Day Look using Too Faced Natural Eye Palette and Secret to No Makeup Makeup Palette

Hello glam babes!!

I cannot believe all the hits I'm getting on my post about the new Too Faced Fall 2012 Collection entitled Pretty Rebel. You can see that post here. So in honor of Too Faced, this is another Too Faced Look. I decided to do a very casual day look, the type of look you'd wear at the office. Or, well, the kind of look I'D wear at the office. You can always tone it down if you want. I always thought I had done at least 1 look using the Too Faced Natural Eye palette, but it seems I haven't. So I will eventually do all 3 looks, but for now, here's the first.

I used the Too Faced Natural Eye palette for this look as well as their No Makeup Makeup palette. Since I wanted to do a very soft, casual look, I also opted for the Too Faced Tinted BB Cream. I did the "Day Look" in the Natural Eye palette. I put Heaven all over my eye, from the lashes to the brow. I put Velvet Revolver in the crease and above, for a cut-crease effect. I also did the outer V and the outer lid with that shade. I lined my eyes in cat eye fashion using Sexpresso and I also lined the bottom of my eyes. I used Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black to line the upper and lower waterlines. These eyes are sexy, sophisticated, yet simple and casual. It can be worn day or night. You can even wear Sexpresso just as a normal line and add the cat eye wings at night when you're going out. These 3 eyeshadows are also all matte shades, so they're also great for older women.

For the face, I used my MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer as usual and I used the Too Faced Tinted BB Cream. I used the Too Faced No Makeup Makeup palette next. I used the Bronzing Veil to contour, meaning sucking in your cheeks and applying bronzer to the line and above the line. I also outline my face with bronzer and down the sides of the nose. I used the Cream Blush on my cheeks and the Luminize on my cheek bones, middle of nose, forehead, chin and the bow of the upper lip. On the lips I used the Cream Blush from the Too Faced No Makeup Makeup palette. I also used Lip Injection Extreme to create big pouty lips.


"Day Look" using Too Faced Natural Eye palette

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Too Faced Natural Eye palette

• Heaven: apply to entire eye area, from lashes to brow
• Velvet Revolver: apply to crease and above for cut-crease effect, also apply to outer V and outer lid
• Sexpresso: apply to upper lashes in cat eye fashion and line lower lashes

Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black
Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara


Whoops! Forgot to close my eyes, but I have good pics so hopefully this will be okay.

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
Too Faced Tinted BB Cream in Snow Glow
Too Faced Primed and Poreless Powder
Too Faced The Secret to No Makeup Makeup 

• Bronzing Veil: contour the face as mentioned above
• Cream Blush: apply to cheeks
• Luminize: apply to cheekbones, center of nose, forehead, chin, and bow of the upper lip

Lips:

Too Faced The Secret to No Makeup Makeup Cream Blush
Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme

Products Used:

Too Faced Natural Eye palette

Too Faced Natural Eye palette - 44$CAD
Day Look: Heaven, Velvet Revolver, Sexpresso

Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black - 25$CAD

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara - 28$CAD

Too Faced Tinted Beauty Balm in Snow Glow - 44$CAD

Too Faced The Secret to No Makeup Makeup - 48$CAD

Too Faced The Secret to No Makeup Makeup

Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme - 39$CAD

From left to right:
Too Faced Natural Eye palette: Heaven, Velvet Revolver, Sexpresso
Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black
Too Faced The Secret to No Makeup Makeup palette Luminize, Cream Blush, Bronzing Veil

I hoped you like this day friendly look! I enjoyed doing this and it's definitely a work appropriate look. I will also be doing the other 2 looks from this palette. I hope you liked this look, leave me a comment telling me what you liked most about it! Did you like the eyes and the added cat eye wings? What did you think of the Too Faced Natural Eye palette? Yay or Nay? What did you think about the Too Faced Tinted BB Cream? Personally I like this one much better than their Air-Buffed BB Creme. I also really liked the Secret to No Makeup Makeup palette compared to their Natural Face palette. The No Makeup Makeup palette is a lot lighter and it is better for lighter skinned girls, like me. The blush is the perfect shade of pink and the bronzer is light enough for me to wear. I really like this palette. Did you like it or did you prefer the Natural Face palette and why?

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Steph xo.

Black Smokey Eyes using Stila's Jingle All The Way palette

Hello precious readers!!

I finally did a look that isn't Too Faced lol. I thought it would be a nice change to do something different. I'm using Stila's Jingle All The Way palette, which is from this past Christmas. I got it recently on sale on a shopping website that my mom always goes to. I forget what the name of it is, my mom did the shopping. I got this palette and a bunch of other stuff for really great prices online. I bought all their old stuff they were getting rid of, like their Christmas stuff. It's not even that old. Just because it's not new doesn't mean it's not still usable. If you've seen my Stila Haul post then you know all about the stuff I got super cheap.

The Jingle All The Way palette is a black smokey eye palette that has 6 eyeshadows and 1 convertible color, which is a cheek and lip colour. I used the lightest shimmer silver (Bell), the shimmer black (Prancer) and the matte black (Pine). I thought the shimmer black would go on sparkly and not black black but it went on quite matte and super dark. It looks exactly like the matte black in the palette.I was a little disappointed but the richness of the colour made up for it. The convertible color is a lovely pink color called Daphne. It is not part of their permanent collection, unfortunately, because I would have loved to buy it when mine runs out. It doesn't go on too dark like some of their other convertible colors. I'm able to layer it so that it looks nice on my super pale skin. It also looks really nice as a lip color. Even though this was a limited edition palette, I think it might still be available on Stila's website for about 9$US if I'm not mistaken. Great deal, huh? I know!!! At this price, you definitely can't go wrong buying it.

I also want to say that I got caught out in the rain (it had stopped way earlier so I thought I'd be okay) and it was really humid today. My eyes tend to be oily in the inner corners. Because of the rain and muggy weather, my eyeshadow came off in the inner corner and in a line in my crease :( It's a disaster when you're wearing black eyeshadow!! Luckily I brought the palette with me so I was able to fix it. It just sucks when that happens. And I also really don't like the quality of Stila's Smudge Stick Eyeliners. They don't stay on!! They always come off and when I try to reapply I end up rubbing more of it off. I only used it I wanted to try to be consistent with the Stila look. I should have used my Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Eyeliner set because they are much better quality. I need to invest in more sparkly black eyeliners.


Black Smokey Eyes using Stila's Jingle All The Way palette

Eyes:

NARS Pro-Prime Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base
Stila Jingle All The Way palette

• Bell: apply between crease and brow bone to highlight
• Prancer: apply to lid
• Pine: apply to crease

Stila Smudge Proof Eyeliner in Stargazer (line upper and bottom lashes)
Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black (tightline upper and lower lashes)
Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Face:

NARS Pro-Prime Pore Refining Primer
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Stila Jingle All The Way Convertible Color in Daphne
Too Faced Pink Leopard Brightening Bronzer
Benefit High Beam

Lips:

Stila Jingle All The Way Convertible Color in Daphne

Products Used:

Jingle All The Way palette (might still be available on Stila's site for 9$US)

Jingle All The Way palette
starting with the shade in the top middle and going clockwise:
Bell
Snowed In
Wonderland
Prancer
Giddy Up
Pine
and the Convertible Color is Daphne

Stila Smudgeproof Eyeliner in Stargazer
(limited edition in the xmas 2012 eyeliner set, might still be available online at Sephora and/or Stila)

Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black - 25$CAD

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara - 28$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

Too Faced Pink Leopard - 38$CAD

Stila Jingle All The Way palette
from left to right:
Bell
Snowed In
Wonderland
Prancer
Giddy Up
Pine
Convertible Color in Daphne

I hope you like the look! I love doing smokey eyes so this is another way you can do it using this palette. This palette might be old, but for 9$US now, it's quite a good deal. You can always use other colors to substitute if you don't have this palette. I really wish they sold Daphne, I really liked it.

Did you like the look? Do you like Stila's Jingle All The Way set? Are there any other mini sets like that from them that you liked? Are you a bargain hunter or do you prefer to have things when they first come out? Did you like the convertible color in Daphne? Do you like Too Faced's Pink Leopard? Do you like Benefit's High Beam or do you prefer another highlighter and which one?

Thanks for reading and don't hesitate to leave me a comment!

For other older Stila products, check out my Stila Haul post.

Steph xo.

Too Faced Loves Sephora Palette Review

Hello dolls!!

I haven't done a review post in a long time. Sure, I've talked about the products I've used in a look and why I like it or not but I haven't done a post strictly reviewing a product. I'm going to be reviewing the new Too Faced Loves Sephora palette, which is exclusive to Sephora and it celebrates Too Faced's 15th birthday as well as their 15 years working together. My mom bought this palette for me as a little treat along with a couple other items. I was so ecstatic! I really wasn't expecting this even though I was hinting at it every chance I got.

Too Faced Loves Sephora Palette Review

This palette contains 10 eyeshadows (2 are slightly bigger), 1 blush, 2 bronzers, a mini shadow insurance, and a flatbuki brush.

Eyeshadows:
Piano Keys (bigger): shimmer off-white
So Cal: shimmer light pink
TF <3's The Cast: sparkle/glitter silver/gold
Jer Jer: shimmer bronze
525 Market: shimmer purple/brown
Behind The Counter (bigger): matte medium brown
Soho: shimmer light purple
Envy: shimmer dark purple
David & Marg: shimmer green/blue/teal
1998: shimmer with a bit of sparkle violet

Blush:
Who's Your Poppy?: pink with a touch of coral

Bronzer:
Chocolate Soleil: matte dark brown
Sun Bunny: shimmer, dark brown and a more golden brown (2 colours)

It also comes with a Glamour Guide, showing you 15 looks you can do with this palette.

I've already tried the Alison, the Artemis , the Jen and the Stephanie and I've even tried my own look. I'm going to try all the looks in the Glamour Guide eventually, as well as come up with my own look.

The Glamour Guide is very straightforward and shows you easy to slightly difficult looks. I know some people have trouble doing the cat eye, just a little bit of practise and you'll get it. Always use the guides as a basis for your look and adjust it to your eye shape. You don't need to do the exact look on the card, do what looks good on you.

As I've come to expect from Too Faced, the shadows are really pigmented and come on quite easy. They're all shimmer except for Behind The Counter. TF <3's The Cast is a glitter/sparkle shade. I find the colors are a bit light, like Soho for example, but I'm in love with the night so that's probably just me. There is a look for every occasion in this palette. I wanted it to play around with bright colours, since that's something I don't really do too often. My favorite eyeshadow in this palette is David & Marg. I just love this green. It reminds me of MAC's Aquadisiac.

The blush, Who's Your Poppy?, is a really nice colour that should be pretty much universal for almost every woman. I really like this blush, it looked great on me. They also included their two most popular bronzers, Chocolate Soleil and Sun Bunny. I don't think they do anything special for me, I much prefer Pink Leopard, but they are decent bronzers that give me a nice summer glow. I also prefer Bronzed and Poreless as a matte bronzer because it is lighter than Chocolate Soleil and it is a better shade for my light skin. And all 3 shades were a generous size. Which I love because it's almost even fullsize.

The Verdict: I would definitely recommend this palette to a friend! But only if she likes bright colours along with her neutrals, because it's a summery and fun palette. I really enjoyed doing the looks in the Glamour Guide and I think other women would like it as well. Too Faced always comes out with high quality products and I'm never disappointed. All their products are cruelty-free, but this palette is not vegan.


I hope you enjoyed my review on this product. I've been using it every day lately to try out the different looks and I'm always impressed at how well the looks turn out. I would definitely run out and buy one before they're all gone!!

Did you like this palette? Would you buy this? Let me know what you think about the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette. What is your favorite eyeshadow shade? bronzer shade? What did you think of the blush? What did you think of all the looks in the Glamour Guide? I encourage you to show me your own looks!! Are you buying this palette this summer before they're gone forever?

Check out some looks from this palette:

My Look

The Alison

The Artemis

The Jen

The Stephanie



Steph xo.

[Disclaimer: All products were bought and paid for by me. All opinions are my own.]

The "Stephanie" Look from Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

Hello glam girls!!

Today I finally did the "Stephanie" look from the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette. I say finally because anyone would have probably done their namesake's look first lol. So I did the "Stephanie" and I have mixed feelings about this look. I think it's a little weird with the fuchsia in the inner corners of the eyes. This is definitely not something I would wear every day. I'd probably only wear it if I had some sort of weird theme party to go to or something. The fuchsia shade, 1998 has a few sparkles. The shade Jer Jer is a bronze colour. TF <3's The Cast is a silver/gold sparkle shade. I paired Stila's Lipglaze in Joy with this look. Joy is a fuchsia colour, with I thought went great with the 1998 shade. I was hoping my namesake look would be amazing but it kinda disappointed me. I guess it'll be up to me to make amazing Steph Stud makeup looks!!

The "Stephanie" Look from Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

• Jer Jer: apply to inner lid but leave the innermost corner and tear duct empty and apply to the outer lid, continuing down to the lower lash line a bit.
• TF <3's The Cast: apply to the middle of the lid and the middle of the lower lash line
• 1998: apply to the innermost corner and tear duct, along the inner lower lashline

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Finish in NW20
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Too Faced Loves Sephora blush in Who's Your Poppy?
Too Faced Loves Sephora bronzer in Chocolate Soleil

Lips:

Stila Lipglaze in Joy

Products Used:

Too Faced Loves Sephora palette

Too Faced Loves Sephora - 62$CAD

Too Faced Loves Sephora

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara - 28$CAD

Too Faced Loves Sephora

Stila Lipglaze in Joy (limited edition, Xmas Lipglaze Set 2013)

From left to right:
Too Faced Loves Sephora eyeshadows: 1998, TF <3's The Cast, Jer Jer
Too Faced Loves Sephora blush in Who's Your Poppy?
Too Faced Loves Sephora bronzer in Chocolate Soleil
Stila Lipglaze in Joy

I hope you enjoyed the look!! It's not my cup of tea personally. Even though I didn't like the look, I have to say that the quality of the eyeshadows is excellent. Great pigmentation and staying power, as usual. I love Too Faced products because their products are consistently great quality. The blush and bronzers are fantastic as well.

So what did you think of the "Stephanie" look? Did you like it or hate it? What criticisms do you have? Did you like the Stila Lipglaze in Joy? Did you like the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette? Would you purchase it? What is your favorite eyeshadow shade in this palette? And your favorite bronzer? What is your favorite look from this palette?


Here are some other looks that I've done from this palette: my look, the Alison, the Artemis, the Jen.

I'm working on a Review of the Too Faced Loves Sephora palette, it should be up tonight.

I'm also working on:

Cruelty-free and Vegan Makeup Brands: I'm listing 30 brands and determining who is cruelty-free and who is not and I talk a bit about how you can find out who's cruelty-free

Empties & Extras: I have 7 empties just waiting to have 10. I show you all the empty containers I have and all the extra makeup items I've either stocked up on or seem to have in my drawer.

Makeup Basics Page: Just making sure that I've included everything that I want to include on this page. It's almost done!!

I'm hoping I finish most of this by the end of the week. I've been asked to do a list of cruelty-free brands and I'm pretty sure if misinformed a friend in the past. Some brands are really sketchy with how they word their position on this matter. I'll explain all this in the post.

What would you like to see me post about? Send in your ideas for topics, reviews, etc.

Steph xo.