OH, HELLUR

Well, it's only taken me a year and a half-

but-

i'm back!

(kind of)

I'm finally at a point in my life where I have the time & energy to blog/create looks again.

As such, I'm attempting to get back in the (makeup) game, again.

We'll see how it goes...

I got the Alice in Wonderland 'Through the Looking Glass' UD palette several months ago,

as well as some new SYN Cosmetics pigments, and I've been wanting to create something with them.

As such, here's a simple but sparkly holiday look :)

I dub this "Mad Hatter Christmas" since I used several shadows from the

Alice in Wonderland 'Through the Looking Glass' palette :P

Any other pigment used in this look is from SYN Cosmetics!

What I Used:

brow bone- 'Royal Flush'*

crease- 'Gone Mad'*& 'Scene' 

highlight- 'Salazen Grum'*& 'Spade'

inner corner- 'Hatter'*

lid- 'Moolah' & 'Zone'

(*= shadow from palette)

My Little Pony makeup series- Pinkie Pie

Today's look in my My Little Pony series is based off of Pinkie Pie:

She's silly, energetic, and somewhat of a goofball :)

Here's the simple yet definitely 'pink' look I created based off of this character:

(in natural light)

(in indoor light)

I used:

UD's Primer Potion

UD's 'Freebird'- inner corners

SYN Cosmetics' 'Audacity'- lid

Sugarpill's 'Dollipop' & Sleek's 'Parma Violet'- crease

UD's 'Noise'- highlight

*FeStIvAl* look

Well, it's that time of year!

Festivals are everywhere you go.

I recently just came back from Bonnaroo,

and the amazing Electric Forest started yesterday.

There are a million & a half things you'll see at festivals,

but all the bright/neon lights/colors are one of the first things I think of aside from the music.

As such, I decided to revisit my Sleek Acid palette & create a fun, festy look!

I used:

UD Primer Potion

Various Sleek Acid palette shadows

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

The blending isn't quite as good as I would have liked,

but it's not too bad.

Either way, to me- it's fun and definitely something reminiscent to me of a festival!

:)

Colourpop Cosmetics- Juicy

Today's post features my final lippie from the several that I bought recently.

I've shown you a matte toffee color & two other pinks.

Today's lippie is also pink, but it's more of a Barbie color than the medium & hot pink ones I've shown you before.

Here's 'Juicy'!

'Juicy' is a hyper gloss, described as "strawberry pink"...

which I again disagree with.

This just screams more of like a stereotypical Barbie-pink to me for some reason?

Regardless, it went on flawlessly, the color is perf, and it DOES look juicy! :P

Colourpop Cosmetics- Tootsie

I have another lippie for Colourpop Cosmetics for you.

So far, I've shown you guys mattes, satins, and hyper-glosses.

Today, I have another (& my preferred choice) matte for you!

Here's 'Tootsie':

'Tootise' is a "cool-toned grey-beige" in a matte finish.

This, at first, struck me as a Fall/winter shade...

but once I got it on, I could easily see wearing in the summer, too.

I loved it!

These mattes go on like butter and are super easy to apply.

Can't say enough good things about this company!

:)

Too Faced's Rock 'N Roll palette

So I've been seeing this palette from Too Faced pop up various places lately,

and when I saw the vibrant, metallic swatches- I knew I had to have it.

A week, eBay purchase, and $34 later- I got it!

The idea behind the palette was to provide shadows & instructions to create 3 separate looks, 

characterized as either Easy (top row), Classic (middle row), & Fashion (bottom row):

Time for swatches!

You can see there are a mix of metallics, satins, 1 matte, and glitters in this palette :)

The larger shadows I would use on the brow bone & inner corners:

Then you have the darker shadows for the lids/crease:

I cannot freaking wait to create some looks with these bad boys.

Have any of you tried this palette?

What are your thoughts?

Cocktail Makeup Series- Kiwi Blueberry Mojito

It's that time again!

Now that the warmer weather/summer is basically upon us,

it's time for my annual Cocktail Makeup Series :)

Today's look is based off of this gem that I found on Pinterest:
Kiwi Blueberry Mojito

This bad boy looks DELISH.

(Find the full recipe here!)

These colors are two of my favorite to play with on my eyes,

so I was really excited to create a variation of this for my series.

Here's my look:

I used:

UD's Primer Potion

UD's 'Sabbath' & 'Heroine'- crease

Sugarpill's 'Afterparty' & Sleek's 'Bolt'- highlight

Sleek's 'Powi' & 'Cream Soda'- inner corners

Sleek's 'Pear Drop', 'Mint Cream', & 'Cricket'- lid/lower lash line

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

Colourpop Cosmetics - Julep

I have another one of the four lippies I purchased the other day to show you!

This one is another pink, but it's much more toned down than 'Go Fish'.

Here's Julep:

Julep is described as "a bright red coral" cream... but I don't know about the 'red' part :)

This was really a gorgeous color that's perfect for Spring or Summer.

The creamy texture to the hippie was great,

and I would definitely suggest it for the upcoming season!

:)

Game of Thrones makeup series- Dorne

Happy Sunday Funday!

I have another post in my GoT makeup series today.

If you've been watching the show lately,

you'll know that Dorne is becoming an increasingly prominent place,

with the Martells being from/ruling there, Oberyn, and the Sand Snakes.

Here are a few of the pictures I used of Dorne as inspiration:

And here's the soft/subtle look I created:

I used:

UD's Primer Potion

UD's 'Lucky', 'Reign', & 'Brokedown'- crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Slim'- inner corners

SYN Cosmetics' 'Blaze' & 'Zone'- lids

SYN Cosmetics' 'Trace' & 'Greedy'- lower lash line

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara