Project 7 Day Palette: Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows

So I have FINALLY completed my first project 7 day palette.  Holy cheezits it's about time.  Like I said before, I don't wear makeup everyday, so I didn't get this done in a week.  I have taken a crapload of pictures of each look, and I do apologize about the angles being inconsistent for each look.  I'm oftentimes taking pictures in a hurry and by the time I realize that the quality is whacked (when I view them on my computer), I have already removed the makeup.  

In case you have forgotten what the palette looks like, here it is:

1. Absolem, Vorpal, Jabberwocky.  I did this look for my boyfriend's baby sister's prom makeup tutorial.  You can view the post/picture tutuorial/video tutorial here.

2. Drink Me Eat Me, Mushroom.  I wore this look when I was home for the weekend.  When I'm at home I tend to wear lighter makeup because my mother and grandmother are very critical and give me shit for wearing makeup.  

3. Alice, Oraculum, Underland, Curioser, Jabberwocky.  Ah, how I love brights and fun colors!  I wish I could wear makeup like this everyday! The main thing that stops me is time, but I had plenty of that when I did this look.  I ended up just going out to see Pirates of the Carribean with my boyfriend but it was fun wearing this nonetheless :)

4. Absolem, White Rabbit, Underland, Jabberwocky.  Wore this look out shopping :)  Tried on a bunch of lipsticks from MAC at the mall and what you see on my lips is Girl Bout Town.

5. Drink Me Eat Me, Muchness, Mad Hatter.  I'm not too much of a fan of neutrals, so I oomphed up this look with some teal eyeliner.  This was a really fast look that I threw on before a shopping trip.

6. Drink Me Eat Me, Vorpal, Jaberwocky.  Another rushed look =/  Had just a speck of time to throw something on before going out to Old Sacramento.  I decided to wear my contacts that day which was a big mistake because they were driving me nuts.  I took out, cleaned, and popped my lenses back in a couple times and my makeup ended up super smudged.  I touched it up a bit before taking these photos. 

7.  Midnight Tea Party.  So much for wanting to end with a bang.  I threw this on before an 8am class.  The sheer fact that I had time to do makeup is a miracle.  At this point I was getting really sick of this palette and itching to use some of my new stuff.  I know there are many other possibilities I could have done but I'll save those for another time.

Thanks for sticking with me through these 7 FOTDs!  If you've done the same challenge please let me know so I can see your looks!

June 2011 Favorites!

Another month is gone, another bunch of favorites are due, and for yet another month I'm late on doing so.  Pooh.

Well, I'll just jump right into it!

1. Zoya nail polish in Tangy.  What a lovely summer color!  It's bright and fun, but not obnoxiously so.  The best part is the duochromity (is that a word?) and if you tilt your nails ever so slightly, you can see the orange glitter. So pretty :)

2. Diorskin Nude Glow Healthy Glow Summer Powder.  I admit.  I got this cause it was pretty and limited edition.  Of course, if it didn't work well, I would have returned it promptly.  And none of this has to do with why it's a well loved product.  I have been mixing foundations lately because my regular foundation has gotten too light, and I'd rather not go out and buy a darker foundation.  I sometimes end up going too light, and I like to use this product to bronze up a little.  It looks wonderfully naturally, and I think I could find myself using this a lot even when it gets cooler.  This is adds just a perfect all over glow to my face.  I like it so much that the idea of purchasing a backup as crossed my mind....

3. NARS Laguna Bronzer.  Only during the summer would you find a blogger with two bronzing products in a single favorites post.  I have fallen prey to this cult favorite when I decided to finally try the bronzer on at Sephora one day.  I really love how this works wonderfully as a contour color or all over bronzing powder.  I still like my NYC Matte Bronzer but Laguna is just so wonderfully smooth and has that hint of shimmer that I have to lean more towards Laguna.

4. Stila eyeshadow in Kitten.  Ah, another cult favorite.  This is Stila's best selling eyeshadow.  It's a lovely peachy champagne color that is essentially a more refined glitterbomb, as it is super shimmery but is not chunky or frosty.  Last month a wore a lot of smokey brown/taupe looks, and Kitten was absolutely the most perfect inner corner highlight.

5. Sephora eyelash curler.  My last eyelash curler died tragically from overuse.  I ran into Sephora, demanded for their best eyelash curler, and was presented with a Sephora brand eyelash curler.  I was skeptical because that's like telling people you bake the best cookies in town.  But!--This actually works quite nicely!  I have to work really hard to pinch myself, and I can wedge this sucker right to the base of my lashes to really amp up the curls.

6. Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows.  This was a very neglected palette until I decided to take on Project 7 Day Palette with it.  It's funny how creative you can get when you're forced to use one palette for your eye looks.  Not to say I didn't enjoy it, otherwise it wouldn't belong in my favorites.  Like with all Books of Shadows, there is a good variety of colors to choose from.  I'm happy to report that all the eyeshadows except for the chunky glittery ones are just lovely.

7.  MAC Painterly Paintpot. In addition to smokey neutrals, I have been playing a lot with color this month.  I used this product a lot because it's a nice sticky, neutral base.  I can pop any color on top of it and make it look nice and bright!

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