Beauty product reviews, makeup tips and news from your friendly neighborhood beauty addict.
November 19th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Face of the Day (FOTD)
Last Friday’s Clinique Black Tie Violets swatchfest ignited a serious makeup love affair. I’ve been wearing the eye, lip and cheek products from the new holiday collection all week long.
My favorite look so far? This violet eye, shimmery plum cheek and dark pink lip. That’s Colour Surge Eyeshadow Quad in Black Tie Violets ($25) and Brush-On Cream Liner in Violet Luxe ($15) on my peepers, Shimmering Stripes Powder Blush in Tuxedo Plums ($30) on my cheeks and Defining Liner for Lips in Pomegranate ($14) topped with High Impact Lip Color in Extreme Pink ($14) on my kisser.
November 9th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Face of the Day (FOTD)
Today I felt like putting the lovely LORAC Silver Screen palette to work, specifically the warm eyeshadows from the first row, the matte rose blush and the Lip Polish, and I even followed the convenient tutorial on the back of the box (with some minor adjustments for added punch). 
To the recipe on the back, I added a base of MAC Paint Pot in Painterly beneath the shadows and black liquid liner on my upper lash line.
November 6th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Face of the Day (FOTD), MAC Makeup
MAC Magic, Mirth and Mischief Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo in Blue Sorcery, $20
TGIF, my little Sasha Fierce!
Sorry, couldn’t resist. I’ve had Beyonce’s I Am Sasha Fierce CD on repeat today…
Ms. Fierce is Beyonce’s sensually aggressive stage alter-ego, and since I was feeling a little *fierce* today myself, I thought I’d explore the concept with this silver, blue and peach face of the day.
It incorporates tidbits from MAC’s recent Magic, Mirth and Mischief.
I used the Surprise Me face chart as a loose guide, adapting it to work a little better with my skin tone.
The blue comes courtesy of MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Blue Sorcery (that’s it above), and the peach lips from Dazzleglass in Phiff! and MAC’s Lipstick in Surprise Me.
Lipstick in Surprise Me, $14
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October 30th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Face of the Day (FOTD), Makeup
Fo’ reals, it’s physically impossible to take pictures of yourself wearing purple and gold striped eyeshadow without making a cra-zaaay face!
I was feeling adventurous yesterday, so I decided to try another potential Halloween look, this one inspired by this face chart from Urban Decay.
All of the makeup for my lips and eyes is from UD, namely the 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils in Eldorado (from the Super Stash kit) and Ransom, Heavy Metal Glitter Liner in Midnight Cowboy, Deluxe Eyeshadows in Frigid and Freakshow, Skyscraper Mascara, 24-7 Glide-On Lip Pencil in Wallflower and Lipstick in Naked.
On my cheeks I’m wearing Benefit Dallas blush…
October 28th, 2009 | Karen | Filed in: Face of the Day (FOTD), Just For Fun
Procrastinators, unite!
No need to worry. There’s still plenty of time to come up with a costume for Halloween. Here’s one idea…
Remember the pseudo backup band from the video for Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love?
I felt like trying the black smokey eye/shiny red lip combo the ladies in the video made famous and used a mix of makeup, including the NARS Modern Love Palette, Urban Decay Book of Shadows Volume II, NARS Mounia Blush and the red lippie and gloss from Estee Lauder’s Ultimate Red.
Eyes without flash
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