Not that I’ve advocating the tasting of Shadesticks 
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Cakekshop applied all over lid and crease as a base. Warm Chill applied over lid. Satin Taupe applied in crease. Humid used to darken outer V. Vex applied as a highlight under brows. Zero applied to lower waterline.
This was my first time ever using a Shadestick. Cakeshop is pretty… it’s a sparkly beige with some green in it (at least I see some green). Gave an extra sparkle to the shadows I applied over it.
I’ve had Melon pigment since October sometime… just finally got around to using it! It applied as a very bright yellow gold on my lids, which kind of disappointed me since it’s a orange-y pink in the container. I won’t give up on it, though, still a nice product.
I might have two version to this look, day and night. This is the day version. I am going out with friends tonight so I’m going to freshen up my makeup and maybe make it a bit darker. So the night version will be posted in a few days when I’m back!
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Painterly applied as a base. Melon foiled all lid with 239 brush and a few squirts of Fix+. Cranberry applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Carbon used to darken outer V, applied with 217 brush. Vanilla used to buff out upper crease, with 275 brush. Nanogold applied as highlight with 275 brush. Zero applied on lower waterline.
So that’s the “day version.” Hopefully I can create some sort of night version out of it 
Anyways, last post for a few days as I’ll be away from my computer!
Soft/neutral look for this day! Still has a bit of purple though 
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Painterly applied as a base. Trax applied all over lid with 239 brush. Haux applied to crease with 217 brush. Magnetic Fields used to darken outer V and crease with 217 brush. Photo Realism applied as a highlight with 272 brush. 1999 applied along upper lashes.
Time to go to the defense of Trax… what the heck is everyone’s problem with this shadow? It applies fine… sure, not as nice as a veluxe pearl finish one would, but it’s NOT that terrible. And it’s a pretty color? Yeah, I just don’t know. I have my faith in this shadow!
Keeping with my touch of gold theme, so it seems…
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Painterly applied as base. Old Gold pigment applied all over lid with 242 brush. Sketch applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Sweet Chesnut applied over the top of Sketch with 217 brush. Vanilla used to blend out crease, 272 brush. Retrospeck applied as a highlight with 272 brush. Rockstar liner applied on outer lower lash line, and Old Gold applied under lower lash line with 219 brush.
This look was for December 4, 2009. I was going out with a few friends, and it was about 20 degrees out, so quite chilly! So I figured this would be the chance to try out Warm Chill. The “Shop Your Stash” thread on specktra has really pushed me to start using stuff that I have never touched before, and Warm Chill, Bottle Green, and Goldmine were 3 products I had yet to use.
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Greenstroke applied as a base. Warm Chill applied all over lid and up past crease. Aquavert applied to outer half of lid. Bottle Green applied in outer V and crease. Carbon used to darken outer crease. Creme Royale applied as a highlight. Goldmine was applied in inner corners and over Eldorado under the lower lashes.
I think I might be getting on a gold kick with my looks…
I went to Christmas craft fair today so I decided to do some season-themed makeup just for kicks. I think I got this from temptalia, but not sure…
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Painterly applied as base. Star Violet applied across whole lid with 239 brush. Humid applied in outer corner and crease with 239 and 222 brushes. Carbon used to darken crease and outer corner with 217 brush. Vanilla used to blend out crease with 272 brush. Creme Royale applied as a highlight under brow and inner corner of eyes. Star Violet applied under inner half of lower lashline with 219 brush. Humid applied under outer half of lower lashline with 219 brush. Zero applied on lower waterline, and Humid patted over.
Might as well do Christmas looks when I can, right?
Yesterday I did a look with MAC Henna eyeshadow all over my lid, MAC Bronze eyeshadow in the crease, and MAC Ricepaper Eyeshadow to highlight. I was iffy on it, and so I didn’t take any pictures.
A bright look! I took inspiration from specktra.net’s “Shop Your Stash Challenge” thread, and used some stuff from my stash that I haven’t used in a long time, or never!
Here’s what I came up with, and I love it! Bright, but not too over the top.
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Painterly applied as a base. Cosmic applied all over lid with 239 brush. Lotusland land applied in inner crease with 217 brush. Satellite Dreams applied on outer crease and outer V of lid with 217 brush. Indian Ink used to darken outer crease and V with 217 brush. All the purples were blended, blended, blended! Indian Ink applied as liner along upper lashes with 209 brush. Nanogold applied as a highlight with 272 brush, topped off with Ricepaper using the same brush. Cosmic applied under lower lash line with 219 brush. Zero applied to lower waterline.
Eek, full face shot! Haha… I hate posting them 
I forgot how wonderful Cosmic is… applying it is like heaven, it’s so smooth and blendable. This was my first time using Indian Ink, and it can take a bit of work to get it blended in, but I really like it as a matte dark purple for smoking out a look. I’ve heard complaints that it looks black on certain skin tones, so I was please to see it remained purple on me!
Random note… but I’ve been using my MAC Green Gel Cleanser for about a week and a half now! And it seems that my skin is fine with it! Some things cause me to break out, so I was hesitant about switching to this particular cleanser. Yeah yeah, most people hate MAC’s skincare items, but I like my stuff to be from the same people. Call me a dumb snob, or whatever… it’s just my thing. I love how the tiniest dab is enough to wash my whole face, so I foresee the bottle lasting for quite awhile.
I have been doing a lot of neutral looks lately.. probably a good and a bad thing. Good because out there in the “real world,” usually neutral makeup is what’s acceptable; bad because I feel like I’m neglecting all my pretty, bright colors when I have the chance to use them.
So here is a soft neutral look I did for November 29, 2009. It didn’t photograph as well as I wanted it to unfortunately, but the point gets across.
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Painterly applied as a base. Solar White applied to inner corners with 219 brush, and as a highlight with 275 brush. All That Glitters applied over the rest of the lid with a 239 brush. Satin Taupe applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Corrupt applied along upper lash line and lower waterline.
It’s a very gentle that still brings some pop to the eyes, especially the Solar White in the inner corners.
And I’ll try to do a bright look soon, haha!
I completely forgot that I had Star Violet! So I finally got around to using it today. It definitely is a unique color, had to classify into a color group really. I’ll have to get it depotted and into my palette soon…
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Painterly applied as a base. Beautiful Iris applied to inner corner of lid with 239 and 219 brushes. Star Violet applied over rest of the lid with 239 brush. Satin Taupe applied to crease with 219 brush. Vanilla used as a highlight with 272 brush. Zero applied to lower waterline.
Just a quite pink look for today… figured I should look pretty while I stuff myself at dinner!
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Fresco Rose paint pot applied as base. Swish applied all over lid with 239 brush. Hepcat applied in crease with 222 brush. Contrast used to darken outer V and outer bit of crease, using a 217 brush. Upper lashes lined with Contrast using 209 brush. Rite of Spring applied as a highlight with 272 brush. Zero used to line lower lash line.
I’m finally moved and getting settled in, but with sketchy online access. But hopefully I can get back to updating! I took pictures of how I packed all of my makeup so I will make a post on my packing tips (all my stuff made the 1800 mile trip in a Uhaul safely!!), and then hopefully resume my looks of the day…
I can’t find my “normal” makeup camera, so I can’t post pictures of today’s look, but here’s a quick pictureless rundown:
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Painterly used as a base. Vex applied all over lid with 239 brush. Trax applied with a 217 brush in crease and outer corner. Magnetic Fields used to darken outer corner and outer half of crease, with a 217 brush. Shroom used as a highlight, 272 brush. Zero applied to lower waterline.
It was my first time using the “dreaded” Trax shadow… and I didn’t mind it! Takes effort to blend it, but it’s not the nightmare that people on the forums make it out to be. I have worse shadows… and it’s a pretty color to boot!
Anyways, this was just my quick “back from the dead” post. Hopefully I will have my desktop up and running soon and will be able to get some pictures up and resume fairly normal operations!
I guess this can be described as that! Just decided to do my makeup all up to make myself feel better today
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Painterly applied as base. Off The Page applied to inner corner with a pencil brush. Satin Taupe swept over whole lid with 239 brush. Embark applied in the crease and outer V with a 239 and 222 brush. Vanilla used to blend out the crease, 272 brush. Ricepaper used to highlight, 272 brush. Zero applied on lower lash line. Off The Page and Satin Taupe applied under lower lashes.
A little interesting, eh? It was on my shadow combination list. Off The Page is gorgeous, I’m glad I picked it up when it was out.
I feel like I’ve been having some “off days” the past two days. My looks have been very bleh and non impressive, but alas I shall post pictures anyway…
For November 1, 2009…
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November 2, 2009…
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I called the post office today, and it turns out my package of empty pans were sitting in the back room. Apparently, they weren’t going to deliver them?! LOL. I have no idea, but I guess they’re going to throw them in the mail for tomorrow. So eventually I should be able to press my pigments!
I wasn’t really anything for Halloween, I just wanted to do lots of makeup, haha.
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Dorky full face shot
I <3 Flammable paint.
And this was my first time ever wearing fake eyelashes!!
My empty pans that I have coming so I can press my pigments have been out for delivery for 2 days now… it’s really starting to annoy me! I thought they were coming yesterday… no. So, ok, today! NO… Luckily I have stuff going on tonight so I wouldn’t have time to press anyway. But I swear if they don’t come tomorrow, I’m placing an angry phone call!
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Foundation applied with 209. Concealer applied under eyes and smoothed out with 194 brush.
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Painterly applied as base. Old Gold pigment applied over lid with 239 brush. Humid worked into crease and outer V with 222 and 217 brushes. Vanilla used to blend out crease and as highlight, 272 brush. Blacktrack applied along upper lashes with 210 brush. Zero applied on lower waterline. Old Gold under lower lashline with 219 brush.
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I am tempted to add some of my Reflects Copper glitter a little bit over the lid as I’m going out to dinner with friends, and it’s practically Halloween. I’ll see if I get around to it. I’m still being bitter about my missing empty pans
I think this is a pretty “neutral” look that could be toned down if needed. It’s amazing how versatile these shades can be, and I wonder how I lived without them!
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Foundation applied with 209, MSF with 187. Concealer applied under eyes and smoothed out with 194 brush.
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Painterly applied as base. Woodwinked applied on inner half of lid with 239 brush. Expensive Pink applied on outer half of lid with 239 brush. Twinks applied in outer V and crease with 217 brush. Vanilla used to blend out crease, 272 brush, and Rite of Spring used as a highlight. Woodwinked applied under lower lash line with 219 brush. Zero used on lower waterline.
I don’t know why I keep on using MAC Black Russian on my waterline when Urban Decay Zero goes above and beyond what any other liner can?! Zero actually lasts longer than 2 minutes on my waterline, and keeps it’s vibrancy. So I really need to stop reaching for Black Russian and other shades of black for my waterline, and use Zero. *Pounds it into memory*
I’m not too sure about today’s look. Reminds me too much of what I did on Saturday for one. And overall it kind of makes me go ehhhh. But this was on my list of combinations to try, so at least I got it out of the way!
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Foundation applied with 209, blush with 268. Concealer applied under eyes and smoothed out with 194 brush.
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Painterly applied as base. Smoke & Diamonds all over lid with 239 brush. Climate Blue blended into crease and outer V with 217 brush. Lucky Tom used to darken outer V and crease with 222 brush. Vanilla as highlight and to blend out crease, 272 brush. Lined upper lashes and lower waterline with Binge, and using a 219 brush, lined lower lashes with Climate Blue.
Just ehhhh…
And I never thought Smoke & Diamonds was so brownish until today. I guess I haven’t used it that much, but I was surprised. So yeah… too much like Saturday and not something that really makes me excited.
Edit – I know what could fix it! I think if I left out the blue, and did just Lucky Tom and Smoke & Diamonds that could look nice! I’m going to write it down for future use!
That is, for the first use of my Blackground paint pot! I’ve had it for a month or two, and haven’t used it yet. Maybe because it kind of scares me? I am not sure… Today I am being lazy, and figured I’d try out Club e/s over Blackground, which is a highly recommended thing to do in order to get Club’s green scheen to show up. And that it did!
No face or lips today since I’m just bumming around…
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Blackground paint pot applied on lid as base with 242 brush. Painterly applied on crease and under brow as a base with a flat e/s brush. Club applied over lid with 239 brush. Ricepaper applied in crease and as highlight with 275 brush. Upper lashes lined with Blacktrack using a 210 brush. Lower lashes lined with Club using a pencil brush. Waterline lined with Corrupt.
I usually don’t do super dark makeup, so it is kind of weird to see, but neat. I’m glad the camera picked up on Club’s duochrome at least.
Also my first time using my new 210 brush for liner, and I love it! Nice and precise, allowing me to get a very thin and neat line.
Swatch of the Day is.. (and a tiny review)
Urban Decay 24/7 Super Stash set
Description: This is a set of 9 Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils. 4 of the colors are exclusive to this set.
Swatching procedure: My skin tone is roughly a MAC NW20. Swatches were done on bare skin (no base).
Photos are taken in my bathroom which has “Natural Light” bulbs to mimic natural daylight. No flash is used.
I just picked this set up at Sephora today, so I thought I’d say a few quick words about it as well. First off, I LOVE the 24/7 pencils! The formula is so soft and creamy – no tugging on the lids here! For about 30 seconds the product remains blendable, and then dries down to a waterproof formula. And holy crap, they’re waterproof! I swatched several shades on my arm at Sephora, and their makeup remover would not remove them and I had to use alcohol (side note: MAC Wipes DO remove these liners easily, I’ve never had difficulty removing them at home). As much as I love my MAC products and prefer to buy MAC, I definitely give Urban Decay the upper hand on eye pencil formulation and color choice!
I originally went for this set for Graffiti and Eldorado. I have Zero and Stash already, which I got in another 24/7 set last year (seems that Zero is included in nearly all the sets). However, I am loving Oil Slick, Corrupt, and Binge as well! Oh, and Rockstar… hell, they’re all great!
My only gripe so far is the size. I thought my 0.8g sized 24/7 pencils were small… these in this set are 0.5g and TINY. I can see how they can be difficult to hold and use, but I think I’ll be able to adjust. Even though they’re tiny, I think they’ll all last me a decent while, or so I hope! I heard that Eldorado will be released to the full size collection in the spring, which is good to hear because I am really loving it’s rich gold color. I hope the other 3 (Oil Slick, Corrupt, and Binge) also join the full size collection.
The set was $36, which comes down to $4 per pencil. Not terrible! Definitely a good way to sample shades, or to save money. Full size 24/7 pencils are $17 a piece and very large, so if someone isn’t a heavy liner user, I see this as a great way to get some great liners for occasional use, and not have to spend a lot of money on full size products.
I have an advising appointment today, so I decided to try something fairly neutral…
And WTF, I hate applying eyeliner. How I end up failing at it so hardcore I have no idea. I did it way too thick today, but I didn’t think I was?! ARGH
Face
Foundation applied with 209, MSF with 268. Concealer applied under eyes and smoothed out with 194 brush.
Eyes
Painterly used as base with flat e/s brush. Expensive Pink applied over whole lid with 239 brush. Cork blended into crease with 239 brush. Espresso applied to outer V and crease with 217 brush, blended. Shroom used as a highlight, 272 brush. Bourbon applied to upper lash line, and Black Russian to lower lash line.
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There it is!
Once again, another look off of my list of combinations to try! I haven’t played with the colors from the Photo Realism palette in awhile, either.
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Foundation applied with 109 brush, then Prism to cheeks with 168 brush.
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Painterly applied as base with flat eyeshadow brush. Greenstroke paint pot applied over lid with flat eyeshadow brush. Grey Range then applied all over lid with 239, followed with Fresh Approach applied to the crease and a bit above with a 239 brush. Photo Realism with a 272 brush to highlight, and using a 219 brush, Image Maker applied under lower lash line. Stash eyeliner used on waterline.
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<3 I love this palette! Just such a unique blend of colors.
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There’s a “your favorite eyeshadow combos” thread on specktra.net, and I went through it and wrote down some possibilities to try… here’s my first go!
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Nice neutral look! Which is weird as of late
Finally I get around to using one of the Cream Colour Bases (CCB for short) I bought at a CCO in March! And I like it! Definitely nice to put shadow over, and it’s been a few hours and still no creasing, so that’s a good sign!
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I think it looks a lot better in natural light than the camera made it look… oh well! Definitely like it, and it even looks pretty on it’s own!
Also stopped by my local CCO and picked up Sunset B, Gulf Stream, and Reflects Duo Purple pigment.
Bleh, I’m a bit behind on posting stuff… but here’s what I did today, and I’ll try to get some of the old ones up as well.
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