EOTD: Hot Tanzanite (DGC and BFTE)

  *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize, and Tanzanite gel eyeliner which was a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.

This is another look I did while on vacation; simple and neutral with a twist :) I used Tanzanite gel eyeliner from BFTE Cosmetics and Hot Rocks, one of my all-time favorite eyeshadows from Darling Girl Cosmetics.

Keep reading for more pics and full product list!

Taken outdoors with flash.

Taken indoors with flash; mainly I included this shot so you can see the shimmery-ness of Hot Rocks on my lid, lower lashline, and over the eyeliner :)

Taken outdoors with no flash.

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte powder

-BFTE Cosmetics blush in Love Child

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream (all over lid as base)
-BFTE Cosmetics Indellible Gel Eyeliner in Tanzanite (metallic plum)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration on inner lid and browbone highlight (nude pearl)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Hot Rocks on middle lid, lower lashline, and patted over eyeliner (dusty grey with fiery red to gold shift)

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Moderato on outer corner of lid (deep matte eggplant), Allegro in crease (medium golden brown matte), and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

 -MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

  -Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick in Lust For Blush

I love Hot Rocks so much... and it goes amazingly with this gel liner too. Major love!♥

  *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize, and Tanzanite gel eyeliner which was a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
**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.

EOTD: Buried Treasure

 *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.

Hey y'all! I'm back from vacation and had a great time; we had amazing weather and I even got a little tan, which NEVER happens lol.

Here's another look I did while there, a gold and brown neutral eye using BFTE Cosmetics and a few other things. Keep reading to see all the details :)

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Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-BFTE Indelible Gel Eyeliner in Penny as base on lids

-Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze as base on outer corner of lids

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Iron Maid-In on inner half of lids (light gold) and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

BFTE eyeshadow in Chocolate on outer corners and blended into crease (chocolate brown shimmer)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration from crease to browbone and tearduct/inner corner (nude pearl)

-BFTE eyeshadow in Ornamental on inner corner/tearduct and on very center of lid and lower lashline (pale gold)

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Moderato on outer corner (deep matte eggplant) and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

 -MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

  -Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade 

Since this was several days ago I'm not 100% positive whatall products I used, but the list is accurate to the best of my recollection. 

Nothing on my lips once again, though after I took these I think I used a Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick; not sure if it was Pin Up Peach or Lust For Blush. 

This look reminds me a bit of my old look using some of these colors and a few others, but I think this one is much nicer since I made sure to blend it a lot for a soft effect. :)

On this day we took a ferry to an island that day and I ended up swimming in the ocean which I wasn't really prepared for, but hey, gotta be spontaneous sometimes right? I got washed over my head by waves about 3 times but my eye makeup didn't look too bad, I just had a little mascara or something smeared under my eyes lol. I wore sunglasses all day anyway so no one even noticed. :P

Thanks for reading♥

  *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
**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.

EOTD: Poolside Storm (DGC and BFTE)

 *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

 I'm on vacation again, woo! This one was rather spur-of-the-moment beach getaway with my whole family so I'm really enjoying having us all together. :)

Today I did a makeup look using Darling Girl and BFTE Cosmetics; it's another neutral-with-a pop-of-color kind of look because I was seriously lacking inspiration for what to do, lol. I like how it turned out though. Keep reading for the details...

Click for full-sized view:

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-DGC eyeshadow in Copper Storm (GWP) on lid

-DGC eyeshadow in Poolside Party on lower lashline

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration from crease to browbone and tearduct/inner corner (nude pearl)

-BFTE eyeshadow in Ornamental on inner corner/tearduct, on lid over Copper Storm, and on lower lashline over Poolside Party

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette; Moderato on outer corner (deep matte eggplant) and Adagio to blend out crease (light cafe latte matte)

  -Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade 

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette on brows (Naked2 and Crave)

I'm not wearing anything on my lips, just a little lip balm. The look was a bit darker and smokier in person so I didn't want to overwhelm my face with lipcolor. 

After I finished the look, I used some of BFTE's Ornamental eyeshadow, a pale gold, and patted it on the middle of my lids and lower lashline just to add a little dimension. 

Poolside Party is a blue/turquoise shade but due to the gold/green sheen and also the extra gold I used over it in this look, it turned out looking quite greenish on my skin. The color does shift though; if you look at the full face shots, you can see on the nearest eye it looks green, but on the far eye it looks more blue. I love it and recommend checking it out if you haven't yet!

Thanks for reading!♥

 *All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
**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.

EOTD: Faith (BFTE)

*All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize, and Faith eyeshadow sample which was a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

I've been home for a week now but haven't really gotten a chance to do makeup until today. Jet lag is no fun! :<

Anyway, here's a look I did today; I was just going to do something fun, but then my brother said he wanted to take my sister and me to see Wolverine tonight, so I wanted to make this look wearable for that as well. I've been dying to use this eyeshadow from BFTE Cosmetics called Faith; while I was out visiting, Crystal was kind enough to let me have a sample, which I used in this look and I must say, as with most of her products, I'm in love! It's a gorgeous color♥

So happy to have my camera again ^______^

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-mark. loose setting powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

-BFTE Cosmetics Light Bronzer

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-BFTE eyeshadow in Faith on outer half of lid (shimmery wine-rust shade)

-theBalm "Balm Jovi" Rockstar palette Adagio on inner lid and above crease (light cafe latte matte)

-Urban Decay WOS to blend edges (light cool nude matte)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration as highlight (nude pearl)

-BFTE eyeshadow in Butt Naked on tearduct and middle of browbone (low-shimmer vanilla highlight shade)

-Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Belleme Cosmetics Kiss of Flavor listick in Pink Petal

-Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust For Blush

So besides the light nude matte shadows from palettes which I used to blend out the shadow, I only really used the one color in this look. Faith is a gorgeous eyeshadow, it has sort of a dark base and then the cranberryish shimmer with lighter pink tones. I applied some to my outer lid and then blended it out and up into the crease; then I patted on some more eyeshadow just to the outer lid for concentrated shimmer and color. You can see the difference, it looks like I used a darker crease color. I really like it ;3

If you want to buy Faith you can find it in The Violet Set and also the Soulmate mini collection on BFTE's site, but I don't think they sell it separately at this time.

Thanks for reading!

*All products purchased by me except the bb cream which was a giveaway prize, and Faith eyeshadow sample which was a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.
 **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.

EOTD: Ivy Bean (BFTE)

  *All products purchased by me. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

My eyes/face today :)

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Belleme BB Cream in Ivory (from abbamart.com_

-Maybelline Dream Matte Powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees

-theBalm "theBalm Jovi" Rockstar palette blush and highlighter

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream

-Indelible Gel Eyeliner in Ivy League (golden-olive)

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Canyon on lid and crease (peachy tan satin)

-Ornamental on upper and lower inner lashline (pale gold)

-Jumping Bean on outer lid, lower lashline, and crease (matte golden brown with purple sheen)

-Secret Garden on outer lower lashline and lightly patted over eyeliner (burnished golden-green)

-UD Naked Basics palette, Crave on outer corner (deepest matte brown)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration as highlight (nude pearl)

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (tightline only)

-Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Maybelline Color Whisper in Pinup Peach

I didn't even feel like wearing makeup today but I made myself do it. I wanted a fairly subdued and laid-back look; this was fairly easy, though I took a little more time with it than I needed to lol.

I can't wait to get home next week and have my Canon Rebel for pictures cuz the iPhone does a good job but it just doesn't do the colors justice. Anyway, hope you liked this lazy Sunday look! As always, thanks for reading♥

  *All products purchased by me. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

EOTD: BFTE Sunset

*All products purchased by me, except the bb cream and blush, which were a giveaway prize and a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

 My makeup for today: sunset eyes using BFTE Cosmetics. I got a new Maybelline Color Tattoo in the shade Bad To The Bronze and wanted to use it, so I put that down first as a base and then used BFTE loose shadows on top. Scroll down for more info :)

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte Powder

-BFTE Cosmetics blush in May

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Bad To The Bronze

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Copper Cauldron on lids (golden-bronze shimmer)

-Lava Momma on outer lids and crease (hot pink)

-Big Ego on outer corners (deep blackened purple)

-Bubbly on inner corners and tearduct (peachy gold metallic)
-Autumn on tearduct line (metallic gold)

theBalm "theBalm Jovi" Rockstar palette:

-Adagio to blend edges (light caffe latte matte)

-rem on outer edges (pale lilac w/ gold shimmer)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration as highlight (nude pearl)

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust For Blush

This is a bit darker and smokier than I normally wear, especially during the day, but it's already going into late afternoon/evening so I'm okay right? I'm not really going anywhere in public, it was just for fun haha. I love my BFTE eyeshadows♥

 Thanks for reading!

*All products purchased by me, except the bb cream and blush, which were a giveaway prize and a gift. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

EOTD: Darling Girl Neutral Blue

*All products purchased by me, except the bb cream which I won in a giveaway. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

This is my makeup from yesterday; I used Darling Girl Cosmetics and my Urban Decay Naked Basics palette to create this look. Keep scrolling if you want more details! :)

Best close-up I could get. It washed out a little of the color but what can ya do?

I guess this pic was slightly out of focus, which I didn't realize until I saw it on the computer lol. Oh well..

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte Powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees
 -Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Waves of White

Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Rich Gurl on lid (light blue with green shift)

-Leviathan on outer lid (medium teal with strong green flash)

-Adoration as highlight (nude pearl)

-BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadow in Ornamental on tearduct (pale gold)

Urban Decay Naked Basics palette:

-Walk of Shame to blend edges

-Naked2 and Faint in crease

-Crave on outer corner

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust For Blush

I really wanted to do a gorgeous mint-chocolate look like this one by the beautiful Alexis Leigh, which I absolutely loved. I thought I would use Darling Girl's Lucky eyeshadow, one of my favorites, but alas, I didn't bring it with me on my trip. So I did a teal-y blue and brown look and liked how it turned out. :)

Thanks for reading!

*All products purchased by me, except the bb cream which I won in a giveaway. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

EOTD: BFTE Brights

 *All products purchased by me, except the bb cream which I won in a giveaway. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

Hey guys! It's been a while since I've posted but there's a reason for that, lol. I've been on vacation for the past 2 weeks, yay! I'm in Kansas visiting my friend Crystal who is the owner of BFTE Cosmetics. We both had some time free this summer so she invited my sister Becky and me to come over and check out Kansas life. ;)

Anyway, I wanted to share this little look I did yesterday to go to the zoo; I hadn't done any colorful eyeshadow looks in a while because I've been stuck in a "neutral with a pop of color" rut, lol. So for a fun day at the zoo I decided to go a little brighter!

I also got a much-needed and long-overdue haircut :3

This isn't the best photo but I don't have a real camera with me so I just used my sister's iPhone. The colors are very true-to-life though. :)

Products:

Face/Cheeks:

-Reviva Labs primer
-Sua Young BB Cream

-Maybelline Dream Matte Powder

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Neon Trees
 -Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Naked2 as contour (light taupe)

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Maybelline 24 Hour Color Tattoo in Waves of White

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Splash (light blue with gold and green iridescence. I think this color was limited so it's not on the site.)

-Laura (purplish magenta? lol not sure how to describe it)

-Lava Momma (bright hot pink at outer corners)

-Whisper (apricot/violet duochrome just in tearduct)

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette (Walk of Shame to blend edges)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Adoration (nude pearl as highlight)

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

-Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara

-Sonia Kashuk concealer quad, lightest shade

Lips:

-Maybelline Color Whisper in Lust For Blush

I kept it really simple, concentrating on the eyes. I've been going super light on the foundation since it's so hot here, just BB cream and a little powder. I walked around a few hours in 100+ degree heat and sun, sweated a lot, but my eye makeup was still going strong when I took it off. Win!

A not-so-good closeup, lol.

This look was really fun to do, I love these colors together♥

Thanks for reading!

  

*All products purchased by me, except the bb cream which I won in a giveaway. All opinions are my own, I am not being compensated for this post.*

Swatchfreak makeup collab: Dreamy Mermaid and Sultry Siren

 Yay! I'm so excited to bring you this much-anticipated collaboration post! (You can check out Tamara's post here!)

The story: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was contacted by the extremely gorgeous, sweet, and talented Tamara of Swatchfreak to do a makeup collab; we tossed around some ideas and her idea of Siren/Mermaid was agreed on. I chose Siren and Tamara chose Mermaid, and we each made a design for the other. Since I'm bad at drawing, I enlisted my sister BeckyPennArt to help me! I told her exactly what I wanted and she made it appear like magic. :D

The Designs:

Mermaid design; concept by me, digital artwork by BeckyPennArt. We made a version with notes like the one below but it's kind of distracting so I posted the cleaner one, hehe.

Tamara's Siren design; she used real makeup and drew it by hand, how cool!

 After we sent each other our concept sketches, we agreed that creative license could be taken and we got busy planning and then sharing our looks. Check them out and please click for most detail!

The Dreamy Mermaid:

Tamara's Dreamy Mermaid, even more beautiful than I envisioned!♥

Mermaid eye close-up! I adore the colors and crushed-up seashell, Tamara's genius idea! The purple brow is also the exact color I imagined, it couldn't be more perfect.

Used products:

• Fyrinnae – Nevermore – on brow (applied with water)
• Sundara Cosmetics - Turmeric - in tearduct and outer under lash line area (from a company that don’t exist anymore )
• Darling Girl Cosmetics – Purple Haze* – Soft Focus Blush + Fyrinnae – Nevermore + Fyrinnae - Marshmallow Puffs - all three used to go from yellow area on lid to pink, to purple
• Fyrinnae – We’re All Mad Here – inner under lash line area
• Fyrinnae – Futuristic Glamrock – in crease
• Tick:Tock Cosmetics – Frozen in Time – for HL
• I’m not pretty sure what false lashes I used, but I think they are from Misslyn

 The Sultry Siren:

My Siren, complete with damp hair ;P

Siren eye close-up!

 Products:

 Since I did this look last September I don't remember exactly what-all products I used, but what I do remember is that I made the eye shape with Urban Decay Zero pencil and filled in the outer corner, crease, and under my eye. I went over the black with Lucky eyeshadow by Darling Girl Cosmetics, one of my fave eyeshadows. It's similar to Sugarpill's Lumi and looks amaaazing over a black base! I also used some black eyeshadow around the very edges to preserve the black like in the sketch. On my lid I used the popular Wet N' Wild eyeshadow color that is in several of their palettes; it's a warm brown with teal iridescence. I packed that heavily on my lid and blended it a little with the teal. Then I used a gold, I think it was Autumn by BFTE Cosmetics, on my inner lid, blended with the gold and coming down to a point at my tear duct. Under my lower lashline I used BFTE Patriot, a matte navy blue at the outer corner, and then more Lucky in the middle. I used Lucky again as my highlight shade from browbone to tear duct, and also patted some over the WnW brown to intensify the iridescence. Lashes are Ardell #139.

On my brow I used NYX and Sephora pencils in light and dark brown for the over-all shape, then combed through my brow hairs with some Darling Girl Glitter Glue and heavily applied the WnW brown-blue shade.

On my skin I think I just used Revlon Colorstay and mark. Powder Buff foundations, with some bronzer as a contour. I used Lucky again to highlight my cheekbone for an ethereal glow♥

My lips didn't quite turn out the way I wanted but I used NYX slim lip pencil in Black Berry, and OCC Lip Tar in RX (the blue one). Tamara had mentioned some gold at the cupid's bow so I used BFTE Autumn for that.

It was super hot and humid in my room and I started to feel sick so I didn't get to do both eyes, but I tried to hide it with my hair. :D

This was so much fun to do and I'm super grateful to Tamara for inviting me to participate! I also want to thank her for letting me use her cute little collage pics because I was too lazy to make my own. :)

Please go check out her blog, she does awesome makeup and take beautiful photos too!

http://swatchfreak.wordpress.com/

Thanks so much 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: 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.