Year: 2013

Sample Stash Sunday: too cool for school After School BB Foundation Lunchbox*

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I got a sample of the too cool for school After School BB Foundation Lunchbox in 1 Matte in the July BDJ Box, and that’s awesome because I’ve been wanting to try it since I began exploring the brand. This skin match is just asking for trouble! Look how white it is against my skin tone. Still, I wanted to see if I could use it. Since I wanted to see just how drastic the difference in, here I am without makeup, aside from this on one side of my face: Surprise! It’s not so bad. 🙂 In fact, I think it blends in quite nicely with my skin and evens out my skin tone. My eyebags are hopeless, so I’m not even going to go there. Here I am with all of it blended out + the rest of my makeup: This was the look for my last Made-Up History post. I think this is a bit too pale for me, but it’s honestly nothing that a bit of bronzer can’t fix. I’ve got …

Link Love Vol. 10

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— 3 Minute Makeup Challenge by Tina of What Tina Loves — Inspired by Literature: Vintage Speedball Text Book by Jessica of Getting Cheeky — Blog Tips: Product Photography and Lightbox Alternatives by Eula of Eula Sleeps — LOTD Inspiration: Till Lindemann by Delia of Shimmery Black — Chanel Les Beiges Collection: The How-To Guide by Krysty of Vain Jane Writes — The CC Cream Curiosity by Wiji of Dandelion Whiskers — Throwback: What’s in my bag? by Laala of Intermittent Makeup — FOTD: Default Face by Romila Marie of Run Barbie Run — The Monolid Trilogy Part 1 by Sunny of Mostly Sunny — Lipstick Bandits: His Pick. A group of bloggers let their partner pick their favorite lipstick on them, which is seriously such a fun idea. Here are their posts: Xiao of Messy Wands • Lily of Chloe Ash • Larie of Eye Heart It • Arianne of Glitter Geek • Sunny of Mostly Sunny • Jenny of My Funny Valentine • Teri of BellaChique • Monika of Rocaille Writes • Rae …

Nosy Beauty Vol. 5: Romila Marie

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For this week’s installment of Nosy Beauty, I have Romila Marie or Romsz of Run Barbie Run. Her favorite things to do include blogging, taking photographs, baking cupcakes, and traveling. She’s one of my favorite local beauty bloggers because of her varied taste in cosmetics. 🙂 Her blog is definitely not a run-on-the-mill sheep blog, and it features a collection of makeup products that are tried and true. Her beauty philosophy is: “If you don’t have enough time to put on makeup: forget everything else, but never, ever, EVER forget to fill in your brows!” “Since I like to think that I can actually use up all my makeup, the content of my bag actually rotates every so often. Here’s what inside my makeup bag right now: For my base, I have the Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation in Cashew Beige. It doesn’t last as long as I want it to, but the shade matches me perfectly and that’s all that matters, really. For spots and scarrings, I use the Make Up For Ever Full …

Quickie: Buxom Stay-There Eyeshadow in Pug

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I am a Cream Fiend when it comes to eyeshadows, so I pounced on one shade of the Buxom Stay-There Eyeshadow when I saw them online for the first time. Turns out, these are not creams and are more like a mousse-sponge-type thing. Nevertheless, these are pretty great. Product description: “This bounc-i-licious new eye color offers the ultimate experience with an unexpectedly plush, lightweight texture and vivid color. It leaps and bounds beyond what you’ve come to expect from eye color—and it’s even waterproof. Named after our loyal four-legged friends, these stay-put shades will be your faithful new beauty companions as they comfort and care for your pretty peepers. The mineral-infused, paraben-free formula pampers delicate skin with soothing Aloe extract and vitamin E—all with a non-greasy, long-wearing finish. Touch it. Pet it. Love it. Only at Sephora.” I got the shade Pug, which is a “smokey pewter,” and is rather pretty. Originally, I had my eye on Collie, a champagne, but I couldn’t say ‘no’ to pug. We had a pug named Gabby when I …

Drugstore Finds: e.l.f. Liquid Eyeliner

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After reading rave reviews on this, I decided to try it out. The e.l.f. Liquid Eyeliner is a pretty straightforward product. It’s a liquid eyeliner, with a fine-tip brush and a pretty opaque formulation. Its brush allows it to draw thin, precise lines. I don’t really have a lot of trouble with this applicator even though it is super thin, which is weird because I am the worst at line control. It draws a pretty solid line, but it creases on my eyelid. The flexibility of the tip also allows you to draw different thicknesses of lines. If you are good at that. I usually just layer the lines over top of each other. 🙂 Here’s a fairly thin one on my upper lash line: I was looking for a cheaper alternative for my K-Palette Liquid Eyeliner, since that is pretty pricey. Though this e.l.f. one performs decently, I still prefer my HG liquid eyeliner. e.l.f. is cruelty-free.

Get your glow on with BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal

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I was incredibly surprised at how much people wanted to find out what I thought about this product. I had posted a picture of it on Instagram and briefly mentioned it in my Highlighter/Illuminator Inventory way back when. The item in question is none other than the BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal. Product Description: “A water-based moisturiser with an SPF of 20+ and light-diffusing particles of shimmer that creates instant radiance and vitality and reduces imperfections.” This sort-of cream is a kind of a lightly burnt bronze-y color with a lot of shimmery particles. Supposedly, this is the key to a natural glow. I think it was buzzed about for a while in the beauty community because of Lisa Eldridge. I don’t know what particular video that was, but if you know this product, chances are, it was because of her. So. How do you use these? You can mix them into a liquid base product like a foundation, a tinted moisturizer, or a BB Cream. This is my preferred method of applying it, …

Made-Up History: Claude Monet’s Rouen Cathedral Series

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Hello, everyone! Here’s a really, really (and I mean really) quick look I made for Made-Up History. If you’re new here, Made-Up History is just a series I’ve been doing where I translate works of art into makeup looks. I also take this opportunity to take a bit more about the art. Today, we talk about Claude Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series, this one in particular: I feel like although this series is fairly popular, Monet is still most associated with his waterlily paintings. Monet is an impressionist, which just means that he likes to paint “impressions” of light, instead of copying a scene or a picture in detail. Impressionists liked to paint from life, which explains the appearance of movement in their pieces. They generally liked to explore the influence of shadow and light on objects and environments. Monet painted the Rouen Cathedral in France, across which he set up a temporary studio. Fascinated by the different effects these times made, Monet made paintings during different times of the day and the year, using different …