Birthday Face and Outfit of the Day

Yesterday was my birthday and I wanted to thank all of you that wished me a happy birthday on twitter and youtube! I really appreciate your sweet wishes!! I went out with my family and went for a casual yet cute look. I haven't posted my looks since the March and April challenges so I thought it'd be a nice occasion to do one.

Products used:

-Murad Oil Control Lotion
-UDPP (base for undereye concealer)
-Benefit Erase Paste (under eye concealer)
-NARS Sheer Glow in Deauville
-NYC Smooth Skin Powder in Translucent (to set foundation)
-Tarte Park Ave Princess Bronzer
-NARS Madly

Products used:

-UDPP
-MAC All That Glitters (lid)
-MAC Quarry (crease)
-MAC Mulch (outer corner)
-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-Urban Decay Virgin (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner Eyeliner (upper lashline liner)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black (to set liner)
-Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara
-L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara

-Top: Express
-Jeans: Levi's
-Flats: Sam Edelman Calypso Flats
-Watch: Guess
-Bracelet: Tiffany's
-Earrings: LV
-Nails: Essie Van D'Go

That's my look for the day! Hope you are all having a great Memorial Day Weekend and please take time to remember and thank our troops =]

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?

April Shadows Weekly Roundup

As promised, I will now do the April Shadows post in the form of a Weekly Roundup of the week. I'm glad I have written down everything I've used to keep track! Just as a warning, these will be pic heavy posts =] NYC has had gross weather for most of the week so I've been more into the "one shadow all over the lid and go" look most days.There were some days that I have felt like using more shadows and I have loved those combos!


Monday:

 

Products used:
-UDPP

-Too Faced Birthday Suit (lid and inner corner)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

Tuesday:

 

Products used:
-UDPP

-Too Faced Silk Teddy (lid)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

 Wednesday:

 

Products used:
-UDPP

-NARS Corfu (base)

-MAC Patina (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

 Thursday:

 

(for some reason the look came out greener but it was very gold in real life)

 Products used:
-UDPP

-MAC Constructivist Paint Pot (base)

-Urban Decay Half Baked (lid)

-Urban Decay Hustle (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

Friday:

 

Products used:
-UDPP

-MAC Blonde's Gold Pigment (lid and inner corner)

-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

So there's my week of eyeshadow looks. I'd have to say Tuesday's and Thursday's looks were my favorite. Too Faced Silk Teddy is one of my all time favorite shadows. It is great for a gorgeous, eye brightening one shadow look. I also loved the golden look of Thursday. I usually avoid shades like Half Baked and Woodwinked (very similar to Half Baked) because while they look golden and glowy, they come out copper on me. People have given me the tip that if this happens, to use a brown base. This did the trick and I got the gorgeous golden color that I wanted.

What was your favorite eyeshadow combo that you wore this week? What's on your eyes today?

April Shadows- April 1st

I had so much fun with The Eyes of March that I just had to continue it for April! This month, I'm calling the series "April Shadows", a play off of April Showers. Thank you all so much for your feedback last month. I PROMISE that this month my other posts won't slack because I was guilty of that in March. Overall, I think it's great to look at the products you have neglected and rediscover them. I know a lot of us have favorites but might forget about them when a new item is purchased, but it's good too take a look at products that were neglected.

For today I used my new Wet n Wild Comfort Zone pallete that narsaddict was sweet to send to me. This palette is sold out everywhere I look but if you can grab it, DO SO! It's one of the new 8 pan palettes that Wet n Wild cam out with and they are only sold at Walgreens and Walmart.

 

 Picture of the Comfort Zone palette for reference:

Source

Thank you Nouveau Cheap for this amazing picture! It's even numbered =]

Products used:
-UDPP

-WnW Comfort Zone Palette #5-see picture (lid)

-WnW Comfort Zone Palette #4-see picture (crease)

-NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (inner corner base)
-WnW Comfort Zone Palette #1-see picture (inner corner)
-Jordana Fabuliner (upper lashline)
-Prestige Total Intensity Eyeliner (waterline)
-NYX Black eyeshadow (to set liner)
-Revlon's Grow Luscious Mascara

What did you think of The Eyes of March project? Do you own the Wet n Wild Comfort Zone Palette? What do you think of it? What's on your eyes today?

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?

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?