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

Sugarpill Sweetheart Palette Tutorial

Hey hey hey! I'm back with the brights, and I love the challenge such contrasting colours present as in this palette. My review on Sugarpill products can be found here. :)

This was way too much fun. Get ready for some more bright looks to come!

Products Used:

Face:
-Makeup Forever HD Foundation #123
-Chanel translucent loose powder
-Bobbi Brown Bronzer
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Dollface

Eyes:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
-Suparpill Sweetheart Palette (Take, Dollipop, Afterparty, Midori)
-Inglot black eyeshadow (as liquid liner)
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Coastal Scents Hot Pot Review- Custom Palettes

Hey all! How many of you like spending more money than you need to on makeup? As you have seen in my videos and blog posts, I use eyeshadows and such from all different companies. If I find a colour I like that I don't already have or haven't seen elsewhere, I will use it. However, I don't love spending 10-20$ on unique shades...

GUESS WHO HAD A SALE ON ALREADY INEXPENSIVE PRODUCTS?!

Similar to Inglot, Coastal Scents has a system where you can built your own palettes, choosing from their large selection of eyeshadows. (Incredibly extensive! My one complaint is that they don't make a pure matte black. Not a hard one to find in general, but ya know...) They offer single pods, quads, 12-piece and 28-piece empty palettes to put these gems in.

Here are the 12 I chose! :) Swatched with a Q-tip over NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk.

YUMMM

The empty palette I chose was 5.95$ and each solo was 1.95, and I got 30% off. Not bad :)

I shall now post swatches, both in daylight and with a flash.

Watermelon, Petal Peach, Sunflower Petal, Light Yellow

Python Green, Limelight, Sea Lily, Empress Teal

Wild Wisteria, Queen's Jubilee, Love Spell, Fancy Pansy

So I got each of these colours for specific reasons. Mainly I chose tertiary shades I could use as in-between colours and for blending. The only 2 colours that surprised me when I got them were Petal Peach and Sunflower Petal. I expected Petal Peach to be less neutral, more of a pastel orangey-coral colour. I thought Sunflower Petal would be just a bit more on the orange side. Nevertheless, I am incredibly pleased with the uniqueness and vibrancy of these!

They are soft and smooth, really easily blended. I do find I need the NYX  Jumbo Pencil in Milk to get them to stick better, like with any bright eyeshadow. When I use the peachy shade to blend a brown colour out, in my crease, it adds a lovely warmth to the eye look.

These are ridiculously affordable and surprisingly good quality! As with any online purchase, try to compare all the pictures and chose the colours you want. So happy I have these!

Funky Purple and Turquoise Tutorial

Hey there...
As I mention in the tutorial, I dont really wear purple eyeshadow much anymore, because my hair is purple. I feel like purple hair, purple eyebrows and purple eyeshadow is just.... too grape-like for my personal taste.

But hey, maybe it works for you.

Anyway, I have enough purple eyeshadow to cater to an army of non purple-haired people, and I hate neglecting how preeeeeetty it looks on! To give it a little something to balance out the purple overload, i added a pop of teal to my lower lashline (I wonder if anyone guessed that there are my two favourite colours).

Hope you enjoy!

Sugarpill Heartbreaker Palette HD Tutorial

Hellooo, there. If you are a rocket scientist, you may be able to figure out my favorite colours based on the super-subtle colour of my hair, and glasses (when I wear them; they are turquoise. When I don't wear them, they are still turquoise).

Anyway, I love the colours in the Heartbreaker palette by Sugarpill. Here is my Review on it, and at the end of this post is a video tutorial!

Products Used:

Face:
-Laura Mercier Cream Blush

Eyes:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk (blended all over eye lid)
-Sugarpill: Mochi (turquoise all over lid)
-Sugarpill: Afterparty (clear blue outer corner)
-Sugarpill: Velocity (deep blue in the crease)
-Sugarpill: Poison Plum (vivid deep purple above Velocity)
-Sugarpill: 2 am (magenta blended above Poison Plum)
-Sugarpill: Acidberry (lime grassy green lower lash line)
-Sugarpill: Midori (teal green outer lower lash line)
-Sugarpill: Tako (matte white, inner corners and brow bone)
-Annabelle black eyeliner pencil (waterline)
-MAC eyeshadow in Carbon (applied wet with an angled brush as liquid liner)
-L'Oreal Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:
-Maybelline ColorSensation Lipstick in Coral Gleam

Enjoy!

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Warm Sunrise Makeup Tutorial

Hello! I am back from Florida and let me tell you, I didn't realize before now that sunrises and sunsets look different depending on where you go!
Deeeerp, I know.
This colourful makeup look is inspired by the fire in the sky I saw while I was there.

I realize it is not wearable for everyone, but I am a total sucker for funky colours. Hope you like it! Send me requests and comments :)

Retro Pop: Colour Blocking

Colour.
My life is empty without it. However, there are a hundred ways to do it wrong. Trending this spring are strong blocks of colour on the face, which can be tricky if not blended properly.
I decided to try one of the hardest colours to blend; green!

 Closeup!

 The trick is to concentrate the colour to one region; eyes, lips, or cheeks. Not all of them at once! SOOO, if you like intense green on the eyes like I do, keep the lips neutral. :)

Products Used:

Face:
-Makeup Forever Matte Velvet+ Foundation
-Cover FX full coverage cream foundation M40 (under eyes)
-Inglot loose powder
-Tarte bronzer in Park Ave Princess
-Nars blush in Orgasm

Eyes:
-UDPP
-NYX jumbo pencil in Milk (white creamy pencil blended over the eyelid to help the shadow stick better)
-Inglot eyeshadow #59 (crazy lime green backed on top of the white)
-Inglot eyeshadow # 30 (shimmery white-gold on inner corners and browbone)
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in Naked (nude skin tone blended into and above green)
-MAC eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown (lower lashes, eyebrows)
-Rimmel Glam'Eyes black liquid liner
-Revlon GrowLuscious mascara

Lips:
-Jack Black lemon lip balm

Don't be afraid of colour!

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Vibrant Pink and Blue

Because I can.
So this is a basic blue cut-crease fading up to the brow, with a bright pink on the lids. I decided to keep the lower lashline clear because a) the eyes are already insane, and b) I was short on time.

Bear i mind that I had some trouble getting the lighting just right.

I also forgot lips gloss, but I will be posting soon about deciding what lip colour or product to wear along with different eye makeup.

Are you READY?!

Ahh, okay, not so crazy...

 Closeups!

WOAH!!!!!!

Shinyyy

 Products Used

Face:
- Lancome Teinte Miracle in Bisque 7
-Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+ # 35 (the 2 mixed together)
-Bobbi Brown Tinted Eye Brightener in Bisque
-Cover FX Full Coverage Cream Foundation M40
-Laura Mercier Matte Translucent Powder
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Bronzer (as a contour)
-Nars Blush in Orgasm

Eyes:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Alice (shimmery clear blue, blended in the crease)
-Sugarpill Chromalust in Royal Sugar (awesome deep true blue, etched in the crease and blended into Alice)
-Inglot eyeshadow #28 (an icy blue to blend the other ones into browbone)
-Inglot eyeshadow #351 (matte cream on the browbone)
-Sugarpill Chromalust in Birthday Girl (applied wet all over the exposed eyelid area)
-Rimmel black liquid eyeliner
-Revlon GrowLuscious Mascara

Lips:
-Nothing

More craziness coming soon!

Please send any requests to lizziehanley94@yahoo.ca

Bold Valentine's Day Look

Anyone who knows me knows I love vibrant makeup... Sometimes I border on Drag! Looks like this one do NOT intimidate me at all. I adore colour! If this freaks you out too much, but a soft gold wash on the eyes like my last Valentine's day look is not enough for you, I will post a moderate-intensity look soon.

This was the look I wore when I went to Sephora that one time before Christmas and accidentally bought a really good brush, which I used today for my foundation!

The inspiration for the colours is obvious...

Whoah!

 I had a little trouble with the lighting in this next photo...

Hmm.

Closeups!

Purple!

 More!

Pink!

Finally I put my Sugarpill to use.

Products used:

-Lancome Teinte Miracle in Bisque 7

-Makeup Forever HD Foundation #117 (mixed them together)

-Bobbi Brown Tinted Eye Brightener in Bisque (under eyes)

-Cover FX Total Coverage Cream Foundation in M40 (under eyes)

-Laura Mercier Matte Translucent Smooth Focus Pressed Setting Powder Shine Control

-NYX Mosaic Powder in Love

-MAC Eyeshadow in Charcoal Brown

Eyes:

-Urban Decay Primer Potion

-Inglot Eyeshadow #66 (blended in crease, lower lashline)

-Makeup Forever Eyeshadow #92 (vibrant purple to crease cut-crease, lower lashline)

-Sugarpill Chromalust in Birthday Girl (bright pink used wet all over the lid)

-Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Virgin (browbone and inner corners)

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (waterline, to open up zee eyeballz!)

-Rimmel Glam Eyes Professional Liquid Liner in Black Glam (winged eyeliner)

-L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes Mascara

Lips:

-Inglot Sleeks Cream #89 

I hope you're inspired by this and try something new!

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