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Hey Guys & Dolls! Today I’m sharing a fantastic Peacock inspired mask- PERFECT for Halloween. This would be great to do for a party or masquerade ball- you’ll be the belle of the ball! It’s simple to make this look pulled together with one or two tasteful peacock accessories, and your sexiest LBD- My advice is to not go too flashy with your other accessories, just stick to a single-color dress (though black and teal color-black dress would also be PERFECTION! I tried to show pretty much the whole process, but much of the continued application of color and blending had to be edited out for time (trust me, the original cut was not entertaining to watch). Just keep adding and blending until you achieve the desired look- I recommend doing a test before you do this makeup to wear out. Get Ready to strut your stuff! Below are more pictures, a video tutorial, and a list of what I used so you can recreate this striking mask!
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Here’s a list and description of what I used & what tools I used to apply them, and links to find everything:
Skin: Paula’s Choice Resist Anti-Aging Clear Skin Hydrator Jack Black SPF25 Lipbalm (Grapefruit-YUM!)
Mask:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance (Eye shadow Primer for choice, applied with my fingers)
NYX Jumbo Pencil (applied with Sonia Kashuk Crease Brush)
Ben Nye Cake Liner (activated with MAC Water-Based Mixing Medium(Pro product. You could also use Ben Nye’s Liquid Set), and applied with MAC’s 211 brush)
Chartreuse- Sugarpill Absinthe Chromalust, MAC Bitter eyeshadow, and Sebastian Trucco green/gold highlight (Sigma E55 Shader Brush & Sonia Kashuk Shader Brush)
Green/Teal- Ben Nye Jade Lumiere Shadow, and robins egg/teal from Wet n wild Blue Had Me At Hello (Sigma E55 shader)
Blue- Milani Blue my Mind and MAC Atlantic Blue (Sigma e55)
Purple- Ben Nye Amethyst, Sugarpill Poison Plum, and MUFE #92 (Sigma e55)
Tightline- Urban Decay 24/7 Zero
Mascara- MAC Studio Bold Black Fix Lash
Spiry’s Eyelash Jewlery -This pair was custom made for me, but she takes custom orders from all customers.
Duo Lash Glue Crystals- No brand name, bought them at a Craft Store
Face Makeup-
MAC MatchMaster Foundation 1.0 (Applied with a 193 Brush)
Purely Cosmetics Diamond Finishing Powder (applied with a Sigma F60, blended with Sigma E40)
MAC Stunner Blush (Limited Edition, no longer available. A nice coral blush applied with a light hand would work)
Lips: MAC Magenta Lipliner Milani Flashy and In a Flash Lip Flash Pencils
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-Cora
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Today I’m sharing a Swatchapalooza & review of the Milani Baked Eyeshadow “Marble”. These are part of the regular line up available at Drugstores and Massmarket reatailers (such as Target, Walmart, etc) and also on Milani’s own website.
According to the Milani website:
Captivating eyeshadow powder that features multiple infusion of colors baked on Italian terracotta tiles. All of these gorgeous combinations are designed to be used Wet or Dry.
In my opinion, these are for the most part high-quality baked shadows that rival the baked mineral eyeshadows I’ve seen/used from high-end companies. Though these are not officially called Mineral eyeshadows, they look similar and in fact these are made in Italy, as are most (if not all) baked mineral shadows from high-end companies. Like most mineral/baked eyeshadows I’ve used, these have a medium-sheer color payoff when used dry, But when used wet the color payoff is much more intense, and in the case of these Marble shadows the glitter stands out more. The lighter shades seem sheerer, and the glitter is too similar to the base color to stand out so they simply look a bit chunky. The darker shades preform much better, most likely because glitter shows up more obviously against a dark background. There is quite a bit of fall-out all around (no doubt due to the glitter). The colors themselves are excellent and all can be worn as bold or as subdued manner if you like. I have 5 of the 6 Marble shadows to share with you (I’m missing Medley, the black & silver one).
The packaging on these leaves something to be desired; The shadow is housed in a rather large compact with a metallic bottom and a clear, rounded top; The applicator is useless, and in my opinion only makes the compact bulkier than it needs to be (Although it’s worth mentioning that most drugstore brands include unfortunate applicators/brushes, and that the inclusion of applicators makes the packaging bulky). When I first got these some were a bit difficult to open, though now they open with ease. In any case the product inside is great and that’s the whole reason you buy them anyway.
I reviewed the Baked Mettalic Eye Shadows last week if you’d like to see that review as well.
Here’s a breakdown of the 5 colors I have:
Melange- Shimmering black with gold and copper sparkle/glitter. Inglot AMC 64 has a matte base and larger glitter particles; MAC Velvet Lady(LE, 2007) is blacker with sparse, larger glitter flecks. This works well as a crease/outer lid color, as a liner, or on the lid for a smoky eye., nicely pigmented used dry and very intense used wet.
Drench in Gold- Blonde-wheat gold. Very shimmery/sparkly and a bit sheer, very similar to MAC’s New Vegas Mineralize Skinfinish (LE, 2007), this works well has a gold highlight all over the face.
Intermix- shimmering beige-tan with gold shimmer. Less intense compared to MAC Bronze eyeshadow. This one is slightly sheer weather applied wet or dry, though wet it works nice as a lid shade. This one and Fusion look so similar when swatched it’s difficult for me to tell them apart.
Fusion- Shimmering beige-tan. Slightly deeper, and pinker compared to Intermix; less intense compared to MAC bronze. This one is slightly sheer weather applied wet or dry, though wet it works nice as a lid shade. This one and Intermix look so similar when swatched it’s difficult for me to tell them apart.
Mix It Up- Black base with green/teal glitter. This is lighter and more uniform compared to MAC’s She Who Dares duo from Venomous Villains. In fact if you swirl both colors from that together this color is a near-dupe. When used wet, the MAC version has more of a micro-glitter sparkle effect where the Milani Version has more of a uniform metallic look. If you like dark,shimmery teal, GET THIS!!! This and Melange are my favorites, from both the Marble and the Metallic eyeshadows!
Swatched dry over Too Faced Shadow Insurance From L-R: Melange, Drench in Gold, Intermix, Fusion, and Mix It Up
Applied wet over the dry swatches above; From L-R: Melange, Drench in Gold, Intermix, Fusion, and Mix It Up
Milani has been a fave Drugstore/mass-market brand of mine for a long time, but I think a truer statement now is that they are just one of my fave brands period. Milani always seems to come out with amazing products at a price point that is easy to swallow!
What? Milani Baked Shadows Metallic
Where to Buy? Drugstores, milanicosmetics.com
How Much? $7.49 for 1.5 gm
Tested on Animals: NOPE!
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Hi Guys and Dolls! Today I’m sharing with you my swatches and thoughts on Lit Cosmetics! I love their glitters and I’ve had them for a while, but they were hiding in the back of a drawer-FOR SHAME! Continue reading
Hey Guys and Dolls! So I jumped the gun and uploaded the video for this post before writing it out, and now I’m sitting here with bleach on my head…not well planned out. Here’s some awesome product pictures, swatches, and dupes!
Curvaceous LipGlass, Oh Oh Oh Luster Lipstick
Curvaceous Milky Dusty pink. It slightly settles into lines but in person it’s not even noticeable. I’ve seen this look good on NC15-NW45 skintones!
Oh Oh Oh Lipstick Sheer Berry/Plum with golden/Copper shimmer. Luster lipsticks are thin in texture, and are typically pretty sheer. They are also pretty moisturizing feeling and the sheerness makes them very attractive. This is like a little-sister to MAC’s “O” lipstick in the regular line.
Stunner Blush and Avenue Fluidline
Stunner is a light coral-pink thinking blue thoughts. It warm enough to work on many skintones, but it might be too light for very deep tones. I’d consider it Mocha and Fleur Power’s light-skinned baby.
Avenue is a very dark brown with lots of small glitter- more glitter than Blitz and Glitz Fluidline from the regular line.
Clockwise from the top: Outre, Mythical, Carbonized, Creamy Bisque, and Moleskin
From L-R Creamy Bisque, Moleskin, Outre, Mythical, Satin Taupe, Carbonized
Creamy Bisque is a soft off-white Frost eyeshadow with a almost pink sheen. It’s not very intense which is why is makes a fantastic highlight color for beauty makeup. It’s the Piner version of MAC’s Shroom eyeshadow in the regular line.
Moleskin is a must-have light to medium matte brown. It’s the just-right balance of gray, pink and yellow tinted tan and though you many use it different ways, it can work for anyone, as a lid color, crease color or highlight. It’s very similar to Wedge Eyeshadow from Mac’s regular line, but Moleskin has a better texture and color payoff, and is just a hair pinker.
Outre is a mustard-caramel, which sounds really nasty, but as an eyeshadow color it’s fabulous. To my eye this color is identical to the mustard-caramel in the Double Feature 4 duo (Side by side swatch below). This color is great as a crease or transitional color on people with a golden or olive skintones, though it can also work for deeper skintones. The closest thing in the regular line is Soba, though Soba is much browner, and has a slight shimmer.
Mythical is a metallic pink-copper,a nd as far as I’m concerned is a “better-than” dupe for MAC’s Mythology from the regular line.
Satin Taupe is a metallic silver brown taupe. It’s incredibly versatile and works on virtually every skin-tone though the effect changes (on me it’s very brown, but on a deeper skintone it looks a bit more silver. MAC Repromotes this thing like crazy, and while that’s a bit annoying, I don’t mind as long as it’s not a quad where I’d want it but I already have it.
Carbonized is a shimmery chocolate black-brown. in the pan and swatched is seems to be a metallic warm chocolate brown but in use it tends to loose some of the shimmer and shifts to a cooler grey-brown. Incredibly usefula dn easy to blend. there are no direct dupes, but if you want a shimmery warm brown in the regular line try Mulch.
Comparisons:
Wedge, Moleskin
Soba, Outre, Double Feature 4
Center Stage, Carbonized, Mulch
Thanks for stopping by!
-Cora
Hi Guys and Dolls! I’m so happy to finally be sharing the final video of my Sailor Moon series! This series has be such a HUGE part of my last few years on youtube. I know it lasted longer than maybe some of you think it should have, but I never wanted to so a Sailor Moon Series video just because I needed to get it done. I did each one as the inspiration came- like Frankie said I did it “My Way”. Continue reading
Hi Guys and Dolls! Milani is dropping a bomb on us this month- limited edition goodies that are worth tracking down (or just buying on their website). These were sent to me for review, but I’ve been stalking every CVS in the area trying to find them so I could pick some up to giveaway, but I haven’t found any part of this “collection” anywhere! I know it’s only at Select CVS’ but Damn! I’ve been to 6 CVS stores: zip, nada, zilch. My suggestion is to buy these off the Milani Website. Paying for shipping sucks- I know, but these are pretty darn awesome especially for the price-point! Continue reading
Hi Guys and Dolls! I don’t have much to say about the look except that I love Green, love Temptalia, like the eyeshadow she created and am having a bit of a Renaissance with winged liner (we broke up last fall). There is one thing I want to mention, and it’s something you were likely to notice anyway: Some of the pictures have false lashes and crystals, and some do not. To tell the truth I simply couldn’t decide if I liked the false lashes or not. They are the type with a thick band and fake hair and that type never seems to agree with me, it’s too stiff or something (that’s what she said). Continue reading
