Archive | September 2010

VEMOMOUS VILLAINS SHOW AND TELL!

Hey Guys and Dolls!

I pretty much said everything I wanted to in the video, but if I think of something I’ll add it here later.

This is NOT the giveaway post. Any comment made on this post are not being counted as contest entries. If you’d like to enter to win the giveaway click here

PICTURES!!!!!!!!

Pretty Packaging

Character Boxes

And Pretty Products inside!

Oh So Fair Beauty Powder- A sheer veil of muted rose

Bite Of An Apple Blush- A bright Coral

Swatched on dry skin with no base, using a q-tip (cotton bud)

Mean and Green Nail Laquer

My Dark Magic

She Who Dares

Swatched on dry skin with no base with a makeup-wipe moist finger

Truth and Light Magically Cool Powder and Violetta Lipstick

Nude-tral Beauty

Hi Guys and Dolls!

A bunch of you requested a tutorial on the makeup I was wearing in the review video I did for Physician’s Formula. This type of makeup is really simple and beautiful, so it’s a good one to have in your arsenal. I know that for me personally beauty looks can still be a bit if a challenge since I’m a fiend for color! One of the most freeing things for me -as a makeup artist and a woman -was not doing heavy or winged eyeliner everyday, every look. I challenge you all to switch up your beauty habits and rediscover your features.

I hope you enjoy it, and I have something fun coming up for the weekend :)

Pics & Prodz

What I used:

Face:

MAC Stobe Cream & Studio Sculpt Foundation mixed (I used NC15 & NW15 mixed- the NW is just too dark for me, so if it looks “off in the video that’s why. In the pictures it looks fine which is really weird.)

MAC Prep & Prime Powder

Cheeks:

I seriously forgot, but I was wearing either MAC Mocha Blush or NYX Mocha Blush.

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC Mink Pink Shadow (a  muted soft pink)

MAC Swiss Chocolate (Muted Reddish Brown)

MAC Malt ( Soft Muted pinkish Beige)

Physician’s Formula Pink Duochrome highlight from the hazel eyes palette.

MAC Graphblack Technakohl ( A black water-resistant pencil)

Physician’s Formula “Blue” shimmer strips mascara (Black side)

Lips:

Black Radiance Posh Plum

Thanks for stopping by!

<3 Cora

Physician’s Formula POP Shimmer Strips Review

Hey Guys and Dolls!

Today I have a review of the Physician’s Formula POP Shimmer Strips collection for ya! The video below explains everything pretty well, but there were a few things that would only make sense when you see the swatch pictures, and a few things I forgot :)

I was less than scientific when swatching the gel liners, so I would like to say I could have made some of these more opaque. I also love how you can see that the browns are all different, so if you want more than one, you can rest assured that it’s not all the same color. The sparkles in the black liner show up best for me with the blue and green sets.

EDIT Sept 10: Many of you asked for close-ups of the mascara wands . These are the rubbery-kind.  I normally dislike this type of  rubbery-wand, but for whatever reason these work for me! As you can see the black side is larger and the “combs” are thicker and a little shorter than the color side.

As you can see in these pictures, not only does the black part of each mascara duo have sparkle, but they are tinted by the corresponding color. Also the Blue is the darkest, followed closely by the green. They make the Hazel and Brown ones look well, brown. The crazy thing is, when I first bought the hazel one, I LOVED how black it was! This is why I love comparison swatching! I’d never swatches mascara before but it’s easy & I LOVE it!

By the time I got around to swatching the eye shadow palettes I finally got a little scientific with it! These were all swatched dry, using a lowe-cornell 1/4 inch maxine’s mop brush, and I picked up color no more than 3 times per shadow, but I would rub it back and fourth a few times each time I would get color.  So yes, these were built up, but there are only a handful of shadows that are POW with one swipe. I wanted to explain that process; I liked doing the swatches in a structured way, so you could see some of these are SHEER and some have good pigmentation.

I hope this is helpful!

<3 Cora

Some of the products used were purchased by me, but some were provided by PR for tutorial and review CONSIDERATION. This blog post and video are not sponsored by any company, nor do I represent any company. All opinions expressed are my own, and are 100% honest.

Popeyez Green

Hi Guys and Dolls!

Here’s the final tutorial tutorial in my Popeyez Series.  I’m not entering this one for the Physician’s Formula contest, since the contest ends tomorrow, but I’ll probably upload it to their site :)   This and the Hazel eyes are my faves in terms of the looks I came up with. In a few days I’ll have a review video/post for the whole collex.

Enjoy!

Pics & Prodz

What I used:

Face:

Physician’s Formula Healthy Wear Foundation Powder

MAC Studio Fix

Cheek:

MAC Emote Blush

Cargo Rome Blush

Eyes:

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

Physician’s Formula Pop Green Eyes eyeshadow Palette

Physician’s Formula Pop Green Eyes Gel/Cream Trio

Physician’s Formula Pop Green Eyes Mascara

Lips:

NYX Dolly Girl  Round Lipgloss

Most of the products used were purchased by me, but some were provided by PR for tutorial and review CONSIDERATION. This blog post and video are not sponsored by any company, nor do I represent any company. All opinions expressed are my own, and are 100% honest.