New Years Playtime Makeup

My New Years Eve was spent in a diner with a bunch of my friends playing Cards Against Humanity (apparently this was a popular game that a lot of people in my Facebook feed were playing?) so just for funzies and because I hadn't worn any eye makeup in a while, I did a super glittery eye look.

I posted this on my Facebook page on Monday so you might have seen it there too!

Products Used:

Darling Girl Primped and Primed Eyelid Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Sugarpill Goldilux
NYX Glitter Powder in Gold
theBalm Matt Ramirez in the crease
Covergirl Perfect Blend Pencil in Black Brown on the waterline
Miss Adoro DW Lashes applied with DUO Dark Glue
Stila Stay Al Day Waterproof Volumizing Mascara (my favorite mascara of the moment!)

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My day was spent finishing up paying for transcripts for grad school so that was an expensive and boring time. I'm still not used to writing 2013 :X How are you guys?

Zodiac Collaboration: Leo

I had so much fun doing the Sailor Moon Collaboration that when Amy asked if I was interested in doing another one, I jumped at the chance to do it. We went back and forth on what topic to do and finally decided on a Zodiac Collaboration and I called dibs on Leo (since that's my Zodiac!) I know that some people don't hold much stock in Astrology and their opinion falls along the lines of this while others are big believers but it's still nice to do a look on it anyway.

I drew my inspiration for the colors for the look from the element, symbol, metal, and look of the lion. The Zodiac Element is Fire and I figured it was apt to use bright orange (specifically Sugarpill's Flamepoint) and the metal is gold so I had to use Sugarpill Goldilux. Its symbol is the Lion so I was inspired by their eyes to try to do cat eye liner and also to emulate the flaxen mane of a lion with a pale gold.

I went through a few renditions of the look before I settled on this one and it was starting to get super hot in my room so that may explain my expression in this picture. I feel like I look all surly but this was a mixture of me becoming overheated and wanting to get a good picture.



I just adore the metallic sheen of Goldilux, it's easily my favorite gold eyeshadow to use.

Face
Cover FX Powder FX in M40

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Aromaleigh Fidelius on the inner half of the lid
Sugarpill Goldilux on the outer half of the lid
Inglot 108R, the lightest and darkest shade in the crease
Sugarpill Flamepoint in the crease
Urban Decay Naked and Buck as a transition color
Make Up For Ever Waterproof Eyebrow Corrector in 3
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk on the waterline
e.l.f. Cream Eyeliner mixed with Inglot Duraline to do the liner

Lips
Silk Naturals Kisser Slicker in Maiden

Be sure to check out the other bloggers in the Zodiac Collaboration (all of whom did much better jobs than I did!)

Alicia: Libra

Amy: Aquarius

Angela: Sagittarius

Anna: Scorpio

Kassie: Taurus

Mandy: Capricorn

Phyrra: Gemini

Soo: Cancer

Coppery, Gold and Bronze EOTD/FOTD

I've felt like I haven't done my face up in a while so at 10pm while I was procrastinating on some reading, I did a look using my Sleek Palettes and my favorite Sugarpill eyeshadow. Having night classes this semester should really facilitate me doing my makeup more often in the daytime but I spend most of my day trying to catch up on sleep because I keep staying awake later.

Is it spring break yet?

Please bask in the awesomeness of my Hot 'N' Saucy Tendertone.

Face

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NC30

Cover FX Powder FX in M40

Silk Naturals Blush in Maybe Baby

Eyes
Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Matte Primer

Sugarpill Goldilux applied wet on the lid

Sleek Original Palette- The coppery shade, third from the right in the bottom row in the inner crease

Sleek Storm Palette- The darker copper bronze, far right in the bottom row in the outer crease

Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara WP in Glam Brown

Maybelline Master Shape Eyebrow Pencil in Deep Brown

Lips
MAC Tendertone in Hot 'N' Saucy

Bold Gold Quick FOTD

I did this look really quickly yesterday before I went to the local Tet Festival for Vietnamese New Year. Gold is a really prominent color in the festival so I used Maybelline's Color Tattoo Eyeshadow in Bold Gold and did a winged liner with it with my Physicians Formula Eye Booster Liner. The blush I used is my current go-to blush, theBalm's Downboy.

Close up picture which is weirdly greyed out considering my full face picture looks fine. Either way, it shows off the liner better. I also managed to get some of the cream eyeshadow on my undereye which is talent right there.

Hopefully you guys enjoyed/are enjoying your weekend! I've got a swallowing disorders quiz on Wednesday :( but luckily there's a new Once Upon A Time episode tonight!

Lunar New Year Inspired EOTD

Today's the first day of the Lunar New Year (For me it'd be Tết or the Vietnamese New Year. Many countries derive the New Year off of the Chinese Calendar but my family specifically celebrates using the Vietnamese New Year customs) so chúc mừng năm mới or Happy New Year!

Anyway, I wanted to do a look based off of two traditional colors for the New Year, red and gold.

I've been getting ready for Tết all week and this Saturday I'll be going to a Tết Festival so I'm pretty excited for that. Tomorrow is my first day of school and I'm not as excited for school because it means break will be ending but I'm hoping school will be good this semester. After 3 1/2 years I've got a Friday class :( I've got a few posts queued up for the next few days and I'm going to try to balance school with blogging or do a little less blogging.

Eyes

Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Matte Eye Primer

Darling Girl Glitter Glue

Sugarpill Goldilux in the inner corner

Fyrinnae Gilded Wings in the outer corner

Sugarpill Love+ in the crease and lower lashline

Urban Decay Naked and Wet n Wild Brulee on the browbone

Stila Smudge Stick Liner in Koi on the lower waterline

Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil in Deep Brown in my brows

Physicians Formula Eye Booster Liner in Ultra Black

Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express WP Mascara in Glam Brown

Face

Milani HD Advanced Concealer in 02 Medium and 04 Medium Honey on the undereye

Golden Sunset FOTD

Prepare for a picture heavy post;I don't think I've ever taken this many pictures for a look before. I was playing around with different eyeshadow shapes and when I went to put on liner I messed it up a bit so to fix it I made it a little thicker, sort of in the style of this Lisa Eldridge video. I also took a couple of pictures without my glasses because I realized that I hardly ever show my face without them.

This is probably my favorite picture that I took of the look. I really like to think my new camera has made a difference in my pictures and this seems like proof positive to me. Goldilux just shines so well, I'm glad I was sort of able to capture that.

a picture with my usual glasses

and a bunch of close up pictures

and to come full circle, my favorite picture again.

Eyes
Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Matte Eye Primer

Sugarpill Goldilux applied wet on the lid

Sugarpill Flamepoint applied dry in the crease

Sugarpill Love+ applied dry between Goldilux and Flamepoint

Urban Decay Naked as a transition color between the crease and browbone

Wet n Wild Brulee on the browbone

Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express WP Mascara in Glam Brown

Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara

Physicians Formula Eye Booster Liner in Ultra Black

Stila Smudge Stick Liner in Koi on the lower lashline

Face

Cover FX Powder FX Foundation in M40

theBalm Down Boy Blush

Tarte Amazonian Clay Shimmering Powder in Champagne

Lips

Darling Girl Goldfinger Holo Gloss

Goldiux Gleam EOTD

I got Medieval Haunting in my recent Fyrinnae order and I just knew it was the perfect shade to pair with Sugarpill's Goldilux. Goldilux is a bright metallic gold whereas Medieval Haunting is a gold with a brown/black base. The more you rub down on Medieval Haunting, the more the black/brown base shows through between the gold color. Very much an antique gold.

I also wanted to use my Stila Smudge Stick eyeliner in Koi that I got in Stila's Summer Set, a set that I got from Costco. If you can go to your local Costco, check out the beauty section because you can find packs of Blinc mascara or La Roche Posay sunscreen. The blister packs are a pain in the ass to rip open but it's worth it for the discount products.




Eyes:
ELF Mineral Eye Primer
Darling Girl Glitter Glue
Fyrinnae Medieval Haunting in the crease
Sugarpill Goldilux on the lid

Stila Smudge Stick Eyeliner in Koi on the bottom lashline

Wet n Wild Mink Brown Eyeliner on the brows
ES Eyelashes in A166

Sunset Eyes

I feel like I've been on a creative streak so here's a sunset-ish look that I did with all Sugarpill :D

I must stress the amazing glitteryness of Goldilux. If you have to pick just ONE eyeshadow from Sugarpill, it's Goldilux all the way.




Face:

Josie Maran Cream Blush in Sunrise

Fyrinnae Fluff powder all over the face

Eyes:

Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream #12 all over the lid and lower lashline

Sugarpill Goldilux on the lid

Sugarpill Flamepoint in the crease

Sugarpill Love+ a little bit in the outer corner

Inglot Double Sparkle 493 as the highlight

Lips:

NYX Round Lipgloss in Apricot

Couragely Goldilux Look

I'm sad, I spilled my Meow Cosmetics foundation sample but at least I managed to salvage some of it. I only wish they offered a size between the sample and the munchkin jar because I really like it.

On a good note I didn't have class today so I saw The King's Speech. It was such a great movie, balancing the dramatic moments with hilarious bits of comedy. Colin Firth swearing is one of the best parts of the movie. I was also interested in the movie because it is all about speech disorders which is a huge part of my major/future career.

I'm trying to find more colors that work well with Goldilux but orange is just my good ol' standby. I specifically love Courage by BFTE because it has microbits of glitter like Goldilux so they work extremely well with each other.

Sparkly sparkly
I'm rather disappointed in Stila's Kitten Silk Shimmer Gloss. For something so gorgeous in the tube it shows up poorly on my lips. Here's a better closeup.

Face:

Meow Cosmetics Foundation in Fierce Abyssinian
Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Blissful

Eyes:
Urban Decay Eden Primer Potion
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Sugarpill Goldilux
BFTE Courage
Inglot Double Sparkle 493
L'oreal Voluminous WP Mascara

Lips:

Stila Silk Shimmer Gloss in Kitten

Disclosure: I won the Stila Silk Shimmer Gloss in a contest held by BeautyTicket.com They're not paying me to use it and I'm not affiliated with them!

Goldilux and Bronze Look

I haven't done a full face in a while so I thought I would do one today. I spent a lot of my day doing phonetics work so I needed a break from it.
It's really hard to take a good picture of the back of your head but I wanted to try to show off the hair I did today. I copied Petrilude's quick tip to do this although it was a little bit harder because my hair is shorter. This is about as close as I'll get to an authentic french twist.
Face:

Meow Cosmetics Foundation in Fierce Abyssinian

Tarte Amazonian Clay Long Wear Blush in Blissful

Tarte Amazonian Clay Shimmering Powder in Champagne

Eyes:

Urban Decay Eden Primer Potion

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Sugarpill Goldilux

MAC Bronze

Wet n Wild Comfort Zone, left highlight shade

Femme Couture Espresso Gel eyeliner

Wet n Wild Taupe Eyeliner for brows

L'oreal Voluminous WP Mascara

Lips: Aquaphor

Golden Eyed EOTD

So I redid the template because I wanted to have a white background but Anna told me she wasn't able to comment on any of my posts;is anyone else having a problem commenting? If you guys are, please email me (my email is under the Contact Me link at the left) so I can get an idea of how many people are having issues so I can see about switching back to my old template!

Anyway, I've been experimenting lately with different eyeshadow shapes and I think this might just be the easiest and most flattering for my eye shape.

Yeah ignore the fact that my false eyelashes are waaaay off to the left.

NYX Eyeshadow Base in Nude

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Sugarpill Goldilux on the inner corner

NYX Golden in the middle of the lid

MAC Bronze in the outer corner and crease

Wet n Wild MegaLiner in Dark Brown

Wet n Wild Taupe eyeliner for my brows

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black WP

M123-A lashes from KKCenterHK

Goldilux Redux

Update: Everything from my giveaway is shipped! I apologize for how long it took for everything to get done but with school, the weather (ridiculous rain for California) and the holidays I got really sidetracked. International winners, it will take some time to get to you but for the domestic winners you should get it in a couple of days!

It's also my mummy's 58th birthday today :)

Anyway so you know how I said to expect more looks with Goldilux? Yeah I wasn't lying.

If you didn't get the hint, go buy this nowwww. Again there is some glitter fallout but it's worth it

Kat Von D primer
Sugarpill Goldilux
Milani Flare (This was discontinued a long time ago but MAC Coppering is similar or you can try to find it on the internet!)
NYX Sahara

I got lazy with my eyelashes and eyebrows haha

Happy Boxing Day!

I'm not even going to attempt going to the mall for sales. I know it would be an absolute madhouse so my sister can do all the shopping.

I've been experimenting with Goldilux and here's one of the looks I did.


Goldilux looks so smooth and yummy, if eyeshadow could ever be considered yummy.

Expect a lot of usage of this gorgeous shadow. I will say that there is fallout from the fine glitter in the shadow but that's easily cleaned up with makeup remover

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Sugarpill Goldilux (applied wet)

NYX Champagne and Caviar palette (the dark brown)

NYX Sahara

Wet n Wild Mega Liner in black

L'oreal Voluminous WP in Carbon Black