Halloween look #1

I really failed at creating any type of creative name for my look today

:x

Thus, Halloween look #1 it is, 

as I fully intend on posting at least a second one before Halloween :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- browbone

Sugarpill's 'Flamepoint' - lid

Urban Decay's 'Black Market' & 'Lovesick' - crease

Covergirl Line Exact eye liner

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

This is a simple but super bold, festive look.

Sugarpill has one of the best oranges ever,

so I knew I had to use it.

I've also been anxious to use 'Lovesick' from Vice2

because it's just a glittery, delicious shadow :)

What do you guys think?

Stay tuned for a bit more colorful Halloween look in the next week or two!

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?

Pumpkin Patch

It's that time of year!

The time when pumpkin patches and farms open all over the country for your family's enjoyment.

I'm taking my daughter to one soon,

and in honor of that,

I decided to do a fun, wearable, Fall look  :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

BFTE 'Tangerine'- inner corners

Sleek 'Strike '- lid

BFTE 'Wacky' & UD's 'Nevermind'- crease

Sugarpill's 'Flamepoint'- highlight over crease

UD's 'Homegrown'- waterline

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes

I was really happy with how fun and totally wearable this look turned out to be! :)

It's super easy to recreate and gives you just a touch of festive for the Fall season.

What do you guys think??

Cranberry Sunset

Now that Fall is finally here,

I wanted to try my hand at a version of a look I saw on Pinterest.

Last year I became totally obsessed with this cranberry-merlot shade of red/plum,

and that has only increased this year!

Here's my version of the look, which i've dubbed 'Cranberry Sunset' :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD's 'Dope'- browbone

MUG 'Burlesque'- lid

UD's 'Ambush ', Sugarpill's 'Flamepoint', & SYN Cosmetics' 'Contempt '- crease

Covergirl LashBlast Clump Crusher mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

What do you guys think?

The orange from Flamepoint turned out a bit more bright than I would have liked,

but I still really loved wearing the look :)

Skyrim Makeup Series- Alduin

I've been itching to do another look for my Skyrim makeup series.

There are innumerable possibilities for this series,

but this time I decided to do a look based on a creature...

and not just any creature- a dragon.

BUT HEY, not just any dragon (for there are many in Skyrim),

but the head honcho- Alduin.

Alduin is the main antagonist in Skyrim and is the Nordic god of destruction.

He is the fiercest of all the dragons in the game,

and was the first dragon to ever rule over men.

Needless to say, he's a mean mofo.

Knowing all this, this is the look I came up with:

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

SYN Cosmetics' 'Savage'- inner corners

UD's 'Black Market' & 'Lovesick'- lid/crease

Sugarpill's 'Love+'- crease/highlight

UD's 'Dope'- browbone

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Covergirl Lash Blast Clump Crusher mascara

Being that Alduin is mostly black or dark, I wanted this look to be the same.

The red eyes in the picture (along with his general bloodlust and evil qualities)

inspired me to do the red. All in all, I was rather pleased with it.

What do you guys think?

I freaking love doing this series!

So long, Summer

Even though it's still scorching here,

the leaves are changing and by golly, i'm going to will Fall to be here.

That being said, I created my last summer-themed/inspired look of the season.

If you checked out my favorite from Summer post,

you saw that one of them was the Ultra Matte palette from Sleek.

I really haven't gotten a chance to play with it as much as I would have liked to,

so I used it to create my last beachy look :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sleek's 'Chill' & 'Cricket'- lid

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

Sleek's 'Dragon Fly'- waterline

Covergirl Clump Crusher Lash Blast mascara

Covergirl Line Exact mascara

So this is a simple & straight forward look, it's just uber bright & happy :)

These colors definitely remind me of the beach, summer, and are just simply some of my favorite to wear. I don't often to all matte looks, but these shadows are too perfect not to use!

What do you guys think?

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!!

Bahama Mama!

Hey everyone.

Though I haven't been to the Bahamas,

(& haven't even gotten to go to the beach at all this year, fml)

I'm feeling really inspired by the colors of the ocean in the Caribbean.

Thus, I wanted to use some of my most favorite & brightest blues to do a look.

Here's 'Bahama Mama!'.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Afterparty' & BFTEs 'Blueberry'- crease

Lime Crime's 'Atlanteal', BFTE's 'Peacock', & 'Gem'- lid

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- brow bone

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Maybelline Mega Plush mascara

Many of these blues are ones I haven't gotten to experiment much with yet,

and I loved them together.

It really makes me think of the clear blue waters of the Caribbean. 

What do you guys think?

Cocktail Makeup Series- Gin & Sprite w/ Lime

Hey everyone,

I have another look for you today.

( i know i've had several makeup posts lately;

not to worr- i've got some new polishes in the mail that i'll feature soon).

Today's look was a request by a good friend when I asked for suggestions for my cocktail makeup series.

She wanted me to try a Gin & Sprite w/ lime.

Shockinly, i'm sure you can imagine what makes up this drink :)

Using the  colors as inspiration,

here's my look!

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- brow bone

unnamed silver & light green from Sephora palette, Lime Crime's 'Seahorse Discourse', 

& Urban Decay's 'Homegrown- lid

unnamed dark green, Sleek's 'Cricket' & 'Dragon Fly', & Sugarpill's 'Midori'- crease

Urban Decay's 'Uzi' all over for an 'iced' effect

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

L'Oreal Volumious Million Lashes mascara

I was worried this would be reminiscent of my 'Margarita' look,

but the fact that I used NO yellow and a few other shades helped a bit, 

i hope :/

'Uzi' is a chunky silver glitter that I had hoped would look like ice,

but it didn't translate in the pictures quite as well as it did in person.

WHAT DO YOU THINK about it all?!

Cocktail Makeup Series- Tarte Sangria

It's been a bit since I've done another cocktail look for my makeup series,

and after making this drink myself last week-

it was perfect timing to post it.

Today's look is based off of a tarte Sangria.

* not my picture*

This calls for Pinot Grigio (but any white wine will do- i used chardonnay), limes,

kiwis, rasperries, sugar, and ginger ale.

IT's DELICIOUS.

Though I just now finally made the drink,

I did this look a couple months ago,

and I feel like i've gotten a litttttle bit better in my makeup looks since then,

so bear with me :)

I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- inner crease & brow bone

Sugarpill's 'Love+'- crease

BFTE's 'Envy' & 'Green Apple'- lid

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

I've gotten a couple great suggestions for this series from you guys,

so look for that soon!

Thanks for reading/looking.

* July 4th look *

Happy Independence Day!

For those of you from the US :)

In honor of this holiday,

I've recreated a patriotic look from one I found quite some time ago on Pinterest,
so this is by no means my own creation-
I just always thought it looked fun!

'Murica!

The red eyebrows are crazy and fun.

I see Phyrra color her eyebrows all the time and it can look cool,

although red eyebrows is never something I would wear out of my house, personally :)

I had a blast recreating this look.

Reminded me why I love makeup!

And Sugarpill & BFTE couldn't be better cosmetics to work with :D

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- browbone

BFTE's 'Blueberry' & Sugarpill's 'Afterparty'- crease

MUG's 'Razzleberry' & BFTE's 'Addicted'- lid

BFTE's 'Blue Bayou'- waterline

Covergirl Line Exact liquid eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes

'Razzleberry' over eyebrows

What do you think?

Have a safe & happy holiday!

Skyrim Makeup Series- 'Dunmer' (Dark Elf)

I have another installment in my Skyrim makeup series for you today.

Apparently I unknowingly have a theme (other than the obvious one) going...

I've unintentionally chosen to do all the elven races first!

Whoops :P

So today's look is the Dunmer, or Dark Elves.

They are characterized by their dark skin and red eyes.

I wish I had some sweet red contacts I could have used for this look :/

In lieu of that, I decided to translate this race into the look a little differently.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

unnamed warm beige from Sephora palette, UD's 'Chase' & 'Muse'- lid

UD's 'Cobra' & Sugarpill's 'Love+' crease

Covergirl Line Exact liquid mascara

L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes mascara

unnamed neutral from Sephora palette- brow bone

Obviously this look had to be dark and somewhat mysterious,

as the Dark Elves are.

Though I didn't have legit red eyes, I did try to pull that in softly in the crease.

After all was said and done,

I actually really liked this look!

Would even wear it out for a nighttime event :)

What do you guys think?