FOTD: Gracie

The look is not called Gracie, however, that is the name of the "model" [who happens to be my lovely cousin].  She just visited and I decided to give her a face makeover :) I did not get to take a pic of her before look but she does not wear makeup often, and prefers to look natural.  She has major discoloration on her face, I had to use four different shades of foundation on your face along with three different shades of concealer.  She wanted her eyes to be very simple.. Most of the products used were from NYX [foundation, finishing, concealer, setting powder, eyeshadow, lip liner] and ELF's Studio line [blush and contour, complexion perfection, warm bronzer, mascara].  Brushes used [both face and eyes] were all from ELF...so here is the look I created..

I kept begging her to smile, but she was afraid to show teeth :) I plan to bring her over again and try a few more looks, I gave her a few products to use on her face to try help with the multiple discoloration.

EOTD: October 6, 2009

So on Tuesday October 6, I decided to pull out my Sacha's neutral palette and start using it again... I will post pics of the palette asap and show swatches and give a review.  My friend and co-makeup junkie Nikkita :) http://makeupbynikitam.blogspot.com/ also plans on doing a review on this palette so you guys look out for the two reviews... but this is the look i got.. again please excuse my eyebrows.. i'm really playing around with it, growing it .. waxing.. growing.., because i have not found a "style" that i would love to keep.. so until then i have to keep growing it out and trying again.. so anyways off to the look :)

Let me know what you think...

All colors used can be found in the 14 pan palette

EOTD: last friday October 2, 2009

know the title sounds confusing to the sense that it says Eye of the day :) well this look that i'm sharing was a  look I did last friday, i got sooooooooo many compliments that when I reached home i decided to take pics... which was like 5-6 hours after application.  I basically used pigments i bought online from ebay [you can view that haul and see swatches of the pigments here: http://sweetzrv.blogspot.com/2009/07/swatches-of-ebay-pigments.html ]  I did not pay much for these pigments, but I was really impressed with their quality. this is the look i got.. i used my regular mascara from maybelline and my black ultra liner from avon.

EOTD: smokey blue...

So this is my first attempt at a smokey look.  To be honest i always felt that  the smokey look did not look good on me.  I felt i looked like someone punched me in the eye :)  however this is my attempt.  I used many colors from my novel twist cool palette

At first i felt like I was not getting anywhere..since I never did a smokey eye before I was rather apprehensive... but this was what i ended up with.. one of my major challenges was on how dark to go.. i did not a too smoked out eye :) please let me know what you think... also I took the pics like 4 hours after I applied.. so excuse the rest of my face i was really tired...

EOTD: burgundy with brown and green...

This is the looked i got today,... wasn't sure what i was going for when i started.. i just started pulling out colors and trying them.... this is what i ended up with...

I have Mac's pigment in gold stroke as a base color on the lid added henna in the crease then added some old gold on top of it.. took a Loreal Hip duo in cheeky took the dark color added it to my crease.. and then took the plum color and touched up the inner 2/3 of my lid and i used an ulta shadow as highlighter... not sure what to call this look ... lol... :) ... and this pic was taken out about 5-6 hours after i put it on...

EOTD: Pink/Plum look...

So MakeupbyTiffanyD did a tutorial called Gilded Berries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvsW2omRnU&feature=channel_page and i fell in love with the look... i didn't have the colors she used but I decided to try my hand at it with what i had.. I used a pigment i bought off ebay [from hong kong paid like $1 for it], a loreal hip duo charisma the dark plum side of it and for the gold i used the urban decay 24/7 in honey [i also used this on my waterline] and i set it with nyx pearl mania yellow gold pigment and i lined with dipdown cream liner from mac and i used elf studio dark brown waterproof mascara.. here's what it looked like

this is how it looked after more than 8 hours..sorry if the pics not clear enough i used my webcam to take them out...

EOTD: Simple look

I did this look using three colors, a mac pigment on the lid...a loreal hip duo in saucy i used the brown side of it in the crease and a no name color as my highlighter... liner and mascara and i was set.. heres what it looked like..

EOTD: Thursday July 14, 2009

This was the look i wore on thursday, i felt rather pinky :) so my eyes reflected my mood...

excuse the messy eyebrows growing them out to shape again.. [got messed up last month

I used:

• UDPP
• Mac Blurburry shadestick
• random gold eyeshadow in the corner of my eye
• carmine red mica [from Coastal Scents - CS] on most of the lid
• CS Auburn Dust in crease
• and UD scratch as highlighter
• CS grape gel liner on lid
• Avon purple luxury liner on waterline
• Maybelline collosal mascara in black

I dont usually use these colors so I'm going to be trying quite a few pink, purples and orange [sunset like] looks in the near future... have a small haul coming up soon... bye...