Look: Kat Von D Metal Palette
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Chanel, Kat Von D, Looks, MAC, Smokey, Yaby, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)
Well, for this look, all I know for the shadows is that I used the ones from the Kat Von D Metal Palette. I never wrote down which ones, but luckily there is a limited amount in there. It’s very blue. Not sure if I like it that much, but here it is…
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby PP silver & blue, KVD Metal Palette, Mystery Kohl Power (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Chanel Tweed Pink
- Lips: YSL Rouge Volupte #1
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Look: So Pretty I Forgot Mascara
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Gray, Laura Geller, Looks, MAC, Smokey, Stars Makeup Haven
Like I’ve said before, doing my mascara is my least favorite part of doing my makeup. Sometimes I procrastinate doing it by doing my hair first, getting dressed, or anything else first. This day my mind must have been distracted by something else because I completely forgot to go back and put on mascara. I realized my mistake half way to work :-( Oh well, I guess it was such a bold look that I didn’t notice! :-) What’s your least favorite step in your beauty routine?
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Stars Makeup Haven Powder Room (inner lid), SMH In a Bind (middle lid), SMH 1492 (outer lid), SMH Smoke & Mirrors (crease), Guilty as Sin (highlight), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (liner), Feline Kohl Power (waterline), ….
- Cheeks: Laura Geller Pink Grapefruit mineralized blush
- Lips: Buoy-o-Buoy lipstick
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Look: New Years Eve Dark Eyes
Posted by Heather | Filed under Black, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Gray, Kat Von D, Laura Geller, MAC, NARS, Smokey, Yaby, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)
We went to a friend’s New Years party – it wasn’t wild or anything, but the dress code was “semi-formal,” so we got some nice clothes on and I decided to do a really dark eye look. It’s really a classic smokey, but ultra dark. So naturally, I did lighter on the lips. It was a good look for me because I felt sexy and confident, my lips were easy to reapply with or without a mirror, and I wasn’t self conscious about my lips fading while I drank, ate, talked, etc. The evening was a lot of fun!!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Yaby PP black (base & smudged under lower lid), Kat Von D Lucifer (whole lid), Typographic (smudged above crease), Knight Devine (smudged above crease), Pincurl (highlight), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Laura Geller Pink Grapefruit + NARS Albatross (highlight)
- Lips: Chanel Mystic l/s + YSL Rouge Pur #1 l/g
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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: Smokey Electra
Posted by Heather | Filed under Black, Bobbi Brown, Gray, Looks, MAC, Silver, Smokey, Yaby, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)
This is a take on the smokey gray eyes with a MLBB (my lips, but better) color. It’s simple white, gray, and black blended together to make it look smokey. It’s a great look for going out (even though I’m wearing this one to work…in a t-shirt ha!). But that’s just the way I am I guess. :-) Happy New Year to you and your families!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Yaby PP silver (base), Rondelle (inner lid), Electra (middle lid), Typographic (outer lid), Carbon (crease), Unbasic White (highlight), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: NARS Super Orgasm + Shell Pearl
- Lips: YSL Rouge Volupte #3
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Look: Photo Realism Quad: Fresh Approach
Posted by Heather | Filed under Green, Looks, MAC, Smokey
I don’t have a lot of time to write, so I’ll make it short and sweet. This is one of my most favorite quads since MAC came out with the Sweetie Cakes quad several (3+) years ago. This is the Fresh Approach look that I wore when I worked for MAC that weekend that Makeup Art Cosmetics launched.
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Moss Scape PP (base), Photo Realism Quad: Grey Range (whole lid), Fresh Approach (crease), Photo Realism (highlight), Graphblack Technakohl (liner), Grey Range (lower lashline), Haunting (lower lashline), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: Notable blush
- Lips: Subculture l/p, Lovin It l/s, Young Think l/g
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Look: Fashion Forward Navy…I’m back!
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Looks, MAC, NARS, Smokey
I don’t officially know if I have that many followers. I know of the few who are sweeties and leave comments, and those totally brighten my day :-) I’ve definitely been neglecting my blog and my makeup lately. I feel bad for doing so, but I just haven’t had the motivation to put in the time or energy to post, and I’m not sure why. Though, I have been so busy…it’s almost depressing. Not that I’m complaining or anything. My day job is seriously a 12+ hour day, and I used to bring the excess work home, no worries. But I also started my Masters in Educational Administration plus a credential that’s all going to be completed in one year. So I have class after work, two days per week until 10pm and copious amounts of reading and homework. Now juggling work and school is stressfull, but doable. Lots of people do it!
BUT, the greatest news is that my husband and I just bought our first house (ok, it’s a condo)!! 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1800 sq. ft. piece of realestate in southern California, and it’s all ours! :-) We’re extatic and love our new place, but moving is sooooooo hard and time consuming! Geez! So I’ve been so tired lately…oy. Anyway, I’m hoping to get back to my blog and hopefully start even doing some new tutorials. One of the spare bedrooms is my “office” where I’m converting my old desk into a makeup vanity :-) So exciting!!! In a few weeks, you’ll be seeing different backgrounds in my pictures! Anyway, if you’re still around, thanks for sticking with me…it means a lot!
Now on to the look…this one is back from mid August. It’s so easy, it’s almost laughable. But I usually bring the color up a lot higher than my crease because my eyes are naturally so hooded. For this look, I kept the color really tight around just my eyelid and around the lashline. It feels very fashion forward, and I know I’ve seen it in magazines before. I liked it a lot and enjoyed that it was different…refreshing :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), NARS Thunderball (whole lid & lower lashline), Blanc Type (above crease), Blooz Kohl (liner), Plushlash mascara
- Cheeks: NARS Madly
- Lips: Brave New Bronze l/s + Naked Space l/g
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Look: Love These Blues
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bobbi Brown, Looks, MAC, Smokey, Yaby
Blues may be the “forbidden fruit” of eyeshadow colors, but I love them none-the-less :-) Can’t help myself! When I walked into a classroom wearing this look, I could hear the girls in the class whispering to each other, “I love the way she paints her eyes…it’s so pretty…” Awwwww :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Yaby Pearl Paints in blues, Sea & Sky mineralized duo, Unbasic White (highlight), UD 24/7 Deviant (lower lashline), Blooz Kohl (upper lahsline), Blushlash mascara
- Cheeks: NARS Madly
- Lips: Bobbi Brown Sunset Shimmer l/s
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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: 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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