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10/14/14

Bondage, Baby

Okay, so this look has more than just Bondage in it,

but I like the title :P

For anyone starting to feel incredibly uneasy, but Bondage I'm referring to an eyeshadow,

not S&M.

I did a look today using several shadows from Urban Decay's new Vice 3 palette that i acquired a couple weeks ago.

Today was really the first chance I've had to play around with it,

and it's amazeballs.

( full post of swatches coming soon)

The rest of the shadows came from older Vice palettes.

Here's Bondage, Baby.

This look would be a sultry, nighttime/date night look.

The colors I used reminded me very much of Fall, too.

I'm IN LOVE with 'Sonic' and 'Bondage',

and will def use them more in the future.

I used:

'Lucky', 'Sonic', and 'Bondage' are all from Vice 3.

'Ambush' and 'Derailed' are form Vice 2,

and 'Freebird' is from the original Vice!

Check back soon to see full swatches of the Vice 3 palette :)

2/27/14

February Favorites :)

It's been embarrassingly long since I've done a favorites post,

I'm ashamed to say.

Sorry about that!

Things have just been insane with my student teaching the past semester and a half.

Now I finally have some time to do it, though.

So here they are!

1. Revlon Matte Balm Stain in 'Elusive'.

*NOT my picture. Credit to allurabeauty.com

This has quickly become my newest favorite lip color.

It's muted/dusty enough that it works for Winter,

but it's also bright enough that it works for the coming Spring.

See my swatch of this bad boy here.

2. Too Faced Jingle All the Way makeup set

This makeup set has been my go-to to create my everyday daytime look.

The neutrals in it are fantastic,

with lovely shimmer.

See a FULL review of it that I just did here.

3. Victoria's Secret perfume 'Tease'

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS FRAGRANCE.

That is all :)

Go buy it if you know what's good for you.

4. Mystic Nights pt.2 Look

I was really pleased with how whimsical and fun this look turned out to be.

It's a bit more dramatic than I usually do,

but it's been probably my favorite from this month.

See the crazy purple/blue lip I paired with it here.

Zoya 'Layla'

I bought this polish LAST Valentine's Day,

but every time I use it, I'm thrilled all over again that I bought it.

Such a bright, happy pink!

Also, my daughter's name ;P

5. Soft Valentine's Day look

This has been my other favorite look from this month.

I really loved how soft the purple and pinks were together,

and the gradient of that light to dark purple in the crease.

I'm quite pleased with it :)

What are ya'll's thoughts on these?

Which is YOUR favorite?

2/6/14

Valentine's Day look

Well, along with everyone else,

I'm having a Valentine's themed post.

Though, I won't have near as many as I had last year.

Anyway, I wanted to create a flirty V-day look,

so I took to playing a bit.

This is what I came up with!

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD 24/7 Eye pencil in 'Ransom' & Sleek's ' '- crease

Lime Crime's 'Pearl-ple'- highlight

Sleek's ' ' & SYN Cosmetics' 'Audacity'- inner corner of lid

SYN Cosmetics' 'Trance'- lid & waterline

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

What do you guys think?

I ended up really, really liking this look.

I actually wore it out :)

Would you wear it?

1/29/14

Mystic Nights 2.0

So last year, about this time, I created a look called Mystic Nights.

I really love the dark, forest-y, mysterious shades together,

so I figured I'd recreate it :)

Here's version 2.0 WITH a funky lip!

I tried to do an ombre lip with my two favorite lime crime lipsticks,

but it didn't work out too well :/

Other than that,

I freaking love this look.

I used solely UD's Vice2 palette on my lids.

Here are the specifics:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

'Prank' & 'Madness'- crease

'Damaged'- lid

'Prank' & 'Lovesick- outer corner of lid

'Betrayal'- waterline

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

Lime Crime 'Airborn Unicron' & 'Oh No She Didn't'- lips

1/22/14

Skyrim Makeup Series- 'Aura Whisper'

Helloooooo.

Switching gears just a bit for my Skyrim look today.

Rather than using a place or race as my inspiration,

I decided to use a 'shout',

specifically, the Aura Whisper.

Shouts in this game are special powers that do various things.

These shouts are formed by a series of words that can only be learnt

by the Dragonborn (& a few select others)

after absorbing dragon souls.

As you can see, the Aura Whisper is actually a whisper rather than a shout,

but it has a magical effect all the same-

it reveals any living things' life force (or aura) that's near you,

which is a definite upper hand!

Here's my inspiration from the Aura Whisper:

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

UD's 24/7 eyeliner in 'Bourbon', blended out- crease

SYN Cosmetics' 'Entice'- crease highlight

SYN Cosmetics' 'Faded' & 'Roman'- lid

Covergirl Bombshell mascara

Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner

I wanted this look to remind me of a whisper,

something soft, faint, and fleeting.

So I used that rather than the color of the shout as inspiration.

In the end, 'Faded' & 'Roman' didn't go to together quite as well as I'd hoped,

but I really loved 'Entice' over the crease.

What do you all think?

1/18/14

Pentatonix Daft Punk look!

So for those of you who don't know who Pentatonix is,

it's this little group of 5 (duh) people who can sing basically

anything acapella, and their harmonizing is just insane.

Not to mention their vocal ranges and other various talents that come into play in their music.

My favorite song of theirs is this bad-A little Daft Punk medley.

Here it is:

I based my look today off the girl.

This look was PURELY for fun,

not to show off any skill (or lack thereof!)

or even good application.

I just thought her look was so out there & fun

that I wanted to recreate it myself :)
(I could NOT find a bright blue wig for the life of me)

Here's my version!

ahahaha
So silly.
The look really would have been like a gajillion times better with a blue wig.
But. Whatever.
It was still so fun to play around & create this :P

I used:
Too Faced's Shadow Insurance
UD's 'Asphyxia'- lid
Sleek's 'Bolt' & 'Chill' and Lime Crime's 'Atlanteal'- blue around eyes
unnnamed shimmery white from Maybelline- corner of eyes
SYN Cosmetucs' 'Absolute'- under eyes
Covergirl Line Exact eyeliner
unnamed holo glitter shadow from Maybelline- glitter stripe on face

What do you guys think?
It was too fun.
Even more important, the video is amazeballs.
So make sure you check out allll their stuff on youtube & iTunes!
:)