Turn On as an eye shadow

I've been wanting to use Turn On as an eye shadow since I got it. Move over eye bright! Turn on looks so pretty as an eye shadow. I'm sorry I waited this long to wear it like this. It has a subtle sheen on the eye and really makes you look awake. I LOVE it!!!

EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radiance all over,
Turn on lash to brow and more heavily lash to crease,
KVD Frankie in crease and outer 1/3ish,
Lucifer wet lined on top and most of the way on the bottom,
FD Curl and Lengthen mascara.

CHEEKS: Smitten blush
LIPS: Buxom lipstick in Bombay with 7 layer cake gloss over it.

Ahhh Summer: Fireflies

One of my favorite things about summer is the way fireflies look low in the grass at twilight. It is such a magical sight. That's what inspired this look.

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Rock Crystal under brow,
Buxom Stay There Shi Tzu lash to crease,
Wednesday lash into crease in middle of lid,
Enlightened patted lash to crease on inner 1/3ish,
TLC in crease and outer corner,
Shooting Star in outer corner,
Blue Black wet lined on top,
Falsies Black Drama mascara.


CHEEKS: Smitten
LIPS: Tarte Hope lipstain with Lollipop gloss over it.

A Smoky Oasis and A Flashy Princess

I've gotten a few e-mails about Free Shipping this weekend. 100% Pure and Too Faced both have free shipping--so keep an eye out.

Out of all the brightening eye shadow primer I find myself reaching for Opal the most. I hope they release it as a single.

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Creme de la creme under brow,
Energy lash into crease on outer 2/3ish,
Oasis lash to crease on inner 3/4,
Big and Bright liner in Intense black top and bottom,
Falsies mascara.

CHEEKS: Love Radiance
LIPS: Blush Quick Stick
 

EYES:

Prime time for eyes Opal,
Princess under brow,
High Shine Flash lash to crease,
MAC Heritage Rouge lash into crease on outer 2/3,
Onyx lightly in outer corner,
Big and Bright in Stone top and bottom,
Flawless definition Volumizing mascara.


CHEEKS: Smitten
LIPS: Pretty Amazing in Courage

Good Morning Gorgeous: Saturday and Sunday

Honestly I thought I would like Sunday the least out of this set but it is actually a really interesting colour. It is matte and a kind of nudish pink brown. Because it has so much pink in it it looks good with purples. I thought it would be hard to get it to show up but it really wasn't.

EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Saturday under brow,
Sunday lash to crease,
Lucky Penny in crease and outer 1/3,
Deep Amythest wet lined on top, Lucky Penny dry on bottom,
Black Tea mascara.
CHEEKS: Smitten
LIPS: Bavarian Creme lipstick

eek so much new stuff!

I got a bunch of new stuff, some from the Sephora sale, some from the preview and some from the Q. I don't even know where to start. Hopefully this weekend I will have time to do some swatches with the new stuff but I think I will just post my looks with a few new things until then.

Here is what I got: Good Morning Gorgeous (from QVC), Buxom Stay There in Husky, LORAC liquid luster, Anistasia Brow Wiz in Brunette, High Shine Meteroite, High Shine Ice, High Shine Flash and the Argan and green coffee eye serum from Shea Terra.

I played around with the liquid luster a bit and used it in the first look. I mixed a little LL with a little bit of eye drops and the onyx liner. It lightened the liner and made it sparkly. I want to try it under and eye shadow, over an eye shadow, and mixed with an eye shadow--I'll do swatches when I can. The LL is a clear fluid with white and irridescent gold sparkle in it.

The Buxom Stay There shadow in Husky is a light blue (I'm wearing this in the frist look too). I really love it. I didn't think I would need it but then I saw it in person at Sephora and couldn't believe how pretty it is. I think it will look good with lots of colours or by itself.

I tested the 7 eye shadows in the Good Morning Gorgeous kit on my hand and like most of them. I don't think these shadows are ment to be used together. Some of them will work together but I think you will need to come up with your own combinations. Some of the shadows are quite sparkly. The blue shadow, Monday, is not like any other blue I have so that is cool. Tuesday is a really pretty mid-tone pink that will look good with Saturday a very light pink with big clear/silver sparkles in it (it is similar to Tiara but with a different kind of sparkle in it). Wednesday is green and very similar to Exotic Victoria but Wednesday has a smokier base than Exotic Victoria. Thursday has a brown base with greenish gold irridescence, it has a different look than many BE shadows. Friday I need to play with more. Sunday is a nude brown that is matte in a nice way, it's one of those shadows that creates a blurred look which in the right combination can look very professional and elegant.

The High shines are very pretty. I like them all. Ice is similar to HS Charisma--I will swatch them side by side. High shine flash is a really nice pale lavender. HS Meteroite has a smoky purple-ish grey base with a pinky bronze shine (I'm wearing this in the second look).

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Buxom Stay There Sheepdog under brow and inner corner,
Buxom Stay there Husky lash to crease,
Oz in crease and outer corner and dry along lower lash line,
Onyx mixed with Lorac Liquid Lustre wet lined on top,
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara, then curled.


CHEEKS: Smitten
LIPS: Berry Rush gloss

EYES:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Saturday dry under brow and foiled lash to crease,
High Shine Meteroite lash to crease on outer half and into crease,
Lucky Penny wet lined on top, HS Meteroite dry along lower lash line,
Flasies Black drama mascara then curled.

CHEEKS: Pink Ribbon blush
LIPS: Tarte Pouty
 

Quietly

I was not feeling well today, I think I have some sort of cold, so I needed to do something simple. I have my MAC pigments in my train case so I just decided to use a couple of those. If you wanted to do a similar look with Bare Escentuals you could use water lily and magical.

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
LORAC Beige under brow,
MAC Quietly lash to crease,
MAC Heritage Rouge in crease and outer 1/4,
Buxom Shadow stick in 5" Stiletto lined on top,
Tarte mascara.


CHEEKS: Smitten blush
LIPS: Tarte Envy

 

The Perfect Gift A-D #2: Just What You Wanted

This is the second installment in The Perfect Gift A-D. I especially like the blush and lip stuff from this kit. I think I will be able to get a better idea of what the lip stuff is like now that I have it in a colour I will actually wear. The eye shadows are similar to other colours I have and while they are pretty, if you've already got the other colours you don't really need these. I love the colour of the Big and Bright eye liner it is a bright navy. If I was going to substitute a powder shadow for midnight I would say that Sailor is probably pretty close. I like the Big and Bright liners but I am not as skilled with them as I am with the minerals and it is hard to get even lines (my eye liner is really uneven today!).

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Thoughtful dry lash to brow,
Thoughtful foiled lash to crease,
Treasured lash into crease on outer 1/2ish,
Big and Bright Midnight liner top and bottom,
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara.


CHEEKS: Smitten Blush
LIPS: Pretty Amazing lipcolour in Charisma.