BE Good Morning Gorgeous: Wednesday

Wednesday is so pretty! Laura (from the Bare Escntuals addicts forum on Delphi) did a look with Wednesday and Utopia and it looked really good. This look was inspired by her look (I don't have utpoia).

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Creme de la Creme under brow,
Aquamarine in crease and outer corner,
Wednesday lash to crease,
Black Emerald in V,
Black emerald dry on lower lash line and wet lined on top,
Flawless Definition with FD Volumizing over it then curled.


CHEEKS: 100% Pure Chiffon blush
LIPS: Lacy Buxom

Three Tarte Lipstains Three Looks

I wanted to wait to post these looks until I had worn all three lipstains. Overall I really like the Tarte Lipsurgence crayons. I think they stay on pretty well. They do not last all day but you will have colour on your lips all day. The matte lipstain did come closest to lasting all day. I don't usually wear a matte lip so I wanted to put gloss over the stain but didn't. The sparkly texture feels smooth on the lips. It catches the light in a nice way and is not frosty or weird looking. I think my favorite texture is the the glossy texture. I like that the glossy texture can go on sheer but be built up. I like the feel of those the best. I think out of this set I like Moody and Pouty best. Pouty is a little darker than I thought it would be. I wish they would make a set like this in some of the lighter shades.

EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Chenille under brow,
Cherish lash to crease,
Vivid in crease,
Berry Flambe in outer corner,
Everyday Minerals Mystic Night wet lined on top,
mascara.


CHEEKS: Pink Tourmaline
LIPS: Tarte Envy

 
 
I tried to curl my hair with rollers--it ended up looking poofy and not the way I was hoping it would look.
 

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Steam lash to brow,
Thoughtful lash into and abvoe crease on outer 2/3,
Aquamarine lash to crease on outer 1/3ish,
Crown lightly in outer corner,
Crown Wet lined on top Aquamarine dry on bottom,
Rimmel Sexy Curves mascara.

CHEEKS: Giddy Pink
LIPS: Tarte Pouty

EYES:
Primetime for eyes,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radaince all over,
High Shine Charisma under brow and lash to crease on inner 1/3,
Marquis lash to crease and into crease on outer 1/3ish,
Suspense in crease and outer corner,
Luxe dry lined top and bottom,
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara.


CHEEKS: So Fab blush
LIPS: Tarte Moody lip stain

Big Truck

This look was inspired by a Mack Truck that was in front of me while I was driving around yesterday. It was sea green with silver trim and I thought it looked nice.

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Clarity under brow,
Buxom Stay there Chihuahua lash to crease,
Aquamarine in outer part of crease and outer 1/3ish,
Key Lime in middle of crease and lid,
French Navy wet lined on top, Aquamarine dry lined on bottom,
Rimmel mascara.


CHEEKS: Avant-Garden blush
LIPS: Las Vegas Buxom

BE Cares Enlightened, Starlight and a layered look with HS Frost

In addition to getting all the High Shine colours during the preview I also got the new BE Cares charity colour Enlightened. Enlightened is a very pretty sparkly gold (it looks almost like a much much lighter version of Meow--and not glittery). I really like that BE supports a cause every few months and all the colours they have created are beautiful. I should do a post with all the charity colours sometime.

I also got Starlight which is a newer colour. It is a beautiful very sparkly peachy pink.

I have this theory that HS Frost makes a nice bottom layer with darker colours over top. So I did a look to test this theory and I think that it works. Frost can be transformed by putting a darker colour over it. I tried it with a few glimpses and matte shades on my hand and it didn't seem to work as well as with the glimmers I tried (I tried it with purrfect and catwoman--I will defintily be doing a look with Frost and catwoman--it looked awesome!).

Enlightened

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Enlightened dry lash to brow,

Wicked in crease and outer 1/2ish,

Enlightened lightly foiled lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,

Lush Topaz wet lined on top,

Tarte mascara.

CHEEKS: Golden Gate

LIPS: Jelly Roll

Starlight

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

LORAC Beige under brow,

Trinity dry in crease then foiled lash to crease on outer 1/2,

Starlight foiled lash to crease on inner 1/2,

Sugar Plum wet lined on top,

Flawless mascara.

CHEEKS: Precious Pearl blush

LIPS: Rose Quick Stick.

Aquamarine and HS Frost

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,
Believe under brow,
Aquamarine in crease,
Frost lash into crease,
Aquamarine over frost,
KVD Daggers in outer corner and dry along lash line,
Tarte Mascara.

CHEEKS: Optimist
LIPS: Sugared Strawberry



Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard and Laura Does London: A Look and Swatches

I'm so excited toady--I got a bunch of new stuff and had to try as much of it as possible! So I did some comparison swatches of the Buxom Laura Does London collection and I swatched Buxom Stay there in Saint Bernard.

I only got one stay there shadow because I don't really wear cream shadows all that often. But my first impression is that I will be wearing the buxom shadow a lot! It has a nice mousse texture that blends easily. It is not really sparkly but it does have some sparkle. Saint Bernard is a beautiful green/blue. It definitly registers more green than blue. It is bright but dark enough to wear as a crease colour. I applied it with my finger in the swatch, then when I did my eyes I used a synthetic brush on one eye and a natural hair brush on the other. The colour payoff was very similar and it washed out of both brushes easily. If I were going to use it in the crease or if I wanted a thinner layer of colour I would use the natural hair brush. Overall my first impression of Stay There is very positive.

Here are the brushes I used and a few pictures of Saint Bernard:

I also got the Laura Does London collection. The kit has a Buxom Lipstick in London and a Buxom Gloss in Laura. London is very pale, pearly, neutral to cool pink. Laura is hot pink and it has a creamy look too it. So while it is not a full coverage buxom it is more opaque than many of the other sheer buxoms. Over London it looks very opaque. I love both colours. I did some comparison swatches with other buxoms people have suggested these are similar to.

London Alone

London with Laura over it

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard lash to

crease,

Aquamarine in crease and outer 1/4ish,

Masquerade lash to crease on outer 1/2ish

blended into aquamarine,

Midnight diamond wet lined on top, Aquamarine

dry on bottom,

Buxom Mascara.

CHEEKS: Giddy Pink Blush

LIPS: Buxom lipstick in London by itself in

the first picture and then London with Laura

Buxom over it in second picture.