Lorac Mega PRO Palette 2 - Review

I got the Lorac Mega PRO Palette 2 at Ulta for $59 (before tax) and it came with a free mini Lorac Pro Plus Fiber mascara with this at checkout. As far as the higher-end eyeshadow palettes at Ulta go.. I do seem to love Lorac's the best of all because they're just nicely pigmented and soft with nice colors. This is my second eyeshadow palette purchase from Lorac as I also have the Unzipped palette. I do feel the Unzipped palette eyeshadows are actually a bit better quality compared to this palette.

On my eyes I'm wearing Custard, Sugar, Burlap, Gold Leaf, and Black

In this palette I found the lighter off-white shades not really as pigmented as the medium to darker shades, and most all the shades are either a matte or satin finish (which I love) although Black Ivy really seemed to be the only shade that was matte with a slight glitter in it. Keep in mind what I'm calling a "satin" Lorac calls a "shimmer". The shades with a * I felt were probably my favorite shades in this palette, although I do feel this is a really nice palette of natural earth tone shades.

Porcelain - Light matte off-white shade
Bisque - A bright light off-white matte shade with a pink undertone
Sugar - A slightly more muted version of Porcelain and it's a satin
Moonlight - A satin off-white shade with a yellow/white-gold undertone

Custard - An off-white matte nude/skintone shade
Lavender* - A matte pale lavender shade
Chiffon - A matte pale light pink shade
Seashell - Similar to Moonlight but has more of a pink undertone

Tawny - A matte medium orange-tan shade, almost like a matte version of Peony, very pigmented
Purple - A deep matte medium-dark purple shade, very pigmented
Prosecco* - A satin light taupe shade
Peony - A satin peachy/coral shade

Burlap - A matte medium tan shade with a yellow undertone, very pigmented
Sorbet* - A muted matte medium pink-taupe shade, very pigmented
Soft Plum - A muted satin medium purple-taupe shade
Dk. Sienna - A deep brown shade with a satin copper finish, very pigmented

Melon* - A bright medium matte peach shade, very pigmented
Goji* - A deep medium matte muted burgundy shade, very pigmented
Cinnamon - A medium satin tan brown shade with a gold tint
Penny - A medium satin brown shade with almost an olive undertone and bronze finish, very pigmented

Tangerine* - A bright but muted matte medium orange shade, very pigmented
Cabernet - A deep matte muted purple taupe shade, very pigmented
Sand Stone - A medium satin taupe shade with a silver tint, very pigmented
Olivine - Similar to sandstone but lighter with more of a gold tint, very pigmented

Saddle - A medium matte brown taupe shade
Ash - A medium-dark matte gray shade with almost a purple undertone, very pigmented
Gunmetal - A medium satin silver gray shade
Gold Leaf* - A medium-light bright satin yellow gold shade, very pigmented

Forest - A deep muted matte forest green shade, very pigmented
Black - A deep matte slate black shade, very pigmented
Blue Quartz* - A deep satin watery blue shade with a lighter blue tint, very pigmented
Black Ivy - A deep matte black shade slightly darker than the shade Black with silver flecks, very pigmented

Colors I like together... 

Tangerine and Gold Leaf
Blue Quartz and Gunmetal
Forest and Sandstone

Top 5 Best Eye Shadow Shades for Everyone

Here you'll find what I feel are the 5 best eye shadow shades for practically everyone. I know you're probably thinking that whites and blacks work for everyone because they're neutral, but honestly I find both of those eye shades to be overpowering and ultimately not that flattering on everyone so I generally prefer to use those shades as either liner, mascara, or shadows to be blended into other shades to add lightness or darkness.

NYX Hot Singles Eye Shadows

Off-White: this is a cream or skin-tone shade for some and honestly everyone needs a highlight or natural eye shadow shade at some point in time. This shade will help you avoid an overly dramatic fake eye makeup look because lets face it... your skin is generally not pure white in color.

Purple: this is a combination of two shades.. blue and red. Oddly enough people have either more blue tone or red tone in their skin-tone so, the combination of these two shades makes purple the perfect color for practically anyone.

Gold: the base colors to gold can often be thought of as orange or yellow.. although those two colors seem far fetched to wear for some, but these shades do become more wearable when transformed into gold which also makes this color contrasting to our other favorite shade on here.. purple.

Olive: this shade is generally made up of yellow and green. Now you can't make green without yellow and blue so you're mixing a warm shade with a cool shade which in turn makes olive a neutral shade that works for almost anyone.

Taupe: this is a shade that is a combination of gray and brown. Now grays may be an unflattering shade on their own but when mixed with a natural brown shade it automatically creates the perfect neutral shade for anyone as it's both warm and cool in color.

Bronzed Face for Fair Skin

I noticed that a lot of people have questions about bronzer and application so this post is just to give you my advice on applying it to the face and creating a nice natural tan appearance for fair skinned individuals.

For some reason I've noticed a lot of people say to apply bronzer where the sun would naturally hit your face. I find that to be horrible advice, especially for fair skinned individuals like myself that naturally sunburn and possibly freckle. However, if you want to add a light highlight shade to your face than you would want to apply that where the light would naturally hit your face. I find that applying bronzer to the contours of your face is much more appealing and doesn't give you that dirty appearance if it had been applied to where the light naturally hits. You also want to blend your contours expanding it out a bit on the areas where light doesn't naturally hit your face but focus most of it around the sides of the forehead, under the neck, along the jaw line and the sides of your nose.

Applying a blush will look more natural than just adding a tan shade to a fair complexion and it can also make for a more youthful appearance. Being fair skinned and knowing that when you get sun you probably turn a pinkish shade I like to use a very light pink blush on the apples of my cheeks and sometimes the bridge of the nose (avoid the tip of the nose so you don't look like Rudolf!) during warmer months. During winter months I'd go with a bit more intense blush shade since you will be exposed to the cooler climate and you probably won't get sunburn (unless you happen to be skiing!).

I'd also advise using a tinted moisturizer (or mix some of your liquid foundation with your face moisturizer) all over your face and neck if you're fair skinned and want to look a bit tanner or add more color to your complexion, this will help give you an all around tan appearance when followed with my bronzing advice above.

You probably don't want to neglect your eyes when going for a naturally tan look so apply an off-white matte shade (or skin tone shade) all over the lid (or a gold shade) along with an off-white shimmer shade under the brows, you can then either use the bronzer you applied to your face or a similar colored eyeshadow blended into your crease. You may also want to darken your brows slightly with an eyebrow shadow if they are blonde in color. Add some brown or black-brown mascara to your lashes and your eyes are complete (you can also line your eyes or add a bit more depth to the eye with a dark brown eyeshadow if you want to be a bit bolder).

With a nude tan face on fair complexions almost any lipstick shade will work but I'd probably avoid the pale pastel shades which can make you look too washed out, especially during summer months. For a more natural tan approach try a bronze lip color (like Rimmel's lipstick in Summer Angel).

Alternate Eye Makeup Brushes

This week I decided to look into eye makeup brushes which could be possible dupes for MAC ones. Interestingly enough I learned that art paint brushes from your local craft store actually make good dupes for the MAC brushes, and they're pretty inexpensive in comparison. The base price for new pro MAC eye makeup brushes online seems to be $18 and up, while the average eye makeup sized art brushes I bought from Michael's craft store averaged a price of $6.50 per brush with tax. Below you'll see the 7 art brushes which I purchased and I'll go into a bit more detail about why I chose these brushes out of the massive selection at the art store.

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Starting from top to bottom (and the possible MAC dupes to the right)...

Loew-Cornell (American Painter) - 4000-1 Round (MAC 210)
Loew-Cornell (American Painter) - 34400-1/4 Angular (MAC 266)
Loew-Cornell (American Painter) - 4500-8 Filbert (MAC 194)
Loew-Cornell (La Comeille) - 7400-3/8 Angular (MAC 269)
Loew-Cornell - 272-L Dome Round (MAC 286)
Loew-Cornell - 270-1/2 Maxine's Mop (MAC 252)
Loew-Cornell (La Comeille) - 7930-6 Flora (No dupes but an awesome inner eyelid brush)

How I choose my art brushes for eye makeup use...

First of all, i've had enough eye makeup brushes and have applied eye makeup long enough to know what I feel will work best for me... so choose what will work best for you. I mostly tend to lean toward getting synthetic bristled brushes because they allow for a smooth saturated application, while I do prefer the natural bristled brushes for blending purposes because the bristles don't hold as much product and the bristles are a bit fanned out in comparison to the synthetic ones which are more compact (often I find natural bristles tend to loose their shape faster than synthetic ones over time). If you're a person that likes your makeup light or more on the natural side than you'll probably prefer the natural bristles, and if you like your makeup bold and clean lined than you'll probably prefer the synthetic ones. I like to mix up my eye makeup looks and will often end up using both types. Natural bristles are generally best suited for blending out powdered products only, while the synthetic ones are great because you can apply primers, gels, creams, etc, as well as eyeshadow however, they really aren't suited for blending like the natural ones are.

Deciding what to get...

In deciding which art paint brushes I want for my eyeshadow application I like ones that are fairly soft to the touch so that they don't scratch the eyelid during application. I generally don't want bristles that are too flimsy or stiff, I like to have control over where my makeup is being applied and I want easy application so, I choose brushes that have a little give in the bristles. I also avoid the long handled brushes because at too great a distance you'll lose control over where you want your product to go and the brush will probably be too long for most normal makeup cases/bags... so, I stick to the short handled art brush selection.

Looking at Michael's for brushes...

If you're buying your brushes from Michael's you may notice they have a level of 1-3, the higher the number the higher the quality of brush (thus making 3 the pro grade). I looked through all the levels of brushes and ended up choosing mostly level 2 grade, although the two La Comeille brushes I have I believe are level 3 grade. I found that most the level 1 grade were mainly for beginners at painting so, these just didn't seem like they'd be fit as makeup brushes because the bristle shapes seemed a bit limited and of poor quality. You're best bet is also to pick brushes used for mixed media as these may hold up best against the product/s you're using, although I don't think that matters too much.

Art brushes vs. Makeup brushes...

Some people may be asking "are these safe to use for makeup, etc". The answer is yes, and actually a lot of pro makeup artists use these brushes. Art brushes often can withstand time a lot longer than a lot of makeup brushes can and you can clean these in the same manner as makeup brushes. Some may say art brushes have harmful chemicals well, so can makeup brushes, and have you ever read what's in a lot of makeup products?! If you're asking what brand of art brushes to buy well, I've noticed quite a few people seem to go for the Loew-Cornell ones (I think that may be all Michael's carries) but that's not to say that you couldn't go for other brands as well. I find that these actually hold eyeshadow pigment better than my makeup brushes as well.

Dollar Tree Haul

One store I use to dread being dragged to when I was younger...the Dollar Tree. Now that I'm older I actually find some okay stuff so... don't knock it till ya tried it, haha. It pays to save!

My slightly intoxicated face ;P

Using the L.A. Colors palette in Trendy, I created the above look (not the best pic to see the makeup on, bleh). Also in this pic was my first time ever wearing false lashes out...I didn't do the best job applying them and I still don't find these Ardell lashes (Black 137) to be dramatic enough to make much impact to my natural lashes. These Ardell lashes were also some of the most dramatic ones I could find at CVS. So, where the heck do Vegas show girls get their lashes cuz those might work better for my personal preference???! Heh.

Dollar Tree Haul

From left to right here are the Dollar Tree items I picked up.... I got the 6 set L.A. Colors palette called Eye Candy, these seem best applied via finger method. I also got the trio palette called Lemon Grove and I love the green shade in this thus far. I got the neutral 12 palette in Trendy as I mentioned earlier. I bought 3 e.l.f. eyelid primers because... they were only a dollar each (obviously right) and I'm having high hopes for the stuff (thus I stocked up) ;D I also bought a facial scrubber... not an item I'd use everyday but rather as needed with my facial cleanser.

I was surprised to find the L.A. Colors eyeshadow aren't too bad at all really...a little chalky so you may get some "fall-out" and soft in texture, I'd pick these over the e.l.f. eyeshadows any day. Dollar Tree also had the older style Almay eyeshadow trios which are pretty decent as well...matter of fact I went to Wal-Mart afterwards and came across a lady who was wondering about the Dollar Tree's makeup as well...so I definitely helped her out (every time I'm in the makeup isles lately it seems someone is asking my advice... always happy to help, hehe).

MAC Dupes

This weekend I decided to try and find a few MAC dupes using eyeshadows I currently own, enjoy ;)

MAC Next to Nothing - Maybelline Quad in Designer Chocolates (Lid shade)

The Maybelline one is slightly more tan/gold while Next to Nothing is a bit more white. I think I actually prefer Maybelline's color although these two shades are very similar and I have "hit pan" on both eyeshadows.

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MAC Dark Edge - Revlon Rich Sable

These two shades are very similar although Rich Sable may have slightly more red to it, I do feel this is a nice dupe regardless. Over the two colors... I actually prefer the MAC because I think it applies soft/smooth during application and the Revlon feels a bit dry/chalky in texture and applies a bit more unevenly.

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MAC Tempting - Maybelline Urban Brown

Urban brown applies a bit more dark than Tempting, the shade may look drastically more dark in one of the photo's but in person if you applied this on your lids, I really don't think you'd notice much difference between the two. Tempting does appear to have more shimmer to it than Urban Brown but once swatched I couldn't really notice a difference in shimmer. I think Urban Brown applies slightly better than Tempting as it's more pigmented, and I had to build up Tempting's color a bit to look as intense as Urban Brown. I do feel this is a good dupe if you're wanting to darken Tempting as much as the Urban Brown, but if you want a shade that starts off lighter but can go darker than choose Tempting, although you could probably blend out (or apply less) Urban Brown to appear lighter.

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I Dream of Greenie

I recently purchased Wet N Wild's "I Dream of Greenie" trio, so I decided to share my swatches. The top shade is the browbone color which is a sheer green but appears more blue to me. The center shade is the crease color which I think looks nice with the browbone shade, and for some reason this color is a bit chalky/flaky during application. The bottom shade is the eyelid color which is a lovely pigmented lime green with yellow shimmer and it's definitely the stand-out shade in this trio.

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I was curious to see if my MAC Sharp eyeshadow was similar to the Wet N Wild bottom eyelid shade but it really wasn't what I'd consider a dupe as Sharp is much more yellow than it is green and it does not contain the yellow shimmer like the WnW one. The last swatch here is a combination of both colors.

Beauty Dupe List

A work in progress!

Here you can hopefully find the closest possible dupes for different eyeshadows (primarily for MAC) and a link to all credited pages for the dupe/s, enjoy!
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MAC All That Glitters - Wet N Wild Gilded Age Trio (Top), NYX Champagne, CoverGirl Mink
MAC Beauty Marked - Wet N Wild Lust Quad (Center Row, Right Side) - NARS Night Fever
MAC Carbon - Wet N Wild Greed Quad (Bottom Row, Left Side), CoverGirl Shimmering Onyx
MAC Dark Edge - Revlon Rich Sable
MAC Deep Truth - Wet N Wild Pride Quad (Bottom Row, Right Side)
MAC Electra - Wet N Wild Spoiled Brat Trio (Top Browbone Shade)
MAC Embark - Wet N Wild Vanity Quad (Bottom Row, Left Side)
MAC Era - CoverGirl Tapestry Taupe
MAC Espresso - CoverGirl Brown Smolder
MAC Expensive Pink - MAC Paradisco
MAC Eyepopping - MAC Sharp
MAC Fig. 1 - Wet N Wild Lust Quad (Center Row, Left Side)
MAC Filament - CoverGirl Snow Blossoms
MAC Gesso - Wet N Wild Pride Quad (Top Row, Left Side)
MAC Goldmine - Wet N Wild Vanity Quad (Center Row, Right Side)
MAC Humid - Wet N Wild Envy, Wet N Wild Sensual Sage, NYX Mermaid Milani Clover, and Ulta Shamrock
MAC Knight Devine - Wet N Wild Lust Quad (Center Row, Right Side)
MAC Llama - Wet N Wild Brulee, MAC Brule, CoverGirl French Vanilla
MAC Lust - Wet N Wild Lust Quad (Top Row, Left Side)
MAC Malt - Wet N Wild Vanity Quad (Top Row, Left Side)
MAC Manilla Paper - Wet N Wild Vanity Quad (Top Row, Left Side)
MAC Mulch - Wet N Wild Gilded Age Trio (Middle), CoverGirl Swiss Chocolate, Milani Java Bean
MAC Newly Minted - Wet N Wild Pride Quad (Middle Row, Left Side)
MAC Next to Nothing - Maybelline Designer Chocolates (Lid Shade)
MAC Shadowy Lady - Wet N Wild Lust Quad (Bottom Row, Left Side)
MAC Sharp - MAC Eyepopping
MAC Sound Trip - Wet N Wild Golden Goddess Quad (Bottom Row, Left Side)
MAC Steamy - Wet N Wild Pride Quad (Center Row, Right Side)
MAC Tempting - Maybelline Urban Brown
MAC Tete-A-Tint - Wet N Wild Greed Quad (Center Row, Left Side)
MAC Paradisco - MAC Expensive Pink
MAC Vanilla - Wet N Wild Lust Quad (Top Row, Right Side)
MAC Woodwinked - Wet N Wild Gilded Age Trio (Bottom)

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Urban Decay Chopper- Wet N Wild Dancing in the Clouds Trio (Bottom)
Urban Decay Flash - Wet N Wild Dancing in the Clouds Trio (Middle)
Urban Decay Maui Wowie - Wet N Wild Dancing in the Clouds Trio (Top)
Urban Decay Smog - Wet N Wild Comfort Zone (Left Side, Crease)

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YSL in Gris Underground - Rescue Beauty Lounge in Concrete Jungle

YSL in Blue Cobalt - Dior in Tuxedo

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NYX in Power - Kat Von D in Requiem

NYX in Tea and Cookies - Anastasia Beverly Hills in Lovely

For more possible dupes you can checkout this list here! For more possible WnW dupes click here and here. If you have any great dupes you'd like to submit/share just leave a comment with a link to the pictured page and I'll try to get it added to this list, thanks in advance :)

2012 Spring Makeup Looks

Here are a few spring makeup looks for 2012!

My favorite of this lot of photos is the retro blue cat eye (top and middle far left images), the top image there is done by Monique Lhullier for MAC. I'm not sure the champagne gold type of color she used on the lids but the black eyeliner is MAC PRO Chromaline Creme Liner in Black and the blue used is MAC ChromaCake in Marine Ultra.

I think my go-to type of look for next year would be more like the bottom middle image but minus the heavy black eyeshadow on the bottom lid and perhaps opt to line the lower waterline instead (Also, on myself personally...I dislike looking too raccoon-ish like the bottom right image). Also... decent black eyeshadow with no fallout is hard to come-by so I'd probably opt to use a black shade stick over some primer on the lid.

I also really like the top right image which is probably done by using those stick-on eyeshadows although, I'd be afraid to mess it up during the application process and end up with a smudged mess...unless this is more like a stick-on eye tattoo type of product which honestly would be a bit genius especially since stick-on tats could last for a few days.

As for the bold lip color trend done by MAC in the center right image, I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable being that bold with lip color so I think I'd opt for a nice pale matte barbie pink lipstick like Wet N Wild in Think Pink (901B) instead which, I think would look cute with a clean lined light gray dramatic cat-eye (think Amy Winehouse).

Make do with your Make-up

As I grabbed my makeup bag in a hurry to run out the door to work (in the dark no-less) I realized I really didn't have much in my bag to create a nice colorful eye look. However, once I got to work and dumped out my bag to see what I could come up with, I realized I did have some things on hand to play with and I probably could have created several different looks...just goes to show, you don't need many eye-shadows to be inventive with what you have. So, here's my eye look and a quick tutorial...

Step 1: Apply Loreal De-Crease, over upper eye area and lower.
Step 2: NYX Jumbo Pencil in Iced Mocha, outer lid (cat-eye affect) and 1/3 lower lid.
Step 3: WnW in Sugar, under-brow highlight and inner lid.
Step 4: WnW in Brulee, crease and lower lid.
Step 5: Glamour Doll Eyes in Bare Naked, crease overtop the WnW Brulee.
Step 6: Glamour Doll Eyes in Fabulous!, over entire lid and over the top portion of the NYX Iced Mocha.
Step 7: Glamour Doll Eyes in Chocoholic, over all the NYX Iced Mocha areas.
Step 8: Rimmel Liquid Eyeliner in Ebony Black, liner upper lid 1/3 on the outer side(slight cat-eye affect out).
Step 9: Curl top lashes.
Step 10: Neutrogena Healthy Lengths Mascara in Carbon Black, 3 coats on top lashes.

P.S. Happy Groundhog Day!

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.

Fall/Winter Eyeshadow Trends

If there's one obsession I have in life it's eyeshadow! Listed below are current eyeshadow colors that are trending about for the rest of the year and using L'Oreal products I was able to dupe them for you, enjoy!
Black Eyeshadow, Mascara, Pencil's, Sticks, Paints are a must to any makeup collector so here are a few picks!

The new eighties trend this year is about one element be it lined cat eyes; contoured cheeks; defined lips; bold blush; dramatic highlights. In this post we're just sticking to eyes and nothing says renewed eighties like bold blue eyeshadow reved up with a modern brown.L'Oreal HIP Bright Duos Shadow, Roaring 234 (image above)
or...

L'Oreal HIP Bright Duos Shadow, Flamboyant 538

or...
L'Oreal HIP Bright Duos Shadow, Forgiving 236
with...
L'Oreal HIP Shocking Shadow Pigments, Intrepid 914

Nothing says glamour better than washes of gold and its cool to see I'm not the only one deciding to sport it on the brows as well as the lids cuz I just can't get enough ;DL'Oreal HIP Shocking Shadow Pigments, Visionary 924 (image above) Nothing says shady glam rocker better then some black on silver, so go ahead and get down with your bad-self!L'Oreal HIP Bright Duos Shadow, Platinum 906 (image above) Those of you looking for a more natural modern eighties appeal you can stick with contours and defined lines but here are some deep sultry shadows to sooth the soul, ya dig.L'Oreal HIP Bright Duos Shadow, Poppy 807 (image above)
or with...
L'Oreal HIP Shocking Shadow Pigments, Intrepid 914

Eyeshadow Color Combo's

For awhile I had been creating my own eyeshadow color combos based on the colors I see in the VA/MD/DC/WV areas and I haven't posted any new colors for a long time, sooo...here they are! I haven't taken any photos of these looks yet on myself but if you do any of these combos and have some pics you'd let me post up on here then...that'd be sooo cool of you ;D

South-Riding Sundown

Light Cream White, Medium Peachy Pink and Dark Mute Purple

Waxpool

Light Yellow, Bright Medium Yellow, Dark Forest Green

Jefferson Cougars

Light White Cream, Medium Gold, Dark Maroon

Watermelon Park

Pale Green, Mellow Medium Pink, Black

Loudoun Raiders

Pale Yellow, Bright Medium Yellow or Gold, Bright Medium Blue or Navy

Shreve Mill

Pale Green, Medium Pinkish Purple, Black

P.S. I pulled all these colors to the right of the image from the Coastal Scents 88 Shimmer Palette just to save myself time and energy rather than finding drugstore dupes but you can use any eyeshadow color similar to these.

Eyeshadow Combinations

I've recently decided to post my eyeshadow color combinations on here and give them local names from the VA/DC/WV/MD area in which I currently thrive. I feel that I'm capable to create a number of eyeshadow styles/combinations using the makeup that's in local drugstores or even the neighborhood Wal-Mart.

I don't believe that you need high priced eyeshadows to give you a great look or a similar look to that of another. It just takes a little know-how, time, patience, practice and the desire to create. If you want a certain look, I feel you just need to use similar colors. You don't need the same exact brands to achieve this although I will share with you where I got these shadows from in my color combinations.

Feel free to share photo's of these combinations, comments, ask for additional help and so forth. I hope to post more combinations in the near future. Below are my first two combinations, the colors are inspired from this area as mentioned above.

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Sterling Nightlife
(consists of white, silver and dark blue)

Brand: Maybelline

Type: Expert Wear Eye Shadow 8 Pan

Shade Name: Twilight Rays
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Blue Ridge Sunset

(consists of yellow, lavender and dark blue) Brand: Maybelline
Type: Expert Wear Eye Shadow 8 Pan
Set Name: Twilight Rays
Colors used: Lavender & Dark Blue

Brand: CoverGirl

Type: Eye Enhancers 3-Kit Shadows

Set Name: Golden Sunset

Colors used: First Light (Yellow)
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