EOTD: Naked and Neve Cosmetics

Yesterday I was inspired to use one of my Naked Cosmetics colours. I (shamefully) have a number of their collections and I rarely dip into them! This EOTD features colour #3 from their Mother Nature collection. 

Yesterday I also learned how to properly stack false lashes, so I wanted to try that out too! :)

Here was the result!

Products used:

• Tarte CC Eye Primer
• Barry M Eyeliner Kohl in Black
• Neve Cosmetics in Butterfly, Bonbon and Magma in the crease
• Inglot 329 on the outer portion of the lid and to smoke out the black liner on the lower lash line
• Naked Cosmetics #3 from their Mother Nature collection on the majority of the lid
• Neve Cosmetics Etoile in the duct
• Gabriel Color eyeshadow in Bone below the eyebrow
• NYX Auto Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Brown (I usually don't use this and this reminded me why!)
• Tarte CC Tinted Eyebrow Gel in Medium Dark
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara
• Ardell #109 stacked with Quo #801

Now I want to stack ALLLLLLLLL of my lashes!  Holy smokes!

Neve Cosmetics "Halo" Eye (EOTD and FOTD)

Today I wanted to play around with my new Neve Cosmetics palettes and I decided to do a halo eye.

In Neve Cosmetics's Chiarissimi palette, which is full of gorgeous duochrome shades, there is one called "Unicorno" (a shade they describe as a "magic duochrome old rose with light green reflections") which I figured would be soooo pretty in the center of a halo eye with a dark brown on either side of it.

I'm also still trying to get the hang of applying lashes without also applying black liner as that tends to cover up my eyelid space too much when my eyes are open! Practice makes perfect...but I still have more practice ahead of me!!

And here are the pictures I snapped of the look:

Products used on the eyes:

• Tarte Amazonian Clay CC Eye Primer
• OCC pencils in Sybil and Sebastian applied to the eye as a base. I put Sybil on the inner and outer portions of the lid (and lower lash line) and Sebastian in the center of the lid).
• Neve Cosmetics Espresso applied to the inner and outer portions of the lower lash line and eyelid.
• Neve Cosmetics Noisette applied in the crease.
• Neve Cosmetics Etoile in the tear duct
• Neve Cosmetics Butterfly to highlight the brow bone
• Neve Cosmetics Unicorno applied to the center of the lid and center of the lower lash line
• OCC Sybil pencil on the lower waterline
• UD Ink for Eyes to line the upper waterline
• Quo eyelashes in 806
• Pure Anada Mascara in Black on the upper lashes

On my face--I have OCC concealer in Y2 under the eyes, a bit around the nose, and some on my chin. OCC's lip tar in Concubine on the lips. Pure Anada blush in Fresh Mandarin on the cheeks. And a bit of Inglot 560 through my brows.

It turned out pretty fun, I think!  :)

Yesterday was Pride in Vancouver. I dressed up my eyes!

The August long weekend in Vancouver always signifies the same thing for me: Pride!  Yesterday was the day of the Parade and general festivities around time.  Fun was had by all!

This year I decided to utilize my Whisper Individual False Eyelashes by none other than Sugarpill Cosmetics.  I thought the result was SO FUN.  I shared this look on the Reddit Page (/r/MakeupAddiction) and received some very positive feeback, which is also neato!

Here is a list of the other products I used:

• OCC concealer in Y1 and Y2.
• Inglot 395, 342 and 329 on the eyes.
• Gabriel Color blush in Apricot.
• Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil Bronzer.
• Barry M Bright Turquoise Lengthening Mascara.
• OCC Lip Tar in Concubine.
• The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer.
• ELF Wet Brow Clear Mascara.
• Inglot 560 through the brows.

I was so hesitant to take these babies off that I even had a nap in them.  AND went for a run in the evening.  They stayed in place through that all!!  I hope those of you in the Vancouver area are having a lovely weekend and if you participated in any of the Pride activities, I hope you had a damn good time.  :)

EOTD: Sugarpill Purples!

Hi hi hi hi hi!  

The other day I was very inspired to play with my purples by Sugarpill.  I really wish they would figure out a way to make Poison Plum vegan again so that when my two run out (yes, I bought a back-up old one that is vegan as it is now not available as vegan and hasn't been since 2012, I believe).  In this look I used Poison Plum in the crease, Hysteric on the lid, and Frostine for a tear duct highlight.

I am not sure what Blogger did as it uploaded my pictures, but it seems to have made the colour of Hysteric (the colour on the lid) more vibrant and contrast-y than it is in real life.  

The ever necessary "macro" shot!  This picture shows the colours a bit more true to lift.  

This one is also quite true to life (as is the one below).

  

Products used:

• Mineral Fusion Eyeshadow Primer
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in White
• Inglot Matte 372 in the crease
• Sugarpill Poision Plum in the deep crease and blended up and out
• Sugarpill Tako to highlight the browbone
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy applied to lid and Sugarpill Hysteric patted on top
• Sugarpill Bulletproof to darken the outer lid/outer "v" and applied very closely along the upper lashes
• Sugarpill Poison Plum applied to lower lash line. Hysteric applied on the lower lash line, but closer to the base of the lashes. A bit of Bulletproof at the outer edge of the lower lash line.
• Sugarpill Frostine applied to the tear duct area
• OCC Cosmetic Colour Pencil in Tarred on the waterline and to tightline
• Gabriel Color Mascara in Black on the lower lashes
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara on the top lashes

What is your favorite Sugarpill purple?  Inquiring minds need to know!!

EOTD: MTCoffinz and Inglot

Hi hi!

So I've been playing with my MTCoffinz eyeshadows a lot recently and I'm really enjoying "rediscovering" them!  For this look I wanted to play with my coppers!  I've also made it my life's goal to perfect wearing false lashes without (heavy) eyeliner.  This was my first look where I attempted little to no liner and I have to say, I quite liked the result!

Products used:

• MTCoffinz Under the Rainbow Eyeshadow Primer
• MTCoffinz Anubis in the tear duct
• MTCoffinz Tantrum applied to the whole lid
• MTCoffinz Wired applied to the outer 2/3rd of the lid (over most of the Tantrum)
• Inglot Matte 342 and Matte 329 in the crease and along the lower lash line
• A tiny bit of Inglot Gel Liner in 77 applied super closely to the lashes
• Tarte Inner Rim Brightener applied to the waterline (I think I might have a bad reaction to this product though--the next time I try it, I'll know for sure!  My left eye watered like CRAZY after I applied it...)
• Red Cherry Lashes in #DW
• Gabriel Color Mascara in Black on the lower waterline
• Pure Anada Mascara in Black on upper lashes (before applying the falsies!)

Yep yep!!  Yay for MTCoffinz shadows--they sure are pretty!!

I hope you all are having a lovely weekend and thanks for dropping by!  :)

EOTD: Sugarpill and Madd Style Cosmetics

Hi, and hello!

This evening, whilst getting ready to go over to a friend's to watch the newest episode of Game of Thrones, I decided to dip into some Sugarpill!  I'm in a FB group where we're doing little challenges and the challenge is for us all to use the same colours (or similar colours) in looks to see how we all come up with different ideas, etc.  The challenge for this week was to use Sugarpill's Mochi (or a mint), Sugarpill's Velocity (or a true blue) and Sugarpill's 2am (or a warm purple).  Since 2am isn't vegan, I don't own that one--so I used a warm purple by Madd Style Cosmetics!

And here is the look I came up with:

I think the results are kinda fun!  

Products used:

• Primer
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in White
• Korres Eyeliner Pencil in White
• Sugarpill Candycrush
• Sugarpill Mochi
• Madd Style Cosmetics Ickis
• Sugarpill Velocity
• Sugarpill Tako
• Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Colour Cosmetic Pencil in Poolboy
• Tarte's Inner Rim Brightener
• Pure Anada Mascara
• Barry M Bright Turquoise Mascara

I've had this Barry M mascara for a while and I *thought* it didn't work all that well and so I haven't really played around with it.  I'm *really* happy with how well it showed up on my lower lashes though!  Holy heck!  I gotta use this stuff more often!

EOTD: Inglot and Sugarpill

Good evening!

I have been playing with makeup a lot over the past week or so and realized that I should share some love of it here on my blog!  Let the makeup blogging revival begin!!!!!!!! :)

This evening I celebrated the return of Game of Thrones with a friend of mine (I'll be watching it at her house on Monday evenings and I'm super excited for that as she has read the books, so when I get confused I can ask her questions so that I can understand what the heck is going on!  Woo!) and decided to mark the occasion with some colourful liner.  Sugarpill's Royal Sugar really does make an incredible liner when mixed with a mixing medium!

So what'd I use?

• Mineral Fusion Eye Primer
• Inglot D.S 501 on the lid
• A tiny bit of Inglot Pearl 448 at the outer part of the lid
• Inglot Matte 376 in the crease and blended out with some Matte 390.  376 also applied along the lower lash line
• Inglot D.S 496 in the tear duct area
• OCC Cosmetic Colour Pencil in Poolboy to line the lower waterline
• Sugarpill's Royal Sugar (mixed with Aromaleigh's Indelible Eyeliner Sealant) for winged liner
• Pure Anada Mascara in Black on the upper and lower lashes

Fun fun fun, n'est-ce pas?  :)

Sugarpill Sunset

One of my newest Sugarpill additions is their loose eyeshadow in Royal Sugar.  It is pretty damn gorgeous and I wanted to try it out with the limited edition Asteria (also by Sugarpill) to get some contrasty goodness happening on my eyelids.  I have to say, the results were pretty fun!

I have also been having a LOT of fun experimenting with my new macro lens for my DSLR.  The pictures it takes are amazing and the depth of field blows my mind EVERY TIME.  Bah!

Here is the look that I came up with:

I can't remember all of the products I used, but I did use a lot of Sugarpill colours.  Tako is in the duct and below the brow, Royal Sugar is along the lower lash line, Buttercupcake is in the crease, Asteria is on the lid, and I snuck in a bit of Asylum (also a new colour added to my collection) on the outer part of the lid and it was also lightly blended up into the crease.

Mmmmmmm Sugarpill!  Have you added any new Sugarpill colours to your collection recently?  Which ones??

EOTD: Sugarpill and Inglot Mash-Up

The weather in Vancouver has become dreary (although I have to say I really enjoy the snow--but the grey garbage water that is left behind after the rain starts...I do not like quite so much!) and I decided to counter-balance that with a look that calls on Spring!  Using a combination of Sugarpill Cosmetics and Inglot, I came up with this look:

Here are the products I used: 

• OCC Creme Colour Concentrate in John Doe
• Sugarpill Buttercupcake in the inner lid
• Inglot Pearl 440 in center lid
• Inglot AMC 66 in outer lid
• Sugarpill Tako for the brow highlight
• Sugarpill Lumi in the tear duct
• Sugarpill Mochi on the bulk of the lower lash line
• Inglot Pearl 426 on the outer part of the lower lash line
• Gabriel Black Color Mascara
• Inglot 87 Gel Liner (also applied on lower waterline)

My Inglot liner has been dried out--but I used the miraculous "Duraline" to wake it up.  It did a super good job!

This was a pretty fun look to do.  Something about yellows always make me want to blow them out right in the inner portion of the eye this way.  Buttercupcake was the perfect suspect for such a job!

I hope you're all ready for the holiday season (since it is pretty much upon us!) and thanks for stopping by to take a look at my creation.  :)

EOTD: Sugarpill Drama

Tonight I had this vision of Sugarpill's Poison Plum, Velocity and Goldilux in a look.  Then I had to make it happen!

And then everything was right with the world.  :)

What visions of looks have you had in your head lately??

Sugarpill Extravaganza!

Hello!

Today I pulled out my Sugarpill Cosmetics colours and decided to feature one of my newer colours that I haven't played around with too too much yet: Decora!  Wow is it even gorgeous.  The greenish glitter in it made me want to pair it with Lumi and then I wanted to use Poison Plum too...so I just went with my instincts!  Here is what I came up with:

Products used:

• Random Eyeshadow Primer
• Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Creme Colour Concentrate in John Doe
• Inglot 390 Matte in the crease 
• Sugarpill's Poison Plum in the crease
• Sugarpill's Decora on the lid
• Sugarpill's Lumi in the duct
• Sugarpill's Velocity in the deep crease/lower lash line
• A bit of Sugarpill's Afterparty on the inner portion of the lower lash line
• Sugarpill's Tako for a brow highlight
• Sugarpill's Bulletproof for liner
• A bit of Zuzu Luxe Liquid Liner along the lash line
• Zuzu Luxe Leaf Eyeliner on the lower waterline
• Gabriel Color Mascara in Black on the lower lashes
• Tarte's Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara on the top lashes

What are some of your favorite Sugarpill colours??  I'm very excited because I have the newest three pressed vegan shadows (from the Cold Chemistry collection) coming to me after their Black Friday sale!  Weeeeeeee!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

EOTD: Golden Inglot

Last night I had to go back to work for a couple of hours to do something and I decided to put on some makeup for the occasion!  I find that I haven't been wearing makeup to work as much as I had at one point in time--but inspiration caught me yesterday and I couldn't help myself.

My "neutral" Inglot palette has been sitting out on my computer desk these past few days and I think that was the main inspiration for this look.  Especially, considering, all of these colours came from that palette!!  What I ended up liking about this look is that I mixed some cool taupes/browns with a warm lid colour and I think the effect was kinda nice.  I do wish, however, that I had a warmer duct highlight.  I think that might have helped to pull it together a bit more.

Here was the result:

  

So what did I use?  Well let me tell you!

• The All Natural Face Magic Eyeshadow Primer
• Inglot's 363 Matte in the crease (it's a grey taupe) and outer lid
• Inglot's 419 Matte applied to the lid (a neato metallic antique gold)
• Inglot's 329 Matte (dark brown) applied to the outer lid and deepest part of the crease
• Inglot's 395 Pearl applied to the duct and below the brow
• A mixture of 363 and 329 on the lower lash line
• A bit of Inglot's 64 AMC at both lash lines (applied with a push liner brush to just darken the lash roots)
• A tiny bit of Inglot's 390 Matte (a light beige) to blend more in the crease
• Gabriel Color Mascara in "Black"

And blend blend blend!

Thanks for dropping by!!  If you own any Inglot colours, which ones are your favorite?

EOTD: Steely Inglot

Hi hi!

Yesterday evening I saw the new Superman (Man of Steel) movie and was inspired to use some Inglot colours and do something "steely" for the occasion.  Here's what I came up with!

 

I always get excited when I find a good reason to use a bunch of my Inglot colours.  They are such a joy to work with!  This look also contributed to me being able to use some of my newest brushes (and I really need to put together a post soon showing you all some of my recent new favorite brushes!).

Here is a list of the products used:

• Eyeshadow Primer (I'm not going to say which brand because I recently have come to suspect that they sell their primer as "vegan" when it isn't!)
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in "White"
• Inglot 376 Matte (dark grey) applied to the crease
• Inglot 501 D.S (light matte grey with sparkles) applied above 376 to blend out the dark grey
• Inglot 451 Pearl (metallic gunmetal) applied to the lid
• Inglot 318 Matte (white) applied under the brow
• The duct is a mixture of 318 Matte and 501 D.S.
• A tiny bit of Inglot's 349 Matte (a taupey brown) through the crease
• Inglot 65 AMC (black with silver sparkles) on the outer lid and outer lower lash line.  I also smudged this colour a bit along the upper lash line.
• The lower lash line is 451 Pearl for the most part
• Urban Decay 24/7 liner in "Zero" to line the upper and lower waterlines
• Gabriel Color Mascara in "Black" applied to the upper and lower lashes

And that's that!  Have you seen the new Superman?  What makeup did *you* wear for the occasion?  :)

EOTD: Sugarpill Brights

You know how sometimes an idea will pop into your head and then you can't rest until that idea becomes reality?  Today I had visions of Sugarpill's Buttercupcake intermingling with Acidberry and I knew I had to make it a real thing!

Here is the result:

I used quite a lot of my pressed Sugarpill colours to achieve this look and I was quite pleased with how it came out!

Products used:

• The All Natural Face Magic Eyeshadow Primer
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in "White"
• Sugarpill's Buttercupcake in the inner crease and blended up into the base of my eyebrow
• Sugarpill's Acidberry in the outer crease and blended in toward the Buttercupcake
• Sugarpill's Mochi on the inner half of the lid
• Sugarpill's Velocity in the second half of the lid (leaving some room at the very outer edge of the lid)
• Sugarpill's Poison Plum in the outer most part of the lid and the outer most part of the lower lash line (where I layered it on top of Velocity)
• A bit of Sugarpill's Afterparty to blend the Poison Plum into the Acidberry
• Sugarpill's Tako under the brow
• Sugarpill's Lumi in the duct
• A bit more Mochi and Velocity on the lower lash line
• Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in "Zero" to line the upper and lower waterline
• Inglot's Gel Liner in "77" for the upper liner
• A tiny bit of Sugarpill's Bulletproof to smooth out the upper liner
• Ardell #120 lashes
• Gabriel Color Mascara in "Black"

Ooooh yes!

What is *your* favorite pressed Sugarpill shadow?  I really can't decide!  I love them all and I can hardly wait for Sugarpill to release their new pressed shadows in the summer.  I'm hoping most of them are vegan!!

Thanks, as always, for stopping by.  :)

EOTD: Multi-Company Mash-Up (Sugarpill and Madd Style Cosmetics)

Helloooooo!

Tonight I had the idea to combine Sugarpill's Acidberry & Velocity with a darker blue by Madd Style Cosmetics on the lid.  I wasn't sure if I was going to go for a more blackened lid look, but I do like how it all turned out in the end!  Mixing bright creases with a smokier lid sure is a fun time, I think!  What do you think?

Products used:

• The All Natural Face Magic Eyeshadow Primer
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in "White" applied all over the lid and blended up into the crease/below the brow bone
• The All Natural Face Black "Eyeshadow Primer" (I use this as a base, not a primer.  It creases A LOT if you try to use it as a primer) applied over the mobile part of the lid
• Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in "Yeyo" to line the lower lash line and tear duct area
• Sugarpill's Acidberry applied to the crease
• Sugarpill's Velocity applied to the deeper part of the crease and layered/blended into Acidberry
• Madd Style Cosmetics's Psychic Paper applied under the brow and blended down into Acidberry
• Madd Style Cosmetics's Cheat Code applied to the lid and blended up into Velocity
• Sugarpill's Acidberry and Velocity applied to the lower lash line
• Madd Style Cosmetics's Dreamer's Dream Potion applied to the tear duct
• Korres Eyeliner Pencil to line the lower waterline
• Sugarpill's Tako to set the white pencil on the waterline
• A bit of Urban Decay's 24/7 pencil in "Zero" to tightline the upper lashes/line the upper waterline
• Sugarpill's Bulletproof applied dry as a smoky liner on the upper lash line
• Gabriel Color Mascara in "Black" applied to the upper and lower lashes

Yep yep!!  What colours did *you* wear on your eyes today?  :)

EOTD: Multi-Company Mash-Up (Sugarpill and Madd Style Cosmetics)

A while ago I picked up the new Madd Style Cosmetics "Gloomcookie"--a neato purple taupe colour that has a strong green duochrome.  I just knew that it was going to play nicely with Sugarpill's "Poison Plum" (thankfully I have not one but TWO pans of this colour when it was still vegan!) and so I had to try it out!  I also added some blue, Sugarpill's "Afterparty", to the look for a little somethin' unexpected.  This is the look that resulted:

 Oooooh, fun!! Right?!!

Products used:

• Pure Fusion Eyeshadow Primer (I have reasons to suspect that I was erroneously told that this is a vegan product.  I cannot say for sure at this point, but I don't recommend it to any vegans just because of the suspicions that I have!)
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in "White"
• Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in "Yeyo" to line the lower lash line and lower waterline
• Sugarpill's Poison Plum applied to the crease and along the outer portion of the lower lash line
• Sugarpill's Bulletproof applied to the outer crease/outer "V"
• Madd Style Cosmetics Gloomcookie applied to the entire lid area
• Madd Style Cosmetics Psychic Paper to blend out Poison Plum and added under the brow for a highlight
• Sugarpill's Afterparty applied to the middle of the lower lash line
• Madd Style Cosmetics "Luck Potion" applied to the duct and to set the white pencil on the waterline
• Inglot's Gel Liner in "77"
• Gabriel Color Mascara (lower lashes) and Milani Power Lash (upper lashes)

What colours did *you* use on your eyes today??

Thanks, as always, for dropping by to take a look!  :)

EOTD: Rainbow Multi-Company Mash-Up! (Madd Style Cosmetics, Sugarpill and Naked Cosmetics)

Hi All!

Last night I had some inspiration to pull out my Naked Cosmetics colours and I decided to combine them in a look with Madd Style Cosmetics and Sugarpill!  I only had "plans" for the gold to orange to pink on the upper lid (I hadn't used my Harvest Moon stack by Naked Cosmetics yet AND I hadn't had a chance to play with my newest loose Sugarpill colour, Decora, yet!  So this look was going to accomplish a lot!).  The lower lid turned out kind of rainbow-y and I really like the results!

Products used:

• The All Natural Face Magic Eyeshadow Primer
• NYX Eyeshadow Base in "White"
• Urban Decay 24/7 pencil in "Yeyo" to line the duct and lower lash line
• Madd Style Cosmetics "Enchanted" applied to first 1/3rd of lid
• Naked Cosmetics "Harvest Moon 02" (a super cool orange with a pink duochrome) applied to the center of the lid
• Sugarpill "Decora" on the outer 1/3rd of the lid
• Madd Style Cosmetics "Psychic Paper" to blend out the lid and to highlight under the brow
• Madd Style Cosmetics "Heart of Gold Potion" in the tear duct
• Naked Cosmetics "Harvest Moon 04" applied to the center of the lower lash line
• Sugarpill "Starling" applied to the outer 1/3rd of the lower lash line
• Sugarpill "Poison Plum" applied at the outer outer most part of the lower lash line and blended up into the outer upper lid (into the Decora)
• Inglot's Gel Liner in "77" for the winged liner and to line the upper waterline
• Korres pencil in "White" to line the lower waterline
• Madd Style Cosmetics "Not About the Money" to set the white pencil on the waterline
• Gabriel Color Mascara in "Black" on the upper and lower lashes

The end!  

What are some of your favorite companies to put together in a look?  I think Madd Style Cosmetics, Sugarpill and Naked Cosmetics all played rather nicely with each other here, don't you??  :)