Review: MAC's Painterly Pot

Feb 16, 2013

Recently, I made a trip to MAC, hoping to find a few new eye shadows

and maybe a lip gloss. Well, I got all of that and one of MAC’s paint pots, Painterly to be exact. At first, I thought it was an eye shadow primer, and I was ready to decline; I have so many primers that range from drug store brand to high end that it would be a shame to buy another. However, after talking with one of the store attendants, she told me it’s highly pigmented, but also works with other shadows and liners. It helps shadow stay on and works with the shadow to create a new dimension to your eye shadows. Read More

My Makeup Storage

Oct 11, 2012

In August I instagramed a photo of my (at the time) makeup storage (see photo below) and my makeup was in desperate need of some organization. It took me a little bit over a month, but I’m now happier with how my makeup is stored. Let’s see what I did…

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Wedding Guest Makeup Tutorial

Sep 22, 2012

One of my friends is getting married this weekend. Although this day is going to be filled with plenty of fun and exciting moments, it poses a problem for me: how do I transform my daytime makeup into nighttime makeup without completely redo

ing it all?

I have my typical daytime look, as well as my nighttime look, but I don’t have a good “in between” look that can carry me from day to night. But, for this wedding, I need a look that will need to do double duty So, I will attempt to take my daytime makeup to nighttime without adding too much.

To start off,

I used a very light gold shadow over my lid. For this look, I am using shadows from Lorac’s Bejeweled Eye Shadow Collection. I am using the Topaz Bronze shades. I primed my eyelid with NYX’s Eye Shadow Base in Skin Tone.

The top left is the base color used; the bottom left is the highlight color used on the brow bone; the lower right is the color used with the Cream Shaper.

Battle of the Brands: Clinique vs CoverGirl Liners

Sep 15, 2012

I’ve seen several trends in my favorite magazines that make use of brown eyeliners. To be honest, I never really gave thought to brown eyeliners, because I typically use black. With a new season approaching and these new trends in mind, I decide

d to give brown eyeliners a chance. In good makeup junkie fashion, I purchased two eyeliners, one from a higher end brand and the second from a drug store brand.

I purchased Clinique’s Quickliner for Eyes in Roast Coffee. Originally, I wanted to purchase the intense version of this product; unfortunately, the Clinique counter was out of the intense in the brown shade I wanted, so I settled for the original Quickliner.

This retailed for $15. I also purchased CoverGirl’s Liquilineblast in Brown Blaze. This retailed for $7.99 at Ulta.

As far as color selection, Clinique had a large selection of brown colors. CoverGirl had only one brown color that I could find. Although I was looking for a basic brown color, I think it is good to have several options when choosing liner colors.

Clinique Quickliner in Roast Coffee

Review: MAC Added Goodness Fluidline

Jun 23, 2012

After having this product for about 2 months now, I’ve finally come to an opinion about it… And yes it really did take me this long! I was back and forth constantly about whether or not I liked it. Keep reading if you

want to know what my final rating of this was…

Review: Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette (and comparison with Naked 1, the Balm Nude’Tude and MAC dupes)

Jan 15, 2012

So finally! I have in my possession the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette! Debenhams in the UK released it at midnight on the 9th of January, which is exactly when I ordered it. I have to say I was a bit disappointed at the reception to the Naked 2 palette in the UK. As I’m writing this it is still in stock, whereas in the US it flew off the shelves!

But even so, if you’d like to hear my thoughts (including comparisons and dupes) please keep reading!

Tutorial: Bronze smoky eyes for fall/winter using the Urban Decay Naked Palette

Nov 12, 2011

The Urban Decay Naked Palette has been incredibly popular and talked about a lot in the beauty community. Nevertheless I thought a fall/winter bronze smoky eye tutorial might be a fun idea, as a lot of us have the Naked Palette and I know I still look for tutorials using it. So if you’d like to learn how I achieved this look, please keep reading!