Sushi Blumen » Black http://www.sushiblumen.com A MAC junkie's bad attempts at good makeup and more! Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Making a “night look” http://www.sushiblumen.com/2010/01/30/making-a-night-look/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2010/01/30/making-a-night-look/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:10:31 +0000 admin http://www.sushiblumen.com/?p=617 Yesterday’s look with Stars N’ Rockets and Carbon wasn’t quite a “day look” by any means for most people… but later on I did darken it up and added more eyeliner to take it to a more “night look.”

I added more Carbon in the crease and outer V. Under the lower lash line I used Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Ransom, and did a thin line along the upper lashes as well.

Here’s the updated look:

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Little darker, little more dramatic! Ransom blended in beautifully with Stars N’ Rockets, and sure does have lasting power! I love how those particular Urban Decay liners do not smudge or budge!

]]> http://www.sushiblumen.com/2010/01/30/making-a-night-look/feed/ 0 A little bit of Blackground… http://www.sushiblumen.com/2010/01/29/611/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2010/01/29/611/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:30:10 +0000 admin http://www.sushiblumen.com/?p=611 I haven’t used my Blackground paint pot too much, so I brought it out today. MAC Stars N’ Rockets eyeshadow over it looks gorgeous! Usually on it’s own or over a neutral paint pot it’s a very pinky-purple color, but over Blackground the blue duochrome really comes out!

Face

  • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
  • MAC Studio Touch Up Stick Concealer in NW20
  • MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Blonde

    • Eyes

  • MAC Blackground Paint Pot
  • MAC Stars N’ Rockets Eyeshadow
  • MAC Carbon Eyeshadow
  • MAC Vanilla Eyeshadow
  • MAC Rite of Spring Eyeshadow
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
  • MAC Brow Set in Clear
  • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
  • Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara

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    ]]>     http://www.sushiblumen.com/2010/01/29/611/feed/ 0     Halloween! http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/31/halloween/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/31/halloween/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:46:20 +0000 admin http://www.sushiblumen.com/?p=325 I wasn’t really anything for Halloween, I just wanted to do lots of makeup, haha.

    Face

    • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
    • MAC Select Sheer / Pressed in NW20
    • MAC Powder Blush in Prism

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot
    • MAC Flammable paint
    • MAC Carbon e/s
    • MAC Gesso e/s
    • MAC Danger Zone Mineralize Eyeshadow
    • MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
    • MAC Reflects Copper glitter
    • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
    • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara
    • Ardell 120 Demi Lashes

    Lips

    • MAC Clear Lipglass
    • MAC Reflects Copper glitter

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    I <3 Flammable paint.

    And this was my first time ever wearing fake eyelashes!!

    ]]>     http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/31/halloween/feed/ 0     About damn time! http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/26/about-damn-time/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/26/about-damn-time/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:54:47 +0000 admin http://www.sushiblumen.com/?p=257 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…

    Eyes

    • MAC Blackground paint pot
    • MAC Painterly paint pot
    • MAC Club e/s
    • MAC Ricepaper e/s
    • MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
    • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Corrupt
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
    • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara

    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.

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    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.

    ]]>     http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/26/about-damn-time/feed/ 0     Let’s play a little catch up! http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/01/lets-play-a-little-catch-up/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/10/01/lets-play-a-little-catch-up/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:24:34 +0000 admin http://blog.sushiblumen.com/?p=43 So my problem is laziness. I take pictures, then they sit on the camera. I have pictures on my digital camera from nearly a year ago! So… this morning I don’t have much going on, so I am vowing to go through all the makeup pictures, delete the crap ones, and post up good ones, regardless of how old.

    What this means is that I probably won’t remember which products I used. But I still want to post them up since I took the effort to take the pics, ya know? What’s even worse is that my camera’s date kept resetting, so I don’t even have an accurate date for these :( Most will be from March – June 2009.

    I run several blogs on a huge variety of subjects, and I tend to neglect them all, so honestly I REALLY need to make a vow to at least stay on top of a few.

    First up…

    This is from September 22, 2009.

    Two words: SPICED CHOCOLATE!

    I heard so much raving about this quad, so when I caught notice it was at my nearest CCO, I ran over and grabbed it. I’ve been in such a mood for a “fall feeling” with bronzes and reds, so this really excited me. And it didn’t fail to impress! (Which is always important, as things tend to get hyped up on MAC forums and turn out to be a bust)

    I also dyed my hair recently “Deep Burgundy” by Feria. These pictures were taken soon after it was dyed. 1.5 weeks later and it’s faded a bit, but still really red. Maybe I finally found a good red hair dye?! Well, that, and I switched to using a sulfate-free shampoo (Bed Head Superstar) which really helps on prolonging hair color.

    Uber red:

    September 5, 2009
    I went for a strawberries & bananas look this day and ended up messing it up by using a black eyeliner. I don’t like dark eyeliner (as you can tell, I usually don’t line my looks, which drives some people crazy but I like no liner a lot of the time). Therefore, I will only post the open eyes version.

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    MAC Chrome Yellow
    MAC Black Russian pearlglide liner (ARGHHHH)
    MAC Full of Fuchsia Technakohl liner (trying to unruin the look)

    Sometime in August 2009
    How great are Taylor Swift dresses?! Haha, I just had to say that!

    This was done with some of the Hello Kitty shadows… I’m guessing Too Dolly and Lucky Tom are two of the candidates



    Sometime in April or May 2009
    Awww, this is sooo pretty, I wish I remembered what I used :( I almost want to think I used Plumed Violet Cream Colour Base, but I am not sure.

    April 3, 2009
    I remembered the date on this one because this was the night of the Fast & Furious opening, LOL! I was going for the import model look, I guess. I used Too Faced Ooh & Aah duo eyeshadow.

    That’s about all! There were other ones, but I either didn’t like how I did the makeup, or it was a repeat of something I had posted earlier.

    Whew!

    I am going to try to focus on getting swatches and collection photos up. I know natural light is best for that, but unfortunately the weather is quite crappy so I’ll have to see how far I get with that, especially today.

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    • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium (109 brush)
    • MAC Studio Touch Up stick concealer in NW20 (194 brush)
    • MAC MSF in Redhead (168 brush)

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot as base (Sephora flat e/s brush)
    • MAC Typographic e/s all over lid (239 brush)
    • MAC Idol Eyes e/s over the Typographic (239 brush)
    • MAC Crystal Avalanche e/s in crease (217 brush)
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara

    ]]>     http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/05/21/may-21-2009/feed/ 0     February 23, 2009 http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/02/23/february-23-2009/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/02/23/february-23-2009/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:57:49 +0000 admin http://blog.sushiblumen.com/?p=86 Face

    • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium (109 brush)

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot as base (Sephora flat e/s brush)
    • MAC Dovefeather e/s all over lid (139 brush)
    • MAC Typographic e/s in outer V (139 brush)
    • MAC Orb e/s to blend (272 brush)
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara

    Lips

    • MAC She Loves Candy lipglass

    Just a simple little look, had a test today in school so I was a bit rushed (Monday’s are always terrible of course!!)

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    Face

    • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in medium (109 brush)
    • MAC Fix+ (2 squirts)

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot as base (Sephora flat e/s brush)
    • MAC Too Dolly e/s all across lid (139 brush)
    • MAC Stately Black e/s in outer V (139 brush)
    • MAC Yogurt e/s in crease area (217 brush)
    • MAC Shroom e/s as highlight under brow (272 brush)
    • MAC Romping e/s under lower lashes (219 brush)
    • Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero lining upper lashes, blended with Too Dolly
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara

    Lips

    • MAC She Loves Candy lipglass

    The Romping on the lower lashes was an afterthought, really doesn’t go. Oh well. I’m giving up on the Too Dolly palette for awhile…

    ]]>     http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/02/16/february-16-2009/feed/ 0     Idol Strokes http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/01/27/idol-strokes/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/01/27/idol-strokes/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:35:37 +0000 admin http://blog.sushiblumen.com/?p=112 Today I decided to give 100 Strokes from “Brunette Blond Redhead” again, and once again, I was pretty disappointed. The texture is just funky, for lack of better description. The color payoff I don’t find to be that great, either… the reddish tinge that you see in the pot just doesn’t show up on me. Just disappointing :(

    Face

    • MAC Mineralized loose foundation in medium (109 brush)
    • MAC Redhead Mineralized Skinfinish (168 brush)
    • MAC Studio Touch Up Stick concealer in NW20 (194 brush)

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot as base (Sephora flat e/s brush)
    • MAC 100 Strokes e/s all across lid (139 brush)
    • MAC Idol Eyes e/s all across lid over the 100 Strokes (139 brush)
    • MAC Shroom e/s in crease (217 brush)
    • Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Stash
    • Benefit Eye Bright in waterline
    • MAC Brow Set in clear
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara

    Lips

    • MAC Lip Conditioner

    Instead of Shroom, I kinda wish I would have done a whiter color. But otherwise, I figured out Idol Eyes, being so glitterly, works well on top of another color for a different look.

    ]]>     http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/01/27/idol-strokes/feed/ 0     Chinese New Year! http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/01/26/chinese-new-year/ http://www.sushiblumen.com/2009/01/26/chinese-new-year/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:06:53 +0000 admin http://blog.sushiblumen.com/?p=114 I wore this look to a show at Radio City Music Hall for the Chinese New Year on 01/25. I wore my red silk Converse shoes, so I wanted red eyeshadow to compliment it (I wore black otherwise).

    Face

    • MAC Prep + Prime skin base
    • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in medium (109 brush)
    • MAC Studio Touch Up stick concealer (194 brush)
    • MAC Prism powder blush (168 brush)

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot as base (Sephora flat e/s brush)
    • MAC Coppering e/s all over lid (139 brush)
    • Too Faced Ooh & Aah e/s duo in outer V and liner (just the black, 139 brush & Mary Kay slanted e/s brush)
    • MAC Ricepaper e/s in crease (217 brush)
    • MAC Brow Set in clear
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara

    Lips

    • MAC Valentine’s Lipgelee

    I really like Coppering, I haven’t really had a chance to use it a lot.

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