#becauseglitterduh Day 1 - Reflects Pearl

Glitter Challenge Day 1- M.A.C Reflects Pearl

Using Too Faced's Chocolate Bar (below): 1-Crease, 2-Brow bone, 3-Transition, 4-Lid
Added:  ColourPop 'Amaze' on lid & Reflects Pearl on the inner corner as a highlight and swept in towards the center of my eye. The result is an everyday look with a glimmer of shimmer (pun intended).

Because glitter, duh!

It's glitter week!!! I LOVE glitter. My idea of makeup 12 years ago was throwing on some mascara, blush, lipgloss, and plastering some prisma glitter I got from my mom's scrapbooking stash all over my eyes and stuck in the lipgloss. The more the better, no shame here. Now that I am 30+ years old, I don't  think I can get away with my old ways. But, I can still rock glitter in a more grown up way.

Purples & Pinks All Spring Long

I know that I love pink eyeshadow. It is a weakness of mine. Give me pink all day, every day. But I did not realize how much I secretly love purple eyeshadow as well, until I realized that every other day I am wearing a combination of pink and purple on my lids. After church last night I decided to kick up my shadow a notch and just played around: adding a brighter pink; some blue glitter to my bottom lash line; and MAC's 'Vex' as an intense brow bone highlight.

Here is the result:

Loving Peachy-Pinks

I keep finding myself drawn to peachy/pinks' lately. I don't know if it is because it is summer and the colors scream "let me out I want to play", or if they just look decent on me, or what....but I have fallen in love with MAC's pigment in 'Melon' paired with their eyeshadow 'Expensive Pink'. This particular combo is super easy to use for a quick, yet pulled together look.

Steps:

1. Pack Melon pigment all over lid and just above crease. I use a stiff/flatter shadow brush that acts almost like a spatula for this. To make the color pop even more, wet the brush (with water or a fixing spray)
2. Apply Expensive Pink eyeshadow in crease and make a slight "v" shape on outer corner of eye. I use elf's contour brush because it is cheap and the perfect size for my crease.
3. On browbone sweep a highlighting shade. (I cannot remember what I used, but any vanilla/champagne color will work).
4. Brush on pigment under bottom lash line to "pull" the look together & apply mascara. I have been using Loreal's Miss Manga Voluminous Mascara and I LOVE it!!!

For blush I just patted Becca's Beach Tint Shimmer Souffle in 'Watermelon/Moonstone' (it is a highlighting & waterproof crème blush that smells like jolly rancher watermelon!!!) Lips are MAC's Mineralize Lipstick in 'Dreaminess' (baby pink).

Falling in Love with Pigments

I had forgotten how much I love pigments. Pigments are color at its finest. A loose powder that can be used dry (as is), or wet (mixed with a medium such as water, or MAC's Fix Plus). When used dry, pigments are a softer wash of color. But when used wet, oh my goodness: The color is intensified and the shadow stays put for a very long time. 

I had gotten a set of four pigments from MAC a few years ago, and they sat in a forgotten makeup bag ever since. Today I 'found' that bag and happiness ensued. A color called "Mauvement" inspired today's look, following are pictures and steps on what I did.



Excuse the hair, it's not working with me today...

I like the shadow from the eyelashes...

Spraying a brush with Fix Plus, I dipped it into the pigment and patted (not swept) the shadow all over my lid up into and just over my crease. Then I used Naked [from Urban Decay's Naked palette] (a light nude brown) and blended the pigment up into my brow bone. Next I used Virgin (a light champagne color) and swept that as a highlight near my eyebrows and inner corner of the eye. Since blending the light brown took away some of the pigment on my brow bone, I added a little more Mauvement pigment onto the brow bone. The eye needed a little more definition, so I took a dark brown with gold glitter eyeliner (Twice Baked from Urban Decay) and lined my upper and lower lash lines, making a slight wing. Topped it off with a coat of Too Faced's "Better Than Sex" mascara and the eyes are done! Super easy, with a ton of shimmer/color payoff.  Below is a better picture of just how pigmented the pigment is (haha).

Do you see that shimmer/glimmer?!? I took these pictures with just the close up & flash on my camera.

I'm happy with the result, very simple but with a surprise of flash when I blink I guess you could say.

Because of the neutralness of the eyes, I wanted to do a soft cheek and bold lip. I used Shiseido's Face Color Enhancing Trio in the shade RD1, and a Lancôme La Laque Fever in the shade 384. The Shiseido Trio is basically just a blush that is swirled around to combine all 3 colors, it creates a soft peachy color with a soft highlight. The lippie is an intense pink. The texture of this isn't the greatest, it's extremely sticky at first and takes two coats to build up the color, but once it wears off a little bit, a very nice pretty stain is left behind that lasts a long time. I don't suggest eating directly after applying it.

I got hairs on my upper lip!



Shiseido Trio & Lancôme La Laque Fever

MAC Pigment in Mauvement, Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Twice Baked, & sample size Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara.

Side note: Pigment is a little pricier than a 'normal' eyeshadow but a little goes a long way and a small tub of it will last a very long time. If you haven't ever tried it, I suggest giving it a go and find out for yourself just how easy they are to use. Have a good day and remember to smile pretty!