For Christmas, my family and I did a secret santa draw. We have so many adults in our family that it was starting to get expensive. Well, this year, my lovely little sister Mary drew me and got me the Coastal Scents 88 Matte Color. OMG...I was so surprised. I was actually going to get it too but I chose the 88 Warm first.
Today, I decided to play around with some colors and was inspired by the vibrant colors. Since I usually always do a purple/pink/red/brown/black -ish look, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and decided to throw in some blues, yellows, and greens. To my surprise, it came out very very nicely. Take a look:
In this particular look, I used an eye pencil from NYX (in MILK) and used that as a base. Next I patted the bright green all over the bottom part of my lid. I then too a clean brush and blended the color into the MILK base to get rid of the harsh line. Next, I took a crease brush and dabbed it into the sparkling turquoise blue and created a light outer v and blended that three quarters of the way into my inner eye area. Next, blend, blend, blend...next, I took a fluffy blush and dabbed it into the yellow-mustardish color and filled in where my inner corners are and lightly under the brow. Next, I took L'Oreal's Extra Intense Liquid Eyeliner Pencil (my absolute fave by the way) and lined my water line both top and bottom. Next, I took a smaller crease brush and went back into the blue and lightly patted it onto my lash line. For the lips and cheeks, I chose to go with a natural peachy color to not take away from the dramatic eyes. Voila! All done...
Next up, I decided to go for more of a traditional, brown/black look. I have to say that knowing how to do one of these is essential to every girl. I want to compare it to a smoky eye, but I don't think it really was. Plus, I decided to do this one Malissa-style. Malissa is my little sister and she always applies her eyeshadow using her fingers. I did a look inspired by her a long time ago and it came out very nice. Although, I prefer using brushes, once in awhile, I will apply my makeup like she does. Today...this was one of them. I took the sprakling brown from ELF's Neutral Book of Shadows and patted that all over my eye and about 3/4 up towards the brow. Next, I took the color Creep from Urban Decay's Naked Palette and dabbed it on top of the brown. Next, (after cleaning my fingers) I lightly blended the lines to get rid of the harshness and then lined my water lines (top and bottom) with L'Oreal's Extra Intense Liquid Eyeliner Pencil. A coat of mascara and light bronzer on the cheeks pulls off the look in full.
Please excuse my eyebrows, they were overtweezed and I'm trying to grow them out so that I can go to the Brow Bar. My brows take FOREVER to grow back and it's very very difficult for me to just let them go but I am trying....any suggestions, let me know! :D
Have a great New Year's Day!!!!
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