Day 5 Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals

Hey glam girls!

So for today's look, seeing as it's Thursday, I wanted it to be fun. So I went with purple! Purple looks really great on me and of course I had to do the rest of my face in pink. Those two colors just go so well together. I'm also using an eyeliner from the Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner Set for this look.

This is a completely different look than anything from the Days of Sephora + Pantone Universe, but it is so like how I do my makeup normally. I'm basically using my usual products for this look, and it looks so good with a purple eye. I hope you like the look! I wanted to do something that was light enough to be worn to work but classy and beautiful enough for a night out on the town after work.

I also just want to say that I took these photos a while ago when I was first started doing this series. I wanted to do green before doing this but that didn't happen for a long time. This was also the day after I got my brows done for the first time so I was super ecstatic about that and obviously wasn't paying very much attention to the pictures I was taking, which is why there is a slight lack of decent pictures. Oops. So I hope you like it anyway. I have to say that my brows look fantastic. We've got 2 more days left in this series, 2 more columns to go! Tomorrow can either be that sexy smokey black or it can be those mossy greys. What do you think it'll be?

And check this out:

Sephora Makeup Made Simple - 43$CAD

Totally random but I saw this palette on Sephora's site just now, after I did the Fall 2013 Makeup Trends post. I have to say that this looks like a perfect palette for someone that doesn't have a ton of makeup or who wants to add to their collection. You've got 3 brown looks for work, 3 different grey/black looks you can smokify and 3 colorful looks you can do on a day off. Each palette has a blush and bronze and you can remove each of the 3 sub palettes and put it into a carrying case to put in your purse. I have to say that I actually really like this set. I haven't been that excited about a Sephora Collection product until I saw this. It looks promising. They also have a small 4 color eye palette in 2 different colors. I like the purple one, I think it looks pretty nice.

Anyway, now onto the makeup look!

Day 5 Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals: Smokey Purple

The application for this look is pretty simple. I started off by doing my brows, because I was really excited about them. I took these pictures the day after I got my brows done. I was sitting on this for a while because I planned on doing the green column first before releasing this. New products came and I totally forgot. But I'm finally doing it. So anyway, prep your brows using Benefit Brow Zings and Instant Brow Pencil. Then draw a line on your brow bone, meaning underneath your brows, using Benefit High Brow. This will give your brows a nice lift. Prime your eyes if you haven't already with Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Take your Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals Eyeshadow Palette and put Cloud Gray all over your eye, from lash to brow, as a base. Then take Deauville Mauve and apply it to your lid. Next, take Purple Gumdrop and apply it to your crease and outer V. Now take the Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner in Hortensia and apply it to your top and bottom lash lines. Put MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved in your top and bottom waterlines. To make your lashes look extra special, put on Too Faced's Better Than False Lashes.

For the face, prime it with Too Faced Primed and Poreless. Conceal your under eye circles with MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer. Apply foundation, like Makeup Forever's HD Foundation. Now cover your blemishes using MAC Studio Finish Concealer. Powder your face using Makeup Forever's HD Powder. Now contour your face using Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless. Apply MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy to the apples of the cheek. Apply Benefit High Beam to the cheekbones, cupid's bow, and anywhere else. Make sure everything is blended. Lastly, apply Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny on your lips.

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals Eyeshadow Palette (LE)

• Cloud Gray: apply to the whole eye, from lashes to brow
• Deauville Mauve: apply to lid
• Purple Gumdrop: apply to crease and outer V

Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner in Hortensia (LE): line upper and lower lash lines
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved: do both upper and lower waterlines
Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System

Brows:

Benefit Brow Zings in Light
Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in Medium
Benefit High Brow

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Lips:

Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny

Products Used:

Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals Eyeshadow Palette (LE)

Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals Eyeshadow Palette (LE)

Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals Eyeshadow Palette (LE)

Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner Set (LE)

Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner in Hortensia (LE)

MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved - 19$CAD

Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System - 46$CAD

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

Benefit Brow Zings in Light - 36$CAD

Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in Medium - 25$CAD

Benefit High Brow - 26$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy

MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy - 25$CAD

Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless - 38$CAD

Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny - 25$CAD

From left to right:
Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals Eyeshadows in: Cloud Gray, Deauville Mauve, Purple Gumdrop
Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner in Hortensia
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless
Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny

From left to right:
Cloud Gray, Keepsake Lilac, Deauville Mauve, Purple Gumpdrop, Flint

Thanks for reading and for supporting me. I hoped you liked today's look. I know it was a little on the usual side, but I wanted this look to be really purple and pink and girly. I made it soft enough for day wear and just pop a bit more blush on your cheeks for a night out, along with a bit darker contouring and highlighting. Let me know if you like this look and which look so far is your favorite. Which products are you loving that were in this look? I have to say that I love MAC's blush and Too Faced's lipstick.

I also forgot to mention an alternative to yesterday's green look. There is a gold/yellow eyeshadow in that same column that could be used with the Foiled Eyeliner in Honey Mustard for a beautiful gold look.

Here's a last hint for tomorrow's look, and I'm going to make this a little bit less obvious than the past hints: Think of the weather right now in NYC. What color are the skies? That's the eyeshadow color for tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'm going to do a look using my new MAC Veluxe Pearl Fusion Eyeshadow in Greenluxe, so watch out for that! After that I will finish the last 2 days of this series.

If you want to check out past looks, here are the links:

Day 4 Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals: Smokey Deep Green

Day 3 Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals: Sexy Browns

Day 2 Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals: Light Browns

Day 1 Sephora + Pantone Universe Precious Metals: Rosey Pink

Steph xo.

Sexy Dark Black Smokey Eyes using MAC

Hey girls!

Yesterday I finally purchased my first MAC Mineralize product!! I got the MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella. If you don't know, the MAC Mineralize Eyeshadows are slightly bigger than the regular eyeshadows and they are baked, so they have a domed top. They are highly sparkly. They usually have a swirl of two colours (unless it's a duo). Cinderfella is a larger swirl of sparkly black with smaller swirls of sparkly white. When applied, it is sparkly black. And it is extremely sparkly, which is exactly what I was looking for. And the MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan looks perfect with the eyeshadow. As a base, I used the MAC Paint Pot in Blackground, the one that I recently bought so I could finally have that beautiful green out of Club eyeshadow. It's a great base, the Mineralize Eyeshadow adheres to it well and the sparkles stay on.

To finish the eyes, I used MAC Eyeshadows in Carbon and Forgery. I put Carbon in the crease and outer V, and I used Forgery as a highlight. For the cheeks, I stuck with MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy and I used the new Too Faced Pink Leopard as a bronzer, and Benefit High Beam to highlight. I'm wearing Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny with the Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme over it. If you've ever used Lip Injection Extreme before, then you'll know it tingles like a biotch. I thought reviewers were exaggerating the fact that it tingles into something crazy, but they were right, it is an extremely tingly feeling that some people may not be able to tolerate. For the most part, the tingles go away after 5 minutes.

For the mascara, I'm wearing two today. On my upper lashes I'm wearing the Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System. You get a tube of mascara and  a smaller tube of nylon fibers. You coat your lashes 1-2 times with the mascara and then you put the nylon fibres on, and again 1-2 coats of mascara to seal them in. And you get instantly longer lashes! This is great if you hate false lashes, and I have to admit I've only used falsies twice and I disliked it both times, while I loved this system since the first time I used it. The fibers don't end up in my eyes or on my contact lenses which is a big reason why I love it. And it's super easy to take off too. For my bottom lashes, I used MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack. It's a great volumizing mascara, which is what my bottom lashes needed.

If you don't want to wear this lipstick, there are many other great lipsticks that go with a smokey look such as NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight and NARS Larger Than Life Lipgloss in International Velvet. You can wear Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal. The lipgloss and lipstick options are endless.


Sexy Dark Black Smokey Eyes using MAC

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC Paint Pot in Blackground
MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella: apply to lid and slightly above crease
MAC Eyeshadow in Carbon: apply to crease and outer V
MAC Eyeshadow in Forgery: apply above the crease as a highlight
MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan: line upper and lower lashes
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved: line upper and lower waterlines
Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System (upper lashes)
MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack (lower lashes)

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20 (for undereyes)
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 (for blemishes)
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Pink Leopard

Lips:

Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny
Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme

Products Used:

MAC Paint Pot in Blackground

MAC Paint Pot in Blackground - 22$CAD

MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow in Cinderfella

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cincderfella - 25$CAD

MAC Eyeshadows from left to right, top to bottom: (18$CAD each)
Forgery
Electra
Black Tied
Carbon

MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan - 19$CAD

MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved - 19$CAD

Too Faced Better Than False Lashes - 46$CAD

MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack - mini shown, fullsize is 19$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy

MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy - 25$CAD

Too Faced Pink Leopard

Too Faced Pink Leopard - 38$CAD

Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny - 25$CAD

Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme - 39$CAD

From left to right:
MAC Paint Pot in Blackground
MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella
MAC Eyeshadow in Forgery
MAC Eyeshadow in Carbon
MAC Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Pink Leopard
Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny

So that's my Sexy Dark Black Smokey Eyes using MAC look!! I think it's quite fabulous. It is a little product-heavy, but I decided to go all out and do a really dramatic smokey eye. I was really excited to play with my new MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella and it did not disappoint!! I'm definitely going to check out the other colors they have in their Mineralize line. If you look at the swatch, you can see how beautiful Cinderfella is.

So did you guys and girl like this look? Is this something you would wear on a night out? What do you think of the MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Cinderfella? Have you used it before or would you use it and why? What do you think of the Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Nylon Lash Extension System? Do you think it really works? What do you think of the MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet So Easy in this look?  And what do you think of the new Too Faced Pink Leopard bronzer? Did you prefer the old one or are you loving the new one? And what did you think of Too Faced's La Creme Lipstick line? Which shade is your favorite?

Thanks for reading,

Steph xo.

P.S. I don't know how many of you are into the TV show Game of Thrones, but tonight's season finale was a little lacking for me, especially after last week's Red Wedding. I just hope they make up for it next year in season 4!!