FOTD

I wanted to do a really colorful look today.  I'm into the brights right now.  I dug through my pigments and came up with a handful of colors to use.  Here was my result:

You can see my green hair bow and my green shirt-my husband kept telling me I looked like a leprechaun.  At least it's a pretty leprechaun! Haha!

Products used:

Face-

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light in Intensity 1

Maybelline Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser in Fair

Maybelline Super Stay 24 concealer in Ivory

Coty Airspun powder

Wet N Wild Color Icon pencil in Taupe for brows

Elf lash/brow gel

Elf Studio blush in Candid Coral (I used to hate this, but it's becoming a favorite!)

Eyes-

LA Splash shadow base/sealer

Madd Style Cosmetix pigments in Princess Buttahcup, Ecto Cooler, Witch's Brew, Honey Rose, and xRay Spex

L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner

Wet N Wild creme liner in black

Wet N Wild eyeshadow single in Trashed (to set creme liner)

Revlon Photoready 3D mascara (1 coat)

Rimmel Scandal Eyes mascara (1 coat)

Lips-

MAC Creme Cup

Sinful Colors Pucker up



More L'Oreal Infallible shadows and swatches (and a FOTD)!

I already posted swatches of 5 of the shadows I own, but while I was out last week I found a new display in Walmart.  The display contained all the core shades and new shades.  I was SO EXCITED to see them!  Here's what the display looks like-

This side was totally covered by a display of sunscreen, so I made my husband pull the whole thing out.   I grabbed 3 of the new colors.  I purchased Endless Sea, Liquid Diamond, and Smoldering Plum.

Liquid Diamond, Endless Sea, Smoldering Plum

And here are the swatches:

L-R:Smoldering Plum, Endless Sea, Liquid Diamond

These swatches are only 1 swipe each, and I can't quite catch how awesome Liquid Diamond is.  It's like a lilac-y silver.  It's absolutely beautiful.

I'm kicking myself for not grabbing Glistening Garnet, so that's what I'm on the look-out for next.

Here's my FOTD today, using Liquid Diamond and Smoldering Plum.

And a close-up of the eyes:

I am totally addicted to these shadows.  I could totally see, over a period of time, ending up with every color of these shadows.  I love the pigmentation, they apply well, the texture is great...I have nothing bad to say about these.  Have you tried them? What do you think of them?

FOTD-Green eyes

My makeup isn't super special today, but I rarely use bright greens and I really like how my eyes turned out today.



On my face I used Estee Lauder Double Wear Light in Instensity 1, Maybelline Age Rewind undereye concealer in Fair, Maybelline SuperStay concealer where needed, Coty Airspun powder, and Hard Candy Pinup blush.  I also have NYX lipgloss in Sugar Pie on my lips.  Now on to the eyes!

Products used on eyes:LA Splash shadow base/sealer, shadows-L'Oreal Infallible shadow in Iced Latte, Madd Style Cosmetix pigments in Morning Dew and Who R U?, and L'Oreal Infallible shadow in Golden Sage to darken up just a tiny bit of the outer corner.  Wet N Wild creme liner and Revlon Photoready 3D Volume mascara. 

I used to be afraid of color, always sticking to neutrals or a light pink.  Now I sometimes feel dull and boring if I'm not brightly made up.  What do you feel more comfortable in-neutrals or color?

FOTD-2/18

*WARNING*

Naked face pictures are included. They are scary. You have been warned. :)

If you watch me on YouTube or follow me on Twitter you have heard/seen me obsessed with trying Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation.  I finally got my butt to Sephora on Friday to get a sample.  I got 2 different colors:

Rose Ivory

Cream Ivory

The girl at Sephora said she thought Rose Ivory would suit me better, so that is the one I tried on Saturday. 

Here is my face freshly washed and moisturized:

You see the blemishes and some pink and redness.  Now here is after applying the Laura Mercier:

My face isn't completely flawless, but the foundation has given me pretty nice coverage.  Here I am with the rest of my face done:

I've been trying to remember what I used on my eyes, and I think I used some of my Madd Style Cosmetix pigments and my Naked 2 palette.  On my lips is my new favorite, Smashbox gloss in Pout.  And here I am with hair done (I swear my bangs don't look that uneven in person) and my husband wanted to be in the picture, too:

This stuff photographs GREAT, but in person it turned cakey on me, and also made me incredibly shiny.  This really made me sad because I had such high hopes for it.  Good color match, didn't oxidize, didn't break me out, pretty good coverage, and stayed on until I washed it off....but for $42 a bottle and to be cakey AND shiny, I will have to keep looking for that miracle foundation.  Does that even exist?

Have you ever tried Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation?  Do you have a holy grail foundation that does it all-good coverage, doesn't break you out, great price, and performs well?

FOTD

I thought I'd do a FOTD post today. When I gathered all the products I used so I could take a picture, it was a little overwhelming seeing them all together. It seems like a LOT. I'm not the best photographer, and I don't seem to photograph well, but here's the look I'm sporting today.

I know this second one is a luttle blurry, but I like it better. :)  Now for all the products I used-

These aren't arranged by the order I apply them, but I'm going to list them that way. I start off with my Lacura foundation in Transparent, which I apply with one of the flat top Elf powder brushes (slightly damp). Then I use my Maybelline Super Stay concealer in Ivory where it's needed. I used a tiny bit of the Coty Airspun powder, just to set things under my eyes, across my cheeks, and the tip of my nose and chin. Today I grabbed Wet N Wild's mineral blush in Purely Mauve and applied that with the 2nd flat top Elf powder brush. Threw some of the Elf clear gel in my brows, and some of the LA Splash shadow base/sealer on my lids (it's the very last thing on the right).  The main palette I used for my eyes is the LA Colors one. Here's a closeup with better lighting-

I purchased this at Dollar Tree probably 2 years ago. I have I think 6 of these palettes. For $1 I can't believe the pigmentation. It's incredible!

After I slapped on 4 of the colors in the LA Colors I palette I used the top right shade from I ♥ Matte to blend, the top left shade for a highlight and slapped on some black liner and mascara. I've been using Urban Decay's Zero on my top lashline and a waterproof Rimmel liner on my waterline (which never stays so I don't know why I use it). I usually never layer mascaras, but today I did a sweep of Rimmel Wow Lash and then a coat of L'Oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lashes (but for some odd reason I grabbed the Rimmel Volume Accelerator for the picture).  I'm not much of a lip product wearer, which sounds odd considering I have probably at LEAST 100 lip products. Seriously.  Most of the time I just have Blistex Lip Medex on my lips (in the blue pot).

That's it for my FOTD.  Seeing it all and typing it all out seems like a LOT of products to me. I guess since I grab a few things at a time while I'm doing my makeup I never realized how many things I actually use every day. How about you? Do you use a lot of products daily when doing your makeup?