Season Mini Series: Autumn

So I have started a mini series (seeing how there's only four seasons) and I'm starting with Autumn. When I think of Autumn I think of golds, dark greens, and browns...

After putting a primer on I used Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner Glam Brown Eyes in gold for a base. After I had that all over the lid I placed Urban Decay Half Baked on top. Next I mixed Urban Decay Homegrown and Misdemeanor (from the Book of Shadows Vol. II) on the crease with Homegrown towards the inner crease. Then I took Urban Decay Twice Baked into the socket bone to create a little bit more dimension. After that I took the Physician's Formula CreamLiner in Black on the upper lashline and the brown on the lower lashline, then added Maybelline Volum' Express The Falsies on the lashes, and your eyes are done, and for blush I used Benefit Dallas and that all for the look!

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Bright Spring Look

There is nothing I love quite as much as bright makeup! I love adding colors to my eyelids that most people wouldn't. There isn't any rules for makeup, so why not have fun with it? In my search of a bright green color I discovered makeup on Etsy called Vandaleyez and I LOVE LOVE LOVE these colors!

Of course start with a eyeshadow primer. Next I took Vandaleyez Superhero wet and put it on the eyelid. You can add more or less, but I put quite a lot (I like bright colors!) Then I took Vandaleyez Violet Vixen in the crease and brought it up quite a bit. Next I took Vandaleyez Tombstone in the socket bone. For the rest of the eyes I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara, L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner on the top and bottom lash line, for blush I used Benefit Coralista. And that is basically it.

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Music Genre Series: Rock

When I think of Rock I think of Rock I think of purple and as cheesy as it sounds royalty! I also think of Steven Tyler and Mic Jager, so I took a lot of inspiration from them.

Of course always start with Too Faced Shadow Insurance (or any eyelid primer of your choice) After that I used Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Zero all over the lid and smudged it out. Next I used the Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland palette on most of the colors. The first color was Underland on top of the Zero. Then I mixed Mushroom and Vorpal in the crease.oI put Jabberwocky in the outer v and on the smudged it on the lower lashline. That was basically going to be the look, but I thought it was too clean for  rock, so I added Urban Decay Alice on the inner crease, and normally I wouldn't blend too much because it becomes muddy, but I thought hmmm...this is rock, so I did blend it. I left a little bit of just Alice peeking through, because it really is a beautiful color. For a brow and tear duct highlight I used Sugarpill's Tako (I think this is becoming my go to brow highlight). To finish off the eyes I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner on the upper lashline and Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Zero in the water line and used Ardell's 21s for false lashes, just to add some more volume. For blush I used Benefit Dallas

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Music Genre Series: R&B

For this look I drew a lot of inspiration from Beyonce`. When I think of Beyonce` I think of lots of gold, but yet still very natural.

For starters use an eyelid primer, I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I put E.L.F Bronzer in Sun Kissed on the inner lid, and from the Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. II I used Half Baked on the outer 2/3 of the lid and then Too Faced Like A Virgin (from the Pixie Pin-Up palette).  Again from the Urban Decay palette I mixed Perversion and Twice Baked and put it in the outer v with a Essence of Beauty crease brush. I then put Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Rides again in the tear duct. For the brow highlight I used Sugarpill's Tako. To finish off the eyes I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black for mascara, and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black, and with any look inspired by Beyonce you have to have major lashes, so I added Ardell's 21s and 305s to add volume and a more winged look. And for blush I used Benefit Coralista

Element: Earth

Earth is quite simple...add a little green, add a little brown. This is great for an everyday look, and is quite simple.

First of course is Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I took NYX Bright Green all over the lid. Then I used Urban Decay Homegrown on the outer 1/3 of the lid and lower lashline line. Then I took NYX Iced Mocha in the crease, then I took Urban Decay Twice Baked on the outer corner. I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black for the mascara, and L'Oreal Voluminous Eyeliner in Rich Green (this is almost like a marker) I used Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Bourbon on the waterline. For blush I used Benefit Dallas, and for lips I just used Burt's Bees...we are working on a natural look here haha. And that's it!

I don't know what it is but for some reason the whole face I take pictures way after I actually do my makeup, but I guess it's a way to show how the colors wear. And it did last all day, and I really do like the NYX shadows! They are easily blended and creamy in texture. The Iced Mocha color is a great color to wear on a daily basis!

Bright Sunset using Ben Nye Pallet make up tutorial

This has combined some of my favorite things all into one! Bright color, pink, and green! This is probably one of my favorite tutorials that Leesha has done! If you want to watch her video go Here.

I was excited to get to use some Sugarpill colors as well, although they're not shown in their full glory because I had to blend them out a little bit to get the look like Leesha's, but of course that is not necessary.  On the inner 1/3 of my eye lid I used one of my favorite Sugarpill colors Buttercupcake with E.L.F's shadow brush, flip the brush over and use Sugarpill's Flamepoint in the middle of the lid, I blended those two quite a bit. Then I added NYX's Red Pink shadow to the outer 1/3 of the lid with Studio Tools crease brush. I blended that about the Sugarpill colors. I then took Sugarpill's loose eyeshadow in Tipsy on the lower lashline. For a brow highlight I used a matte white from the E.L.F 100 palette.

For mascara I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara in Very Black. I used L'Oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Black, Benefit Dallas for blush, and E.L.F 2 in 1 Conditioning Gloss in Love It.

Wearble Wednesday: Taylor Swift

This was a very easy look to do. It was simple and quick. This would be a great everyday look for anyone, but especially high school age teenagers. The one thing I didn't like is the actual bronze shadow I used didn't work too well with my skin tone. So if anyone has a suggestion for a good bronze eyeshadow, please let me know! If you would like to watch xsparkage's tutorial go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ7kbH4JVqA.

For the first color I used Too Faced Leading Lady, from the Pixie Pin-Ups palette, on the inner corner of my eye. Next I added a bronze color from the E.L.F 100 Palette from the lid to just below the crease. This was the color that clashed with my skin tone haha.

Next I mixed too colors from the E.L.F palette to add to the crease.

After that I added Heaven from the Too Faced Pixie Pin-Ups palette underneath the brow. You can use this shadow to bring down the color a little bit if you need to. Also take a little bit of the original bronze color to the lower lashline. After that I used L'Oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Black, it is a pretty thick line and it wings out. Then I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black Mascara, Benefit Coralista blush, and CO Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint No. 1136 on the lips, and that's it the look is complete.

Fierce Friday (Sexy Saturday?) April 3

This was somewhat of a difficult not necessarily the makeup but finding and mixing colors to match what xsparkage was using. Again I used shadows only from the E.L.F 100 palette. Over all this is a fun and colorful look that will get some attention, but it's good attention =) If you want to watch xsparkage's tutorial go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMqPmJamS60

Of course start off with your favorite eyeshadow base, I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance. The first shadow she used in the inner 2/3's of the eye lid was a golden green, there was a golden green in the palette, but it wasn't gold enough for me, so I added a light golden shade over it

Next on the outer 1/3 of the lid, she mixed two dark blues together, but I just used one.

Then for the crease she used a pink color, again I had to mix two colors, because I don't think just one was close enough to the color she was using

For the brow highlight I used the bottom color, it's a beige color with gold shimmer, and then for the inner color I used the lower color a light golden color with gold shimmer.  

For my lower lashline I used a black with silver glitter

I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara in Very Black, L'Oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Black, Benefit boxed powder in Dallas for Blush, and E.L.F 2 in 1 Conditiong Gloss in Love It on the lips.