November 17, 2010

Glamour Doll swatches and review

I purchased some eyeshadows from Glamour Doll online recently and wanted to give a quick review and share some swatches.
My package was very business card loaded! LOLZ
This is the Lorena Tower eyeshadow set (photos above taken with flash). Bare Naked is a lovely light gold color which I'd actually use as a deep highlight or all-over shade. Chocoholic is a brown shade with gold shimmer, a nice crease shade. Fabulous! is a pale watery blue shade. All these shades are easily blended out as to not look as vibrant if desired but I noticed that's just how this brand of eyeshadows seems to be. Bare Naked and Chocoholic look so sultry and almost give off a nice natural drama appeal together when applied to the eyes.
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Here are a few other eyeshadows I picked up from GD as well. Vanity is a really pretty blue shade with silver glitter. Jerrica is a rich yellow shade with similar glitter to that of Vanity. Flashdance! is a blue-silver shade with a silver-like shimmer to it. Summer Skies is a dark rich purple shade which appears to have a red shimmer to it upclose, the color reminds me of a really bad bruise, heh.

Overall these are worth trying out, the texture of the eyeshadows isn't as loose and messy as a lot of pigment shadows tend to be. The pigments actually seem to stick together a bit, rather then regular loose pigments which tend to fly everywhere and have much more "fall-out" then these. I love the satin texture these have as I'm not a huge fan of shimmery shades and personally prefer matte shades but the sheen of some of these is really pleasant. Some of these shadows do seem more intense and pigmented then others and I noticed that a lot of colors from GD tend to be for a limited time only as there were other shades I wanted but were no longer available.

November 13, 2010

Taking Woodstock Inspired Makeup

I recently watched the movie Taking Woodstock and loved this girls vintage green pin-up style makeup, so here's what I did to try and re-create the look, enjoy!
Face
-Primer: Hard Candy Sheer Envy Primer Ultra Light Formula
-Concealer: Revlon Age Defying in Light Medium
-Liquid Foundation: Revlon PhotoReady in Vanilla 002
-Translucent Powder: Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Transparent 001

Cheeks and Contour
-Blush: Revlon Powder Blush in Tawny Peach 02
-Contour: CG Trublend Bronzer in Golden Sunrise 435

Eyes
-Primer: Loreal De-Crease
-Highlight: WNW in Brulee
-Lid: Coastal Scents Shimmer 88 Palette , 4 across 3 down (green shade)
-Contour: WNW in Greed Gourmandise, grey shade
-Liner: Rimmel London Proffessional Liquid EyeLiner in Ebony Black 001
-Waterline: NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk with WNW Sugar Spice 250A on top
-Mascara: CG LashBlast Fushion in Very Black

Lips
-Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick in Soft Nude 070

Brows
-CG EyeShadow Single in Swiss Chocolate 730
60's Inspired, this looks similar to the above image

November 12, 2010

UD dupes with CS *Updated*

I swatched and combined many different colors from the Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer palette in order to dupe them with Urban Decay's Alice in Wonderland palette, I don't own the UD palette but I thought these looked close to the photos and swatchs I saw online, enjoy!

UD: Alice
CS: 6 across 5 down w/ 6 across 2 down

UD: Underland
CS: 6 across 4 down w/ 7 across 4 down

UD: Oraculum
CS: 2 across 5 down

UD: Queen
CS: 8 across 7 down w/ 8 across 3 down
UD: Chessur
CS: 10 across 6 down w/ 10 across 3 down

UD: Wonderland
CS: 10 across 1 down

UD: White Rabbit
CS: 1 across 3 down

UD: Curiouser
CS: 7 across 3 down

UD: Muchness
CS: 2 across 6 down

UD: Mushroom
CS: 10 across 4 down

UD: Midnight Tea Party
CS: 11 across 5 down w/ 10 across 1 down

UD: Vorpal
CS: 5 across 5 down

UD: Drink Me, Eat Me
CS: 2 across 4 down w/ 1 across 8 down

UD: Mad Hatter
CS: 11 across 6 down

UD: Jabberwocky
CS: 11 across 8 down

UD: Absolem
CS: 3 across 8 down

November 11, 2010

Alice in Wonderland UD Palette Dupe

Awhile back ago I really wanted the Alice in Wonderland Palette from Urban Decay but I recently found an awesome dupe for it which is much cheaper!

E.L.F.Beauty Book in Sparkle or EyeBrights is $5 at Target (only sold online?)
Urban Decay in Alice in Wonderland is $50 (currently sold out?)
-The colors that you'll find from Alice in Wonderland that dupe this E.L.F. palette are... Alice, Queen, Underland, White Rabbit and Jabberwocky

Apparently Urban Decay in Alice in Wonderland is similar to their Book of Shadows palette as well.
-The colors that you'll find from the Book of Shadows that match this E.L.F. palette are... Sidecar, Gridlock, Midnight Cowboy, Roach, Protest, Shattered, Last Call and Grifter

The E.L.F. Beauty Book in EyeBrights I believe is the same thing as the Sparkle palette except it has 2 additional colors added in the palette which are cream eyeshadows. I'm not sure if Sparkle perhaps has more shimmer then the EyeBrights eyeshadow palette or not.

Alice in Wonderland vs. Book of Shadows
(Dupe List, thanks to The Makeup Drawer! Swatch's available there as well!)

Underland=Flash
Alice= Painkiller
Oraculum= Baked
Queen= Last Call
Chessur= Chopper
White Rabbit= Polyester Bride
Wonderland= Maui Wowie
Curiouser= Grifter
Muchness= X
Mushroom= Mushroom
Midnight Tea Party= Midnight Cowboy
Vorpal= S&M
Absolum= Homegrown
Drink Me, Eat Me= Sin
Mad Hatter= Twice Baked
Jabberwocky= Oil Stick

Or perhaps I could get away with using my Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette...what ya think?!
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P.S. Check out BrushingOnBeauty for CS88 Swatches ;D

November 05, 2010

First Date Makeup

As I was preparing for my first date with someone I had begun debating how to do my makeup. So my mom and I decided that the perfect first date makeup would be something natural looking, as if you didn't spend hours in the mirror preparing for your date or disguising who you really are.
JessicaHarlow.com
Jessica Harlow we thought had a great girly pin-up look which would be perfect for a first date, I'll list the products I used to get a similar look or you can watch her video tutorial below.
Face
-Primer: Hard Candy Sheer Envy Primer Ultra Light Formula
-Concealer: Revlon Age Defying in Light Medium
-Liquid Foundation: Revlon PhotoReady in Vanilla 002
-Translucent Powder: Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Transparent 001

Cheeks and Contour
-Blush: CG TruBlend Blush in Shimmering Sands 430
-Contour: CG Trublend Bronzer in Golden Sunrise 435

Eyes
-Highlight: WNW in Brulee
-Lid: Coastal Scents Shimmer 88 Palette (shimmery off-white shade)
-Contour: Coastal Scents Shimmer 88 Palette (dark taupe shade)
-Liner: Rimmel London Proffessional Liquid EyeLiner in Ebony Black 001
-Waterline: NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk with WNW Sugar Spice 250A on top
-Mascara: CG LashBlast Fushion in Very Black

Brows
-CG EyeShadow Single in Swiss Chocolate 730

Lips
-Lipstick: WNW in Think Pink 901B
-Gloss: Rimmel London Volume Booster in Clear 080

P.S. My date loved my eyes and even asked me out on another date! Goodluck on your first date ;)

Wet 'N' Wild in Greed Gourmandise - Swatches and Review

You can see how lovely and pigmented WNW's new eye-shadows are from my Greed Gourmandise palette, I use all these colors. It contains three matte shades (left side) and three shimmer shades (right side). The eye-shadows are pretty soft to the touch and apply nicely.

The lightest matte shade here looks similar to their color Brulee which comes in a single, makes for a nice highlight shade on fair-skin tones. The shimmery silver shade has a bit of gold shimmer to it which makes it a bit different then an average silver color. The matte medium shade is nice for a natural look on the lids. The shimmery golden pink shade is very lovely and makes for a nice daytime look on the lids and crease. The matte black is a nice staple to have for those that favor intense dark smokey eyes. The shimmery black has a bit of silver shimmer to it and seems to be a popular color this year.

I'd definitely recommend trying these out, it has to be one of my new faves this year.