Still not sick of the Vintage Romance palette yet FOTD

I know, I know, enough with the Vintage Romance palette already!  Well I have some bad news....tomorrow's post will be another Vintage Romance look (albeit a very different look).  But after that, I'm putting a ban on the palette and forcing myself to use other eyeshadows for a while.

Products Used

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Sleek Vintage Romance palette (Court In Cannes, A Vow in Venice, Forever in Florence)
Boots Natural Collection eyeshadow in Sea Shell
Illamasqua black gel liner
Illamasqua Sophie pencil
L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes purple

Inspiration 15/10

Blue Circus FOTD

Blue is one of those colours that I very rarely do a full look with, but I really like the way this turned out.  The deep sparkly blue from Sleek's Circus palette is absolutely beautiful.  Unfortunately mine got smashed, so I was literally scraping the pan for this one!  I wish I had added some false lashes to this too.

Products Used

Too Faced Shadow Insurance 

Illamasqua Skin Base Lift white (as base)

Sleek Circus palette (white, light blue, dark blue, and black)

Rimmel Glam Eyes liquid liner

Illamasqua Sophie pencil

Benefit They're Real mascara

Cinderfella

I treated myself to a new tartan dress, and decided to team it with really dark eye makeup.  Back in 2009 I went mad for MAC's Style Black collection, and purchased three out of the four mineralize eye shadows.  These were the first mineralize eyeshadows I owned, and back then I didn't really know how to use them, so they sat unloved for a long time.   I find the best way to use these are to put down a black base, wet a brush with MAC Fix+, and then pat the eyeshadow on using a flat shader brush.

Products Used

Face

Illamasqua Skin Base Lift (White and Light 1)

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural (Light)

Sleek Antique blush

Eyes

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Sleek Vintage Romance  palette (Love in London)

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella

Illamasqua Sophie pencil

Benefit They're Real mascara

Lips

Armani Lip Maestro in shade 500

And here's a little pic of my dress.

Gold smokey 2 brush tutorial

Good quality makeup brushes can be expensive, and you may not have a large variety, especially if you're just starting out.  That's why, when I got this tutorial request, I decided to only use one eyeshadow brush, a flat shader brush, and one eyeliner brush.  It's also a fairly simple look that uses only 3 eyeshadows.

Products Used

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Sleek Vintage Romance palette (Meet in Madrid and Love in London)
Boots Naturals Eyeshadow in Sea Shell
Illamasqua Gel Liner
Illamasqua Sophie pencil
Benefit They're Real mascara

Flat Shader Brush (MAC 242)
Eyeliner Brush (Funky Fox 53036/01)

 

1.  After applying an eyeshadow base, pat a gold shadow (Meet in Madrid) all over your lid. Wipe any excess shadow off of your brush.
2.  Using the end of your brush and a black shadow (Love in London), roughly mark out where you are going to wing out your shadow.  Don't worry too much about being neat as we'll sort that out when we tidy up and fall out later.
3.  With the flat side of your brush, apply the black shadow in the outer 3/4 of your crease.  Again, wipe any left over colour off of your brush.
4.  Using the same method, take your gold shadow and place it in the inner 1/4 of your crease, blending it into the black.
5.  Apply a matte highlight close to your skin tone (Sea Shell with the flat of your brush, and blend it down.  Now, we're going to soften that line a little.  Using the end of your brush, run the brush back and forth over the line until it softens slightly.  We're not blending it up too far.  You can add more black if you need to.
6.  Using the end of your brush again, apply the black shadow under your lash line.
7.  With a cotton pad and makeup remover, or a makeup remover wipe, and run it along your winged line to make it sharper.  Clean up any other fall out.  You may now want to apply your under eye concealer.  Tip: For a really sharp line you can use the end of your brush to place a sharp line of concealer against the wing, blending downwards into your skin.  Just make sure your brush is free of any eyeshadow first!
8.  Use an eyeliner brush of your choice to apply a black gel liner (Illamasqua gel liner).
9.  Apply a black pencil (Sophie) to your upper and lower water line, making sure you get in between the lashes to tight line.
10.  Apply mascara.  This would look great with false lashes for a night out too!


Let me know if you have any requests for tutorials you'd like to see!

Tease FOTD

Another look with my Naked 2 palette.  I love palettes that are versatile, and the Naked palettes definitely fit the bill!  Also, have I raved about Armani Lip Maestros yet?  They're up there with Guerlain Rouge G L'Extrait's for me (only Armani is £6 cheaper!).  Long lasting, comfortable, with a matte finish, there's nothing I don't love about these.  I only have 2 at the moment, but I've got my eye on more!

Products Used

Face

YSL Touch Eclat Foundation (shade BR10)

Illamasqua Skin Base Lift (white and light 1)

MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural (Light)

Fashionista Blush in Butterscotch

Eyes

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Urban Decay Naked 2 palette (Foxy, Tease, Busted, and Blackout)

Illamasqua black gel liner

Illamasqua Sophie pencil

L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes purple

Lips

Armani Lip Maestro in shade 500

 

Naked 2 palette FOTD

I nearly titled this 'Naked FOTD', but that doesn't seem entirely appropriate!  This is a pretty popular classic look that works on almost everyone. I wore foundation as well as my usual mineralize skin finish as I think this sort of look works best with flawless skin.  Now that summer has passed my skin likes liquid foundations a little more too.

Products Used

Face
YSL Touch Eclat Foundation (shade BR10)
Illamasqua Skin Base Lift (white and light 1)
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural (light)
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Porcelain Pink

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Urban Decay Naked 2 palette (Suspect, Snakebite and Tease)
Boots Natural Collection eyeshadow in Sea Shell
Rimmel Glam Eyes black liquid liner
L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes purple mascara

Lips
Guerlain Rouge G lipstick in Garconne