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?

Favorite Looks of 2013!

Happy NYE!

I hope you all have a SAFE and very, very happy new years!

Since makeup is my first love and

the primary reason I blog, I decided to put together my favorite 

looks I've done over this past year.

Let me know which is YOUR favorite!

Mystic Nights

House Lannister- Game of Thrones makeup series

Wearable Thanksgiving look

Tropical Remix

July 4th 

latest Nighttime Neutral

Solitude- Skyrim makeup series

Halloween

Autumn Dream

Which look is your favorite?!

:D

Hint of Winter

I wanted to do a winter-y look today as we are basically in 

it now in Tennessee, despite the fact that we don't usually get snow for at least another month or so.

Regardless, I wanted to use a couple pigments & glitters

I have yet to use or that are new,

so this was a good excuse :)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD's 'Prank' & 'Madness' & SYN Cosmetics' 'Delusion'- crease

UD's 'Strike'- highlight & waterline

SYN Cosmetics' 'Absolute'- browbone

SYN Cosmetics' 'Gravity' & Victorian Disco Cosmetics' 'Stun Grenade'- lid

Swatches of latest SYN Cosmetics pigments

My latest purchases from SYN Cosmetics came in the other day,

and I figured I would swatch them and show you!

Here are my latest additions:

Kellen was super generous and included 3 MORE pigments

plus the sample for me just because :)

I purchased very winter-y looking pigments,

and i'm super anxious to use them.

Swatches:

NOMZ.

SYN Cosmetics is always known for their shimmer,

but you can see that some of these are particularly glitter-y :)

CAN'T WAIT.

What do you think about these?

What's your favorite pigment from SYN Cosmetics?

Festive Thanksgiving look!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

I hope all who are celebrating are being safe with some of the bad weather

going around the country.

I used some of my SYN Cosmetics shadows

to create a festive Fall/Thanksgiving look for this holiday :)

Here it is!

I used:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

SYN Cosmetics' 'Synfused'- brow bone

UD's 'Ambush', MUG's 'Burlesque', & SYN's 'Contempt ' - crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Blaze' & 'Ruthless'- lid

L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly lashes mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Wearable Thanksgiving look!

So being that Thanksgiving is coming up,

(and that means lots of get-togethers and parties)

I figured I would do a simple, yet slightly festive, 

Thanksgiving look that any of you could recreate.

:)

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD's 'Strike', 'Blitz', & 'Jagged'- lid

UD's 'Stash'- outer corner

SYN Cosmetics' 'Contempt' & 'Ruthless '- crease

L'Oreal Voluminous Butterfly mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

What do you guys think about this look?

Would you wear it?

Skyrim Makeup Series- 'Markarth'

I want to take one quick break from all the Halloween-themed posts

and do another look for my Skyrim makeup series.

I'm really having fun with these series.

The possibilities are endless!

Today's post is about Markarth:

Markarth is one of the largest cities in Skyrim,

located in The Reach.

This is a remote city characterized by it's stone and water resources.

The city is composed of the working district on one side,

and the noble Nords on the other.

As you can see, the city is made up of rugged terrain like rocky mountains,

waterfalls, and valleys.

This is what I used as inspiration for my look :)

Here it is!

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Sugarpill's 'Tako'- brow bone

Urban Decay's 'Urb', 'Mildew', 'Money', & 'Lost'- inner to outer lid

UD's 'Prank' ,' Madness', & 'Haight' and SYN Cosmetics' 'Delusion- crease

UD 'Vanilla' -inner corners

UD 'Lost'- lower lash line

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

This is a pretty straightforward look,

despite the amount of shadows I used :P

It's nothing super fancy,

but I really enjoyed the color combo.

It's been awhile since I used so many UD shadows together,

and it made me remember why they're one of my 

ultimate favorite makeup brands.

What do you guys think?

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!

Unicorn Days- look w/ Newest SYN Cosmetics Shadows

So I've been meaning to use some more of my most recent shadows from SYN Cosmetics,

and I finally got some time to play around with the rest of them.

I came up with a whimsy look that reminded me of a unicorn for some reason?

It's a little hard to see, but that's a mint green shadow on the lid :)

I used:

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

SYN Cosmetics' 'Faded '- lid

UD's 'Ransom' & SC's 'Pandora- crease

UD's 'Ransom'- waterline 

SYN Cosmetics' 'Contempt'- highlight over crease/brow bone

For whatever reason, the combo of the mint green and purple reminded me of something whimsy and mysterious.

What do you guys think?

I wish it translated in these pictures like it did in reality.

That mint green shadow is killer!

And of course, there's A TON of sparkle with SYN Cosmetics.

Thus one of the reasons why I love the company! :)