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Today I’m wearing the new Bare Minerals Insider: Introducing Color Shift Eyecolor kit. This is the third color shift eye shadow that Bare Escentuals has released. The first two were released earlier this year on QVC, they are Lilac & Grey and Gold & Green. This kit contains:
Gold & Blue colour shift eye shadow
Big and Bright liner in Black Sea
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara (full size, it looks like a mini in the picture)
Boost Blush
Starfruit 100% Natural gloss
Double ended Color shift eye shadow brush
I was a little bit worried about the new colour shift eye shadow because many people on various forums have said that they had a hard time getting the gold to show up. People said that the slightest touch would make the eye shadow turn from gold to blue and some said it turned blue in the cap or before they could get it on their eye. I played with this a little on my hand first to see if I would be able to get swatches. As long as I patted the colour on I did not have a problem with it turning. Based on my experience with the other colour shift colours I always do the blending out first and then pat on the eye shadow where I want it to stay gold. If you don’t want the shadow to turn you cannot swipe it across your eye or even pat over the same place multiple times without reloading the brush. In order to get it to stay gold I gently picked up the shadow with the brush, tapped it, and then patted it on my lid. It does not make a thick even layer so I needed to go back and repeat the procedure 2-3 more times to get full coverage with the gold. Overall I really like the effect, I think this might be my favorite colour shifting eye shadow so far. The blue is very pretty and gets darker the more you buff it.
I also love Black Sea. It is a dark teal that looks much lighter on than it does in the pictures on the box. If you look carefully at the look I did you can see that when applied over the colour shift eye shadow black sea looks brighter than it does when applied alone, as I did along my lower lash line.
Boost is a repeat. It was in another kit earlier this year. However, I still love it.
Starfruit is a nice light pink gloss. I have others that are similar but nothing exactly like it.
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Rock Crystal under brow,
Gold & Blue colour shift buffed in crease and outer corner,
Gold & Blue colur shift pressed on lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,
B&B Black sea lined top and bottom,
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara (FDVM).
CHEEKS: Boost blush
LIPS: Starfruit gloss
The first look was inspired by a discussion on Bare Escentuals Addicts about captivate. Captivate will be in one of the new kits in the August 12th QVC show. So I decided to wear it.
The second look was what I wore last night. Floret looks really good with Las Vegas, I think.
I got finally ordered the colour shift kit and cheek tint kits from Sephora, they should be here wednesady and I can't wait! The new Buxom Lip Tarnish is now in stock online so I ordered wardrobe malfunction and caught on tape. I really can't wait to try those. So hopefully I will have a bunch of new stuff to swatch and wear next week.
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Queen Phyllis Matte under brow,
Big and Bright in Black Gold smudged along upper lash line,
Blushing Bronze in crease,
Captivate lash to crease,
Buxom Amplified mascara.
CHEEKS: Boost Blush
LIPS: Pretty Amazing Bravado
EYES:
PTFE Brightening Pearl,
Tiara under brow,
Fog lash to crease,
Friday lash into crease on outer 1/2ish and dry lined on lower lash line,
French Navy dry lined on top,
FDVM in Blue black.
CHEEKS: Floret blush
LIPS: Las Vegas Buxom with Tarte Charmed over it in the center.
I got the new Buxom Amplified mascara after I heard some very positive reviews of it. The brush is the innovative part of this product. The brush is a thin plastic brush with teeth on it. When you turn the end of the cap you can increase the length of the brush and when you twist it back you shorten the length of the brush. In the longer position the brush is supposed to give you volume, which I think it does. In the shortened position the brush is supposed to seperate and lengthen your lashes. I do think it seperates your lashes well in the shorter position but I'm not sure it lengthens any more in that position than in the other (but if you work the tips of your lashes it does give you quite a bit of length).
Overall I like this mascara. It is a nice dark black and it does create big lashes. The small brush is also good for getting into the root of your lashes and for the outer corners. The formula is thin and goes on smoothly but I tend to get thin formulas on my lash line and on my water line, so if I'm not careful I could end up with a real mess. I tried the brush in both positions on their own and then put it in one position and then the other one after the other. I think my favorite method (so far) is to use the brush in the short position first on one eye then the other and then go back to the first eye with the brush in the long position. That's what I did for today's look. I'll have to use this a little longer to really decide if I love it.
KVD= Kat Von D
EYES:
PTFE Pearl
KVD Missy under brow,
KVD Babe in crease,
KVD Shiba lash to crease,
KVD Cholita in outer corner and dry lined along lower lash line,
KVD Turbo Lover upper lash line,
Buxom Amplified mascara.
CHEEKS: Boost Blush
LIPS: Michelle Buxom gloss
I really like doing colourful looks like this.
EYES:
UDPP Eden,
Cultured Pearl under brow,
Buxom Stay There Saint Bernard lash to crease on middle of lid,
17506 in crease and outer 1/3ish,
Dandelion lash to crease on inner 1/3ish,
Lagoon wet lined on top,
Falsies Flare mascara.
CHEEKS: Boost blush
LIPS: Las Vegas Buxom
Mutt is the last of the Buxom Stay There Palette. It is a great bronze that is perfect for summer. If you are in a hurry you could wear mutt alone and look put together.
I got the bright and beautiful kit (from Ulta) today so I'll be wearing that tomorrow.
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Buxom Stay There Whippet under brow and inner 1/3ish,
Buxom Stay There Mutt lash to crease on outer 2/3,
Restore in crease,
Big and Bright liner in Charbronze top and bottom,
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara.
CHEEKS: Boost
LIPS: Gelato
I'm wearing the purple look today. I thought Gossip's silver sparkle might show up when I foiled it but it really didn't.
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Hot shot under brow,
Diva foiled lash to crease,
Soul Sister in crease,
Gossip foiled lash to crease on outer 1/2ish,
Fyrianne Fyre and Ice wet lined on top,
Falsies Black Drama mascara.
CHEEKS: Miracle blush
LIPS: Vienna Buxom with Tarte Charmed over it.
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Sydney under brow,
High Shine Sand Dune foiled lash to crease,
Amazing Amanda in crease,
Restore in V and outer corner,
Big and Bright in Charbronze top and bottom,
Tarte mascara
CHEEKS: Boost blush
LIPS: Pretty Amazing in Rouge
Every once in a while I feel completely uninspired. That has been the case for the last two days. I try to think of good colour combinations but nothing seems right. So what I did today was to make my look around a colour that I haven't used in ages (gold dipped).
So this is what you get when nothing is coming to me.
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
TSS Marshmellow Mist under brow,
Gold Dipped foiled lash to crease,
Cable Car in crease,
Congac Diamond in outer corner,
Big and Bright in Charbronze top and bottom,
BE Flawless Definition mascara with Buxom mascara over it.
CHEEKS: RSVP as contour, Flourish blush
LIPS: With A Twist gloss
EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Petunia lash to brow,
Oasis lash to crease on outer 3/4,
High Shine Patina in crease and outer corner,
Falsies black drama mascara.
CHEEKS: Boost blush
LIPS: Rose lipstick
