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March 11th, 2010 — Aromaleigh, Brows, Concealer, Eye liner, FOTD, Foundation, Guerlain, Highlighting, Jordana, Lipstick, Mascara, Meow, Mineral, NYX, Pencils, Rouge or blush
I felt like bright turquoise today, and that made me think immediately of the colors that Aromaleigh has.
Eyes: all Aromaleigh, except where noted:
Crease: caribe, pure hue
Outer corners: aqua nightmare, gothic lolita
Inner corners: endless sea, rocks! sonic eyes
Drylined upper and lower: moonagedaydream, rocks! sonic eyes
Tight Lined upper and wet lined lower: Jordana Sterling Blue
Brows: Clinique soft blonde pencil
Mascara: Guerlain Le2 (double sided with small brush for lower lashes)
Foundation: Lancome minerals — still trying to figure out how — and how much — to use; see how funky my nose looks here? I saw it in sunlight and took care of it. Generally I leave everything off my nose for this reason.
Powder: Lancome minerals
Highlight: AL magnolia blossom
Blush: AL english rose (a powder, not a blush, that didn’t show up, so used it across my face, lightly)
Blush: Meow Masterpiece Water Lilies
Lips:
NYX Lips Hebe — this one doesn’t migrate. It’s got a lovely sheen to it, doesn’t feel slippery — and it doesn’t move into liplines around the mouth.
Karin
Originally posted 2009-05-02 16:27:29.
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March 4th, 2010 — Aromaleigh, Brows, FOTD, Foundation, Highlighting, La Prairie, Lipstick, MAC, Maybelline, Mineral, Pencils, Primer, Sephora, Shiseido, Tova
I was going for the look of the new Shiseido ad or the cover of Allure with Taylor Swift on it. Both feature bright red lips. For the sense of vibrancy, it reminded me of Anja’s look in a Theme Week at Aromaleigh.
Shiseido’s ad is likely photo shopped to get such white skin. What a gorgeous picture! What a gorgeous woman!
You can see the Allure cover, here.
I used the lightest shade of makeup I have, which is too light for me, then used white liquid highlighter over much of it to get it even lighter.
It’s too red and too bright for day unless it were December, but we are going to a party tonight, and I think the look will translate well.
Sorry for the smudge here on the eye. I took care of it after the pictures.
Eyes: AL Balsam in crease
Pencil lined: Maybelline navy blue on top; MAC Light as Air, bright blue on lower with Sephora Flashy Silver white in the waterline
Dry Lined: AL Swank top and lower
Then AL Spaceoddity, then AL disintegration rocks! glam glitter to bring it more turquoise like the Shiseido ad
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Primer: AL
Foundation: Tova cream Lightest of lightest duo
Highlight: Clinique Zero Base A white, very shimmery liquid. I’d prefer it to be half as shimmery.
Powder: my sparkly mix
Lips: Shiseido 104
What do you think?
Karin
Originally posted 2009-03-28 14:43:58.
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February 12th, 2010 — Allure Choice Award, Aromaleigh, Bare Escentuals, Brows, Chanel, Cosmetics, Equal opportunity customer, FOTD, Foundation, Highlighting, Lancome, Lip Gloss, Mary Kay, Mascara, Meow, NYX, Pencils, Review, Rouge or blush, Victoria Jackson
This is a little more of a made up look than I’ve been wearing lately, but it is really the same amount of product. I could tweak it with a little glitter on my lips, but wanted to show it as-is.
I wanted to try a few E.L.F. products because they are so inexpensive.
Mineral Shadows
The mineral shadows come in the same jar as BE and are about the same size. They compare favorably with BE. They are not as sparkly as AL or Meow, at least the colors I chose. The minerals were the most expensive of any of the products I ordered — $3 each for full size.
Lip liner pencils
The pencils are called Feather-Proof Moisturizing Lip Liner. It has not migrated. For $1, it is worth trying. They have a pretty good mix of colors, most of them are fairly neutral with nuances of color. Spice is not at all orange, but more of a true neutral. I like it, even though it wasn’t what I ordered.
Waterproof pen liner:
This worked well yesterday. The felt tip is sharper (in feel) and dryer than the Mary Kay one that I loved that is discontinued. I forgot to try the black today. I used Midnight yesterday and it did well. Again, $1.
Eyes: All dry except where noted
Base: Trish McEvoy, then my beige sparkly mix
Crease: E.L.F. Caffeinated mineral
Outer corners: E.L.F. Glamorous mineral
Inner Corner: Meow because photo made it look matte, which it doesn’t in RL — don’t know why the camera does this — and of course, in RL you don’t go around with one eye closed; it is a flash of color when you blink.
Drylined E.L.F. Royal mineral, top and lower outside pencil line, then wetlined on top, very pretty wetlined
Pencil lined, top and bottom (no MAC, LOL) E.L.F. Plum brightening eye liner
Mascara: top BE Buxom; lower Lancome Definicils
Brows: Victoria Jackson pencil
Face:
Comparing Lancome foundation on one side and Chanel on the other
Revlon Primer
E.L.F. Persimmon Shimmering Facial Whip glimmer up middle of face (this would be good to give your face color in winter or whenever you needed a pick-me-up, placing it differently on your face)
E.L.F. Spice Lined lips and filled in (they sent me this by mistake, not the one I ordered, but I thought I’d try it anyway)
E.L.F. Blossom Hypershine Lip Gloss
E.L.F. Bitter Went over lip line and inside with
E.L.F. Pink Lemonade All Over Color Stick (such a cute little size, almost a sample)
And my glimmer powder mix.
Shimmering Facial Whip: this is a nice product and comes in several shades. The browner ones would be good for getting a tanned look without being in the sun. I might try one of those next. This has an Allure Choice Award.
Multipurpose, on-the-go whipped colorant is vitamin B, C and E packed to instantly brighten and sooth skin with no greasy after-feel.
Squeeze a pearl-sized [more like a dot] amount onto finger and blend into cheeks, eyes, or lips.
Hypershine Gloss
This was not as visible as some glosses I own. It has some taste, but it was not at all objectionable. I punched it up with more lip liner. I intentionally chose a neutral, as well as to the color range I don’t usually buy. If you can’t do that for $1, when can you?
Hyper, glass-like shine infused with micro-mirror technology to reflect light. Smooths lips on contact with a conditioning shine that lasts for hours. Create that natural lip stain of color that’s sheer, subtle and beautiful!
Wet Gloss Lash & Brow Clear Mascara
Book Girl has gorgeous thick lashes that almost brush her sunglasses. Any colored mascara looks mascara-y. I thought this might give her some definition, but still look natural. She tried it yesterday, and it worked well.
Achieve glossy, shiny, healthy-looking lashes and brows with the infused long wearing conditioning agents in our wet gloss lash & brow mascara. Looking pulled together has never been easier!
Today she is using the AL clear mascara. She says this went on with more product on the first application. Both feel equally light.
All over color stick This would be good for airplane travel.
This worked well. It’s quite a darling little size. I wouldn’t mind an array of colors. I would think this would work better for dry skin than for oily.
Duo Eye Shadow Cream
This is the only product I bought that I haven’t tried yet. I thought I might try it as a dark base under minerals.
My opinion, you can’t go wrong for the price.
The actual packaging, not of the product, but of the containers is not as rich as NYX. NYX has more of the look of MAC.
These are not as high-glam or as Indie in appearance when on as AL or Meow, but some items, like the lip pencils, are more than favorable for drugstore lines, especially for price.
I think my girls would enjoy having some of this. It would make good stocking stuffers. Or even birthday favors.
Karin
Originally posted 2009-03-16 14:39:56.
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February 4th, 2010 — Bare Escentuals, Brows, Chanel, Concealer, Eye Shadow, Eye liner, FOTD, Foundation, Jordana, Lancome, Lipstick, MAC, NYX, Pencils, Review, Rouge or blush
Chanel foundation (discontinued) and Chanel eyes.
Base: Dior Ombre Plume
Quatre Irreels with some Quatre Ors Violines to line. (Both are from other seasons.)
Clarins Midnight Flash to line top and lower. Then Jordana waterproof Luna Lavender
Mascara top: Lancome Oscillating; lower: Tarte
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Concealer: Dior Skinflash
Powder: my sparkly mix + BE Mineral Veil as a bronzer
Blush: MAC Moon River + BE Beauty
Lipstick: NYX Love Angel, from the amazingly cheap haul —
My take: this was a very pretty color and not one I would have bought if it weren’t in the package. So getting the package gives new colors to try. I simply reapplied this one throughout the day. If you notice, it seems to separate at the lines, but smooshing it smooths it down again. I’m not sure why it does that. It has a slight taste and smell that is not objectionable.
I thought this was a soft, pretty look. It’s not a look I wear very often, but it bears repeating. It was quite nice.
Karin
Originally posted 2009-04-27 23:24:38.
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February 1st, 2010 — Beauté, Brows, Chanel, Eye Shadow, Eye liner, FOTD, Foundation, Lip Gloss, MAC, Mary Kay, Mascara, Maybelline, Mineral, Pencils, Rouge or blush, Tarte, Too Faced
This was yesterday’s FOTD.
Mary Kay Eyes, except where noted:
Crease: Blue Metal
Inner corners: Chocolate Kiss
Outer corners: Steel — then more blue over it, as it didn’t show up well
Lower dry line: Blue Metal
Tight Lined top: Borghese Charcoal
Lined lower waterline: MAC graphblack, then earthline below it
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Stiletto + Tarte on the lower lashes
Concealer:
Primer:
Foundation: Chanel, discontinued
Rouge under powder:
Powder: my sparkly mix
Blush: YSL Touche Blush 19
Lips: Too Faced + Beauté to rim
Caspian Pencil topped with Shell Gloss + Allure to rim
I liked these shades of blue.
Karin
Originally posted 2009-05-02 08:06:38.
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January 13th, 2010 — Aromaleigh, Avon, Bare Escentuals, Brows, Cosmetics, Eye Shadow, Eye liner, FOTD, Foundation, Highlighting, Jordana, Lipstick, Lorac, MUFE Make Up Forever, Mascara, Meow, Mineral, Pencils, Primer, Rouge or blush, Twilight, Zalan
The lips are a match for my shirt, only deeper, not as red as they show up with flash.
IdealEyes description
My view: They are pearlized, not frosted, with a high sheen, so I felt I could work with the dark colors on my fair skin. There would be enough light reflected that they would work well. While a little dark for day for spring, they matched my shirt and I wanted to try them.
Our top selling line of mineral shadows! They’re pearlized (or, as we like to think of them, “purrr-lized”!) shadow colors with sophistication. They’re available in a full range of color choices, with a rich, creamy consistency that clings to the brush for easy and smooth long wearing application. Beautiful colors that catch the light with the soft, glowing, velvety sheen. Elegant, yet fun, you’ll want them all!
Eyes:
Base: Nude Frost, working fine, no problems with it
Lids: Meow IdealEyes Twilight
Crease: Meow IdealEyes Heavy Petting
Lined Top: Avon Cosmic Brown Pencil
Then, drylined over with AL pleasuredome rocks!sonic eyes (deep sparkling wine)
Lined lower: Jordana Magenta lip pencil, not in eye with AL pleasuredome drylined over it.
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Bare Essentuals Black – Diamond duo
See my review here.
Primer: MUFE High Definition
Foundation: Lorac Break Thru Performance Color 2, a tad dark and yellow, but I used it because Dazzle is pure white.
Rouge under powder: Lancome China Berry stick
Powder: AL Dazzle Twilight Supernatural Powder
For my review, go here.
Blush over powder: Meow Masterpiece Water Lilies
Lips: Zalan Purple Haze — $1!!
For my review go here.
Have you tried these colors in Meow? I like the Meow line very much.
Karin
Originally posted 2009-03-24 13:02:42.
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January 10th, 2010 — Aromaleigh, Bare Escentuals, Beauté, FOTD, Foundation, La Prairie, Lancome, Lip Balm, MAC, Mascara, Mineral, Pencils, Primer, Review, Smashbox
This is the first time I’ve used the NXY shadows that came in my amazingly cheap haul.
NYX TS29, White, Tropical, Silver (this looks like a soft blue)
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: BE Buxom on top; took picture before I put any on the lower lashes
Lined lower: MAC Light as Air + Mac earthline below that
I don’t know which came first, the shirt or the eye colors. The shirt is one of my many Ts from Target. This one is so soft with 3/4 sleeves. I knew I could wear the color, so I assumed I could wear the color on my eyes. The funny thing is that without having tried Aromaleigh’s reds on my eyes, I don’t know that I would have tried an orange — apricot, yes; orange, no.
Primer: Smashbox
Foundation: Lancome minerals + Lancome mineral translucent powder + my sparkly mix
Blush: MAC Moon River mineralize blush
Blush Later: MAC what was left on my fingers from the Popster lip conditioner
Highlight: AL Magnolia , up the center of my face — this is the perfect shade for me; I can use the others, but one is light and I have to be careful not to use too much; this one is a 5 second application, with no errors.
Concealer: Dior skinflash
Lips: MAC Hello Kitty Popster tinted lip conditioner, rimmed with Beauté Paramour
I was really happy with the way this turned out.
How about you?
Have you tried any of the NYX shadows?
My take:
I’d give this shadow set a 5. They were easy to use, very nice packaging, with a super mirror which was unexpected.
Karin
Originally posted 2009-04-21 12:09:29.
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November 24th, 2009 — Beauté, Cosmetics, Lip Gloss, Pencils, Pick-me-up, Review, Take 2, Too Faced
Girls Dig Pearls glosses are amazingly beautiful. They have stunning almost holographic glitters.
I started out with one tube, liked it so well that I then went back for more.
I had an excellent SA at Sephora who showed me that she layered the gloss she bought with Caspian Lustre Liner, so I bought the pencil too. She layered the pencil with Pink Bling GDP gloss, which is what I did today also.
Shade descriptions:
Caspian pencil — coppery, pink-brown with lustre
Pink Bling — looks white in the tube with flashes of iridescent, light bright pink glitter
Mermaid — looks beige in tube, then you notice pink glitter — I bought this because another SA was wearing it alone on her lip and it was such a beautiful neutral
Shell light pink with pink glitter, the glitter might be the same as in Mermaid
Tropical Pink orchid magenta with deeper bright pink glitter
Taken in direct sunlight
Top to bottom: Caspian pencil; Pink Bling; Mermaid; Shell; Tropical Pink
Caspian and Pink Bling, using Beauté techniques:
Technique: See more at my blog here.
Applied Pink Bling on lower lip, Caspian on top; smooshed lips together (keeps both clean); used lip brush to add tiny bit of Pink Bling along outer edge of upper lip (it was already on the lower and didn’t need touch up.)
Taken in full sunlight
So you can see how pretty it is!
Take 2 FOTD Different lippie here.
You can see the subtlety of the lip technique here.
11 yo said, unsolicited
Oh, I just love that lipstick — everything about it!
Day 2
Mermaid using Pink Bling on rim
I love, love, love this technique. I used Guerlain Lip Lift to block out any stain on my lips so this would be a fairly true picture.
Do you have these glosses? Do you love them?
I wear mine both alone and with the Caspian pencil. I have worn the pencil alone also. I have not worn them with other brands.
If you are a gloss addict
You need these in your stash. Start with what you think would be your fave, then add to it, if you love it.
Karin
5 ++ For super color, look, feel.
5 modern, edgy
Originally posted 2009-03-25 17:02:58.
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November 19th, 2009 — Arbonne, Aromaleigh, Bare Escentuals, Clarins, FOTD, Highlighting, Lip Gloss, Lipstick, MAC, New Moon, Pencils, Powder, Purples, Reds, Rouge or blush, Twilight
Are you going to New Moon?
Tonight is the premiere of New Moon in our area, and we are going to the 12:05 show — the first two theaters were already sold out when we bought our tickets a week ago. There will be 5 theaters in this theater alone, and I have no idea where we will find parking.
Team Jacob or Team Edward?
What do you think? Tonight, I’m gonna be Team Jacob.
Sparkling in sunlight
I always do, with my own sparkly mix of powder. Tonight to jazz it up, I will do a 5 min pick me up overdose using the Twilight Powders from AL and maybe do more spark on my lips.
Eyes:
Base: Nude Frost + BE Queen Phyllis
Inner lids: ephemeral violet AL les papillons
Outer lids and lower drylined: crimson mimicry AL les papillons
Tightlined: midnight flash Clarins pencil
Blush: Arbonne Promise
Highlight: Arbonne Bashful
Showing the colors show from different angles
You can see they are well blended, despite what it might look like with my camera.
Lips:
AL Smitten + MAC Via Veneto dazzleglass, one on each lip, then smooshed
I might go even more sparkling tonight, using two dazzleglasses.
I love it; I don’t know about you!
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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November 15th, 2009 — Arbonne, Aromaleigh, Avon, Bare Escentuals, Browns, Eye Shadow, Eye liner, FOTD, Greens, Highlighting, Lip Gloss, MAC, Mark, Pencils
Saturday’s look: still trying out the samples I ordered from AL.
This was my inspiration: I thought she was gorgeous.
An ad for Rocks Jewelers. I could not find it online so I took a picture of it.
Eyes:
Base: Nude Frost + BE Queen Phyllis
Inner corners: AL Soul Takes Flight les papillons
Outer corners and drylined lower: AL Morphing Moon les papillons
Tightlined upper and wet lined lower: MAC blackgraph
Tightlined lower: MAC earthline
Blush and highlight: Arbonne
Lips:
Avon Mark Queen Peine Metallicious + BE Ruby
When I was finished
I started out thinking I would do the colors exactly as she did, knowing of course that my eyes are brown, but when I finished I realized that I had pulled the color of her eyes into mine by using the green Morphing Moon. That was serendipitous; I hadn’t planned it; it was just how it morphed (pun intended.)
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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Smokey eyes for a warm fall day. These colors remind me of leaves.
All Arbonne colors unless noted.
Base: Nude Frost (not Arbonne), then BE Queen Phyllis
Lids: Linen, then a mix of Smudge and Inkling
Center of lid and crease: Charade (a sort of bronzey color, recommended by Arbonne for this look, but also used only in the crease in Cat Marnell’s youtube I posted the other day.)
Drylined lower: Inkling
Pencil lined top: Mermaid
Pencil lined bottom: Slate
You can see lip info at my LOTD post.
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September 25th, 2009 — Arbonne, Browns, Eye Shadow, Eye liner, FOTD, LOTD, Lipstick, Pencils
All products are from Arbonne.
Wednesday:
Mesmerized on lid. Graphite in crease. Slate pencil
I really, really loved this look.
Thursday:
Mesmerized on lid. Dusk, then Graphite in crease. Slate pencil
This was more brown.
I loved this look from Wednesday:
All the colors worked perfectly. I love Graphite, which leans a little gray vs. brown.
Blush lipstick is almost a red-pink or a pink-red.
Thursday:
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Sunset:
This shows how beautiful Mesmerized is:
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As I said in my earlier post today, I wanted to try the NYX colors I had not tried before. Once in a while a color combo blows you out of the water. This color combo is gorgeous and one of my faves!
Eyes:
Base: Nude Frost on lids, not under brows; then BE Queen Phyllis
Lids: NYX Luxor, square individual shadow with a clear lid, an exact match to my T
Drylined: NYX Red, square loose shadow with micro shimmer
Lined: Chanel blue duo pencil, lightest color
Tightlined: NYX Jet Black Felt Tip liner
Inner corners: Arbonne Illume (white matte)
Mascara: Clinique
Concealer: Guerlain
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Primer: Avon Magix
Foundation: Revlon Age Defying cream
Rouge under my sparkly powder mix: Chanel stick
Blush: Arbonne Promise
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One thing you can say about me, among many others, is that I’m an equal opportunity buyer. When it comes to cosmetics, it doesn’t have to be the most expensive for it to be the right color. I first look for color, then I look for the finish it gives. Or, I look first for the finish, then to see if there is a color that is right for me.
Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of expensive lines’ colors, but that is not all I have. I never throw anything away because it is extremely rare for anything to get old. I pass it on or continue to use it.
One place I don’t hedge is skin care, but even there the most expensive is not necessarily the one that works the best. If it works, I have likely tried it or am still using it. But realistically, there are so many skin care items and so little time. Laughing here. And I’d venture to say that if I lived elsewhere there’d be a whole realm of other products available to me that are not available in the US. So we do the best we can.
NYX, Aromaleigh, Meow are all lines that are reasonably priced, especially if you start with samples, as you can with the latter two. In the meantime, I bought a couple of NYX things that I’ve never used yet, and I wanted to give them a go.
The NYX colors I used today are individual square shadows with a clear lid.
Eyes:
Base: Nude frost on lids, not under brows, then BE Queen Phyllis
Lids: NYX October Sky (pale blue, almost matte)
Drylined top and bottom: Ocean (blue-green, more green) then over the whole lid a bit
Mascara: Guerlain Le2
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Inner corners: MAC Fascinating pencil (white)
Concealer: the one in the Revlon foundation palette
Primer: Smashbox
Foundation: Revlon age defying cream
Rouge under my sparkly mix powder: Revlon
Blush over: Maybelline Dream Mousse 25
Lips: Avon, MAC and Clinique, see LOTD for details
What do you think?
Isn’t this is pretty color combination! I love it. As you can see, I used a variety of brands and many, but not all, are inexpensive.
How about you?
Do you lean to cosmetics across the board or do you use all price ranges?
My fragrance:
Guerlain Boisé Torrid on my wrists, then later Narciso Rodriquez Women on one arm to compare it; last on the other arm Andy Tauer Reverie au Jardin — I really smell good. I do. I got a compliment: I smell your perfume, you smell good. What are you wearing?
Karin
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I haven’t worn many blues lately, but today I wanted to wear blues, and Aromaleigh has some beautiful blues.
Eyes: all Aromaleigh, unless noted
Base:Nude Frost , then BE Queen Phyllis
Mystery on lid; Swank drylined; Blue Haze in inner corners…
Inner corner (additional): Arbonne Illume (matte white)
Tightlined: Chanel pencil duo — light blue and deeper blue
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Clinique
Primer: Avon Magix
Foundation: Estee Lauder, stick
Rouge, under powder: Chanel, stick
Lips: Guerlain Liplift, then 624 Candy Shine
Cheeks: MAC Moon River
Powder: my sparkly mix
Bronzer: Arbonne
What do you think?
I was happy with this. I have to think blues again, happy blues!
Fragrance today: YSL Elle
What are you wearing? It’s still going strong, but softer, after only one squirt distributed to both arms. I do like this one for fall. How about you? Do you wear this one? You can see my almost-review here, my tale of a compliment received.
Karin
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