All About Eyes - Evening Neutral

Products Used:

Sleek MakeUP i-Divine Palettes - Storm (champagne, brown & maroon) 

and Sunset (burnt orange & pinky gold)

MAC Eye Pencil - Coffee

Clinique High Impact Mascara - Black

This entire look came about simply because I wanted to use the gorgeous, metallic brown shade from Sleek's Storm palette. I was taking a look through all my palettes for inspiration and realized I've never used it before! Strange, I thought. 

Anyway, I started off by applying said eyeshadow on my eyelid, from lash line to just above the crease, making sure to leave the inner third of my eye free of product. Then I applied a pinky gold colour on the inner corner, blending it nicely with the metallic brown. This shade (very right on the swatch photo) is kind of interesting: it looks pink in the pan and when placed on the skin, but it has some gold shimmer running through and the gold becomes more pronounced as you blend away. It's quite pretty, actually! Next up, I used a burnt orange shade and used it to blend the upper edge of the eyeshadow to create a smokier effect. The maroon shade was then applied to the outer corner of the eyelid to create a bit more depth; this shadow was also used to line the lower lash line. 

Last were the finishing touches: a lovely, shimmery champagne colour to highlight the brow bone, a matte black eyeshadow to define the brows a bit more, MAC's coffee eye pencil to line both upper and lower water lines, and a few coats of High Impact Mascara on both the top and bottom lashes.

Hope you like this look :)

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Milly for Clinique Pretty in Prints Collection for Spring 2011

“Michelle Smith, renowned designer of the women’s fashion and accessories label, Milly, brings her sparkling and sophisticated style to Clinique’s newest spring collection – Pretty in Prints. Michelle has teamed up with Clinique to create a limited-edition makeup palette of essential eye, cheek and lip colours for Spring 2011. Exclusive to Clinique, the collection mixes rich browns with sweet pinks and is packaged in a sleek silver compact, adorned with a one-of-a-kind Milly print. The limited-edition Pretty in Prints compact is enclosed in a pouch designed by Michelle to showcase her signature Milly aesthetic.”

Milly for Clinique  Pretty In Prints Compact – Limited Edition

The perfect spring look! A limited-edition Colour Surge Eye Shadow Quad in Printed Pinks and Blushing Blush in Precious Posy, all stylishly organized in a compact adorned with the Milly print.

Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 – Limited Edition

Michelle’s favourite pink, a warm-toned melon shade, makes its debut in Clinique’s signature lip gloss formula.

Available in one shade:

• Milly Pink

High Impact Mascara

Bring your eyelashes out of hiding this spring! High Impact Mascara delivers dramatic volume and length, fast.

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Clinique Double The Kisses

 

 

 

A Holiday set that contains Dual-Ended Different Lipstick and Long Last Glosswear.

This collection of three beautifully coordinated lipstick and lip gloss duos will leave you wanting to kiss and be kissed. Different Lipstick keeps lips comfortable with a smooth, moisturizing formula. Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 delivers a full eight hours of dramatic shine. Consider this your most perfect pout yet—all contained in a lovely mini makeup bag.

This set contains:

- 3 x 0.04 oz Dual-Ended Different Lipstick/Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 in Raspberry Glacé/ Kissyfit, Double Fudge/ Sunset, and Tenderheart/ Air Kiss

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Beautifully Designed Products

Clinique Fresh Picked Eyeshadow 

Dolce & Gabbana The Sicilian Lace Bronzer

Guerlain Blush Eclat, LE Four-Colour Ombre Eclat, & Jeu D'Ombrelles Eyeshadow Palette

Lancome La Rose Deco

Clinique Fresh Bloom & Fresh Picked All Over Colour

How beautiful are these products? I especially love the ones from Guerlain. However, if I do buy products like these, I'd feel bad for using them and probably just end up staring at them. 

I think I'd eventually crack and take a swipe though. Makeup is meant to be used after all! So I want to know:

Would you hesitate to use such beautiful products?

or

would you use it immediately?

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Vogue Japan Photo - Recreate

I saw this gorgeous photo on the Beauty Crazed site and was so inspired, I thought I'd give the look a go and see if I could recreate it. 

Please note: I am not a makeup artist, I don't have the same facial features as this model (though I wish I did), and I don't have the same products that was used on her (heck, I don't even know what was used on her). So obviously, my photos are not going to look anything like the original; but hey, I tried right? And it's all in good fun, anyway! Here goes nothing:

PRODUCTS USED:

So I started off with MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre all over the lid up (to the brows) and formed the winged out shape from the original photo using MAC Fluidline in Macroviolet. Once that was done, I used the purple shade from Sleek MakeUP's Origina I-Divine palette to soften the edges a bit. I took the colour up to the brow bone and also softly buffed it up to the temple. Then I took Sephora brand eyeshadow in Aspen Summit and used it to highlight the brow bone and above the cheekbone. I also blended it onto the purple eyeshadow in the temple area. I finished the eye area with two coats of L'oréal Voluminous mascara.

For the face, I used whatever base was on hand (I think it was Revlon Beyond Natural) and used MAC Blush Ombre in Vintage Grape on the cheeks (I only used the lighter part of the blush). For the lips, I applied concealer first to tone down the pink shade that my lips naturally have. Then I used MAC Lipstick in Cherish and topped it off with Clinique Long Last Glosswear in Air Kiss. 

This look as a lot of fun to recreate. I've been really enjoying trying to create and recreate different looks lately as I've been testing my skills to see if I have what it takes to go into makeup artistry (as a Plan B, of course).

What do you think? 

Did I completely miss the mark

or was my finished look pretty accurate?

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