Padmita's Make Up Blog

Wild Purple

2011-11-06T05:31:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

it seems that lately, I need to start every post with apologizing for being absent for such a long time... and it will probably happen again, because recently, I have started writing because I have this story in my head and it won't let me go, so I have somewhat neglected my make-up and spent more time with my notebook. I remembered though that I still had this look that I had done some time ago but never got round to actually posting it. Please don't ask me what I used, I cannot really remember - but I hope you still enjoy it!

Soap Bubbles

2011-07-17T05:29:00.000-07:00

With this look, I tried to capture the iridescent colour of soap bubbles floating through the air...

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Azreal Blue, MAC Teal, PL Tryst, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, NYX lashes, CG Lash Blast, NYX liquid eyeliner in black, NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

Precious Flowers

2011-07-10T13:03:00.000-07:00

This look was done using gold foil all over the lid on top of metallic gold eyeshadow and adorned with little flowers (originally meant for the nails):

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Pure Luxe Bullion, gold foil, MAC Teal, NYX Milk, CG Lash Blast, dried flowers, modlash lashes

Steel Blue

2011-06-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

For this look, I used matte black shadow all over and winged out in the outer corner, with some Steel Blue on top and a little bit of teal and mint in the crease:

I'm turning 30 next thursday and am going to Paris over the weekend, so I'll probably be back to posting in 2 weeks time (:

Product List:
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, MAC Steel Blue, Barry M. Dazzle Dust #83(?), MAC Cool Heat, upper and lower lashes by www.kkcenterhk.com, NYX Milk, CG Lash Blast

The Copper Look

2011-06-05T12:57:00.000-07:00

I'm back! Sorry for neglecting this blog for such a long time, I've been travelling and have had neither the time nor the inspiration to create any looks. I spent a lovely holiday in Florida and had a very interesting business trip to the UK afterwards, and hopefully the next weeks will be a little quieter (even with my 30th birthday coming up :S)...

To get back into the flow, here's a rather simple look whose main attraction is the contrast between matte and shimmering textures - and the SatC lashes, which I absolutely love!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Pure Luxe Ecstasy, MAC Dusty Coral, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, NYX liquid liner, SatC lashes "Samantha", lower lashes by kkcenterhk.com, black kohl, CG Lash Blast

Up

2011-03-26T05:13:00.000-07:00

The inspiration for this look was colourful Kevin from Disney/Pixar's "Up". She's probably the cutest bird ever!

And this is the look itself:

The lid colour is actually darker than it appears in the pictures! I did this some time ago so I cannot remember exactly what I used, but the lid colour is Lime Crime Duchess, the orange is a Kiko eyeshadow and there are some shades from the Zoeva palette in it as well. Oh, and the purple is one of the new Catrice eyeshadows...

Shades of Green

2011-03-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

Ok, I'll try to remember what I used for this look - I did it last weekend but haven't got around to posting it until now. I experimented with a slightly different crease shape here - a dark, pretty sharp line that ends in a soft colour gradation:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas,Sugarpill Midori, Sugarpill Darling, NYX Jade, MAC Platinum, MAC Bottle Green, Milani Limbo Lime, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, p2 liner pen, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

False Lashes courtesy of www.kkcenterhk.com.

Black Swan

2011-02-27T06:20:00.000-08:00

In time for tonight's Academy Awards, I've dediced to do a look inspired by "Black Swan". This is not one of the looks from the actual movie - I've seen several recreations of the black swan make-up, and didn't want to add on top of that. Instead, I tried to do something different that still is in line with the movie's aesthetics. I tried capturing both Odette (the white swan) and Odile (the black swan), although I suppose Odile prevails as always...

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Blot Powder light, MAC Plum Foolery
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Platinum, p2 liner pen, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, NYX Milk, theatre blood
Lips: MAC Quietone, NYX Queen of Africa

*False lashes courtesy of kosmetik4less.de*
*Die Wimpern wurden kostenlos von kosmetik4less.de zur Verfügung gestellt*

Gold Patterns

2011-02-19T03:23:00.000-08:00

Another Sugarpill look with some Kiko thrown in :) I would actually do a more refined gold pattern if I did another look like this - and sorry I messed up the lash glue! Hope you like it anyway...

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Sugarpill Birthday Girl, Sugarpill Dollipop, orange eyeshadow by Kiko, Sugarpill Goldilux, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, elite lashes, CG Lash Blast

Green Feathers

2011-02-13T14:07:00.000-08:00

Since the first time I saw Illamasqua's iconic looks featuring long, feathery lashes on the lower lid, I've been obsessed with finding something similar. I've had a hard time finding lashes that would be suitable for this kind of look, but then I discovered those feather lashes at www.kkcenterhk.com and thought that even though they are somewhat different, they'd be a good start! The only downside: they are incredibly delicate, so you need a lot of care when applying them!

Next time, I'll try and see what the lashes look like on the top lid :)

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Blot Powder Light, MAC Fleurry, MAC Chartreuse on cheekbones
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Milani Limbo Lime, MAC Golders Green, p2 liner pen, L'Oréal Voluminous mascara, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, green feather lashes
Lips: Pure Luxe Sprout, MAC Phosphorelle

Royal Sugar

2011-02-06T13:55:00.000-08:00

My first time using Sugarpill Cosmetics! You know perhaps I love matte shades very much, and therefore I'm quite happy that most Sugarpill shades, even though they might contain shimmer, possess a pretty strong base colour. Royal Sugar is a prime example - it looks almost glittery in the pot, but goes on such a vibrant, highly-pigmented blue!

How to achieve it:
1. Apply NYX Milk Jumbo Eye Pencil and blend all over the lid with your fingers.
2. Apply Afterparty all over the lid and crease. Blend well using MAC's #217 blending brush.
3. Use a flat synthetic brush to apply Sugarpill Royal Sugar wet onto the middle of the lid. Blend with a smaller brush, e.g. MAC's #219.
4. Highlight inner corners with Sugarpill Tako eyeshadow.
5. Line upper lid with a felt-tip liner brush. Draw a thick line, wing it out and add a little dot at the end of the line.
6. Line lower waterline with white kohl.
7. Line lower lid with Royal Sugar and black gel eyeliner, mirroring the upper liner.
8. Glue whispy false lashes to the upper lid
9. Apply mascara.

Product List
NYX Milk Jumbo Eye Pencil, Sugarpill Tako, Sugarpill Royal Sugar, Sugarpill Afterparty, u.m.a. gel eyeliner black, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast, Red Cherry #WSP lashes

And here are my two new pieces of jewelry that I got on saturday :)

Healers Touch

2011-01-24T12:27:00.000-08:00

Just a simple little look for this week - for all those of you who like something wearable :) I'm off to a short trip to Barcelona and Sevilla tomorrow, so my time is a little short and we'll move on straight to the pics:

Lashes courtesy of www.kkcenterhk.com

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Fyrinnae Healers Touch, Fyrinnae First Prize, Pure Luxe Seashore, u.m.a. gel eyeliner, ES lashes, CG Lash Blast, Maybelline Expression kohl in white

And a little sneak peek of what I got in the mail last weekend :)

Gold Leaf

2011-01-16T07:53:00.000-08:00

I've been wanting to recreate this look for some months, but had some difficulties in procuring the necessary gold leaf. Via Facebook I got some advice to use gold foil for nail art, and this is what I did! The lashes are again courtesy of http://kkcenterhk.com/ , they are by ES and come in packs of 10 pairs each. They are actually meant to be worn on the upper lid, but I cut them into shape and used them as lower lashes:

Original look:

How to achieve it:
1. Prep your lids with Bare Canvas
2. Apply nude eyeshadow all over the lid.
3. Line upper lids with a thick, winged-out line using gel eyeliner and an angled brush. Then emphasize lower inner corners and line lower lid with a thinner line.
4. Apply matte red eyeshadow along lower lid and blend downwards with MAC #217.
5. Tear gold foil into little shreds and apply to the brows with a pair of tweezers,using lash glue or glitter adhesive to make it stick.
6. Line lower waterline with white kohl.
7. Glue false lashes to the outer part of the lower lid.
8. Carefully apply mascara to your upper lashes (you only want to tint them in order to keep the straight line!)
9. Highlight cheekbones with MAC Lightscapade Skinfinish (as there is no blush used in this look, this is important for some subtle contouring).
10. Apply NYX Margarita lipstick, then stick on some more shreds of gold foil.

Product List
Face: MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Lightscapade
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, u.m.a. gel eyeliner, Maybelline Expression kohl, ES false lashes, CG Lash Blast
Lips: NYX Margarita l/s, gold foil

Velvet Blue

2011-01-10T12:59:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by http://kkcenterhk.com/ and asked if I wanted to test some of their false lashes. They have a huge selection (and I mean HUGE!) of all types of lashes, from subtle to outrageous, and I was thrilled to be able to pick some of them! I will definitely order again from them, as falsies are some of my favourite things to play with :)! The first lashes I tried are these - overall, I liked them quite a lot, the only downside is that a. the glitter weighs them down a lot and b. you cannot really cut them to adjust them to your eye shape without cutting off one of the long spiky lashes. They are available without the glitter as well, so I'd recommend those if you want a somewhat less flashy version :)

How to achieve it:
1. Prep your lids with Bare Canvas
2. Apply matte black eyeshadow all over the lid.
3. Apply matte dark blue eyeshadow in the crease and blend well with MAC #217
4. Glue white rhinestones of different sizes to the outer half of the lid, using lash glue and a pair of tweezers.
5. Line upper lid with black gel eyeliner and lower lid with black eyeshadow, blending downwards.

6. Line lower waterline with white kohl.
7. Glue false lashes to the upper lid, apply mascara on upper and lower lashes

Product List
Face: MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Dollymix
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, jolifin rhinestones, u.m.a. gel eyeliner, Maybelline Expression kohl, false lashes, CG Lash Blast
Lips: L'Oréal Rose Gold lipgloss

Mint Bubbles

2011-01-01T11:27:00.000-08:00

Happy new year everyone!!

I've been sick for the whole of last week and only today I felt adequate again to getting my brushes out. This time I tried to copy a digital look I came across a few weeks ago. This is the original (source: renderosity.org):

My version:

Unfortunately my mint colour is less intense, but I didn't bring anything brighter coloured with me :(

How to achieve it:
1. Prep your lids with Bare Canvas
2. Apply Your Ladyship pigment on the browbone.
3. Apply MAC Crimsonette all over the lid.
4. Apply matte mint shadow on the outer two thirds of the lid.
5. Use a very small, pointy brush to draw small circles and half-circles all over the minty shadow.
6. Use NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk to fill in the circles, then define some parts of the circles with a deeper black (I used black gel liner for this).
7. Liner lower lid with black eyeshadow and blend downwards.
8. Line upper lid with black gel eyeliner and wing it out.
9. Apply NYX natural lashes #115 on the upper lid, then use CG Lash Blast on the lower lashes.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 mattes palette, MAC Crimsonette, MAC Your Ladyship, NYX Jumbo eye pencil in Milk, u.m.a. gel eyeliner in black, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, NYX lashes #115, CG Lash Blast

Dark Passion

2010-12-26T12:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays everyone! Now that Christmas is almost over, things are slowly getting back to normal - and so is the blog! There might even be some more looks than usual over the next few days as I'm on holidays and for once, not travelling! A few days ago, I came across some digital images of fantasy make-up and was wildly inspired by the fabulous designs, so I decided to do something similar today:

How to achieve it:
1. Prep your lids (I prefer Bare Canvas when taking pictures, as it evens out my lid colour and surface like nothing else!).
2. Apply Your Ladyship pigment on the browbone.
3. Apply matte black shadow all over the lid and in the crease, starting slightly behind the tearduct.
4. Apply matte red shadow above the black across the outer two thirds of the lid with a pointy brush (MAC #219), blending into the black.
5. Take a fluffly brush (MAC #217) and apply Peppier eyeshadow above the red with a very light hand.
6. Line upper lid with black gel eyeliner, drawing the line further out in the inner and outer corners. Also line below the lower lashline and blend the harsh line with black eyeshadow.
7. Apply matte rd and Peppier on the lower lid in the same style as the upper lid.
8. Apply Majolica Majorca RD544 red metallic liner on the inner half of the lower lid as well as the outer half of the upper lid.
9. Put a small drop of lash glue to your hand and dip some red rhinestones into it one by one, then apply the rhinestones to the outer lid and on the browbone. Pick up and apply the rhinestones with tweezers. Add a clear one in the inner corner as well.
10. Line the lower waterline with white kohl pencil.
11. Apply false lashes and mascara to the upper lashes, then mascara only to the lower ones.
Done!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 mattes palette, MAC Peppier, MAC Your Ladyship, jolifin rhinestones, u.m.a. gel eyeliner in black, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, wet 'n wild lashes, CG Lash Blast

Would this kind of tutorial be helpful to you if you wanted to recreate this look? Anything that is missing or that you would like to be explained in a better way? Please let me know!

Green Equinox

2010-12-19T14:21:00.000-08:00

Blogginbeauties, a dutch beauty blog, is featuring my blog and an interview with me today! Check them out here: blogginbeauties.nl

Some weeks ago, a friend sent me some pigments from alva's Green Equinox collection to try! Those are probably the mineral eyeshadows that most resemble MAC pigments, they are much less powdery than most regular mineral products! Therefore, the intensity is almost like foiled shadow, and the colours are very pretty too! In this look, I used Side by Side, a very intense copper shade, all over the lid and drawn out into the crease. For the crease, I used Mauve Me, which is similar to MAC Violet but lighter and more muted, and a matte dark-ish blue/violet from the Zoeva palette. I also used bit of MAC Lark About pigment in the inner corners, but that wasn't the best idea, it is too shimmery! The false lashes are part black, part purple.

My eyeliner is sadly giving me some trouble - lately, I cannot seem the colour to look good, it always ends up looking watery and my skin is getting increasingly uneven around the upper lashline :( Anyone ever had the same problems and found a good solution to them??

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, alva Side by Side, alva Mauve Me, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Boots No. 7 lashes, p2 liner pen, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, MAC Lark About

Elegant Smokey Holiday Look

2010-12-09T13:12:00.000-08:00

My take on a simple but festive smokey eyes look - for all those who prefer something timelessly elegant for the holidays! This is a very classic concept which I spiced up a tiny bit by adding extra lashes on the lower lash line. The main lid colour is Fyrinnae's Newcastle,mixed with some matte black from the Zoeva palette. The browbone highlighter is MAC Your Ladyship pigment:

Product List
Face: agnes b. b.pure foundation, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Blot powder Light, Cargo Sunshine Coast
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Your Ladyship, Fyrinnae Newcastle, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Clinique Egyptian eye kohl, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, p2 lashes, CG Lash Blast
Lips: MAC Prrr

Springtime Elf

2010-12-05T14:08:00.000-08:00

I felt like doing something colourful again, and got my Springtime Skipper out - one of my favourite MAC shadows of all time. To give the colour some more punch, I layered it with Chartreuse pigment and a very thin layer of Pure Ore. Crease colours are all from the Zoeva 88 Mattes palette:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Springtime Skipper, MAC Chartreuse, MAC Pure Ore, Lime Crime Elf, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Red Cherry #600 lashes, p2 Liner pen, CG Lash Blast

Feathers

2010-11-28T13:20:00.000-08:00

I've had this concept in my head for quite some time, but didn't get to try it out until today. Well, I almost failed again today because I discovered I did not have my rechargeable batteries for my external flash with me, but - lucky me - shops were open today and I was able to go and grab some. Hope you like it! It's pretty simple really, the focal point is definitely the eyes here, who are covered in iridescent sparkle and are given more expression through the long feather lashes. The base colour is a matte mint, and the lower lid has some black liner and mascara. Sorry there are no eye close-ups (I prefer to take those without flash as I ned to hold the camera close to my eyes), it was already too dark to get any no-flash pictures and you get the idea from the full-face shots as well...

Product List
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, iridescent nail art pieces, LeniLash feather lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, Manhattan JT, CG Lash Blast
Face: MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect, agnes b. b.pure foundation, MAC Blot Powder pressed (light), MAC Sweet William blushcreme
Lips: MAC Petal Lure, MAC Instant Gold

*False lashes courtesy of kosmetik4less.de*
*Die Wimpern wurden kostenlos von kosmetik4less.de zur Verfügung gestellt*

Ice Crystals

2010-11-13T12:45:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

I'm very busy this weekend (again), so unfortunately I don't have time to do a new look, but I came across this one that's been sitting in my folders for quite some time. I shot it some months ago and then never got to publish it- and I guess it's better than nothing :) It was basically a no-mascara kind of experiment, and it's more about the photography than about the actual make up, but it was still fun to do! The lid colours are several shades of light and medium blue from the Zoeva palette, the upper lashline has silver sequins, and the lower one has two rows of blue rhinestones of different sizes:

Product List

MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 mattes palette, silver glitter (large particles), Jolifin rhinestones

Brown Sugar

2010-11-08T12:43:00.000-08:00

And here's another mineral look! Although I have to admit that I find shimmery mineral eye shadows increasingly hard to work with, as I find them usually harder to blend than matte shadows (at least without losing too much colour intensity), but I'm still seduced by the wealth of different colours in minerals! For the lid shade, I applied Antique First and Brown Sugar on top, as I found Antique too greenish and wanted something more golden for the lid colour. Crease shades are matte black, purple and turquoise, with some pink and golg glitter on the lower lid:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Taylormade Antique, Taylormade Brown Sugar, Zoeva 88 mattes palette (black), Taylormade Knockout, Taylormade UFO, p2 liner pen, NYX Glitterati palette, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Andrea lashes, CG Lash Blast

Taylormade Coral Gold

2010-10-25T10:56:00.000-07:00

Is anyone bored of coral-gold looks yet? I am - kinda, I pictured this to come out differently, but when I applied the colours, it doesn't look much different from other looks I've done before. Oh well, you can't really go wrong with anything coral, right :)?

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Taylormade Goldie, Taylormade Satellite, Taylormade Coral, Taylormade Blush, NYX Glitterati Cream Palette, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, p2 Liner Pen, MAC #34 lashes, CG Lash Blast

Beetlewing

2010-10-18T12:59:00.000-07:00

Bored with the dreary sunday weather, I decided to get the minerals out again and found the perfect colour to match the day: "Gloomy Sunday" by Archetype :) Inspired by the purple and green iridescence of a beetle's wing (and the Archetype colour of the same name), I created this rather subtle look and added a little pattern of pure white rhinestones for some extra sparkle:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Platinum, Archetype Gloomy Sunday, Pressed Pansy, Daybreak Aeval, Lolita's Lollipop, Beetlewing, p2 Liner Pen, rhinestones, black & white kohl, Shu Uemura Lashes, CG Lash Blast

Streak of Gold

2010-10-11T12:27:00.000-07:00

I'm back! I had a lovely week in Montpellier and enjoyed some sunshine before winter starts and it gets really cold... This was just one of those looks where I started out without even a trace of a concept, just dipping my brush into a random colour and do whatever fancy strikes me. I started with vivid matte blue in the outer corners, continuing into a lighter shade and finishing with Lime Crime Mermaid in the inner corner. To add to the different textures, I decided to add some metallic gold - thus almost creating the appearance of leafy gold with MAC Pure Ore Metal-X:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Lime Crime Mermaid, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, MAC Pure Ore, essence liner pen, gold glitter from NYX Glitterati palette, Maybelline Expression kohls black & white, Red Cherry and p2 lashes, CG Lash Blast

Diamond Swirls

2010-09-25T09:06:00.000-07:00

I'm leaving for a one week's vacation to Montpellier tomorrow, so here's a quick look before I leave (:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, 88 Mattes Palette, essence liner pen, golden rhinestones, eylure Girls Aloud lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

Water Nymph

2010-09-18T12:04:00.000-07:00

What do you do when you`re not feeling inspired? Rummage through your "inspirations" folder and come across a really cool look you wanna dupe! Here's the picture:

I tried to copy it as well as I could, right down to the little snow flakes in my hair. Maybe some of you have seen the look before and know the photograph I'm referring to? The look is part mermaid, part snow queen, so it's right up my alley!

Stupid picture of me, but shows the eyeshadow quite well (:

For this look I had to skip eyebrow make up, so for once, my brows are naked! Eek! The headpiece is a combo of 2 necklaces from Evans in London. It's a plus size store, so sadly the clothes are usually too big for me (although I'm not even slim), but they have the most gorgeous jewelry, I love it ♥! Nailpolish is by Sally Hansen.

Product List
Face: MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Blot Powder Pressed in Light, MAC Beauty Powder Shell Pearl
Lips: L'Oréal Blush Scarlett l/s, MAC Of Corset! l/g
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Waternymph, MAC Platinum, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, NYX Glitterati palette (fine silver glitter), Maybelline Expression kohl in black, CG Lash Blast, Red Cherry #WSP lashes

Gold Coins

2010-08-30T12:09:00.000-07:00

Another look with nail art stuff - this one features gold sequins, Rose pigment and Crimsonette eyeshadow, which was given to me by the lovely Phospholipid on MUA. Thank you sweetie!!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Rose pigment, MAC Your Ladyship pigment, MAC Crimsonette, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette (matte black), Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, nail art sequins, Manhattan JT, CG Lash Blast, MAC #2 lashes

Silver Ornaments

2010-08-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

I'm not feeling inventive today, so I did a look inspired by one of LaColorópata's absolutely gorgeous looks, but a slightly lighter version with Azreal Blue and Softwash Grey pigments, and some silver nail art ornament stickers:

Not as pretty as hers, but it's such an interesting combo I just had to try it out (:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Azreal Blue, MAC Softwash Grey, MAC Violet, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, p2 lashes, Jolifin rhinestones and ornament stickers, MAC Platinum, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, CG Lash Blast

Seashells on the Beach

2010-08-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

Last week I bought some nail art stuff for new looks, and this is my first try with it. This look features "shellies", tiny mint-coloured pieces of seashells. I'm impressed at how those look on the eyes, they capture the light in many different kinds of ways and the colour itself is just gorgeous. I also added some minty glitter beneath to give it more dimension. You + Eye Fixing Gel served as a base to make the shellies adhere to my skin.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Azadé Limesparkle, MAC Platinum, Zoeva 88 Palette, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, shellies, glitter, Leni Lash #301, CG Lash Blast

*False lashes courtesy of kosmetik4less.de*
*Die Wimpern wurden kostenlos von kosmetik4less.de zur Verfügung gestellt*

Vivid Red-Bronze Look

2010-08-08T13:47:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I reworked the blog's layout - what do you think of new "face"? I personally love the new colouring, although I miss my polka dots a little... Please check out the new blogs on the link list too, there is some pretty cool stuff on there :)

Stay tuned for more "fantasy" looks soon - ordered a ton of cool nailart stuff from http://www.prettynailshop24.de, but am going to use it on my eyes instead of my nails :)

Today, I did another look for Vivid Cosmetics and experimented a little with the camera as well. Anyway, enjoy the pics (the palette was given to me for free):

Product List
Face: MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Loose Blot Medium, Vivid Blush palette
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Vivid Eyeshadow palette, MAC Pure Ore in inner corner, Manhattan JT, CG Lash Blast, ModLash lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white and black
Lips: NYC Ruby l/s, Rimmel Pink Shimmer l/s, MAC Ample Pink plushglass

Summer Shopping

2010-07-31T09:52:00.000-07:00

Just something rather simple for shopping today... not really happy with how the colours turned out, but then Hypercool ended up looking differently on my lid than I expected. But I ended up being really happy with my cheek combo - extreme glowy-ness!

*False lashes courtesy of kosmetik4less.de*
*Die Wimpern wurden kostenlos von kosmetik4less.de zur Verfügung gestellt. Toller Shop mit einer Riesenauswahl an falschen Wimpern, darunter auch meine Lieblinge RedCherry #600 ♥!*

I had actually gone shopping to buy a new coffee maker (Tchibo Cafissimo) but apparently there's going to be a great promotion nex week so they told us to better come back on monday... But at least I got this cute mug with polka dots at Butlers :)

Product List
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Crazy Metallic Dust #176, Fyrinnae Javan Rhino, Fyrinnae Hypercool, MAC Dusty Coral, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, leniLashes #101, p2 sparkling eyeliner, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast
Face: MAC Prep+Prime FaceProtext, MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, MAC Loose Blot medium, MAC Lune blushcreme, Hard Candy Honeymoon
Lips: Boots Natural Collection Apple Blossom l/s, MAC Pink Grapefruit l/g

Jewelry inspired

2010-07-24T09:39:00.000-07:00

I got this lovely pair of earrings from a little shop in Turkey, run by a british lady who made and sold all kinds of cute and funky jewelry -and decided to use them as an inspiration for today's look because I love the reddish purple with the glitter and little flecks of colour:

And this is the corresponding make up. The pictures don't even do Tapir justice - it's such a lovely colour, deep and smouldering but not too heavy. It is a little more reddish than it looks here and almost looks matte in the jar but develops a subtle highlight once applied.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Fyrinnae Tapir, MAC Reflects Antique Gold applied with You + Eye Fixing Gel, MAC Chartreuse, Pure Luxe Ocean Ice, Pure Luxe Notorious, Misslyn Lashes on lower lid, Ardell #117 on upper lid, CG Lash Blast, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white

Cherry Frosting

2010-07-19T11:50:00.000-07:00

This weekend, I decided to go with something elegant but intense at the same time, and ended up with this look featuring Fyrinnae eyeshadows:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Fyrinnae Cherry Frosting, Fyrinnae Atomic Afterglow, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Girls Aloud lashes, CG Lash Blast, catrice liquid liner, Maybelline Expression kohl in white

I also wanted to share images of the cupcakes I made for my sister's and my birthday party last saturday (vanilla cakes with mango-passion fruit frosting):

Those of you who follow football probably know about Paul the psychic Octopus - I think he's great, so I made a cupcake dedicated to him (Paul is made of marzipan):

And some "classic" mini cupcakes:

As requested, here is the recipe:

Cake:
90 g butter
110g sugar
2 eggs
150g flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
60 ml milk OR passion fruit juice
1 tsp vanilla aroma

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups sifted icing sugar
mango sirup
passion fruit juice
liquid vanilla

For the frosting, I used some green food colouring, Wilton's 1M piping tube, red currants and a sprinkling of icing sugar.

Magic

2010-07-13T11:18:00.000-07:00

Before anyone asks me: NO, I did not wear that look out. Truth is, it was not made for going out. Make up for photograpy - especially macro photography, obeys rules somewhat different from "what to put on to look good at work today"? You have probably noticed that most of my looks are not of that kind - I like to experiment and to create something new - not limiting myself to make up that makes me "look better". In addition to that, for me make up and photography (including editing) are two parts of a whole - creating an aesthetically appealing image. I guess realism is not really my thing...:)

Product List
MAc Bare Canvas, Pure Luxe Molton, Pure Luxe Magic glitter, MAC Platinum, Mattèse lashes, micro pearls for nails, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

Summer Flowers

2010-07-11T11:04:00.000-07:00

Today, I wanted to do something inspired by the summery weather - about 35°C - which we are enjoying (or, at least, trying to enjoy!) right now! I bought this beautiful coral flower hair clip at H&M, and wanted to do a make up to complement it:

Product List
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Peppier, Fyrinnae Polar Bear, MAC Golders Green, Catrice liquid liner, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, MAC #34 lashes, CG Lash Blast
Blush: MAC Goddess

And a picture of the beautiful red currants in our garden:

Vintage Gold

2010-07-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

One of my favourite classic looks - featuring MAC Vintage Gold Pigment and the Zoeva Mattes palette:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Vintage Gold, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, essence Liner pen, Salon Perfect Lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

Go Team Germany!

2010-07-03T05:52:00.000-07:00

I admit it: I've been football-crazy ever since I watched my first World Cup back in 1998. I support two teams: Paraguay and Germany - and since both are playing in the quarter-final today, this is an especially exciting day for me!! It's 1 hour to go until Germany plays Argentina, therefore I decided to do a Team Germany-inspired look - and keep my fingers crossed for my teams!!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, ModLash Lashes #26. CG Lash Blast, Catrice Liquid Liner, Maybelline Expression kohl in white

Iridescence II

2010-06-27T12:25:00.000-07:00

Between celebrating my 29th birthday and watching Germany beat England in the World Cup, I actually managed to cram in some make up pictures and I'm really happy with them! I bought some nail art sequins on friday and tried to recreate their iridescence on my lids as well. I also included some of the sequins - this looks cooler in real life, as the light always changes and they capture the light differently. I also used some turquoise mascara on my lower lashes which was more obvious than it appears in the photos...

(Will add product list later on...)

Shu Uemura Recreation

2010-06-13T07:12:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

long time no see! Lots of things going on... I hope to be back to posting more regularly again but honestly cannot promise right now - hope you understand!

Anyway, I bought those gorgeous feather lashes at Ricky's in NYC and decided to do a recreation of this Shu look:

I am not sure about the glittery stuff on her cheek... I tried glitter, but don't think it looks good enough. Anyone have any ideas for better stuff to use?

Product List
Face:MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, silk powder, MAC Improvise, MAC Good as Gold
Lips: MAC Studio Fix Fluid, MAC Headliner l/g
Eyes: Art Deco Eyeshadow Base, MAC Museum Bronze, MAC Blonde's Gold, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, Mattese Lashes, MAC Gold Glitter

Bold Liner

2010-05-02T10:04:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

this will probably be my last post for the next weeks, as I will be going on a USA-Canada (NY - Toronto - Daytona Beach - Miami) trip next sunday! I'm not planning on shopping too much make up, but I'm sure I'll still come across quite a few things that I'll bring back from there! You know my heart's not been in doing make up for the past few weeks, therefore I'm actually glad about some away time from the blog and I hope to be back with my head full of new inspiration :)! Oh, and I also need to work on clearing up my technique - I've become sloppy recently. Yeah. Probably it's the lack of concepts in my head that causes my recent looks to be somewhat lacklustre... So today I basically opted for some bold lining adorned with some green:

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, pure silk powder, MAC Good as Gold pearlizer, T'estimo PK-20
Eyes: Art Deco Eyeshadow Base, MAC Vanilla, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, MAC Chartreuse, PL Golden Aura, MAC Nightfish fluidline, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, lashes, CG Lash Blast, MAC Crystalled Lime glitter
Lips: Geografx Shell Pearl, MAC Underage

Still on a purple trip...

2010-04-26T12:11:00.000-07:00

So many new followers and awesome blog awards - welcome and thank you all so much ♥!!

Yeah, I am still stuck in the same colour family... But I just felt like white and blue, and I added some teal glitter just because I love everything teal. I really, really couldn't think of a good title for this one though!

Product List
Eyes: Art Deco Eyeshadow Base, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, Vivid Cosmetics Palette, teal glitter, Claire's lashes, kohls in black & white, MAC Nightfish fluidline, CG Lash Blast

Oasis

2010-04-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

I'm not feeling very inspired lately, so I just come up with whatever crosses my mind - this time, I got out some Pure Luxe colours again and threw them together. It's Oasis in the middle, Diviant at the sides and Voodoo super liner to darken the edges.

I also want to thank all of you who have given me a blog award - it's an honour :)!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, PL Oasis, PL Diviant, PL Voodoo, catrice black liquid liner, CG Lash Blast, falsies (can't exactly remember which)

Spring is in the Air!

2010-04-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

The weather is finally starting to warm up, so I decided to do a colourful spring look for this weekend:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Lime Crime Prima Donna, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, Misslyn lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast Luxe in Black Cabernet

Little Hearts

2010-03-28T10:23:00.000-07:00

Just a simple look with added little pink hearts...

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC All Girl, Fyrinnae Iris, Fyrinnae Curioser and Curioser, MAC Clear Sky Blue, Catrice black liquid liner, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Boots No. 7 lashes, CG Lash Blast

Bejeweled

2010-03-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to do a look featuring lots and lots of rhinestones for some time - and here it is! MAC Platinum on lid, Fyrinnae Daemonic in crease, with red, orange and black from the 88 Mattes palette:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Platinum, Fyrinnae Daemonic, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Catrice liquid eyeliner in black, Boots Lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, Misslyn rhinestones, CG Lash Blast

Hot Pink Flowers

2010-03-14T10:48:00.000-07:00

I need to get a finer liner brush. I really do. Painting things is so much harder if you don't have an adequate brush for it.. Anyway this was inspired by a pattern on a box of flase lashes I bought in London. The lid colours are basically hot pink, black and dark purple, and the flowers are several shades of pink with pink flowers and rhinestones:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, MAC Platinum, MAC Nightfish, essence rhinestones, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Girls Aloud Lashes, CG Lash Blast

Pictures from London

2010-03-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

I got back from my London trip on wednesday night and now I finally get to posting a few pics for you :)

We went straight for afternoon tea at the Orangery in Kensington - lovely place but reasonably priced, and they have great passion fruit tarts (:

A really fat squirrel we met in Kensington Gardens (though this perspective actually makes it look slim :P). It actually ended up jumping on my friend's bag!

Another favourite place for tea: the Caffè Concerto (yummy fruit tarts!)

I know it seems like i have done nothing but ... I just love taking pics of sweets and pastries (: Ok, maybe I had a few cakes too much as well... But anyway, the main purpose (for me) was to go and see Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to Phantom of the Opera: Love Never Dies at the Adelphi Theatre. But first, a pic of Trafalgar square shortly after sunset:

The Adelphi Theatre. For those interested, you can read my review of the show here: http://phantomessoftheopera.blogspot.com

I am also a fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories, so I went to the Sherlock Holmes museum in Baker Street:

Harrod's is one of my fave places in London - such pretty things and amazingly decorated as well! There's also Lola's which makes a large selection of beautiful cupcakes:

I love this (:

Harrod's Food Hall

My cupcakes arrived slightly battered but still alive!

I also took the opportunity to go for a good pointe shoe fitting in Drury Lane in the Westend and ended up with a pair of Grishko 2007's. They are actually quite comfy (considering they're pointes)...

Whenever I go to London, I bring back loads of food as well. Yesterday, my brother and sister came to our place and we had a lovely afternoon tea with all the cakes I brought (:

Sooo, and now for today's make up! I did a look based off this picture, but I went a little overboard with the side stripes, sorry!

Product List
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Gold Dusk, MAC Rich Purple, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Maybelline Expression kohl in black & white, lashes (upper) and single lashes (lower)
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, PL You Glow Girl, MAC Lune blushcreme
Lips: MAC C-Thru l/g

"Pakistani Bride" inspired

2010-02-21T05:31:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

sorry for the recent lack of updating! I've been away and couldn't do any blog posts due to lack of time and opportunity. I do however have some looks prepared and will post them soon!

I also created a formspring page, so you can ask me any question on there as well! Your question does not have to be make-up related of course, but I suggest you use it if you have a question for me, rather than posting it in comments - so they're much easier to keep track of!

The inspiration for today's look came from Anis Syahirah via Facebook - she suggested a "pakistani bride" look. So I decided to do my version of a pakistani bridal look:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Expensive Pink, MAC Vanilla, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Nightfish fluidline, CG Lash Blast, Maybelline kohls in black & white, lashes

Glitter Cut Crease

2010-01-30T07:15:00.000-08:00

This look was inspired by this picture, but I changed the colours and added some teal glitter as well!

Product List:
MAC Bare Study, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, PL Surfer Girl, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, MAC Passionate, RdL Lashes, teal glitter

Iridescence

2010-01-25T12:11:00.000-08:00

Recently, while cleaning up my Pure Luxe collection, I came across "Enchanted" and knew instantly that I would have to do a look with it again! It's a fabulous colour and I haven't used it for so long... So I decided to do something all with duochromes and iridescent colours: I applied PL Enchanted in the middle of the lid and framed it with Barry M. Aqua Gold. Then I defined the inner crease with Chartreuse and the outer corner with Orchid and All Girl:

Please excuse the fact that the lashes are all crooked - I only realised they had completely lost their shape when they were already sticking to my lids :S

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Pure Luxe Enchanted, Barry M. Aqua Gold, Pure Luxe Orchid, MAC Chartreuse, MAC All Girl, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast, wet 'n wild lashes, basic rhinestones

I also wanted to share a picture of my new necklace with you! I bought it on Etsy from Chic Baby Rose and I ♥ it! It's a pink cupcake and a silver crown with rhinestones:

Neutrals!

2010-01-23T08:32:00.000-08:00

Styrch suggested that I should do something "atypical" - a truly neutral look! Now, I used to do a lot of neutrals actually, but then got bored of them after some time and started experimenting with colours, shapes and textures. I haven't done many neutral looks since then, so I actually enjoyed revisiting those neutral shades I have been necleting :) To spice this look up a bit, I tried a really catty liner shape:

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Pure Luxe You Glow Girl!, light blush (can't remember what I used exactly, sorry!)
Eyes: MAC Bare Study, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white
Lips: Shiseido S2

Butterfly

2010-01-18T11:31:00.000-08:00

As most of you probably noticed, the blog has been revamped and now has a pretty new layout! I really like the colours and patterns - it just feels very "me", that's why I picked it mostly. The only thing I'm not so sure about are the double columns to the right - I'd have preferred to have one on each side!

This week's look was a request from Sofia via the Chatbox - she wanted a butterfly look involving lime green, turquoise, pink and purple. I'm sorry I did not really use purple - but I'm sure you could find a way of adding some to this look :)

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Pure Luxe You Glow Girl!,CG Cheekers blush (shade name unknown)
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Plumage, MAC Chartreuse, essence rhinestones, essence Glamour lashes, CG Lash Blast, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, wet 'n wild lilac Glitter
Lips: MAC Cockatease, MAC Phosphorelle

Winter Candy

2010-01-10T11:07:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

did you have a snowy weekend as well? (This question is not for the brazilian gals - I know you are enjoying the sunshine :P!!) We were supposed to have a big snowstorm here but it's been all peaceful and quiet with only about 7 cm of snow. Anyway, with all the recent snowfalls I decided to do something wintery. I'm not very convinced by the outcome, but no risk, no fun - right?? The white line and the glitter in the crease are just not right, but at least it's good to know to avoid that in the future... Oh, and please ignore the hot mess a.k.a. my hair!!

Yes, I do wear some of my looks out!

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Pure Luxe You Glow Girl, MAC Pink Flurry
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC White, MAC Platinum, hot pink from Zoeva 88 mattes palette, Maybelline Expression kohls in white and black, Manhattan JT in dark blue, Red Cherry Lashes #99, CG Lash Blast Luxe in Black Platinum, essence Moonlight glitters in silver and pink
Lips: Lime Crime Airborne Unicorn, essence Moonlight glitter in pink

Galactic

2010-01-06T12:47:00.000-08:00

I am now on Facebook as well - please drop me a visit and add me if you like :)

Another look done with the Vivid Cosmetics palette: this time I used Stone on the inner lid, Galactic on the outer lid and in the crease, and highlighted the middle of the lid with a bit of Ice. Then I did an upward gradation using Cosmic, Radiate and Starburst. I also added some silver glitter from the NYX Glitterati palette under the inner tearduct:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Vivid Cosmetics Eyeshadow Palette, Manhattan JT in dark blue, Red Cherry lashes #WSP, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

*Note: This palette has been sent to me free of charge.*

New Year's Look

2010-01-01T10:44:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to all of you! I hope everyone had a great night yesterday and got safely into 2010! Here are a few of my New Year's resolutions:

Lose weight! (around 10 kilos)
Travel (London trip in march and USA trip in may are already booked, further plans: maybe Ireland in april, a weekend in Paris and Madrid and possibly Indonesia in november!
Clean out my wardrobe to make room for new stuff
Write more posts on my Phantom blog
Get a hamster
Tidy up my place more often
Devote more time to studying
Invite friends whom I haven't seen in a while
Buy less make up and use the stuff I already have instead

It's snowing again outside and I'm having a pretty lazy day at home - time to dig out the brushes again :) I haven't felt inspired to do much make up in the last week and have been busy doing other stuff - but then I came across some long-lost Pure Luxe shadows in my old room and decided to give them a try! It's Ecstasy on the lid with Super Liners smoldering and Pin-up in the crease, plus a matte orange colour from the Zoeva palette above the crease.

The eyeliner is actually dark blue - I wanted to buy a black one but grabbed the wrong one in the store :/ I also added some holographic rhinestones to the pattern in the outer corner and a tiny bit of MAC Reflects Antique Gold in the inner corner.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Pure Luxe Ecstasy, Pure Luxe Smoldering, Pure Luxe Pinup, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Reflects Antique Gold, Manhattan JT in dark blue, essence rhinestones, wet 'n' wild lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

Christmas 2009

2009-12-28T12:34:00.000-08:00

So I had a really bad make up day today and screwed up not one, but two looks I had intended to do for the blog! I wasn't really inspired and so I decided to better wait until I come up with something worth painting. In the meantime, I would like to share some pics from Christmas with you :)

On the weekend before Christmas, we had an insane amount of snow here (well - at least for us, as it only snows about once every winter!) - so much that we had to wait until the next day to catch a train back to Cologne. Here's the view from our back and front windows:

Unprecedented amounts of snow!

Ice flowers forming on our window panes at about -10°C!

Most of the snow had already melted again before Christmas Eve, but some remained and we actually had a white christmas - the last time I've seen this must have been more than 20 years ago!

Holiday magic - our living room just after Santa Claus left all the presents :)

I got the cutest teapot from my parents!

And here's what I got for Christmas:

"tea for one" teapot
cute pink mitts
"Love Actually" on blu-ray
"Maskerade" by Terry Pratchett
Price & Kensington tea pot & mugs in pink with white polka dots
Angel of Music shirt
fluffy mint-coloured bath mat
hairbrush
perfume "Daisy" by Marc Jacobs
MAC Studio Fix Fluid
Bloch cardigan in black for ballet training
plush octopus
"Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton
and a shitload of warm socks for my cold feet!

This is the most whimsical hairbrush I have ever seen ♥!

"Phantom of the Opera - Angel of Music" t-shirt

My husband was given a "Bikini Bottom" Monopoly:

Yes, our Christmas tree decoration involves manatees.

1001 ways to use an octopus.

Vivid Holiday Look 2009

2009-12-23T10:32:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

sorry for not posting in some time! Last weekend I did Christmas shopping and preparations, and the weekend before was filled with 3 ballet performances which kept me quite busy :) But now Christmas is here I hope things will slow down a little for me. I am on holidays until Jan 4 and I brought quite a few bags of make up with me to my parents' house where I am spending the holidays - so expect a few more looks to come :)

This is the holiday look I created for Vivid Cosmetics, a Canadian make-up brand with which I am collaborating. Leah sent me one of their palettes to create looks with it, so all colours used are from their Eye Shadow Palette. I just added a little NYX glitter from the Glitter Cream palette to glam it up:

Product List:
MAC Bare Canvas, Vivid Cosmetics Spectrolite, Pitchgreen, Sulfur and Ice, NYX glitter, CG Lash Blast, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, essence Glamour lashes
*Note: This palette has been sent to me free of charge.*

Happy Holidays to all of you ♥!!

Surreal Mermaid

2009-12-06T07:48:00.000-08:00

You all probably know I have a weakness for all kinds of aquatic colours - seafoam, turquoise, mint, you name it. And the most beautiful in my opinion is Surreal by MAC,that gorgeous seafoam shade with a subtle gold shimmer. Besides, I've been wanting to try the "fishnet" technique for some time, so I took this wonderful opportunity :)

I started with the fish scales pattern by applying MAC Surreal and Meadowland on top of stretched fishnet tights so the scale patters reflects subtly on my skin. The I applied Surrwal to my lids as well as Plumage in the crease and Platinum to highlight the inner lid. The lashes I found at Claire's, they're very long and very feathery! On the lower lid, I'm wearing p2 Lengthening lashes cut into singles. I also glued on some iridescent rhinestone drops to create a kind of "fishtail" in the outer corner:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Surreal, MAC Meadowland, MAC Plumage, MAC Platinum, MAC Vanilla, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Claire's lashes, p2 lashes, CG Lash Blast, essence rhinestones

Violet Duchess

2009-11-29T06:14:00.000-08:00

I've been ill since last friday, so I try to make good use of my time and paint a little :) Nothing too complicated, but I was feeling like some blue/purple combo today. The lid was done with MAC Lovely Lily and Violet pigments, and the crease is MAC Cool Heat, Lime Crime Duchess and Pure Luxe Turquoise Aura. The liner essence Pretty Cool is feathered out in the outer corner and I added some teal sequins for that glamour touch.

My eye colour is not real in these pics of course! Brightness and contrast were adjusted in PS.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Lovely Lily, MAC Violet, Lime Crime Duchess, MAC Cool Heat, Pure Luxe Turquoise Aura, MAC Vanilla, MAC Gesso, MAC Azreal Blue, essence Pretty Cool liquid eyeliner, p2 lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast

Moonlight

2009-11-23T11:55:00.001-08:00

Inspired by essence's Moonlight collection, which in turn was inspired by "New Moon", I created a look that's part vampire, part arabic-inspired to complement my new NYX lipstick in Violet Ray. Hope you like it! I don't often wear dark or blue-based lipcolours but Violet Ray is so pretty - it's very pigmented but still glides on easily and doesn't dry out my lips...

Product List
Face: p2 Perfect Face Base, MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC15, MAC Studio Finish in NC15, Pure Luxe Translucent Matte, MAC Honour
Eyes: MAC Bare Study, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, essence Moonlight glitter, MAC Vanilla, MAC Nightfish fluidline, NYX lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast, essence rhinestones
Lips: NYX Violet Ray

Banana Mochi

2009-11-15T09:18:00.000-08:00

I did this look yesterday using the Zoeva palette and Fyrinnae's Banana Mochi. I also applied the yellow beneath my eyes but I wouldn't do that again - at least with a shimmery shade. Hello undereye circles!! And I also forgot to bring my really small brush so the crease gradation went up higher than it was supposed to be. Oh well :) The inner lid as brightened applying a tiny amount of MAC White pigment on top of Banana Mochi:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Fyrinnae Banana Mochi, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Nightfish fluidline, Rival de Loop lashes, CG Lash Blast, Maybelline Expression kohl in white

Crystalled Lime

2009-10-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

Just a quick look I did using the 88 palette, MAC Crystalled Lime glitter and some green stars:

Product List:
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, green stars, MAC Crystalled Lime glitter, MAC #2 lashes, Manhattan JT, Red Cherry lower lashes

Salmon Lilies

2009-10-25T10:40:00.000-07:00

The inspiration for today's look came from this picture: http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/ProductImages/lilies/LilySalmonClassic5a.jpg

I tried to recreate the lily look on my eyes: First, I drew the outline of the petals with Maybelline kohl in white, then filled them in using white, beige and salmon colours from the Zoeva 88 Mattes palette. I glued on some pearls on the lower lashline and some small rhinestones on the outer part. For the lashes, I cut p2 Lengthening lashes shorter, and cut the surplus lashes into separate parts again, then I glued the "single" lashes to my lower lashline and the longer band to my upper lashline. To finish the look, I also applied some black eyeliner and white kohl on my waterline. Voilà:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Fyrinnae Daemon's Tail, Manhattan JT, Rhinestones and pearls by Misslyn, p2 Lengthening lashes

Platinum Jade

2009-10-18T09:28:00.000-07:00

When I woke up this morning, I had that idea in my head for a really cool tropical look inspired by white sands and waters of a deep turquoise shade - it was fabulous! Well, at least I pictured it to be fabulous, but then I was standing in front of the mirror and failed miserably in trying to get it onto my lids... So I wiped everything away and started afresh with something random, which came out like this:

Note to self: Heritage Rouge just isn't that great if you blend it a lot :/

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Pure Luxe You Glow Girl! Laura Geller Golden Apricot
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Platinum, NYX Jade Green, MAC Deckchair, MAC Pink Bronze, MAC Heritage Rouge, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, CG Lash Blast, falsies
Lips: MAC Style it up, p2 Rainbow Gloss in Lovely Peach

Purple Diamonds

2009-10-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

sorry for taking so long to get this week's look up, but life's been so busy that I didn't really have time to edit the pictures from the weekend until yesterday...

Moreover, I Paint my World and Martha have given me a "Creative Blogger" award. Thanks a lot ♥!

The Rules:

1.) Thank the person who gave you this award.
2.) Copy and paste the logo to your blog.
3.) Link to the person who gave you the award.
4.) Tell us 7 interesting facts about you.
5.) Nominate 7 other creative bloggers.
6.) Link to their blogs.
7.) Let them know that you have nominated them by commenting on their blog.

Hmmm, 7 interesting facts about me? Let's see...

1. I am an extremely messy person! I spread chaos everywhere and never know how my stuff ends up in the places it does!
2. I am passionate about books - there's nothing like a gripping story!
3. My showers take so long that I usually get through half the score of The Phantom of the Opera before I finish.
4. If I were an animal, I would be a squirrel. Nuts all the time and never able to remember where I left my stuff!
5. I am obsessive - if I fall in love with something, I can bug others to no end with it!
6. I am such a nerd - I used to wear my hair like Princess Leia and wielded a lightsaber when I was younger!
7. I hunt mosquitoes with water glasses at 3 am just to put them safely outside.

And now, I nominate the following bloggers:

Lillith's Dark Tower
La Colorópata
Pawssies
Anastacia
Jangsara
Divi
Schoko-Addict

Have fun checking their blogs out :)!

And now, on to pics! Purple usually is one of the colours I love to neglect, so this time I decided to go for it! Almost all colours are from the Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, with added pink rhinestones:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette (purple and seafoam shades), Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, pink rhinestones by Misslyn, p2 Lengthening lashes, CG Lash Blast

Sweeten Up

2009-10-05T10:05:00.000-07:00

I haven't done a combo of gold/peach/coral in a looong time, and it's one of my fave combos to do actually, so I decided I'd have another go at it! I used Sweeten Up on the lid and several corals and beiges as well as light pink from the Zoeva palette! Lips are p2 lipstick in Burning Punch, topped with Pinkarat Lustreglass and some orange/green craft store glitter.

Lime Crime Makeup's "Candyfuture Lipsticks Collection" pre-sale is going on now! I have ordered Airborne Unicorn and Cosmopop, and I'm very intrigued by Centrifuchsia as well! Shipping date is supposed to be October 25th, so I reckon they should be here at the beginning of november. Check them out, they look delicious!

And I would also like to introduce you to a fabulous blogger whom I discovered recently and who does the most awesome, creative looks! Check her out: http://jangsara.blogspot.com/!!

Have a good week!

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, PL You Glow Girl, Canmake blush
Eyes: MAC Bare Study, MAC Sweeten Up, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, Red Cherry #600, CG Lash Blast
Lips: p2 Burning Punch, MAC Pinkarat l/g, glitter

Amortentia

2009-09-27T13:37:00.000-07:00

This is one of those looks that come out without prior planning. I had not thought up a con cept or theme, but just stood in front of the mirror with my palette and a few jars of eyeshadow I had at my parents' house, and this is the outcome! I am really fond of this look - I always have a weakness for looks that involve reddish or teal shades...

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Fyrinnae Love Potion, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, MAC Vanilla pigment, MAC Vanilla eyeshadow, MAC White pigment, Red Cherry #600, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, CG Lash Blast

Golden Swan Lake

2009-09-20T03:23:00.001-07:00

Tried out a new design last weekend: instead of placing the darker colour on the outer lids, this time I chose to place it in the middle. I started by doing my inner and outer corners in a light yellow shade with satin finish from the Zoeva 88 Mattes palette and adding two defining, elegantly curved lines in Gold Dusk (wet). Then I applied Swan Lake to the middle of my lid and blended into the yellow shade with Gold Mode pigment. With a soft blending brush, I blended between the Gold Dusk lines, careful not to accidentally blend them as well. I finished the look with some more Gold Dusk under my eyes, as well as Ardell #27(?) lashes, white eyeliner, pink rhinestones, black kohl and a touch of CG Lash Blast mascara.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Gold Mode, MAC Swan Lake, MAC Gold Dusk, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, pink rhinestones, CG Lash Blast, Ardell Lashes #27

A Night at the Opera

2009-09-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

This look is perfect for a night out! A mixture of baroque, victorian, princess and fantasy style, the basic ingredients are quite simple: lots and lots of lashes and pink sparkle eyeshadow! I have never used lower lashes before, and next time I will probably glue them on closer to my real lashline. Gotta learn trying (:

For the look, all you have to do is prime your eyelids, apply Barry M. Fine Glitter Dust #7 all over your lid (preferably wet with a flat synthetic brush) and blend upwards with a bit of matte pink eyeshadow. Use ample black liner on the lower lid as well as white kohl on the lower waterline and below the lashline. Glue on falsies (Upper and Lower lashes by Red Cherry (bought from http://mscuppycakes.com/), add some mascara and you're done!

This look would be fabulous paired with this dress. It just arrived today and is sooo gorgeous! It was hand-tailored for me by the wonderful Priscilla Dawn. If you like cute dresses, definitely check her out! She's awesome and most of her dresses are real steals at less than $100!

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC15, MAC Studio Finish in NC15, Pure Luxe Translucent Matte, Lime Crime Primadonna on cheeks
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, Barry M. Fine Glitter Dust #7, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette (matte pink), Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Red Cherry Lashes # 42 (top) and #33 (bottom), CG Lash Blast Luxe in plum
Lips: MAC Lipblossum, MAC Pinkarat

Pink Polka Dots

2009-09-05T10:11:00.000-07:00

Do you love polka dots as well? Then why wear them only on your clothes? They look great on the eyes too (:!

I created this look using a matte light pink and matte light seafoam from the 88 Mattes palette. I applied pink on the inner half of my lid, and then added the seafoam on the outer half, going up to my eyebrow in a rather defined line. To add the polka dots, I used some Pure Luxe Brat wet with a small brush and dotted the colour on top of the seafoam. Repeat below the lower lashline and finish off with some winged black liner and white kohl on the waterline, as well as a pair of Red Cherry lashes:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes Palette, Pure Luxe Brat, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast, rhinestone star, Red Cherry #WSP lashes

Autumn Leaves

2009-08-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

First thing, I now have a Twitter account and I would be happy if some of you who also have Twitter added me :)

Although it is still quite summery here, this look is inspired by autumn colours and leaves. I wanted to practice with a defined eyeliner shape, but still keeping the colours well blended in the inside. First, I drew the outer shape with black kohl, then I added Golden Olive, Museum Bronze and Heritage Rouge pigments, finishing with a touch of Carbon to blend Heritage Rouge and the kohl outline:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Vanilla, MAC Golden Olive, MAC Museum Bronze, MAC Heritage Rouge, MAC Carbon, Maybelline Expression kohl in black and white, Red Cherry lashes #42, CG Lash Blast Luxe in bordeaux

Feather Fairy

2009-08-17T11:58:00.000-07:00

I received those green feather lashes by Red Cherry together with some NYX eyeshadows and other pairs of false lashes that I ordered from www.mscuppycakes.com and thought up a look to go with them. The downside is that they are not comfortable to wear, so I won't be using them too frequently....

For the shadow, I used NYX Grass Pearl in the middle of the lid, Azadé Lime Sparkle in the inner and outer corners as well as a matte turquoise, pink and yellow from the Zoeva palette. I dusted some gold glitter across my eyes (fallout is intended here!) and white eyeliner on the waterline:

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Pure Luxe You Glow Girl, MAC Pinch of Peach, MAC Pearl Blossom
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, NYX Grass Pearl, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, MAC Gold glitter, Azadé Limesparkle, Red Cherry Green Feather lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast
Lips: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Rozz Revival

Youtube Tutorial

2009-08-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

Magi from Magi-Mania did a video tutorial inspired by my look below, and her version came out beautiful - so if you want a video tutorial on that look, just watch her video (:

Click here to watch Magi's tutorial

Her eye make-up is always fabulous, you can also check out her looks on her blog!

As I have stated several times, I don't do youtube tutorials myself, because the lighting in my apartment sucks and I never got into watching them myself, BUT if I ever decided to do one, what look would you like to see a tutorial for? You can reply with a comment containing a link or picture (can be one of my former looks or a look you would like to see a tutorial on)!

Glamour Eyes

2009-08-08T08:47:00.000-07:00

Today's theme is Glamour with a capital G! And what's better for this than glorious gold glitter which looks almost like foil? I am in love with MAC's Gold glitter, it's the perfect gold colour, not too warm or too artificial. For this look, I paired it with a matte black on the lid and crease and thick black liner:

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, PL You Glow Girl, Jane Blushing Orchid, MAC Moon River
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Carbon, MAC Gold, MAC Vanilla, Manhattan JT, Ardell Lashes, Maybelline Expression Kohl
Lips: MAC Style it up, MAC Cremesheen gloss in light pink

Gothic Fantasy

2009-08-02T10:48:00.000-07:00

A few days ago, Evichu from La Colorópata posted a gorgeous look inspired by a painting by Victoria Francés. I instantly fell in love with the eye make up - so I decided to do a recreation of it:

Of course, this is not an exercise in creativity, but it's a good training for technique. First of all, I had to keep in mind that I am recreating a painting, which is not bound to the laws of reality-but my make-up is, so I couldn't do a 1:1 recreation of the picture. Second, texture plays an important role in this painting. I had to think how to best recreate the tear streaks and the shiny texture of the eyeshadow in some places. After applying MAC Bare Canvas, I painted the whole lid in black with MAC Carbon, going slightly lower than usual. To get the shiny purple effect, I wetted my brush and applied MAC Plummy wet in the middle of the lid. For a little bit more shine, I added some MAC Brow Gel on top of Plummy. In the outer corners, the colour is drawn out in a v shape and smudged to get a slightly messy look. On the rims I also added some Plummy to get the purple outline for the black. I also used lots of Carbon along the lower lashline, and deepened the black with Catrice Metallic Eyeliner. To create the tears, I used some actual water drops, but I am not too happy with how they turned out. For once, the water always followed the same track... Next time, I would try a different method for this.

The waterline is painted with black kohl, and the mascara is CG Lash Blast (no false lashes this time, because this look is playing rather low on the lashes). For a final touch, I used a small brush and dabbed some Platinum on to recreate the tiny small dots on the original painting.

If you look closely at the original, you will notice that the right eye is less ornate than the left one, so I just used a wash of Plummy and some mascara there. Now the make-up is complete, but since I am recreating a painting, now comes the second part: some darkroom work is required! I used both Photoshop and Lightroom during editing. First, I adjusted the gradation curves to lighten the picture. Then I used the brush tool to create an even base, on which I later used the diffuse glow. To create the iris effects, I coloured them in purple, lowered saturation levels and heightened brightness and contrast several times until I got the desired transparency effect. Finally, I added a white vignette in Lightroom. And this is the final result:

And some eye close-ups without all the effects:

Pixie Eyes

2009-07-29T11:09:00.000-07:00

Time for a green look (again :)! This was done almost entirely with the Zoeva palette, using different shades of green, chartreuse and yellow. I did the lid in dark green, then went upwards in a degradé up to the browbone, and added a little bit of chartreuse directly below my brow. The colour on the lower lid is drawn out further than usual. To paint the little dots, I mixed some water with Pure Luxe loose eyeshadow in Forest (dark shimmery green) and painted them with a small, pointy brush. I did them freehandedly, so please excuse their little imperfections!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Zoeva 88 Mattes palette, Pure Luxe Forest (wet) for the dots, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, MAC #2 lashes, CG Lash Blast

Silver Candy

2009-07-26T03:50:00.000-07:00

This look was inspired by "Candyfuture"

I used Platinum all over my lid, with a little wing" on the outer corner. Thenn I continued upwards with a rainbow of Clear Sky blue (matte light blue), a bright pink from the Zoeva palette (see below) and Banana Mochi, a summery yellow. With white kohl I added some definition to the "fish tail", and then repeated the same pattern on my lower lid (but only with blue and pink, no yellow this time). I glued on some rhinestones (1 heart-shaped on in the inner corners,1 bigger and 4 smaller ones in the outer corners) with Duo glue, and lined the upper lid in black. The lower waterline is done in white using Maybelline Expression kohl. The lashes are from the ballet store in Miami as well, the brand's name is "Dancer Only" (the packaging has a pair of pink pointe shoes on it ♥). On my cheeks I am wearing Terra del Sol #7 on my cheekbones, and Dollymix applied with the #187 on my cheeks, and the lipstick is Costa Chic with a bit of Shimmering Viola lipgloss in the middle and on the rims of my lips.

And without false lashes:

Product List
Face: MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC15, MAC Studio Finish NC15, Pure Luxe You Glow Girl, Terra del Sol #7, MAC Dollymix
Eyes: MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Platinum, MAC Clear Sky Blue, Pink from Zoeva #88 Mattes palette, Fyrinnae Banana Mochi, Manhattan JT, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, Rhinestones by Misslyn, CG Lash Blast, Lashes by Dancer Only
Lips: MAC Costa Chic l/s, p2 Nostalgic Moments - Shimmering Viola l/g

Prima Donna, first lady of the stage...

2009-07-24T10:55:00.000-07:00

Light up the stage
with that age-old
rapport!
Sing, prima donna,
once more!

(Lyrics from The Phantom of the Opera)

Eyeshadows by Lime Crime
Full written tutorial here!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, Lime Crime Prima Donna, Lime Crime Cleopatra, Lime Crime Circus Girl, Maybelline Expression kohl in black, Lashes by Go Girl, CG Lash Blast

I caved!

2009-07-21T11:00:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I am now officially a victim of the recent eyeshadow palette craze! Received my Zoeva 88 Matte palette in the mail today, and it looks really good at first glance. I bought it because I am getting tired of taking all the little pots with me on my travels (especially after I recently lost my Fyrinnae Digital Faerie to a travelling accident in my make up case), and because I need more matte shadows! Mattes, especially colourful mattes, are completely underrated IMO. I find that I am getting bord with shimmer eyeshadows a bit... I used to love them, but now I am rather drifting towards real glitter, or matte shadows. I love using different textures in my looks! Also,I am getting old, and matte shadows make my lids appear smoother ♥

Here is my new colourful flatmate:

Stay tuned for some looks with this palette very soon!

Soft Shading

2009-07-19T10:42:00.000-07:00

The aim of this look was to create a soft contouring effect which isn't too obvious, but still emphasizes shadows and light to give more depth to the eye. I used a shimmering, blue-green colour all over my lid (Crazy Metallic dust - this is just like MAC pigments in texture!), and then I blended some Platinum in the middle of the lid to add luminosity. I applied some Looking Glass (matte medium turquoise) in the crease from the outer lid to the inner corner, and used Ripped Jeans to darken the outer and inner crease. After that, I applied some Azadé Limesparkle (light spring green) above my crease. At the end of the liner wings, I glued on some little pearls which are usually used for nail art:

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, crazy Metallic dust #176, MAC Platinum, Fyrinnae Looking Glass, Fyrinnae Ripped Jeans, Azadé Loose Eyeshadow Limesparkle, Manhattan JT, Misslyn Perlen, essence On Stage Lashes, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, CG Lash Blast

Golden Fire

2009-07-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I'm back from my trip to Greece, and I also brought a few make up items which you are probably going to see in a few of my upcoming looks. This one is a look I have had in mind for a few weeks, mostly because I have had Firespot for a year (bought it last may at the Sawgrass CCO) and never used it until now - orange is one of the colours that I find hard to wear... But I framed it with Gold Mode on the inner and outer corners, so that it becomes more wearable for me. I also added PL Bullion mixed with water on top of my black liner on the inner half, and added some more under the winged-out tail. On my lower lid, I am wearing some Gold Mode in the inner corner and black kohl under my lashes, as well as white kohl on the waterline:

Product List:
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Gold Mode pigment, MAC Firespot, MAC Vanilla, Pure Luxe Bullion, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, falsies, CG Lash Blast mascara

Mutiny

2009-06-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

While I was reorganizing my stash, I came across my Mutiny pigment and realized that I had only used this once, back when Naughty Nauticals came out. Too little use for such a gorgeous colour! I actually wanted to do something different than the blue/purple combo but I couldn't find the other shadow I was looking for (that's when you realize you have too much stuff :P)... So I did my lid in Mutiny, then cut the crease with black kohl, blended upwards with Carbon, Mulberry, Sushi Flower and Orange Sorbet, and lined my lower lid with Carbon and Sushi Flower. Then I used some white kohl to emphasize the liner wings on the outer lid, and glued on essence falsies with light blue glitter on them. White kohl on the waterline and Lash Blast Mascara were the final touches to this look:

Product List

MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Mutiny, PL Mulberry, MAC Carbon, MAC Sushi Flower, PL Orange Sorbet, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, essence lashes with blue glitter, CG Lash Blast

And to show you what he looks like, here's a pic of the little elephant that provided the inspiration for last week' look:

And I probably won't be posting a look for the next two weeks - next weekend is my birthday party, and the following monday I will be flying to Greece for a week's holiday!

Elephant Eyes

2009-06-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

You're probably wondering why I called this elephant eyes? Because the inspiration for it came from a little black elephant, painted with streaks of teal and green, with gold glitter and finely painted ornaments that my parents brought back from Croatia as a souvenir some time ago. I have always loved its colours and then I got the idea of transforming the elephant's look into an eye make up. Although I used a black background for this look, I has hoped for it to come out blacker but well, I tried :P... I used MAC Carbon all over my lid, Lime Crime Lime Criminal on the inner lid, MAC Teal pigment on the outer lid and Lime Crime Medusa in the middle. Then I lined with a (nameless) colours from Pure Luxe and added some MAC Glitter in gold on the upper and lower lid, glued on some falsies, added liner on the lower lid and waterline, and finished the look with some mascara:

On another note, I try hard to maintain my posting frequency but lately life gets in the way so much - thanks to all my faithful readers for your patience with me!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Carbon, Lime Crime Lime Criminal, Lime Crime Medusa, MAC Teal, Pure Luxe gold pigment, MAC Gold Glitter, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, Salon Perfect Lashes, CG Lash Blast

Sea Myth

2009-06-07T10:35:00.000-07:00

This look is quite simple: I applied MAC Sea Myth on the lid, MAC Fiction in the crease, Lustreleaf above and slightly below Fiction. Then I lined with Barry M. Dazzle Dust in #83 (light turquoise) on the upper and lower lid and glued on some Ardell half lashes (#305). Added white kohl on the waterline, black kohl beneath lower lashes, topped with some mascara and voilà!

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Sea Myth, MAC Fiction, MAC Lustreleaf, Barry M. Dazzle Dust #83, Maybelline Expression kohls in black & white, Ardell #305 Lashes, CG Lash Blast, MAC Vanilla to highlight

Seashells

2009-05-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

The inspiration for this look came from the masses of beautiful seashells that I brought home from my vacation, and although I myself am not too particularly happy with how it came out, I'll stillpost it because I have left the blog deserted for so long :P.... Bear with me, I'm out of practice because I haven't been doing much make up for the past 3 weeks!

I used Gesso all over the lid, then lined with Prestige eyeliner pencil in magenta, winging the line out at the end a little higher than my lashline (I should have gone higher though) and blending upwards with MAC Sushi Flower. Then I wetted a small eyeliner brush, dipped it into MAC Platinum pigment and drew a line along my crease, with several "lashes" pointing upwards, and the same on the lower lid. I added white kohl to my waterline and glued on some Salon Perfect Lashes and a real seashell in matching colours.

Product List
MAC Bare Canvas, MAC Gesso, MAC Sushi Flower, Prestige Eyeliner Pencil in Diva, MAC Platinum, Salon Perfect Lashes, Maybelline Expression kohl in white, CG Lash Blast Luxe in Black Cabernet