I finally got some photos from a few shoots I did. I'm so happy with how they turned out! It was my first time doing makeup for a photoshoot so looking back I realize that I could have done some things better. A big one for me is that in-person, makeup looks much darker than it appears in professional photos. All the light tends to wash out the color. So I realize now that I could have gone "drag queen" and it would have looked normal in the photos. But it is a learning process for me, since this is from my very first shoot. So I will eventually share some photos with you. I will make a new page, that you can find at the top bar next to home, contact info, etc. That's where I will put all my work and collabs and basically anything that isn't done on me.
I'm looking at my eyebrows in a bunch of old pics (when I got them done for the first time in my life) and oh my god did I ever fill in the crap out of them they look horrible. Just had to state the obvious and explain that obviously I did not know how to do eyebrows. It took a bit of practise but they're much better now. I mean come on girls, the first time you ever filled in your eyebrows can't have been perfect.
Oh and did I mentioned that Target finally opened and I got to buy my first NYX product ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
And please read down til the bottom, I have a few announcements!
The Actual Makeup
Now that I'm done rambling on, let's talk about the actual makeup. I've done a post in the past using Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette which was a cut-crease as well. There's just something about this palette that just screams cut-crease. Honestly it has the perfect colors to pull off a few different cut-crease looks. Today I'll be sharing another one with you! It's kinda the same idea as the first cut-crease I did with this palette. I went dramatic with the eyes but kept the rest of the face pretty natural and soft. It's a good rule of thumb that if you're going to go bold, go bold on just one area and keep the rest neutral and soft. You don't want to end up looking like a drag queen (unless that's the look you're going for ;)) The lid is silver and the cut-crease is a dark purple. I wish they had the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, I've read so many great things about that pencil being good as a base for light colors and I think it would have been great for this look to make the silver pop out more. Oh well. For the face I used the usual stuff. I used MAC's Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy. I find it's so easy to control the amount of creme blush I'm applying ever since I bought MAC's 130 Brush. It lets me go super light if I want to. For the lipgloss, I went with the classic NARS Turkish Delight.
More Cut-Crease using Urban Decay Naked 2
Start by priming your eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion. Before anything else, I took Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar and I drew in my cut-crease line slightly above my actual crease. A good trick for doing this is to look straight into the mirror as you draw the line, so you can see the crease clearly. You want your line to start directly above the inner corner of your eye and to go all the way out and make a V shape and connect to your outer lid. Take a pencil brush (MAC 219) and gently smudge the liner by making windshield wiper motions. Then, using the same brush, pick up Tease from the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette and keep blending out the crease and outer V. Don't be scared to go a little high with this. At this point, I applied Verve onto my lid by using a medium shadow brush (MAC 239). I applied it below the line we made and all the way until the V. I applied a bit of Suspect on the middle, but you can't really see it now. Now take an angled liner brush (Sephora Pro Angled Liner Brush) and using Busted, apply it in a nice clear line on the crease and outer V. I blended it out into Tease. The two colors should have a gradient like effect. I went back in a few time with Tease and Busted until I was happy with it being blended. I took a clean blending brush (MAC 217) and blended out where Tease ends. Then, using a crease brush (Sephora Pro Crease Brush) I mixed Bootycall and Foxy together and I applied that under the browbone and in the inner corner of the eyes. For the liner, I applied the pencil liner in Rockstar on my top and bottom lash lines and I went over it with the shadow Busted using the same angled liner brush. I also tightlined both top and bottom lids using MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline. I applied Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara on my top lashes. For the eyebrows, I used Benefit's Instant Brow Pencil in Medium and filled them in the way I normally do. So the eyes are done, let's do the rest of the face!
I started by applying Boscia's Tsubaki Beauty Oil all over my face. I still can't figure out if this stuff is doing anything for me or not, and I think it might have caused a massive breakout all over my forehead, but more on that some other time. Then I primed my face using Too Faced Primed and Poreless. I applied MAC Select-Cover Up Concealer in NW20 underneath my eyes using a concealer brush (Sephora Pro Concealer Brush). Then I used a stippling brush (Sephora Pro Stippling Brush) to apply MUFE HD Foundation in 110 all over my face. I applied MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 onto any pimples and redness that was still showing through. Then I applied MUFE HD Powder all over my face using a kabuki brush (MUFE HD Kabuki Brush). I started by contouring my face using Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless and a contour brush (MAC 168). I sucked in my cheeks and followed that line, starting at the top of my ears towards my upper lip. I also contoured my temples, perimeter of the face, etc. I applied MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy using a short duo-fiber blush brush (MAC 130). I made sure to apply it to my cheeks and to blend it outward towards the sides of my face and down into the contour. I applied powder again to set the cream. Then I applied a light highlight, Too Faced Candlelight using a blush brush (Too Faced Powder Pouf Brush). The last step is to apply NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight. If you want your makeup to last all day and all night, then spray Urban Decay's All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray a few times on your face and you're ready to party!
Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette
- Verve
- Suspect
- Tease
- Busted
- Bootycall
- Foxy
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar
MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline
Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Mascara
Brows
Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in Medium
Face:
Boscia Tsubaki Beauty Oil
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
Too Faced Candlelight
MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless
Urban Decay All-Nighter Makeup Setting Spray
Lips:
NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight
Products Used:
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| Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette - 62$CAD Shades Used: Foxy Bootycall Tease Suspect Verve Busted |
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| Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar - 23$CAD for fullsize |
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| MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline - 19$CAD |
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| Too Faced Better Than False Lashes Mascara - 30$CAD |
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| Benefit Instant Brow Pencil - 25$CAD |
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| Too Faced Candlelight |
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| Too Faced Candlelight - 38$CAD |
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| MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy |
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| MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy - 25$CAD in compact, 21$CAD for just the pan |
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| Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless - 38$CAD |
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| Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless - 38$CAD |
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| Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray - 15$CAD for mini, 35$CAD for fullsize |
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| NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight - 29$CAD |
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| Swatches: Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette in: Foxy Bootycall Tease Suspect Verve Busted |
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| Swatches: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Rockstar MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline Too Faced Candlelight MAC Cremeblend Blush in So Sweet, So Easy Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless NARS Lipgloss in Turkish Delight |
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed today's post! When I first bought the two palettes (at roughly the same time), I ended up using the original Naked palette a lot more than the second one. But now I find I'm picking up Naked 2 especially for cut-crease eyeshadow looks. They are both great palettes and I really do recommend both. If you can only pick one, I'd pick one based on your skintones. Like if you're warm-toned (yellow) go for the original Naked palette; and if you're cool-toned (pink) go for Naked 2. I'm cool-toned, so cool shades should look better on me. It doesn't mean that you shouldn't get the other one as well, I'm not saying it'll look horrible, but sticking to your tones would look better, that's all.
Here is the other Cut Crease using Urban Decay Naked 2 look that I did quite a little while ago.
So what did you like most about this look? And here's the age old question, do you prefer Naked or Naked2? And I'd love it if you showed me your cut-crease eye looks using either Naked palette! I thought that light pinks went great with the purples, I have to say that MAC's 130 Short Duo-Fibre Brush is incredible when it comes to putting on cream blushes. I really wanted to have a 'less is more' approach to the rest of the face and this brush allowed me to be very subtle with color on the cheeks. It applies blush in a way no finger can. I strongly recommend this brush if you like cream blush.
So here's a little update:
- I will be creating a page on the top bar (next to Home, Contact Me, etc) for work I've done for photoshoots, etc. Basically anything I've done on someone that isn't me will be featured there.
- I will also be adding a poll to the sidebar. The first question will be "What would you like to see more of on the blog?" with various answers. If none of them apply, you can leave me a comment either here, on facebook, or twitter.
- I will try to post more regularly. I have a ton of stuff to catch up on and write about. In the meantime, reply to the poll or comment what you'd like to see next!!
Steph xo.
