Smokey Aqua

Happy Wednesday!

Thought I'd brighten up the grey day a bit. : )

Products I used
Revon Photoready Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Primer
L'Oreal Hip Eyeliner as a base (smudged with finger) and a little under lashline
Covergirl Eye Enhancers in Turquoise Tempest (all over lid and above crease and under lashline)
Rimmel Glam Eyes in Posh Peacock (a little above crease and under lash line)
Essence Stay On and On Mascara
Palladio Blush in Blushin'
NYX Lipgloss in Golden Pink

Turquoise + Bright Blue

I am a little behind as my husband and I enjoyed a nice long weekend in Austin! I did manage to get a snap of this look as I quite liked it!

Products used

BH Cosmetics 1st Edition Palette (turqs and blues)
NYX Studio Liquid Liner in Extreme Blue
Jordana Extreme Lash Mascara in Black
Dark Brown from BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette to fill eyebrows
Revlon Soft Nude Lipstick

Brown + Orange

Happy Thursday (almost Friday)!

Hope everyone has been having a great week!

Played around with a slightly new color sceme:

Products used:

BHCosmetics 1st Edition 120 palette Bronze Colors
NYX Hot orange as a pop of highlight
Makeup Geek Corrupt along upper lash line
NYX Summer Love lipstick

Deep Purples

Yes, I've repeated the colors I chose two days in a row only this time a deeper colors version!

Coastal Scents Go Palette London was all I used on the eyes for this one!

Violet Blues

This happens to be my favorite color! : )

Products used Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
BH Cosmetics 1st Edition 120 Palette
Essence Colour & Shine in Wear It (highlights in corners and center of lid)
Palladio Blush in Blushin'
Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude
Bobbi Brown Hi Shimmer Lipgloss in Bellini

Edgy Red + Yellow

Found some energy at the last moment this weekend to do this!

I used a small amount of BH Cosmetics 1st Edition 120 Palette and Inaz Cosmetics! : )

Including my lovely iPhone photo but a fun shot with the "real" camera that my husband took! : )

Lime + Browns

I have to say I am quite pleased with how this turned out but must mention that I followed MissChievious' super tutorial here. She does such a great job!

I didn't have all the products she does, so I had to improvise a bit!

Revlon Colorstay Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Primer
Coty Airspun Powder in Honey Beige
BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette (the lime and baby blue colors and dark brown)
NYX Lime Juice
Coastal Scents Hot Pot M27
Sephora Smokey Cream Liner (Black)
Essence I Heart Rock Glossy Eyeliner in Black
Paula Dorf Brunette Eyebrow Shadow
Essence Stay On and On Mascara
Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Berry Smoothie

Happy Wednesday!

Slightly Darker Take on Neutrals

It's another sort of neutral day I guess! This time I've intensified the lights as well as the darks so it's slightly different for me.

Products I used:

Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
Coty Airspun Powder in Honey Beige
MUG White Lies
Maybelline Brown Duo (took a photo but I can't read the name at the moment)
Coastal Scents Cameo Brown
NYX Charcoal Brown
ELF Brow Duo + a little of Paula Dorf's Dark Brown brow shadow
Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude
NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Sweet Heart

Purple Pop

Hi all, wanted to go ahead and post this look but I will have to retrace my steps for the products I used tonight!

Last Night's Look

My husband and I had a night out last night and he patiently waited for me to "create my look". : )

I am pretty sure I fumbled around with about 50 different colors (okay, maybe not quite that many) but I felt like teals and purplish colors.

I can tell you that these are the colors (eyes only) that ended up in front of me but I am not exactly sure how it all happened!

I know what you're thinking. Thank you Whitney, that's super helpful!

So, here are the colors:

NYX white primer base
NYX jumbo eye penicl in Electric Blue (as a base color)
Essence shadow in Happy Hour
Inaz Cosmetics in Saiyan (beautiful teal color)
Essence eyeshadow in Hyped Up
Revlon colorstay 16 hour eyeshadow quad in Inspired (used the purple only)
Sephora cream liner in must have (black)
Sally Girl Sparkle Effects loose glitter in white
NYX Lipstick in Cirque

My lovely makeup sanctuary

I have to post this because well, I consider myself quite fortunate to get to have this. This was part of a remodel that my husband did (and I honestly helped out where and when I could) three years ago. He just added the third strip of lights on top which has made a world of difference last night and I couldn't be more amazed or happy. It is such a lovely area that I am lucky enough to sit in and be creative every morning.

So, thank you to my husband, Andy. xx

From a Day Back in January

My husband took some time to photograph me one Sunday afternoon in downtown Dallas. It was super windy but fun!

Olive, Bluish-Grey

Yay! It's Friday! And what a week it's been.

It's dreary and cold here in Dallas but that's all due to change next Monday when it's supposed to be 81 degrees. Only in Texas I say!

So, here we go:

Products I used:

Revlon Colorstay Foundation
Benefit Stay don't Stray Eye Primer
NYX eye pencil in Golden Olive as a base on my lid blended upwards slightly towards the crease
Essence Eyeshadow in Olive green
NYX Eyeshadow in Exotic Green
Revlon Luxurious Eyeshadow in Neptune Star
NARS pencil in Abbey Road (on waterline)
LA Colors Blush in Berry Plum
Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascarain Extreme Black
NYX Soft Matte Lip Creme in London
Cargo Lipgloss Quad in Oceania (the light peach color)

Simple and Natural

Orange, Pink + Brown

Products I used:
Revlong Photo Ready Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
Nars Illuminator in Orgasm
Essence Long Lasting Eye Pencil in Remembering Amber as a base
Revlon Luxurious Perle Eyeshadow in Brushed Copper
Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Cinderella
Essence Sparkling effect Eyeshadow in Metropolitan
Prestige Eyeshadow in Love
NYX Eye Pencil in Brown Perfection
Bobbi Brown Eyeshadow in Cement (to fill in brows)
LA Colors Blush in Peach Rose
Jordana Best Extreme Mascara in Black

Turqs + Purples

Products I used:
BH 1st Edition 120 Palette
L'Oreal HIP gel eyeliner in midnight blue (above upper lash line)
Palladio Blush in Blushin'
Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Cotton Candy
Sinful Colors Lipgloss in Wish

Vivid Brights

Here was the face chart I designed (so it's not quite the same but hey, I don't look quite like the drawing!) : )

Products I used:
BH Cosmetics 1st Edition 120 Palette
BH Cosmetics 64 Lipgloss Palette

Vibrant Red + Lime

So I finally decided to take a bit of a dive into bright colors and I am quite pleased!

Products I used:

Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
Hard Candy Glamoflage Concealer (love this product by the way!)
BH Cosmetics 1st Edition 120 Palette (limes)
BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette (yellow and red and reddish plum under the lower lashes)
NYX Hot Orange as the blush
Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter in Creamsicle

Blue Seas

Products I used:

Revlon Photo Ready Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
Essence Black Mania Eyeliner Iapplied at lash line and blended upwards as a base)
BH Cosmetics 1st Edition 120 Palette Mid-Bright Teal Blues (see below)
Makeup Forever No 4 Black Eyeshadow
NYC Opal Sparkle Mineral Dust (browbone)
Maybelline Eyestudio Liner in black
L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Continous Cocoa (used to fill in eyebrows)
Essence Black Mania Mascara
Palladio Blush in Blushin'
Bright Pinks from BH Cosmetics Lipgloss 64 Palette

Happy Friday!

Greens, Purple Smokey with a splash of Copper

Pink, Fuchsia + Purples

Took a bright turn yesterday on colors! A day late posting!

Products I used:

Revlon Colorstay Foundation
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
Maybelline Define-A-Brow in dark brown
L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow
Inaz Cosmetics Pigments in Cotton Candy, Cheshire and Power
NYX Eyeshadow in Rust
L'Oreal Double Extend Eye Pencil (off white)
Rimmel Lasting Finish Blush in Autumn Catwalk
Physicians Formula Bronzing Pearls