FOTD: The Evidence of Pea Soup at the Junk Show

Hello fellow beauty lovers~

I took my sister and mother shopping at a new outlet that opened a few months ago (Paragon Outlets in Livermore if you're in the area).  My mom, who knows nothing about makeup, needed to pick up some high end makeup for gifts so I took her to the closest Cosmetic Company Store.  I may or may not have found a loophole in my beauty buying ban but more about that later.

I had plenty of time to do my makeup so I really took my time and played with some colors.  This is something I really enjoy, and I most definitely haven't had a chance to do it very often since I've moved back in with my folks.  I am super bummed that the pictures didn't showcase the makeup the way I see it when I look into the mirror.  Here are the few that are worth showing:

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Foundation in Bisque 4

-Eve Pearl Dual HD Foundation in Light

-Laura Mercier Pressed Translucent Powder

-NARS Lagina Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-MAC Painterly Paintpot

-MAC eyeshadow in Night Manouevres

-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

-Spellbound by Jynx eyeshadow in Pea Soup (This eyeshadow stains....use with caution)

-Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette: Junkshow, Blackout, and Evidence

-MicaBella eyeshadow in Sunshine

-Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Sin

-Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners in Zero, Covet, and Binge

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven

-Cover Girl Waterproof Lashblast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-MAC lipstick in Syrup

I know I say this a lot, but I find that a lot of my looks are kind of mellow and boring.  I'd like to be able to wear bright fun colors everyday, but as you see from all my FOTD posts, there are certain styles and colors that I tend to gravitate back towards.  I'm doing a combination of checking out more beauty blogs and digging through my loose eyeshadow drawer for look ideas.  

What do you do when you're in a makeup rut?  Blindly reach into your eyeshadow drawer?  Call upon friends for back up?  Let me know!

FOTD: Neutral look gone wrong

Believe it or not, I meant to do a quick look with neutrals, since they are idiot proof and easy to use.  I even started out with a chocolate brown in the crease.  But when I looked around to see what color I should pop on my lids, I spotted Sugarpill's Tipsy on my desk and it all went down hill from there.  I absolutely love the result, so I can't complain.

Green, purple, blue, pink...if only the colors were more prominent.

Too Faced Natural Eye Palette on the left
Top L-R: All MAC--Make your Mark, Daisychain, Satin Taupe
Bottom L-R: Fyrinnae Digital Faerie, Fyrinnae Freya, Sugarpill Decora, Sugarpill Tipsy

This still counts as a "shopping my stash" look.  So this makes Episode 5.  All items marked with an asterisk (*) are "new."

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hyrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-Annabelle BB Skin Perfect Conearler in Medium

-Laura Mercier Pressed Translucent Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-MAC Painterly Paintpot

-MAC eyeshadows in Daisychain, Satin Taupe*, and Make Your Mark

-Too Faced Natural Eye Palette: Heaven, Sexpresso, Silk Teddy

-Fyrinnae eyeshadows in Digital Faerie* and Freya*

-Sugarpill Loose Shadows in Decora* and Tipsy*

-UD Shadow Pencil in Sin

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-Quo lipgloss in Pout

FOTD: NYE

Herro everyone!

I hope you guys all had a safe but fun filled New Year's Eve.  Mine was pretty calm and chill.  I went out to get drinks with my coworkers at around 8pm, and got back home at 11.  I wanted to avoid most of the drunkards out in public but not be confined to my house for the evening.  Didn't go too crazy with my makeup.  I sported a smoky eye without meaning to.  I'll explain after I show you the pictures.  This is, by the way, unofficially episode IV of my stash-shopping mission.  Go me!

Again, items marked with an asterisk (*) are the "new" items I used.

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Face Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-Smashbox Pressed Setting Powder in Light

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes: 

-MAC Painterly Paintpot*

-MAC Pro Long Wear eyeshadow in Make Your Mark

-Fyrinnae shadow in Callipygian*

-MicaBella eyeshadow in Sunshine*

-Sugarpill Loose Shadow in Tipsy*

-UD 24/7 Liner in Covet

-Inglot Gel Liner77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume mascara

-Too Faced eyeshadows in Silk Teddy and Heaven

Lips:

-Quo lipgloss in Pout

Here are the "new" items:

L-R: Fyrrinae Callipygian, MicaBella Sunshine, Sugarpill Tipsy, MAC Painterly

See that gorgeous color on the left?  I was expecting it to apply as a beautiful, deep blue green but that didn't quite happen.  Definitely need to put that Pixie Epoxy on next time.

FOTD: My Little Dollface

And the shopping of my stash continues.  I'm disappointed in myself for throwing together another boring look.  I tend to go for the same style when I'm in a hurry.  I am pleased that I used FOUR items from my single eyeshadow drawer. Yay, me!

These are the beauties featured in today's look:

L-R: MAC Night Manoeuvres, Motives Dollface, Fyrinnae Boytoy, Korres 11M

Mind you...these pictures when I got off work, a good 6 hours after application.

"New" products used will be marked with an asterisk (*).

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-UDPP

-MAC e/s in Night Manouevres (LE)*

-Motives e/s in Dollface*

-Sugarpill e/s in Bulletproof

-Korres e/s in 11M Base (d/c)*

-Fyrinnae e/s in Boytoy*

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-CoverGirl Waterproof Lashblast Volume mascara

Lips:

-MAC lipstick in Hot Gossip

FOTD: Urban Sunset

I have my coworker to thank for this name.  He told me he really liked my makeup and it reminded him of the sun setting over an urban neighborhood.  I suppose that's a good thing, eh?

This is how my makeup looked for work:

And this is how I wanted to wear it:

Yep, you guessed it.  With a delightfully vampy lip like OCC lip tar in Black Dahlia.

Here's a closer look at the eyes:

Face: 

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teinte Idole foundation in Bisque 4

-Laura Mercier Translucent powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-UDPP in Sin

-UD Shadow Pencils in Delinquent and Sin

-Fyrinnae eyeshadow in Cuddlefish

-Too Faced eyeshadows in Sexpresso and Heaven

-Sugarpill eyeshadows in Bulletproof and @#$%!

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-Quo lipgloss in Pout

-NYX Lip pencil in Auburn with OCC Lip tar in Black Dahlia

FOTD: Blogger Beauty

I truly hate how my eyes are so uneven.  I've noticed that this is a common trait amongst us, Asians: our right eye tends to be slightly hooded while our left eye is "normal," making our right eyes seem smaller than the left.  It really screws me over when I do my makeup.  And what's more frustrating is that I don't see how different my makeup looks on each eye until I take pictures and check it out myself.  This is probably because I'm too busy squinting at the mirror without my glasses.  Argh.

In any case, I find my eye makeup very very boring.  Always have.  When I'm in a rush, it's always so much easier to throw on something natural that I know will work.  I had a bit of extra time today so I threw on some colors I tend not to reach for: pink, yellow, and orange.

I originally wanted to do a bright pink look, but I thought orange and yellow would go well with the pink so I threw that into the mix as well.  I made an attempt at a cut crease which ended up being very sloppy, but ah well.  I will do better next time!

Face:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4
-Cover FX Setting Powder in Light
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-NARS Blusher in Deep Throat

Eyes:
-UDPP in Eden
-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
-Fyrinnae e/s in Blogger Beauty
-Sugarpill Burning Heart Palette: Flamepoint and Buttercupcake
-UD e/s in Blackout
-UD 24/7 Liner in Zero
-Inglot Gel Liner 77
-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume

Lips:
-Inglot 150

This will probably be my last post for a little while.  I have finals this week and my Cosmetology state board exam on Thursday.  Wish me luck!

FOTD: Life without eyeliner...

...is no life at all.  I did this look last week and attempted to try something sort of new.  For some reason, a black based eyeshadow paired with a chocolate brown without eyeliner seemed like a really good idea in my head, but not so much upon application.  Especially with the lack of blending.  Talk about an off day.

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Aveeno Tinted Moisturizer in Medium

-Laura Mercier Setting Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-theBalm Frat Boy Blush

Eyes:

-UDPP

-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

-Fyrinnae eyeshadow in Callypgian

-MAC Pro Longwear Eyeshadow in Make Your Mark

-Lancome eyeshadow in After Dusk

-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven

-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:

-Quo lipgloss in Dreamy

I can't say this look is a success but I will tweak it (and remember to blend) and make it a success!  For now I will just rest my weary soul and drift off into dreamland.

My first Fyrinnae Purchase (& Swatches!)

I've heard and seen absolutely amazing things from Fyrinnae.  I don't know why it took me so long to make an order, but I finally did!

I'm an eyeshadow whore, so eyeshadows and the legendary Pixie Epoxy were my targets.  There are just so many different colors and finishes that choose from that I didn't know where to start.  The only solution, then, was to go to the master list of colors and choose the first colors that caught my eye, and keep adding items into my cart until I think it was too much.  I managed to stop myself after selecting 8 colors and the Pixie Epoxy.  The makers of Fyrinnae were nice enough to throw a sample in there as well.

My goodies arrived in a bubble mailer, and a few extra layers of padding.

This is the Pixie Epoxy as compared to a MAC lipstick in terms of size.

And behold the eyeshadows and my little swatching station.  I was very pleasantly surprised at how packed these little jars are.

All swatches were done outdoors in the beautiful sunlight, without flash.  The top row is swatched on bare skin.  The second row is over Pixie Epoxy.

Damn Paladins, Beholder, Book of the Dead

Boytoy, Callipygian, Digital Faerie

Freya, Cuddlefish, and Bloggers Beauty

All of these colors are absolutely gorgeous.  Surprisingly, I found my favorites of this batch to be Damn Paladins and Bloggers Beauty, but only by a very tiny margin.  I really can't wait to make another purchase (I like collecting...), but not until I've played with all these colors and have a few more pennies saved up.

I know I'm late on discovering Fyrinnae.  Are there any other colors that you guys think are a "must-have"?  Let me know!

FOTD: Off Day

It's been kind of a weird day for me.  I was at home alone for most of the day and it gave me a lot of time to think about some of everything, none of which were very happy thoughts.  I played with some eyeshadows in the early afternoon.  By early evening I decided to finish my makeup, curl my hair, and went out....to walk my dog.

I've always thought one of my eyes were bigger than the other.  Today, I finally realized that my right eye is hooded, and my left eye is not.  I would much rather blame myself for poor makeup application than admit my eyes are so mismatched.  I also tested a few different application techniques today, which resulted in blotchy eyeshadow.  Today is not a good day.

Eyes:
-MicaBella Cosmetics Eyeshadow Primer
-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
-Home made mixing medium
-Spellbound eyeshadow in Hades
-Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadow in Asylum
-Fyrinnae eyeshadow in Damn Paladins
-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven
-Stila Smudgepot in Pomegranate
-Inglot AMC Gel liner in 77
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Face:
-Eve Pearl HD Dual Foundation in Light
-Laura Mercier Setting Powder
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty

Lips:
-Lancome lipstick in Rose Tempest (D/C)