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.

Well Blended High Shine looks

In both of these looks I used the high shine colour as a base and in the crease and then blended other colours over them. I really like the way it looks. If you find the high shines a bit too shiny you might try them this way.

EYES:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Iced under brow and inner corner,
High Shine Pewter in crease and lash to crease on outer 1/2ish,
Shoorting Star lightly lash to crease,
Crown lightly lash to crease on outer 1/3ish,
Onyx wet lined on top and part of bottom,
Buxom mascara.

CHEEKS:Intrigue
LIPS: Pretty Amazing in Bravado

EYES:

Primetime for eyes Pearl
Exquisite Diamond under brow,
High Shine Metiorite lash into crease on outer 2/3ish,
Golden Ruby lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,
Bark wet lined on top,
Flawless definition volumizing mascara.

CHEEKS: Tropical Radiance, Sorbet blush
LIPS: Berlin buxom lipstick

Limelight, Shooting star, and French Navy

A little bright blue never hurt anyone.

EYES:

Primetime for Eyes Pearl,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radince all over,
Limelight dry under brow and then foiled lash to crease,
Shooting star in crease and outer corner,
French Navy in outer corner and wet lined top and bottom,
BE Flawless definition Volumizing mascara.

CHEEKS: RSVP for contour, Avant-garden blush
LIPS: Sherbert lipstick with Kir Royal gloss over it.

Two Crazy Looks with a Video

Today I had no plan. I didn't really feel like putting on makeup or getting out of bed (why is it so hard to get up in winter?). So this look is the result of me selecting whatever appealed to me in the moment.
Update: I finally got the video for the second look to upload. I added it at the end.

EYES:
PTFE, wr/cr,
Buxom Stay There in Saint Bernard lash to crease and blended up,
MAC Reflects teal lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,
MAC Night Light in crease and above crease and outer corner,
Benefit Lust duster in Snow bunny to blend out the edges of night light and under the brow and inner corner,
KVD Gunner and another green in outer crease and 1/3 of lid,
KVD Lucifer lightly in crease and outer corner to darken and wet lined on top,
UD 24/7 liner in covet along lower lash line blended out with KVD shadows on the inner 1/2,
Falsies Black Drama mascara.


CHEEKS: Desert Rose blush
LIPS: Buxom London with Tarte Charmed tinted lip balm over it.

I spent most of Sunday working on the video for this look but youtube won't let me upload it. So I have no idea if I will ever be able to figure out what is wrong and get it uploaded. If I do I'll update the post with the video.

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Snowflake under brow,
MAC Grape in crease and outer corner,
Shooting Star lash to crease,
French Navy in outer corner and wet lined on top and outer corner of lower lash line,
Tarte mascara.

CHEEKS: Avant-Garden blush
LIPS: Fruit Cocktail gloss

Bright and Dark

I was in a blue mood today. I really like Pink Petal blush.

EYES:
PTFE, wr/cr,
Creme de la creme under brow,
Buxom Stay There Bull dog lash into crease,
Shooting Star lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,
High Shine Vapor in crease and along lower
lash line,
Tarte mascara.


CHEEKS: Pink Petal
LIPS: Kanani Buxom

Bare Escentuals: I Wish collection

The "I Wish" collection was one of the new eye shadow sets in the last Q show. I love it when BE does all new eye shadows in one set. These colours are amazing.

Dandelion is really special. It is a pale green that transforms the other colours (I don't know if it is supposed to do that but it does). It looks great by itself and I think I will use it a lot. I don't have anything close to it in my collection.

Shooting Star is beautiful. I love anything in the teal family and this is no exception. It does look like Ell-if-I-know but they are not the same. EIIK is a totally different colour, has silver sparkle, and has a matte base, while Shooting star has a more uniform glimmer texture and green sparkle. In the swatches they look pretty similar but because of the textural differences they are both worth having (unless you don't like teal in which case you are crazy lol).

Lucky Penny is not what I expected at all when I saw it on the Q. Jess posted swatches and I was really happy to see that Lucky penny is purple! It has a deep matte smokey base with plum and bronze-ish sparkle. It looks very similar to 1990s but again the texture is completely different and that makes it unique.

Overall, although these colours look similar to other I have I think that they are actually quite different. I think they are worth having. I really like how the look turned out. You can see that they blended out very well.

 EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Dandelion lash to brow,
Shooting Star lash into and above crease on outer 1/2ish,
Lucky Penny in outer 1/4 and part way into the crease and along lower lash line,
Lucky Penny wet lined on top,
Too Faced Pinpoint mascara.


CHEEKS: boost blush
LIPS: Tarte tinted lip balm in Summer fling