A look with Pond

A friend on Facebook was looking at old Bare Escentuals kits and posted about how the Ponder kit was always a challenge to use. So here is my attempt to make Pond wearable. Pond is blue green and I think would look better with white or something like Faith. But here it is with envy (also in the kit).

Envy lash to brow, Pond lash into crease and then heavily on the lid, a little more envy over pond on the inner corner, BE Black liquid liner, and Live (I think this was in the kit too) dry along lower lash line.

 

 

 

 

A look with some Bare Minerals holiday colours I already have

I was looking at all the holiday kits last night and it inspired me to do a look with some of the colours in the new kits that I already have. I really miss using all my shadows!

 

 

EYES: Steam lash to brow,
Gem lash into crease on outer 1/2,
Mistletoe center of lid,
Lagoon wet lined on top, Gem dry lined on bottom,
Lash Domination mascara.

LIPS: Moxie in Dare Devil 

 

 

April for April

This look features April from the Bare Escentuals Year of Beauty kit. When I saw April I knew it would be one of my faves. It is a really nice green and it looks really good foiled.

EYES:
Primetime for eyes,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radiance all over,
Enlightened under brow,
April foiled lash into crease,
Pond in crease and outer corner,
KVD Navy from Metal Orchestra wet lined on top,
KVD Med blue from Metal Orchestra dry along lower lash line,
Smoky Lash mascara.

LIPS: Las Vegas Buxom

Dove Gray and Amythest

Most of the elements in this look are from one of the holiday collections.

EYES:
Primetime Primer Shadow in Dove Gray,
Swanky under brow and inner corner,
Amythest in crease and outer corner and along lower lash line,
Big and Bright in Intense black upper lash line,
Falsies mascara.

Bare Escentuals: Bare Minerals Insider Introducing Hydrating Lip Tint and Bare Escentuals Trend Report: Frill Seeker

I got two new Bare Escentuals kits and since they are both complete simple looks I managed to actually wear them.

The first kit is the Bare Minerals Insider Introducing Hydrating Lip Tint. This kit is $36 at Sephora and has the hydrating lip tint in Luscious, Prime time primer shadow in Rose Nectar, Round the clock liner in 3PM, Flawless definition volumizing mascara in Black and Peek-a-boo blush.

The primer, lip tint and blush are all new colours and the lip tint is a new product. I really love this kit. This is a great simple quick look. The hydrating lip tint is a really great product it has a cool smooth feel to it and it almost gives you a little lip stain. It feels like a liquid lip balm. It is not thick or sticky and once the gloss is gone the colour stays. I love this product.

I also like the Rose Nectar primer because it is dark enough to look like I look like I have shadow on but light enough to wear lash to brow.

EYES:
Prime Time primer shadow in Rose Nectar more heavily on the lid and blended up to the brow,
Big and Bright liner in Black Gold along upper and lower lash line,
Falsies mascara.

CHEEKS: Peek-a-boo blush
LIPS: Hydrating lip tint in Luscious

The second kit I got was the Trend Report: Frill Seeker. It has two eye shadows, Mademoiselle and Splendid, a blush in Sweet Cheeks, Round the Clock liner in Midnight, and Pretty Amazing Gloss in Exuberance. Both eye shadows are really pretty. Mademoiselle is a great neutral with a little luminosity, it would be great as an all over lid colour. Splendid is a bronze with a smoky base and some pinkish overtones. Splendid has the consistency of the high shine eye shadows. It is not overly orange and since it has a smoky base it looks really pretty smoked out.

I'm not a huge fan of the Pretty Amazing lipsticks because they are kind of thick for my taste but I do love the Pretty Amazing gloesses and this one is a great bright colour for spring. The blush in this kit is really pretty too. I am not a fan of the round the clock liners. I have had really bad experiences with them but some people love them.

EYES:
Primetime for eyes,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radiance all over,
Mademoiselle under brow,
Splended lash into crease,
Big and Bright liner in Black Gold upper and lower lash line,

Falsies mascara.

CHEEKS: Sweet cheeks blush
LIPS: Pretty Amazing Gloss in Exuberance

Bare Escentuals: Year of Beauty

I had my baby in January and haven't really had time to do my makeup let alone post looks. But since she is sleeping right now I thought I would try to post at least a few looks.

I don't have swatches of Year of Beauty but I think you will get a sense of the colours from the looks. I did some of these looks before I had the baby so I don't really remember exactly what I did.

This is what I wore yesterday:

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radiance all over,
December under brow,
February lash to crease,
October in crease,
May in outer corner,
Big and Bright Intense black,
Buxom Amplified mascara.


CHEEKS: Pink Petal blush
LIPS: Buxom Amsterdam with Tarte Dazzled over it.

June, April, July, Rosy Outloook blush, Tarte Hope, Lolipop gloss

December, Tarte Smoldereyes Violet, Rose Gold Radiance, Dare Devil gloss

Tarte Beige Smoldereyes, August, September, TTYL blush, Tarte Glitzy

A Teal Look

Sorry it has been a while since I've posted any looks. I have been busy with the end of the semester and trying to get everything ready for the baby.

I am hoping to get the Tarte Smoldereyes set from Sephora tomorrow and the Year of Beauty set from Bare Escentuals in the next few days. So hopefully I will be able to post some looks with both of those sets this week.

Today I decided to do a nice bright look with Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard. In doing this look I discoverd that Max Volume (the teal from the Playlist) actually looks dark teal over saint bernard--so that was awesome.

EYES:

PTFE Brightening Pearl,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radiance all over,
Buxom Stay There Saint Bernard lash into crease,
Max Volume (R) in crease and outer corner and along lower lash line,
One Hit Wonder (R) under brow and inner corner,
Big and Bright liner in Midnight Moon upper lash line,
Falsies winged mascara.


CHEEKS: Pink Petal Blush
LIPS: Bavarian Creme lipstick