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Mineral Madness Day 3: Plums & Hyacinths

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For Day 3 of Mineral Madness, where I force myself to use my mineral eyeshadows, I have here a fairly purple look anchored on the very beautiful shimmery lilac by bareMinerals called Hyacinth. Not wanting to take away from the general prettiness of this color, I just used Satin Plum, also from bareMinerals. It is a fairly matte color so I used it in the outer corner of the eye, as well as on the outer crease. I added an eye kohl to my lower lash line, too. It’s MAC’s Prunella. I like it, though I feel like I should have used a deeper neutral like a dark brown instead of another purple. As it is, this has a very 90s feel to it; I can’t put my finger on it, but it may be the general cool lightness of the shadow paired with a milky lip, which makes me think of the frosted lipsticks of the past. I could just be making all of that up, though. (‘Scuse the spots, I didn’t feel like …

Mineral Madness Day 2: The Hum of an Espresso Rebellion

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This is a mouthful… but I tried. Anyway, this look features some of my favorite colors from three different brands! I’ve got Hum on the inner two-thirds of my eye, which is an LCC or loose color concentrate by OCC. Then, on the crease and outer corner, I have Velvet Espresso, which is an LE color from bareMinerals’ holiday set, A Vision in Velvet. Finally, I deepened the outer corner with Rebellion from Shiro Cosmetics. Truthfully, I don’t really like it. Although, I think it’s pretty cool how much it seems to change with just a quick replacement of the lip color. It’s a pretty easy look, and actually fairly colorful given the combinations I normally wear. This color by OCC is also really, really pretty. Semi-review coming up soon. I actually have a haul/short review post on my first OCC purchases from March or something. I just never got around to actually finishing the post. But it shall be done. Anyway, that’s mostly it! I hope you enjoyed this post. I’m having fun playing …

Mineral Madness Day 1: Star-Crossed Baker’s Boy

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This is the first look I came up with, but I wore it about a week ago. This was taken about eight hours after I had put it on. The eye look is holding up nicely, but I can’t say the same for my foundation! I have a bit of redness peeking through. Also, my lipstick is completely gone. Here’s what it looked like when I first applied it. I couldn’t find decent full-face pictures that I wanted to post and show you. And after eight hours… On my eyes, I used MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study as the base, then used Shiro Cosmetics’s Baker’s Boy as the lid wash/color and Star-Crossed on the outer corner/crease. Both are from the Hunger Games Collection. I used a RealTechniques Domed Eyeshadow Brush from the Travel Essentials Set to apply both colors. I used a K-Palette Liquid Liner on my lash line, MAC eye kohl in Teddy for the outer half of my lower lash line, and Majolica Majorca Lash King Mascara on my top and bottom …

Playlist: Taylor Swift on Vanity Fair

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(source) So, I attempted to recreate this look on Taylor Swift’s Vanity Fair cover. Very quick, eyeballing of the cover on my phone and making do with what I got. Also these Photobooth pictures make it look so much darker than it actually is. Copying looks is a little hard especially if I have the wrong face shape, eye shape, nose shape, or whatever~ from the source of inspiration. While I’m not set out to do transformations like Promise Phan or anything like that, I try to be as close to the source material as possible. I’ve been trying out looks from local magazines, though, and it’s been easier to recreate them, though I suspect it’s because their features and mine are more similar to each other than mine to all of these Caucasians. In any case, I think it’s a pretty look. Let me know if you’d be interested in a tutorial of this! It’s fairly quick and easy to do. 🙂

Playlist: Lena Dunham in i-D Magazine

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I’ve had this post in my drafts since November 29 (!) but I only managed to try it out today. I tried recreating the look on Lena Dunham for her i-D magazine cover, but I don’t think I was all that successful. In any case, here’s my interpretation, along with uneven eyeliner and a “dead in the eyes” look: For foundation, I used Benefit’s Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow in Cheers to Me Champagne. All my foundations are quite yellow, except for my shu uemura UV base, which in turn is kind of cakey on me. Did not set with powder as I won’t be wearing this look out anyway, but I would have used bareMinerals Mineral Veil. For eyes, I used Laura Mercier Artist’s Palette for Eyes: Vanilla Nuts on the browbone, Café Au Lait on the entire lid, with Coffee Ground on the crease and outer corner. I softly defined the upper and lower lashline with Rich Coffee, using a pointed eyeshadow brush (a revelation that I will talk about in another post). I …

Playlist: What face I would wear to the Oscars

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In a (tiny) fit of desperation for new non-haul, non-review content, I asked Sarie what I should do (I was going to film a tutorial for a particular look I had posted on Instagram a few days ago), and she said I should do this! It’s a pretty simple look and as it’s past midnight ’round these parts, I skipped the foundation and other face base types. Pardon the redness and spots! This is what I came up with. It’s pretty simple! I knew right away that I would wear my Guerlain Rouge G L’Extrait in Orgueil. I’m not kidding about right away. Since this beautiful, deep lip color is so intense, I decided to keep the rest of my face simple. Also, my skills are limited to this~ anyway. Here’s how I did my eyes! All over the lid, I put on Guava as my lid wash. On the outer third, I patted on Chocolate. I deepened my crease with Coffee Ground and for browbone highlight, I used Vanilla Nuts! All from my Laura …

Playlist: Emerald 2013

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Before the year ended, Pantone announced the color for the coming new year, 2013: Emerald Green! I decided to make an eye look based on this serpentine selection. You should know that I am still pretty reserved when it comes to playing with colors, so this will be a lot more subdued than the actual color. Plus, I don’t own a true emerald shade (yet) so the eye look will be a concoction of greens I have lying around, which lean more towards olive. The emerald is May’s birthsone and the mystery and history that surrounds it is mysterious and alluring. Cleopatra was known to drape herself with emeralds.Though rubies are the most obvious choice for symbolizing passionate love, emeralds offers a complexity of emotions and meanings that are perfect for a long and steadfast relationship. “Another reason that the emerald has come to symbolize a more mature love can be traced to Hindu culture. Emerald green is the color that is used to align the heart chakra, or energy point, allowing feelings of love …