Bronze Smokey Eyes using Urban Decay Naked Palette

Hello everyone!!

Today was my last day at work at my school's used book exchange til the fall semester. It's not the last day that we're taking in books but I've got an exam tomorrow evening and an appointment on Thursday so it's my last day. I decided that my makeup should be ever so appropriate for work on this special day. lol. So I used the Urban Decay Naked Palette for my makeup look today. Today's look is a bronze smokey. This look reminds me of a similar look I did a while ago using MAC eyeshadows. I'll have to show you guys one day. I used NARS Orgasm blush as opposed to Benefit Bella Bamba because Orgasm has less pink. They are extremely similar except that Bella Bamba has more pink in it and Orgasm has less pink and is more peachy. They are both spectacular blushes and I would highly recommend getting both. I could have used the Stila Kitten Luminizer but I instinctively reach for High Beam every single day so by the time I realized I was doing gold/bronze it was too late. But you could use a gold highlighter, it doesn't have to be High Beam. I used Too Faced Pink Leopard to bring it all together and I wore my new Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Naked Dolly, which is a nude color, to go with the main idea of the look, which is bronzey, smokey, and natural. If you don't want to do a nude lip, I would suggest NARS Lipgloss in Orgasm. It would obviously compliment the face.

Be sure to look out for my Makeup Haul #2 Post, which should be coming shortly after this post.

And my Top5 Makeup Products in the Face Category should be coming soon as well.

Bronze Smokey Eyes using Urban Decay Naked Palette

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay Naked Palette

• Virgin: apply to entire eye area, from lashes to brow. this serves as a base and as a highlight
• Half Baked: apply to lid
• Smog: apply to crease and outer V. can also be used to line upper and lower lashes

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Whiskey (line upper and lower lashes)
Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black (tightline upper waterline)
Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless Face Primer
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
NARS Orgasm
Too Faced Pink Leopard

Lips:

Too Face La Creme Lipstick in Naked Dolly (pictured)
OR
NARS Lipgloss in Orgasm

Products Used:

Urban Decay Naked Palette - 60$CAD

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Whiskey - 23$CAD

Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black - 25$CAD

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara - 28$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

NARS Orgasm Blush - 32$CAD for fullsize (mini shown)

Too Faced Pink Leopard - 38$CAD

Too Faced La Creme Lipstick in Naked Dolly - 25$CAD

From left to right:
Urban Decay Naked Palette: Virgin, Half Baked, Smog
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Whiskey
Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black
Benefit High Beam
NARS Blush in Orgasm
Too Faced Pink Leopard
Too Faced La Creme in Naked Dolly
NARS Lipgloss in Orgasm

So that's today's look! I hope you enjoyed it. I always end up coming back to my Naked palette, especially for work days. Sometimes neutral and nude is good, even though I personally like to be more fun. So which blush did you prefer? Benefit's Bella Bamba or NARS Orgasm? Did you like my new lipstick, Naked Dolly? Do you like NARS Orgasm, or is it all hype to you? Did you like the Naked Palette?

Do leave a comment and tell me what you think about today's look.

Tonight I will also put up a Makeup Haul #2 post. I don't have time to finish the  Top5 Makeup Products for the Face Category tonight but I promise I will post it tomorrow evening/night. So until then, you can see all the new stuff I got.

Thank you,

Steph xo.

Top5 Makeup Products in the Eyes Category

Hey everyone!!

Today I'm starting my first Top5 post, and I'm starting with everything eyes! This means top5 eyeshadow primers, eyeshadows, eyeshadow palettes, eyeliners, mascaras, etc. Even eye brushes!! Seeing as this involves a ton of pictures, I'm going to be taking most of the photos off Sephora and MAC's websites, unless I can't find an official image, I will take my own photos. I'll also use the photos that I've already taken of products I'm mentioning. I just don't have the time to be editing 100+ photos of my Top5 everything. This is more to give you an idea of what I like and why I like it. Since this will be image-rich, I'm making them a bit smaller on my page so you don't have to keep scrolling through pictures. I'm also not including prices like I usually do because I don't have the time to research each and every single product I'm listing.



Top5 Eyeshadow Primers

#1 Too Faced Shadow Insurance

#2 Urban Decay Primer Potion

#3 Benefit Stay Don't Stray

#4 NARS Pro-Prime Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base

I mainly use Too Faced and Urban Decay's primers. I find they really make the colour stick on. The NARS one is good too, but I've always been a Too Faced fan. The Benefit primer is good for priming your undereyes before concealer.



Top5 Eyeshadows

#1 MAC Black Tied

#2 MAC White Frost

#3 Too Faced White Lie
#4 Too Faced Nice Ash
#5 Too Faced Smokin Hot

   

Middle row, "classic", are my top #3.4.5 eyeshadows.


I really don't know how I could have possibly chosen five. I'm such a black smokey eye freak. I gave MAC the top spot because I've been using White Frost and Black Tied since I was 16. I used to do smokey eyes with just those two shadows and I'd use Blitz n Glitz fluidline and I would be all set. Oh, how I've learned. The next 3 shadows are from Too Faced and are in their Smokey Eye palette, the "classic" look. I've been really getting into Too Faced, their products are just superb, and this is what I use now to do my smokey eyes if I'm going somewhere important. I still like to test out other brands.



Top5 Eyeliners

#1 Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black

#2 MAC Blitz n Glitz Fluidline

#3 MAC Blacktrack Fluidline

#4 Sephora + Pantone Universe Charcoal Grey Eyeliner

Sephora + Pantone Universe Eyeliner in Charcoal Grey comes in the Foiled Waterproof Eyeliner Set

#5 Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Whiskey

Honorable Mentions: MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in So There Jade

My eyeliner collection is really diverse, from pencils to gel to liquid. Too Faced's Perfect Black is the ultimate black eyeliner. It goes on like a dream and stays on all day. MAC's fluidlines are also amazing, from matte black Blacktrack to black with gold sparkles Blitz n Glitz. I've been using both since I'm 16. For a more silver sparkly black eyeliner, Sephora + Pantone Universe released a really nice one in their Foiled Eyeliner set (Fall 2012). Whenever I finish this pencil, I will look around for a similar one. And every girl needs a brown eyeliner, Urban Decay's Whiskey is a lovely matte brown. The MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in So There Jade is such a nice green colour. I love this colour of green so much.



Top5 Mascaras

#1 Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

#2 Too Faced Better Than False Lashes

#3 MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack

#4 Benefit They're Real

If you know me, then you know I'm not much of a mascara buff. So I'm basically just going to list the 5 mascaras that I have lol. I used to use MAC's mascara when I was young, but now I realize that it's nothing special. I quite like Too Faced's mascaras. Benefit's is alright. Stila's Stay All Day Waterproof Mascara effing sucks cuz I can't get it off, even with hardcore eye makeup remover. I must have ripped out half my eyelashes trying to get it off. So be careful if you use that particular mascara.



Top5 Eye Brushes

#1 MAC 217 Blending Brush

#2 Sephora Pro Crease Brush #10

#3 Sephora Pro Shadow Brush #14

#4 Stila Smudge Pot Brush #28

#5 Sephora Pro Angled Liner Brush #22

All of my Sephora brushes I got for sale on their website and it was a crazy good deal. You got 15 brushes and a makeup artist brush belt for 100$CAD. They were getting rid of their old pro brushes so they could launch their new pro brushes. The pictures I'm showing are the new brushes (black handle) and I own the old brushes (silver handle). The old ones aren't available anyway so I'm showing you which ones are available. The MAC 217 is a dream. It's everyone's top pick and I can see exactly why. You can do a bunch of different things with it. And the Stila brush doesn't necessarily have to be used with their Smudge Pots. It's basically a double-ended smudge/liner brush.



Top5 Eyeshadow Palettes

#1 Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette

#2 Urban Decay Naked Palette

#3 Too Faced Boudoir Eyes

#4 Chanel Les 4 Ombres in 93 Smoky Eyes

#5 Too Faced Love Sweet Love Palette

Honorable Mentions: Urban Decay Naked2 Palette, Stila Merry and Bright palette

It was really hard to name my top5 eyeshadow palettes. I love Too Faced's palettes because they are really good quality. The shadows are pigmented and go on smoothly. The colour is rich and vibrant. I also really liked Urban Decay's first Naked palette. I find that I'm always coming back to it a lot more than the Naked2. That's not to say that I don't like it or anything, I just find I'm always reaching for Naked1. I also liked my Chanel palette, it is my first Chanel makeup anything, so it will always be close to my heart. In the honorable mentions I included Naked2, because this list would not be complete without it, and I also included Stila's Merry and Bright, because it's such a good palette for work days.





So there you have it! My top 5 eye products. I hope you enjoyed reading about all my favorite Top5 picks. I hope I included everything that I wanted to put on here. If I'm missing an Eye subcategory, please let me know!

Next time I'll be showing you my Top5 Face Category Makeup Products, and after that I'll be showing you my Top5 Lip Products. I hope you enjoyed this post. Let me know if there should be more posts like this.

Coming Up:
Top5 Makeup Products in the Face & Lips Categories

Empties & Extras: I've finally saved 5 empty containers so expect a post real soon! Just waiting to empty a few other things.

Makeup Basics Page: just adding the finishing touches and it should be up and ready soon

More Reviews: I've been lacking in the review department so I'll get on that. If you want me to review something, just let me know.

Most Wanted: summer 2013 products, etc

Thanks for reading and much love,

Steph xo.