Look: Subtle Intensity
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Looks, MAC, NARS, Yaby, Yellow
My combinations of yellows and blues aren’t gonna go away anytime soon :-) I just have too many UCLA and Edison MS shirts, and they beg for me to do yellow and blue looks to match! This look, I felt, came out subtle - as in, it’s not in-your-face. But it’s still pretty intense when you look at the makeup. I loves it :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints (white, lt. yellow, blue), Unbasic White (inner lid), Dreammaker + Chrome Yellow (middle lid), Deep Truth (outer lid), NARS Night Flight (crease), Nylon (highlight), Bobbi Brown Cobalt Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Enough Said BPB + Warmed MSF
- Lips: Creme de Nude + YSL Golden Gloss #1
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Look: Purples with Range
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Looks, MAC, Purple, Smokey, Yaby
The colors that I can show the most depth and range with are greens and teals. There are so many good light vs. dark contrasts that I can make on the eye using those colors. Strangely, purple isn’t usually one of those colors that I can make that nice contrast with. And I say strangely, because it should be easy - purple ranges immensely from light to dark, from the reddish to the blueish, etc. So you’d think it would be easy, but not so in my experience. Put this time I feel like I did accomplish a nice fade. It all doesn’t look like one muddied color for once! I’m not sure what I did differently…maybe using the Yaby Pearl Paints as bases worked better for me. Anyway, here’s the look!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints in purples (base), Crystal (inner lid), Noctournelle (middle lid), Jewel Tone (outer lid), Top Knot (crease), Vellum (highlight), Rave Pearlglide (lower lashline), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (upper liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: True Romance BPB
- Lips: Guerlain (expensive lipstick with no name lol!) + I can’t remember which gloss…sorry!
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Look: Kat Von D Beethoven Gray & Purple
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Gray, Kat Von D, Looks, MAC, Purple
Well… this turned out more on the gray side than purple. It just goes to show you that the colors come out differently on your skin than they look in the palette. Not one of my favorite looks, but that’s ok. It’s worth a look I think.
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Greenstroke PP (base), Kat Von D Beethoven Palette, Phloof! (highlight), Bobbi Brown Violet Shimmer Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Tippy BPB
- Lips: Internationalist Dazzleglass
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Look: Sometimes It All Comes Together
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Gold, Looks, MAC, NARS, Yaby, Yellow
This is one of those looks that I felt really came together the way I wanted. I love the combination of yellows and blues, and I get to do it a lot with all of the UCLA shirts that I have. :-) It almost looks kinda green huh? Go figure haha! ;-P I’m really fond of the way that it all looks with the blush, lipstick and eye look all together. Best part? It’s actually a really easy look to create. Some simple yellows and blues with blue liner. Easy!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints (light yellow, gold, blue), Soft Force (inner lid & highlight), Bright Future (middle lid), NARS Night Flight (outer lid & crease), Bobbi Brown Cobalt Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Cheek & Cheerful mineralize blush
- Lips: Brave New Bronze l/s + Chanel Bronze Crystal Glossimer
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Look: Kat Von D Gypsy
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Gold, Green, Kat Von D, Looks, MAC, Smokey, White
Here’s another look using the Kat Von D eyeshadow palettes: the Gypsy one this time! You know how I love my greens!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Greenstroke PP (base), Kat Von D Gypsy Palette: Brass Knuckles (inner corner), Birdcage (inner lid), Ego Sum (middle lid), Gunner (outer lid & crease), Femme Fi (highlight), Blooz Kohl (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Bobbi Brown Coral blush
- Lips: Lollipop Lovin’ l/s + Queen Bee lipglass
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Look: Kat Von D Ludwig Bronzes
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Bronze, Brown, Gold, Kat Von D, Looks, MAC, Neutral
Here’s a look using the Kat Von D Ludwig Palette. It’s not perfect, and it didn’t wow me, but it was alright. I like the look of the Peacock eyeliner, but it was too thin on the outer corner. I should have made it thicker - but of course I didn’t see that before taking the pictures. I swear, pictures are totally unforgiving! :-) So do we like the bronzes? If you like more browns and earthy tones, I definitely recommend this palette!!!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Bare Study PP (base), Kat Von D Ludwig Palette: Downtown (inner), Baroque (middle), Leather (outer & crease), Clay (highlight), Kat Von D Proud Peacock liquid liner (upper lashline), Jealous Kohl Power (waterline), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Earth to Earth Mineralized blush duo
- Lips: Bobbi Brown Beige Gold metalic lip color + Oh Baby lipglass
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Look: Graphic Garden
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Looks, MAC, Purple, Smokey, Teal
Holy awesomeness! I love this palette! Ok, I’ve only done one look with it, but I really like it - full of color (which everyone knows is how I like it)! I like this one even more than the Fresh Cut palette…not more than the Kat Von D palettes though :-) Close second!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Graphic Garden Palette: Wild Wisteria (inner lid), Straight Hedge (middle lid), Botanical Blue (outer lid), Graphic Garden (crease), Social Climber (highlight), Blooz Kohl (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Fad-Dabulous mineralize blush + Shell Pearl powder
- Lips: Bobbi Brown Rose Garden Creamy lip color
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Look: Awesome Frosted Lips w/ Blue Eyes
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Lips, Looks, MAC
Before I move on to the cosmetics of this post, I have to give a shout out to my girls: Marie & Christie! My husband and I went up to Santa Barbara this weekend to visit our friends Taylor and Marie. We also met up with my husband’s college roommate Eric, and his fiancée Christie! This was my first time meeting Christie, and the first thing she asked me was what look I was wearing (to be posted soon), then she said she was a big fan of my blog and was even sporting the Honey Love look! OMG I was soooooo flattered! It was just neat! So I gotta say HI! and thanks for reading my blog! Marie reads too, and was telling me about how several of her coworkers do too - and I was just so surprised, because I don’t know who reads/looks unless they leave a comment. So here’s a shout-out to Marie’s friends and coworkers at the iMac store (not to be confused with the MAC store lol)!
Ok…on to the makeup…
I’m a huge fan of frosted lip colors. It’s hard finding good ones though, so I’m highly impressed with MAC’s Madly Creative lipstick which came out with Colour Craft. As for the Fashion Patch MES quad…meh. It’s ok…not bad enough to take back, but not good enough to rave about either. Stay tuned though…I’ll be raving about some quad’s I’ve discovered (not so new, but I just jumped on the bandwagon) very soon!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Fusion Gold + Metal Blu Metal X cream shadows (base), Fashion Patch MES quad, Bobbi Brown Sapphire Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Daft Pink mineralized blush + Shell Pearl Iridescent Powder
- Lips: Madly Creative l/s
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Look: Color Crafted Cheeks
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Bronze, Gold, Looks, MAC
These mineralized blushes from MAC’s Color Crafted Collection are some of the prettiest blushes ever. The swirl of colors is brilliant. I may have gone a bit overboard with the cheek color today, but I can’t help it. I love the way it looks, especially up against a red shirt. :-) The eyes using pretty much just that little quad, also came out great. So far, I’m impressed with the few products I’ve tried from this glorious launch!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Cash Flow PP (base), Natural Flare MES quad, Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Style Demon mineralize blush + Porcelain Pink MSF
- Lips: Naked Paris l/s + Gold Rebel lipglass
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Look: My Cousin’s Wedding
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Lips, Looks, MAC, Neutral, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)
My little cousin Mallory got married in the little town of Abilene, TX. I was in her “House Party” which means pretty much nothing, but I got to walk down the isle with a wrist flower and be special for a night because we’re related, which was really nice. It was a freaking beautiful wedding. Parts of it were simple, and parts of it were exquisite. I was asked to wear a black dress, so this is the makeup I decided to wear with the black dress, evening, 450 people attending wedding. Simple, matte, neutral eyes and dark lips. At first I went with a dark silvery lipstick (Chantecaille’s Luna), but my husband said it looked like it was for a funeral. So I switched to the YSL #41, which I felt was too bright. So thank goodness I brought that black gloss - it was so perfect to darken up the lip color! As my mom said,” Who would’a thunk?!” She even wanted to try some on top of her mauve lipstick! Haha!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Bobbi Brown Nude Palette, Bobbi Brown Black Ink liner, Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Eversun BPB
- Lips: YSL Rouge Pur #41 l/s + Lancome Pila Black lipgloss
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