Look: Neutral-ish Grays
Posted by Heather | Filed under Black, Gray, Looks, MAC, Neutral, Smokey
The day I did this look I had to go to a Principal’s Conference at a hotel as an instructional support provider. It was interesting…just sitting in some meetings pretty much. I like being on that side of the educational world though. I wanted to use more matte colors and slightly neutral, but a little smokey and gray all at the same time. This is what I came up with!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Clue (inner lid) Innuendo (middle lid), Typographic (crease), Carbon (outer crease), Bisque (highlight), Black Russian Pearlglide (upper lashline), Chanel Graphite (lower lashline), Feline Kohl Power (waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Hot Planet Mineralized Blush Duo
- Lips: NARS Bahama Velvet Matte Lip Pencil + Chanel Aqualumier #66 lipgloss
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Tags: EOTD, FOTD, Gray, Looks, Matte, Neutral, Smokey
Look: Silver Smokey with Some Color
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Gray, Green, Looks, MAC, Silver, Smokey
This is the look I used for my first tutorial. What I discovered is that it’s difficult to do a tutorial without deciding exactly what colors I wanted to use and without having a close-up mirror. It ended up being 25 minutes! So needless to say, I will have to do some major editing and cutting down. I talk too much lol! Also, I’ve never used any video editing software before, so we’ll see…it might not be posted for a while, but at least I’m getting started on it and I’m learning!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Rondelle (inner lid), Silver Ring (middle lid), Typographic (outer lid & crease), Humid (upper crease), Deep Truth (crease), Vellum (highlight), UD 24/7 Dime (inner lashline), Feline Kohl Power (outer lashline & waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Bobbi Brown Coral Shimmer Blush
- Lips: Arbonne Echo
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Tags: Blue, EOTD, Eyeshadow, FOTD, Green, Looks, MAC, Silver, Smokey
Look: Holiday ’08 Classic Eyes Palette
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, Bronze, Green, Looks, MAC
Funny story. So my DH (dear husband) and I were cooking dinner last night (using the microwave and the toaster oven lol) when all of a sudden the electricity in only the kitchen went out. No problem - I went to the circuit breaker and flipped some switches… well something went wrong and none of the lights that were connected to switches in the whole apartment worked! All of the plugs worked still though. So while getting ready with this look, the ONLY light I had was the little light around the mirror…so if this comes out not as good as some of my other looks, I apologize, but it was really hard to see lol :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Soft Ochre PP (base), MAC Holiday 2008 Classic Eyes Palette, YSL dark liquid liner (upper lashline), UD 24/7 Baked (waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Tippy Beauty Powder Blush
- Lips: Arbonne Prep & Plump Echo lipgloss
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Tags: Blue, Bronze, EOTD, FOTD, Green, Looks, MAC, MAC Holiday 2008 Classic Eyes Palette
Look: Quick Browns with a Touch of Pink Using Pigments
Posted by Heather | Filed under Bronze, Brown, Looks, MAC, Pink, Smokey
With this look I successfully used only Pigments. I wanted something bronzy and brown with a little bit of pink, but something quick and easy because I had to be at work early. This is what I came up with!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Indian Wood PP (base), Revved Up Pigment (inner lid), Museum Bronze Pigment (middle & outer lid), Chocolate Brown Pigment (crease), Naked Pigment (highlight), Brownborder Technakohl liner, Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Earth to Earth Mineralized Blush Duo + Bobbi Brown Copper Diamond Shimmer Brick
- Lips: Chanel Aqualumier lipgloss in Pink Diamond #67
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Tags: Bronze, Brown, EOTD, FOTD, Looks, MAC, Makeup, Smokey
Look: Reader Requested Purples
Posted by Heather | Filed under Looks, MAC, Purple, Smokey
This is a darker look - requested by Lynn :-) I didn’t particularly care for it, but that’s because I couldn’t get much depth out of it. Creme de Violet muddied together with Vibrant Grape so they looked like the same color. My Librarian friend Leslie loved it, and my fellow math teacher Lucy didn’t like it at all (and told me so). Ah well, can’t win ’em all right? hehe
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Blackground PP (base), Creme de Violet (inner lid), Vibrant Grape (middle lid), Graphology (outer lid & crease), Vellum (highlight & lower lashline), Feline Kohl Power (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
- Cheeks: Bobbi Brown Plum Wine Shimmer Blush
- Lips: Arbonne Va Va Voom Sheer Shine l/g
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Tags: EOTD, FOTD, Looks, MAC, MAC Purple, Makeup, Purple, Purple Eyeshadow
Look: Chanel Mystic Eyes Quad with Guerlain Lips
Posted by Heather | Filed under Brown, Chanel, Guerlain, Looks, Purple
I needed to do something quick before we went to our weekly bowling leage (yes, I’m on a bowling league with my hubby, but it’s not as bad as you think hehe). Quads are simple for me. I really like how easy they are because the four colors I’m going to use are all laid out for me - no hassle of picking out colors and finding them, etc.
Sadly, this particular quad doesn’t impress me like the Beiges de Chanel Quad did/does (I’m still loving it everytime I use it!). The Mystic Eyes Quad just came out with Chanel’s Bohemian launch for Spring 2009, and I picked it up at Nordstrom just before Christmas. For some reason it struck me as purple-ish when I first saw it. But it really looks kinda muted gray and brown on me, so I added a brighter purple liner to try to make the color pop and stand out a little more. The center lid color being brown kills the overall look IMO and I wish the crease color were more purple. So after using it twice now, I’m still undecided whether or not I’ll keep it or put it in the return to Nordstrom bag (don’t worry - I hardly EVER return things, and if I do it’s always for good reason). Let me know what you think of it! Perhaps you can sway my decision :-)
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP as a primer and Painterly Paint Pot as a base, Chanel Mystic Eyes Quad (Lower Left color for inner corner and lid, Lower Right color for middle and outer-upper lid, Top Left color to darken the crease, and Top Right color for the upper lid/brow highlight), Bobbi Brown Violet Shimmer Ink to line the upper lashline, UD 24/7 Eyeliner Pencil in Lust on lower lashline and waterline, and BE Buxom Lash Mascara
- Cheeks: Stark Naked Beauty Powder Blush
- Lips: Guerlain KissKiss Maxi Shine Lipstick in Purple Shine topped with Guerlain KissKiss Gloss in Figue Plaisir 866
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Tags: Brown, Chanel, Guerlain, Looks, Purple
Look: Blue and White Smokey Eyes
Posted by Heather | Filed under Blue, MAC, Smokey, White
Tonight I’m off to a dinner party for my best friend who’s in town from New York for a little while. This is the look I’m wearing. It looks a little better in person than it comes out in the pictures - it’s got more dimension than it shows. I’ll admit it’s a little OTT, but that’s just me :-) Anyway, the lips were inspired by a recent post from Temptalia where she shows lots of lip pictures, and it reminded me how much I love this lipstick!
For this look I used:
- Eyes: UDPP as a primer and Delft Paint Pot as a base. Vellum on the inner lid, Crystal Avalanche on the middle center lid, Climate Blue on the upper part of the middle lid, Deep Truth in the outer crease, a touch of Freshwater in the crease, and Solar White to highlight the brow. For liner I used Penultimate liner on the upper lashline, UD 24/7 in Deviant on the lower lashline, and Mystery Kohl Power on my waterline. Finished the eye with Buxom Lash Mascara.
- Cheeks: Pleasantry Mineralize Blush and Laura Mercier Shimmer Bloc in Orchid Mosaic
- Lips: Sci-Fidelity lipstick topped with Soft & Slow lipglass
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Tags: Blue, Looks, Smokey, White
Look: Dark Soul with Highlights for New Year’s Eve
Posted by Heather | Filed under Black, Gray, Looks
This was my New Year’s 2008 look. It came out nice and I was really happy with it.
Here’s what I used:
- Eyes: Dark Soul pigment (with Mixing Medium) as a base all over lid. Vellum on inner lid, Knight Devine on middle lid, Beauty Marked on outer lid, and some Sketch in the crease. I used Crystal Avalanche to highlight the brow bone. UD 24/7 eye pencil in Zero is what I used for my liner, and finished with MAC’s Plushlash mascara.
- Cheeks: NARS blush in Madly and Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Beige as a shimmer/highlight
- Lips: MAC’s Monogram lipstick in Marque and Guerlain KissKiss Pearl Gloss in Champagne Pearl 847.
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