Look: Rainbow Sherbet with BFTE and DGC

 *All products were purchased by me except one which was provided for review. All opinions are my own.

This is a look from a few days ago when I basically just wanted to do some fun makeup. Who needs an excuse, right? ;D

I needed to break out my multitude of BFTE Cosmetics again, and try out a new product from Darling Girl Cosmetics. Read on for more!

 Products:

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez 12 Hour Wear Eyeshadow pencil in Almond Cream
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in WOS (from crease to brow)

BFTE eyeshadows in:

-Walking on Water (teal w/ rainbow sparkles all over lids)

-Bubbly (peach gold metallic on inner corners)

 -Belle of the Ball (matte dusty purple on outer corners)

-Blue Bird (bright cobalt blue between teal and purple)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration (nude pearl on browbones)

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-Prestige My Longest Lashes pro lengthening mascara

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette (Presto, dark brown on brows)

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer

-Sua Young Mineral BB Cream

-mark. Powder Buff and setting powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette (Faint and Crave as contour)

Lips:

-Darling Girl Cosmetics matte lipstick in Electric Creamsicle (unreleased)

This is the left (awkward) side of my face and my expression is a little weird lol, but I thought the makeup looked really good in this one.

I really like how the makeup looks in these pics, I think it looks colorful and fresh but not over-the-top. I am in love with Electric Creamsicle and I think Susan needs to release it in the shop! She said she wasn't sure about the formula so she sent it to me to test out, but I think it's great. It's sort of balmy, especially in this warm weather, so it's not as heavy or drying as a true matte lipstick. The coverage is pretty pigmented and buildable, and it leaves a nice stain on the lips which I actually like in this case. It's such a pretty melony coral color on me, I love it. Plus it goes perfectly with Neon Trees blush!♥ 

Thanks for reading!

 *All products were purchased by me except one which was provided for review. All opinions are my own.
**Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

Look: Naval Orange

Hello! I'm back today with a look that's actually from over a week ago; Cosmetics Aficionado posted a Blog Hop for orange lips and as soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to participate. I did this look the next day but haven't had a chance to post it until now. I named it Naval Orange, which is a play on the fruit plus the fact that I used navy eyeliner with orange lips. Get it? ;) Anyway, check below for products used and you can also click the pics to view my makeup in (slightly embarrassing) detail if you so choose.

Products:

Face:
-Reviva Labs Primer
-Wet N' Wild Coverall foundation in 815 Fair
-mark. Powder Buff in Nude
-mark. setting powder
-mark. Bronze Pro bronzer
-Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette (Naked2 as contour)
-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees (light neon peach)
-BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadow in Butt Naked (highlight)

Eyes:
-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
-Naked Basics palette (Walk of Shame all over lid/browbone; Naked2, Faint, Crave on outer corner/crease/lower lashline)
-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration (nude pearl on browbone)
-Sephora white eyeliner pencil (tearduct/inner corner and waterline)
-BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadow in Butt Naked (tearduct)
-Belleme Waterproof Pencil Eye Liner in Navy Blue (From abbamart.com)
-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara
-Naked Basics palette (Faint on brows)
-Cover Girl clear mascara (on brows)

Lips:
-NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Orange
-MAC lipstick in Morange

I wanted a very classic look and opted for navy liner instead of plain black. I thought it would brighten up my eyes even more, and it did! If I'd had a matte navy gel liner or something, I would have used that, but this liner was all I had. I rather like the little bit of shimmer it gives though! This look was so much fun to do and I really lucked out with the natural lighting which made my pictures look as bright as I felt wearing this summery shade! ;)
Don't forget to check out the other posts in the orange lips blog hop, or feel free to add your own!




You can also find the navy eyeliner I used here at abbamart.com and get 10% off your first order if you use my affiliate link below; they're $6, come in tons of colors, and also stay-proof!

Thanks for reading!♥

*Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.
**All products were purchased by me. All opinions are my own.

Look: Mystic Flame with Darling Girl and BFTE

Here's another look I did last week using Darling Girl and BFTE Cosmetics. I'm calling it Mystic Flame, thanks to two of my fellow Glamour Girls Jeni and Sarah for helping me name it! ;)
Now keep scrolling to check out details for this look and remember to click the photos!

 Products:

Face:
-Reviva Labs Primer
-Wet N' Wild Coverall Foundation in 815 Fair
-mark. Powder Buff in Nude
-mark. setting powder
-mark. Bronze Pro (contour)
-Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette (Naked2 as contour)
-Darling Girl Cosmetics blushes in Rose Queen and Man Candy
-BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadow in Butt Naked (highlighter)

Eyes:
-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
-NYX JEP in Milk (lid)
-NYX JEP in Baby Blue (lower lashline)
-DGC eyeshadow in Obviously A Wig (magenta w/ blue duochrome on lid)
-DGC eyeshadow in Mayor's Daughter (gold on inner corner and blended above crease)
-DGC eyeshadow in Adoration (nude pearl on inner corner and browbone)
-DGC eyeshadow in Midnight Sea (royal purple w/ turquoise shift on outer corner)
-BFTE eyeshadow in Grape (midtoned purple on outer corner)
-BFTE eyeshadow in Big Ego (deep smokey purple on outer corner and outer crease)
-BFTE eyeshadow in Cornflower (cornflower blue on lower lashline, over NYX pencil)
-BFTE eyeshadow in Whisper (white/violet duochrome patted onto center lid)
-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara
-UD Naked Basics Palette (Faint on brows)

Lips:
-Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust For Blush

 I did each of these last three looks around my Maybelline Color Whispers which I've been loving lately so I just wanted to show them off, lol. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this look! Thanks for reading...

*Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.
**All products were purchased by me. I don't get anything if you click the links, they're for convenience purposes only. All opinions are my own.

Ipsy Bag For April

Here is the bag that was dropped off at my home for April. I must say I was VERY pleased with this bag and cannot WAIT to try out all of the pretty pinkness contained in it. The bag that I get for this month will be apart of a summer giveaway I am putting together so see if you like it =). Hugs!

Some recent looks :)

 This is an update with a few makeup looks I haven't posted yet; I think I mentioned the computer issues I've been having, and that extends to pictures. I got a new used laptop this past weekend but in the transfer process, everything I'd saved on my harddrive since August was erased, including all my makeup pictures. :( I've managed to find some here and there on my sister's laptop and my camera card (thank goodness I don't erase my cards right away!) so it's not a complete loss. I just wanted to get these posted before something else happens, lol!

Now, on to the looks! (Please click for max detail!)

This was my look for Christmas day, a green/gold semi-smokey cat eye and bright red lip.

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Belleme BB Cream in Ivory

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Cherry Bomb

-BFTE Cosmetics' Butt Naked as highlighter

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Makeup Candy Eyed Waterproof Eyeshadow Primer

BFTE Cosmetics shadows in:

-Sassafras (outer lid)

-Autumn (inner lid)

-Ornamental (tearduct)

-Butt Naked (highlight)

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette in crease (Think I used Naked 2 and Faint)

-MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack for winged liner

-Maybelline Mega Plush mascara

Lips:

-NYX lipliner pencil in Hot Red

-Wet N' Wild MegaLast lipstick in Stoplight Red

-mark. Glow Baby Glow Hook-Up gloss in Blow Kisses (opaque red)

I left my brows naked, lol. I didn't have tons of time to do makeup since we traveled to another state for lunch with family, but my Aunt told me twice how much she loved my red lips. Later on I also added Lime Crime Makeup's Carousel Gloss in Candy Apple which added a gorgeous glossy shine and a sparkling ruby finish. Love it♥

This was a quick look I did to go out for sushi with my family on Saturday.

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Belleme BB Cream in Ivory

-Boots No.7 Radiant Glow Concealer in shade I

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blushes in Secret Star and Cheeky

-BFTE Cosmetics' Butt Naked as highlighter

Eyes:

-BFTE Cosmetics Eye and Lip Primer

-Naked Basics palette shadows in Foxy and Walk of Shame (lid), Crave (eyeliner), and Faint/Crave (brows)

-BFTE Cosmetics' shadows in Butt Naked (highlight) and the mauve neutral from their Miss Conduct holiday set (Which is still available, btw!)

-Maybelline Mega Plush mascara

Lips:

-NYX Megs Shine glosses in Sugar Pie and Smokey Look

And um I think that's about it. I actually filled in my brows a little for this look using the Naked Basics palette; man, that little cutie does everything! (Review coming soon!) I also didn't realize my lips were still a little stained from the Revlon Cherries in the Snow lippie I'd been wearing the night before; that's what those bright pink spots are. 

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed seeing these and I hope to be posting more looks regularly from now on. I also have tons of product hauls, swatches, and reviews to post so stick around for those! ;)

Thanks for reading!♥

  *Some or all images were lightly edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

Look: Gold-Foiled Lips

 I'm not sure where this post falls in the 90 Day Challenge, I guess I got too messed up to continue lol. I'll just try to keep posting as much as I can but I think it will be nice to get back to quality posts rather than trying to post any old junk every day. I'm a quality over quantity girl, in case you haven't noticed. ;)

This is a look I did for fun yesterday because I wanted to play with lips. I decided randomly to do a foiled gold lip and the rest sort of evolved from there. I kind of wanted it to be slightly fairyish but it didn't turn out looking like anything extraordinary. I also had in mind the sort of film-noir silent movie style but I don't know if it's visible.

No flash.

I think this is closer color to real life, you can see how bronzey the lower-left outer corner looks here.

Products:

Skin/Cheeks:

-Mehron Celebre hD Pro creme foundation (applied better this time but still experimenting)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics "Secret Star" blush (cheeks to temples)

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude (forehead)

-mark. powder to set

Eyes:

-UDPP

-UD "Zero" pencil (on eyes)

-BFTE "Very Vanilla" (lids and browbones)

-BFTE "Jumping Bean" (crease)

-BFTE "Mississippi Mud" (crease)

-Shu Uemura lash curler

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

-Ardell #110 Black (these look so similar to my natural lashes!)

-Sephora white pencil (waterline)

-CS 88 Palette, medium and dark brown shadows (on brows, applied damp)

Lips:

-BFTE "Halo" (inner lips)

-BFTE "Dragon Slayer" (outer corners)

-Mon Ennui Pigment Potion for lips

-liquid concealer around lips

I still love Secret Star blush! It looks downright bubblegum in the baggie but after I apply it it turns into the sweetest natural flush.<3

I tried out the pigment potion I got from Mon Ennui for the first time and I have to say I really like it. There may be something similar one could use, maybe just a clear gloss even. But this stuff mixed well with the pigment, applied smoothly to my lips, and stayed on for the rest of the night even through eating, though there was a little fading, but the color was definitely still on my lips. I applied it with a stiff flat eyeliner brush and I like how the lips turned out, though it's hard to see the distinction in colors in these photos. The outer corners were much more bronzey in real life. 

By the time I finished the look the setting sun was behind clouds so it was kind of dark. I edited these pics a bit more than I usually do, especially the second one which was taken without flash in my room and looked really dark/yellow. The first one was taken in front of the window with flash.

I didn't end up going away for the weekend so that's cool. Btw, my contest ends in less than 8 hours so if you still want to vote you're welcome to head over there and help keep me from getting bumped out of the top 10! ;)

Hope you're having a good weekend and thanks for reading!<3

Day 1: Coral Coffee Shop

 I have an announcement: I've decided to participate in a 90 Day Blog Makeup Challenge with a bunch of other blogger ladies; (A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IS VISIBLE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF MY BLOG); basically we just have to post something makeup related on our blogs every day for 90 days. Sounds intimidating, doesn't it? I agree...

When I first heard about the challenge my mind immediately began to fill with excuses for why I couldn't do it, but throwing caution to the wind and saying "Why not?" I agreed to challenge myself right along with them. The worst thing that can happen is I become so overwhelmed or busy with real life things that I can no longer continue on a daily basis. If that happens, at least I'll know I tried, and maybe I'll even have some personal triumphs to take out of the experience.

SO! All that being said, I'm excited to share with you my post for Day 1: Coral Coffee Shop!

 This idea was inspired by my new Coffee Shop collection of eyeshadows from Beauty from the Earth, and the coral part came from Nymphette's April Challenge Calendar. (I love this idea!)

The first 4 photos were taken with flash, the rest in direct sunlight from the setting sun :)

 Products:

Eyes:

-UDPP

BFTE shadows in:

-Espresso (coffee shop collection dark brown)

-Mocchiato (coffee shop collection shimmery light-medium golden brown)

-Very Vanilla (matte vanilla on lid)

-Butt Naked (shimmery vanilla on browbone/tearduct)

UD 24/7 Glide-On pencils in:

 -Stray Dog (lower lashline with Mocchiato over top)

-Demolition (dark matte brown to line lid)

-Wet N' Wild Megaliner in Dark Brown (for the wing)

-Sephora mini white eyeliner (waterline)

Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara in Very Black

-Wet N' Wild eye and brow pencil in Taupe (brow)

-Shu Uemura curler

-Hard Candy Glamoflauge in Light (around eye)

Face:

-Laura Mercier primer (sample)

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude (left side only, lol)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Cheeky (peachy coral)

Lips:

-mark. gloss in Beverly Hills (coral shade from "L.A." Flip For It kit)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics "Miami" Holo-Gloss

I wanted to do a simple look without too much fuss. I intended to to both eyes but just got too lazy, lol. I'm not really wearing much foundation, just some powder... as you can see, my skin is crap right now. :( I wish I had a good foundation that was easy to take off; Colorstay works well but it's just way too harsh on my skin to use every day. (If anyone knows of a good-coverage foundation that's not hard to remove, I'm looking to try something new.) My skin has also been dry this season and gets flaky which is annoying. Even still, I think the pictures look somewhat artsy and nice anyway, if you can ignore my naked eye and bad skin, lol. If I'm going to potentially be doing this every day, I think you'll get used to seeing me looking less... put together, shall we say. But I think it will help me not to be such a perfectionist all the time. ;P

Darling Girl "Miami" Holo-Gloss FULL of sparkle!

The thick liner was an accident but I think it worked out :)

derp!

That's it for Day 1, stay tuned for Day 2! Also please check out the other challengers and show them your support! There's a list on the right-hand side ------->

Thanks so much for reading!<3

*Disclaimer: Some or all images were LIGHTLY edited using Aperture; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

Makeup Challenge: Mellow Yellow

This week's NTMS challenge is Mellow Yellow so here's my look. It's not that mellow really but I don't think that matters, lol. I thought it was bright and cheerful, it reminded me of Spring! Also I don't know if it's noticeable but.. my Dad has been watching Hawaii Five-0 on Netflix and mentioned the fashion of the time, so I may have had Mod 60s makeup in the back of my mind when I did this. x3

Please click the pics to view in better detail!

Products:

Eyes:

-UDPP

-NYX Milk JEP

-BH 120 Palette, 1st edition (matte yellow on outer corner, matte white on lid)

-Sugarpill Buttercupcake (middle lid)

-BFTE "Sweet Nibblets" (inner lid)

-BFTE "Satin Sheets" (browbone)

-BFTE "Very Vanilla" (blend edges)

 -Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black felt tip liquid liner pen

-Sephora mini white pencil (waterline)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara in Very Black

-Red Cherry lashes #747S

-Ardell Latex-Free clear lash adhesive (this stuff sucks)

-BH 120 Palette, 1st edition (matte medium brown on brows)

Face/Cheeks:

-mark. face primer

-Revlon Colorstay foundation (Ivory/Buff mixed)

Darling Girl Cosmetics:

-Boy Crazy blush (used as bronzer/contour)

-Cheeky blush

-Cherry Bomb blush

-Evil Shades blush in Atomic

-BFTE "Pyxis" highlighter
-Hard Candy Glamoflauge concealer in Light

-mark. setting powder

Lips:

-OCC Lip Tar in Queen

-CS 66 lipcolor palette, various shades

-NYX gloss in Smokey Look

-some other random stuff I can't remember lol

This look is a lot more... monochromatic than I usually do. I kept wanting to add other colors but since it was for a challenge I wanted to keep the focus on the yellow.

I had a lot of problems with this one, like I don't know what I did wrong but my eyelids immediately began creasing badly and you can kind of see it in some of the pics. >.<

The Ardell clear lash glue is terrible and I don't think I'll be using it anymore. I thought it might be better/easier/less messy than my Duo Dark but alas, it's not. It gets sticky after a second and it's hard to get enough on the lash to make it stick to your eyes. I've used it in my last few looks and you might be able to see the lash strip actually coming off in some of the pics. Not impressed :/

No-flash pic. My lips didn't look that mottled in real life :(

I got a little bored while editing these pics and it finally dawned on me that the makeup looks the same from every angle... it's not very complex so it makes it hard to get a variety of pics that are  interesting, lol. Oh well ;P

Different camera, no flash.

Anyway,  still enjoyed doing this since it's not something I'd ordinarily have done. I hope you enjoyed it :)

 Thanks for reading!<3

*Disclaimer: Some or all images were LIGHTLY edited using Aperture; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.