Snow Kisses

Sometimes nature does you a kindness. Tuesday as I left work I stepped out into a light snow. The snow was delicate and floated on the air like feathers. As I walked through it, tiny snowflakes touched my face and it felt like a thousand little kisses. The snow stuck in my hair and swirled around me. It is moments like this that I feel wedded to the beauty of nature.  

EYES:

Primetime for eyes,
50/50 mix well rested/clear radaince all over,
Snowflake lash to brow,
KVD Sixshooter in crease and outer 1/3ish,
Snowflake again lash to crease,
KVD Lucifer wet lined on top,
NYX Jade glitterliner over Lucifer,
Falsie Black Drama mascara.


CHEEKS: LORAC Pink Paradise cheek stamp
LIPS: Vienna Buxom lipstick with Poof in the center.

A Lucky Penny and a Candy Cane

I decided to use Lucky penny on its own so you could get a real sense of what it looks like blended out. It is very smoky so I added some High shine glisten to bring back the sparkle.

The second look was inspired by a game--the idea was to do a Christmas candy look. Of course I thought of candy canes. It's more pink than red but I think it has the spirit of candy. I added some purple to tone it down a little because I had to meet with students yesterday.

EYES:
PTFE, wr/cr,
Dandelion lash to brow,
Lucky penny lash into and above crease on outer 2/3,
High Shine Glisten lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,
B&B Intense Black liner,
Falsies Black Drama mascara.

CHEEKS: Pink Tourmaline
LIPS: Rose Crepe lipstick

 
 

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Snowflake lash to brow,
Snowmandance red in crease and outer corner,
Snowflake over SD red to blend,
B&B in Slate along upper lash line,
Tarte mascara.

CHEEKS: Heaven
LIPS: With a twist lipgloss

Buxom Samantha's Smoky Eye Video

I did a look with the "Samantha's Smokey Eye" kit a while back but haven't played much with it until now. The new product in the kit is the Buxom eye shadow stick. I find it a bit hard to work with but I like the overall effect. Smokin' Pistol is a very dark black. By itself it is very very dramatic but you can easily soften the look by putting a shadow over it. I find it hard to get a really even layer of colour over my entire lid by blending, so I like to add another colour over it to even it out and soften the edges.

In the first look I used a purple shadow over Smokin' pistol and in the video I used Tinsel (blue).

EYES:

PTFE, wr/cr,
Snowflake under brow,
Buxom Smokin' Pistol lash to crease,
Snowmandance Amythest over smokin' pistol,
Buxom mascara.


CHEEKS: Chica Blush
LIPS: Sugared Strawberry gloss.

The Video Look:

EYES:
PTFE, wr/cr,
Clarity under brow,
Buxom Smokin' Pistol in a thick line and smudged out lash to crease,
Tinsel in crease and over smokin pistol
Buxom mascara.


CHEEKS: TTYL blush
LIPS: Samantha Buxom

Early Morning Sky

I get up really early to go exercise. A few days ago the sky looked so beautiful it seemed unreal. The stars were so bright in the inky blue background and the clouds were lit with beautiful colours. The sky inspired me to wear blue with a little twinkling white.

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Kindness under brow,

Wearable blue dark lash into crease,

Snowflake lash to crease on inner 1/3ish,

Blue Black wet lined on top,

Mascara.

LIPS: Shell lipliner with gloss over it.

Pink Smoky Eye Video

A while ago I saw this cover of the New Yorker and thought that it would make a great smoky eye. Then today someone posted this tutorial by Bravon (a much loved Bare Escentuals makeup artist) where he goes step by step and explains how to do a pink smoky eye. So I decided to do a look based on these two sources of inspiration.

Bravon suggests Snowflake, a smoky purple/grey, Angel and the Big & Bright eye liner in black for his pink smoky eye but I wanted something a little more cranberry so I went with Snowflake, Popular and Rock Star.

If you wanted to use his colour choices I think Smoky Sequins or Amythest would be a nice crease colour. Neither of them are grey but they are both nice dark sparkly purples.

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
Snowflake lash to brow,
Rock Star in crease and outer 1/4ish,
Popular lash to crease on inner 3/4,
Rock star wet lined on top,
Flawless Mascara.

CHEEKS: Glee Radiance as blush
LIPS: Sticky Buns/Muffin Top

And here is the video: