The LAST Eyes of March- March 31st

The day has come! It's the last day of The Eyes of March project! I've had such a fun time rediscovering old shadows and I will definitely continue to post more EOTDs. This project kept me from getting in a shadow rut as I was using a new one everyday. I encourage all of you to get your neglected shadows and use them more because you may never know, you could have been neglecting a shadow you love. (Shadows have feelings too!)

I had so much fun with the project I kind of don't want it to end =] I wanted to thank all of you for following along with this project! It was so great to hear the positive feedback from you guys. Would you be interested in me continuing it into April?

Today is a gross and grey rainy day so I went with a more smokey eye. I used Chanel's Taupe Grise and Milani's Java Bean. Taupe Grise is a gorgeous purpley smokey taupe and Java Bean is a purpley dark brown. Like I said before, Milani single shadows are AMAZING.

Products used:

-UDPP

-Chanel Taupe Grise (lid)

-Milani Java Bean (crease)

-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Urban Decay Virgin (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What have you thought of The Eyes of March project? Do you want em to continue it into April? What's on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 30th

Today is a NYX type of day. I love NYX shadows for their price and quality. They offer such great pigmented shadows for a third of some higher end eyeshadows! Today I used two of my favorites that I own: Champagne and Root Beer. Champagne is a golden shade that is gorgeous on the lid and Root Beer is a soft, pigmented dark greyish brown. By the way, Champagne is a great dupe for the MAC Blonde's Gold pigment, they are very similar!

 

Products used:
-UDPP 

-NYX Champange (lid and inner corner)
-NYX Root Beer (crease)

-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

Do you own any NYX products? What are you favorties? What is on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 29th

I really don't know how I forgot about this eyeshadow: MAC's Naked Lunch! Naked Lunch, can you ever forgive me?? You are just so pretty and eye brightening and I neglect you =[ (cheesy!) Naked Lunch is a toned down version of Too Faced Silk Teddy (LOVE). It's a light champagne-y pink and you guessed it, very eye brightening. I also pulled out Milani's Golden Bronze Eyeshadow (can you guess what the color is like?). I love Milani single shadows and am very sad they've been discontinued. However, I have seen them on Cherry Culture.

Products used:
-UDPP 

-MAC Naked Lunch (lid and inner corner)
-Milani Golden Bronze (crease)

-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What are some of your forgotten shadows that you have rediscovered? What's on your eyes today?

My Favorite Nude Polish: Essie's Topless and Barefoot

I have always stayed away from nude polishes just because I didn't want dead looking hands. Personally, I think mannequins are so creepy and to have their hands...*shudder*. Also, from what I have seen in swatches, most nude or natural polishes tend to be on the sheer side. A combination of two of my hated things: mannequins and sheer polishes, no wonder i stayed away from them! recently Essie released their French Affair Collection and I was starting to hear buzz about a nude polish from this collection: Topless and Barefoot. There are two nudes in this collection, this one and a more beige one called Sand Tropez. I picked this one up out of curiosity (and one other that I will also do a blogpost on) and I'm so glad I did.

Topless and Barefoot looks like your standard beige-y nude but it has some pink undertones to it that are really flattering on my skintone. Also, this is definitely not a sheer polish. For this picture,  I used two coats.

Essie's Topless and Barefoot is definitely the standout polish from the French Affair Collection from me. If I had to recommend one polish from the collection, Topless and Barefoot is the way to go. It's a great nude with a great application!

Did you get any polishes from Essie's French Affair Collection? What did you think of them? Do you own Essie's Topless and Barefoot?

The Eyes of March- March 28th

I can't believe March is almost over, which means this project is almost over!! I do want to continue it so if you enjoy these posts let me know! One thing I definitely will make sure of is that in the next month, I won't slack on my other types of posts. I know that all EOTDs is probably boring so I will definitely mix it up! Also, if I do continue the project, do you have any clever names for April?

Today I reached for a MAC shadow that's not too widely praised but when people discover it, it's love: Patina! It's a gorgeous olivey golden shade. Also, I used Mystery, which is a dark brown that is more on the grey side as opposed to the reddish type of dark browns.

Products used:
-UDPP 

-MAC Patina (lid)
-MAC Mystery (crease)

-MAC Vanilla Pigment (inner corner)

-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

Have you been enjoying The Eyes of March series? Do you have a clever April name for it? What's on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 25th

I have to be honest, this new shadow everyday thing is getting hard..but I shall stick it through! I went for some of my go to colors today: Urban Decay's Ruthless and MAC's Mulch. I don't think I've used Ruthless this month yet to I think I'm good =] I love both these colors and used together, they are even more amazing!

Products used:

-UDPP (right eye) and Michael Todd's Eyeshadow Base (left eye)- no, I don't do this all time lol, stay tuned for a blog post wear test comparison =]
-Urban Decay Ruthless (lid)
-MAC Mulch (crease)

-MAC Shroom (inner corner)

-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)- I completely forgot to mention that I've been wearing this for the majority of the week! I've been so used to writing the Milani one, oops!
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara 

What are your favorite eyeshadow combinations? 

The Eyes of March- March 24th

I have been so overworked and tired lately that I went for a basic look today. I reached for one of my favorite drugstore shadows, Revlon's Nude Slip, and used a shadow I never have before, MAC's Go. I bought Go, a Starflash color, from a blogsale and when I realized it was exactly like Tempting, it just satin my MAC palette next to it's twin. Today I decided to finally show it love.

 

Products used:

-UDPP
-Revlon Nude Slip (lid)
-MAC Go (crease)

-MAC Nylon (inner corner)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara 

What are your neglected products? What's on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 23rd

I love this challenge for making me discover combos I love. Last night, I watched MakeupbyTiffanyD's new video and she used MAC's Vintage Selection paintpot. I was inspired to use it today and love the effect of a taupe over it. The shadows I used are all from the Wet n Wild Silent Treatment trio (which I LOVE, my post about it ).

Picture of the WnW Silent Treatment trio for reference:

Products used:

-UDPP

-MAC Vintage Selection Paint Pot (base)

-WnW Silent Treatment trio-taupe eyelid color-which is actually a MAC Style Snob Dupe! (lid)
-WnW Silent Treatment trio- dark brown crease color (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)

-WnW Silent Treatment trio- light pink highlight color (inner corner)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline and tightline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara 

What's your favorite combo? What's on your eyes today? 

The Eyes of March- March 22nd

Today I pulled out some of my new Inglot shadows to do a purple-y smokey look. I love the quality of Inglot shadows but unfortunately, I can't tell you the names/numbers of them because it is so difficult to get the shadow out of the palette without potentially nicking it. Inglot has recently opened a new online store for those without access to an actual store since there are so few of them.

Here are swatches of the two shadows I used:

 

Products used:

-UDPP
-Inglot silvery purple color (lid)
-Inglot dark plummy purple color (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)

-MAC Shroom (inner corner)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara 

Have you tried Inglot products? How did you like them? What's on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 21st

Today I pulled out one of the first makeup items that I bought once I started getting more into makeup: the Covergirl Shimmering Sands Trio. I'm sure a lot of you have heard other youtubers rave about this little drugstore gem. The colors are very wearable, eye brightening, and neutral! (Can you guess why I love it?)

 

Here is a picture of the trio for reference:

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Products used:

-UDPP
-Covergirl Shimmering Sands Trio- far right shade- shimmery pink color (lid and inner corner)
-Covergirl Shimmering Sands Trio- far left shade- midtone taupey brown (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What's your favorite drugstore gems? What is on your eyes today?

Zoya BOGO Promo

Zoya finally announced their big promo that only account holders can participate in! I wanted to share it wih you all so that you dont miss out :). The promo is a "buy one, get one free" on all of their summer collection polishes. These collections are the Summertime, Sunshine, and Modmatte Collections. Also, when you use the BOGO, the shipping for your order is $2.

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Directions:

• "SIGN IN – to your account on Zoya.com

• CLICK on MY ACCOUNT

• Once you are in your account go to the left hand side of the page and CLICK on MY PROMOTIONS AND COUPONS

• APPLY the code that reads ZOYA SUMMER BOGO.

• Then ADD - Any combination of  polishes from the new summer collections to your shopping cart. (This BOGO* you can buy up to 7 bottles and get 7 FREE(of the new summer collections)

• ADD any additional items you would like to purchase

• CHECK OUT (BOGO* applies to polish from Summertime, Sunshine and ModMatte collections ONLY!)

Please double check all information IS CORRECT and ALL FIELDS have been completely filled out PRIOR to submitting the order. There is NO WAY to issue a new code after the order has been processed."

I may participate in the promo but honestly I am a little disappointed. Not that many polishes from the collections appeal to me and from their secretive tweets, I was expecting something even bigger (perhaps a sitewide bogo!) However, it is a great deal if you are loving the new collections.

Will you be participating in the Zoya BOGO Promotion? What colors are you getting? Are you impressed with the promo or were you hoping for something else?

The Eyes of March- March 19th

The reason I started this project is to rediscover eyeshadows and use some I've never used before. Today was the day I used Too Faced Nude Beach eyeshadow from the Neautral Eye palette, a shadow I have stayed away from and never touched the entire time of owning this palette. I now know that I will never use this shadow again. This shadow is filled with glitter chunks that fall out ALL OVER. I despise the fact that companies put these glitter fillers in shadows, they are such a pain! The glitter never stays on your eye and it's the msot irritating thing ever. I also used the Pixie Epoxy again to make the glitter stick and it worked a little bit, but 50% of it was all over my face. Moral of the story: I am never using it again and I hate that it's one of the biggest shadows in the palette. End rant =]

Products used:


-Michael Todd Eyeshadow base
-Fyrrinae Pixie Epoxy (base)
-Too Faced Nude Beach-ugh! (lid)
-Too Faced Sexpresso (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Too Faced Heaven (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What is your worst eyeshadow experience? What is on your eyes today?

Upcoming Zoya Promo

Zoya has been mentioning an upcoming "big" promo for weeks now. They haven't said when it will happen or what the deal is, which just builds the anticipation more! I'm very excited to hear what the promo is because they usually have great deals (but slow sites during!).

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I wanted to let you guys know of this beforehand because the promo only pertains to people WITH ACCOUNTS. You must have an account by Sunday March 20th 5 PM EST to qualify to participate. If you have made an order with Zoya (even during their free polish deals), then you already have an account. If you haven't, I definitely recommend making one. It's free and if you do end up liking the promo (whatever it is), then you will be happy you did!

Are you excited for the Zoya Promo? What do you think it is?

The Eyes of March- March 18th

It's practically spring in NYC and I was very excited to pull out the lighter makeup.I'm a big lover of spring weather, not too hot or cold, so I'm so happy today to not even be wearing a jacket!  One of my favorites in the spring/summer is Rubenesque paint pot. It's a gorgeous peachy gold base. I also got some use out of my Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette, which has been sitting untouched for ages!

by the way, do any of you know how to help that eyeliner "bleeding" in the inner corner? I always get it even though I set the liner too! Any tips?

Products used:

-UDPP

-MAC Rubenesque Paint Pot (base)

-Munchness in Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette- X from permanent line  (lid)

-Mad Hatter in Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette- Twice Baked from permanent line (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Urban Decay Virgin (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What's your go to summer/spring colors? What's on your eyes today?

St. Patty's Day Manicure

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Are you wearing green? My nails are! =] I would have loved to do an intricate design with a clover or something but have absolutely ZERO nail art skills. So, I settled with just adding glitter.

I used these two nail polishes:

(left to right) Barry M Racing Green (2 coats), Sinful Colors Nail Junkie (one coat)

 

All I did is put Nail Junkie over Racing Green, ta-dah! I love it because it's simple and festive. Also the Nail Junkie isn't too crazy and overboard and gives the Racing Green more dimension.

What's on your nails for St. Pattys? Are you decked out in all green?

The Eyes of March- March 17th

First of all, Happy St. Patrick's Day! Right now I'm not too thrilled with this holiday as the parade has blocked off one of the busiest streets of NYC (hello! people have places to be!) but I can appreciate the spirit. My next blog post today will be my St. Patty's Manicure. It's pretty basic but festive!

For my EOTD I pulled out a duo I love thanks to Nouveau Cheap, the L'oreal HIP Electrified Duo. This duo has too well matched colors, a champagne taupe and a plumy purple. I also tried out the Michael Todd Eyeshadow Base that I got from Hautelook (WEEKS ago, can we say sucky shipping time!) I have no thought so far as I haven't seen how long it can keep my eyeshadow from creasing yet.

Here is a picture of the L'oreal Electrified duo for reference:

 

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Products used:

-Michael Todd Eyeshadow Base

-L'oreal HIP Electrified Duo champagne taupe shade -left side (lid)

-L'oreal HIP Electrified Duo plumy purple shade -right side(crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-MAC Femme Fi  (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What's on your eyes today? Have you tried this duo? What do you think of it?

The Eyes of March- March 16th

Today I pulled out a trio that I loved for so long and have now neglected: The Physician's Formula Baked Sands trio. This is such a nice neutral combo of colors! I have a youtube tutorial using just this trio for a simple, golden neutral eye look. I really love this trio and highly recommend it for all you neutral lovers. The weather in NYC is pretty gloomy so I decided to go a little smokey on the eyes.

Here is a photo of the trio used, for reference:

Source (thank you Fafinette!)

Products used:

-UDPP

-MAC Constructivist (base)

-Physician's Formula Baked Sands golden shade (lid)

-Physician's Formula Baked Sands reddish brown shade (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Physician's Formula Baked Sands highlight shade (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

Have you tried this trio? How do you like it? What's on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 15th

Interesting fact: today is The Ides of March (what this month long project is named after!)

I pulled out the Urban Decay Naked Palette today. I know all of you are so sick of hearing about it and some might pass because you may think it's overhyped. PLEASE at least swatch it! This palette is gorgeous and I think it's worth all the attention (just needs better stock!). Yes, it's all neutrals but a lot of these colors have more depth to them than your standard neutrals.

I know Urban Decay shadows are notorious for awful fallout, well I used a product today that might be a miracle worker: Fyrrinae's Pixie Epoxy. All I have to say is OMG! It was so amazing at trapping the fallout and glitter. I need to do a review when I have used it more.

Products used:

-UDPP

-Fyrrinae Pixie Epoxy (base)

-Urban Decay Toasted (lid)

-Urban Decay Hustle (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Urban Decay Virgin (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

Have you tried the Fyrrinae Pixie Epoxy? What do you think of it? What's on your eyes today?

The Eyes of March- March 14th

Happy Pi Day!

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I know this is such a nerdy holiday but we should all celebrate it because hey, who doesn't like pi(e) =]

My EOTD was a result of my excitement to get my Fyrrinae order. I had heard so much about about this company and how amazing their shadows are that I placed an order the day their site came back from hiatus. so far, I'm really pleased but haven't had time to try all the colors I ordered (or the infamous Pixie Epoxy! UD glitters, beware)

Products used:

-UDPP

-Fyrrinae Sacred (lid)

-Fyrinnae snow Leopard (crease)
-MAC Showstopper (outer corner)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-MAC prized- highlight shade of Burmese Beauty quad (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Milani Liquif'eye liner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara