FOTD: Winterberry Voilets

Hello there!

So a few months ago, I purchased the Fall Festival, Winterberry, and Think Pink palettes from Coastal Scents, which normally cost 13$ each. They had a 20% off promotion on their Combo Set #9, which retails for 30$, so I got 36 earleady incredibly cheap, full-sized, pigmented eyeshadows for 24$! I had stocked up on some other things too, to make shipping worthwhile.

Natural lip colour

Playful lip colour (Added 6 hours later)

The only problem with these shadows is that the shimmery/frosty ones always need a sticky base for the beautiful colours to show well... Which is fine now, because of my Glam Glue from Impulse Cosmetics. Seriously, I could probably get buckwheat flour to stick to my eyelids with this stuff. It needs Urban Decay primer underneath to keep it from creasing, but it works wonders to get shadows to stick well.

Anyway, I had fun playing with these. I'm always happiest with the turnout of an eye look when I combine warm and cool colours, even if the colour scheme is monochromatic. Scroll for the product list! :)

Face:
-Korres Mattifying Face Primer
-Body Shop All-in-One face powder #045
-Cover FX face powder #B15
-Cover FX cream foundations #B0 and #M30 mixed together
-MAC MSF Natural in Give Me Sun!
-MAC Blush in Pinch Me

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Impulse Cosmetics Glam Glue
-Coastal Scents eyeshadow in Regalia Purple (Fall Festival Palette, outer corners an crease)
-Inglot eyeshadow #493 (Blended in the crease)
-Coastal Scents eyeshadow in Amethyst (Winterberry Palette, main lid)
-Coastal Scents eyeshadow in Gunmetal (Fall Festival, ouver V)
-MAC eye pencil in Feline (waterline and lower lash line)
-Coastal Scents eyeshadow in Steel Grey (Winterberry, outer third lower lash line)
-Coastal Scents eyeshadow in Light Plum (Winterberry, inner two thirds lower lash line)
-Coastal Scents eyeshadow in White Silver (Winterberry, inner corners)
-Mascara

Lip #1
-Maybelline ColorSensation in Park Ave Peach
-MAC Lipstick in Creme d'Nude (center of bottom lip)

Lip #2
-UPDD
-OCC lip tars in Tarred, Traffic, and RX mixed to get a sea-foam green shade

I had quite a bit of fun with this, though I don't usually put satin or shimmery shades in my crease. I look forward to playing with these some more. Thanks for looking!

Lizzie xox

Drag Queens Do it Better

Hello there!

Anyone ever see Connie and Carla? OMG YOU HAVEN'T!? 

Wat.

Go watch it now. NOW.

..............

Ok so I'm aware that I am not a man, homosexual or otherwise, but doing Drag-style makeup is just way too much fun! So in this video, I transform into a "woman dressed as a man dressed as a woman, so SHATTUP SHATTUP SHATTTAAAAAP!"

Seriously, it's such a funny movie.

Face:

-Korres Mattifying Face Primer
-Cover FX Cream Foundation in M30
-Cover FX Cream Foundation in B0
-Cover FX Face Powder in B15
-Body Shop All-in-One face powder in 045
-Lise Watier loose eyeshadow in Folie Blanche (nose, upper lip)
-Sugarpill Eyeshadow in Flamepoint (eyebrows)
-MAC blush in Pinch Me
-Inglot eyeshadow #69 (fake eyebrows)

Eyes:

-UDPP
-Cover FX Powder B15
-Sugarpill e/s in Dollipop
-Sugarpill e/s in Acidberry
-Inglot e/s #58
-Sugarill Chromalust in Absinthe
-Coastal Scents Hot Pot in Cinnabar Rose (#M08)
-MAC e/s in Embark
-Inglot black eyeshadow (darken, and liquid liner)
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
-Inglot e/s #28

Lips:

-MAC lip pencil in Stone
-MAC lipstick in Up the Amp
-Body Shop lip pencil in Mauve Berry (on top of Stone)
-Revlon lilac lipgloss

Acid Green Tutorial

Hey there!
Anyone realize that I like colour? In case you were unaware, I do!

Now, it can be kind of funny when you wear eye makeup that is the same hue as your eyes for a few reasons. If you have green eyes like me, green eyeshadow can really bring out the brightness of the green in your eyes. It depends on if your eyes are more on the yellow side or more on the blue side, or grey. If you want to pop the colour of your eyes, use eyeshadow that has the OPPOSITE undertone.

My eyes are more on the blue-grey side so I used bright yellow-lime greens.

If you don't have green eyes, well phooey!

Products Used:

Face:
-Makeup Forever HD Foundation #123
-MAC Ombre blush in Springshine
-MAC Mineralize blush in Dainty
-Makeup Forever Super Matte loose powder

Eyes:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
-Inglot eyeshadow #59 (lime green)
-Sugarpill eyeshadow in Acidberry
-Inglot eyeshadow #54
-Sugarpill Chromalust in Tipsy
-Kiko yellow eyeliner
-Inglot eyeshadow #65 as liquid eyeliner

Lips:
-Inglot Sleeks Cream #89

Thanks for looking!

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Gilded Prom Girl

For you prom girlies with warm skin tones and an ache for summer, I have devised the perfect soft glowy golden-bronze look for you!

 Closeups!

This would be insane with green and blue eyes!

Smile, darn it! It's your prom!!!

This soft peachy gold look is very easy to do and can be adapted to any skin tone (using slightly darker shades if you have darker skin, use less orange-toned shades if you're lighter...).If you're not used to heavy-looking eye makeup, try this out!

Products Used

Face:
-Cover FX skin prep anti-aging nourishing foundation primer
-MUFE Mat Velvet+ foundation #35
-Cover FX full coverage cream foundation #M40 (under eyes)
-Inglot translucent powder
-LOTS AND LOTS OF BRONZER FOR CONTOURING! I use Tarte bronzer in Park Avenue Princess
-Nars blush in Orgasm
-Inglot eyeshadow #07 (gold for a cheek highlight)

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Inglot shadows: 407 (golden coral all over eyelid and lower lashline), 405 (crease, lower lashline), 30 (white gold shimmer, browbone and inner corners)
-MAC eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown (eyebrows as always, upper lashes, lower lashes)
-Stila eyeliner in Topaz (peach colour, lower waterline)
-L'Oreal Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:
-Jack Black lip balm

Soooo give this a shot with your fave lip gloss! Happy promenading!

Spring Trends! Pop of Colour, Cat eyes, Soft Lips

In spring right now, lots of new trends are emerging...
-Over-the-top smoky eyes
-Baby-like flawless dewy skin
-Soft natural lip colour
-Pop of colour on the eyes
-Strong blush and contouring
-Wispy doll lashes
-Cat eyeliner, maybe in different colours
-Strong eyebrows
-Glitter

My next few looks will embody some of these trends. Doing all of them all at once with one look would be a bit crazy.

So the trends in bold are the ones I used in this look. Hope you enjoy my interpretation!

 

Closeup! 

I have green eyes. On any colour wheel you can find on Google, you will see that the opposite of green is red. I don't know about you but I don't have the time to attempt making red eyeshadow not look like an infection... So I went for pink!

Products Used:

Face:
-Maybelline Fit Me foundation #210 mixed with MUFE HD #128
-Cover FX Full Coverage Cream foundation in M40 (under eyes)
-Laura Mercier Matte Translucent Powder
-Tarte bronzer in Park Ave Princess
-NYX Mosaic Powder in Love
-MAC eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown (eyebrows)

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in Sin (pressed on the main lids)
-Inglot eyeshadow #361 (matte peachy pink blended generously in the crease)
-Inglot eyeshadow #495 (deep bright pink in the crease and lower lashline, blended into lighter pink)
-Inglot eyeshadow #74 (deep red-purple mixed with the hot pink etched in the deep crease)
-Inglot eyeshadow #351 (matte cream on browbone)
-Lise Watier loose shadow in Folie Blanche (shimmery sparkly white on inner corners)
-Rimmel GlamEyes Liquid black eyeliner (cat lines)
-Anabelle white eyeliner pencil (waterline)

Lips:
-Jack Black Lemon Lip Balm
-Nars lipstick in Dolce Vita (BEST NATURAL LIP COLOUR FOR OLIVE SKIN TONES EVER)

So have fun and try out some of these trends! But don't spend all your money like I do.

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Makeup on Darker Skin Tones

So this lovely lady, Pooja, has a very important event coming up! It's a surprise though, so I'm sorry I can't tell you...
Her skin tone is a few shades darker than mine, and has a golden olive undertone. Luckily for her, she does not have a pimple on her face or oily skin at all. It was a pleasure to do makeup on such a gorgeous face!

 Closeup!

She loved the smokiness!

Products Used:


Face:
-Makeup Forever HD foundation #128 and #153 mixed together
-Laura Mercier Matte Translucent Powder (all over the face)
-Tarte bronzer in Park Ave Princess (just under cheekbones and at the temples)
-Nars blush in Orgasm (apples of the cheeks)
-MAC eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown (eyebrows)

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in Half Baked (shimmery gold all over the eyelid)
-Inglot eyeshadow #409 (shimmery dark bronze in the crease and lower lashline)
-Inglot eyeshadow #406 (warm bronze in the outer half of the eyelid)
-Urban Decay eyeshadows Buck and Naked (medium brown blended in the crease)
-Bobbi Brown eyeshadow in Espresso (in the deep crease)
-MAC eyeshadow Carbon (upper lashine)
-Inglot eyeshadow #351 (matte cream colour on the browbone)
-Laura Mercier loose eyeshadow in Folie Blanche (inner corner)
-Revlon Colorstay black eyeliner (waterline)
-Bourjois mascara

Lips:
-Maybelline ColorSensation lipstick in Tinted Taupe
-Makeup Forever lipstick #310 Pearly
-Dior lip gloss in Flash

Lots o' products, I know. Hope you enjoy!
Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

New Inglot Setup!

Before Inglot became popular on YouTube, I become clinically dependent upon their delectable shadows.
Seriously. I bought one or two new colours ever couple of weeks.

This was my former setup.... It consists of one large empty Inglot palette without slots for the pans, and two CD cases that I taped a magnetic sheet to. Pale neutrals in one case, dark neutrals in the other, and colours were in the huge one (which is now discontinued! WHY?!).

Inglot squares, large circles, small circles; Makeup Forever 92; Urban Decay

To avoid continuing on with my addiction, I finally decided to purchase the Freedom System palettes!!!
That way, I have no place to put new eyeshadows unless I save up to buy a whole new palette.

Well anyway, here they are! I already had the eyeshadows.

They look messy.... it just means they are well-loved!

BoomBoom! BoomBoom! BoomBoom! BoomBoom!

Now now, I can't have photos napping on the job.... must fix this

 What I really like about these palettes is that you can arrange the colours any way you want, which often inspires makeup looks for me.
They can be rearranged, but the magnet is so strong that I had to  use a nail file to pop them out... Which resulted in some tragic gouging of heavenly eyeshadow.

The pigmentation of the matte colours and matte-with-sparkle-but-no-shimmer colours is very unique... Over ordinary primer with an ordinary brush, they may seem mediocre depending on the particular shade. But layered over a suuuuper thin, well blended out creamy base, the pigment just grabs on for dear life and literally shakes with vibrancy! I find them easy to blend.

The shimmer/frosty colours are breathtaking.
I can't even discuss it.

Swatcheroos....

493: Lighter matte lilac in real life with a bit of sparkle.
439: Deep purple with cool blue shimmer
28: Icy blue with silver and blue shimmer
371: Ridiculous matte electric blue
473: Matte teal-turquoise with a golden sparkle

474: Lighter, smooth matte yellow with gold sparkle
60: Mustard, similar to Chrome Yellow by MAC with a golden sparkle
59: Lime-yellow-green that walks all over every other lime green I've ever had
58: Slightly dark matte grass green with gold and green sparkle
06: Olive with golden shimmer

07: Light shimmery gold with peachy undertone
405: Shimmery peachy bronze
406: Shimmery toasty bronze
409: Yummy shimmery deep bronze
402: Medium shimmery plum colour, good for blending out purples

361: Light, matte peachy pink like a pink rose petal
407: Coral with gold shimmer
51: Vivid, matte carrot orange
495:Matte red hot pink with gold sparkle
74: Matte deeper magenta with peachy sparkle

Gorgeous colours! There is something for everyone, trust me. By now I've been in the store over 40 times and covered my arm with every colour in there!!! So go in, have fun, their eyeshadows are only 10$ each compared to the 13 something at MAC, with almost twice the product.

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Makeup on Sammy

Sam does not like to wear makeup.
But I convinced her to let me attack her face for her grad photo about a month ago. YAY! I love my sister.
I wanted to keep it simple because she likes her gorgeous natural look, and I like how it turned out. I would have made it even lighter if it weren't for my uncontrollable urge to make her over. Plus I had flash photography to consider.

Isn't she cute, trying not to laugh at me!

What a cutie

Daylight

Products Used:

Face:
-Cover FX Skin Prep
-Makeup Forever HD foundation #110
-Benefit Boi-ing concealer #01
-Laura Mercier Universal translucent powder
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Bronzer Park Avenue Princess
-Nars Blush Orgasm

Eyes:
-Too Faced Shadow Insurance
-NYX Jumbo Pencil Milk (inner corners)
-Inglot #351 light cream (inner corners, eyelid, browbone)
-Tarte Bronzer (blended in crease)
-Urban Decay Twice Baked (outer crease, lower lashline)
-Revlon Colorstay black eyeliner (upper lashline)
-Inglot #65 sparkly black (on top of eyeliner upper lashline)
-Maybelline Black Colossal Mascara

Lips:
-A bit of Inglot Sleeks Cream #89 (sheer, coral peachy shade)

Hope you enjoy!

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Inventory

Hello there.
So as it's Christmas break, I plan on posting here a lot for the next 6 weeks or so. Being as enthusiastic about my new blog as I am, I want to set up so that things run smoothly in future posts.

For the next couple of weeks, I will be posting pictures of products I have, including swatches, with their names. When I refer to a product in my makeup looks, I will link it to that product post so you guys can see it. It should help you find similar products you have at home if you chose to take inspiration from my makeup. :)

I will separate each post by brand and eyes/face/lips to make them easier to search for. This will probably also help me organize my stuff way better.

My lovely sister with the awesome photography talent will be taking pictures for pretty much everything on this blog. All credit for photos will go to her. <3 Sammy!

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca