LAST April Shadows Weekly Roundup

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

 Tuesday:

 

Products used:

-UDPP
-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy (base
-MAC Mauvement Pigment (lid)

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

-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?

The Eyes of March- March 9th

I was up until 3 am studying for an evil exam so my eyes definitely needed some brightening today! Bare study paintpot is PERFECT for that, even on its own. Today I used it as a base under a loved but forgotten shadow, BE's Celestine. When the BE eyeshadow hype was going around, I bought a few and boy, do I love them! After it died down, as most hyped things do, some other things grabbed my eye. So I reminded myself just how beautiful Celestine is. It's a golden shade with hints of taupe to it. Bare study really brings out the gold.

 

Products used:

-UDPP
-MAC Bare Study Paint pot (base)

-Bare Escentuals Celestine eyeshadow (lid and inner corner)

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

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

Top 10 Favorite Eyeshadows

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?

What I Ended Up Getting From Sephora FF Sale & Recommendations

I know I had posted my whole wishlist for the Sephora sale so I wanted to give you guys an update on what I did get. I made a mini haul video on it and I also show some of my favorites from Sephora. 



Man, how did I forget the UD Naked palette and the Too Faced Neutral Palette...I LOVE those, they're amazing quality and get a lot of love from me!

I've had a few days to play with the 2 things that I got and I am VERY happy with my little purchase. Although I haven't had these two items for very long at all, I can already tell I will get a lot of use from them! Celestine is a gorgeous lid color! It's a perfect neutral, brightening color and reminds me a bit of MAC's shroom (just more golden and sparkly). The Rosebud Strawberry Lip Balm is amazing too. It smells so yummy and it's just as moisturizing as my favorite C.O. Bigelow Rose Salve (they're essentially the same thing but I believe that Rosebud made it first).

Have you gotten your Sephora Friends and Family sale haul? How are you enjoying it?

Sephora Friends and Family Sale & Wishlist

Sephora's Friends and Family sale is here!! It will be from 10/22 to 11/03. Use code FF2010 for 20% off! I think you can only use it in the US and it is online only. Also, if your total is over $50 you get free shipping.

and, of course, the website is  http://www.sephora.com/

I'm honestly still not sure if I'll actually be getting anything during it but I still have time to decide. If I do make an order, here is my wishlist:

1. BE Shadows: $13 each
Celestine
Queen Phyllis
Nude Beach

2. MUFE Aqua Smokey Lash- I had a sample and OMG it's amazing!- $22


3. Professional Contour Eyeshadow Brush #28- $10 (on sale and looks so interesting lol)

Total after 20% off (without tax) - $56.80

Like I said, I'm still not sure if I'm getting anything but this is on my "I WANT THAT" list!

What's on your Sephora FF sale wishlist?