FOTD with Doubled Lashes

 Ardell, Bold Lip, Dramatic Eyes, FOTD, Grocery store make-up, H.E.B., Lashes  No Responses »
Feb 282013
 

I tried something a little different this weekend for my makeup.  I’ve heard several makeup artists combining more than one lash to create dramatic effects but I’d never done it.  I figured I’d give it a try.

FOTD Double Lash Look full faceFOTD Double lashes looking down and rt

FOTD Left side with double lashesI used Ardell #120 Lashes, which are currently my favorite lashes.  If in Texas, you can get them from H.E.B. I’ve seen prices range from $2.35-2.60.  I also see them at Kroger’s grocery store for $2.67.

FOTD 2-23-13 left side viewHere’s what I used to create this look below:

Face

  1. Maybeline BB Cream in Dark
  2. Loreal Magic Perfection Base
  3. MAC Prep and Prime Transparent Finishing Powder (Before and after makeup)
  4. Black Opal Foundation Stick in Rich Carmel (certain spots)
  5. Cover Girl Queen Collection Lasting Matte Pressed Powder in Golden
  6. MAC Vanilla Pigment as cheek highlight
  7. NARS Exhibit A Blush on Cheek Bones
  8. Cover Girl Queen Collection Bronzer in Ebony Bronze as Cheek Contour
  9. Skindinavia No More Shine Finishing Spray

Eyes

  1. Urban Decay Primer Potion
  2. Black Opal Foundation Stick in Kalahari Sand (used to carve out brow and under eye highlight)
  3. MAC Naked Pigment mixed with white from Coastal Scents 42 Matte Palette as brow highlight
  4. Orange shadow from Coastal Scents 42 Matte Palette in the crease
  5. MAC Grease Paint Stick in Purple on the lid as a base blended to crease
  6. Clinique eyeshadow in Royal Rush on inner lid
  7. Dark Purple shadow from Coastal Scents 42 Matte Palette on outer lid
  8. Elf Cream liner in Black as top liner
  9. Make Up Forever Aqua Eyes pencil 20L on lower lash line
  10. Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Perversion in Waterline.
  11. Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black
  12. Ardell #120 Lashes 2 pair on each eye

Lips

  • Make Up Forever Aqua lip pencil in #11C
  • Wet n Wild Matte Lipstick in Don’t Blink Pink in the center

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    What happens when you use cheap products?

     Beauty Tip, Black Opal, Black Opal Foundation Stick, brushes, Clinique, Cover Girl Queen Collection, Crown Brush, eye shadow, Eyeliner, FOTD, Lips, lipstick, M.A.C., MAC, Makeupchat, My favorites, playing with colors, product review, Queen Collection  1 Response »
    Jan 202013
     

     I’m always experimenting with inexpensive products to see what alternatives I can recommend to my readers and clients.  I recently purchased four eyeshadows and two more foundation sticks from Black Opal.Black Opal Purchase Now if you’ve been following me or if you’ve ever had a conversation about makeup with me you already know how much I adore Black Opal Foundation Sticks.  They’re an absolute staple for my personal use as well as my professional kit.  HOWEVER, I was not pleased at all with their Oil Blocking Powder. Click here on my thoughts.  It was a risk when I decided to try these new eyeshadows.Black Opal EyeshadowsHere’s the look I created with these colors. Even though they’re pretty bold, I wanted a softer effect.  Now, it’s very important for me to point out that I did NOT use a primer or base before applying the Black Opal eyeshadows.  I wanted to see exactly how pigmented they were. I have to say I was very pleased with the results.  I didn’t have to build up the color a whole lot either.  Quite impressive for $5.LOTD 1-19-13 Close eye picI decided to try them out with some other inexpensive products such as Elf, NYX, and Cover Girl Queen Collection to complete my look. Below is everything I used.  Even my brushes were inexpensive.  They’re a combo of Coastal Scents and Crown Brush. :-) LOTD 1-19-13 makeupNow granted I did still incorporate some MAC, Clinique and NARS but overall my look was pretty cheap. LOTD 1-19-13 Looking to leftLOTD 1-19-13 Looking StraightSo to answer the question “What Happens when you use inexpensive products?” My answer after using these would be that you get great results.

    I’m a firm believer that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to achieve a pretty makeup look.  This look validates my belief that technique and quality trump prices. ;-p
    Do you only use expensive products or do you venture out and try drugstore brands?

    Face Of The Day for Houston FNO

     Fashion Night Out, FNO, FOTD, Lipglass, lipstick, M.A.C., M.A.C. prep and prime powder, M.A.C. Superslick liquid liner, M.A.C. Vanilla Pigment, MAC Naked Pigment, Prep and Prime Powder, primers, Tinted Moisturizer, Viva Glam  2 Responses »
    Sep 102012
     

    I didn’t get a chance to participate in the Houston FNO (Fashion Night Out)festivities last Thursday due to me having to work at the MAC Counter. I did want to at least share my FOTD (Face Of The Day) that I wore.

    Face:

    Isomers HD Primer

    MAC Studio Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15 in Dark

    MAC Studio Fix Powder Foundation in C7

    MAC Prep and Prime Transparent Compact Powder

    Cheeks:

    MAC Vanilla Pigment for cheek highlight

    MAC Style blush on cheeks

    MAC Blunt Blush as cheek contour

    Lips:

    MAC Viva Glam Nicki lipstick and lipgloss

    Eyes:

    MAC Mineralized Eyeshadows Smutty Green and Blue Flame on lid and bottom lash line

    MAC Texture in Crease

    MAC Naked Pigment as Brow Highlight

    MAC Superslick Liquid Eye Liner in On the Hunt

    MAC Prolongwear Concealer in NW35 to carve out brows and under eyes

    Lashes:

    Ardell #118

    Loreal Voluminous Million Mascara

    Beauty Tip #14: Always Use Good Lighting For Makeup Application

     Black Opal Foundation Stick, blush, Bold colors, Bold Lip, Bronzer, Brow set, Cargo Laguna, Cover Girl, Cover Girl Queen Collection, Ebony Bronze, Inexpensive Products, M.A.C., MAC, Make up mirror, playing with colors, Queen Collection, Viva Glam  1 Response »
    Apr 102012
     

    Have you ever walked out of the house thinking your makeup was flawless and got outside only to find out  it definitely was not?   Yeah, this happened to me on Easter Sunday. My first thought was OMG!! This isn’t how I thought it looked?

    At first glance, it didn’t seem bad at all.

    Both pictures above are with the flash

    This was taken without a flash.  After taking a closer look, I could see it wasn’t blended as well as I thought, my lines weren’t straight, and my lashes weren’t close enough to my lash line. :-(

    I totally didn’t notice these mistakes while I was sitting at my table.

     Without Flash

    I’d planned to do an upbeat post on my colorful FOTD for Easter but had a rude awakening once I got in the car.:-(  The worse part was that I was running late and didn’t have any of the products I used with me to fix it.  I had to just suck it up.  I’ll take it as a learning experience.

     So remember this post I did on my awesome new makeup mirror?

    *The picture came from Ulta.com website*

    Well the bulbs went out and I’m no longer able to get the great effects while putting on my makeup. I went to Ulta, where I originally purchased it, to buy replacement bulbs but unfortunately there are no replacement bulbs for this mirror, so I’d have to just buy another one.  That seemed like such a waste.  Nothing is wrong with the mirror itself, just the lighting.  For a while, I was sure this wasn’t that big of a deal.  Boy was I wrong.

    Anyway, since I took the pictures, I’ll go ahead and tell you what I used. LOL! :-)

    Face

    1. MAC Prolongwear Foundation in NC45
    2. MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural in Medium Dark on forehead, middle of nose, under eyes, and on cheeks.
    3. Cover Girl Queen Collection Natural Hue Mineral Powder in Brown Bronze 1 all over
    4. Cargo Blush in Laguna on cheeks
    5. Cover Girl Queen Collection Bronzing Powder in Ebony Bronze as cheek contour
    6. Elf Blush in Candid Coral as Cheek, Nose, and Forehead highlight.

    Eyes

    1. Urban Decay Primer Potion
    2. NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
    3. Coastal Scents 42 Matte Palette
    4. MAC Fluidline Waveline
    5. MAC Venomous Villains Mineralized Eyeshadow in She Who Dares
    6. Ardell False Lashes #110
    7. Lancome Definicil Mascara
    8. Black Opal Foundation Stick in Heavenly Honey to carve out brow and under eye concealer
    9. MAC Brow Set in Girl/Boy

    Lips

    1. MAC Viva Glam Nicki Lipstick
    2. MAC Viva Glam Cyndi Lipglass

    I toggled back and forth with the title of this post.  At first it was titled Easter FOTD Failure, but I figured that was too negative for Easter.  I decided to use my mistake as a learning experience and as a helpful beauty tip.  Maybe it’ll prevent you from doing the same thing. Lesson of the day: ALWAYS HAVE GOOD LIGHTING WHEN DOING MAKEUP!!!

    Quick and Easy Purple FOTD

     All My Purple Life, Brows, FOTD, Purple  10 Responses »
    Oct 262011
     

    Since my eyebrows were freshly arched I decided to go ahead and complete a look. LOL!  I’ll take you through the steps on how to go from the picture on the left to the picture on the right. :-)

    I’ll pick up where I left off from the previous post, and that was with the brows.  It’s very rare that I actually fill in my brows with a pencil or powder.  This only occurs if I messed them up or if I had a look that required a really strong brow.

    I do use M.A.C. brow set to add color and to keep them in place, but this is not something that I do everyday.  
    M.A.C. Brow Set is very good to use when adding color to brows and keeping the shape in place.  In this picture from left to right: Girl/Boy, Show Off, and Clear.  Elf makes a great clear mascara/brow gel as well and it’s only $1
    Today I used Show Off.  I would describe it as a dark reddish brown color.
    Since I’ll be going a bit dramatic with my brows in this look, I’m going to do the “concealer trick”.  Well, with Black Opal Foundation Stick in Heavenly Honey instead of actual concealer.  Have I told you all just how much I absolutely LOVE Black Opal Foundation Sticks? Well just in case you didn’t know, I really love them.  They’re the most convenient foundation products ever!!! 
    Okay back to my brows.  
    I started by using my M.A.C. #249 brush to apply the foundation under my brow
    I then blended the foundation down to my crease. 
    I brushed off the excess foundation and shaped the top of my brow.
      I prefer not to have a very harsh brow where you can see exactly where the concealer was placed. 
    Since I wanted to tone it down a bit, I used my finger to smooth out the foundation. 
    Here’s the difference in my carved out brow and my natural brow.
    Now on to the rest of my face.  I will be using these product below to finish the FOTD.
    M.A.C. Skin Refined Zone, Isomers H.D. Primer,  Skindinavia No More Shine Make Up Spray, (yes all of these oil controlling/mattifying products are necessary for me to not be a greasy monster) Coastal Scents 26 Color Shadow Blush Combo Palette, Revlon Colorstay for Oliy Skin in Caramel, Clinique Loose Powder in Invisible Blend, NYX Lipliner in Purple Rain, M.A.C. All My Purple Life Lipglass, Sonia Kashuk Mascara in Black. Elf Flat Powder Brush (I use this for liquids, powders, & creams), Sonia Kashuk pointed foundation brush, Coastal Scents Pink Jubiliee Kabuki on a stick brush, Sonia Kashuk blending brush, M.A.C. #249 brush, Coastal Scents Pointed Crease brush.
    I applied my foundation
    This is the only shadow that I used for this look.  It’s all in the blending. :-) Unfortunately Coastal Scents pre-made palettes don’t have names or numbers on the colors so I’m pointing to the color that I used.
    I blended this color from my crease to my lid.
    I also used it as my bottom liner.
     
    I added Sonia Kashuk mascara
    Then M.A.C. Superslick liquid liner in On the Hunt
    Time to Highlight!
    I’m using the same Black Opal Heavenly Honey Foundation Stick.  I blended this foundation all the way to my cheeks so that you can’t see exactly where I started and stopped.  I want a soft transition of colors. 
    Here I am so far.  
    Time for powder. 
    I highlighted my cheeks, nose and forehead with this color below 
    Then I applied this color for blush
    Next I contoured with this one 
    Lips!! I’m really enjoying this combo of NYX Purple Rain 
    With M.A.C.  Afrobella’s All My Purple Life Lipglass (limited edition)