Thank you all so much for your support in my Eyes of March and April Shadows posts! I had so much fun doing them and definitely learned that I have lots of shadows I need to use lol. I encourage all of you to rediscover your neglected shadows because you may have some great finds in your own collection. This is the last Weekly Roundup of April Shadows and I tried to make it a good one!
Monday:
Products used:
-UDPP
-Too Faced Cut the Cake (lid)
-Too Faced First Dance and Too Faced Un-Veil (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Too Faced Soulmates (inner corner)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara
-MAC Femme Fi (inner corner)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara
Wednesday:
Products used:
-UDPP
-Bare Escentuals Celestine (lid and inner corner)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara
Thursday
Products used:
-UDPP
-Glamour Doll Eyes Bare Naked (lid and inner corner)
-MAC Mystery (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara
Friday:
Products used:
-UDPP
-Too Faced Silk Teddy (lid and inner corner)
-MAC Mulch (crease)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara
For Friday, I wanted to show you guys my all time favorite eyeshadow look. It's one of my go to combinations because it brightens my eyes and defines them at the same time! Another one of my favorites is Tuesday, with Mauvement Pigment. This pigment on its own is horrendous! Chunky, glittery, all around fall out mess. However, the Pixie Epoxy grabbed on to the glitter and helped its true beauty shine.
I will definitely do an EOTD from time to time but not everyday lol. Again thank you to everyone that read these posts!
What did you think of the April Shadows project? What are your favorite eyeshadow combinations?
Glamour Doll Eyes has a new addition to its selection: shadow towers. This is how the Glamour Doll site describes it: "This Shadow Tower is a set of 5 gorgeous shadows stacked on top of each other for easy storage or ease in traveling. Each jar is still a normal size of GD shadows but they are on top of each other. There aren't individual labels for each color, however on the bottom there is a sticker that says the shades that are in this tower. The top of the tower has a nice vinyl label. Towers are under 4 inches tall." This is a great description of the product and sums it all up for me!
The one I was sent to review is named "Yuliya". It is actually named after me and I helped pick out the colors. =]
Here's my review video for the Glamour Doll Eyes Shadow Tower in "Yuliya" and a giveaway for one of you to win one! If you are entering, please comment in the video and not this post.
Glamour Doll Eyes Shadow Tower in "Yuliya"
with flash
top logo
Cloud Coverage- matte white. This is a great highlight color, it applies nicely and blends out smoothly.
Dazzle Me- This is the color that was inspired by Michele1218. The site describes it as a "light beigish sheen with silver shimmer". It's a great lid color that's subtle yet eye brightening.
Boyfriend Sweater- The site describes this as a "soft grayish brownish color". It's a soft smokey brown. It can be worn as a smokey lid color or as a subtle crease color.
Chocoholic- This is a dark, red toned brown. It's so nice as a crease color with Dazzle Me or Boyfriend Sweater.
Urban Trash- matte black. This is a rich, velvety, and pigmented color. The texture is amazing and it blends nciely.
This is how pigmented that black is! After trying to wipe it off, it still stained my finger.
with flash, the flash really picks up the undertones in the colors
I did some looks throughout the week to show how versatile these colors are:
Daytime Neutral:
Products used:
UDPP
Dazzle Me (lid)
Boyfriend Sweater (crease)
NYX Milk (inner corner base)
Cloud Coverage (inner corner)
Jordana Fabuliner (top lid)
Milani Liquif'eye (waterline)
Urban Trash (to set eyeliner)
Smokey neutral:
Products used:
UDPP
Boyfriend Sweater (lid)
Chocoholic (crease)
Urban Trash (outer corner and to set eyeliner)
NYX Milk (inner corner base)
Dazzle Me (inner corner)
Jordana Fabuliner (top lid)
Milani Liquif'eye (waterline)
You can purchase this shadow tower at Glamour Doll Eyes. If you're a lover of neutrals I highly recommend this tower, it's has a great variety of neutrals for many differently looks. If you're more into colored shadows, there's different types of shadow towers with other colors too =].
Will you be checking out the Glamour Doll Eyes Shadow Tower in "Yuliya"? Have you tried Glamour Doll Eyes shadows? How do you like them? What are your favorites?
FTC: This shadow tower and the one for the giveaway were sent to me for free. My opinions are honest and my own.
First of all, happy 2 year anniversary to my youtube channel! I started videos exactly 2 years ago today and it's been such an amazing experience. I wanted to make a special video for the occasion and figured I'd show you guys my makeup storage/collection. I'd say my collection is right in the middle; it's not small and not huge. Of course it's WAY more than one person NEEDS but hey you guys understand, right? =]
My makeup lives (yes...lives) in two Ikea Fira drawer chests. First of all, I want to apologize and say that the Fira line was discontinued about a year ago =[ I'm not sure where you can find them but there are tons of other drawer containers out there. This is the 5- drawer one and contains my eye products.
This is every day stuff. I reach in here everyday and don't want to search through other drawers for this stuff. It contains UDPP, Milani Liquif'eye Liner (a mama and a baby one), Jordana Fabuliner, NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk, NYX Black eyeshadow, MAC tendertone and a sharperner.
Next drawer is round bases and some single shadows. In here is MAC Paint Pots, NARS Corfu cream eyeshadow, baby Benefit RSVP, Chanel Taupe Grise, and MAC Mega Metal Shadows (they didn't fit anywhere else)
Next drawer is MANY single eyeshadows/duos/trios. Brands vary from NYX, Maybelline, Wet n Wild, ELF, NYC, Milani, Covergirl, and more!
The next drawer is the wider one. This is mostly lose shadows/pigments but some palettes ventured in there. Here are MAC pigments (full size and holiday vials), MAC Solarbit, NYX pigments, NYX Morocco Pallete (LOVE), Sigma palette, Sally Girl Eyeshadows, and in the black cotainer (can be found in Walmart/Target) are the little pigment jars that contain MAC pigment samples, Glamour Doll Eyes, and BE shadows)
The other wide drawer is palettes. It contains MAC Holiday palettes, UD Naked Palette, ELF, NYX, Claire's, also some more single shadows/duos that range from Revlon to MAC to Stila. In the other black container is Wet n Wild palettes and trios, MAC quads, and Physician's Formula trios.
On the counter I keep everyday stuff that I would reach for often. This includes Dermorganics Volume Foam, Detangler, MAC Fix+, Brush Cleanser, Perfume, and Hairspray.
Here I keep big palettes like my UD Alice in Wonderland Palette and my MAC Palettes. I have a post here of what is in my MAC palettes, I changed them around a bit but they're still similar. Also, I keep my Too Faced Natural eye palette here, A. because I reach for it almost everyday and B. because it's bulky.
I keep cotton rounds and qtips on hand in these office section cups.
Like a lot of people, I keep my makeup brushes in the sephora-style vases. The fill is just flower fill that can be found in arts stores in the flower section.
On top of my second Fira drawer chest I keep paper towels, tissues, moisturizer, toner, nail stuff, and a lint brush. The box with my clippers, files and nail buffers is actually a MAC box I cut up. Old boxes can make nice storage and organization items.
This is another version of the Ikea Fira chests. Again, I don't know where you can buy them =[ sorry!
This first drawer is my everyday face stuff. Here is NARS Sheer Glow, a small Benefit's Erase Paste, a little jar where I keep some Benefit's Powderflage, sample Murad Oil Control Lotion, MUFE Mascara, NARS Laguna, and some concealers.
This second drawer has more face stuff but I don't go into it on a regular basis. Here is where I keep my full size Benefit Erase Paste and Powderflage, Bare Minerals foundation, MAC MSF Natural, another sample of the Murad Oil Control, and some brow stuff.
This drawer has some skincare. In here is moisturizer, Argan Oil, Mario Badescu Drying cream, Vitamin E, and Baby Oil.
Next is more eyeshadow bases. This drawer has the stick type basis, as opposed to the other drawer with round jars. In ehre, I have UDPP original and Sin, MAC Shadesticks, NYX Jumbo Pencils, and some random L'oreal and Wet n Wild ones.
Here is eyeliners other than the ones I use everyday. This is mostly colored liners. In here I have the L'oreal HIP loose kohl liner, some UD liners, Milani, L'oreal, and the Wet n Wild cream liner.
Next is mascara drawer. I'm not a mascara "collector" and a lot of these I received in swaps. They are mainly unopened mascaras. I usually stick to a mascara I'm loving (currently the MUFE one) so I don't have many mascaras opened at a time.
Here is my lipstick drawer. There's many different brands in here that include MAC, Maybelline, Rimmel, L'Oreal, and Barry M. I group them by brands and generally know which is which so I can pull out the one I want. I also have a few lip liners in this drawer.
Of course, near the lipstick drawer is lipgloss. These are also grouped mainly by brand. They range from Victoria's Secret, MAC, NYX, Sephora, and Revlon.
Here are lip balms. I'm not sure how I got around to having so many but what can you do =]. In here are EOS, Neutrogena, Blistex, Nivea, MAC, and C.O. Bigelow.
Another drawer I have is miscellaneous stuff I would have on hand. I have the 32 oz of Zoya Remove+, LUSH Snow Fairy, some empty LUSH containers, hand cream, body butter, and some makeup remover wipes that I don't really like but keep for when I'm swatching things.
That is my makeup storage/ collection! I hope some of you found it helpful in terms of finding ways to organize or reorganize your stash. If you have any questions on what a particular color or product is, feel free to ask. =]
How do you store your makeup? Do you like your method or are you looking for another way to organize your makeup?
I am first to admit that I am a neutral shadow FIEND.That's why for most (ok...ALL) of my choices of top 10 shadows, they are neutrals. Here is my video listing off my favorites and of course I couldn't stop at 10 so I have lots of honorable mentions too!
My Favorites!
Too Faced Silk Teddy- I've talk about this shade a million times both on this blog and in my videos. It's a pinky champagne with lots of eye brightening goodness!
NYX Champagne- As the name suggests, this is a champagne color and also very golden. It's very close to MAC Blonde's Gold Pigment, which is PRO.
MAC Shroom- This is my go to highlight shade for the inner corner and looks gorgeous on the lid too. It's a golden highlight shade.
MAC Grain- This is a peachy neutral shade with just a hint of shimmer. It's a great barely there color that still makes you look awake.
MAC Vex- This shade is very unique, it's a beige-y shade but has a pink duochrome.
Swatches (left to right): Too Faced Silk Teddy, NYX Champagne, MAC Shroom, MAC Grain, MAC Vex
Stila's Wheat- I know Stila's Kitten is a cult favorite but one of my favorites is Wheat. It's a golden color that's very...you guessed it, eye brightening.
Wet n Wild Nutty- This is one of my all time favorite taupes. I've raved about this shade a lot and still highly recommend it. It's amazing quality for the low price.
MAC Vanilla Pigment- If I have to recommend any MAC pigment, it's this one. It is a white gold and is gorgeous as a highlight or all over the lid.
Swatches (left to right): Stila's Wheat, WnW Nutty, MAC Vanilla Pigment
MAC Mulch- This is one of my favorite crease/outer corner shades. It's a chocolate-y brown and gives really nice definition to my eyes.
NYX Black- As the name suggests it's just matte black. I use this shadow daily to set my eyeliner. You can also use it as eyeliner or to smoke out a look. If you need a matte black, $3 for this NYX one is a great price for something that will last you a long time.
Swatches (left to right): MAC Mulch, NYX Black
My honorable mentions!
L'Oreal HIP Duo in Electrified (left shade)-I love this duo in general and I have to thank Nouveau Cheap for recommending it. The left champagne/pewter shade is my favorite.
Bare Minerals Celestine- Though it's a golden neutral shade, this color has a lot more unique dimension to it and also has some pink and taupe tones to it.
Glamour Doll Eyes' Bare Naked- Like Grain, this is a gorgeous barely there neutral. It's more golden than Grain but the concept is similar.
Physician's Formula Baked Sands Trio (top color)- Before I discovered MAC's shroom, I was in love with the highlight shade of this trio. I still use it and love it for inner corner and all over the lid.
Milani's Java Bean- This is another one of my favorite crease/outer corner shades. It has more purple tones than Mulch. I recommend the Milani single shadows over all because they're amazing quality. You can find them on cherry culture.
Swatches (left to right): L'Oreal HIP Electrified Champagne/Pewter shade, BE Celestine, GDE Bare Naked, Physician's Formula highlight shade, Milani Java Bean
What are your all time favorite eyeshadows? Do you stick to a certain color family like I do or you love all kinds of shades?
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