@Prettypackages: The only dupes I may have picked up is the UD Smoked palette. I just went through my collex and realized how many shade of that palette I already have. Perhaps 7 of the 10 shades. I may gift this. I got a great deal on it so... the Stila palettes, I have a couple in the Spirit palette but the Mind palette is all matte and I only have a couple of shades but I love an all matte palette because I could travel with just that and Soul palette and have a complete complement of warm and cool looks. The Stila palettes are in celebration of their 25th anniversary, so I was bound to have some dupes, but they are dupes I can live with. Today's face: FACE: Smashbox Photo Finish Light primer on face LM Secret Finish mattifier on t-zone ELDW, Rich Ginger 6W1 NYX HD Concealer, Chestnut Silica powder to set concealer ELDM pressed powder, Deep, to set rest of face MAC Embark, lightly applied to contour MAC Peaches blush (did I just tell on myself?) EYES: Rimmel London brow pencil, 001 Black Brown Maybelline CT, Audacious Asphalt for base NYX Smokey eye 9-pan combo palette: brownish black on lids and just into crease, silvery shimmer blended into inner 1/3 of lid, matte black in outer v and slightly under eye, shimmery peach shade on browbone MAC Shag blended into transition Pixi Black Noire eye pencil, upper and lower lashlines Sephora Atomic Volume Mascara, Explosive Black LIPS: NYX Brown Café liner, Maybelline Creamy Matte l/s in Nude Embrace (650), mixed with WnW Fergie Daily l/s
Medgal, Sage, AWS, Naomi, ICL: I love all the looks that you've posted. Now that I've gotten my own bootlegged version of the smokey eye down (ha!), I'll definitely be copying Sotheby's lookshat you posted. Aradhana, I didn't get a chance to say how much I loved your blue eye look last week! I love the theory of blue eyeshadow but don't think that I can pull it off. I have no clue why. So, for my first official smokey eye, I used the Anastasia Lavish palette. I applied pink sapphire to the lid, sienna to the crease and cream soda to the brow bone. I used a random brown glittery eye pencil from Stila to line the upper and lower lids and to smoke out the outer corners. It wasn't too smokey so I'll probably add a little black to the outer corners tomorrow. The rest of the look: Primer: Elta Md UV Clear SPF 46 Brows: Anstasia Dipbrow pomade in Chocolate Undereye concealer: Nars creamy concealer in ginger Powder: Mac MSF in deep dark/dark deep Dark spot concealer: Nars creamy concealer in cafe Translucent powder: Surratt setting powder Blush: Mac Pleasure Model Cheekbone highlight: Mac Magnetic Appeal Mascara: MUFE Smokey Eye (yay) Lips: Milani Candied Toffees topped with Clinique Chubby pencil in Grape I really liked my makeup today! Thank you for being patient with me especially Medgal for posting the links to the YouTube videos and Sage for trying to get me together in general. Lol. I want to use different color combos tomorrow but know that's unlikely to happen.
