Green Eye Look on my Mom using MAC

Hello glam girls!!

I have so much to talk about.. and I've already written most of it in posts I was planning on publishing, but haven't, mainly because I fell asleep in my makeup before taking photos and when I finally woke up, it was smudged really badly.

I'm going to show you a face chart of a look I did on my mom today. Unfortunately, she didn't want me to post the pictures of the makeup I did. Not because she didn't like it, but because she just doesn't like putting herself out there on the internet. Especially since it was a darker look and not one that she is used to wearing everyday. She did, however, give me permission to take a photo of her eyes. I'll be showing you both the face chart and the pic of the eyes. I found the blank face chart on google and I printed it onto watercolor paper. The watercolor paper makes a HUGE difference and it enables the pigment to stay onto the paper. You can even use makeup brushes to apply the makeup onto the paper.

Since this is a bit different than my usual posts, I'll explain it detail how I did the makeup and I will list all the products I used on her. I will most likely also do the eye look on myself. I used MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Smutty Green, which is I just bought the other day and still haven't used on myself. I also bought Young Punk, which is also a Mineralize Eyeshadow. I also ordered a few discontinued eyeshadows online, which are: Shimmermoss and Purple Haze. I also ordered a Pro shade, Vellum. The last shade I got (in order to qualify for free shipping) was Vibrant Grape. I'll be showing all the new MAC stuff once I get my shipment. I don't like doing a bunch of small posts. I really would have liked to show more pictures, but I will definitely be doing a look using Smutty Green and Young Punk (though not necessarily together) in the near future.

So here's the look and the face chart:


Green Eye Look using MAC

To prime the eyes, use a paint pot if you have one or a sticky base if you don't. I used MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 as my sticky base so that the sparkles from the Mineralize Eyeshadow would stick. It works just as good as a primer. Apply it to the entire eye area and use a blending brush to blend it out if necessary. Next, take MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Smutty Green and apply it to your lid using a medium eyeshadow brush. Then take MAC Eyeshadow in Greensmoke and apply it to your crease, outer V, and outer lid using a blending brush (MAC 217). Make sure you blend it all the way to your inner eye. Take MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom and apply it between your brow and your crease color and blend out the crease using a blending brush. I like to go back in and blend out Greensmoke again. Then take MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof! and apply it to the inner corners of the eyes as well as under the brow. Looking back, for an older person such as my mom, I would have used MAC Eyeshadow in Vanilla instead of Shroom and Phloof!. There's enough sparkle on the lid, we don't need more in the crease. For a young person, however, Shroom and Phloof! are great. To line the bottom lid, use MAC Eyeshadow in Humid and apply it using an angled liner brush. The last step is to apply mascara, like Too Faced Lashgasm. My mom didn't want to put on mascara because it irritates her hard contact lenses, but that is the mascara that I would have used on her.

For the face, I didn't use a primer. I forgot! But I would have used Too Faced Primed and Poreless. I then went and covered her under eye circles with MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20. This is the concealer that I normally use on myself, but it was the perfect color for her and it really hid her circles. This concealer really impressed her and she's going to buy one. I then did her foundation using MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW18 and a foundation brush. I find that the numbering is weird, NW18 is much darker than NW20. While this didn't work for me, it was perfect for my mom. I set the foundation and concealer by using Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder in Translucent and a powder brush. Make sure it's applied evenly all over the face. Now it's time to contour using Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless and a contour brush. Suck in your cheeks as a guide and contour under your cheekbones, on your chin, on the perimeter of the face and the temples. Then take NARS Blush in Orgasm and apply it to the apples of the cheek and blend it outward and make sure it blends into your bronzer. Then apply Benefit Watt's Up highlighter to the cupid's bow, chin, and the tops of your cheekbones. I like to apply powder on top so that it isn't as shimmery. I do think that my mom is getting a little too old to be wearing highlighter, so I probably wouldn't put this on her the next time I do her makeup. On a young person, it would look fantastic. The last step was to put on a lip liner, MAC Lip Liner in Soar, and a lipstick, Illamasqua Lipstick in Test.

Eyes:

MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 (used as a base)
MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Smutty Green
MAC Eyeshadow in Greensmoke
MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Eyeshadow in Humid
Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Face:

MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW18
Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder in Translucent
Benefit Watt's Up
NARS Blush in Orgasm
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Lips:

MAC Lip Liner in Soar
Illamasqua Lipstick in Test





Here are some photos of the eyes:

I hope that the post was still enjoyable. I will do a proper post along with swatches and everything when I do the look myself. I got a bunch of new products recently and I can't wait to try them all out and show you guys. I really wanted to show the whole makeup look but my mom really didn't want me to. But that's okay, I will do a look using Smutty Green in the very near future. Thanks for reading!

Steph xo.

Really Bright and Colorful Matte Makeup using MAC Pro and Illamasqua

Hello glam dolls!!

Omigosh I'm still loving my new haircut. My hairdresser is amazing. I was going for a kind of 80's metal mixed with Joan Jett mixed with that emo cut but more feminine. It resembles a haircut that I used to have, which was also done by Jason. Since then, my hair has changed and is thinner than it used to be. Yikes! It was already thin to begin with! So we couldn't do as short layers nor a bang because of my crazy cow licks. I don't mind not having a bang because I can part my hair numerous ways. I can part it near the middle or I can part it on the side and have a swooping side bang. Honestly I can do my hair in so many different ways now. I'm going to do a post soon on how I style my hair and really showing off the new hair. I'll also have before and after pics. You'll get a glimpse of the hair today though. Please let me know what you think! I'm really loving it. I'm so happy I can actually do something with it now other than a bun! I do love buns though. All my pictures for this post are going to be cropped around my hair instead of my face so you can actually see the haircut. Hope you like it!

So moving on, today I'm doing a makeup look using the new MAC Pro and Illamasqua products I bought the other day. I have to say that I really like how the look turned out. I had never used these products before so I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. It's so bright and colorful, it's almost neon. Bright green eyes with a bright pink lip. Yum! I used 2 MAC Pro shades for the eyes, Kelly and Bottle Green and also Phloof! which isn't pro. You can only buy pro products at a pro store or online. And for Illamasqua I used almost all the products I bought, the lipstick and blush. I didn't use the lipgloss though I almost used it. I thought that by keeping the eyes and lips matte that they would stand out more. I'll show you a swatch of the lipgloss along with the rest of the stuff so you can see it.


Really Bright and Colorful Matte Makeup using MAC Pro and Illamasqua

So the first step is to apply eyeshadow primer, like Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Next take a medium shadow brush (Sephora PRO Medium Shadow Brush) and apply MAC Pro Kelly onto your lid and leave the outer lid empty. Then take a blending brush (MAC 217) and MAC Pro Bottle Green and apply it to your crease. You want to go in about 2/3 of your eye. Blend it outward and up to give it a lifting effect. Then take it down from the farthest point and bring it down to your outer lid. Usually I do a defined line but today I'm leaving it blended out. Now take MAC Phloof! with a different blending brush (Sephora PRO Crease Brush) and apply it as a highlight as well as blending out MAC Pro Bottle Green. I also like to bring Phloof! down toward my inner eyes. After that I like to go over Kelly and Bottle Green to get rid of any fallout and to intensify the color. I also like to go over Bottle Green and blend it into Phloof! I like to do my foundation and face routine before I line my bottom lid. So when you're ready, take Kelly with an angled liner brush (Sephora PRO Angled Liner Brush) and line the bottom lid with it. Leave the outer corner blank. I like to connect the top and bottom lids with Kelly in the inner corner. Next take Bottle Green with the same brush and line the outer corner of your lid. Blend it into the crease color. I also like to apply the shadow onto my waterline as I'm doing this. Take MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved and tightline your top lid. Take a mascara, like MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack, and apply it to your top lashes. Bottom lashes are optional. The last step is to fill in your brows. I use Benefit Brow Zings. The eyes are done so let's move on to the rest of the face!

Prep your face by applying a face primer, like Too Faced Primed and Poreless. Conceal your undereye circles with a concealer like MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer using a concealer brush (Sephora PRO Concealer Brush). Then take your favorite full coverage foundation, like MUFE HD Foundation, and apply it using a stippling brush (Sephora PRO Stippling Brush) or the brush / method of your choice. Next, using your fingers, apply MAC Studio Finish Concealer onto problem areas, such as blemishes and redness, or wherever you need to cover something that your foundation hasn't. Next take your favorite loose setting powder, like MUFE HD Powder, and a kabuki brush (MUFE HD Kabuki Brush) and apply it to your face using dabbing motions, never wiping or you will wipe off your foundation and concealer! Next take a matte bronzer for contouring, like Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless, and contour your face by applying it to the perimeter of the face, suck in your cheeks as a guide to applying it under the cheek, on the temples, chin, neck, and down the sides of the nose using a contouring brush (I use a Sephora Collection Powder Brush and I pinch the bristles with my hand to make a line so it's easier to contour). Next take a blush brush (Too Faced Powder Pouf) and Illamasqua's Powder Blush in Nymph and apply it to the cheeks and blend it outward and into the bronzer. With a clean brush I like to buff it towards the nose so it diffuses any lines and looks more natural. Now take Benefit High Beam and apply it to the tops of your cheekbones, chin, and cupid's bow. Dab it in using your fingers. Never rub it in or you will rub off everything. The last step is to take Illamasqua's Lipstick in Plunge and apply it to your lips. It is a bit drying because it is a matte lipstick. If you want a bit of gloss you can apply Illamasqua's Sheer Lipgloss in Electrify. I'm leaving it matte though. I tried the lipgloss on top of the lipstick after I took the photos for the blog and it looks great with the lipgloss. It doesn't alter the color much and it gives you that glossy lip. It smells and tastes like Too Faced's Lip Injection Extreme. At least it doesn't burn my lips like that stuff did!! I will leave a swatch of the lipstick and lipgloss by themselves and also of the gloss on top of the lipstick so you can see. So that's the finished look and I hope you enjoyed!

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC Pro Eyeshadow in Kelly
MAC Pro Eyeshadow in Bottle Green
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack

Brows

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

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
Illamasqua Powder Blush in Nymph
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Lips:

Illamasqua Lipstick in Plunge
and you can put this lipgloss on if you want some shine:
Illamasqua Lipgloss in Electrify

Products Used:

MAC Eyeshadows are 14.50$CAD each as a palette refill
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Pro Eyeshadow in Kelly
MAC Pro Eyeshadow in Bottle Green

MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved - 19$CAD

MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack - 19$CAD

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

Benefit Brow Zings in Light - 36$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

Illamasqua Powder Blush in Nymph

Illamasqua Powder Blush in Nymph - 26$CAD

Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless - 38$CAD

Illamasqua Lipstick in Plunge - 24$CAD

Illamasqua Lipgloss in Electrify - 22$CAD

From left to right:
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Pro Eyeshadow in Kelly
MAC Pro Eyeshadow in Bottle Green
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
Benefit High Beam
Illamasqua Powder Blush in Nymph
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless
Illamasqua Lipstick in Plunge
Illamasqua Lipgloss in Electrify
Illamasqua Lipstick in Plunge and Lipgloss in Electrify

Thanks for reading and I hope you liked today's post! I thought this bright look was loads of fun. It's bright and happy, which is great for summer. It's also different, so you'll stand out in a good way. It's also easy to do. I have to say that MAC's Pro Eyeshadows are nicely pigmented and go on the eye beautifully. Illamasqua's products were also a pleasure to put on. The blush was super pigmented that I barely needed to touch it to put loads of color on. The MAC Pro shadows are such beautiful unique shades that you can't find in their permanent collection. I really liked Kelly and Bottle Green, I thought they were such beautiful greens. I was also impressed with the color of Illamasqua's products.

I'd love to hear your opinion on a couple things. Which is your favorite MAC Pro Eyeshadow and why? And what are your favorite Illamasqua products? And fav blush, lipstick and lipgloss? I'm going to try more of their products as time goes on now that we've got an Illamasqua counter. And the last thing I'm dying to know is if you liked my new haircut!! Because I really really love it!

I'll be doing a post soon on my new haircut and it'll have a ton of pictures, various ways of styling the new 'do, and my favorite styling products. So it'll be a pretty interesting post all about hair!

Thanks for reading and if you haven't already, you can see my Shopping Haul #4 - MAC PRO and Illamasqua to see the rest of the stuff I bought.

Steph xo.

Super Dramatic Smokey Eye using MAC Eyeshadows

Hey glam girlies and guysies!

So today I really wanted to play around with a new MAC eyeshadow I bought, Contrast. It's such a beautiful dark blue/purple color. I experimented with Electra and a few other shades and holy crap I ended up with the most super dramatic eye look. Not to mention that the lashes I used add a lot of exaggeration to this look. You don't have to use crazy lashes like I did, I just did it for fun. Minus the crazy lashes, you could wear this look out at night. It's super pretty. I know I used a lot of eye products. You don't need to use all of them. Customize the look the way you see fit.

I just want to say that MAC Fluidline sucks balls with false lashes. I swear to God I just spent a good hour trying to fix this mess that is Fluidline and glue. The fluidline keeps chipping off. The wet glue rubs the Fluidline off. You can't even put Fluidline unless you prime the surface because it slides right off. Now I love the look of Fluidline, especially when you're doing a cat eye and it's the main focus. But as a liner under lashes, I could have picked something better. There's bits of Fluidline stuck in my lashes now. Argh! One of my lashes is on perfect and the other one keeps having issues. I'm done fixing my lashes, because I could fix them all night and they still wouldn't be perfect.

I know I used a lot of eyeshadows in this look and you really don't have to use that many. Just use what you have. I was having fun. It was the first time I used Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara and I like it. I think it's great at giving volume and curling your lashes. It also keeps them separated and not clumpy. It doesn't really thicken them or make them dramatic. I think it would make a good everyday mascara.

I also effing hate fake lashes. They piss me off. They never go on right. There's always one eye that gets all the trouble. I should have just used Too Faced Better Than False Lashes.

Super Dramatic Smokey Eye using MAC Eyeshadows

Always remember to prime before starting. Apply MAC Electra in the middle of your eye. Leave a tiny space in the inner corner and leave the outer corner. Apply MAC Contrast to your outer corner, outer V and crease. Take a blending brush and blend the top of Electra and Contrast. Then take MAC Carbon and apply it to your outer V to add some depth to Contrast. Blend it in well. Take MAC Forgery and MAC Phloof! and apply them to the inner corners of the eyes. Take MAC Shroom and blend out Electra and Contrast once more. Take Phloof! and apply it under the brow bone to really bring it out. For the bottom lids you want to apply Forgery to the inner corner and continue with Electra until a little after halfway. Then take Contrast and take it from the outer lid and carry it a little past halfway and blend it into Electra. Line your eyes with MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack. Do a thin line, it helps with the lashes. Apply Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara to your top lashes and MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack to your bottom lashes. Apply Duo Glue onto your lashes and wait for the glue to be tacky. We're using Sephora Lashes in Showstopper. After the lashes are done, it's time to do the brows. Use Benefit Brow Zings in Light and draw in your eyebrows. Add a dramatic arch.

For the face we also begin by priming. Then use MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer to cover your under eye circles. Then take MUFE HD Foundation and apply it all over your face. Take MAC Studio Finish Concealer to cover any blemishes. Apply MUFE HD Powder all over the face to set the foundation and concealer. Take Too Faced Pink Leopard and apply it wherever the sun naturally hits the face. Then take MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy and apply it to the apples of your cheeks and back towards the perimeter of the face. Apply Benefit High Beam as a highlight on your cheekbones, cupid's bow, chin, and brow bones. For your lips, apply Benefit Posietint and wait for it to absorb into the skin. Then take NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Roman Holiday and apply it to your lips. Lastly, take NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight and dab it on top of Roman Holiday. And that's it!

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC Eyeshadow in Electra
MAC Eyeshadow in Contrast
MAC Eyeshadow in Carbon
MAC Eyeshadow in Forgery
MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved
Benefit Bad Gal Lash
MAC Zoomlash in Zoomblack
Sephora Lashes in Showstopper
Duo Glue

Brows:

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

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 Pink Leopard

Lips:

Benefit Posietint
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Roman Holiday
NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight

Products Used:

MAC Eyeshadows (18$CAD each) in:
Forgery (top left)
Electra (top right)
Contrast (bottom left)
Carbon (bottom right)

MAC Eyeshadows (18$CAD each) in:
Phloof! (top)
Shroom (bottom)

MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved - 19$CAD

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack - 19$CAD

Benefit Bad Gal Lash Mascara - 12$CAD for mini (shown), fullsize is 26$CAD

MAC Zoomlash Mascara in Zoomblack - 19$CAD

Duo Glue - a few bucks

Sephora Fake Lashes in Showstopper - 12$CAD

Sephora Fake Lashes in Showstopper

Benefit Brow Zings in Light

Benefit Brow Zings in Light - 36$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

Benefit Posie Tint - mini shown, fullsize is 36$CAD

NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Roman Holiday - 30$CAD

NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight - 29$CAD

From left to right:
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom
MAC Eyeshadow in Forgery
MAC Eyeshadow in Electra
MAC Eyeshadow in Contrast
MAC Eyeshadow in Carbon
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved

From left to right:
Benefit High Beam
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Pink Leopard
Benefit Posie Tint
NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Roman Holiday
NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the look! I know I did. It was a lot of fun building this look and making it super evening dramatic. If you find the false lashes make it too dramatic, just put on some mascara instead! I also wanted to dress it up a bit so I put on a dress and some earrings and voila!

The dress is the "Le Sac" Dress from American Apparel. Earrings are from Betsey Johnson. Cat necklace was a gift.

Isn't the cat necklace adorable? I fell in love with it when I first saw it. Most awesomest present ever!!

Alright so I hope you enjoyed the look! Looking back, it kind of reminds me of the Fashion Look from the Too Faced Smokey Eye palette. The looks are similar but they do have their differences.

Fashion Look using Too Faced Smokey Eyes Palette

Let me know what you thought of this look! Is it too dramatic? Not dramatic enough? I want to know what you thought of MAC Contrast and tell me what eyeshadow combos you would use with it. I also want to know if you use Benefit's cheek tints and which one is your favorite? And did you like the lips? I thought that the 3 products together made a beautiful color! So let me know your thoughts on this look, I'd love to hear from you.

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Steph xo.