Lately I’ve been really getting back into my Naked 3 palette. I forgot how much I loved the rosey golds and the pinky taupes. I know I’ve been really sucking at making Youtube videos lately. Something about it has really just not been clicking well with me. I’ve had no motivation to film or edit whatsoever. So instead, I decided I would show you guys my everyday makeup look through a pictorial !

DISCLAIMER : I am NOT, by any means, a MUA. I really WISH I was a MUA. BUUUUT I’m not. This is just how I do my face everyday. okaaaaaay leggo

I always start out with a transitional shade. Makes my life so much easier. Here I’m using a fluffy blending brush to blend Limit into my crease, and towards the inner corner of my eye.

To darken up the crease a little further, I’m taking that same blending brush and buffing Nooner into my crease as well.

Next, taking a slightly denser blending blush, I’m taking factory and placing it in the outer corner of my eye in my outer V and blending it slightly upward into my crease.

Then with a clean blending blush, I go back and really blend out the edges of Factory. If needed, I will take a little bit more of Limit and use it to really haze out the edge of the darker colours. You want the colours to fade out towards your browbone.

Then I take a fluffy shader brush and apply Burnout into the inner half of my lid, and then Strange into my inner corners as a highlight.

Rediscovered my love for gel liners recently, and haven’t stopped using this one ever since. This is just a 3 Concept Eyes Gel eyeliner pot that I bought in Hong Kong last summer. You can use any black eyeliner that you’d like ! I just went with a small wing (like I always do).

And VOILA ! here is the finished eye look !

As for my face makeup, I think I will be doing a separate pictorial (or maybe finally a video?!) of how I apply foundation, concealer, contour, blush and highlight. So incase you were wondering, keep your eyes peeled for that.

Same goes with my brows and fake lashes application !

Hope this was helpful some how !

Until next time,

I know I’m slightly over due with this post, since it is already nearing the end of January, but better late than never right? At least that’s what I always say.

I feel like 2014 was definitely a good year when it comes to beauty products. I think this was the first year I actually dabbled into higher end brands, all paid for by your’s truly … myself.

Sure I’ve had the occasional palette here and there that were gifted to me. But in 2014, I actually stopped being a girl, and decided to be a woman…. and purchase my own high end make up. (WOW)

PRODUCTS MENTIONED 

1. Covergirl Tru Blend Liquid Foundation
2. Hard Candy Glamoflauge Heavy Duty Concealer
3. MAC eyeshadows
   1. Soft Brown
   2. All That Glitters
   3. Nylon
   4. Sketch
4. L’oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Amber Rush
5. Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette
6. Blending brush from Ebay (I don’t remember the seller ): sorry)
7. L’oreal Telescopic Shocking Extensions Mascara
8. NARS Virtual Domination Cheek Palette
9. Guerlain Meteorites Cruel Gardenia Illuminating Iridescent Powder
10. NARS Orgasm Blush
11. Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Medium Brown
12. Tony Moly Moisture Bunny Spray
13. Elf Small Stippling brush + Maybelline Fit Me Stick foundation in Caramel (for contouring)
14. MAC Viva Glam II + MAC Absolutely It
15. Miniso Plum Lipliner + Wet N’ Wild 915 B

If you want to know a little more about the products and what I think about them, check out my video. I’ll embed it down below.

What were your favourite products of 2014? I would love to find some new products to try !

Until next time,

Here’s another look that I created with my Urban Decay Vice 3 palette. I’ve been obsessed with this palette ever since I bought it. It’s just such a versatile palette. It has a really good selection of shimmers, bright colours, as well as neutrals and mattes. Let me know if any of you would like to see a full review and swatches of the palette. I have a video where I do a first impression of it here, and a post about it on my old blog here, but I’d love to do a fuller review of it with brand new pictures and everything, if you guys would like to see it.

I love purple eyeshadow looks because I feel like purple, despite being a pretty bright colour, looks good on everyone. It’s just such a wearable colour. Not everyone can pull off the blues, or the greens, but some how purple just works.

By the way, I totally apologize for these awkward photos of my face that looks like I’m falling asleep. It’s pretty hard taking a picture of your make up when it’s just you and a DSLR. Sometimes I can get a few good ones, but other times, like the ones in this post, I just like derpy and sleepy. Much apologies.

I mention this in the video as well, but I did some things differently with this look. For one, I tried to wing out the purple eyeshadow, so it almost pulls out into a winged shape. If you know me, you know I love my winged eyeliner. So since, for this look, I actually decided not to wear winged liner (or actually liner at all), I decided something had to be winged or else it just wouldn’t feel right.

That’s the other “different” thing I did with this look. I decided that I would wear my usual dark black liner with it. I really love how the no-liner eye looks look on other youtubers, like Jaclyn Hill, and Kathleen from Kathleen lights. So I thought I would try it myself, and skipped the winged liner and went straight for mascara and half falsies.

But of course, I couldn’t help myself, and went back over and lined the other half of my lash line with the littlest bit of black eyeshadow. Just to darken that lash line up a little bit. I think it turned out fine though ! It still really does look like I’m not really wearing any eye liner.

For this look, I used the shadows

DTF (transition)

Alchemy (crease)

Bondage (outer v)

Truth (all over lid)

Bobby Dazzle (inner corner and brow bone highlight)

So that is it for this look, I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you want to see how I achieved this look, you can click here, or just watch the video down below.

Until next time,

I hate getting sick. But for some reason I’ve just been getting sick so easily this past little while. I swear I just got better from a cold about 2 weeks ago and all of a sudden I’m sick again ) : . Pretty sad start to a new year.

One thing I hate about being is of course how I look. That sickly colourless skin, the dark under eye circles, the whole lot. So being the first day of school for me, and being someone who thoroughly enjoys looking fabulous almost all the time, here’s my make up of the day (MOTD).

I started off with my CoverGirl Ready Set Gorgeous foundation that I’ve been loving lately. It applies and blends easily, leaves a matte finish but isn’t drying on my exceptionally dry skin. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this foundation for that specific reason, because my friend who also loves it has oily/combination skin. But I decided to give it a try anyways because I needed to try some new drugstore foundations, and I ended adoring it.

To cover my under eye circles I used the Hard Candy Glamoflauge Heavy duty concealor. This stuff really is HEAVY DUTY. It is truly a full coverage concealer, which is something you don’t usually find at the drugstore. This tube has lasted me AGES. you literally need the littlest drop of this concealer for your under eyes. I even use this concealer to highlight my under eye / cheek bone area, which means I use a little more than you would just covering up your dark circles, and it still has lasted me a lifetime. For the price, this concealer is amazing and definitely worth checking out.

On my eyes I used my Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette. On days that I just want a super neutral look, this is always the palette that I grab. I LOVE matte eyeshadow looks, so this palette really is right up my alley. Today I used Faint (which is the medium brown colour) in my crease and outer V and then W.O.S. (a matte light pink) all over my lid. Oh and of course Venus (which is the only shimmer eyeshadow in the palette) in my inner corner and on my brow bone as a highlight.

And then you can see my little Anastasia Beverley Hills Dip Brow Pomade in Medium Brown in the corner there which is the only product I use for my brows now. I’ve only got two words for it. HOLY. GRAIL.

For my bronzer, I used the NARS Laguna bronzer from my Virtual Domination Palette. I originally thought that this palette would be limited edition palette, but to my surprise, they still have it for sale on the Sephora website. So if your looking to try some NARS products, definitely give this bad boy a try. I think it is well worth the money and I’ve used it pretty much every day since I’ve purchased it.

For a cheekbone highlight, of course I went with my trusty Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in Tiki. Amazing highlighter and I think it only cost me under $6 to buy.

And of course I had to moisturize my terribly chapped lips with my Blistex Lip Medex. This is the only lip repair treatment that works on my super chapped lips in the winter; my tried and true.

Lastly, I of course had to wear my brand new MAC blush in Melba which I had purchased just a few days ago. If you want to see a close up of it and a swatch, check out my Itty Bitty MAC Haul post. It was my first time trying it on the cheek today and I am already obsessed. Dare I say that it even trumps my ex-all-time-favourite, The Balm‘s Frat Boy blush? What I love about this blush is that it is matte, and it warms up your cheeks beautifully, while looking super natural. The Frat Boy blush has a bit of a sheen to it, while Melba is completely matte. And if you’ve met me, you’d know I love me my matte make up…

And of course I finished off my eyes with my good ol’ L’oreal Line Stiletto Liquid Eyeliner, and my Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express Mascara.

Hope you guys enjoyed this MOTD post. Think I might do some more of these just because I can give you guys my thoughts on the products that I’m wearing, and not just show you guys it on my face.

Let me know what your favourite everyday make up products are! I’m always looking for new products to add to my collection.

More soon,

Here’s my first make up look that I created with my new Urban Decay Vice 3 palette. I have been obsessed with this palette ever since I picked it up. It’s got such amazingly buttery, pigmented beautiful colours, it’s hard not to love it. I’ve decided I’m going to try to put this palette to use as much as I can and not leave it unloved like some of my other palettes.

And what better way to do that than to create a bunch of looks with it for you guys  !

I wanted to start with something basic and natural. Sure the palette itself has got some gorgeous, eye-catching colours, but what’s great about this palette is that it’s got some amazing matte shadows as well !

So being a matte eyeshadow lover, I created this little neutral number for you guys.

I love how this look turned out.

The colours I used for this eye look are :

Undone

DTF

Defy

Truth

Hope you guys enjoy this look ! If you want to see how I achieved it, you can watch my tutorial down below.