Valentines Galore: Pro Valentines EOTD

This week's makeup showcase in Never Too Much Sparkle! was "Valentines Galore: Pro or Anti-Valentines!" so I decided to do a red and white eye look. Wearing white eyeshadow next to red eyeshadow is just asking for it to blend to pink, it really was hard to keep the white as white as possible!

Sorry about the clear band of the false eyelashes showing up, next time I'll invest in dark lash glue!

Eyes:
Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Matte Primer

NYX White Eyeliner as a base under the white eyeshadow

Wet n Wild I <3 Matte Eyeshadow Palette- the White eyeshadow on the lid

Sugarpill Love+ in the crease

Aromaleigh Cupid Eyeshadow in between the white eyeshadow and Love+

Wet n Wild Brulee on the browbone

Physicians Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner in Ultra Black

Maybelline Master Shape Eye Brow Pencil in Deep Brown

Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express WP Mascara in Deep Brown

Elegant Lashes in #747-XS

Orange Eyes and Cherry Lips Look

Of course I should have been studying for two quizzes that I have this week but instead I stayed up late yesterday doing this look and trying to photograph it well. I just want to say that Sugarpill's Love+ turns into such a gorgeous bright pink blush on the skin. It was a little difficult to blend out because of how pigmented it was so if you do decide to use it as a blush, apply a small amount with a very fluffy brush.

I should also add in that it's very different for me to see my face without my glasses on. I don't wear contacts, haven't for ages and don't have that great of vision so it's always weird for me to see my face all clear and not unfocused. Haha it's also made me much more aware of how unsymmetrical my face is.

I was thoroughly inspired/copied by the bottom right look from this pictures that I saw through tumblr but unfortunately I don't know the source of this set of pictures. I tried looking through the notes of the Tumblr post I found it on but I didn't find any information. If you guys know, can you post a comment so I can credit it accordingly? Edit: Found it! Thanks to The Student's Guide to Nail Polish, this is the cover image for the Brown Eyed Girls single "Cleansing Cream" and the Brown Eyed Girls are a girl group from South Korea.

I did alter the shape of the eyeliner and I'm much tanner than the model but I really really loved the mixture of the orange with the graphic liner and the juicy red cherry lips. I upped the flash a little bit to mimic the heavy contrast in the picture. Haha I tried to copy the one eye open one eye closed pose but it kept looking like I was doing a derp face.

Not very wearable but I just felt so compelled to do it!

Face

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NC 30

Cover FX Powder FX in M40

Sugarpill Love+ as a blush

Eyes

Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Matte Primer

Wet n Wild Brulee Eyeshadow as a base layer to help soften the brighter colors

Sugarpill Flamepoint on the lids, diffused towards the temples, and on the lower lashline

Sugarpill Buttercupcake in the inner corners to add as a gradient

e.l.f. Cream Eyeliner in Black

Maybelline Master Shape Eyebrow Pencil in Deep Brown

Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express WP Mascara in Glam Brown

Lips

MAC Nitro:Licious 2046 Lipglass as a base

MAC Hot 'N' Saucy Tendertone over Nitro:Licious 2046

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

Sleek Original Eyeshadow Palette-Swatches and Review

This was one of the items that I got in my awesome love package from Mara! While I do love both the Sleek Palettes I have, I know that sometimes their Customer Service can be a little iffy. If you can, find someone you know in the UK to ship these palettes to you.

I had actually gotten the Original palette before on my vacation to the UK but I ended up giving it away in a blog giveaway so I'm glad to have it now, for reals this time.

Compared to my Sleek Storm palette, it feels much more cool toned and there are more brights.

Everything was swatched under an Ottlite over Coastal Scents Shadow Worx Matte Primer.

Top Row

Far left: Oh the ubiquitous matte black eyeshadow that used to be included in all of the Sleek palettes. I'm glad that they've decided to stop including it in the newer palettes because there's only so many black eyeshadows I can own.

Second from the left: My camera eats purples, this is slightly more blue toned and violet. One of my favorites in the palette though.

Third from the left: This is a dark blackened navy blue, the blue tones do show up better in person.

Third from the right: A super bold bright blue. I liked the shade and how pigmented it was

Second from the right: This is one of my favorite colors in the palette, a bright blue-green turquoise shade. Oddly enough though, it was a little difficult to pick up with an eyeshadow brush but it applied fine on the eyes. It almost felt really sticky in the pan but wasn't like that on the eyes.

Far right: A pretty light spring green, no complaints on the color or pigmentation here!

Bottom Row

Far left: This is a slightly banana colored yellow. Super flaky though which was really disappointing.

Second from the left: This is a light barbie pink with a gold sheen. I'm really glad they included this color in, even though I'm not sure if I'd wear it

Third from the left: This is a golden peachy pink, not too cool toned, not too warm toned.

Third from the right: An utterly gorgeous orangey copper color. Super metallic on!

Second from the right: A warm metallic bronze, also one of my favorites in the palette.

Far right: An antique looking olivey green color.

I really love the gold sheen in the pink eyeshadow second from the left, so here's a closeup picture to show how awesome it looks.

I liked all of the colors in the palette with the exception of the light yellow in the bottom row because I felt it was a little flaky. If I could get ahold of their other palettes, I totally would!

Do you own a Sleek Palette? If so what's your favorite and if you don't, which one would you like to get?