Green and Blue Summer Look Tutorial (video + pictures)

I'm back again everyone, thanks for all the nice comments you left on my Disney contest entry. :) How are you today? I'm doing this quick post before I get to bed because I don't want to just have this video and pictures sitting around on my computer. I might forget about it. Hehe.

Don't you just hate it when you tell yourself you have to do something and then you forget about it in a minute or two? That always happens to me. Grr. Anyway...

I decided a while back that I would do a tutorial or at least an FOTD with my new NYX loose e/s's and my Jesse's Girl eye dust. It made more sense to me to use the green and blue together, especially since the Jesse's Girl eye dust was a pretty pretty duochrome blue and green e/s...so this is what I came up with.

I think this would be better for a summer night out. Lol.

Here is the video tutorial:

I know my face looks oily in this, but I swear I had it matte..I just got sweaty because of the weather!! OMG. PS, I realized that it's the weather that's got me oiling up like crazy.

And for those who don't want to watch the video, I have a picture tutorial. Well, sort of. :) PS, sorry for the messy brows. Been lazy to groom them...but that's the first thing I'll do tomorrow morning. :)

What I used:

FACE: MAC studiofix powder in NC35, Ellana Minerals foundation in hazelnut latte for setting powder
CHEEKS: Generic blush + ELF natural radiance blusher in Glow
LIPS: PAC satin finish lipstick in misty brown, ELF super glossy lipshine on top
EYES: Art Deco eyeshadow base, NYX ultra pearl mania in Lime, Jesse's Girl eye dust in trouble maker, Jesse's girl bejewelled quad (gold color) for highlight, Coastal Scents Gel Eyeliner in black, PAC white eyeliner pencil, Maybelline volum' express cat eyes mascara (HG!)

So here is the photo tutorial!

OPTIONAL STEP: Prime lids (I used Art Deco eyeshadow base--I love it, it really really minimizes fallout!)

STEP 1: Using a regular eyeshadow brush, pat NYX ultra pearl mania in Lime all over lid and a little above the crease.

STEP 2: Taking Jesse's Girl eye dust in Troublemaker (with the same brush), pat it onto the eyelid starting from the outer corner working to the middle part of the lid, also pulling the colour in the crease into the inner corner just a bit. Blend!

STEP 3: Taking a fluffier brush (or crease/blending brush if you have one--I don't), get a bit of black e/s (I used the black in my PAC palette for this) and get it onto your crease starting from the outer corner of the eye. Blend upwards into the blue.

STEP 4: Using a smaller angled brush or a stiff, thin eyeshadow brush, get some of the NYX ultra pearl e/s in Lime and line your lower lashline with it. Then take some of the Jesse's Girl eye dust in troublemaker and start from the outer corner of the lower lashline, line it and meet the NYX Lime in the middle. Blend.

STEP 5: Taking a highlight color (I used the gold in my Jesse's Girl bejewelled e/s quad), sweep from under the brow to the e/s and blend, should look like this below:

Also in this step: Line upper lash line (I used Coastal Scents gel eyeliner in Black) and waterline (optional--I used white to make me look more awake). Apply mascara (Used Maybelline Volum' Express Cat Eyes Mascara)

FINISHED LOOK

Look at me in all my silly-face glory! Rofl jkjk

So that's it for this tutorial, I hope you girls liked it!! If you have any requests I'll gladly take them. :) Anything at all.

Don't forget about Gia's and my contest!! The theme is Beijing Opera. We have already started to accumulate prizes, so you can expect a prize post soon.

Life update of sorts: Today I've done nothing but laze around. I had told myself I would do something significant or at least productive but I ended up just playing around on the internet. Some days you just gotta have some downtime, I guess...I'm still recharging after all. Aside from that, I guess I just had the usual Monday laziness. Haha.

So I guess that's all for today/tonight, ladies! I hope you had a good weekend and that you have a good week. :) Happy Monday!!

I sorely missed the point.

My friend Kat asked me to do a natural look for her, but a mistake led to me doing a smoky eye with browns, golds and black instead. XD It was a stupid mistake really. Oh well. Anyway--I'll do her neutral FOTD tomorrow.

For now, I'm posting the result of an hour's worth of fooling around with makeup.

Products used: 

(As always click on images to enlarge)

FACE The Face Shop primer (green), Maybelline instant age rewind cream foundation in sandy beige, Ellana intense coverage foundation in hazelnut latte, Ellana blush in lust, ELF blush in glow, Max Factor pan stik concealer in noveau beige (NOT MY SHADE D:)

EYES ARTDECO eye primer, Princess Livia neutral quad, PAC shimmer palette, MAC Bagatelle, Cinema Secrets mascara in black, ELF pencil eyeliner, Elianto stay-on liquid eyeliner

LIPS Cinema Secrets Lips for Love Scenes (Rip roaring red-32)

Mini tutorial for e/s: after finishing with the face, apply eye primer, then pat on base color (neutral, close to skin shade) all over eyelids. Choose a shimmery gold and pat over lid, smoothing to even out the color. Choose a complementing brown and apply on outer V and blend, sweep toward crease. Apply MAC Bagatelle or similar gold e/s in frost or white e/s for highlight. Apply pencil eyeliner over upper lid and waterline, smudge with a sponge or an e/s brush. Apply liquid eyeliner over pencil on upper lid. Apply mascara.

I totally look way older in these pics. :x But yeah, anyway. I tried to pull off "sexy", I don't think it really worked.

Close up of eyes--of course the camera did not capture shimmer/frost properly...

Also, notice my new hair? :D I was in the parlor today (nothing special, just got mah hair colored to even it out).

IN OTHER NEWS:

I MADE THE DEAN'S LIST! I don't even know how. Haha. But wth--first time ever. Yay!