BE Cares Enlightened, Starlight and a layered look with HS Frost

In addition to getting all the High Shine colours during the preview I also got the new BE Cares charity colour Enlightened. Enlightened is a very pretty sparkly gold (it looks almost like a much much lighter version of Meow--and not glittery). I really like that BE supports a cause every few months and all the colours they have created are beautiful. I should do a post with all the charity colours sometime.

I also got Starlight which is a newer colour. It is a beautiful very sparkly peachy pink.

I have this theory that HS Frost makes a nice bottom layer with darker colours over top. So I did a look to test this theory and I think that it works. Frost can be transformed by putting a darker colour over it. I tried it with a few glimpses and matte shades on my hand and it didn't seem to work as well as with the glimmers I tried (I tried it with purrfect and catwoman--I will defintily be doing a look with Frost and catwoman--it looked awesome!).

Enlightened

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

Enlightened dry lash to brow,

Wicked in crease and outer 1/2ish,

Enlightened lightly foiled lash to crease on inner 1/2ish,

Lush Topaz wet lined on top,

Tarte mascara.

CHEEKS: Golden Gate

LIPS: Jelly Roll

Starlight

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,

LORAC Beige under brow,

Trinity dry in crease then foiled lash to crease on outer 1/2,

Starlight foiled lash to crease on inner 1/2,

Sugar Plum wet lined on top,

Flawless mascara.

CHEEKS: Precious Pearl blush

LIPS: Rose Quick Stick.

Aquamarine and HS Frost

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,
Believe under brow,
Aquamarine in crease,
Frost lash into crease,
Aquamarine over frost,
KVD Daggers in outer corner and dry along lash line,
Tarte Mascara.

CHEEKS: Optimist
LIPS: Sugared Strawberry



More High Shine Looks

I dedicated this week to doing a look with each of the new high shine colours. I really like all of them. If you want to get some to do day time looks I think the most neutral is Glisten, but Patina and Moonshine are also very wearable. Electric and Frost are better for more dramatic looks, but I think it would be easy to do a day time look with these as well. You could layer a darker colour over Frost so that the silver just peeks through and you could just use Electric in the crease or as a liner. Since I had so many pictures to post I thought it would be easier to make a slide show of all the looks.

I also made a video for the look with Moonshine.

Bare Escentuals High Shine Eye Color Slide Show:


Bare Escentuals High Shine Moonshine Video:

High Shine Patina Pictures and Video

Here is my first attempt at using the new high shine shadows. They are all really pretty.

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
Gold leaf lash to brow,
High Shine Patina lash into crease on outer 2/3ish,
Smoky Quartz wet lined on top,
Buxom Mascara.


CHEEKS: Balance Blush
LIPS: Tarte Paradise gloss

Here is the video for this look:

Bare Escentuals New High Shine Eye Shadows

Bare Escentuals had preview day a week or so ago and we got a sneek peek at the new stuff coming out in October. I bought 5 of the 6 new high shine colours (Frost, Glisten, Patina, Moonshine and Electric). I also got startlight eye shadow which is sort of new and the new BE Cares eye shadow called Enlightened. I will do at least one look with each shadow and try to post them on the blog this coming week. But for now I did a video review and a video using Patina (the green shade).


I have only played with the new shadows a little but so far I really like them. The new high shine colours come in tubes rather than jars. The tube has a spring loaded sponge applicator. The sponge is on the large side so it might be too big to use if you have small eyes, but I wouldn't recommend using the applicator alone to apply the shadows anyway so I'm not sure it's a big deal. The HS shadows cling to the sponge and as a result there is a lot of product on the applicator when you pull it out--even if you swirl it and scrape it as you pull it out. The minerals clig to the sponge well enough that you could tap a little into the lid of an old eye shadow, blush or foundation and then stand the applicator up until you need more. A little bit of product goes a very long way. One swipe from the sponge is enough to do your whole eye.You will get a little fallout if you apply it with the sponge, but you can easily wipe it away with a microfiber cloth.

Overall I really like the colours and the product itself. The packaging will be great for traveling even if you do still need a brush. I really like the effect of the HS colours, they can be bold or subtle. 

The most neutral shade of the colours I got was Glisten. All the shadows have a darker base with the high shine sparkle on top (or that's the way they look to me). I had no trouble using them over other shadows or blending them with other shadows. If you have a liner shadow or colour you think is too dark for you, you might want to try it over the a high shine colour. I put a black shadow over frost and you could still see the frost peeking through and the black did not look heavy at all.

Blue Green and Yellow

Last week Sally on Bare Escentuals Addicts started a bunch of threads about favorite colours. Reading through the threads reminded me of some of my favorites that I've been neglecting. I went to a poetry/art thing last night and thought it would be the perfect time to do a nice bold look with some of my faves.

EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,
Lemon Zinger lash to brow,
Ell-if-I-know outer corner into crease in v shape,
Key lime lash to crease in middle of lid and crease,
Hallucinate wet lined top and half of bottom,
Tarte lights camera lashes mascara.

CHEEKS: TTYL
LIPS: 7 layer cake

Tarte September TSV 2010

Overall I really like the Tarte TSV.
The eye shadows are very smooth and they lasted pretty well--I did feel like they faded a bit by the end of the day but it wasn't a dramatic difference.


The brow mousse is nice but I wish I had been able to get the darkest shade. Medium brown looks normal on me from a distance but up close with the flash it looks a little orange or too light. But I think that is mainly because of the flash.


The lipgloss is a nice light gloss not too sticky. It is pretty well pigmented and lasted as long as most good glosses do.


The cheek stain is kind of weird. It has a jelly quality but is solid. It is easy to work into your skin but it is tacky and I just couldn't get use to it. I would toch my face and feel it there, I didn't like that. But it looked good and stayed on all day.


The Lights Camera Lashes 4-in-1 length volume curl mascara is my new favorite mascara. The pros--It does lengthen, curl and add volume, it is really easy to remove, the brush really grips your lashes and is a really good size. Cons--I wish it was blacker, it is really easy to remove--so it is not great if you are planning to cry or your eyes water.


The brushes are just oaky, nothing special.
The overall look of the kit is very nice. I'm sure anyone could wear it. I love the bamboo case that the eye shadows come in.

EYES:
TFSI, wr/cr,
Tarte Light pink lash to brow,
Tarte Cocoa lash to crease,
Tarte dark brown in crease and outer corner,
Legit wet lined on top,
Tarte lights camera lashes mascara.


CHEEKS: Tarte Perfect Rose cheek stain
LIPS:Tarte gloss

All Dolled Up

Ulta had a the all Dolled up kit for 20% off last week so I caved and got it. I already had both colours but I really love 1960 and wanted to have an extra. I don't even remember the last time I used mystic, but I do remember not liking it very much. But as with all BE you must give it a second and third chance before you give up on it completely. So I decided to try Mystic as a crease colour and I'm really glad I did. It looks really nice in the crease and I think the overall look turned out well. The Dolled up collection has a mini 1960's, mini Mystic, mini Primetime for eyes, the full tapered shadow brush and a pink bad with a mirrior. It is a really cute set.
Phobe didn't come in this set and it doesn't look this bright in real life lighting. There are just some colours the photograph this way (Turquoise sea, jade, grape, blueberry).

  EYES:

TFSI, wr/cr,
1960 lash to brow,
Mystic in crease,
Phobe wet lined on top,
Rimmel Volume curling mascara in black.


CHEEKS: Compassion
LIPS: Birthday Cake gloss