As much as I use my purple eyeshadows, I have a few that don’t get used as often, so today I brought them out! I also used my liquid foundation today, and wow! I forgot how light it feels, and how great my skin looks with it!
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Posts Tagged ‘Prized Petal’
Playing with some lesser used purples
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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.
Face
Eyes
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.
Pretty In Pink
Saturday, January 10th, 2009I got the idea for today’s look from a post on Specktra.net about what eyeshadow colors compliment each other: Slip Pink and Sushi Flower. It also suggested using Carbon, but I do not have that color (and try to avoid straight blacks, still kinda scare me!), so I substituted Well Plumed. Definitely a soft, pretty pink look.
This was also my first time applying makeup under my natural light bulbs I got for the bathroom last night. Definitely a great help! I always use to get out to the car, and see flaws, but now my makeup looks inside what it would outside.
Products (all MAC unless noted):
Face
- Prep+Prime Skin Base
- Mineralized loose foundation in medium (109 brush)
- Redhead Mineralized Skinfinish (168 brush)
Eyes
- Painterly paint pot as base (242 brush dupe from Sephora)
- Slip Pink e/s all over lid (139 brush)
- Sushi Flower e/s in crease (139 brush)
- Well Plumed e/s in outer V and as a liner (139 brush for V, slanted Mary Kay e/s brush for liner)
- Cloud Bound e/s for blending, and up to brow (272 brush)
- Brow Set in clear
- Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara
Lips
- Prized Petal lipglass
This can also be called the “all the discontinued colors” look, haha. Prized Petal was a LE, and I found Slip Pink, Cloud Bound, and Well Plumed at a CCO.