Sat. night party look!

Happy Saturday!

Unfortunately, i'll be spending my Sat. night slaving away in the library,

creating 36 lesson plans/activities and planning a 30 min lesson to teach.

fml.

Anyway,

for those of you going out- this look is for you!

I saw this look on Pinterest the other day,

so it's by no means my own creation.

I HAVE modified it a bit, though.

* fluorescent light

Sorry this is grainy, but it really shows the sparkle of the gold.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Urban Decay's 'Midnight Cowgirl' as base

UD's 'Midnight Cowboy' glitter eyeliner over base shadow

UD's 'Ransom' on brow bone/crease

Too Faced's Lasgasm Mascara

So I thought the colors and placement was the interesting part of this look.

I normally don't wear my shadows so much on the browbone.

I've heard of people using UD's glittere eyeliner all over the eyelid instantly of just using it as an eyeliner, so that was what I attempted here. Even with giving it ample time to dry,

you can still tell there was some creasing.

ALSO- weird fact- it burned the crap out of my eyelids.

When I initially tried this look, I didn't use the base shadow, so I attributed the burning to the eyeliner being directly on my eyelid. 

I used a base shadow today, but it STILL burnt which was pretty odd... it went away gradually, though :/

Anyway,

there's that.

I'm feeling indifferent to it.

What do you guys think?

Serendipity inspired: 'Trafalgar True'

Good evening, everyone!

I've had a busy day of packing (both the apt since we're moving in 2 weeks, and packing for the beach next week) so it feels good to finally be able to sit down for some 'me' time :)

So my older cousin, myself, and now my daughter were all read the 'Serendipity' series when we were little. It's a series of fantastic books about life lessons that take place on the island of Serendipity, and it stands out because of it's vivid pictures- even now (& it was written in the 70's!!).

I'm in the process of reading all of them to my daughter now, and the great illustrations got me thinking about doing some looks to match them :)

Tonight's look is technically the second look (you can see the other here) but it's from the same book as the first- Trafalgar True!

For tonight I chose the vivid Trafalgar as my inspiration.

*inside, with flash

*fluorescent light, no flash

*full view

Does it looked like I used 3 different kinds of blues here?

......?

Yeah, i didn't think so.

One of them was much too close to another to show much difference, and i should have just left it out completely for a better effect. Trafalgar has so many shades of blue in him that I really wanted to capture that, but I didn't do a very good job :/

Swatches! (all Urban Decay)

All in all, I was semi-happy with the look. It blended almost a bit TOO much on the lid, and I didn't finish the brow bone and crease like I wanted, but i'm still learning. Practice makes perfect, or so they say.

This is obviously not the most wearable look,

but the colors in the book were too beautiful to pass up.

'Peace' & 'Ransom' are two of my favorite UD shades ever. They are two of the very first shadows I ever tried from UD, and i'm pissed that both (i think) are being discontinued. The blue that's supposed to be a good substitute for 'Peace' ('Haight') is nowhere NEAR the as bright :(

Boo, Urban Decay. Boo.

ANYWAY,

that's that.

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading! :DD

Easter look #2

Hellooooo.

 So today was cloudy and rainy & totally NOT a good day to end Zoya week on... so I'll continue that tomorrow, if the weather allows :)

Instead, I decided to try my hand at another Easter look, this time something a bit more bold.

After surfing Google images a bit, I saw this look recreated a few times, so I figured I'd have a go at it.

Here's my version!

*eyeliner

*no eyeliner

** fluorescent lighting, no flash

* indoor, flash

Voila!

No obviously this isn't a look I'd do out in public with to the grocery or something, but it was super fun to do. This is probably the craziest I've ever done, & it definitely got me excited to try some more.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

'metallic yellow' from Ulta palette on corners

Urban Decay's 'Graffiti' (green)

UD's 'Peace' (blue)

UD's 'Junkshow' (pink)

UD's 'Ranson' on brow bone

Woo!

I feel like this is super festive and fun xD

What do you guys think?!

Have a good night!

lilac look & 'Zoya Week'- Day 1!

hey guys,

two posts in one today!

First off, last night I got the idea (also thanks to Kaki) to maybe try to pair some looks with some mail posts.

SO, this next look was inspired by my last post.

*outside, shade

*inside, with flash

swatches! (all urban decay)

'Ransom', 'Zephyr', & 'Gunmetal'

I didn't have a shade that was the same color as the NOPI, so I decide to make my own. I blended 'Ransom' (a rich, shimmery purple) with 'Zephyr' (white with slight shimmer, mostly matte) and voila! I achieved something along those lines... so it was good enough for me. I then used a bit of 'Ransom' & 'Gunmetal' on the brow bone.

:D

Now on to part 2 of the post...

I realized that I've got quite a few Zoyas from recent promotions that I never got around to swatching... WTF. 

So, i'm dedicating this week to all my little seemingly forgotten Zoya beauties :)))

For day 1 I have 'Kimmy'

*sunlight

Zoya describes 'Kimmy' as "gleaming metallic candy apple red brightened by gold sparkle". This little number really is a fire-engine red that has UBER spark-taculous appeal.  It's fantastic.

Here I tried to capture some of the gold (because there's actually quite a lot of it), but it didn't capture as much as I'd like. The red looks more orange here, too, since it's under a fluorescent light.

This is definitely my favorite red EVER. In any kind of light, it sparkles like crazy & it's so, so gorgeous.

What do you guys think?

What's your favorite red?

Thanks for reading!

pretty in purple

one of my favorites things about Urban Decay are/(is?) their fantastic purples. Aside from the neutral look, purple is one of the other shades that I love to wear. I feel like it's a great look for those that have brown eyes, especially :) Here's my version:

 * taken in crappy bathroom light ( forgive my deplorable eyebrows!! )

* slightly less crappy fluorescent light

*deer-in-the-headlights look :/

I really like this look because, though the colors are bold, it's still a fairrrrrly subtle look. You could definitely jazz it up with a grey or black on the outermost corners for a more dramatic effect. As you can see from my weird picture above^, the look isn't super obvious to the outsider, unless you're looking down or something... but that's why i like it :)

Swatches of the shades I used:

Vanilla, Midnight 15, Ransom, Omen, & AC/DC

I really love any excuse to use 'Ransom' (my favorite purple of them all) or 'AC/DC'. 'Midnight 15' I use most always in the corner to lighten things up (if i'm not using 'S&M' or 'Uzi', which you can find here for $17 each). And again, not ALL of these shades are necessary to achieve this look- i just really love blending :)

Anyway, that's my little version of a purple look. Any feedback is welcome!