FOTD: Lisa Eldridge Metallic Smoky Eye

Hello everyone!  Happy Independence Day!  I hope everyone is having a safe, but fun filled day whether you celebrate this day or no.  My sister pulled me into doing a 5k mayor's race which ended up being 12k or so because we walked back home.  I then collapsed on my bed and slept for three hours.

I'm so very behind in posting.  I only have a couple of makeup-related events going on but it seems like a million when stacked on top of school and work.  And of course, I want to share everything with you guys.

I was invited to do makeup for one of the artists featured in June's RAW event.  Across the United States, RAW artist events are held and sponsored by local businesses to showcase artists in all shapes and form.  For more information, you can visit rawartists.org.  The artist I was doing makeup for was Tovah Perrin, creater of Le Petit Hat Company.  I will post more about this event later.  Tovah asked me to do some smoky eyes and red lips for her and her models.  I found my own versions of smoky eyes a little boring so I searched the interwebz for something more exciting.  I practiced this look on myself and one of my classmates (not pictured)  because this was my first fashion show and I REALLY wanted to do a good job.

My search led me to Lisa Eldridge's tutorial on metallic smoky eyes, which absolutely stunning on her model but quite dark and unrefined on me.

Face:
.....I don't remember T___T

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Inglot eyeshadows in 63M and DS 500
-Micabella loose eyeshadow in Bronze
-Sugarpill Loose eyeshadow in Goldilux
-Inglot AMC Gel Liner in 77
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:
-Inglot lipstick in 264

Here is the original tutorial if you were interested:

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.

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)

I'm hopeless (FOTD)

I swear, this look was supposed to be different from the day before.  I was inspired by a peacock look I saw on Skindinavia's facebook page and I tried to do something like it but it didn't come out nearly as bright.  My makeup looked a lot better in person, and I was actually really happy with it.  I was very reluctant to remove it after work.

I am definitely loving this Eve Pearl foundation!  I will buy more once I'm less broke!

Face:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Eve Pearl HD Dual Foundation in Light
-Laura Mercier Setting Powder
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-NARS Blush in Deep Throat

Eyes: 
-UDPP
-L'oreal HIP Eyeshadow Duo in Showy
-Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette: Underland, Curiouser, Oraculum
-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven
-Inglot AMC Gel Liner in 77
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:
-Lancome lipstick in Love Me! (D/C)

I seem to be in a cool color rut.  I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

FOTD: Unconscious repeat

I have been either doing "functional" makeup or going bare faced lately, so having time to sit down and enjoy applying my makeup is real treat.  I know I say this over and over again but I like bright, colorful looks.  What usually happens, however, is that I create something very wearable.

In my attempt to make something bright and fun, my unconscious took over and I gravitated towards a color combination that I have used not once, but twice before.  Of course, I don't realize this until I finish the look.  Boo.

I thought this may still be worth posting though, if only to feature a new foundation I'm using.  I am super low on my Smashbox foundation, so I'm saving it for times when I have to do my makeup at the speed of light.  I bought this Eve Pearl foundation a couple years ago on Hautelook*.  I gawked at the $54 original price tag and snagged this for $20.  I still can't get over how it looks so dark in person but so light on camera.  It's supposed to be an HD foundation.

Anyways, here's the look!

Face:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Eve Pearl High Definition Dual Foundation in Light
-NARS Laguna Bronzer (lots of it)
-MAC Mineralize Blush in Feeling Flushed (LE)
-Laura Mercier Setting Powder

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette: Alice, Underland, Drink me eat me, White Rabbit, Jabberwocky
-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven
-Inglot AMC Gel Liner in 77 (black) and 76 (white)
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

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

Props to you if you've been reading my blog long enough to know which two looks this one is similar too :)

You, too, can sit back and let your unconscious take over.

I'm being a dork, haha.  I'm very tired.

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FOTD: Painted Purple

I have to leave for work in 6 minutes so let's see how quickly I can get this post up!

This is a look I did for work yesterday.  I randomly looked around for inspiration and saw Maybelline's Color Tattoo cream shadow in Painted Purple on my desk and decided to go from there!

I also tried out an Eve Pearl foundation for the first time.  I'm going to have to keep playing with it because I look too pale in some lighting and too dark other times.  In these pictures, I look pasty.

Eyes:
-Maybelline Color Tattoo Painted Purple
-INglot eyeshadows: AMC 66, 446P, 440P, 352M
-Inglot AMC gel liner in 77
-L'oreal carbon black mascara

Have to run! Byee!

FOTD: All Night Long

My my, how long has it been?  Since I've posted a FOTD?  Since I've applied makeup for pleasure and not for functional purposes?  It's been a long time, friends.

Okay, enough sappiness.  This was a look I did for work last night.  It's been a long time since I've used eyeshadow (doing my personal makeup in class limits my creativity) so it was quite a treat to be able to delve back into my drawers of happiness for different products to use.  I didn't want to over think the process too much so I went back to items I have used before.

I selected Eurydice, because although I have used this NARS duo before and even done FOTD posts on it, I was never quite happy with the way I applied it.  I was much more successful this time.  I also overdid my blush because I find that it never shows up in pictures. It looked borderline crazy in person but you can finally see a hint of blush in the first two pictures.

Man....I really have to work on making my right eye look as big as the left one.  I also didn't realize how truly awesome NARS lipglosses are until I used one that I have been hoarding for a while.

FACE:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Smashbox Healthy FX Foundation in Light 3
-Laura Mercier Setting Powder
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Amused

EYES:
-UDPP
-NARS eyeshadow duo in Eurydice
-Lancome eyeshadow in After Dusk
-Inglot eyeshadow in 101R
-Inglot AMC eyeliner gel in 77
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

LIPS:
-NARS lipgloss in All Night Long (discontinued)

FOTD: Wedding-ish (and some Hunger Games Mania)

You'd think that being on spring break and taking some time off of work would give me plenty of time to blog and play with makeup.  Instead, I somehow ended up being as busy as if I had my usual school and work load.  Where has the time gone? Come back!

While I'm waiting for that to happen, allow me to show you a look I did last Saturday before heading to San Francisco to buy some things for my mom's trip, as well as breaking my makeup buying ban one hundred times over.  More on that in another post.

Natural light.

Natural light

Flash

Flash

Face: 

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Smashbox Healthy FX Foundation in Light 3

-Laura Mercier Setting Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-NARS Blush in Deep Throat

Eyes:

-UDPP

-Inglot shadows in 399P (lid), 451P and 434P (crease)

-Lancome eyeshadow in After Dusk (transition)

-Stila eyeshadow in Black Cat (outer corner)

-A highlight color that I don't remember x_x

-Milani Liquifeye eyeliner in Black

-Inglot AMC Gel Liner in 77

-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

My friend saw the pictures of my photoshoot on Facebook, and asked me to do her makeup for a wedding coming up in a couple of weeks, as she will be one of the bridesmaids.  I was ecstatic at first with this opportunity, but now I'm quite nervous.  Perhaps it's not such a good idea to admit that here because I think she actually read my blog (Hi Emily!).  But in any case, I wanted to practice doing a softer look than I would normally go for.  In the end, it ended up too shimmery and I drew on some thick winged liner because I didn't want my makeup to be soft for when I hit the city.  I think I tend to overblend, and I think this look would still be too much for somebody who doesn't wear makeup regularly.  I'm itching to go crazy with color but I'm going to keep practicing on myself.

Meanwhile......

I watched The Hunger Games for the second time yesterday!  I loved it just as much as when I watched it the first time. *happy dance*  I really love one of the songs on the sound track.  It's called Eyes Open by Taylor Swift.  One of the artists I subscribe to on youtube made a FANTASTIC cover of the song, which I love just as much if not more than the original.  I'm going to share it here so you guys can all enjoy and and have your socks knocked off.

A Deranged Leprechaun

I'm in one of those phases where I want to keep pushing out makeup looks with a bit of an edge.  Something bright, something bold, something that's lots of fun to put on and wear.  And of course I had to wear it to work while my boss was on vacation for fear she would send me home and make myself more presentable.

Most of these taken after work so excuse the greasy face and faded eyeliner from the waterline =(  I did reapply my lips though!

Here's what it looked like without the gold.

Eyes:

-UDPP

-NYX JEP in Slate

-Sugarpill loose shadows in Tipsy (lid) and Stella (upper and lower lashline, darknening outer corner)

-Inglot eyeshadow in 418P (blended in the crease and lower lashline) and DS 463 (blended over 418P into browbone)

-Too Faced eyeshadow in Silk Teddy (extra brow highlight and inner corner highlight)

-Stila Smudgepot in Kitten (base for inner corner highlight)

-Milani Liquifeye pencil eyeliner in Black

-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Smashbox Healthy FX Foundation in Light 3

-Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Ivory

-MAC Studio Finish Concealer NC20

-Cover FX Setting Powder in Light

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-NARS Blush in Deep Throat

Lips:

-Buxon lipgloss

-Sugarpill loose eyeshadow in Goldilux

-L'oreal HIP Chrome Pencil in Gold Charge

I was pleasantly surprised how my alternative to using a gold lipstick (which I don't own) went with a loose eyeshadow and some lipgloss.  I first applied a very sticky, long lasting lipgloss, then used alternating patting and smudging motions with my finger to spread the eyeshadow, and then went back in with a gold eyeliner to give definition to the lips.  Surprisingly, this lasted me my entire 6 hour shift at work with minimal fading and a bit of settling into the lines on my lips.  The Sugarpill loose shadows are very finely milled, but I could feel some of it going into my mouth and settling under my tongue and in the back of my throat.  It isn't too bad, but feels like I breathed in some dust with my mouth.

In any case, I have midterms and projects coming up so I may not be doing any fun stuff like this for a while.  I hope you guys all had a fun and safe St. Patrick's Day.  I'd love to see what you guys came up with for St. Patrick's Day too!  

FOTD: Ransom

I appreciate all your wonderfully kind words.  Really and truly.  *Hugs you all to bits and pieces*

So I decided to go back in and use an eyeliner and eyeshadow I used in my last look for this look because I loved the colors so much.  The eyeliner being Urban Decay's 24/7 Liner in Ransom and Inglot eyeshadow in 441P.  The look ended up being a little too dramatic than I had intended for a day shift but I liked it nonetheless.

Top: Ransom, 441P
Bottom: 441P over Ransom

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Aveeno Tinted Moisturizer in Medium

-Cover FX Setting Powder

-Bobbi Brown Cream Concealer in Ivory

-MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC20

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Amused

Eyes:

-UDPP

-Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Ransom and Perversion

-Inglot eyeshadows in 441P and 362M

-Browbone highlight from Cargo 2009 Runaway palette

-Stila eyeshadow in Black Cat

-L'oreal Voluminous mascara

Tomorrow I will be chopping off my hair.  Actually, one of my instructors are going to do it for a haircut demo.  It's supposed to become midlength but we'll see what happens.  Of course, I will share with y'all how it goes!

FOTD: Untitled Work Look

Sorry for the lack of imagination.  I really have no idea what to call this look.  But I wore it this past weekend for another day at the ice cream parlor.  I looveeeeeed how the look turned out but HATEEEE the freaking pictures because it makes the makeup look like poop.  Sure, the makeup could use some refining but blahhh.

Anyways, I did this look in the early afternoon and was thrilled to have a bit of sunlight left to take pictures in.

But as it turns out, you really can't see much of the makeup so I resorted back to the harsh flash of my camera:

Yes, I'm kicking myself for not applying makeup properly to my two different sized eyes too.

Face:
-Inglot Face Primer
-Aveeno Tinted Moisturizer in Medium
-MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC20
-Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Ivory
-Cover FX Setting Powder in Light
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Amused

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Inglot eyeshadows in 395P, 422P, DS500, and 352M
-UD 24/7 Liner in Perversion and Oil Slick
-L'oreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips:
-Cover Girl Lip Perfection l/s in Romance

...And just for fun, here is a shot of the chaos that is the desk I use for makeup, cardmaking, and homework:

Like I said, CHAOS.

I feel like I've been using this blog for ranting and look dumping lately.  I have a lighter work load this week so I'm going to try to get some more fun posts in.  Comments? Requests? Randomness?  Let me know!

P.S.  I'm having trouble commenting on some of your blogs.  Blogger tells me that I need to be a member of some of your blogs in order to comment but that's all bullcrap.  I'm signed into blogger and all and I have been able to comment before so I don't know what the problem is.   Sorry :(