Look: Shady Lady Amazing!
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Bronze, Brown, Lancome, Looks, MAC
The last time I did a haul at Sephora, I came across this small square palette. It’s called the Shady Lady palette. Now, if you know me, you know that I’m somewhat of a makeup snob. I stick to brands I know and rarely branch out. Something compelled me to swatch these beauties, and they are so buttery soft, so well pigmented, *sigh* I just had to buy them. It was a palette, and around $30, so I felt it was a score. I’ve used every color and never looked back :-)
I’ve used this palette so many times, and I love the color variety! This is the original palette, but it looks like Volume 2 is out now at Sephora. If you’re looking for an awesome quick-look-and-go palette, this does NOT disappoint. And this is coming from me, and I’m verrrrrry particular about my shadows :-)
Now on to the look. This is one of a few I’ve made with this lovely palette. It was back in January, so I’m still dressed for cold weather :-)
Hehe…that’s my big fuzzy sweater!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Shady Lady Palette: jet-setting jennifer (inner & middle lid), shameless-shana (middle & outer lid), caught-in-the-act-courtney (crease), Femme Fi (highlight), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink, Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Cheeky Bronze MSF
- Lips: Lancome Neutral Current lipgloss
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Look: Easy Browns for Stress
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Brown, Looks, MAC, NARS, Yaby
I did this look the week I started my masters program last semester, so needless to say, I was super stressed. I didn’t want to take that much time on my makeup, so I decided to do some easy browns. For me, it seems like browns are the easiest to work with, and they take me the least amount of time. And of course, like Denny would say, brown is always a winner!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Yaby PP browns (base), SMH shadows, NARS Mekong (crease), NARS Night Star (highlight), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (liner), UD 24/7 Underground (waterline), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: NARS Love Joy + NARS Albatross (highlight)
- Lips: Partial Nude l/l + Young Think l/g
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Look: Notoriety w/ Some Glitz
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Brown, Looks, MAC, NARS, Orange
For this look I used the MAC Notoriety Quad. I added some NARS Mediteranee and some Reflects Copper Glitter to make it more shimmery. Unfortunately I don’t think the camera picked up on the glitter much because it’s so fine. Oh well. I rarely use the reflects glitters and I thought it would be fun. I did this look on a Sunday when we were going to Roy’s for my sister-in-law’s birthday. It was very ME because it’s bright, colorful, and dramatic! :-)
For this look I used
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Notoriety Quad: Skintone 2 (inner lid), Rich & Earthly (middle lid), Notoriety (outer lid & crease), Skintone 1 (highlight), NARS Mediteranee (inner & middle lid), Reflects Copper Glitter (middle lid), NARS Mekong (crease), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Notable
- Lips: Buzz lipglass
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Look: NARS Essential Eyes Palette
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Brown, Laura Geller, Looks, MAC, NARS, Pink, Shu Uemura, Smokey
This is a great palette if for no other reason than it has Galapagos and Thunderball :-) LOVE those colors!!! When I told the lady at the NARS counter that I wanted Galapagos, she said she didn’t have it and I must have shown visible signs of disappointment because she immediately said “but wait, I have THIS” and pulled out the Essential palette. Since I didn’t have any of the colors in it already and it had the color I wanted so badly, I thought SCORE! Has that ever happened to you?
I must have run out of space on my camera the day I did this look because there aren’t a lot of pictures…sorry about that.
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), NARS Essential Eye Palette: Nepal (inner lid), Ondine (middle lid), Thunderball + Galapagos (outer lid & crease), Night Star (highlight), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (liner), Feline Kohl Power (waterline), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Laura Geller Pink Grapefruit mineralized blush
- Lips: Shu Uemura BG 956 + Lip Fusion Summer l/g
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Look: Matching with Orange
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Brown, Gold, Looks, MAC, NARS, Orange, Smashbox, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)
Orange can be a difficult color to match with. Since I got the NARS Mediteranee e/s duo, I wanted to wear it. So I chose a nice outfit with brown and decided to pair it with some brown shadows with gold highlights. I really like the end results. I know that orange eyeshadow can be a very bright color for some people to pull off, but if you can do it, I think you should!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints in orange (base), NARS Mediteranee (whole lid), NARS Mekong (outer lid & crease), Smashbox Oyster (highlight), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (liner), Plushlas mascara
- Cheeks: NARS Love Joy + NARS Albatross highlight
- Lips: Pink Grapefruit lipglass
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Look: Bright…Like Sunshine!
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Brown, Chanel, Looks, MAC, NARS, Yellow
This was a look I did using NARS Mekong and Galapogos…and it disturbs me that I cannot find my Mekong after the move :-( I’ll keep looking for it though. With all of the overcast spitting of rain we’ve been having, it’s nice to do a post that reminds me of the SoCal sunshine!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Cash Flow PP (base), Yaby Yellow Matte e/s (inner lid), NARS Galapagos (middle & outer lid), NARS Mekong (crease), NARS Night Star (highlight), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (liner), Orpheus Kohl Power (waterline), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Enough Said BPB
- Lips: Bobbi Brown Beige Gold + Chanel #118 Glossimer
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Look: Simple Basic
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Brown, Looks, MAC, NARS
Really simple colors create a basic look that’s quick and easy! I don’t have a lot of pictures from this one…I guess I was in a hurry, but you get the idea! :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Retrospeck (inner lid), Style Snob (middle lid), Satin Taupe (outer lid & crease), Vanilla (highlight), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: NARS LoveJoy + NARS Albatross
- Lips: NARS Nouba lipstick
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Look: 3 is Enough
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bobbi Brown, Brown, Gray, Looks, MAC, NARS, Smokey, Yaby
Pretty much, I used just 3 shadows for this look. Simple!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints in browns & pink, NARS Mekong (whole lid), NARS Galapagos (crease and above), NARS Napal (highlight), Bobbi Brown Chocolate Shimmer Ink (upper lashline), Brownborder Technakohl (waterline), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Love Joy mineralized blush
- Lips: Soft Illusion + Baby Blooms lipglass
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Look: Colors of the Sun
Posted by Heather | Filed under Brown, Looks, MAC, NARS, Orange, Smashbox, Yaby, Yellow
Ok, well they’re not that bright. I don’t know why, but orange eyeshadow totally intrigues me! I’m so fascinated with it, and I am determined to make every color eyeshadow work somehow. Can’t say the same for lip colors unfortunately – bright pinks, severly dark, or bright opaque colors on my lips just looks wrong, and I can’t get over it enough to wear it out. Eyeshadow, on the other hand, usually has me blending anywhere from 4-10 colors together, so I can make any color work (they all play nice together). I really wanted to use some flame-like colors with this look, as well as incorporate my new NARS goodies (Mekong = pure love btw!). You’ll be seeing some more orange-inspired looks soon too. Thoughts?
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints oranges (base), Smashbox Flamingo (inner lid), Smashbox Torch (middle lid), NARS Galapagos (outer lid), NARS Mekong (crease), Smashbox Oyster (highlight), Bobbi Brown Espresso Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Springsheen blush
- Lips: Smashbox Candid lipgloss
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Look: Browns
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bronze, Brown, Laura Geller, Looks, MAC, Yaby
Man, I’m already running out of clever names to title my posts…it’s sad :-/ LOL Oh, and my shirt says “There’s STRENGTH in numbers!” and has lots of numbers on it. I’m a total math nerd, what can I say?! :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby browns, Engaging MES (inner lid), Laura Geller Devil’s Food (middle lid), Buckwheat (outer lid & crease), Creme de Miel (highlight), Laura Geller Dutch Chocolate baked eyeliner, Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Eversun BPB
- Lips: Garden Bed lipstick + Summer Crop lipglass
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