Purple Wing makeup look

I did a makeup look yesterday that was inspired by a photo I found on Pinterest. (If you're on Pinterest, you can follow me here!)

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I couldn't see the model's lower eye since it was closed, so I did my own interpretation:

Close-up of the eye, without the extra editing.

Products:

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Belleme Waterproof Pencil Eye Liner in Funky Violet

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Dark Prince (deep blackened purple over purple pencil)

-Wacky (dark orange on outer crease)

-Crush (light orange on inner crease)

-Soleil (pale yellow on lid)

-Yellow Brick Road (brighter yellow on very center of lid)

-Butt Naked (pale cream shimmer as highlight)

-BFTE Cosmetics Mix & Fix

-MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (tightline)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

-DUO Dark lash glue

-Andrea Modlash #33 lashes

-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette (on brow)

Face:

-Reviva Labs primer

-Revlon Colorstay foundation in Buff/Ivory mixed

-mark Bronze Pro (contour)

Darling Girl Cosmetics blushes in:

-Penelope

-Orange You Glad To See Me

-Cherry Bomb

-BFTE Butt Naked (highlight)

Lips:

NYX Slim Lip Pencils in:

-Tangerine, Purple Rain, Dolly Pink

-BFTE Butt Naked

-e.l.f. lipgloss in Fairy

I wasn't really setting out to copy this look exactly but I did end up making it pretty similar. I edited my photo to be close to the original, the desaturation for example, but I'm no model of course, lol. 

I learned something from creating this look; I desperately want a deep eggplant purple gel liner! Although I really liked the result I got with the products I used; the Belleme pencil alone is gorgeous and slightly shimmery, but I wanted a very dark purple for the liner so I used a little Mix & Fix with Dark Prince to darken it up. I used tape to create the clean line on the dramatic wing.

I hope you enjoy this look, I certainly enjoyed creating it. :) I may do this more often in future, since I have a whole board on Pinterest full of inspirational makeup looks.
I just published this and realized it's my 200th post! Thanks to those who read my blog and Like/Comment on my Facebook page, it means so much to me.  ♥

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.

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.

FOTD: Starlight

 Hey everyone! I hope those of you celebrating Thanksgiving had a great holiday! I spent mine with my family at our home; it was really low-key but we had a really sweet Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, cooked by my amazing Mom. We got to spend some quality time all together too, which was nice :)

This was a just-for-fun look I did last week; I used mostly BFTE Cosmetics shadows and 2 others from a company I no longer support but wanted to use them since I already paid money for them. I also used my studio photography equipment to take the photos since I've been neglecting it. (Bad Emily!) So take a look and don't forget to click the pics to get a better view. :)

Products:

Eyes:

-Lime Crime Candy Eyed Waterproof Eyeshadow Helper

-Darling Girl Cosmetics Glitter Glue

-Shade #1 on lid and under eye (grey to plum duochrome)

-Shade #2 to blend out shade #1 (sheer turquoise with pink sheen)

BFTE eyeshadows in:

-Autumn on inner corner (metallic gold)

-Dark Prince  in crease and outer corner (blackened purple)

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

-Ornamental in center of browbone (pale gold)

-Glistening patted on center of lid (sparkly white with pink sheen)

Cupcake above crease (light shimmering pink)

-MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

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

-Maybelline Mega Plush mascara in Blackest Black

Brows:

-Coastal Scents 88 Palette, various shades

Skin/Cheeks:

-mark. face primer

-Belleme BB Cream in Ivory

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude

-CS 88 Palette, taupe shade as contour

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Secret Star

-BFTE "Butt Naked" eyeshadow as highlight

Lips:

-e.l.f. lip gloss in Fairy

I did a full face which I haven't done in a while ;D I'm trying out a new BB Cream and liking it so far, I'll be doing a review on this stuff soon!

Hope you liked it, 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.

Sweet Venom

Hey there! Here's an eye look I did purely for fun and because I wanted to use my new Sugarpill palettes which have been sadly neglected since I got them for my birthday. :*<

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Products:

-Lime Crime Candy Eyed Waterproof Eyeshadow Helper (Never sure if I'm typing this one correctly, lol)

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk

Sugarpill eyeshadows in:

-Acidberry (bright green on lid)

-2am (berry shade in crease)

-Poison Plum (deep purple to deepen crease and outer corner)

-Tako (matte white on browbone)

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Ying Yang (metallic yellow-green on inner corner of lid, tearduct, and waterline)

-Autumn (metallic gold on very inner tearduct)

-Stunning (bright pink under lower lashline and on inner crease)

-Glistening (snow white with sparkles and slight pink sheen on browbone and inner corner)

-Lime Crime Makeup Uniliner in Orchidacious (purple liner on lid)

-MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack (upper lashline)

-Maybelline Mega Plush mascara in Blackest Black

-Hard Candy Glamouflage in Light

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude

Brow:

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Lime

-Sugarpill Acidberry

-BFTE Ying Yang and Autumn

There you have it! In my mind I was picturing some sort of exotic poisonous tropical plant you'd find in a rain forest; something flamboyantly colorful and ultra deadly. ;) My sister Abby named this look Venom; my sister Becky said I looked like The Hulk... can't win em all I guess, lol.

Anyway, it was fun to use my new palettes and of course I love my BFTE. I hadn't really used Stunning or Ying Yang much before and I love them, they're both awesome colors. My favorite part of this look is the yellow-green on the waterline and blended down into the pink under the eye. I think it gives an awesome metallic iridescence.

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.

Smokey Blue Suede

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Here's a look I did last night for fun; I wanted to do a smokey blue eye since I haven't used blue in a while. This is how it turned out, hope you enjoy! If you'd like to see a step-by-step of how I did it, please check out the tutorial on Makeupbee!

Products:

-Lime Crime Candy Eyed Waterproof Eyeshadow Helper

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Spellbound (blue on lid)

-Mississippi Mud (matte dark brown in crease)

-Truffle (matte light brown above crease)

-Copper Cauldron (shimmery bronze over other brown shades)

-Black (matte black on outer corner for depth)

-Very Vanilla (matte nude to blend edges)

-Butt Naked (shimmery nude as highlight)

-Glitz (sparkly ice blue patted on lid and tearduct for extra sparkle)

-MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack on upper lashline

-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On pencil in Perversion on lower waterline

-Maybelline Mega Plush mascara in Blackest Black
-Duo Dark lash glue
-Ardell #110 lashes

Extra:

-Sephora brown pencil and BFTE Truffle on brow

-Hard Candy Glamouflage in Light and mark. Powder Buff in Nude on skin

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.

Some vacation looks

Hey guys, it's been a while! I've been on a sort of unofficial hiatus because my computer is broken every other day so posting has been almost impossible lol. Anyway, I just got back from a nice beach vacation so I thought I'd share the handful of looks I did on the trip. They're simpler and more wearable than some of the looks I usually post but I tried to balance it out by making them nice and colorful :) I used very few products and all shadows are from BFTE Cosmetics. If you'd like to see the details, keep reading! And don't forget to click the pics to view larger sizes.

 This was the first look I did, I call it Purple Pop because I could not think of a good name that didn't sound cheesey. I wanted purple to go with my magenta shirt; I don't know how that goes together but in my mind at the time, it did. ;P

Products:
-Primer: Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
-Base: Urban Decay "Ransom" pencil (creased badly!)
-Lid: Grape
-Crease and lower lashline: Sycamore

-Highlight(s): Whisper (tearduct) and Butt Naked (browbone)
-Liner: Urban Decay Zero or Perversion pencil, forget which..
-Mascara: Cover Girl Lash Perfection

I wear this look often when I want color but nothing too OTT. I'm in love with Sycamore, it's such a pretty brown but it also has a little mauve or purple or pink undertone to it. I don't recommend using the purple pencil as a base, there was barely any makeup left on my lid by the end of the day. Horrifying!

 I call this one Antique Green, another super simple look. I only took about 4 pictures and this was the only one that wasn't blurry.

-Primer/Base: Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
-Lid: Orionis (entire lid), Sassafras (inner half)
-Crease: Canyon

-Highlight(s): Butt Naked
-Liner(s): Sephora Liner Electro in Khaki Electro (line lid and deepen crease) and Urban Decay -Perversion (upper tightline)
-Mascara: Maybelline Mega Plush in Deepest Black

Green is my fall-back color. (In my mind green is a neutral, lol.) I'm IN LOVE wish Sassafras and I wish I could have gotten the Fall collection just to have a full jar of this. it's the perfect shade of goldish-green, or maybe it's a greenish-gold... either way, it's my perfect shade and I know I'll be using this baggie up quickly. :(
I bought a new mascara at Walmart the day before and used it in this look; it's the newish Maybelline Mega Plush which was recommended by several makeup friends and so far I really like it!

 I call this look Golden Amber. I wanted something neutral since I didn't know what I'd be wearing that day, and also there was a possibility of going out to dinner so I wanted something that would look good with different outfits. In short, I wanted something neutral, but of course I always go for a neutral color rather than browns or blacks, etc.

-Primer and base: Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
-Lid: Amber (entire lid), Bubbly (over Amber), Ornamental (crease, tearduct and inner third).
-Highlight: Butt Naked
-Liner: Urban Decay Perversion pencil (lid winged out and tightlined with brush)
-Mascara: Maybelline Mega Plush in Deepest Black.

I ended up wearing this look all afternoon on the beach and then out to dinner so there were indeed several changes of attire involved. ;)

This was my favorite of the bunch; I'd had this look in mind for weeks beforehand and even had a name picked out. I call it Avocado Melon :D

-Lid: Treason (outer half), Sassafras (inner half)
-Crease: Melon
-Highlights: Ornamental (tearduct and over Melon), Butt Naked (browbone)

-Liner: MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (winged out on lid and tightlined between lashes)
-Mascara: Maybelline Mega Plush in Deepest Black.

 When my sister saw me she asked if I was wearing false lashes and I had the pleasure of telling her I wasn't. :) I'm so glad I waited to do this look until I had Sassafras because it truly was perfect. I love how this turned out and I'll definitely be doing it again.

So there you have it! Simple and colorful looks that are wearable for whatever. The primer helped them to last until I took it off at night with minimal fading/creasing. (Except the purple look but that was the pencil's fault.) I kept everything else very light, using nothing on my brows and just chapstick/gloss on my lips. On my skin I used mark. face primer, Maybelline Dream Foam, and mark. Powder Buff. No blush since my face was kind of red and broken out. :( That being the case, and since pictures amplify redness/blemishes, I did touch up the pics a bit so my skin wasn't distracting too much from the eye makeup which was really the focus. I wasn't gifted with perfect skin and I hate caking on a pound of product just to make it look normal when I can just use a program to adjust the photos a bit. Don't worry about my pics looking fake though, there's still plenty of pores and pimples to prove they're real lol. ;)

Anyway, hope you enjoyed seeing these looks! I'm going to try and do makeup more often so if there's anything you want to see, please let me know in a comment. 

Thanks for reading!

Contest Look: Earth Tones (Virgo)

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Hey guys! :)

I recently entered another competition on Makeupbee; this one is inspired by Zodiac signs. My birthday is September 10 so I'm a Virgo. I never paid much attention to horoscope type stuff but I think the constellations are really interesting. (If you go by personality traits though, I am a typical Virgo, haha.)

I did a little research for inspiration and discovered that Virgo's element is Earth, our colors are green and brown, and our metal is Quicksilver. I tried to incorporate these things in my look. All the eyeshadows I used are from BFTE Cosmetics; you can see a step-by-step picture tutorial HERE.

If you'd like to know what products I used you can click the link, they're all on Makeupbee.

I had a lot of trouble getting this entry up and the tutorial finished; for one thing their site was having issues with uploading photos for several days. I also don't have use of my laptop anymore, it needs serious repairs and I'm not sure when that will happen. (This is also why I haven't done much blogging lately.)

I didn't have Aperture to edit my photos so if it looks a bit different than my usual, that's why. (Aperture is so amazing I've become dependent on it, lol.) That's also why there's only one photo, I just didn't have any patience left after finishing this one. ;P

Anyway, if you like my look I'd appreciate it if you could go vote for my entry! If you don't have a Makeupbee account you can easily log in through Facebook. To vote, just click the heartshaped "Luv" button at the top left of the look page. I'm in the top 10 right now and I'd love to have a shot at judging!

Thanks so much and I hope you're having a good week! :)

Singinferyoo: Pinkie Pie look!

Hey guys, check out this sweet look by my sister Abby (singinferyoo) inspired by Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic!

Please click the link to see more details on her Makeupbee! (And Follow/Luv while you're there!)

My sisters and I decided to do a little series of looks based on characters from the show. Abby wanted Pinkie Pie because Pinkie is her favorite pony; their personalities are identical, lol. I think this look embodies both Pinkie and Abby perfectly! I adore the bright colors, the pink brows, the little balloon details, and I love the way she did the eyeliner!
 Remember to check out her Makeupbee to see the full look and all the details :)

Coming soon... Applejack! ;)

Makeupbee Contest Look: Scarlet Macaw

Hey guys! I've been pretty busy lately so I guess Summer is in full-swing now ;)

I have a look to share which I'm excited about! It's for the Makeupbee/Inglot Tropical themed contest.
 (VOTE FOR MY ENTRY HERE!)

My inspiration was the Scarlet Macaw in this lovely photo taken by RainaDayze:

Stock image credit to RainaDayze.deviantart.com
Always remember to credit back to the original owner!

I love the colors in the feathers so I tried to capture them in my look. I used mainly red, green, and blue, with a little yellow thrown in; I also added black and white accents and finished it off with bold blue/black feathery lashes to mimic the darker feathers at the tips of the bird's wings.

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Overcast daylight, no flash.

With flash.

Lips with flash.

Products:

Eyes:

-UDPP

-Lime Crime Cosmetics Candy Eyed Shadow Base

-Sugarpill Love+ pressed shadow (crease and outer corner, blended out)

-Sugarpill Afterparty pressed shadow (inner corner of lid, blended out)

-BH 120 palette, 1st edition (yellow and green shades blended out on lid)

BFTE Cosmetics loose shadows, from outer corner:

-Isis (metallic rust, crease/outer corner)

-Addicted (bright metallic red, outer lid)

-Okul (bright low-shimmer yellow)

-Orionis (shimmery yellow-green)

-Sour (cool green)

-Peacock (bright blue-teal)

-Cornflower (baby blue, tearducts)

-Glitz (icy blue shimmer over Cornflower)

-Way Up High (matte white with subtle gold shimmer, browbone)

-Butt Naked (highlight)

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils in Cherry, Yellow, Lime, Baby Blue used on lower lashline with Addicted, Orionis, Peacock and Cornflower over top

-Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black felt-tip liquid liner pen and Wet N' Wild Mega Liner in Black (upper lashline)

-Lime Crime Makeup Uniliner in Lunar Sea (white along outer wing)

-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On pencil in Perversion (outer corner of lower lashline)

-Sephora white pencil on waterline

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara (lower lashes only)

-NYX "Blue Jay" false lashes

Coastal Scents 88 palette (taupe on brows)

Face/Cheeks:

-mark. primer

-Revlon Colorstay foundation in Ivory

-mark. Powder Buff in Nude

-CS 88 palette (taupe shade to contour)

-Pretty Addictions blush in Watermelon Prowl

-Darling Girl Cosmetics blushes in Boy Crazy (contour/bronzer) and Cherry Bomb (cheeks)

-BFTE's Butt Naked (highlighter)

Lips:

NYX Slim Lip Pencils in:

-Hot Red (upper lip)

-Nude Pink (lower lip)

-Tangerine (middle of lower lip)

My favorite part of this look is actually the lips; I wasn't trying to do Ombre lips but it sort of ended up having a slight Ombre effect which I think looks really cool. I just did a two-toned lip, leaving the bottom one nearly nude but the shape is still visible. (I call it the Kim Possible lip, lol.)

 I went through a lot to secure this look; I'd been planning to do something for the contest since before it started but life kept me from it until last Monday. Unfortunately my efforts were not blessed with fruit.. I ended up trying and failing multiple times, lol. Needless to say I was bummed. :(

Later in the week I rallied myself to try again and this is what happened. Thankfully this time I had the inspiration and motivation to achieve it. (The parrot idea really paid off! ;D)

I also somehow managed to take good photos; it was a very overcast day so there was hardly any sunlight but I think that actually made my pictures better. I just used my tripod, a reflector, and natural light from my window. Oh, and a fan to keep me cool and blow my hair around a little for effect ;)

I hope you enjoyed it and again, please vote for my entry on Makeupbee! There's only a few days left in the contest.

Thanks for reading!<33

*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.