Face of the Day - Bronze Eyes & Red Lips

 Products Used:

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro Primer
Revlon ColorStay foundation
Milani HD Advanced concealer
Milani Minerals Compact Makeup
Jordana Blush - Redwood
Prestige Brow Perfection - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara
Physicians Formula bronze liner from Glam Brown Eyes trio
Jordana eyeshadow single - Bronzeville
Milani eyeshadow single - Java Bean
Physicians Formula eyeliner from Nude Eyes trio
L'Oreal Voluminous False Lashes mascara
Revlon Moisture Renew lipstick - Berry Queen

Face of the Day - TheBalm Shady Lady Vol. 2

 I don't use this palette nearly as much as I should. I tend to gravitate more towards very bright shadows, but these are really pretty and they're great quality. For this look, I used Mischievous Marissa on the lids, Just This Once Jamie in the crease, Devilish Danielle as inner corner and brow highlights, and Bossy Bobbi over the eyeliner.

The rest of the products I used are listed and shown under the cut!

Face of the Day - Labor Day 2012

For today's look, I originally just did the greens on the lids, but I felt like I wanted something a bit bolder than that. I decided to add purple underneath the eyes and tie in a purple lipstick as well. My outfit today, while mostly black, also had a purple accent so it seemed to fit!

The powder eyeshadows I used were a trio from Stila called Laurel Canyon and Make Up For Ever's #92. The blush was Milani Minerals in Mai Tai, lipstick was Berry Haute from Revlon's Super Lustrous line, and the eyeliner was Kat Von D's Autograph eyeliner in Proud Peacock.

Want to see how I used these products today? Photos under the cut!

Recent Purchases

Here are the products I've purchased in the last month or so, with swatches!

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Fuchsia Fever (Limited Edition)

ELF Cream Eyeshadow - Bronzed

Even more under the cut! Check 'em out!

Blush Collection and Swatches!

Wet n Wild Color Icon blushes
L-R: Pearlescent Pink, Heather Silk, Mellow Wine

Physicians Formula Happy Booster blushes
L-R: Rose, Natural

Cargo blush - Key Largo

Milani Minerals blushes
L-R: Sweet Rose, Sunset Beach, Mai Tai, Luminous

Jordana Powder Blush
L-R: Redwood, Coral Sandy Beach, Tawny Beige

ELF Studio blushes
L-R: Pink Passion, Candid Coral

Milani Baked blushes
L-R: Terra Sole, Red Vino

Cream Blushes
L-R: NYX Hot Pink, Boho Chic, Sally Hansen Bloom

All swatches are done on my bare arm, both blended out and just to show the straight color. If you have any questions about any of these or would like to see them differently, let me know! If I've used it in a FOTD post on here, you should be able to search for it and it will come up.

Except the baked blushes, Cargo blush, Jordana blushes, and the creams, they've all been depotted for ease of storage. I would depot the Jordana blushes but I don't have a good palette for them currently.

Let me know if you'd like swatch posts of any specific brands or products!

Current Favorite Products

For the first time ever I've decided to put together a favorites post! It's not really monthly favorites, since not all of this was acquired in the previous month. It does include things I've gotten over the summer - nothing that's been a favorite for a very long time or that I've previously repurchased. 

If you want to know anything about any of these products, just ask! Some of them I have already done blog posts about, and others I'm planning to do soon.

Nail polishes: OPI - Metallic 4 Life, Essie - Set in Stones, Lights, Milani - White on the Spot
Foundation: Neutrogena Shine Control foundation
Blushes: Jordana - Tawny Beige, Cargo - Key Largo
Powder Eyeshadows: L'Oreal Infallible - Endless Sea, Glistening Garnet, Golden Emerald, Cargo - Tahiti quad, Jordana - A Classic (this is the top left shade in the palette that says Covergirl)
Cream Eyeshadow - Milani Shadow Eyez - Champagne Toast
Perfume: Marc Jacobs - Oh Lola!
Lip products: Revlon Kissable Balm Stain - Smitten, MAC lipstick - Impassioned
Other products: Up & Up blotting sheets, Covergirl custom compacts (I found these at a dollar store, and each contained some pans of lipstick which I did not keep. I like these for storing singles as they have clear lids unlike the ELF palettes)
Brushes: Sonia Kashuk - Synthetic Flat Top Multipurpose Brush, Large Crease Brush

L'Oreal Quad: Swatches and Face of the Day

I've picked this particular eyeshadow quad from L'Oreal up many times and always ended up putting it back, until this week when I saw it was on clearance at Target and I finally gave in! 

It's the Studio Secrets Professional Color Smokes eyeshadow quad in Forest Smokes, and it's intended for green eyes (although honestly these colors would be gorgeous regardless of your eye color!)

As always, these are swatched using sponge-tip applicators over NYX white eyeshadow base.
I swatched these in numerical order.

I used them today and I'm happy with it! It seems to be one of the rare eyeshadow sets that doesn't necessarily require other shades to make a look. I used shade 2 all over the lids, blending up towards the brow with shade 3. I used shade 1 in the outer corner and alone on the bottom lashline. I lined my upper lashline first with a brown liner and then went over it with shade 1, although it turns out the green was dark enough that using the brown first was unnecessary. Shade 4 I used in the inner corners.

Other products used in this look:

Urban Decay De Slick spray
Revlon Colorstay foundation
Maybelline Superstay concealer
Jordana powder blush - Redwood
ELF Translucent Mattifying Powder
Prestige Brow Perfection Pencil - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash - clear
MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
Revlon Grow Luscious eyeliner- Espresso
Maybelline The Colossal mascara
Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - Rendezvous

Kmart Haul - Jordana and Wet n Wild

I stopped in Kmart today and saw that Jordana was buy one get one 50% off, so I figured I would see if there was anything I wanted. I've been  hearing a lot of positive things about the Best Lash mascara lately, and I've had good experiences with blushes and single eyeshadows before, so I chose a few colors that looked nice.

L-R: Blush in Redwood, Blush in Tawny Beige, Eyeshadow in A Classic

Best Lash Volumizing Mascara

In addition to the Jordana products, the Wet n Wild section at this Kmart had many more of the Megalast lipsticks than any other stores I've been in lately, so I was able to get a few of the newer lipstick shades I hadn't seen yet.

L-R: Dollhouse Pink, Pinkerbell

I'm really happy with all of these things, especially the Jordana products! The eyeshadow looks like it might be quite similar to MAC's Coppering eyeshadow, which I've been wanting for quite some time - but at just $0.99 after the sale, I'll definitely take this one! 

I noticed a few similarities to products in my collection that I thought I'd share with you as well:

Top: Wet n Wild Megalast - Pinkerbell
Bottom: Covergirl Lip Perfection - Temptress

Left: Jordana - Redwood (blended, then heavier)
Right: Milani Minerals -  Mai Tai (heavier, then blended)

Have you tried any of these products?

What are your favorite Jordana products?

P.S. In case you missed it, check out my previous post, which puts a few of these new things to use!

Face of the Day - Trying New Products!

Products Used:


Urban Decay DeSlick Spray
Boots Instant Matte
Revlon Colorstay foundation
ELF Translucent Mattifying Powder
Jordana blush - Tawny Beige

Prestige Brow Perfection pencil - Light/Medium
Maybelline Great Lash clear mascara

MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
Jordana eyeshadow - A Classic
Wet n Wild Vanity palette - lightest matte
Milani Liquif'eye - Black
Wet n Wild Greed palette - matte black
Jordana Best Lash mascara

Revlon Super Lustrous gloss - Coral Reef

Face of the Day - April 4

If you've been following my blog for a very long time, you may remember that this is very similar to looks I used to do pretty often a few years back. (I'm sure there's at least one post of a looks similar to this one) I still love it - I had just been really trying to try a lot of different looks! I've been wanting to do more of my very bright looks like I used to do almost daily again recently - maybe I'll stick with it, we'll see!

Face:
Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro
Revlon Colorstay foundation
L'Oreal True Match powder
Milani Mineral blush - Sweet Rose

Eyes:
NYX HD Primer
NYX Jumbo Pencil - Cherry, Orange, Yellow
NYX eyeshadow - Yellow Funk, Cherry
Jordana single eyeshadow - luv2shop
Jordana duo - perfect team (white only)
Milani Infinite liner - Infinite
NYX Slide on liner - Pretty Violet
Covergirl Lash Perfection mascara

Lips:
Rimmel Lasting Finish lipstick - In Vogue
Revlon Super Lustrous gloss - Pink Pop

Face of the Day - February 17

Face:
Palladio primer
Revlon Colorstay foundation
L'Oreal True Match powder
Jordana blush - Coral Sandy Beach

Brows:
Prestige Brow Perfection pencil- Light/Medium
Revlon Brow Fantasy (gel only) - Dark Brown

Eyes:
NYX HD primer
NYX jumbo pencil - French Fries
Milani eyeshadow - Java Bean
Maybelline 24Hr Bold mascara

Lips:
Covergirl lipstick - Fairytale
Kat Von D lipgloss - Marg

Depotted Eyeshadow Collection

This is just a very quick post for those who were curious about my eyeshadow storage. If you would like to know the names of certain shadows or anything else at all about this setup, please ask! 

The palettes appear in the same order as they are stored.

Jordana Haul and Swatches

I picked up a few Jordana products from Walgreens last month out of curiosity.

L-R: Fabuliner liquid eyeliner (marker style) in black, Pretty Shine lipgloss in Dazzling and Darling, Squeeze n Shine gloss (in clear...don't know if it has a name), Lipshine (brush style) in Watermelon

I'm not very impressed with the eyeliner. It's not very black and it seems to pick the color back up if you go over the same area too many times. Because the tip is felt tip and therefore pretty stiff, it's also hard to get a smooth line. The Pretty Shine glosses are nice. The gloss in the tube apparently had a slice in the package that I didn't notice, which then got ALL OVER my school bag and its contents. It's also a very sticky gloss. The lipshine is really nice - I love glosses that have a brush; I feel like it gives much more control in the placement. It's a really nice color, too. I really wish it didn't smell like watermelon, though...

Look of the day: Rainbow eyes!

 I forgot to write down the products I used on my face! I'm pretty sure I used the ELF Studio blush in Pink Passion, and I know that I used NYX Megashine lipgloss in La-La.

For this look, I started with Palladio eye primer, then put on NYX jumbo eye pencil in Yellow on the inner 1/3 of my lid and the jumbo eye pencil in Cherry on the rest of the lid. Next, I used NYX single eyeshadow in Yellow Funk on the inner 1/2 and NYX single eyeshadow in Cherry on the outer 1/2. I went over the line where they met with Jordana single eyeshadow in Luv2Shop.

For the bottom, I lined the inner 1/2 with NYX eyeliner in Acid Green and the outer 1/2 with the purple from the Physician's Formula gel creamliner trio for green eyes. I went over the green with the Covergirl single in Kelly Green and the purple is a shadow I got a few years ago from Merle Norman. It was part of a line called Luxiva. I have no idea what it's called or if it's still available. It's basically a shimmery lilac shade.

The blue eyeliner is the Milani Infinite liquid liner in Infinite. 

I used L'Oreal Telescopic mascara in Carbon Black on my top and bottom lashes.

In order to clean up the outer edge, I wiped away the excess red with an Almay eye makeup remover pad that I folded in half to make a flat edge. 

Wet n Wild Comfort Zone Palette: Right Side

 Face products:
Palladio primer
L'Oreal True Match liquid in C1
NYX concealer in a jar in Fair
Milani blush in Mai Tai

Eye products:

Palladio eye primer

Wet n Wild Comfort Zone palette - 4 shadows on the right side (used for the purpose stamped in the shadow)

L'Oreal Voluminous mascara in Carbon Black

 Lip products:
NYX lipstick - Tea Rose
Jordana lipgloss - Darling