EOTD 06 : Chocolate-Coated Peaches

Hey everone! 

I am back with another EOTD look to share.

Here goes...

Brows

Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quad in Chai Latte (milk chocolate brown)

Eyes

 - eyeshadow primer

Stage Prime Time Eye Perfecting Base in 01 Vanilla

- eyeshadow base

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (matte white) 

 - eyeshadow on entire lid area

theBalm Hot Mama Shadow/Blush All-In-One (peachy pink with gold shimmer)

 - eyeshadow for the crease

Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Quad in Chai Latte (milk chocolate brown)

 - eyeshadow for the inner corners

The Body Shop Green Eye Shimmer (duochrome!!! very very pretty!!!)

Till then...

EOTD 05 : Purples + Pinks (using UD15)

Believe it or not. I wore this look for a dinner with a friend. With my glasses on. Yeah!!! 

The main focus of this look is the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow palette. If you read my previous post here about my beauty dilemma, I asked a question whether I should review two eyeshadow palettes or just share the looks I do with them. I then received a comment from Ngaku, asking me to share the looks I create with the palettes so here's the first - a bright purple and pink look! 

My EOTD posts are no longer tutorial-ish where I show you how to place the colors and etc because I am using a terrible camera which distorts the eyeshadow colors and I hate it! Because of that, I find it difficult to take photos of every step I do to achieve a look hence I post only pictures of the final look taken with my iPad. 

I do hope this is temporary but... we'll see. 

Face

Nothing. :( It's only because the picture below ain't clear. If not... my pores and scars will scare you away. Not kiddin'.

Brows

Shiseido Natural Eyebrow Pencil in Natural Black 

Eyes

Stage Prime Time Eye Perfecting Base in 01 Vanila (to prime the eyelids and even out my skin tone)

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk (matte white)

Tony Moly eyeshadow in Light Pink

Urban Decay (UD15 palette) eyeshadow in Junkshow (bright cool pink), Evidence (shimmery navy blue) and Omen (shimmery violet)

Cheeks

Nothing.

Lips

Nothing.

Till then...

NOTW : Nails of the Week!

Some nail designs I have been up to this past week. :)

Base :  DAISO Nail Treatment Gel and RIMMEL Stronger Base Coat

Top  : SECHE VITE Dry Fast Top Coat

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Lightening (yellow)
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Night Flight(blue black for dots)

Barry M Nail Paint in #030 Limited Edition (pink violet)
Barry M Nail Paint in Black Nail Effects (black shatter/crackle)

Barry M Nail Paint in #030 Limited Edition (pink violet)
Stage Cosmetics Nail Color in  05 Luscious (rose pink)
Stage Cosmetics Nail Color in  11 Drama (chocolate brown)
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Lightening (yellow flower)
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Night Flight(blue black for diagonal line)

NOTD 03

Base :  DAISO Nail Treatment Gel 

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 05 Gorgeous

Top:    -nil-

EOTD 02 : Smokey Greens

So, I went to watch Rango tonight with a friend and since the main character in the movie is a lizard/chameleon, I was inspired to do a green eyeshadow look for the night. Teehee. 

As always, here are the products I used :

Face

Cellnique Total Daytime Protection 30

ZA Skin Beauty Face Powder in shade 01

The Body Shop Vitamin E Face Mist

Cheeks

Bobbi Brown's Pot Rouge for Lips and Cheeks in Powder Pink

MAC Sheertone Blush in Instant Chic

Eyebrows

Elianto Eyebrow Definer Pencil in Brown

Revlon Matte Eyeshadow in Rich Sable

Eyes

Stage Prime Time Eye Perfecting Base in 01 Vanilla

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Rocky Mountain Green

Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow in Graffiti

Kate Gradical Eye Palette in GR1 (the green palette)

MAC Pigment in Melon

Elianto vibrant shadow in Early Dawn

Max Factor 2000 Calorie Dramatic Look mascara (non-waterproof formula)

Lips
Revlon ColorBurst in 070 Soft Nude

Stage Wondergloss Lipgloss in 12 Sophia

Apply an eye primer (Stage Prime Time Eye Base in Vanilla) all over the lids up to the brow bone : for eyeshadow to appear more vibrant and to avoid creasing (especially if you have oily lids).

Apply a green-colored cream eyeshadow (NYX Rocky Mountain Green) on the lids, passing the crease and leaving the inner corner of the eyes open. The cream eyeshadow will act as a sticky base for your powder eyeshadow to adhere to.

Next, pat on a cool green eyeshadow (Urban Decay Graffiti) all over the area where the cream eyeshadow was placed.

Blend out the cool green eyeshadow after patting it on.

Using a dark green eyeshadow (KATE Gradical Eyes green palette - the darkest green), place it on the outer crease of the eye and blend it together with the cool green eyeshadow.

Following that, apply a bright apricot gold eyeshadow (MAC Melon pigment) into the inner corner of the eye, blending it into the cool green eyeshadow.

Fill in the eyebrows (Elianto Definer Pencil in Brown and Revlon Rich Sable) and highlight with a matte off-white eyeshadow (Elianto Early Dawn).

Blend out the harsh edges for a smooth finish. 

Curl your lashes and apply your favorite mascara!

Here's the completed look in different lighting. :D

Hope you all enjoyed this! Till then...

NOTW : Nails of the Week!

Sorry for being MIA. I was really busy with work and did not have time to get photos edited to be posted up here. Nevertheless, amidst the crazy school work, I managed to find joy in giving myself nice nails throughout the week. I was not out much therefore no EOTD for now. Sorry! But I promise to post up a look by next week! :D

Was pretty obsessed with my nails this week because they have never been this long! It's so fun getting to paint 'em. Here goes...

Stage Cosmetics Nail Color in 03 Pretty on tips.

OPI Do You Lilac It?

Oh yes, I lilac it a lot!

 OPI Do You Lilac It? on tips

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nails in Blue It!

This are just basic techniques. Nothing too fancy, aye? Will definitely try to get more creative in nail art designs. I am truly inspired by http://chloesnails.blogspot.com/. Do check her blog out! So awesome! Definitely gives me motivation to get some pretty pretty designs done on my nails.

Till then... have a great weekend!

NOTD 02

Base :  DAISO Nail Treatment Gel 

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 11 Vivacious (cream pink purple polish) on nail bed 

            Stage Cosmetics 12 Astounding (shimmery dark eggplant purple) on tips

Top:    The Face Shop Nail Top Coat

Tips done using tape.

The Body Shop Friendship Weekend Sale and NOTD 01

I was at The Body Shop (TBS) with Tinkerbell for the Friendship Weekend sale (25-27 Feb) where TBS members will get a 30% discount and friends get a 20% discount off their purchases. So Tinkerbell and I took the opportunity to get some stuff and one of the items I got was the TBS baked eyeshadow in 08 Amethyst.

I first spotted this on the eyes of the sales assistance and was immediately captivated by the vibrant purple colors. Here's what the eyeshadow looks like with its packaging.

It was SO SO SO extremely difficult to capture the true colors that I see with my own two eyes on camera. Really, I wanted to do this eyeshadow justice but the camera is not picking up the lovely shimmers. Definitely check the color in stores and see for yourself. AMAZING. :D

Texture/Formula : A little bit gritty. Be careful of fall-out. 

Color payoff : Not that great as I expected it to be but the amazing purple colors was the overwrite to that. The last picture below shows the baked eyeshadow swatched wet. Definitely shows up much better.

The smaller crescent is a dark purple with SUPER PRETTY  fine purple, pink and silver glitters. The bigger crescent is a violet purple with fine pink glitters.

Anyways, here are some other pictures... the very best I could do for now. Enjoy!

Till then... here are my nails of the day (NOTD) :

Base :  Rimmel Nail Stronger Base Coat

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 19 Extreme (black loaded with fine gold shimmer)

Top:    The Face Shop Nail Top Coat

EOTD 01 : Bahamas and Wildflower

As promised, I did a look using the two eyeshadow colors I bought from Stage Cosmetics. You may check out the haul post here. FYI, EOTD is an abbreviation for EYES OF THE DAY. :) Many more abbreviations to come as this blog progresses.

Face

ZA Skin Beauty Two-Way Foundation in shade 20

The Body Shop Vitamin E Face Mist

Eyebrows

Maybelline Chai Latte eyeshadow quad - the darkest chocolate brown eyeshadow

Eyes

Stage Prime Time Eye Perfecting Base in 01 Vanilla

NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk

Stage Cosmetics eyeshadow mono in shades 10 Bahamas and 26 Wildflower

Elianto vibrant shadow in Early Dawn

Max Factor Color Perfection Eyeliner in Black

Max Factor 2000 Calorie Dramatic Look mascara (non-waterproof formula)

 Start off with a clean moisturized face.

Apply foundation and set with face mist.

Apply the eye primer all over the lid up to the brow bone area. 

Use a white-colored base such as NYX's Milk and apply a thin layer over the lid.

Using a shimmery lavender eyeshadow color, pack it on to the entire lid area, bringing it slightly above the crease with an eyeshadow brush.

With a shimmery taupe and a tapered crease brush, apply the color along the crease, defining the outer-V.

Get a fluffy brush and a matte cream-colored eyeshadow and apply it to the brow bone area. Blend out any harsh edges.

Fill in the eyebrows with a dark chocolate brown color.
Line the upper and lower lash line with a black liner and set it with the same eyeshadow used for the brows.

Curl your upper lashes and then apply mascara to the upper and lower lashes.

The finished look... very simple, everyday wearable look.

THE END! :D

Stage Cosmetics Haul

I hauled BIG TIME after several visits to Stage Cosmetics as they were having the 8 ringgit @ 18 ringgit sale over a period of Christmas 2010 and Chinese New Year 2011. 

For what was to be 575 ringgit, I spent less than a third of that. What a steal!

10 nail polishes + 2 eyeshadows + 1 lipliner + 

1 eye primer + 1 lipgloss + 2 blushes 
= A VERY HAPPY ME! 

( I forgot to include the lipliner and the blushes in the group picture. :'(  )

Let's break down the items, shall we... :)

EYESHADOW

I got two eyeshadow colors (called Eye Shadow Mono) :-

10 Bahamas (shimmery taupe) and 26 Wildflower (shimmery lavender).

Texture/Formula : Buttery smooth to the touch. 

Color payoff : Not that great as I expected it to be. The third picture below shows Bahamas swatched twice and Wildflower three times. These eyeshadows will probably show up better with a base.

Bahamas can be worn alone all over the lid for a natural look. 

Pair it with Wildflower for a pop of color. Very pretty indeed! 

I will probably do an eyeshadow tutorial using these two colors and post it up. Stay tuned!

10 Bahamas (left) and 26 Wildflower (right)

10 Bahamas (shimmery taupe) and 26 Wildflower (shimmery lavender)

EYE PRIMER

The Prime Time Eye Perfecting Base that I bought was the lighter of the two shades available. I have not used it but when I do, it will be a separate post altogether as a review and how it compares to the other primers I already own.

01 Vanilla in a silver mirror compact case

A swatch of 01 Vanilla (a yellow base)

LIPGLOSS

I was looking for a color that I did not already have in my makeup stash and after reading another beauty blog, Skin Deco, I decided to go with 12 Sophia for its cream peachy orange color. This has no shimmer/glitter whatsoever. Just a high shine lipgloss that adds a hint of color and creates plump-looking lips. I love how it is very moisturizing and does not have that sticky/gooey feel when applied on lips.

   

NAIL POLISH

I bought ten bottles. TEN. That's an insane number to buy from one particular brand but because it is that good AND going for less than half its original price AND with a formula that is formaldehyde and toluene free, I could not resist. The Stage nail polish is such an ease when it comes to application and the finish is so shiny that one would not necessarily need a top coat. Most of the colors show up with just one coat. ONE. Impressive, eh?! The pearl-finished polishes needed two. ( Hmmm... I mention a lot of numbers in this paragraph. Haha! )

All Rounder Multi-Protective Coat : An all-in-one base and top coat with stain and UV protection

01 Innocent : (Pearl) white

03 Pretty : (Pearl) warm pink

04 Delicious : (Cream) nude pink beige

05 Luscious : (Cream) bright cool pink

07 Gorgeous : (Shimmer) cherry red 

11 Vivacious : (Shimmer) dark lilac

12 Astounding : (Shimmer) dark egg plant purple - looks almost brown

18 Drama : (Cream) dark chocolate brown

19 Extreme : (Shimmer) dirty gold / dark olive green

L-R: All Rounder Multi-Protective Coat - 01 Innocent - 03 Pretty - 04 Delicious - 05 Luscious

L-R: 07 Gorgeous - 11 Vivacious - 12 Astounding - 18 Drama - 19 Extreme 

LIPLINER

I wanted somethin' nude to pair my nude lipsticks with : 01 Nearly Naked. 

Texture/Formula : Pretty drying. Tugs lips during application.

Color payoff : Decent. The third picture below shows the liner swatched twice.

CHEEK COLOR (BLUSH)

I have a lot of blushes but I guess one can never have enough. Haha! I picked up two blushes in their refill pans (much cheaper, of course!) in 02 Iris and 10 Heather. If I had not already own more than five blushes, I would have gotten more. :D

Texture/Formula : Very very smooth, finely milled. Excellent quality.

Color payoff : AMAZING! These blushes are so good. The pigmentation is awesome. All you need is a tiny tiny bit to dust your entire cheek area. Picture below shows these blushes swatched once.

L-R: 10 Heather and 02 Iris

That's it for my Stage Cosmetics haul. I hope this post helps those who are new to this brand. I am not at all affiliated with Stage, okay! I am not getting paid for this post. I could not find any blog that has reviews on products by Stage so I thought I would share my thoughts on certain items that I got. 

All in all, I must say the nail polishes and blushes are the most impressive of the lot and I would totally recommend them. The downside is that the nail polish range has only twenty shades in hues of pink, red, purple and brown. So if you are one that fancy bright fun colors, this might disappoint you.

Till then.

Now when is the next sale... Hmmm. Hahaha!