Theme Makeup with a Purpose

[aradhana]

I started off the month of palettes with an old favourite: Burmese Beauty from the Mac Fabulous Felines collection. As a bonafide crazy cat lady, I'll always have a soft spot for that one.

hmmm yep. march weather is pretty much the pits around here. it also happens to be my birthday month -- often ends up coinciding with a big snowstorm or the like!

they should indeed make it permanent. i don't think they have enough permanent shades in that range of lightness. i guess unless we go the prolong wears, but they're like a whole other ball game...

fab felines was a great collection. i'm glad many of those shades have since been repromoted in other collections, since it was so big, i had no hope of getting all the things!

 

[Medgal07]

I started off the month of palettes with an old favourite: Burmese Beauty from the Mac Fabulous Felines collection. As a bonafide crazy cat lady, I'll always have a soft spot for that one.

Gap indeed! I think we set our sights on quads & duos. No problem.

That's a nice palette. I don't have it so I looked it up. Great start, "crazy cat lady."

 

[Knope2012]

and WELCOME Knope----so glad you've decided to join in the fun!!!!!

That's a really nice palette and it's huge----24 shadows. Is that correct?
If so, you should be able to use it four times (4 shadows for a quad) or eight times (2 shadows for a duo) to be fair. I don't think we even considered palettes with more
than five eyeshadows because I don't think it came up. The decision is your's but by all mean feel free to do that.
That's right! I only have a few of the huge palettes (KVD Spellbinding, Urban Decay Book of Shadows 2, Too Faced My Favorite Things), and to be honest, I hardly get around to using them because they're so daunting! I'm happy to get to use them finally, and to get more use overall out of my smaller palettes!
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Looks like you did a great job! I struggle to find something that doesn't smudge as well. I've had some luck with the Stila Stay All Day formula.
Welcome aboard! I would just do it for as long as you can. Once you're done you could either move on or try different looks with the palettes you already used.
I hadn't thought about it until I looked at my Naked palettes and realised that there was a gap between those and the Nars duos...
Hm... Around freezing, wet and windy... You mean like March weather?

I think you're right about Jeanius being the first appearance of Pink Cult. I couldn't remember if it was there or in the Mickey Contractor collection. They should really just make it permanent already.

I started off the month of palettes with an old favourite: Burmese Beauty from the Mac Fabulous Felines collection. As a bonafide crazy cat lady, I'll always have a soft spot for that one.

Thanks, I think I will reuse some of the larger palettes. I have unused shades in my huge ones, and several in my Naked 3 (I ended up giving away my Naked 1 to my sister). My duos get much more use because they do all of the work for me.

 

[Shars]

Welcome!! Hope you enjoy the theme challenges. We're also doing one lippie a day for as long as we run out or a year. You're welcome to join in on that one too.

Quote: Originally Posted by sagehen

I actually did it right on day 1 of this challenge...yay me? LOL

FACE:
L'Oreal Pro-Matte foundation, Soft Sable (111)
L'Oreal Pro-Matte pressed powder, Classic Tan (700)
L'Oreal True Match concealer crayon, N6-7-8
Custom Colors Contour Kit, contour shade only

EYES:
WnW Comfort Zone Palette, left eyelid shade on lid, left definer shade in outer crease, right browbone shade for brow highlight, MAC Shag in transtion
CG LashBlast Fusion waterproof, very black
NYX slide on pencil, black, top lashline only
NYX brow pomade, Chocolate

LIPS:
MAC Soft Sun lipglass

Just running errands, really basic face. I am testing out the L'Oreal foundation for wear, mostly.

You would not believe I've had that palette for over a year and it's still in the plastic! Oh the shame (not really lol).

 

[awickedshape]

Looks like you did a great job! I struggle to find something that doesn't smudge as well. I've had some luck with the Stila Stay All Day formula.

Thanks, [@]katred[/@]! Kohl/kajal is a part of the Indian culture and I want to practice more with lining. I saw a YT video where someone wore the gorgeous blue Gucci pencil and it smudged a bit after two hours (although she said she would be likely to purchase another shade) so I'm feeling meh about it now. Will look at the video again. Why am I talking myself into this pencil lol I'll check out the Stila

 

[Knope2012]

Today, I used the KVD Spellbinding palette. The look I tried turned out nicely, and I ended up using a few things I haven't touched in a year or more! I'm really hoping to shop my stash for this challenge and figure out what I actually need in my collection and what I can stop buying multiples of!

Face:
Chanel Perfection Lumiere in B10
MAC Concealer in NC15
NARS Reflecting Light Powder
Tarte blush in Blissful
Laura Mercier Baked Highlighter in 01

Eyes:
KVD Spellbinding (Galore and Hexagram layered on the lid, Cry Later in crease, Countess on brow bone)
UD Demolition Liner
UD Stash Liner in Waterline
Chanel Volume Mascara

Lips:
MAC Fire Sign

 

[awickedshape]

It's going to be hard not to use the Burberry Gold No. 25 quad again tomorrow! Wearing it with Guerlain Cils d'Enfer and NARS Annabella today.

 

[mkoparanova]

Sunday is a no makeup day for me, so I'm starting today:

Face:
Revlon Colorstay 150 and 180
Nars Creamy Concealer Chantilly and YSL Touche Eclat 1
Chanel Poudre Universelle Libre 20
TF Unabashed taupe es
MAC Summer Opal
MAC Corol
Guerlain Podre De Soie
(That looks like I put a ton of stuff on my face, but I promise, I use the tiniest amount of each of them

)

Eyebrows:
ABH dipbrow pomade Taupe
ABH clear brow gel

Eyes:
UDPP
MAC Let's skate
Zoeva Rose Golden palette - Luster, Reflective elegance, Shining Bright, Rusty petals, Harmony
MAC Bao Bao's Jewels - lightest shade
Dior Maximizer
Chanel Le Volume

Lips:
D&G Seduction

 

[meka72]

Hey ladies! I'm feeling a little more excited about makeup since we've started the eyeshadow challenge, but then again it is just day 1 for me. Lol.

Foundation: UD Naked in 11.0 mixed with Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Liquid in Topaz
Setting Powder: Surratt Diaphane Loose Powder in Eclatant
Blush: La Femme ??? (but it was kind of magenta)
Highlighter: Mac Magnetic Appeal EDSF
Brows: ABH dip brow pomade in chocolate
Eyeshadow Primer: Nars
Eyeshadow: Nars I Love New York Palette-Galapagos (lid); Nepal (inner lid); New York (crease); Biarritz (brow). I cheated and used Mac Carbon in the outer corner.
Liner: Mac Carbon
Mascara: Mac False Lashes
Lipstick: Rimmell Apocalips liquid lipstick in Comet

I need to make additional time in the morning to do my eyeshadow without rushing. I used too much Carbon in the outer corner on one eye and looked like my cat whooped my tail before I left the house. Lol.

 

[aradhana]

so... i kind of cheated at the challenge today. pretty much all my mac shadows are in 15 palettes...

i wore quite natural paint pot, benefit they're real liner (what a pain in the butt), artificial earth to transition, and sparkle neely sparkle all over lid. earth sign eye pencil to line lower lash line, and mufe smoky mascara.

rest of makeup:
nars all day luminous foundation in syracuse
mac moisture cover concealer in nc43 undereye
l'oreal mineral powder in w7
mineralize skin finish natural in medium dark
lustre drops in barbados girl
ambering rose blush
whirl lip pencil

 

[Medgal07]

Sunday is a no makeup day for me, so I'm starting today:

Face:
Revlon Colorstay 150 and 180
Nars Creamy Concealer Chantilly and YSL Touche Eclat 1
Chanel Poudre Universelle Libre 20
TF Unabashed taupe es
MAC Summer Opal
MAC Corol
Guerlain Podre De Soie
(That looks like I put a ton of stuff on my face, but I promise, I use the tiniest amount of each of them

)

Eyebrows:
ABH dipbrow pomade Taupe
ABH clear brow gel

Eyes:
UDPP
MAC Let's skate
Zoeva Rose Golden palette - Luster, Reflective elegance, Shining Bright, Rusty petals, Harmony
MAC Bao Bao's Jewels - lightest shade
Dior Maximizer
Chanel Le Volume

Lips:
D&G Seduction

You're dealing with makeup addicts here Maggie---that's standard. I absolutely love the look that you constructed.

 

[Medgal07]

so... i kind of cheated at the challenge today. pretty much all my mac shadows are in 15 palettes...

i wore quite natural paint pot, benefit they're real liner (what a pain in the butt), artificial earth to transition, and sparkle neely sparkle all over lid. earth sign eye pencil to line lower lash line, and mufe smoky mascara.

rest of makeup:
nars all day luminous foundation in syracuse
mac moisture cover concealer in nc43 undereye
l'oreal mineral powder in w7
mineralize skin finish natural in medium dark
lustre drops in barbados girl
ambering rose blush
whirl lip pencil

Aradhana, that is so not cheating! It's a palette and you get to use it again because it's not like you put 15 shadows on at once. If you did I want a pic!!!

 

[Shars]

Good night ladies. My palette of choice is a Smashbox trio from a 2013 holiday set (I think lol). I used all 3 shadows... the champagne gold as a brow highlight, the gold on the lids and this gorgeous dirty green-grey in the crease. It was slightly cooler than I liked so I mixed in a brown shadow and an orange shadow from my go-to Kat Von D Ladybird palette (an all matte palette) just to give a bit more dimension to my crease. Lined my upper lash line with a brown Sephora liquid liner and the bottom with UD's perversion 24/7 pencil liner and the inner corner of my waterline with a taupe/grey LE UD 24/7 pencil liner called Desperation. Lashes were done with Benefit's Bad Gal mascara which does absolutely nothing for my lashes but I'm trying to use up.

Also tried something a bit different with my face. I applied my UD all nighter setting spray before applying my MAC Studio Fix + powder foundation instead of after and felt like I had a lot less oil breakthrough than I would usually get. I'm going to try the spray again before and after to see if that is even better.

For cheeks, I used Sleek's Blush by 3 in Flame and used the far right shade. I used Covergirl Queen's Ebony bronzer for a subtle contour/warm up and a Sephora illuminator for highlight. I've also finally started using my Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Cafe to conceal under my eyes and absolutely love it. I get no creasing and set it with Ben Nye's translucent face powder in Topaz.

Lips were bare today as I think I'm having a reaction to something I ate or touched but hopefully I can be back on track tomorrow!

 

[awickedshape]

Oh, yes [@]Medgal07[/@] it was such an impulse buy but worth every penny!

 

[MrsBaine]

Hey ladies! I've had fun the last couple of days. I used Chanel Prelude yesterday:


And Today, I played with a Single I just got: Burberry Tea Rose. I paired it with the KVD Ladybird Palette. I think I like it.


One of my two new La Metier de Beaute palettes arrived today! I'm super excited to play with it tomorrow. Full disclosure, I'll probably do a couple of days with it. It has 8 shadows.

 

[MrsBaine]

I REALLY wanted that quad!!!! I was late to the party! This looks great!

 

[Knope2012]

Today, I kept things a little bit simpler since I was running late! Tzarine is one of my favorite duos, and I use Chanel Ardoise several times each week now. I wish it was permanent!

Face:
Chanel Perfection Lumiere in B10
MAC Concealer in NC15
NARS Reflecting Light Powder
Dior RosyGlow Blush
Laura Mercier Baked Highlighter in 01

Eyes:
NARS Tzarine Duo
Chanel Ardoise Eyeliner
Chanel Volume Mascara

Lips: Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment in Petal

 

[awickedshape]

I REALLY wanted that quad!!!! I was late to the party! This looks great! 

It's a gorgeous palette ;-)

 

[awickedshape]

No eyeshadow today, ladies. I lined my eyes with a black liner and wore Cils d'Enfer and used Chanel Plum Attraction (again lol) with NARS Audrey Audacious lipstick. I blended PA out with my RT Expert Face later in the day. Just you wait, Plum. I'll get ya.

 

[aradhana]

Hey ladies! I've had fun the last couple of days. I used Chanel Prelude yesterday:


And Today, I played with a Single I just got: Burberry Tea Rose. I paired it with the KVD Ladybird Palette. I think I like it.


One of my two new La Metier de Beaute palettes arrived today! I'm super excited to play with it tomorrow. Full disclosure, I'll probably do a couple of days with it. It has 8 shadows.
pretty! i like the tea rose shadow.
i am still lemming a metier de beauté palette...i love that the shades are layer-able.

Quote: Originally Posted by awickedshape

No eyeshadow today, ladies.
I lined my eyes with a black liner and wore Cils d'Enfer and used Chanel Plum Attraction (again lol) with NARS Audrey Audacious lipstick.
I blended PA out with my RT Expert Face later in the day. Just you wait, Plum. I'll get ya.

looking good!