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First day of the month! A simple face for today. Oh, and for anyone who's interested, I took care of my weird, foundation-shedding face -- vitamin C serum ^_^ softens the skin and acts as a chemical exfoliant. Forgot I had the stuff. I'm an idiot. FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (190...

MY FACE HATES ME, and my foundation. I need a new foundation. It doesn't apply correctly, no matter what I use; and by 3h after I've applied it, my face is a scaly, cakey mess. AAAARGH. FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (190) MSF Natural in Light (187) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (168)...

My face was doing strange things today... my skin refused to take makeup well :/ I'll break out my super-heavy-duty exfoliator tonight and see if that helps... FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (190) MSF Natural in Light (129) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (168; contour cheekbones and...

I'm happy with how today's eyes turned out ^_^ Blue-grey eyeshadow is one of my favourite colours to use. FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation MSF Natural in Light (187; all over face to fix) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (168; temples and below cheekbones to contour) MSF in Petticoat (187...

I wanted to do a simpler look today, because I'm wearing a pretty outre shirt and having everything I'm wearing screaming LOOK AT ME is bad. FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (190) MSF Natural in Light (187; all over face) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (168; contouring) MSF in Petticoat...

FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (190) MSF Natural in Light (187) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (168; used for contouring temples and cheekbones) MSF in Light Flush (187; blended over the apples of the cheeks) EYES Corn shadestick (all over last 2/3 of lid) Provence pigment (washed all over...

FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing foundation (190) MSF Natural in Light (187; all over face to set foundation) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (196; at temples and cheekbones to lightly contour) MSF in Light Flush (187; stippled over cheekbones and apples of cheeks) MSF in Northern Lights (187; applied...

Using some of the new products from my haul yesterday FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (190; applied sheer) MSF Natural in Light (187) MSF Natural in Medium Dark (168; applied to temples and below cheekbone to contour) MSF in Petticoat (187; applied to apples of cheeks and blended...

I went to MAC today to get my makeup done, and wasn't really digging the Fafi collection... but my MA was super-nice and taught me some new things, and she made me look so fabulous! I bought: MSF in Light MSF in Medium Dark (for contouring and shading) Paint Pot in Otherworldly (they still had...

Today's FOTD did not turn out as nicely as hoped not too bad though, and good practice... I need to work on my blending :P FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (applied sparingly with the 190) Petticoat MSF (applied to the hollows of the cheeks and blended upwards with the 187) EYES UDPP...

Posting this one a day or two late, although I was really happy with how it turned out! Today's FOTD is not so exciting FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation (applied lightly with the 190 brush all over T zone and forehead) Pretty Baby beauty powder (applied with the 187 around the edges of...

I just B2M'd a bunch of empties yesterday, and now I have a new lippie: Cosmo! I love it, and so I'm wearing it today with a very subtle face. FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation 100 (1 fingerful applied lightly with 190 brush over T-zone, blended with 187) MAC Loose Beauty Powder in...

Today I wanted to use my new favourite lipstick, Rozz Revival! I'm seriously thinking about buying a backup because even though I get tired of colours so fast, this one is so pretty...! FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation in 100 (1 fingerful applied with 190) MAC Beauty Powder loose in...

I was experimenting with the beauty powders today, to create a softer look on the face, and I'm happy with the results. Camera washed my skin out though, so here's the rundown sans photos FACE Shiseido Dual Balancing Foundation in I20 MAC Tenderdusk beauty powder MAC Soft Flame beauty powder -...

I have full lips, especially my lower lip. Normally this is a good thing, except that I'm getting kind of tired of wearing ten zillion shades of nude lipstick. Reds and very dark colours make my lips look like they're taking over my face. Does anyone have suggestions? FYI, I have blue eyes and...

...but we try anyway Newbie here from Boston (by adoption; Toronto by heritage). I've always loved makeup, especially the bright colours and huge selection that MAC offers -- I always feel like a kid in a candy store. With the accompanying smears of brightly-coloured gunk in odd places on the...