11.23.11 LOTD

Products used:
e.l.f. primer blush
concrete minerals primer
Detrivore primer
Liners: e.l.f. midnight and black, wnw white and purple
Fyrinnae Rebellion
Meow Sardonic
Concrete minerals Ether
Concrete minerals lithium
Fyrinnae Lights of Quebec City
Kat Von D Puro Amor mascara black
Wickedly clean blush pastel pink
e.l.f. mineral lip liner peach
e.l.f. mineral lipstick rosy raisin
e.l.f. mineral lipgloss trendsetter

Pink and Green 11.17.11

I got a couple of wet n' wild eyeliners yesterday on the way to the bus (they won't make change and all I had was fivers... so I had a totally legit excuse to buy makeup. AND... it was buy one get one half off! YAY!)

e.l.f. mineral primer
Fyrinnae - Darling Misfit to crease
Morgana Cryptoria - Fortress to outer 1/3 lid
Fyrinnae - Samhain Spirits to middle 1/3 lid
Fyrinnae - Titania to inner 1/3 lid
Kat Von D - Camila just under brow to highlight

Wet n' Wild eyeliner - green to upper lashline and lower
Wet n' Wild eyeliner - sparkling black to lower waterline
Kat Von D - Puro Amor mascara black

e.l.f. mineral foundation
Wickedly Clean blush

The look is far more vibrant than it appears... I will have a decent camera, soon, so you can see the colors better - but this works for now. ^_^

Also, I'm something of a hair person (I'm pretty decent at up-do's, those integrating braids, especially) You can't see it... but I did pin-curls to everything but my braids. What's nice about this 'do (if you will) is that you can be messy and it looks awesome when you take it out! ^_^

11/15/11

I don't remember exactly what I used for this look... but I know I had green, blue, and purples. ^_^

11/16/11 look

Kat Von D - Blacksmith to outer v

GDE - Mingles just inside v (outer 1/4 of lid)
Aromaleigh Rocks - tainted love to middle of lid and just above blacksmith (blended well! ^_^)
Kat Von D - Precious to inner lid
Kat Von D - First Class under eyebrow to highlight
Sunset Blvd. under lower lashline
e.l.f. mineral liner to upper lashline, outer 1/3 lower lashline, and lower waterline
Kat Von D - Puro Amor mascara (black)

For using such a vibrant red... this look came out pretty wearable, I think! ^_^

11.14.11 look. ^_^

Meow Cosmetics - Shattered Equinox: Sardonic to outer v and outer portion of cut crease
Meow Cosmetics - Shattered Equinox: Deranged inside outer v to create gradient and middle portion of cut crease
Venomous Cosmetics - Blue ringed octopus to outer 1/3 crease
Fyrinnae - Darling Misfit to middle 1/3 lid
Fyrinnae - Delvian to blend Misfit into Blue Ringed Octopus, lightly
Meow Cosmetics - Shattered Equinox: Contagion just above crease to create gradient
Meow Cosmetics - Shattered Equinox: Bane to inner v and inner 1/3 lid
Fyrinnae - Samhain Spirits to inner portion cut crease (lightly, primarily to blend)
Meow Cosmetics - Supernaturals: psychic lower lash line, extending to outer edge
GDE - Ladies Night mixed with ANF mixing medium and applied as liner to upper lashline and outer 1/3 lower lashline (tightly; psychic should peek out underneath)
Spell cosmetics to highlight (I can't recall the name... but it's a VERY light, matte beige color)

Face

e.l.f. mineral foundation
Meow Cosmetics - Rhetorical Ruin Blush

Lips
random hempseed oil based lippie
e.l.f. mineral lipstick in natural nymph
spell in silence (middle 1/3 of lips this was applied more sparsely)
e.l.f. mineral lipgloss in trophy wife

Gold-plated

Gold and bronze today, baby! ^_^

e.l.f. mineral primer
sula - I dare you (I'm pretty sure) all over lid
Meow Shattered Equinox - Tarnished just above crease
Meow Shattered Equinox - grandiloquent to crease/below tarnished (to create a gradient)
Meow Egyptian Treasures - pharoah to outer 1/2 lid
Meow Egyptian Treasures - ra to inner 1/2 lid
Meow Egyptian Treasures - Obelisk under lower lash line
Kat Von D - Sunset Blvd. layered over obelisk
Meow Supernaturals - aura under eyebrow to highlight
Fyrinnae - Monarch Butterfly mixed with ANF seal- it and applied to upper lashline and outer 1/3 lower lashline
Kat Von D - puro amor mascara black

Face:
e.l.f. mineral foundation
wickedly clean blush - pastel pink
e.l.f. mineral lip liner peach
random lip moisturizer with primarily hempseed oil
e.l.f. mineral lip gloss - trophy wife
Almay pure blends

Skyrim Day - Guilded Butterfly look. ^_^

So... I JUST posted yesterday's EOTD... This one is for 11.11.11 (Skyrim day) and reminds me of a guilded butterfly... maybe because it's got some really pretty blue and gold hues. I hope you like it! ^_^

 Eyes:
e.l.f. mineral primer
concrete minerals eye primer
detrivore primer
Fyrinnae - Biker Chic just above crease
Fyrinnae - Medieval Haunting on outer 1/2 lid (all the way up to Biker Chic)
Fyrinnae - Sleepy Hollow atop Biker Chic, and to outer 1/2 lower lash line
Kat Von D - Sunset Blvd. to inner 1/2 lid, inner v, lower inner 1/2 of lash line and blended into inner crease
Kat Von D - Holy Bible under brow to highlight

Kat Von D - Helsinki on top of holy bible
e.l.f. mineral eyeliner - black to upper lash line (creating a very slight wing), lower water line, and outer 1/3 upper water line.
Kat Von D - Puro Amor Mascara black
Face:
Wickedly Clean - pastel pink blush
e.l.f. mineral foundation - fair
Lips:
e.l.f. mineral lip liner - peach
e.l.f. mineral lipstick - natural nymph
Spell cosmetics - poison apple lip gloss

Also... I got my bangs cut yesterday. I really like them! ^_^ It's starting to get colder, here, and this will help keep my forehead warm. :-P

Minimalist, on-the-go rocker chick

Minimalist rocker chick, on the go, 60's style look. Today I have a LOT of schoolwork to complete. SO... easy is the name of the game.

e.l.f. mineral eye primer
Kat Von D - Evil monkey to crease
Kat Von D - Precious to lid
Kat Von D - Helsinki just over crease
Kat Von D - Camila under eyebrow
e.l.f. mineral liner - black; upper lash line creating a winged effect and outer 1/3 lower lashline, then lightly smudged
e.l.f. mineral lip liner - peach to the rest of the lower lash line and lips
e.l.f. mineral lipstick - Natural nymph
I didn't use any face powder, etc.

As you can see... this is a SUPER simple look! ^_^

wed green

Most of you probably already guessed this... but the majority of my makeup stash is green colors, at the moment. So... I may have quite a few green looks coming up. Today's look, in accordance with my previous statement, is green. ^_^

 e.l.f. mineral primer
concrete minerals primer
Detrivore primer
Kat Von D - blacksmith to outer v
Kat Von D - Nerd just atop prior and into crease
Fyrinnae - Leif to outer 2/3 lid and outer 1/2 lower lashline
Fyrinnae - Dragon's wing above blacksmith/nerd to create a gradient
GDE - Cloud coverage to inner 1/3 lid and inner v
Kat Von D - Precious to inner 1/2 lower lashline
e.l.f. black mineral eleliner to upper lashline, extending to create a v; lower waterline; outer 1/2 upper waterline; and lower, outer 1/3 lower lashline
Fyrinnae - Boytoy atop liner

Face:
Kat Von D - Black mascara
Wickedly Clean blush
e.l.f. mineral makeup
Almay transleucent powder

Lips:
e.l.f. mineral lip liner - peach
e.l.f. mineral lip gloss - trophy wife




All in all, this look wasn't too terribly difficult or time consuming (believe it or not). What do you think about green eyeshadow? What's your favorite eyeshadow color?

Phyrra Inspired look

So... blogger extraordinaire, Phyrra, is an admitted purple and teal lover. She even has her own GDE color! So... I decided to do a look integrating those two colors. This is what I came up with:

e.l.f. mineral primer
concrete minerals primer
detrivore primer
Kat Von D - Blackhearts to outer v and outer 2/3 crease
GDE - Phyrra just above blackhearts (to create a gradient) and inner 1/3 crease (blended well. ^_^ )
Fyrinnae - Rebellion to outer 2/3 lid
Fyrinnae - Curiouser and Curiouser! to inner 1/3 lid
kat Von D - Holy Bible just under brow (to highlight), inner v, and under lower lashline
e.l.f. mineral liner - black lower water line, outer 1/2 upper water line, upper lashline (creating a wing), and outer 1/4 lower lashline (LIGHTLY smudged.)
Kat Von D mascara - black

Face was the following:
e.l.f. all over color stick - Persimmon; I applied this just under cheekbones and blended up with my just-washed hands.
Almay pureblends transleucent shimmer to face
e.l.f. mineral gloss - trophy wife

Hope everyone has an awesome day! (At least it's not Monday. :-P... well... for most of us. ^_- )

foosball inspired look

The majority of the teams we're hoping will win today have red and/or blue. Here's what i came up with...

GDE - Mingles to crease
kat Von D - Speed blue to crease (layered atop primarily the bottom half of mingles to create definition and gradient) and to outer 1/2 lower lashline
Aromaleigh Rocks - taintedlove to outer 1/2 lid and just under crease (leaving inner 1/2 lid available)
Kat Von D - First class to inner 1/2 lid, under brow to highlight, and to inner 1/2 lower lashline
Fyrinnae - Mirrors just above crease for sparkle and gradient
Kat Von D - Blacksmith to upper lashline
Kat Von D - Black mascara

I think I may have smudged a bit of the blacksmith to the outer 1/3 of the lower lashline (trying to keep super close, so the blue would still show.)

Also... I used e.l.f. mineral primer, concrete primer, and detrivore primer (in that order) first. ^_^

I think it came out ok... not to terribly "4th of July-ish". What do you think?

p.s. sorry about the unruly brows, I didn't even realize until I posted this. lol. I have to brush those guys... or they have a mind of their own!

Dethklok t-shirt inspired look using Kat VonD

Today's look was inspired by my Dethklok t-shirt. ^_^ (You can see it a teency bit in the pic).

Kat - Blacksmith applied in a defined line to the crease (cut crease)
Kat - WTF above the cut crease, blended
Kat - First class under brows and on lid
Concrete - Lithium to outer 1/3 lid and lower lashline
e.l.f. mineral liner - black to outer 1/3 lower lashline (VERY close to the lash... there should still be Lithium showing underneath) and the upper lashline (creating a wing)

Blush was meow Rhetorical Ruin
Face- e.l.f. mineral powder
Almay powder

 FYI: All of the "Kat" Colors are from the Kat VonD Tattoo Chronicles kit that my friend got me for my birthday! I don't know that I'll have time to post a full-on review, but I will say... I like the colors. The palette is usable for a number of looks and has quite a few AWESOME "neutral" shades. I'm excited to use it for upcoming looks in conjunction with my mineral stock. ^_^

On a final note... Kindle started offering Prime members a "library" option. I'm excited to see how that develops. I would be more than willing to pay a nominal monthly fee for unlimited "rentals" (if you will). I'm hoping that this offering is a test to see how many people would be interested. Any kindle/e-reader folks have insight? What do you think about it?

p.s. technically, right now you can "lend" books... so... if a bunch of folks got together they could theoretically create a library of their own. :-D YAY TECHNOLOGY!!!!

11.01.11 Purplemint?

Today's look is mostly purples with a pop of crisp green.

e.l.f. mineral primer
Concrete Minerals primer
GDE Phyrra - Crease
Fyrinnae Shinigami - Just under Phyrra to define crease/ create a gradient
Concrete Minerals Mad Hatter - to outer 1/2 lid
GDE Shamrock - to inner 1/2 lid, inner 1/2 lower lash line, and blended into crease
Kat Camila - just under browbone, to highlight
Fyrinnae Chaotic Muse - outer 1/2 lower lash line

e.l.f. mineral pencil (black) to upper lashline, outer 1/2 lower (smudged), lower water line, and outer 1/2 upper water line
Kat mascara

Face:
Wickedly Clean Foundation (Ivory)
Almay Pureblends (200 Transleucent shimmer)
Meow Shattered Equinox Blush (Rhetorical Ruin)

Lips:
e.l.f. mineral lipliner (peach)
e.l.f. mineral lipstick (natural nymph) - I applied it everywhere except the very middle of the lip
e.l.f. mineral lippy (trophy wife) - applied all over lip

I hope you can see the pretties... my camera is pretty lamesauce. (part of the reason I haven't been posting) but... I decided to go ahead and do my best with what I've got, for the time being... because I really missed makeup blogging. ^_^

Halloween 10.31.11

So... my halloween look from yesteryar was pretty simple.

I only used the following colors on my eyes:
Fyrinnae Still breathing - to lower crease, to define and create a gradient
Aromaleigh Rocks Taintedlove - to crease
GDE Electric Lemonade - to lid
e.l.f. mineral eyeliner black - to lower water line, upper lashline, and outer 1/3 lower lashline
Kat mascara
I don't recall exactly what I used for my face, but I think it was the e.l.f. all over color stick (persimmon) on cheeks and e.l.f. mineral makeup on face


So... for those of you who hadn't guessed... I went as a firefighter. ^_^ I found this FABULOUS dress at a consignment shop. Normally, I'm more of a resale shop girl (consignment shops are generally more expensive) but this outfit was sturdy, looked to be handmade (or, at least, hand modified/upcycled)... So I was pretty stoked with the find.

I'm a little bummed, though, because I was unable to do anything for Halloween other than dress up for work. But, hey, at least I got to do that! ^_^

I hope you guys and gals had such an awesome Halloween!

10.26.11 Red Birthday look! ^_^

Wednesday (10.26.11) was my boyfriend's birthday... and I rocked red, as it's his favorite color. This is the look I did:

Eyes:
e.l.f primer
concrete primer
Manic Panic Eye Paints - black magic to crease (paying special attention to outer v - as you can see ^_^ )
Aromaleigh Rocks - tainted love above black magic and into center (to create a gradient)
NYX - 81 chick to lid
Meow Egyptian Treasures - Ra to outer 1/2 lid (layered atop NYX)
Meow Dr. Zhicato to inner 1/2 lid (layered atop NYX)
Meow - Levitation just under eyebrow to highlight
Fyrinnae - Still Breathing to lower lashline
Kat Mascara

e.l.f. all over stick - Persimmon to contour cheeks
e.l.f. mineral foundation
Almay mineral foundation