Skyrim Makeup Series- Dawnstar

Yay!

I finally have another installment in my Skyrim series.

It's been entirely too long since I did one.

Today's look is based off of an appropriately cold & wintery village-

Dawnstar !

Dawnstar is a rather small mining and garrison village,

capital of The Pale in Skyrim.

It, along with Winterhold,

is one of the coldest cities in Skyrim. 

Using mainly the snow and frigid ocean,

here's my look inspired by Dawnstar.

(disclaimer: I also used a pic of wintery makeup on Pinterest as inspiration,

so this is in no way ALL my own!)

I used:

UD Primer Potion

UD's 'Haight', 'Money', 'Crystal' & unnamed Sephora royal blue- crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Absolute' & shimmery white from Maybelline quad- lid

L'Oreal Butterfly mascara

Lime Crime Uniliner in 'Lunar Sea' lash tips

In retrospect, the white tips of my lashes (featured in the Pinterest look)-

was a bad idea.

It looks gloopy and crappy,

not wintery.

So, meh.

Otherwise, though,

I really like the look.

It looks cold & beautifully desolate, much like Dawnstar.

(Even though it's a "major city",

not many people live there)

What do you think?

Tinkerbell Inspired

Today is my daughter's 2nd birthday!

She's in love with fairies,

so naturally we are having a fairy themed birthday party for her.

In honor of that, I decided to play around with a fun little Tinkerbell inspired look.

This looked much cooler in person than on here.

You could see the full effect of the dusted green on my cheeks 

& around my eyes.

It just looked better, humph.

Here's a super crappy pic of the mediocre design I did on my cheeks:

This design was fairy-like to me?

Eh, they're not symmetrical at all on both cheeks

(which drives me crazy),

but it was just for fun.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

BFTE's 'Envy'- dusting around eyes/face

Victorian Disco 'Yoda's Yoga Mat' - browbone

UD's 'Damaged ', Sugarpill's 'Midori ', & BFTE's 'Green Apple '- crease

 VD's 'The Fett'- outer crease

Lime Crime's 'Seahorse Discourse '- lid

UD's 'Stash'- inner corners

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

Face: UD 24/7 Eyeliner in 'Graffiti'

& Lime Crime's Uniliner in 'Lunar Sea'

I also at one point attempted to use my UD Heavy Metal gold glitter eyeliner 

in the inner corners of my lids too, if you see some weird, dark area in the first picture.

That didn't translate well, either.

Sweet.

All in all,

I actually really liked this.

It was fun and whimsical.

What do you think?

How would you have done a Tinkerbell look?

Everyday Makeup Routine

Despite some of the bright and crazy looks I do here,

I rarely do them in real life :P

Though i've pretty much always stuck with neutrals for my everyday eye look,

I change the combo often.

I've gone over that some before,

but I want to take it a step further & show you all the products I use for a basic,

fresh, day look!

Here's my current routine:

1. Apply eyeshadow primer on a fresh face.

I use either Too Faced's Shadow Insurance or this one by UD.

2. Apply eyeshadow (all from UD's Vice Palette) with brushes. 

I've listed the order in which I use each brush:

Brush 1 applies 'Anonymous' (third from left on bottom) on brow bone.

Brush 2, 3, & 4 apply 'Nevermind' (first one on left of bottom row) to crease, blending as I go.

Brush 5 applies 'Echo Beach' (to the left of 'Nevermind') to lid.

3. Apply eyeliner to waterline.

Unless I'm doing a look for the blog or a fancier look,

I don't apply eyeliner anywhere other than my waterline.

Just because of the larger almond shape of my eyes,

I feel it looks best fresh above the lashes!

4. Apply mascara/curl lashes with curler.

This is my current go-to mascara :)

5. Apply foundation with brush.

I've posted about UD's foundation & their Optical Blurring Brush before.

Both are fantastic!

I wait to apply foundation until this point so that I may more easily sweep up any fall out from eyeshadow or mascara :)

6. Apply blush.

This baby has been used a ton, thus the faded label.

This is Tarte's Cheek Stain.

It's the ONLY blush I use because it applies easily and stays on throughout my day :)

Though pricey at prestige cosmetic stores,

you can find it the exact same and MUCH cheaper on Amazon and/or Ebay!

I finish off with a setting spray.

This is the routine i've used for my everyday look for at least a month or two (maybe longer) now. It takes me less than 15 minutes and is a great daytime neutral.

The shadows are just barely noticeable, and the mascara/blush give me a young, fresh feeling.

What do you guys think of my routine?

What's yours?? 

Let me know!

Skyrim Makeup Series- Winterhold

So it's been a bit too long since i've done another installment in this series.

I started out using some races as inspiration.

Though i'm not leaving that completely, I did want to go in another direction for a bit.

So, I decided to try some looks based on some of the Holds.

First up is my personal favorite, Winterhold.

It's a somewhat bleak yet beautiful wintery Hold in the northeastern tip of Skyrim

It houses few inhabitants now (aside from the College of Winterhold) after a disastrous event some years ago.

Based on the color scheme of the Hold and it's wintery atmosphere,

I created a bit bolder/down right crazier/weirder look than normal...

So perhaps this was too literal and just dumb,

but I (truly shockingly) kind of liked it when I was done.

I felt like an idiot when I was drawing on the snow and 'snow-winds',

but hey, live a little.

I wanted to branch out a bit here.

What do you guys think? Honestly? :P

Lawl at the eyebrows by the way; that turned out nothing like I'd planned.

I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- browbone

UD's 'Crystal', an unnamed shimmery white from Maybelline 'Sapphire Siren' quad,

UD's 'Strip' & 'Money', and Lime Crime's 'Mirror Mirror'- lid

UD's 'Gunmetal' & 'Oil Slick' 

and an unnamed shimmery grey form Sleek Acid palette- crease

Covergirl Line Exact & Lime Crime's 'Lunar Sea'- eyeliner

Maybelline mascara

UD's 'Gunmetal' & LC's 'Mirror Mirror'- eyebrows

Welp.

There you have it.

I'm stoked to do some more Holds.

If you have any suggestions or requests for this series- let me know!!

Game of Thrones Makeup Series- 'Winterfell'

Okay, so you guys may be getting totally sick of my Game of Thrones-themed posts,

but now that the season has started, you better just brace yourselves for more!

(Although I will take a break from it in tomorrow's post :P)

I've wanted to do a makeup series based on the show/books since last summer,

but by then the show had ended & I figured i'd just wait until it started again,

because it just feels better to me to do it while the show is running.

Although some looks may be a little crazy & bold,

I'm going to do my best to make most of them wearable! :)

Today's look is for Winterfell- the stronghold in the North of House Stark,

and I used their House's colors, white and grey.

I really want a better camera or lighting so that you can see all the dimensions of this look.

Many of the shadows just aren't picked up that well :/

For instance, there is chunky silver glitter on the lids/eyelashes that, in real life,

looks so much like snow- but it just does not translate in these pictures :(

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako' & Urban Decay's 'Polyester Bride'- brow bone

UD's 'Gunmetal'- crease/outer corners

2 greys from Sephora palette, UD's 'Strip' & 'Uzi'- lid

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on eye pencil in 'Gunmetal'

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

It's simple (kind of), & wearable,

and it definitely reminds me of Winterfell.

If you don't watch Game of Thrones- YOU SHOULD.

The books are even better! :)

Nail Mail & Easy St. Patty's Day look :)

Okay, for real this time- Happy St. Patty's Day!

Idiot me thought it was yesterday O_o

Oops.

I have a final St. Patty's day look for you today,

but before that, I want to show you my newest nail mail!

These babies are for a new indie brand (to me),

and I can't wait to show them to you!

Can you guess what they are,

or what their theme is? ;P

Next up,

my final St. Patty's day look.

I wanted to create something bold, fun, & easy that any of you could recreate for a party or whatever if if you wished to.

I love to wear bright green on my eyes,

and St. Patty's day is a perfect time to do just that!

For those of you that prefer to wear subtle makeup out in public (like myself),

this is a fun time to do it up a bit :)

I used:

Urban Decay's Primer Potion

UD's 'Mignight Cowgirl'- highlight/brow bone

Sugarpill's 'Midori'- crease

UD's 'Misdemeanor'- blended into crease

UD's 'Homegrown' & 'Graffiti'- lid

UD's 24/7 Eyeliner pencil in 'Graffiti' waterline

ugh, Misdemeanor***

Covergirl Line Exact liquid Eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

What are your thoughts on this look?

Think it something you would try?

'Mystic Nights'

Hey guys.

Finally time for a non-Valentine's Day-related post!

After all the nail posts it's definitely time for a look.

I've been wanting to go back to my Vice palette & try some shadows I never got around to trying.

SO, here's 'Mystic Nights'.

I used:

UD Naked Skin Foundation

UD Primer Potion

L'oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

'Stardust' e.l.f. eyeliner

AND (all from UD Vice Palette)

As any of you who follow my blog regularly know, 

I really love to wear blues/greens/purples.

I really wanted the purple and blue to be more vivid though,

so I'll think i'll wet them & try this look again :)

What do you think, though?

Let me know! :)

Sultry NYE makeup look!

Hey everyone.

I'm sure tons of you are making preparations to ring in the new year by parties, shows, fun times with family, etc.

I myself am going to see Moon Taxi again for NYE this year :)

In honor of all this,

I wanted to create a fun, nighttime NYE look.

Here's what I came up with:

^ all prior to glitter eyeliner

For some reason, gold & black remind me of New Years, so obviously I played off those shades.

I wanted a nighttime look that's just a bit more dramatic than the usual stuff I do, but something that's still wearable. 

Which do you like better, the pics with or without the glitter eyeliner?

I used: (all UD)

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

L'oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

Urban Decay Heavy Metal glitter eyeliner in 'Midnight Cowboy'

What are YOU doing for new years?

Thanks for reading!

Spider web eye look!

Happy Friday!

Today marks the first day of my Fall break & i'm beyond relieved.

I need a good break from school work.

I have a fun little makeup look for you today.

I saw a look on Pinterest that I HAD to attempt to recreate because it looked so fun.

 I haven't done that many Halloween posts yet (just one, really), so I was ready to dive head first into this one!

So obviously this is not something I would ever wear out,

but it was super fun and festive to create. I just kind of focused on the one eye and forgot about the other eye :x I didn't plan on doing a spider web on both, but I planned to do a bit more to the other one... oh well. The web is a little shaky because my hands shake like crazy, and even though I held the hand using the eyeliner with my free hand to steady it- it still didn't turn out as good as I had hoped :/ In general, i like it though!

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Urban Decay's 'Blackout' & 'Black Dog' on lid

UD's 'Polyester Bride' on brow bone

Covergirl liquid eyeliner in black to create spiderweb

Femme Couture black holo glitter eyeliner over Covergirl liner

UD's Big Fatty mascara

What do you guys think?

simple, violet look

Hey everyone,

hope you guys had a great weekend! :)

I've got a look I saw on Pinterest the other day for you.

It was a super quick and easy violet look (hence the blog title),

and it was also quite pretty.

I figured I would re-create it and share it with you guys,

because I know some of you prefer makeup more on the subtle side (which I don't do that much of), so I thought it would be nice to show you guys something quick and totally wearable!

Tada! Very bright yet simple.

I created this in just a few easy steps, seeing as how I only used 3 shadows for this look :)

I used:

UD's Primer Potion

Urban Decay 'Kiddie Pool' (light blue)

UD's 'Flash' (darker purple)

UD's 'Asphyxia' (light purple)

UD's 24/7 Eyeliner pencils in 'Peace' & 'Ransom'

UD's Big Fatty mascara

Covergirl liquid eyeliner in black

What do you guys think??

I quite like this look.

Easy peasy to create and totally wearable for the average person.

You could easily use a darker purple, grey, or black to transform it into a nighttime look.