Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Roaring 20s

I've been away for a while again, but things have been hectic with school! A little announcement: I got into a law school! I am officially going back to school in September to become a lawyer!
But anyway. I was on Pinterest the other day and saw this gorgeous photograph:
It made me want to do a '20s inspired look so badly that I decided to put aside a little time today to do just that. I only have two pictures since eye close-up shots would be boring, but here we go:



And a little bit of photoshopping to make it look all vintagey or something :)

Face:
  • Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Bitten (blush)
  • Nars Albatross (highlight)
Eyes:
  • Stila Luster
  • NYX JEP in Black Bean
  • Stila Ebony
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil in Perversion
Lips:
  • Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick in 107
  • OCC Lip Tar in Black Dahlia on the centre of my lips
In addition, here is my look from Valentine's day which I posted on Instagram (jessk4)

Used:
  • Too-Faced Cherry Cola (crease)
  • Sugarpill Love+ (to blend out cherry cola)
  • Urban Decay Verve+Suspect (lid)
  • MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
  • Makeup Geek Gel Liner Poison (flick on the outercorner)







Tuesday, January 01, 2013

New Year's Eve!

Happy New Year everyone! 2013! We made it through another end of the world and get to live on. 2013 will be the best yet, right ; ). 
Anyway, so here is what I did for last night; New Year's Eve is about shimmer and sparkle and dazzle and glamour, but I don't have any glitter! So I reached for Sugarpill's Goldilux since it is the glitteriest (I make up words now, too) and most dazzling gold eyeshadow ever. I could have gone gold + black or gold + navy (MUG's Nautica is beautiful), but this combination just sat there screaming my name. It turned out amazing, I got compliments on it all night. 


I had the most difficult time getting good pictures, though; the sparkles didn't show and the huge eyelashes kept make the camera focus wrong! But here's what I got and some additional pictures from my iPod.
Funny story before the pictures; I ended up taking the eyelashes off before going out. Lesson learned: Don't nap with falsies on if you don't have any glue with you to fix them when you wake up and they're half falling off.
Enjoy!






Used:
Eyes:
  • Too-Faced Shadow Insurance
    • Primer
  • Makeup Geek Creme Brulee Eyeshadow
    • Transition colour in crease
  • Makeup Geek Gel Liner in Fame
    • Base for teal eyeshadow, outer corner and in crease
    • Also used as base on lower lashline and in waterline
  • Too Faced Cop a Teal Eyeshadow
    • Placed over teal base
  • Sugarpill Goldilux Chromalust
    • On lid and blended into teal
  • MAC Shroom Eyeshadow
    • Highlight
  • Sugarpill Saint eyelashes
  • Mixture of Makeup Geek Shimma Shimma eyeshadow + Sugarpill Goldilux
    • Inner corner

Face:
  • Sephora 8hr Oil Control Foundation Primer
  • Revlon Colorstay Combination/Oily foundation in 180 Sand Beige
  • Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 20 Sand Sable
  • Bare Minerals Original SPF 15 Foundation in Light W15
  • Benefit Hoola Bronzer
  • Tarte 12 hr Amazonian Clay blush in Splendor
  • Lorac Perfectly Lit Luminizing Powder in Spotlight


Lips: 
  • Essence Lipliner in 11 In the Nude
  • Revlon Matte lipstick in Nude Attitude
  • NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in 135 Beige Pearl