Day 3: "Synergy" glitter eye look

I did this look last night for Day 3 of the 30 Day Challenge my friends and I are doing; you can check it out my other days here!

 Day 3: a picture of you with glitter

I wanted to use some of my new Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadows and I love how they look! I'm calling this look "Synergy" because it totally reminds me of the character from Jem, one of my favorite cartoons as a little girl. The glitter totally looks like the glowing buttons on the Synergy computer machine thing! That's what I was thinking of while creating this look. ;)

You can see the iridescent colors on the outer edges best in this no-flash shot; they were more visible in person but of course the camera doesn't pick up colors like this, huhu :c

Products:

-BFTE Cosmetics Eye and Lip Primer

Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Prophecy (copper-tan-gold shade)

-Kaboom! (blackened reddish plum with sparkle)

-The End... (blackened purple with shimmer)

-Rapture (light lilac with reddish sheen)

-Lucky (white/teal duochrome with sparkle)

-Provoke (warm taupe with red sheen; I used this on my browbone)
-Sephora white pencil (on waterline)

-Mardi Gras (patina green with copper shimmer)

-Mystique (pale aqua frost with pink sheen)

-Glitter Glue (on lower lashline and outer corner)

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk (tearduct only)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

-Ardell Demi Wispies w/ DUO Dark lash adhesive

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (upper lashline only)

-Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black Felt Tip Liquid Liner

NYX Candy Glitter Liners in:

-Aqua, Purple, and El Dorado (mixed over the eyeliner)

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette (on brow)

These shots show a bit of context and how the makeup looked on my face. I have to say, even though the pictures turned out okay, this looked so much cooler in person!

It's been so long since I've done a makeup look like this... it feels good to be back in the saddle. ;) I'm so in love with Provoke, it's an amazing color and I know I'll be using it a ton! You can see swatches of Provoke and some of these colors here. Swatches of the rest here and here.

I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to bringing you more looks for this challenge.

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.

Contest Look: The Daily Glamour and BFTE

Hey there! Here's a look I did for my friend Autumn's makeup contest; it's the first birthday anniversary of her Facebook page The Daily Glamour!

Since it's a birthday themed contest, she said to do something FUN, so I thought "What's more fun and birthday-ish than a SPARKLY UNICORN?? :)

***Please click the pics to see in full color/detail!***

I drew this on paper and used Fyrinnae's Pixy Epoxie to stick it to my skin; I then drew around the edges and added the mane, tail, and horn. It has clumsy legs.. what can I say, I'm no artist, lol.

Here's the prototype which I did on my arm; notice it's pink.. I hadn't come up with my final color scheme yet. I used NYX lip pencil to trace around the edges (I think it was Dolly Pink) and BFTE's "Prissy", a baby pink color, to fill it in. The glitter is NYX Candy Glitter liner in Crystal with "Snow" patted on top. This looks better than the one on my face; it was much easier to draw on my arm.

Products:

Unicorn:

-black liquid eyeliner

-BFTE Mix & Fix (mixing medium)

-BFTE Aphrodite and Midnight Kisses, applied wet to fill in body (Mix & Fix)

-BFTE Whisper, applied dry over entire unicorn

-NYX "Crystal" Candy Glitter Liner with "Snow" loose glitter patted on top (accents)

Eye:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Tick:Tock Cosmetics Infinity Eyeshadow Base in Milky Way (white)

BFTE Cosmetics shadows in:

-Soleil (pale yellow on lid)

-Beautiful (sheer pale yellow with pink duochrome on browbone, lid, lower lashline over PE)

-Aphrodite (lilac with pink sparkles on outer corner/crease)

-Midnight Kisses (deep blurple on outer corner)

-Whisper (sheer apricot/violet duochrome)

-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy (lower lashline)

-Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black felt tip liquid liner pen

-NYX Candy Glitter Liner in Crystal with NYX "Snow" glitter patted on (inner corner)

-NYX Candy Glitter Liner in Crystal with NYX "Disco Ball" patted on (over black liner)

-NYX Funky Diva false lashes

 -Drugstore holographic star nail decals

-Duo lash adhesive (lashes and stars)

-Sephora white pencil (waterline)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

Brow:

-Wet n' Wild silver pencil

-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy (brushed through)

-BFTE Midnight Kisses and Whisper (brushed over, dry)

I'm not wearing much face product so I had to smooth out my skin with Aperture because it was looking pretty bumpy with the sunlight I took these pics in.
I wanted to do something fun and artistic but still keep the "beauty" aspect of the makeup; if you were to take away the unicorn (and maybe the crazy lashes/stars) this look would still be pretty and wearable. Those are the kind of looks I like to do :)

I know the whole thing is over the top but I was really channeling my inner 5-year-old; this pretty much embodies me as a little girl, lol. I would have loved to have this on my face for my birthday! (Hey, it's sparkles and unicorns.. who wouldn't?) ;)

I hope you enjoy it! I hope it makes you think of birthday cake and little kids with sugar highs, and presents and rainbows and happiness :D If you have a minute, please head over to The Daily Glamour's page and check out the entries! Remember to vote for your favorite ones- you have until the end of August 13th.

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.

Days 35-38: NYX Candy Glitter Liner swatches

 Did everyone have a nice weekend? I saw the Avengers and it was AWESOME. Best movie I've seen in a long time! My weekend was quite busy and as a result I lost a few days of blogging.. you can't blame me for being human and having a life, right? ;D I don't think I can do posts for each day I missed so instead I'll just pick up where I left off and pretend it never happened. A few days isn't a big deal ;P

Today I decided to take some swatches of the NYX Candy Glitter Liners I got from IMATS a few weeks ago. I'll also talk a little about what I think of them, so if this interests you then please keep reading! And don't forget to click the pictures for more detail and truer color!

I generously dipped/swiped each color about 3 times for these swatches.

 These 3 are my favorite, so pretty. I used Crystal in a recent look and it was lovely. I like that it's neutral with multicolored sparkles so it goes with pretty much anything. My sister used Aqua in a recent look as well and it's gorgeous. El Dorado reminds me of Christmas since the main colors are gold, green and red. I need to use this in a look soon too!

 I used Purple in a recent look and I like it. it's just a straight dark purple glitter. Mocha Latte however.. it's very strange. Not like the rest at all. I don't know if it's this shade in general or I just got a bad one, but you can see the difference in the swatch; first of all the glitter itself is much finer than the others, almost more like a shimmer than actual glitter. Secondly, the consistency is very thin and runny, like the base is made of water instead of a gel like the others. As a result it doesn't apply well at all. I'm bummed because it looked like such a pretty copper color. :(

With flash.

 Here is Crystal with NYX "Snow" loose glitter patted over top; they are very similar and go perfectly together! A friend sent me a sample of this glitter a while back and I absolutely love it<3

With flash.

Out of focus for sparkle effect!

Out of focus again; you can really see how Crystal/Snow "glows", so pretty!

So there you go, I hope you enjoyed these photos! Do you own any NYX Candy Glitter Liners? If so, which ones and how do you feel about them? :)

Don't forget to check out the other 90 Day Challenge bloggers (who haven't been slacking like me!) --->

Day 22: Spring Brights challenge

Day 22: Spring Brights! This was a makeup challenge I decided to do spur of the moment last night. I love how it turned out<3

Please click the pics to enlarge and view in all their brightness!

Products:

-UDPP

-NYX Milk

-BH 120 palette, 1st edition (hot melon-orange, light melon orange, and hot pink shades)

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils in Electric Blue and Lime (lower lashline)

-BFTE "Blue Bird" (bright blue, outer lower lashline)

-BFTE "Peacock" (teal, middle lower lashline)

-BFTE "Lavish" (bright lime green, inner lower lashline)

-BFTE "Glistening" (sparkly white w/pink sheen, highlight)

-BFTE "Sweet N' Spicy" (frosty light peachy pink, patted over orange on middle lid)

-BFTE "7 Seas" (matte teal, brow)

-Wet N' Wild "Turquoise"coloricon pencil (brow)

-Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black felt tip liquid liner pen

-NYX "Purple" Candy Glitter liner (over black liner)

-Mon Ennui "Purple People Pleaser" glitter (patted over Candy Glitter)

-Mac Fuchsia glitter (patted over Candy Glitter, mostly on outer wing)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara in Very Black

-NYX "Funky Diva" false lashes

-BFTE "Light Beige" mineral foundation

-No7 Radiant Glow concealer in shade II

This pinky-orange color in the 120 palette is practically neon, it's amazing! I think I'll be using it again soon...<3

 The only thing I'm not crazy about is the liner, I think it looks a little weird. I started out patting the Mon Ennui glitter over the Candy Glitter liner but it was too dark so I switched to the Mac glitter which is brighter and more sparkly. The crazy lashes were an afterthought, lol. I'd like to recreate this sometime as a full face with different lashes. :)

Becky took this while I was applying the makeup, lol.

Thanks for reading and please check out the other beauty challengers! --->

*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: Disney! (Magic Carpet)

 Hi there :) This is my look for this week's NTMS challenge: Disney! I was inspired by the Magic Carpet from Aladdin; I've always wanted to do a magic carpet look using deep purple, magenta, gold, and a hint of blue. I love rich jewel tones<3
BEFORE YOU KEEP READING for some reason it looks like my photos have been somewhat desaturated after uploading so to view in full color and detail PLEASE CLICK THE PICS! :)

I got a little artsy with some of these pics, they all sort of looked the same so I ended up messing with them lol.

 Products:

-UDPP

-NYX Milk

-BH 120 Palette, 1st edition (various shades..)

-CS 88 Palette (various shades...)

-BFTE "Autumn" (gold on browbone)

-BFTE "Mutiny" (gold sparkles under browbone)

-Urban Decay "Delinquent" Shadow Stick (deep sparkly purple under lower lashline)

-Urban Decay 24/7 "Ransom" pencil (purple w/ blue sheen along lower lashline)

-MAC "Fuchsia" glitter (patted onto lower lashline)

-Urban Decay 24/7 "Perversion" pencil (waterline/tightline)

-Wet N' Wild Megaliner liquid liner in Black

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection in Very Black

-Ardell #136 Black falsies (in some pics)

-Duo Dark lash glue (hate it)

-Shu Uemura curler

-Warm medium brown from 88 palette (on brow)

-Hard Candy Glamoflauge in Light

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude

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These were from the first round of pics I took when I was still wearing false lashes. I thought I was done and took them off, only to end up taking more pics, lol. I almost feel like it looks better without, hmm.. what do you think?

Stupid lash glue always gets all over the place :(

Hope you liked it, thanks for reading.. happy weekend! ;D

*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.

Becky: Pro/Anti Valentines Day Look

 

A sweet Valentines Day look for those feeling the sugary love and romance

A dark and brooding look of the ANTI-Valentines Day woman scorned and bitter

(and not looking forward to "singles awareness day")

Someday my prince will come :3

Lunar New Year makeup look

 It's a bit late but here's the Lunar New Year look I promised myself I'd redo after my epic fail 2 years ago! I wanted to do it last year but just never got around so it, so this year I HAD to redeem myself, lol. I think it turned out better this time ;)

Remember, all pics are clickable!

I did this back on Feb 1st, but I think I can remember what I used:

Eyes:

-Too Faced Shadow Insurance in Candlelight

-NYX JEP Milk

BFTE:

-Halo, inner third of lid (bright yellow-gold with subtle green shimmer)

-Addicted, most of lid (bright metallic rusty pinkish-red)

-Isis, outer corner and lower lashline (dark base with metallic rust-red and bronze shimmer)

-Very Vanilla, to blend edges

-Ornamental, outer corner to inner corner and tearduct and on browbone (pale low-shimmer gold)

-Way Up High, on browbone (matte white with slight gold sheen)

-Queen of Hearts, patted onto outer half of lid (red glitter)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics Glitter Glue (patted lightly onto shadow under glitter)

-Wet n' Wild Mega Liner liquid liner in Black

-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On pencil in Perversion (waterline)

-Sephora Full Action Extreme Effect mascara in 01 Black

-Andrea ModLash #33 Black falsies

Brows:

-Sephora mini brown eyeliner pencil

Face:

-Smashbox Photo Finish Light primer

-Revlon Colorstay for Combination/Oily skin (Ivory/Beige mixed)

-mark. powder

Cheeks:

-Darling Girl blushes in Cherry Bomb and Charming Coral

-BFTE's Ornamental as highlighter

Lips:

-NYX lip pencil in Hot Red

-OCC Lip Tar in Harlot

My messy desk after creating the look; this isn't all the products I used and not everything here was used in this look, but you can see many of the items I used ;)

Elph pic with no flash; sucky color but lifelike texture/dimension.

My lips look like a fish but the eye-makeup looks good; you can see the glitter really well, and also the black smear at the corner of my left eye where my makeup was running due to my eye watering because of something I did.. D;

 A couple of things went wrong with this look, like my eyeliner looking wonky because I'm still not comfortable with using the Mega Liner yet, and my eye watering so badly and my eyeballs looking bloodshot, and the lash glue getting all over the eyeliner because I'm still having trouble applying falsies these days lol. I definitely think it's time for some new ones, and some new lash glue! >.<

Over all though I think it's much better than 2 years ago. :D

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.