This foundation routine has been my favorite lately so I thought I would share it with you guys!
I usually just use my fingers to apply it, or a cosmetic sponge
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This foundation routine has been my favorite lately so I thought I would share it with you guys!
Wow, this post is long overdue, I planned on doing it months ago...I'm such a slacker. In any case, I'm finally getting around to it, so I hope you still enjoy it.
If you're anything like me, you have a hard time finding eyeliners that don't smudge, smear, or wear off. I myself am still on the hunt for the perfect pencil eyeliner, but in the meantime, I have been preferring gel liners. My skin seems to prefer their consistency over regular pencil liners, which I'm not really sure why, I don't have oily or dry lids....I don't even know if that really matters or not. Anyways, I know there are a lot of different brands of gel liners and I thought I would share 3 of the ones I've used and let you know what I think of them.
So here they are from left to right: Maybelline Eyestudio Lasting Drama Gel Liner in Blackest Black, MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack, and Sonia Kashuk Dramatically Defining Long Wear Gel Liner in Ebony
.....that's what I feel like happens whenever I wear this lipstick because it is soo bright. Even though I added a filter to give my photos an edgier look, the lipstick stayed true to color; that's how it really looks in real life!
I took advantage of my new tripod and did a little camwhoring while my son took a nap :)
Like the creative title? I swear, my creativity is seriously lacking these days...
Here is my FOTD I wore today. I have no idea why I wore such dramatic makeup because all I did was take my son for a walk in the local redwood park. People kept looking at me weirdly too, like "why is she wearing so much makeup to take her son for a walk?" But I don't care, I needed the practice in blending.
Hi, my name is Liana and I am a highlighter-holic(?). Okay, that didn't flow very well....but what I'm trying to say is that I love highlighters! I use one every day to give my skin a glowy finish, and to highlight under my browbones and the inner corners of my eyes. Here are some of the highlighters that I currently own:
As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to visit my twin sister this weekend. Being the generous sister that she is, she surprised me by handing me a gift bag from Urban Decay! Inside was a gift set called the Show Pony Palette (or something like that!), which came with a palette of six eyeshadows, a mini 24/7 eyeliner in Zero, and a mini bottle of the original Primer Potion. She also included a berry colored lipstick called Vinyl.
The packaging is so cool! And the shadows are awesome, they are super pretty and pigmented and glide on easily. I've been wanting to try the eyeliner and the original primer potion for awhile now, so I'm happy they were included in this set! I'm somewhat new to Urban Decay, so I'm not sure when this came out.
Hey guys, nothing too interesting here, just my FOTD for Easter. Actually Easter this year is pretty low key, it's super windy and rainy outside which is making all of us feel pretty lazy. In fact we're pretty much just sitting around in our sweats playing video games (we're game nerds :P). Dinner isn't until later and just consists of a couple of my boyfriends sister's and their families coming over.
When I was getting ready I thought I would attempt to look somewhat nice since it was Easter, however I am now sitting in my sweats and most of my makeup has worn off by now, but here is my makeup from earlier today.
It's hard to tell, but I had lavender and pink on my lids
I actually don't know what happened with this picture, I wasn't even trying to look mysterious or anything, but it looks like I was :P
Arrgh, my camera is so weird when taking pictures! I'll be taking them in the exact same light and some will come out really dark and others will come out super light. The ones that look darker and more gray are the ones that were darker, I had to adjust the brightness and contrast to get them to look somewhat decent, which explains the weird coloring of them. Anybody have any suggestions for a good camera?
Products used
Face:
Maybelline Angelfit Pore Zero Base
MAC Mineralize Foundation in NC30
NYX Concealer in a Jar in Beige
Forever21 Love & Beauty Loose Powder in Beige
Cheeks:
MAC Mineralize Blush Duo in Rhapsody in Two
Hard Candy So Baked Bronzer in Tropics
Hard Candy Blush Crush Baked Blush in Living Doll
Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden
Banila Co. LoveDol Multi Eyes Kit (lavender and purple shades)
Milani Eye Tech Liquid Eyeliner
Rimmel London Lash Extender Mascara
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cottage Cheese
Lips:
Revlon Color Burst Lipstick in Soft Nude
Anna Sui lipgloss in #306 (bright sparkly fuschia, I couldn't find the name of it)
FYI, I just bought the Revlon Color Burst lipstick and I loooove it! It's so moisturizing and the color is a softer, warmer nude (hence the name) and doesn't give the 'concealer nude' effect. This shade is perfect for those who are wanting to try nude shades but too afraid to go all the way nude ( haha). I can review it for those of you who want me to :)
Hope you are all having a great Easter!!!
Here is the much requested tutorial for the look I did for Pop Champagne's Rockstar Contest
These are most of the products I used:
Step 1: After priming your eyes with eyeshadow primer (I used Urban Decay's Primer Potion in Eden), pat on black eyeshadow with a flat eyeshadow brush. I used my $1 e.l.f. eyshadow brush
Bring the color up to just under your browbones, don't go too far over the crease because you will blending it later. Don't worry if the lines aren't perfect, because like I said, you will be blending it quite a bit
Step 2: Apply a dark silver shade directly on top of the black shadow. This will give you the edgy effect of the black shadow without it looking to gothic.
Step 3: Line your lower lashline with the same steps, first the black, then the silver shadow. Bring the shadow all the way into the inner corners of your eyes
Step 4: Highlight your browbones with a sheer white shadow. I used the yellow shade from my NYX Jazz Night palette. It looks yellow but it's actually a soft white color when applied
Step 5: Here's the fun part-blending! Blend the eyeshadow up and onto the lower part of your browbones, alternating short circular and windshield wiper motions. Use a semi stiff blending brush, like my Sonia Kashuk brush
Don't forget the lower lashline as well
This is what it should look like so far:
Step 6: Line your upper and lower lashlines with black gel liner. I used Maybelline's Lasting Drama gel liner. Also line your lower waterline as well. Be sure to use a liner that you are comfortable applying so that you don't mess up and have to start all over again :P
Step 7: Highlight the inner corners of your eyes with a white shimmery pencil or powder (you can use the same one you used on your browbones). I used NYX's Jumbo Eye pencil in Cottage Cheese
Step 8: Apply your concealer and foundation. Since your eyes are so dramatic, stick to a matte finish. Contour your cheekbones by sucking your cheeks in and applying bronzer into the hollows. Apply a light baby pink blush onto your cheekbones above the bronzer
Step 9: Apply a light nude lipstick, I used MAC Myth although in the pictures it shows up as pink
And here's the finished product!
Good luck! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that it wasn't too confusing! Let me know if any of you try this look!
A few tips to remember:
Hold a tissue against your cheek while applying your eyeshadow to prevent fallout onto the rest of your face
This look is very dramatic, so it tends to be better for nighttime, but you can achieve a similar look for daytime by using neutral colors, like browns
Make sure your brows are nice and groomed because there is so much focus on your eyes and your eyebrows are what frame your face
P.S. Omg, I totally just realized that I forgot to apply mascara! Be sure to apply mascara and fill in your brows, but keep them semi-light, you don't want them looking too harsh with your dark eyes.
I'm really liking this word "haulage", I'm thinking about getting a trademark for it....just kidding :P
So I went to visit my sister this weekend and of course we decided to go shopping. I swear everytime I visit, we make plans to actually do something worthwhile with our time, and then those plans get thrown out the window and we go shopping instead. I think we're bad influences on each other :P
Anyways, here's the stuff I got, nothing too exciting or that you haven't seen before I'm sure:
A vanity organizer from Target
We went to Lush and got talked into buying Porridge from the salesgirl (man, she was good!) and also Nymphette has been tweeting nonstop about the Angels on Bare Skin cleanser, so I decided to get some. Well I tried it out last night and so far I am really liking it, so thank you Nymphette for all the reviews and tweets! :P My wallet isn't too happy with you however :P
Then we went to MAC so my sister could get some new foundation and concealer. I looked at the LOL collection, but for some reason wasn't too interested in it, I don't know why because I love the packaging and everything, but I just didn't feel like buying any of it at the moment. I'm sure my weakness will break down eventually....so instead I just bought some Mineralize foundation and the infamous Fluidline in Blacktrack. I have heard so much about this liner that I have a really high expectation of it, because I am so tired of my eyeliner smudging!
Oh yeah we also stopped by Forever 21 for a second and I picked up this powder just because I liked the packaging :)
Here is picture of me in the car, I could not get a decent photo!
Well I hope you guys all had a great weekend, sorry if I don't sound as chipper as usual, my allergies are really bugging me, I haven't had a decent night's sleep in about two weeks, and it's that time of the month (lol, TMI?) I'm going to go take some allergy medicine, hopefully I'll feel better soon
I was going through my makeup today and I realized I have quite a few products that I have completely forgotten about, even though at one time I used them pretty regularly. It's not that I didn't even like them, I just have gotten so much other makeup that they ended up being pushed back in the drawer to where I couldn't see them. I'm sure you girls have experienced this as well.
Here are a few of the things that I rediscovered:
Random makeup palette from Ross
A couple of the swatches, these are surprisingly really nice!
Victoria Secrets All Over Highlighter
This gives a really nice glow without a glittery effect
MAC Studio Finish Concealer NC30
This concealer is really nice and creamy, good coverage, matches well...how did I forget about this? :P
Eye Transformer palette from e.l.f., this transforms dark shadows into new shades
It's hard to tell from this picture, but it really does change them!
Maybelline Eyestudio eyeshadows (left, My Icon, right, Silver Starlet)
These eyeshadows are super pretty and silky smooth!
Loreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara (I don't know why this picture came out so weird!)
I don't like the brush but I do like the formula
e.l.f Complexion Perfection, I didn't bother with swatches because they wouldn't show up on my hand
So ladies, 'fess up! What makeup have you forgotten about in the dark corners of your makeup drawers?
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