Braceface: My Sister's Braces

This is probably the oddest inspiration I've ever had, but I'm going with it because when I saw the pink and green bands on my sister's braces, I knew it would look good . . . but the colors came out completely different from her braces. Oh well, I had a nice time wearing this look.

The hot pink and shimmering pink are from Avon's 12-in-1 Shimmering Eye Palette. Though I had originally planned on using the pink by itself, I ended up adding a layer of the shimmering pink over it soften the color. I used a turquoise-can't-quite-tell-whether-it's-blue-or-green color as an accent.

The eyeliner is Glimmersticks Diamonds Eye Liner in Sugar Plum from Avon. I love, love everything about this liner, from the color to the softness to the sparkles.

At first, my mom thought I had a copper color on the browbone, and when I turned around, she was surprised to see it change color. That color's iridescence is my favorite thing about it.

In the future, look for looks inspired by characters from Phineas and Ferb, and more characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and Scooby-Doo. :)

Eyeshadow Inspired by Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

When Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole came out two years ago, I was really, really skeptical that it was going to be good. I was like, "Owls? Being epic? Really?" However, my then co-worker said he really liked the movie, so I started to think it maybe wasn't that bad.


 


That was a year ago. I finally watched it a few weeks ago, and LOVED it! I loved the voice acting, I loved the story, I loved the characters, and I loved the animation. Oh my goodness, the glorious animation!


I was especially struck by the colors. Soren, the main character, is a barn owl who's golden, white, and brown. I was inspired by these colors to create this look.

I used the brown, white, and gold from the 12-in-1 Shimmering Eye Palette from Avon. I used Ultra Luxury Eye Liner in Dark Brown from Avon on the top and bottom lids. To soften the liner on the bottom lashline, I dabbed the brown eyeshadow on it.

I tried something new with this look. I usually don't put eye liner on my waterline because it just melts off, and I don't like dealing with it. However, my mom noted that some of my looks didn't look "complete" with a bare waterline. So I put the eyeliner on my waterline and then dabbed a very tiny amount of brown eyeshadow to set it, just an experiment to see if it would last longer. It actually kind of worked. Not perfectly but much, much better than the eye liner alone. It's definitely something I'll try again in the future. :)

This last photo was taken somewhat in the shadows, so the colors look a little different. I drew a little half-moon above my lid with the brown and blended it into the gold, which I used as a highlight across the browbone, down to the tear duct, and to the inner corner of the bottom lashline.

Until next time!

Tropical Flower Flash: Makeup Inspired by the Flowers in My Front Yard

My dad is the only person in my family with a green thumb but even he has trouble finding time to garden. As a result, our front yard is quite boring-looking with very dull green plants that never bloom.

However, there are two exceptions in the garden: two cactus-like plants that occasionally bloom a purple and pink spiky flower at the same time and this plant, which I've only seen bloom twice.

When I saw it, I thought, "This would look amazing as eyeshadow!" This is my attempt.

I used a two dark pinks: one from the Avon 12-in-1 Shimmering Eye Palette and another from the Avon Go Glam Color Palette. The orange was from the mark Super Flip Color Kit.


Here are two photos with slightly different colors due to the erratic lighting (never photographing in bright sunlight again).

I used white because of the white interspersed within the petals. The white is from the Avon Go Glam Color Palette. On top of the orange I used some yellow shimmer to make the pure orange more on the yellow side. I wasn't going to use another color but I decided that my eyes would look too washed out without eyeliner. I used Avon's Mega Impact Eye Liner in Black Flash.

This is another entry for the Tropical Looks Competition from Makeupbee. Coming up next is a little break from the pinks and purples as I explore some darker and cooler colors.

Fluttereye-Eyeshadow Inspired by Fluttershy from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

I love, love, love, the colors on Fluttershy from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. She's the sweetest character but she's not a stereotype of "the shy one" and has extremes in her personality that make her all the more lovable.

http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Fluttershy

I combined several colors to create her yellow though I know that I didn't get it right. That's the beauty of saying this look is "inspired" by Fluttershy. ;)

I used a pink creme eyeshadow as a base for the lower lash eyeliner. I used a blue from the Avon Go Glam Color Palette (fourth column, second row).

For the yellow, I combined three colors: Taxi (yellow) from the mark Super Flip Color Kit, and the gold and white colors from the Avon 12-in-1 Shimmering Eye Palette. The pink is Peep from the mark palette. I used yellow creme shadow on the lid and pink creme shadow on the browbone as a base.

Couldn't post a look yesterday as I planned because my makeup was really, really boring: just some shimmer and light eyeliner. I bruised my lip and had to use a really dark lipstick to hide it. However, that meant I couldn't go intense with my eyes. The bruise is all better though so I'll try to post more looks this week. :)

Just a Spot of Purple

So I don't mean to constantly go back to purple and pink, but sometimes, it's the most useful combination whether I want to be casual or more glamorous.


So today, I volunteered at my church for a few hours and thought, "Might as well put on some makeup to blog about it." I was going to leave the pink on until my hand grabbed a blending blush and dabbed on some purple.

The pink is a neutral pink eyeshadow from Love and Beauty from Forever 21. Pink Icing is the closest I dupe I found for it on the Forever 21 website, so it's probably discontinued. That's really sad because I reached the bottom of the pot while doing this look, and it's a really great color that builds and blends beautifully.

The purple is Catwalk from mark and the eyeliner is Avon's Ultra Luxury Eye Liner in Eggplant. I think part of the look's softness is that I didn't bring the pink eyeshadow all the way up the browbone. The other part is due to the applicator. Usually, I use a sponge eyeshadow applicator to pack color on, but this time I used an eyeshadow brush to softly brush the pink onto my lids and a blending brush to apply the purple. Both colors are usually very pigmented when I use a sponge, and I was slightly surprised with the results. Lesson learned: if you want to use an intense color but don't want it to actually look intense, brush it on softly and don't pack too much color into the brush. 

Hopefully, I'll be able to blog five more times this week because I'll be volunteering every weekday and going out on Saturday.


On a side note, I recently joined Makeupbee! To check out my profile, go here.

Forest Makeup

Sometimes the inspiration for my makeup comes up after I actually do it. I randomly chose these three colors and then later realized that it reminded me of a forest.

The three colors are from The Color Workshop. I especially like the frosty light green/yellow I used from the crease to the browbone. The brown is slightly reddish, which I think complements the green nicely. It's the same green I used in this look.

I used Avon's Ultra Luxury Eye Liner in Dark Brown for the waterline though it's not good for that purpose (it's fading in the photos). Still, it adds a little color.

Beautiful color combinations are all around us, and I've got some other nature-inspired looks coming up!

Fourth of July Makeup

For some time now, I've been thinking about red eyeshadow and whether or not it would be possible for me to wear it and not look clownish. So when the Fourth of July came around, I thought that it would be the best time to use it.

Sadly, the red looks a little pink-like in the photos, but it was a darker red in more muted light.

I actually used a red blush for the red. I combined blue and white to make a slightly-less intense blue and used the same white for the highlight. These three colors are from The Color Workshop.

The eyeliner is Midnight Blue from Avon.

I ended up curving the red shadow in the crease and I like the little "lift" that created at the outer corner and made it a little more dramatic.

It would have been a good idea to put some eyeliner on my waterline, especially on the top. However, I really didn't feel like continually re-applying it throughout the day. Sometimes I sacrifice little things to enjoy myself a little more. Another thing I might do next time it put some white shadow under the blue eyeliner close to the tear duct. But that's the beauty of makeup. You can always wash it off and try it again.