Champagne Smokey Eye Tutorial

Today I posted an Eye Tutorial on Youtube. I absolutely love this look! The star of the show is the Naked Cosmetics Eye Pigment in Desert Sunset 02. You can purchase this pigment through the link in the right hand bar of this page. This is an affiliate code that I do make commission off of. Feel free to purchase from somewhere else if you do not feel comfortable using an affiliate code! Here is a link to the Youtube Video:

https://youtu.be/cvfX5ELwMeo

Hope you enjoy this tutorial and feel free to comment on the video or on this blog with any comments/questions/concerns/suggestions! Have a beautiful day!

May Ipsy Bag

Just got my May Ipsy bag in today and couldn't wait to open it and do a review for you all!

First of all it came in this bag this month. I am not a fan of the bag this time around. It is cute but it is not my style and it feels like a very cheap plastic to me. My daughter is excited though because when I don't like my Ipsy bags she gets them.

The first thing that I pull out is this Global Beauty Care charcoal mask. It says that it is a 15 minute facial therapy deep cleansing mud based formula that unclogs pores and lifts away impurities and is for all skin types. I'll do a first impression/review on this item when I get to try it out.

The next item that I find is the Island Life eye shadow palette from Pacifica. It is a natural mineral eye shadow that is 100% vegan and cruelty free. It has 5 neutral shades and all shades are shimmer, no matte. 

I finger swatched the shades on my hand and find that the 3 lightest shades have almost no pigment at all. This palette will be going to my mom who has very little makeup 

experience so it will be good for her to play around with.









There is also a brush in this bag. It is by the brand Royal & Langnickel and it is the Precision Angled brush. This brush is super soft, it reminds me of the IT Cosmetics brushes because they are some of the softest brushes I have ever felt. This brush would be perfect for contouring the nose.

The fourth item is a matte lipstick by the brand tre'Stique in the shade Tuscan Wine. It is a beautiful berry shade. 




It is not long lasting or smudge free. It is the definition of a matte lipstick.

The last item int his bag is the Urban Decay Afterglow 8 hour powder highlighter in the shade Sin. I love the brand Urban Decay, I have several of their products. I haven't heard anyone talk

about their highlighters though. I finger swatched it and got almost no color payoff. It reminded me more of a shimmer eye shadow than a highlighter.





Overall I am less pleased with this Ipsy bag than I have ever been. Hopefully next month will be better.  If you would like to sign up for the monthly Ipsy bags you can do so through this link and I will get a bonus 250 points towards the rewards program! If you enjoyed this review please do me a favor and follow using e-mail notifications for when I release new blogs! You can do that by using the link on the right hand side of the page. Thanks and have a beautiful day!

Purple Eye Look

Today I am doing a tutorial on this purple eye look. Without further adieu, here we go!

I am starting with my face makeup on and nothing else. And I am starting out on the right foot with an upside down picture of my eye primer that I used! I use the Urban Decay Primer Potion. I also dust a little RCMA No Color Powder over top to make the eye shadows blend over top easier.

Then I curl my lashes. 

I started out with this shade in the Morphe 35O palette and this SLMissGlam L34 Blend Beauty brush.

Now I am going to use this shade as a transition shade and blend this into the crease using small circles and windshield wiping motions.

Now I am going in with this shade of the same palette and this Wet n Wild brush.

Now I am taking this just in the
outer third to give it some depth.

Now I am taking this pinkish purple
shade in the Morphe 35B palette and this ELF Eyeshadow "C" brush.








I packed this shade onto the lid until I had the color payoff
that I was looking for to set and under tone for the top shade.

Now with the same brush I am taking
this medium purple shade from the same palette and packing on the outer half of the eye.

Now I am taking the dark purple shade directly below that with this Vera Mona brush and applying it to the outer third of the eyelid.

Using the same brush and L'Oreal
Infallible Eye Shadow pressed pigment in shade Purple Priority I first attempted to apply it by spraying my brush with some setting spray but I couldn't get it to apply across the lid, it just clumped up in one spot.

I then used my finger to apply the shadow and it applied much better this way.

I then took my favorite water line eye liner, the Maybelline Eyestudio using the brush that comes with it. I feel like when other people show a picture lining their water line they look so much more graceful than me.

And today I am trying out a new eye

liner. This is the Absolute New York Nano Liner.

And our wings are on!

I then took this shade in the Morphe

35O palette to highlight my inner corners.

I did step outside of my normal holy grail mascara and used my old favorite, the Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara. This is one eye done and one eye not.





I'll even let you in on a little trick of mine. To keep my mascara from bleeding throughout the day. I dust a little RCMA No Color Powder with a fluffy brush under my bottom eyelashes!

And here I am deciding what color lips to do with this look.

I decided on using the NYX
retractable lip liner in shade Sand Beige to line and fill in my lips.

And then I used the NYX Soft Matte Lip

Cream in shade San Paulo.






And here is the finished look! I absolutely look these colors with my blue eyes!  Thanks for watching this tutorial and if you enjoyed this please do me a favor and subscribe to e-mail notifications for when I release new blogs! You can do that from the link on the right hand side of the page. Please comment with any thoughts or suggestions or if you would like to see more blogs like this one! Thanks and have a beautiful day!