Wild at Heart

This was just for fun, of course.  I'm not at all convinced that my colors went together harmoniously, but I'm also not upset about any of it.  It's hard figuring out how to wear bright purple lipstick without just dulling down everything else!  This lipstick is a teeny bit more pink in person, just so you know.

I wore two of my favorite gold eyeshadows - Chanel Illusion d'Ombre Vision and BareMinerals True Gold.  True Gold actually muted some of the extreme sparkle of Vision, but also evened out the overall finish.  I *might* have used a little Urban Decay Smog in the outer corner but I seriously cannot remember.  I have the memory of a flea, I think.  Also, to be fair, I wore this last Wednesday.

Face:
Illamasqua Skin Base 02
BareMinerals Stroke of Light Luminous 1 (under eye)
Korres Wild Rose Mineral Setting Powder (under eye)
Illamasqua Concealer 115 (spots)
Sephora Microsmooth Powder 05 Porcelain
Guerlain Terracotta Light Blondes 01 (lightly all over)

Cheeks:
Illamasqua Morale

Eyes:
Nars eye primer
Chanel Id'O Vision (base)
BareMinerals True Gold e/s (all over)
Lorac Baked Matte Satin e/s in Posh (to blend edges) and Chic (brow bone)
Stila Stay All Day black liner pen (tight line)
Stila Smudge Stick e/l Damsel (smudged into outer uppers)
Too Faced Perfect Eyes e/l Perfect Peacock (lowers)
RBR Mountain Bluebird e/s (smudged into liner on lowers)
UD El Dorado liner pencil (waterline)
probably Fiberwig Volume Lash mascara
Givenchy Phenomeneyes waterproof (lowers)
Tarte taupe brow pencil

Lips:
MUFE Rouge Artist Intense #15 <3


Illamasqua Skin Base photographs very nicely on me - however, I am not a fan of the formula on myself.  It feels a little bit too heavy and doesn't wear as well as I want it to.  If I'm wearing full coverage and have that sort of flawless look to my complexion, I really expect and need to for it to stay that way!  I had some breakdown on my nose (stupid nose) and creasing on my laugh lines and "11's."  Maybe I should not have put the Sephora Microsmooth powder over top.  Who knows?  I find that the 02 shade is too light for me, thus the need to gently bronze all over.  For those of you that use and like Skin Base, please tell me how you like to wear it!  How do you apply it and do you powder it?  I applied it with my finger tips here.  Next go around maybe I will mix in a pinch of my Becca Bronzing Skin Perfector.

Thanks for stopping by and do come again!

End of the Line

If you are wondering why the cheesy title for this post, it's because I am not intending to do any more winged or graphic liner looks for a little while!  I need a break.  Let's call this the culmination of a somewhat stressful week of special liner looks.  Yeah, I know - I'm being a big baby.  :)

I really love how the close up picture below turned out.  Except for the angry red bit near the base of my inner brow (you probably didn't notice it until now anyway, huh?), it's all looking much cooler than I could have hoped for!  Yeah, I know the random dot is not perfectly round, but it was the best I could do with my smushed-tipped Stila felt pen (smushed from me using it for tight lining every day).

My blush looked really strong in real life, but photographed rather nicely.  Pardon my brows, please and thank you!  I need to trim them and I've also been playing with a different brow pencil.

I'm including the close up of my left eye for learning purposes.  It amazes me how much I learn every time I try winged liner and then carefully examine the close ups afterward!  The shape was a little too wide at the outer end of my lid, up top as it swooped into the wing portion.  Oops.  The crazy thing about that is that I truly believe my left eye wing turns out better when I'm doing it, but inevitably find out differently when editing my pictures!  I've also clearly missed a bit or two on my tight lining here.

I'm smiling!  That's because it's before I went to work in retail on Black Friday.  I definitely can promise you that I was not smiling after seven hours of work.  A very, very long seven hours.  That kind of exhaustion is extra special and reserved only for that one stinking day of the year.  That's all I'm going to say about that.

Face:
Koh Gen Do Makeup Color Base Pearl White
Koh Gen Do Aqua PK-0
Smashbox Photo Finish Hydrating Under Eye Primer
BareMinerals Stroke of Light Luminous 1 (under eye)
Illamasqua Concealer 115
Korres Wild Rose Mineral Setting Powder

Cheeks:
Guerlain Terracotta Light Blondes 01
Illamasqua Nymph
Nars New Order

Eyes:
Nars eye primer
BareMinerals Well Rested click pen (inner corner/crease area)
LM Caviar Stick Sterling (base and inner corners)
LM Caviar Stick Turquoise (smudged into lowers)
UD Vice Palette -
Desperation e/s (crease)
Junkie (smudged into/over Turquoise Caviar Stick on lowers)
Occupy (outer corner)
Provocateur (center of lid)
Anonymous (brow bone)
Stila Stay All Day black liner pen
Armani ETK wp black liner pencil (waterline)
Anastasia Go Brow pencil
Fiberwig D.J.V. Beautenizer Volume Lash
Givenchy Phenomeneyes waterproof (lowers)

Lips:
YSL Glossy Stain 15

Hearts and love for the Glossy Stain.  It's such a perfect cheery shade of pink and it wore perfectly through a crazy and stressful day.

Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to comment or share any makeup related Black Friday stories.  :)