From Day To Night: A Makeup Look + Easy Winged Liner

Hello everyone! Today I was in the mood to do a full face of makeup and decided to blog about it. I have a lot of fun sharing with you the looks I come up with, so, this one is gonna be a tutorial/ makeup look/ day to night makeup...er... you'll understand. I did use a mixture of high end and drugstore makeup.

Quick side note: I usually buy my makeup at Superpharm or Total Care in Trinidad and all the high end makeup shown was purchased at both Ulta and Sephora when I was abroad. If you are looking for higher end makeup to buy in Trinidad, Total Care Pharmacy sells a decent amount and I'm always surprised when they have the latest makeup products. If you know other places in Trinidad that sells high end products (besides mac) let me know!

Onto the makeup looks!

PRODUCTS

Benefit Hoola Bronzing Powder, Smashbox Blush Rush in Heartbreak, Benefit The Pore fessional, Make Up For Ever Pro HD Foundation, Maybelline NY Dream Bouncy Blush in #20 Peach Satin,  Revlon ColorStay Pressed Powder & L'Oreal True Match Super- Blendable Crayon Concealer

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, Bare Minerals Flawless Definition Mascara, Mac Lipstick in Amorous, Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette, Mac Powder Blush in Blunt, Revlon ColorStay Gel Eyeliner in Black, Rimmel London Lipgloss in Razzle Dazzle and Revlon Color Burst Lip Butter in #090 Sweet Tart

DAY LOOK

The steps are pretty straightforward so I won't go into detail. I basically created a simple winged liner with a reddish brown colour blended in the crease (I used mac's blunt which is a blush but I love using it as an eye shadow). I finished off with some mascara and thats it!

For face makeup, I used my beauty blender to apply my foundation since it gives a flawless finish without it looking cakey or heavy. I applied a very light amount of bronzer and a creamy pink blush to keep the look fresh and natural. I finished off with a light pink lip colour and gloss. I also kept my hair natural and loose. 

TRANSITION INTO NIGHT

To take this look into night, add some black eye shadow to the lids and blend well. Also, blend some of the same black shadow on the lower lash line. Using a black pencil liner, line your water line as well as tight line. Finally highlight your brow bone and tear duct area with a shimmery white shadow. 

For your face, apply a deeper blush colour to your cheeks as well as a darker lip colour. Super easy right?

Night time look with updo

I had a lot of fun with this and I encourage you to try it out. Let me know if you enjoyed this post. Hopefully I inspired you to create your own fun day to night looks. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to leave it in the comments (you don't need an account to comment, you can select "Name/URL" when commenting and simply type in your name!)

Before you leave, check out my previous blog post, a review of Maybelline The Falsies Big Eyes Mascara!

Wearable Copper Eyes: A Tutorial

Happy Friday everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful week and are all well. Someone special gave me this beautiful copper eye shadow and I just love it so much. This loose shadow is unbelievably pigmented and super bright! One swatch of this and the colour payoff is phenomenal. I immediately wanted to create a look with this, but also something that was wearable since this colour can be a little dramatic. I came up with this really easy and simple look that I think is appropriate for both day and night (depending on what face makeup and lips you match it with). Hope you enjoy!

PRODUCTS I USED:

Petite Belle by Zalan Eye Shimmer in Copper

Clinique Colour Surge Eye Shadow Duo #104 Strawberry Fudge, L'Oreal's Telescopic Shocking Extensions Mascara in Black &   Extra-Intense Liquid Pencil Eyeliner in Black

LET'S GET STARTED:

Before applying eye shadow, prep your eyes for the best results

1. Apply your copper eye shadow to the entire lid.
2. Ensure the entire eyelid has an even application of the shadow
3. Using some matte brown eye shadow and a fluffy brush, blend from the outer crease inward to diminish the harsh line and create a softer look.
4. With a makeup remover wipe (or likewise) clean up any fall out and neaten edges.
5. With an eyeliner of your choice, line your top lash line (the wing isn't necessary, it just became a routine with me)
6. Line your water line
7. Tight line (line the area under your upper eyelashes)
8. Ensure you are satisfied with the look (i.e your liner is on point, your eye shadow is well blended & everything is nice and clean) 
9. Apply a shimmery highlight colour to the brow bone and tear duct area (I chose something with a gold/yellowish base)

Finish off with your favourite mascara!

That's it! Simple and easy right? If you enjoyed this I'd love your feedback in the comments below. Also if you have any questions or suggestions let me know! 

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Behind Blue Eyes: A Tutorial

Hello everyone and welcome to another tutorial! Today I'm playing around with bright blue eyeliner and shadow and I absolutely love how vibrant and fun this look is. This look isn't one I'd sport on a casual day, but for those of you who are daring and love colour, this is for you!

PRODUCTS I USED:

From top: Nicka K Cosmetics  Eye Pencil A06 Blue Glow, Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner, Revlon ColorStay Gel Eyeliner in Black

Maybelline NY Eye Studio (limited edition) Striking Blue #600

LETS GET STARTED:

Before you begin it's important to prep your eyes

1. Add some concealer to the entire lid, up to the brows and under your eyes. (My eyelids tend to be slightly darker and this helps to brighten them up as well as conceal under eye dark circles.) You may skip this step if it is unnecessary for you.
2. The area around my eye is fully concealed and brightened.
3. Apply an eye shadow primer to your lid.
4. With your finger or brush, apply a light eye shadow (choose a colour that's near to your skintone) to your entire lid.

1. With your blue eyeliner, begin to line your eyes, creating a flick/wing at the end. You may make the wing as subtle or dramatic as you want.
2. Then, using a shimmery blue eye shadow, apply that on top of the eyeliner, making sure to keep true to the shape. (This is basically to intensify the look since the liner is not greatly pigmented) 
3. Once you are satisfied with your line and wing you are finished with the blue
4. With some black gel liner and an angled brush, make another line on top of the blue keeping both lines equal in width. (If you don't have gel liner you may use a liquid or pencil liner and adjust the technique to achieve the desired look)
5. With a pencil brush, press some black eye shadow on top of the black eyeliner to deepen and intensify the colour.
6. That's it for liner and shadow!

You may finish the look by just applying mascara to your top lashes as seen below.

For a little more depth and detail, line your waterline with black eyeliner, brighten your tear duct area and highlight your brow bone with a shimmery white shadow and apply mascara to your bottom lashes and you're all done!

That's it for my tutorial! I really hope you enjoyed this and was able to learn a few things. Be sure to let me know how you liked this look and possibly something you'd do differently or even add to it. I had so much fun making this tutorial and definitely look out for more to come!

Many thanks and heartfelt appreciation to everyone!

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It's All About Purple Eyes: Two Looks ft. Purple Prism

Hi lovelies and happy Friday! Today I'm excited to share with you all my first makeup tutorial. Since I will be showing two looks I'm keeping this intro short and sweet and I'll get straight into the tutorials. I made this with lots of love and tried my best to make everything as simple to understand and easy to follow. I really hope you enjoy!

Story:
Out of curiosity, I picked up my Jordana Metal Rocks Metallic Retractable Eyeliner (they simply couldn't make that name any longer) and started experimenting...until a little piece broke off. That's when the idea for this tutorial came about.

I wanted to create a smokey look that was very soft, easy-going and wearable for both day and nighttime, as well as a simple look that was still fun.

For the first look, I used the broken piece of eyeliner as an eyeshadow. Here is how I created it:

PRODUCTS AND TOOLS I USED

From left: Jordana Eyeliner, L'oreal Paris Extra-Intense Liquid Pencil Eyeliner, Maybelline NY The Rocket Volum' Express, Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, Revlon Photo Ready Concealer & ColorStay 12hr Eyeshadow #03 Neutral Khakis

My EcoTools eye brushes, foundation brush & Sigma E30 (pencil)

RENEWED PURPLE PRISM: SOFT & SMOKEY

1. Begin with priming your lids and apply a light eye shadow across your entire lid, extending it to your brow, for your base.
2. Taking your newly created purple liner eye shadow (or regular eye shadow), apply it to the outer corner of your eye lid with your finger using a gentle "press and smudge" technique.
3. With a blending brush and some dark brown eye shadow, begin blending it along the outer corner as well as along the crease of your eye.
4. Continue until everything is well blended and there are no harsh lines
5. Highlight your brow bone with a light eye shadow 
6. You're done with eye shadows!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. With the same eyeliner used for the shadow, line your lower lash line (if you used a regular purple eyeshadow, use a liner similar to that colour OR use the eyeshadow to line your lower lash line)
8. Taking the same brown eye shadow with a pencil brush, gently blend with the liner
9. With an angled eyeliner brush, use the brown eye shadow and press along your upper lash line (this will give a softer look than using a black eyeliner)
10. With the same pencil brush gentle blend the shadow along your lash line
11. Using your favorite black eye liner, apply to your water line
12. Then "tight line" with the same black eyeliner (basically lining the area under your eyelashes)

Bring the entire look together by applying your favorite mascara and you're done!

*For a brighter look, you can apply a shimmery light shadow to the inner corner of your eyes and well as the middle of your lids

THE DOUBLE LINER EFFECT

1. After you've primed your lids and applied a base colour, with a soft black eyeliner, apply along your upper lash line
2. Using a pencil brush, smudge the liner to create a softer look as well as create a slight wing by blending the liner outward.
3. With your purple eyeliner, add that on top the black liner
4. Using an angled liner brush, smudge the purple eyeliner across the black. (This gives a pretty iridescent effect)
5. Line your water line using the purple eyeliner.
6. Then tight line using the same black eyeliner.

Finish off the look with your favorite mascara and you're all done!

So that's it for my tutorial. I hope you enjoyed it and found it easy to understand and follow. I also hope I inspired you all to try new things with your makeup! If you recreate this look, be sure to let me know how it turned out. Also in the comments, let me know what you would do differently for these looks as I'd love to learn from you. Have a fantastic weekend! 

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