Sorry it took ages to put this up. I've been...distracted.
You saw this product on my previous post. Here's my review about it.
Last week, the biggest problem just popped up- a zit on my nose. It was so red and big that the first thing you'll see on my face is that bugger. Normally I don't wear any makeup when I go out but because of this red lump on my nose, I figured a lil coverage here and there won't hurt. So here are the products that helped me look like someone who doesn't have something awful on her nose.
The first product is the essence Match2Cover! Cream Concealer. It was the only concealer I used to hide my zit and eventually, my dark circles. I'm gonna do a separate post for this but lemme tell you, I'm glad I have this because it helped me feel less embarrassed and more presentable. To set that, I finally used my e.l.f. Clarifying Pressed Powder. Again, watch out for a review on this one. This powder is such a breeze to use and doesn't feel heavy on the face. This powder plus the concealer = my saviors.
To add a little color on my face, I use my well-loved lipstick, essence Longlasting Lipstick in Natural Beauty. I just love how I can just slap this on without being fussy and stuff. It's the perfect color for everyday use and yes, I do have a backup. ;)
So yeah, those are the products I've been using for the past two weeks. I like products that aren't fussy to use and these three just earned a spot in my makeup purse. What's in your three product kit? :)
Fact: I have a lot of nail polishes. Fact: I only have four top coats.
Ahh don't you get excited when you have something new to play with? In my case, it's the Fanny Serrano single eyeshadow in Mocha Java. It was one of those shadows I got due to me falling in love with it at first swatch. It happened one afternoon when I was trolling around a mall's beauty section. I've seen local bloggers rave about FS shadows so I thought to check what the hype was all about. I did and went home with a brand new single shadow.
I will create a review on this shadow but lemme describe it briefly: it's a warm pink shade which obviously looks nothing like the color mocha. It's such a gorgeous color and a very day-appropriate shadow. I applied it all over my lid but forrealz, you can just stop here, add mascara and go. But for this look, I added a couple more things.
On my crease is Folie, a lovely matte red-brown. It's one of my fave shadows although I don't use it on clients that much since it takes (a lot of) time to blend out. Since Folie and Mocha Java pretty much look alike, there's a subtle shift in color which I totally dig.
Adding a bit of sparkle and highlight, I added Sin on the inner corner and Freestyle on my brow bone. Decided to go with a dark brown gel liner instead of a black to keep things subtle and light. Mascara on the lower and upper lashes and that's pretty much today's look.
Hey, this totally looks like a VDay look! It's a coincidence, of course. I'd probably be makeup free on the day, watching some movies (Theory of Everything, Whiplash, Playing It Cool, Birdman...take a pick) with a glass or two of Bailey's on the side. Another Saturday for me...
Products Used:
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
MAC Folie (crease)
Fanny Serrano shadow in Mocha Java (lid, a little bit on the lower lashline)
Urban Decay shadow in Sin (inner corner)
Urban Decay shadow in Freestyle (brow bone highlight)
essence Gel Liner in 02 London Baby
Maybelline Volum' Express Hypercurl Cat Eyes
Today's look is a result of playing with makeup without any peg on mind. I was looking at my NYX Makeup Artist Palette when I saw this gorgeous shadow I haven't used yet and I immediately made it the main color for this look. Said shadow is a gorgeous red violet with subtle lilac-y shimmer. Initially, I thought it was some shade of purple; turns out I was just seeing the purple shimmer.
Since my main color is on the violet spectrum, I got another shadow that's on the same color family. Blackhearts is a really pretty color on the pan, although I must say, the color turns out to be different, again because of the shimmers. The shimmers of Blackhearts are a bit red so those make you think it's BH is a dark violet/red when in reality, it's just a dark plum with red shimmer. Still pretty but the color change can be a bit disappointing.
After patting the NYX shadow all over my lid, I was unsure on what to do next. "Ah, maybe I should put Blackhearts on my outer v..." When I did, for some odd reason, outer v turned to a wing. Blame the tape I put beforehand. I decided to roll with it and I went all Linda Hallberg on my EOTD with the winged out tip. So yeah, I guess I took my love for winged liner too far and created a blown up version of it, and an ombre at that. Tying the two purples together, I went on and applied Freestyle on the crease. I loved the effect Freestyle created: a subtle peach halo.
Sorry if my eye's red; it just got so irritated after I did my lower lashline twice. I first wanted a dark lower lashline but I saw how it made the whole look unbalanced. So I removed everything on my lower lashline and just went with the NYX shadow and a purple waterline. After that, my eye got really really irritated and refused to go back to its normal state. I had no choice- I needed to take photos because the sun was already setting. So pardon my evil/possessed looking eye right there.
Products Used:
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
Unnamed NYX shadow (lid, lower lashline)
Urban Decay shadow in Freestyle (crease)
Kat Von D shadow in Blackhearts (outer v/ wing)
Urban Decay shadow in Kinky (brow bone highlight)
Catrice Precision Eye Pencil in 110 My Ninja Purple (waterline)
Maybelline Volum' Express Hypercurl Cat Eyes
Halloo! Today's look is something of a reverse smokey eye slightly because the darkest color isn't on the lid but on the lower lashline. I don't have a lot of lid space so I really find it difficult to load up on dark shadow and when I do, it looks a bit awkward. I recently discovered that smoking my lashline a bit is better since it gives me the right amount of smokeyness and darkness. Totally prefer this technique cause it's easier and cleaner!
Also, taking things a bit old-school today with the Urban Decay Naked palette. This one's definitely an oldie but a goodie. I always have this palette with me because I am obsessed with Buck and Naked, and my favorite highlighter, Virgin. For this look, I used Smog all over my lid. I forgot how this shadow blends so easily! Actually, Smog looks really good as a lid wash when thoroughly blended out. It's one of those one-shadow wonders. I blended Smog all over my lid and crease and added Half Baked on the center. If I were to recreate this look, I'd switch Half Baked to a lighter shade of gold such as MAC Goldmine or Kat Von D Sunset Blvd just so the pop of color is more prominent. Although if I were to wear this in the evening, I'd stick with Half Baked. For the lower lashline, I used my ever favorite matte brown, Buck.
I skipped liner and went with them lashes instead. You can totally wear falsies with this look. I would but I might mess up my lid work with all the glue and shizz so I decided to just stick with my trusty lash curler and mascara. And voila!
Products Used:
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
Urban Decay shadow in Smog (lid + crease)
Urban Decay shadow in Half Baked (center of lid)
Urban Decay shadow in Buck (lower lashline)
Maybelline Volum' Express Hypercurl Cat Eyes
Last year, I featured two polishes in essence's Re-Mix Your Style collection. Today, I'm gonna talk about the final polish I have from the collection, which is my most favorite one too. Don't know why it took me this long to blog about it but here you go!
Someone Like You was something I picked up because of the simple fact that I didn't have a brown polish in my collection. I was scared to wear this polish at first because the color was so foreign to me. Brown on nails to match my brown skin? Would that work? Well, apparently it did or else I wouldn't love this polish. This polish's brown shade is similar to milk chocolate. Not quite sure if it's a warm, cool, or neutral brown though cause I'm going blind it looks like it's all of that. I dunno, maybe it's neutral. What do you think?
I like that this shade of brown complements my skintone. It doesn't make my hands look darker than they are and that's a big, big plus for me. One coat is not enough, although that where you'll see its milk chocolate color. Two coats will make it quite opaque and naturally, the polish would be darker and in this case, somewhat a dark chocolate shade. I like wearing this polish because it could pass as black polish from afar but when you look closer, it's just a dark, dark brown. Quite deceiving, huh?
Among the three polishes I own the Re-Mix collection, Someone Like You is the easiest to work with. It doesn't pool on the cuticles that much, has the right consistency, and since it's brown, it's a neutral color. YES, my love for neutrals applies on my nails as well. Teehee.
The lippie today is something I LOVE. It's just right up my alley, you know.
The second lippie for my red-but-not-full-on lippie week is totally different from the previous one. For starters, this one leads towards pink...but then again, not really.
A new week, a new month. Happy February, lovely people! I thought I'd do something cohesive for the first week of Feb. For this week, it's gonna be a lippie week. I initially wanted a red lippie week but I thought it was kinda predictable (you know, since it's Valentine's month yada, yada..) so I opted to still incorporate red but not an in you face red. Hopefully you'll get what I mean by the end of the week, :))
