in Fraise).

Makeup Haul and Swatches

Illamasqua had a sale on a couple of weeks ago, and even though I usually get my artist's discount, some of the offers in there were too good to pass up.  I also finally bought myself Poisonberry lipstick, which I've been lusting over for months. 

Illamasqua Nail Varnish in Faithful

I've never had the desire to own a brown nail varnish before, but this one really caught my eye.  I'm glad I got it, and I've been wearing it since the day it arrived (it's rare for me to take chipped polish off, and just reapply the same colour!).  Faithful is a warm coppery brown with gold shimmer.  Despite it being warm it looks good against my cool skin tone. 


Illamasqua nail varnishes have a great forumla, and apply easily.  They dry down quite quickly, and I get a good 3 days before showing much sign of tip wear (which is impressive for someone who can chip nail varnish in her sleep).

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Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Androgen

Illamasqua cream pigments are one of my favourite cream shadow formula.  I never get along with the overly frosted finishes that many cream shadows come in *cough*MAC*cough*, and I hate how quickly they can dry out.  Luckily, I don't have any of these problems with Illamasqua cream pigments.  They have a matte finish, and apply smoothly.  My only gripe with them is that they crease, even on top of a primer.  But then again, I do have the oiliest eyelids ever, and I've yet to come across a cream shadow that doesn't crease.  But they don't hold out as long as Maybelline's Colour Tattoo cream shadows.  Still I love the colour and the formula that the creasing doesn't bother me too much.  

You can wear these on the eyes, cheeks, or lips.  I've only swatched them on the former two.  Products like this dry out my lips really badly, so that's something I pass on.

I love how Androgen looks against my eye colour.  It's pretty much the perfect shade to enhance blue eyes.

On cheeks, it sheers out to a natural peachy flush. It's subtle, and is a product that I'll use if ever I'm going for a no-makeup look.

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Illamasqua Powder Eyeshadow in Slink

Despite me loving almost everything from Illamasqua, I've never tried one of their powder eyeshadows.  I own their paranormal palette, but they're more of a cream - powder hybrid.  

Slink is a beautiful cooled toned campaign colour.  I really wish I'd been able to capture the colour a bit better.  It's quite close to my skin tone.  When I swatched it on my arm I was really disappointed, cos it didn't show up very well.  However, on my lids (which are slightly paler than my arm), it shows up beautifully, and it was then that I was able to see that it really is an opaque shadow, that applies smoothly.  It's one of those colours that everyone should have in their collection, and yet different enough for me not to have any dupes for it.  I think it's the cool undertones to it that set it apart.  I can see this becoming my go-to every day eyeshadow.  In terms of wear time, it's up there with shadows from MAC and Urban Decay, with it lasting for most of the day with only minor fading.

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Lime Crime Lipstick in Poisonberry

I've been eyeing up Lime Crime's lipsticks for a while now, and I finally caved and bought myself Poisonberry.  It's a beautful mid-tone, glossy purple.  The formula is great; smooth and creamy to apply, and comfortably hydrating.  With it being so creamy, it can tend to smudge around a little if you're not careful (corn on the cobb + lipstick that doesn't dry down = purple face).  After a few hours it fades down and leaves a pinkish stain.  The only thing I don't like about it is the packaging.  A unicorn fan I am not, and I think it cheapens what otherwise could be a lipstick to be proud of (can I seriously see myself pulling out a bright purple plastic lipstick case with a silver sparkly unicorn on in my favourite heavy metal pub?  Not so much).  That aside, I am still tempted to invest inGeradium soon.

When I first applied the lipstick, I was a little disappointed with what a light purple it looked on my lips.  All the swatches I'd seen were of a mid-deep purple!  A base coat of MAC'sVino lip liner gave me the colour I wanted. The lighter colour (without the liner) is growing on me, and I can't decide which I like more.  Either way, I just can't seem to put this lipstick down.

Poisonberry without lipliner                                                      Poisonberry with MAC Vino Lipliner

The search for the perfect dark red lipstick

I've been on the hunt for the lipstick a while now.  A good year or so.  Ever since my big MAC lipstick clear out, where I had to throw away my MAC Mattene Lipstick in Kirsch.  The damn thing dried out my lips so badly, and was not at all comfortable to wear, but it was the perfect, vampy, autumn lipstick,  Dark red, and matte (and not a MAC lipstick.  My lips don't often agree with them).  I feel like I have swatched a dozen and one lipsticks in the hopes of finding something similar.  

These are the sort of colour I'm looking for.  But the lipsticks I've tried so far are either too light, or pull too purple. 

So here marks the beginning of yet another go at trying to find the perfect dark red lipstick,  With Fall collections not too far away, maybe this year will bring me some luck...

Smashbox Deep Burgundy

It's pretty much impossible for me to go to Boots and not walk out with makeup swatches over my hands and arms.  On my most recent visit, I found myself at the Smashbox Counter.  When the girl asked what I was interested in looking at, I of course replied with "everything".  Then I spotted their lipsticks, and Dark Burgundy caught my eye.  I swatched it on my hand, and was impressed enough to reply 'why not' when the girl asked if I wanted to try it on.

Apologies for the slightly sloppy application.  This is one lipstick where you should definitely up-sell a lip liner!  It's super creamy, which means it's incredibly moisturising, but it does have a tendency to slide around a lot, meaning things can get a little messy if you're not careful.  The colour was great, but I just wasn't sold on the finish.

After a couple of hours, a meal, and tidying up any left over uneven-ness I was left with a nice stain though.

However, with the glossiness went the dark colour,  Don't get me wrong, it was pretty, but it's not the deep, vampy red I'm looking for.


My quest continues....

Quick look using Illamasqua Androgen

I layered Illamasqua's pure pigement in Beguile over Emerge for a super quick, sparkly look.  Beguile is super pretty, but I'm not sure there's any way of actually opening the jar that doesn't result in getting covered in glitter!  Apologies for the bad hair in this.  Was in a rush, and probably should have taken photos *after* doing my hair.  Oh well...

Face
Lush Colour Suppiment in Jackie Oats
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Light
MAC Beauty Powder in Alpha Girl
MAC Minseralize Skin Finish in Lightscapade


Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Illamasqua Cream Colour Pigment in Emerge
Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Beguile
Illamasqua Sealing Gel (mixed with Beguile to make sure it stuck to my lid)
L'Oreal Volume Millions Lashes for Hazel Eyes
MUFE Aqua Brow in Shade 25


Lips
Dior Addict Gloss in Pink Veil

Inspiration 13/08/2013

There are lots of talented makeup artists out there, who constently inspire me.  Here's a few of my favourite look that I've found this week.  Click on the picture to be taken to where I found it.

Beautiful twist on the pin-up look

OCC Lip Tars

Soft, yet neon

Now this is how you wear purple lipstick

Lime Crime Poisonberry Lipstick

I've done a bit of makeup shopping over the past week.  I'll be getting swatches and reviews up soon, but I couldn't resist posting this quick look I did using Lime Crime Poisonberry.  

The eye look is the one seen in the basic eyeshadow tutorial for deep set eyes, so check it out!

Face

Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation - 02
Lush Colour Suppliment - Jackie Oats
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish - Light
Illamasqua - Beg and Bronzerella

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Naked Palette 2 - Bootycall and Snakebite
Boots Naturals Eyeshadow - Sea Shell
Illamasqua Medium Pencil - Vow
L'Oreal Volume Million for Hazel Eyes Mascara

Lips
Lime Crime - Poisonberry

Illamasqua Paranormal Palette

Here's a look I did using the Illamasqua Paranormal Palette

Products Used

Face
Clinique City Block
YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat (shade BR10)
Lush Colour Supplement (Jackie Oats)
Lancome Poudre Majeure Excellence
Benefit Sugarbomb


Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Illamasqua Paranormal Palette
MAC Nylon eyeshadow
MAC Contrast eyeshadow
Boots Naturals Sea Shell eyeshadow
Urban Decay Scorch 24/7 eye pencil
Illamasqua Vow eye pencil
L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes Luminizer for Hazel Eyes mascara
MUFE Aqua Brow (shade 25)


Lips
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Liberte