Purple Look

This photo is a little late (I've been meaning to post this for some time now). I did it on a whim following Youtuber xxsgtigressxx's Arabic inspired makeup. I went with purples instead of greens and threw some glitter in there too! The eyeliner is one of MAC's cromographic pencils in a concealer shade because white is just too stark for me.
Unfortunately because everything was at night, I couldn't show the kind of depth that I would have wanted to.

Comparison Swatches

Comparison Swatches of Impassioned and Full Fuchsia. I find that these swatches aren't the most telling, but generally, Impassioned is much more coral. Full Fuchsia is a blueish pink. They're very different IRL.

Impassioned


Full Fuchsia


Full Fuchsia and Radiant Jewel


On Style Minx vs. Radiant Jewel:
Style Minx is similar to Radiant Jewel, but it's more of a hot pink and it's more opaque. Radiant Jewel is a bit more transparent, but it's more opaque than your run of the mill Dazzleglass (because it's a Dazzleglass cream). It has a bit more of a reddish/blue-pink tone and the glitter particles in the Dazzleglass are more prominent than in Style Minx.

Last Bit of Summer

These colors aren't like me, but today I really wanted to work with bright colors and blending bright matte colors. In a way it's continuing with the theme of the last post, but instead of primary and neighboring secondary colors, it goes from one primary to another trying to create a smooth blend into the secondary color that was skipped (I'll admit, I used Goldenrod to help with the transition).

Quick Update

Like I said last time, it's just that time of year when everything is crazy with wrapping everything up.
Never the less, I had a chance to go to MAC and get Opulash. It's AMAZING. I have tiny little stumps of lashes and this really colors them and lengthens them. I also like how quickly this dries unlike other MAC mascaras. I hear that people compare it to DiorShow, but since I don't use products by Dior I don't know.

I also picked up Cherry Electric SuperGlass. *LOVE*
Here is a swatch of a custom color (Magenta lip liner, Impassioned Lipstick, Frozen White Pigment).

With Glimmer Glass:


The one drawback to this is the staying power of the glitter. Staying power is a good thing, but something about this seemed to be a little stronger than other glittery products (Dazzleglass) that I've used.

I also love the thought of shiny glassy looking black lips so I worked on making a lip gloss. Then I started using that with my black lipstick and picked up the white Luster Glass. I'm planning on wearing this out tomorrow night.
Matte:

Shiny:


In other news: Cat attacks griffin.

V-Day Lips

Keeping in theme with Valentine's Day aka SAD (Single's Awareness Day), here are some pink lip swatches.


Yellow-Pink Lip Liner
Midtone Blue-Red (read pink) Lipstick

With Coral-Pink Gloss


Yellow-Pink Lip Liner
Coral-Pink Lipstick

With Coral Gloss


Yellow-Pink Lip Liner
Pink-Fuchsia Lipstick

With Hot Pink Gloss


Red Lip Liner
Pink-Fuchsia Lipstick

With Blue-Pink Gloss

Soft and Sweet Nothings

I'm going to be honest. When it comes to pink eyeshadow, I'm not really a fan of it. Because of that I've always tried looks with pink to try and convince myself that there is a pink out there for me. Here is a quick one that I came up with today that has a base called CedarRose. It's an old shade stick from MAC that looks a lot like the Warm and Cozy shade stick from the Warm and Cozy Collection. I also used Red Brick from the Pop Color collection. :) I like it, but I'm not convinced.







Look at who wanted to get in on the action: