A Pop of Purple

I really love the primetime for eyes in opal. It is light enough to wear all over the lid and I like the sheen it gives Wildflower. Sapphire is a little darker in person.

EYES:

Primetime for eyes Opal,
Embrace under brow,
Wildflower lash into crease,
Vivid in crease,
Sapphire wet lined on top,
Flawless Definition (FD) with FD Volumizing mascara over it.


CHEEKS: Miracle
LIPS: Plumtini gloss

Bare Escentuals: Bright Now

A new kit showed up at Sephora a few weeks ago. The focus of the Bright Now kit is skin brightening products. The kit contains the Brightening foundation primer (the same one that came in the Re-think A-D), Eye Bright eye shadow, Boost blush, Energy Drink natural lipgloss, the Volumizing flawless definition mascara, and the fast and flawless brush.

I never really used face primer (I didn't think I needed it) then I tried the brightening primer. I like the brightening primer because it helps my under eye concealer stay on better and I think it looks better than what I was doing before. So I use the brightening primer and like it very much. You do need to shake it vigourously to keep it mixed properly.

I like the volumizing mascara. It seperates my lashes and is a nice basic mascara. I don't get dramatic results with it but it's pretty good.

Eye Bright is a very light pink with a sheen. It is not sparkly at all. It is one of those colours that might be better described as pink leaning rather than full on pink. It has a white cast to it and I'm sure on some people the pink will not register. I did comparison swatches so you could get a sense of what other colours it is similar to. I think it is closest to Euphoria but it does not have the same texture and it shows up as less pink than euphoria. Overall I think it does brighten the eye area and it is a very versitile colour.

Boost is the blush in this kit. Boost is a pinky-peach with gold sparkle. On my skin tone it looks pink. Bare escentuals has really been knocking it out of the park lately with the blushes.

Energy Drink--awesome! I love this gloss it is also a pink with a little gold sparkle. By itself it makes your lips look enhanced (with respect to colour) but also soft and glossy. I love the look of it by itself. It is the perfect consistancy. It is not really think or thin. In the second look I added a little boost to the gloss (as they suggest on the box) and it looks nice that way too but I like it alone best.

The Fast and Flawless brush is great! I can't believe I did not already have this in my brush collection. It is perfect for putting minerals under the eyes and concealing. The brush evenly distributes the minerals so you don't get any caking. I also used it as an all over eye shadow brush. This one will be staying in the brush roll.

Overall I would recommend this kit. I like everything in it and almost everything is new (at least the eye shadow, blush and gloss are).

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Eye Bright lash to brow,
Eclipse wet lined on top,
Flawless Definition Volumizing mascara.


CHEEKS: Boost Blush
LIPS: Energy Drink Gloss 

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Eye Bright lash to brow,
Wildflower lash into and above crease on outer 1/2,
Vivid in crease and outer corner,
Berry Flambe wet lined on top Vivid along lower lash line,
Flawless definition with Volumizing over it.


CHEEKS: Boost, Gold mV, brightening primer
LIPS: Boost with Energy drink over it.

Magnifique!!!

Magnifique (the darker colour from the TSV) is so pretty, and I'm so happy that it's not brown, I had to do a look that highlights its beauty. Magnifique has a lot of depth and a sophistication that makes it perfect for day or night.

I tried to use a mix of colours from recent kits for this look. The only one that is an old colour is Hyacinth. Hyacinth may not be new but it is a must have.

EYES:
PTFE, wr/cr,
Hyacinth lash to brow,
Vivid in middle of crease and in the middle lash to crease,
Magnifique in outer crease and outer 1/3 of lid and wet lined on top and dry lined on outer corner of lower lash line,
Tarte mascara.


CHEEKS: Pink Ribbon blush
LIPS: Sherbert lipstick with Kir Royal gloss over it.

VIVID

Since I did a look with limelight I thought I would do a look with vivid. I really like the colour of vivid but I did have some trouble foiling it. It got kind of splotchy even when I made the foiling mixture thicker. So to fix it I used a dry brush with a little bit of vivid on it to even things out. I think it worked out okay.

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
Cultured Pearl lash to brow,
Vivid dry in the crease,
Vivid foiled lash to crease on outer 3/4,
Sapphire in lash into crease on outer 1/3,
Cupcake lash to crease on inner 1/3ish,
French Navy wet lined on top,
Maybelline Falsies mascara.


CHEEKS: Irresistable blush
LIPS: Cherries on Top

Bare Escentuals: Big Bright & Bold Collection

Bare escentuals put out a new little collection with some great colours about a week ago: Big Bright & Bold. The colours are limelight, a light green with a beautiful sheen and Vivid a bright purple!! I love them both. There is also a Big and Bright liner pencil in Indigo in this kit but I haven't used it. It also comes with the small tapered shadow brush. Overall it is a really great collection and it was about $24 with tax and shipping from QVC. I think this kit will be in boutiques and probably other places because it came in a box:

When new kits come out people inevitably start comparing the new colours to the old colours. I think both colours are unlike anything I have already. I decided to do a bunch of swatches so you can get a feel for how these colours compare with others you might already have. I have pictures in the jar and swatched. All swatches are dry.

Vivid

Vivid is in the center of the picture.

Flash

Sunlight

No Flash

Limelight

Flash

Sunlight

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

LimeLight dry under brow,

Limelight foiled lash to crease,

Vivid in crease,

Berry Flambe in outer 1/4,

Berry Flambe wet lined on top dry line don the bottom 1/2 way,

mascara.

CHEEKS: Posh blush

LIPS: Bavarian creme