Lorac Pirates of The Caribbean Dead Man Tell No Tales Palette

I cant help but be one of those people that can't understand why they keep making Pirates Of The Caribbean movies but yet when movie themed makeup comes out  I go bananas.. This is exactly what I did when Lorac launched the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. This palette is really nice, I will say the packaging is massive but the quality of the shadows make up for it. Now if you are deciding what to get from this collection as a whole go for the cheek palette.



Here's my look:










Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect 
• Lid- Lorac DMTNT in Compass
• Crease- Bones, Pirates Chest
• Highlight- Ghostly
• Liner- On the top I used Cursed and on the lower lash line I used Treasure.
• Mascara- Butter London Double Decker

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac 3 in 1 Illuminating Primer in Dawn
• Foundation- Lorac Sheer Porefection 
• Concealer- Bliss Secret Under Cover Concealer
• Blush- Lorac POTC Cheek Palette in Lost Soul
• Highlight- Lorac POTC Cheek Palette in  Star Reader 

LIPS

• Lorac Alter Ego in CEO

Dupes: Lorac I Love Brunch Palette

So Pastel palettes seem to be all the rage right now, with the Kat Von D Pastel Goth palette and then Lorac comes out with The I Love Brunch palette and while yes pastels for Spring isn't anything new but when I saw that this was coming out I was interested in at least swatching it because the pastels where pretty and the bright aqua shade was really speaking to me.. however looking at the setup of this palette it reminded me of another palette that I did purchase last year, the Sephora + Pantone Modern Watercolors palette.  You look at these two together they have the same shades..  so no I didn't need to purchase this palette.  I actually swatched it while I was working and I have some pictures to share with you guys..

Ok me being ghostly pale, the pigmentation sucks on these shadows, there is maybe 4 or 5 shades that are workable but that's not enough for me to purchase a $44 palette. If you want to purchase this you will need to use a white base to make the colors pop and really build up the colors.. I still had to do this with my Sephora Modern Watercolors palette..



Also I tried a new mascara from Butter London and I hate it.. it's called Iconoclast and it makes my lashes so clumpy (you will see in the closeup)



Something new I tried and I like is the new Bare It All foundation from PUR and I quite like it. It's thicker but it really gives off a nice natural, skin look. It doesn't look cakey and I applied it with a Artis dupe brush that PUR came out with and I like it more than my Moda brush.


Here's my look:




Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk, Modern Watercolors palette mixed Cascade and Honeydew together, on the outer portion I used Fruit Dove
• Crease- Coral Haze,Lantana and Fruit Dove
• Highlight- Antique White
• Liner- On top I used Cargo Swimmables liner in Lake Geneva,  on the bottom I used Coral Haze and Latana. in the inner portion I used Mellow Yellow
• Mascara- Butter London Iconoclast

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac 3 in 1 Illuminating Primer in Dawn
• Foundation- PUR Bare It All
• Concealer- Bliss Undercover Secret
• Blush- Lorac Spectra
• Highlight- Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Kit in Lucky Clover
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour

 LIPS

• I mixed Lorac Trophy Wife and Girl Next Door

SAG Awards 2017: Emily Blunt

I don't think I have talked about the new California Dreaming palette from Lorac yet... but it's actually pretty great. I really need to do some swatches.. I just never have time.. lol

I wanted to do a look inspired by Emily Blunt's rose gold look from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, it just look really fresh for Spring, and it was a work day so I got to try out some of our new products.
We had a sale on Bliss Color products so I picked up the Bliss Staycation Foundation and I don't know how I feel about it yet, it has a really beautiful finish and lasts a long time but I think it may have broken me out, I will to try it out again because I really do love Bliss products.

Another new edition to the California Dreaming Eye Palette is the Cheek palette which I think the colors are gorgeous, which a light hand I could wear the highlighter, the bronzer/highlight shade is a little too dark for my skin tone so I will probably use it for an eye shadow. The two blush shades are also really pretty.





 Here's the look:








Here's my look:






Here's what I used:

EYES

•  Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- The Balm Batter Up Shadow Stick in Moon Shot, then I put Lorac Pro Metal Palette in Rose Gold on top
• Crease- Lorac California Dreaming Palette in Starfish and Hot Toddy
• Highlight- Pur Trolls Palette in Bridget
• Liner-On the lower lash line I used Star Fish and Hot Toddy
• Mascara- Butter London Double Decker

 CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac 3 in 1 Illuminating Primer in Dawn
• Foundation- Bliss Staycation
• Concealer- Bliss Undercover Secret Concealer
• Blush- California Dreaming Cheek Palette in Wavelength
• Highlight- The Balm Highlite N Con Tour Palette in 64Hz
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette

 LIPS

•  Lorac Alter Ego Lip Stick in Girl Next Door

Holy Trolls!

You guys I am so obsessed with the new Trolls eye shadow palette by PUR!  When I first saw the release for this I was a little underwhelmed and thought it wasn't something I would have been into because the Cinderella palette wasn't terrible but I am not a huge fan of the PUR shadows in the Selfie palettes but this one is pretty impressive, I'd say the pigmentation rivals the Anastasia Beverly Hill shadows, dare I say that! This palette is so much fun because while it's more of a normal palette it has these beautiful pops of color. Poppy is an intense shade of pink that I adore, DJ Suki is a bright orange, Guy Diamond is this beautiful duo chrome shade... I seriously need to do swatches on this palette..

Lorac came out with 6 new satin lip sticks in really cute names, still very fitting with the "alter-ego" branding. I actually bought two of the six shades in Snow Bunny and Granny and oh my goodness these lip sticks are so creamy and moisturizing and I find they actually stay on for quite sometime.


Side note, well maybe not, because it's about Trolls still but I just recently saw the Trolls movie and it is so freaking adorable I can't even handle it! It's funny and random and I'm all about it!


Here's my look:

 



Here's my look:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- PUR Trolls Palette in Karma
• Crease-Wisdom, DJ Suki, Fuzzy and Bergentown 
• Highlight- Bridget
• Liner- On top I used Cargo Swimmables liner in Shelley Beach and on the bottom lash line I used DJ Suki and Karma in the inner portion of the lower lash line.
• Mascara- The Balm Mad Lash

 CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac 3 in 1 Illuminating Primer in Dawn
• Foundation- Lorac Sheer Porefection
• Concealer- Bliss Undercover Secret Concealer
• Blush- Balm Highlite N' Con Tour Palette in 0dB
• Highlight- Balm Highlite N' Con Tour Palette in 64hz and 20db for my Contour shade

LIPS

• Lorac Satin in Granny

New Years Eve 2016

My goal for New Year's Eve this year was sparkles, sparkles, sparkles. I had gotten a sample from Glitter Elixirs called Unihorn and I had to use it. Unihorn was a beautiful muilti-colored  purples and blues and pinks. I also used the new Colourpop eye shadow palette in collab with Amanda Steele Weekend Warrior palette because yes ladies and gents Colourpop has created pressed shadows and they are actually pretty fantastic!

Here's the look:



 

Here's what I used:


EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect
• Lid- Lorac Pro Metal Palette in Cobalt (with a wet brush) then I applied Too Faced Glitter Glue and placed Unihorn by Glitter Elixirs on top.
• Crease- Colourpop X Amanda Steele Weekend Warrior Palette in Harley
• Highlight- Lorac Pro 3 Palette in Blanc
• Liner- On the lower lash line I used Cobalt and Quartz in the inner portion with Pur Wake up brow in the waterline (pink shade)
• Mascara- The Balm Mad Lash 

CHEEKS

• Primer- The Balm Time Balm 
• Foundation- Lorac Sheer Porefection 
• Concealer- Lorac Porefection
• Blush- Lorac Unzipped Cheek Palette in Underrated and Unapologetic
• Bronzer- Lorac Take Me To Tantego palette in Tan Antonio
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette

 LIPS

• Amelia Knight (soft mauve shade)

24kt Magic

I had to work Christmas Eve, which was nuts! I wanted to use my Lorac 3D Liquid Lustre drops, to add a little sparkle to my look. You guys, if you have never worked retail, you will never understand the insanity of Christmas Eve shoppers... We don't usually have items in stock on Christmas Eve and most people don't grasp that concept..it just drives me mad sometimes.. lol

Anyways just really wanted to focus on a nice gold glimmery look that was pretty easy to do.

Here's my look:
 
 




Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect
• Lid- Colourpop Telepathy, Lorac Pro Metal Palette in Clover with Lorac 3D Lustre in 24k 
• Crease- Lorac Pro Palette 3 in Clay, Amethyst and Jet Black in the outer corner
• Highlight-Lorac Pro Palette 3 in Base
• Liner- On top I used Pur Duo Liner in Milan and Marc Jacobs Highliner in Black in the waterline. On the lower lash I used Clover, Gilded and 24K on the inner portion and then I used Quartz in the inner corner.
• Mascara- The Balm Mad Lash

CHEEKS

• Primer- The Balm Time Balm
• Foundation- Lorac Sheer Porefection
• Concealer- Lorac Pro Cream Contour in C1 Light
• Blush- Lorac in Spectre
• Highlight- Pur Afterglow
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette

 LIPS

•  Lip Stick- Lorac Girl Next Door
• Gloss- Lorac Entrepreneur

Balm appetite!

Have you ever seen a palette that you had to have, not because of the product or the colors, but the names of the products? Well I am a huge sucker for palettes or eye shadows with funny or pop culture inspired names and The Balm just came out with the cutest palette I have seen! It's called the Balm Appetite palette and in true Balm fashion they have another palette with guys on them but it's not the reason why I wanted this palette. it's the names of the shadows especially if one was called Chris P. Bacon or Hal Apeno-Popper.. see where I'm going with this? Pun names based on food, genius!




Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer and The Balm Batter Up pencil in Curveball
• Lid- The Balm Appetite Palette in Chris. P Bacon
• Crease- Lorac Pro 3 in Terra Cotta and Clay and The Balm Appetite Palette in Ray Sinbread and
• Highlight- Bruce Shetta
• Liner- On the lower lash line I used Ray Sinbread and Chris P. Bacon with Hal Apeno-Popper in the inner corner
• Mascara- The Balm Mad Lash

CHEEKS

• Primer- The Balm Time Balm
• Foundation- Bliss Exglowsion
• Concealer- Bliss Undercover Secret 
• Blush- Lorac in Tinge
• Highlight- The Balm Marylou-manizer
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette 
• Bronzer- Pur Selfie 2 in Photogenic

 LIPS

• The Balm Meet Matte Hughes in Honesty

Rose Gold Foiled Look

OMG you guys this is it! We are into the last few months coming up to Christmas.. I can not believe how fast this year has flown by! Working in retail is such a funny thing around the holidays because it's not even Halloween yet and already we have Halloween stuff, then one other section of Thanksgiving themed items and then in the back we already have the Christmas trees!  haha  Well with the anticipation of Christmas ahead, we have already started getting in all of our holiday makeup sets... LORAC was one of the first to be received and OMG the packaging is beautiful!! All of their packing and compacts are a beautiful rose gold finish, which makes them look luxurious and expensive and just some really nice pieces that look fancy on a vanity or desk.

Now this first item is the Lorac Pro Metal Palette, it is not new but it's been re promoted for the holidays in a gorgeous rose gold metallic packaging! I picked this up because our store did not receive the original metal palette when it was originally launched in stores. The shades on this palette are stunning, just like all Lorac shadows they can be worn wet or dry,  I usually wet mine with a setting spray to give it that extra bit of metallic sheen.


Also a new product from Pur that is knocking my socks off is their Elevation Highlight Palette... seriously... I mean look at that..   This I believe is a Kohl's exclusive because I could not find any information on the official Pur site, and I know that Pur has no idea who I am but please make Altitude a permanent shade because it is gorgeous!! If you could just make the whole palette permanent that would be even more fantastic!!! 

Another new item that is also a Kohl's exclusive, is the Social Affair Alter Ego Lip Stick set which includes 5 unreleased colors, and I am obsessed with them already!! The color I chose today is Fashionista with a beautiful rose brown shade.


Here's my look:

EYES

Base- Cargo HD
Lid- The Balm Batter Up Shadow stick in Moon Shot  , Pro Metal Palette in Rose Gold, Quartz, Gilded
Crease- Lorac Pro 3, in Pink Nude, Clay, Cool Brown, Dark Brown
Highlight- Canvas
Liner-
Mascara- Lorac Pro Lash Pomade

CHEEKS
Foundation- Bliss Exglowsion in Porcelain
Concealer- Bliss Secret Undercover
Bronzer- Lorac baked bronzer in Matte Tan
Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette
Highlight- Pur Elevation palette in Upgrade and Altitude
Blush- Lorac Spectre

LIPS

• Lorac Alter Ego Lip Stick in Fashionista 

Look at the glow!!

Frost Yourself

I've really been loving the Metal palette from Lorac, and I wanted to do more of a cool toned look incorporating the cobalt shade. So all in all it got very frosty kinda like something you would see in Frozen. I thought it looked cool and I wanted to use another new Lorac lip stick from their Rose and Revelry collection called Trendsetter, which is a beautiful mauve/nude shade.. and of course the Pur Elevation highlighter palette in Altitude. (please make this permanent Pur!!)

Here's my look:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD
• Lid- Pro Metal Palette in Cobalt, with Quartz on top, with Navy from the pro palette 2 on outer portion of the lid.
• Crease- Pro Palette 2 in Lt Brown, Cool Gray, and a smidge of Navy
• Highlight- Buff
• Liner- On the lower lash line I used Cargo Swimmables liner in Lake Como then I wet my brush with Cobalt and then Quartz on the inner corner.
• Mascara- The Balm Mad Lash

CHEEKS

• Primer- Too Faced Hangover Primer
• Foundation- Bliss Exglowsion
• Concealer- Bliss Secret Undercover
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette
• Blush- Lorac Spectre
• Highlight- Pur Elevation Palette in Altitude

 LIPS

• Lorac Alter Ego Lip Stick in Trendsetter

Mila Kunis Bad Mom's Premiere

Today's look was inspired by Mila Kunis's red carpet look from the Bad Mom's premiere. It's a really cool blue cat eye look but almost an ombre fade on the lids. I got to use some new products when creating this look and sadly things I have bought a while back and haven't really gotten to play with like the Sephora + Patone Universe Modern Watercolors palette... (which I need to keep using more) and my new Urban Decay Moon Dust palette and some new liners like my Marc Jacobs Highliner, which I got as a Sephora birthday gift and the elusive Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper that I just got in my Sephora Play box this month!


Here's the look:

 Here's my look:

Here's What I Used:

EYES 

•Base- Cargo HD picture perfect primer and NYX jumbo pencil in Milk

• Lid- Sephora Modern Watercolors palette in Bright White and then on the top lash line I blended Serenity and Marina. The I used the Urban Decay Moon Dust palette in Vega and then to create the cat eye I used Lorac Pro 2 palette in Navy. 

•Crease- Lorac Pro 3 palette in Pink Nude

•Liner- on top I used Kat Von D liquid liner in Trooper and in the waterline I ised Marc Jacobs high liner in Black. On the lower lash I used all the blue shadows that I used on top. 

•Mascara- Tarte Lights Camera Lashes

CHEEKS 

• Primer- Becca Backlight Priming Filter

• Foundation- Bliss Exglowsion serum foundation 

•Concealer- Bliss Undercover Secret Concealer 

•Blush- Too Faced in Your Love is King

•Highlight- The Balm Mary Lou Manizer

LIPS 

• Colour Pop (sheer lip Creme) in Fame

• Wet N Wild Color Icon Lip Gloss in Jackie a la Mode

Jennifer Garner Inspired Spring Look

So Spring is supposedly around the corner, I haven't really seen it yet, because I live in MI but I'm hopeful it's coming around the bend.  I saw a picture last week of Jennifer Garner at the Miracles in Heaven premiere and she looked like such a doll! I loved the pink floral dress she wore with the pockets and I swear she is one of those people who never age..  She was looking fresh and bright with a coral pink lip and a minimal brown smokey eye. I loved everything about this look!

Here's the look:

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect
• Lid- Lorac Pro 2 Palette in Mocha
• Crease- Lorac Pro 2 Palette in Lt Brown, then Cocoa in the outer corner
• Highlight- Lorac Pro 2 Palette in Buff
• Liner- I used Black from the same palette to line my upped lashline, then I used Lt Brown and some Mocha on the lower lashline
• Mascara- Pur Fully Charged Mascara

 CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm So Sensitive
• Foundation- Lorac Sheer Porefection
• Concealer- Bliss Undercover Secret Concealer
• Blush- Lorac Color Source Blush in Spectra
• Highlight- Pur in Afterglow
• Contour- Lorac Contour Palette 

LIPS

• Lorac Alter Ego Lip Stick in Girl Next Door
• Lorac Alter Ego Lip Gloss in Trophy Wife

Lorac pro palette 2  Lt brown, cool brown, beige, mocha, cocoa, black

Orac spectra

Bliss concealer

Pur afterglow 

Lorac girl next door and trophy wife 

Mocha Cocoa

One of the perks about working in the beauty industry is that sometimes we get blessed with free products. Lorac was kind enough to send us a deluxe sample of their mattifying face primer, a full sized Cobra Mascara and one of their new Alter Ego lip colors. In addition to their spring line, they also came out with their new Sheer Porefection Foundation and Color Source Blushes (which are beautiful! and they build up so nicely!)

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect
• Lid- Lorac Pro 2 in Rose'
• Crease- Lorac Pro 2 in Lt. Brown and Mocha
• Highlight- Lorac Pro 2 in Beige 
• Liner- On top I used Lorac Pro 2 in Cocoa, on the bottom I used Rose in the inner and Mocha on the outer
• Mascara- Lorac Cobra Mascara

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm Sensitive Primer
• Foundation- Lorac Porefection
• Concealer- Lorac Porefection
• Blush- Lorac Color Source Blush in Spectre 
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette
• Highlight- The Balm Mary Lou-Manizer

LIPS

• Cargo Gel Lip Color in Dolce

Navy Blue and Rose.. What?!

  You know that feeling when colors in a palette magically call out to you as soon as you open that palette, and two colors that couldn't be an odder match want to be put together in a makeup look? Well this happened while I was getting ready for work, I opened up my Lorac Pro 2 palette and really wanted to do a simple look incorporating the Rose' color and as I was working on my transition shade in the crease, I was itching to add a little bit of the Navy color into the mix, I thought ooh a little bit of a Navy smoky crease color would be cool, then the navy crept all over the lid, it was so unexpected and so unusual but it worked. I'm not going to be afraid to mix unusual color from now on haha

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- Lorac Pro 2 in Navy on the inner and outer portion of lid, then I used Rose in the center on a dampened brush
• Crease- Lt. Brown and Navy
• Highlight- Buff
• Liner- On top I used Lorac Dark Brown liner in the tight line, then on the bottom I used Navy on the lower lash line with Snow and Beige mixed in the inner portion. In the waterline I used my Highlight/Concealer pencil from Billion Dollar Brows (highlight)
• Mascara- Pur Big Look Mascara

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm so Sensitive
• Foundation- Lorac Porefection
• Concealer- Lorac Porefection
• Powder/Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette
• Highlight- The Balm Mary Lou-manizer/ Pur Afterglow
• Blush- Pur Savvy and a pop of Nectar from the Pro 2 Palette

LIPS

•  NYX lip liner in Vanilla Sky
• Lorac Lip Stick in Socialite

Exposed to the Flashes

This is yet another look using the Pur Love Your Selfie palette.  I told you guys I've been digging this palette and it's the honest truth I tend to gravitate towards it whether it's a shadow color, or the Savvy blush.. actually the lip gloss is pretty nice too and don't get me started on the Big Look mascara, which impresses me like no other right now.

This look is strictly using the Selfie palette along with my Lorac face products I normally use.  I really love how versatile this palette really is..


Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect
• Lid- I used Flash on the inner to middle of my lid and then I used Sepia in the outer corner
• Crease- I used Fade for a transition shade, and then I used Sepia 
• Highlight- Exposure
• Liner- I wet Closeup on the top lash line and winged it out, then lightly lined my lower lash line with it as well. In the waterline I used my Billion Dollar Brows Highlight side of the Highlight/Concealer pencil.
• Mascara- Pur Big Look

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm so sensitive
• Foundation- Lorac Porefection
• Concealer- Lorac Porefection
• Blush- Savvy
• Highlight- Afterglow
• Bronzer- Mineral Glow

 LIPS

• Pur Lip Gloss in Exposed

Love Your Selfie, Love Your Glow

This look was all about fresh and glowing skin because at work we had a skincare event and I could show customers hoe they too could get that luminous glow. One of the products I used was from Bliss and that was their Triple Oxygen Serum, this was a product I recieved from the Kohl's beauty expo and I have to say it does give a beautiful glow to the skin and helps prep the skin and it smells like yummy oranges exactly like the Triple Oxygen Mask, which I love using! Then to take it a step further I mixed the Bliss Color Well Illuminated serum in Girl Meets Pearl with my Lorac Porefection foundation and then really brought the gleam with my afterglow highlight and mineral glow bronzer from the Love Your Selfie palette. I wanted to also throw in a bright lip so I used a Lorac Lippie in Flirt because my eye makeup was very light. 

Here's my look:

Here's What I Used:

EYES

•Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect 

• Lid- LYS palette in Flash

•Crease- LYS palette in Capture

•Highlight- LYS palette in Exposure

•Liner-on top I used LYS palette in Capture and bottom I used Capture and Sepia and I used After glow in the inner corners

•Mascara- Pur Big Look

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm so sensitive 

•Foundation- Lorac Porefection mixed with Bliss Color Well Illuminating Serum in  Girl Meets Pearl

•Concealer- Lorac Porefection 

•Highlight- Pur Afterglow

•Bronzer- Pur Mineral Glow

•Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette

•Blush- Pur Savvy

LIPS

• Jordana lip liner in Red Wine

• Lorac in Flirt

Gwen Stefani Sixties Inspired Look

In the month of November I was constantly being inspired by Gwen Stefani and her makeup looks on The Voice and this one wasn't an exact replica of her look but I really liked the way it turned out. I can't for the life of me however remember what I wore on my lips but I think it was Lorac Duchess with a pink Lorac lip gloss maybe Princess?

Here's the look:

Here's my look:

 

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect 
• Lid- Lorac Pro 2 in Beige mixed with Snow
• Crease- I used by Lorac Front of the line Pro in Dark Brown to draw the line and then on top I used Lt Brown and Cool Grey
• Highlight- Beige
• Liner- On top I used Dark Brown Front of the Line Pro and also on the bottom. I tried to flick some of the Cargo Swimmables in Black Sea to make it look like 60's lashes. I also used the highlight part of my Billion Dollar Brows Highlight/Concealer stick.
• Mascara- Pur Volume Vixen 

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm Sensitive
• Foundation- Lorac Porefection
• Concealer- Lorac Porefection
• Blush- Bliss Color Ombre Blush in Berry Parfait (light side)
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette
• Highlight- The Balm Mary Lou Manizer

 LIPS

• Lorac Duchess?
• Lorac Lip Lustre in Princess

Gwen Stefani The Voice Look 2

Another Gwen Stefani look from The Voice and I really loved how this turned out. Sure it's not anything crazy but I loved how natural but still had that 1960's twist to it. I also had over drawn my lips because hers are so full.




Here's the look:

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect 
• Lid- Lorac Pro Palette 2 in Beige mixed with Nectar
• Crease- Nectar in the crease with Lt. Brown in the outer crease
• Highlight- Buff on the brow bone, with beige mixed with snow in the inner corner
• Liner- On top I used Cargo Swimmables in Black Sea, On the bottom I used Nectar and then I used the highlight side of my Billion Dollar Brows Highlight/Concealer stick in my waterline. 
• Mascara- Pur Minerals Volume Vixen

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm Sensitive
• Foundation- Lorac Porefection
• Concealer- Lorac Porefection
• Blush- Cargo Beach Blush in Miami Beach
• Bronzer- Cargo Water Resistant Bronzer
• Contour- Lorac Pro Contour Palette
• Highlight- The Balm Mary Lou- Manizer

LIPS

• NYX Retractable Lip Pencil in Vanilla Sky
• Lorac Lip Lustre in Tiara

Pur starry eyed Palette

During the Holidays I always look forward to the new makeup palettes and sets that we get into our store. Pur Cosmetics, or Pur Minerals came out with a really pretty palette called the Starry Eyed Palette which comes with 6 shadow shades and a mini version of their Volume Vixen mascara. I had been eyeing the palette for a while and once we had a spotlight showcasing the said product, I had to take the plunge, plus I really wanted to try the mascara as well..

The shadows are in the purple and burgundy family with 3 shimmers and 2 matte shades


For my lips I used a new product from The Bliss color line, it's called My Funny Honey, it's Lock and Key and it's an 8hr long lasting lipstick, in almost a plummy brown color. I really have been enjoying the formula, it's not too drying and sits comfortable on my lips.






Here's my look:

 

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect 
• Lid- Pur Minerals Starry Eyed Palette in Virtue and Mystic
• Crease- Pur Minerals Starry Eyed Palette in Eternal
• Highlight- Pur Minerals Starry Eyed Palette in Icon
• Liner- Lorac Front of the Line Pro in Dark Brown on the top, on the bottom inner of lash line in Virtue. with Zodiac on the outer portion of the lower lash line
• Mascara- Pur Minerals Volume Vixen

CHEEKS

• Primer- LORAC I'm Sensitive
• Foundation- LORAC Porefection 
• Concealer- Bliss Color Undercover Secret Concealer
• Blush- Bliss Color Ombre Blush in Berry Parfait
• Highlight- The Balm Mary Lou Manizer
• Contour- LORAC Pro Contour Palette

 LIPS

• Bliss Color Lock and Key in My Funny Honey

Summerlovin

So last month at our store Lorac released their new Pro Contour Palette and also their new Front of the Line Pro Liners (which I highly recommend) but with the Contour Palette I was so confused with how to use the brush, because one side is flat and the other is dome shaped, but what's really nice about this palette is that it includes an easy to follow booklet and shows you how you can contour for your face shape.


Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- Colour Pop in Summerlovin
• Crease- ABH World Couture Palette in Bellini and Fudge
• Highlight- ABH World Couture Palette in Soft Peach
• Liner- Lorac Front of the Line in Dark Brown on top and waterline, I also used Fudge on the lower lash line
• Mascara- Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac I'm So Sensitive Primer
• Foundation- Maybelline Better Skin
• Concealer- Maybelline Better Skin
• Blush- Colour Pop Super Shock Cheeks in Get Leid
• Highlight- Colour Pop in Smoke N Whistles
•  Contour- Lorac Contour Palette in Medium

 LIPS

• Colour Pop Sheer Lippie in Juice Bar