Theme Makeup with a Purpose

[kimibos]

Nope, haven't tried it yet, it's been sooooo hot here, my face would just melt away lol but as soon as I do, i'll be sure to let you know. Do you think it has potential to outshine Gingerly? (which I think is amazing

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i dont have gingerly but from karla sugar swatches, i can tell melba is brighter than gingerly. and its matte. i love matte blushes. must if not all of my blushes are matte. i got some satins too.
ohh i see you are in SA. its summer over there right?? wear it at home hahaha i want to know how much you like it!!

 

[Medgal07]

Do you all recommend using the Yachiyo with your light colored/pigmented blushes or do you switch to a different blush brush?

I use the 188 for hyper-pigmented blushes. I'm currently liking my Yachiyo for contour powder. I use a sculpt cream first with the 163 and then set that with sculpting powder, using the Yachiyo.

 

[Medgal07]

New theme everyone:
Since it's winter, a 'WINTER THEME' is more than appropriate, but that could mean divergent colors, unique to each of us. For the purpose of this project, and since we've entered a NEW YEAR, in addition to whatever winter colors & hues you choose, you are also challenged to use at least one new product (per makeup look) that you've purchased within the last few months. In so doing, we're ringing out the old and ringing in the new! Point being--USE THE NEW!!!!

Some of you may also feel the way that I'm feeling--I enjoy nabbing the greatest new collection items, but there are many that I've purchased in recent months that I have not worn--despite how great they are! So, I hope you'll join me in this effort to actually use what we've purchased!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

So I made an effort today to use new products and I did okay:
Since I finished a MAC Face & Body, I recently purchased Studio Fix + so that was my foundation;
I used the All Woman eyeshadow quad which I LOVE LOVE LOVE to create a pretty gray smokey eye;
I used Small Vanity blush (consider it still new, based on challenge criteria);
I used Porcelain Pink to highlight
I used Hot Chocolate lipstick
I polished my nails with MAC's Grey Friday N/P which also meets the challenge criteria.

Boy that felt good, especially since I have gotten a new product in the mail EVERY DAY this week---including today--said sheepishly, head hung low with shame

 

[Audrey C]

Great thread! I spend December trying to do a different eye combination each day because in 2012 I filled two 15-pan palettes, bought 5 EDES, 1 MES and two duos. I also got two NARS duos. I really kept reaching for the same shades, so I need to do that again and keep rotating lippies and blush as well. Today I tried the last two items I hadn't worn; I don't wear the bright e/s very often because I work in a conservative industry and a light but polished 'natural' look is really the unwritten rule.

Today's look:

Skin:
MAC BB cream - NEW
MAC mineralize concealer (almost finished!)
MAC Blot Powder

Cheeks:
NARS Deep Throat
MAC Amber Glow (highlight) - NEW

Lips (all colours I hadn't reached for in months):
MAC Nice 'n Spice liner
MAC Kinda Sexy lippies
MAC Lust l/g

Eyes:
MAC Jeté e/s - NEW
MAC Dynamic Duo 2 - Teal shade - NEW
MAC Siehl f/l - NEW
Benefit They're Real mascara - NEW sample

This will be my January challenge - wear each blush and lipstick I own at least once, and mix each LE item with a perm item I've never paired it with.

 

[Prettypackages]

Yesterday I had

Eyes: a natural flirt on the inner lid and Havana on the outer lid and Saddle in the crease. I darkened the crease with Espresso.
Lips: Deeply adored.
blush: amber glow

I really liked my eyes.... I really enjoy trying to use my new products together.

Today I had
eyes: Amethyst on the lid, and Saddle in the crease. It's sparkly and pretty. I did a rush job so I got a little bit of fallout.
Blush amber glow
lips: Hot chocolate with nyx plum liner. Still pulls a mauvey brown on me. Which I never would've tried. But I like it.

 

[Medgal07]

Great thread! I spend December trying to do a different eye combination each day because in 2012 I filled two 15-pan palettes, bought 5 EDES, 1 MES and two duos. I also got two NARS duos. I really kept reaching for the same shades, so I need to do that again and keep rotating lippies and blush as well. Today I tried the last two items I hadn't worn; I don't wear the bright e/s very often because I work in a conservative industry and a light but polished 'natural' look is really the unwritten rule.

Today's look:

Skin:
MAC BB cream - NEW
MAC mineralize concealer (almost finished!)
MAC Blot Powder

Cheeks:
NARS Deep Throat
MAC Amber Glow (highlight) - NEW

Lips (all colours I hadn't reached for in months):
MAC Nice 'n Spice liner
MAC Kinda Sexy lippies
MAC Lust l/g

Eyes:
MAC Jeté e/s - NEW
MAC Dynamic Duo 2 - Teal shade - NEW
MAC Siehl f/l - NEW
Benefit They're Real mascara - NEW sample

This will be my January challenge - wear each blush and lipstick I own at least once, and mix each LE item with a perm item I've never paired it with.

Awesome Audrey C!! How do you like MAC's BB Cream? I'd like to try it but I'n not allowing myself to purchase new face/foundation products until I use one up completely, of the many foundations that I have open, and only partially used. I did recently finish a MAC Face & Body that I immediately replaced with Studio Fix +. I love your January challenge!

SATURDAY

EYES:
Quite Natural PP to lids
Endless Passion PLW e/s to 2/3 lid, starting at inner corner
Carbon to outer 1/3 of lid, placed diagonally then blended w/Endless Passion (Mid-tone Rose)
Make Your Mark PLW e/s to crease, blended upward
Yogurt e/s to brows
Blacktrack fluidline topped with Carbon to line upper lids
Fascinating to waterline
Make Your Mark PLW e/s close to lower lash line

FACE:
MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation (Applied w/193 Brush) - NEW
P & P Light Boost Highlighter in triangle below eyes, set w/Ben Nye Powder, Banana (applied with 116 Brush)
Coffee Walnut to contour (applied with 163 Brush), Shadowy Sculpting powder over Coffee Walnut (NARS Yochiyo brush)
Small Vanity blush ( (applied with 128 Brush)
Stereo Rose MSF to high-points (applied with 130 Brush) NEW
MSF natural (applied with 129 Brush) to finish the look
Fix+ to set

LIPS:
Mahogany pencil to line
Haute Altitude L/S NEW

Nails: MAC's Angel

 

[Medgal07]

Yesterday I had

Eyes: a natural flirt on the inner lid and Havana on the outer lid and Saddle in the crease. I darkened the crease with Espresso.
Lips: Deeply adored.
blush: amber glow

I really liked my eyes.... I really enjoy trying to use my new products together.

Today I had
eyes: Amethyst on the lid, and Saddle in the crease. It's sparkly and pretty. I did a rush job so I got a little bit of fallout.
Blush amber glow
lips: Hot chocolate with nyx plum liner. Still pulls a mauvey brown on me. Which I never would've tried. But I like it.

Way to go Prettypackages!!!! I cringed when I saw the eye shadows that you used because I have some of them and I've NOT YET used them!
How do you like Amber Glow? Mine is scheduled to arrive on Monday. I love Hot Chocolate!!!! I'm so glad you're wearing and enjoying your new products.
I'm going to try your eye look from Friday. I have A Natural Flirt and I've never worn it. I have used Havana & I really like that too.
You put together great looks for both days!!!!

 

[aradhana]

This will be my January challenge - wear each blush and lipstick I own at least once, and mix each LE item with a perm item I've never paired it with.

this is a great idea. i think the first part would take me three months, but i think i might try to do something similar. of course if there are many days like today (not wearing any makeup) and yesterday, it will take longer!

i bought a nars eyeshadow duo today that has been on my wishlist for something like 5 years...surabaya. i also got bobbi brown's gel liner in chocolate shimmer, so i'm kinda looking forward to trying these together in a look tomorrow. i guess i was feeling a bit down...i knew it's not neccesarily the best thing to shop when you're not feeling good, but sometimes you just have to do it...!

 

[Medgal07]

this is a great idea. i think the first part would take me three months, but i think i might try to do something similar. of course if there are many days like today (not wearing any makeup) and yesterday, it will take longer!

i bought a nars eyeshadow duo today that has been on my wishlist for something like 5 years...surabaya. i also got bobbi brown's gel liner in chocolate shimmer, so i'm kinda looking forward to trying these together in a look tomorrow. i guess i was feeling a bit down...i knew it's not neccesarily the best thing to shop when you're not feeling good, but sometimes you just have to do it...!

Good for you aradhana!!! I hope your new products perked you up. Enjoy them!!!

 

[Prettypackages]

Thank Medgal!!! Hurry up and try them and tell me what you think LOL Especially that Warm Companion. ~hint hint~

this is a great idea. i think the first part would take me three months, but i think i might try to do something similar. of course if there are many days like today (not wearing any makeup) and yesterday, it will take longer!

i bought a nars eyeshadow duo today that has been on my wishlist for something like 5 years...surabaya. i also got bobbi brown's gel liner in chocolate shimmer, so i'm kinda looking forward to trying these together in a look tomorrow. i guess i was feeling a bit down...i knew it's not neccesarily the best thing to shop when you're not feeling good, but sometimes you just have to do it...!

Feel better Aradhana!

 

[Prettypackages]

I'm not sure how I feel about Amber Glow yet. It seems to accentuate my pores and it doesn't really deposit color, but when I saw how my skin was glowing in the sun, I liked it. We'll see. LOL

 

[Audrey C]

this is a great idea. i think the first part would take me three months, but i think i might try to do something similar. of course if there are many days like today (not wearing any makeup) and yesterday, it will take longer!

i bought a nars eyeshadow duo today that has been on my wishlist for something like 5 years...surabaya. i also got bobbi brown's gel liner in chocolate shimmer, so i'm kinda looking forward to trying these together in a look tomorrow. i guess i was feeling a bit down...i knew it's not neccesarily the best thing to shop when you're not feeling good, but sometimes you just have to do it...!

I can still (just) get through my lippies and blush in a month; that's why I want to try not to buy any others unless they're really quite different from what I have. I'm trying to force myself to keep trying different combinations because I feel like I've barely gotten to 'know' many of my purchases, if you know what I mean.

 

[Audrey C]

Sunday Winter Berries:

Lips: Hang Up, Strictly Plutonic CSG
Cheeks: Plum Foolery
Eyes: A Natural Flirt, Rich Core, Dark Diversion f/l

First wearing of lipstick and blush in January - check
First pairing of Hang Up (perm) and SP (LE) - check

 

[aradhana]

Thank Medgal!!! Hurry up and try them and tell me what you think LOL Especially that Warm Companion. ~hint hint~
Feel better Aradhana!

thanks ladies!
i definitely felt better with a little retail therapy, lol!
some chatting with my friends helped too!

 

[MACina]

That sounds very pretty

I have these 3 items and will try this combo.


"Sunday Winter Berries" is the perfect for your look, Audrey C!

Sunday Winter Berries:

Lips: Hang Up, Strictly Plutonic CSG
Cheeks: Plum Foolery
Eyes: A Natural Flirt, Rich Core, Dark Diversion f/l

First wearing of lipstick and blush in January - check
First pairing of Hang Up (perm) and SP (LE) - check

 

[Audrey C]

That sounds very pretty

I have these 3 items and will try this combo.


"Sunday Winter Berries" is the perfect for your look, Audrey C!

Thanks. I always enjoy reading what looks other people have done. I often have the colours or dupes but hadn't thought of putting those colours together.

 

[aradhana]

i wore my new goodies today...love em! wore chocolate shimmer to thickly line the top lashes, and kinda smudgy line the bottom. the more yellowy shade of surabaya duo on the lid, and the more red shade on the outer corners and lower lash line....false lashes mascara...
wore outlaw on the apples of the cheeks (using the yachiyo

) , richly honed for a subtle contour, and bobbi brown pot rouge in milk chocolate on the lips.

i think it's gonna be a good look for every day, but i like the idea of trying to mix up the blushes and lipsticks so that i move through my collection so....

 

[MACina]

Yes, it is always an inspiration for me too

I have read/seen so,so many pretty combos here that I had to try and that I love

Thanks. I always enjoy reading what looks other people have done. I often have the colours or dupes but hadn't thought of putting those colours together.

 

[Medgal07]

I'm not sure how I feel about Amber Glow yet. It seems to accentuate my pores and it doesn't really deposit color, but when I saw how my skin was glowing in the sun, I liked it. We'll see. LOL

Just got mine in the mail today and expect to try it soon, It's awfully pretty in the pan.

 

[Prettypackages]

I actually went to work without a lick of makeup. Now you know I'm tired. LOL