Orange waterlines

I love a pop of color on the waterline or lower lashline!

Have you tried using orange?

I was inspired by an Instagram post by ShowYouMakeup but obviously turned it into something quite different... I felt like going a bit liner heavy, I guess ;)

Sugarpill Penelope

I'm sure you've all seen Sugarpill's Penelope eyeshadow. It's gorgeous!
In this look, I used it with some browns, a tiny bit of purple and another product I bought recently: GOSH Bronze extreme liquid gel eye liner.
So far, I quite like the color and waterproof formula.

Keep reading to see more pictures and full list of products used.

Bronzy, smokey summer look

Anyone remember the MAC Style Warriors collection from 2009?
It makes me feel pretty old that it's already been five years, but that's not really the point here ;)

I didn't go for a Style Warriors revisited look when I did this but it sure ended up that way.
I'm wearing Bronzescape solar bits on my eyes, Eversun blush on my cheeks and Brave New Bronze lipsticks on my lips.

 

And a question for you: Is it boring to see looks with old, limited edition products?

Arabic-looking liner

I didn't really know where I was going with this but I think it ended up being quite Arabic-makeup-like :)

When I was done, I realized that I might have been inspired by this look by the lovely Queen of Blending as well.

Goldilux

I don't seem to get along with gold eyeshadow very well.

Not that it looks horrible on me, but I just seem to find it rather boring once I put it on - even if it's an awesome color like Goldilux, and even if that awesome color is applied on top of Pixie Epoxy, which makes it even more awesome. Yeah, a whole lot of awesomeness turned into "mehh" once the look is done.

What's your favorite way to wear gold eyeshadow?

And do you ever feel like there are other colors that look more amazing by themselves than they do in a finished look?

Strawberry Patch FOTD

Sooooo... The MAC Vera collection. I love it. I think it's fun, bright and pretty much made of awesome.

Favorite thing? The Pearlglide Intense Eyeliners and the fact that they're staying in line! Yay for non limited edition items! <3

I got the Strawberry Patch crushed metallic pigments set(man, that's one long product name...) and wanted to try the one called Moon Rose.
It's a pretty simple look but I think it shows off Moon Rose well :)

Doing makeup on my sister :)

My 13 year old sister wants to wear makeup for an upcoming event, and has asked me to do it.

So, what kind of makeup do you do on a 13 year old?
She doesn't usually wear any makeup besides mascara, so I wanted to do something sweet and natural.

This past weekend, we did a little "trial" and I think the look we ended up doing is really nice on her! The gold liner makes it a little more fun than your standard super-neutral look but without being overpowering :)

Purple lips!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love purple lips!
And! I think I've just found my new favorite purple lip combo :D

FOTD: Prêt-à-Papier

Since the Prêt-à-Papier collection just released here last week, we still have to wear the products at work.
I always get bored pretty quickly when we have to wear certain products - especially when all the products are neutrals!

Don't get me wong. I still think the Prêt-à-Papier collection offers some great products, but I prefer to be able to wear fun bright looks to work :P

My favorite thing though: I really liked the lip combination I did! :)
I bet you can't guess what I'm wearing :P

FOTD: Velvet Vampire

I'm still really excited about Fyrinnae so here's another look with some of their products! :)

I filmed a tutorial but I'm not sure if this look is actually exciting enough to upload a tutorial for, so let me know what you think :)
Edit: I uploaded the tutorial! ;)

The tutorial for yesterday's look is up on YouTube as well :)

FOTD: Sugarpill Royal Sugar

I actually filmed a tutorial for this look, but I won't have time to edit+upload until tomorrow.

MAC Trend S/S '10: American Nomad Tutorial

A very long overdue tutorial! I'm behind on everything, haha! ;)
If you want to read about the MAC American Nomad trend, I did a post about it here :)

Keep reading to see tutorial, more pictures and list of products :)

FOTD: Smokey eyes for work at MAC :)

We all had to do somkey eyes for work today, so this is what I came up with ;)
Quite a simple look, but I liked it :)
And I wore bronzer! Not just to contour but actual bronzer! That usually never happens, haha!

FOTD: Testing the lip tars!

This FOTD was done super quick (we're talking 5 minutes... maybe 10) so it's really not that exciting... But I wanted to put the lip tars to the test.

These pictures were taken just after applying the lip tar, so they're not meant to show you the staying power. But I will tell you, that even though I didn't wear primer or liner with this, it didn't bleed at all on me! Sure, it smeared a little after eating and drinking, and it did fade a bit as well but it really wasn't bad at all!
Now, 8 hours after application, I still have red lips. Not perfect red lips, and definitely not as bright as they were when I first applied the color, but not lips I wouldn't leave the house with either.

And the most crazy thing about it? It didn't even take a drop to cover my entire lip!

FOTD: Copper Sparkle look for work at MAC

I've had Copper Sparkle pigment for quite some time, but haven't really used it much, so I decided to do a look with it for work today :)

I kinda liked it better before I put on the black eyeliner though :/

Another Telephone tutorial: Beyoncé in the Diner Scene

Another Telephone inspired look, but this time it isn't Lady Gaga! It's Beyoncé :)

Keep reading to see tutorial, pictures of Beyoncé, more pictures of the look and a list of products used :)

Viva Glam Cyndi look + tutorial

I finally got my hands on the new MAC Viva Glam lipsticks!
And what better way to celebrate than to do a looks using them? ;)

I decided to use Cindy first, and here's what I did :)
It's definitely a more toned down look, so I hope to think of something fun to do for the Gaga lipstick look!

Keep reading to see more pictures of the look, list of products used and a tutorial!

FOTD: Poisoned Apple

As much as I love bright, fun and dramatic looks, I actually like simple looks as well ;)
I rarely go completely neutral with my makeup though - a little colored eyeliner or bright lipstick is a must :P
For this look, I used High Voltage Cosmetics' Poisoned Apple e/s as an eyeliner.

 

Another look using Detrivore cosmetics!

I'm really liking the shadows so I actually recorded a video for this look but, accidentally, I didn't record the most important part and so I'm not going to upload it. Fail ;)

Also, I still haven't done the review on Detrivore... More fail ;)

I'm a bit stressed at the time but I'm doing my best to keep up with the blogging :)

I know the placement of the green might be too weird/too much for some, but I actually quite like the effect :)

FOTD: A Warm & Cozy look

I was hurrying out the door when I took these pictures so they're not the best.
I had to be at work on time though, right? ;)

Keep readig for more pictures, list of products used and a written tutorial :)