Face of the Day - Green/Blue

Color products used:
Blush - Wet n Wild in Pearlescent Pink
Eye base - NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Cucumber
Green shadow - MAC Lucky Green
Darker green and turquoise shadows - Cargo Tahiti quad
Eyeliner - Revlon Grow Luscious in Emerald
Lipstick - Covergirl Lip Perfection in Fairytale
Lipgloss - Kat Von D in Marg

Face of the Day

Products Used:


Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro primer
Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation
Revlon Colorstay under eye concealer
Revlon Photoready concealer
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear powder foundation
Physicians Formula Happy Booster blush - Rose

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

MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils - Cucumber, Peacock, Yellow
MAC eyeshadow - Lucky Green
Urban Decay Deluxe Palette - Peace, Honey
Wet n Wild Vanity Palette - palest matte shade
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel Creamliner for hazel eyes - black
L'Oreal Voluminous mascara - Carbon Black

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain - Smitten

Face of the Day - 24. April

Face:

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro

Revlon New Complexion foundation

Urban Decay 24/7 concealer

Milani Minerals Compact Makeup

Milani Blush - Mai Tai

Eyes:

NYX HD Primer

MAC Lucky Green

Sleek Original Palette (blue only)

Wet n Wild Creme Brulee

L'Oreal Lineur Intense - Carbon Black

L'Oreal Voluminous False Lashes

Lips:

Covergirl Lip Perfection - Heavenly

I'm including a photo of the same look but with my glasses on. This is how I'll actually be wearing it - I wear these glasses 90% of the time, which is why I'm not too concerned that my eyeshadow isn't always particularly visible when my eyes are open and I'm smiling. It wouldn't be visible anyway with these frames. I prefer the way I look with glasses, I just don't do FOTD photos with them on since you wouldn't be able to see the look then!

Venturing Into High-End Cosmetics

For several reasons - including wanting to limit the growth of my collection and simple curiosity - I've decided to start experimenting more with buying high-end beauty products. Because these products are more expensive, I put more time and effort into making sure they are a product I want and will actually use. If possible, I sample products for awhile before finally buying them. Since so much more planning will go into these purchases, I think I'll spend about the same -if not even less- than when I go to the drugstore and pick up a bunch of random products pretty frequently.

That said, today I went to get some samples from Sephora of products I've been wondering about, as well as see some colors in person. I got these samples to try: (if any of you have any tips on how to best use these, I'd love to hear!)

I also tried the MUFE lipstick #37 and I loved it - the color, texture, and staying power all seemed really good. It - as well as NARS Pure Matte lipstick in Carthage and MUFE Smokey Lash mascara - are on my list of products to probably purchase eventually. 

I also stopped in the MAC store on this mall visit. I decided it was finally time to get the eyeshadow in Lucky Green that I think I've been lusting after for at least a year by now, and there were a couple lipsticks I wanted to see in person. I ended up getting the eyeshadow and the lipstick in Rebel. I am really excited for both of these and am very pleased with my purchases. 

In case you're curious, I swatched the lipstick straight from the tube and the eyeshadow with just my finger without any primer.