Butterfly-inspired Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone!  I did my partying last night, which turned out to be so much fun.  The party I went to didn't require a costume, but my friend and I still wanted to do something creative and pretty.  I remembered seeing Nee from Kitty Loves Makeup's butterfly masquerade makeup tutorial and loving it- so I tried to create my own version of it.  Mine turned out to be pretty darn similar in the basic design of the butterfly, but I used different colors and mediums to get the effects I wanted.  Although it didn't turn out perfect, I hope you guys like it!

I'll try to remember everything I used!

-Almay Bright Eyes eye base+concealer

-Annabelle kohl eyeliner in black

-ELF professional liquid eyeliner in black (I wouldn't recommend this, but I didn't want to buy something more expensive when I never use black liquid eyeliner)

-Purples from the Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette

-Bright purple, shimmery white, shimmery black from ELF Bright Eyes beauty book

-Matte purple from the Wet 'n' Wild Lust palette

-Milani Liquif'eye eyeliner in silver

-Physicians Formula gel/cream liner for green eyes, the purple shade

-Ardell false lashes

-L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara in black

For my foundation I just used my Maybelline Instant Age Rewind (the eraser) foundation, along with the contouring shade from my ELF Studio Contouring Blush+Bronzer (I've decided bronzer is a must have for me, especially in the winter.  I look pale and lifeless without it).

Thanks for reading guys, I appreciate it!  And thank you Kitty Loves Makeup for the fabulous idea!

My Birthday Makeup- Purples with Wet 'n' Wild

I just want to thank all of you so much for the kind birthday wishes again!  You're incredibly sweet and reading them has made my day even better.  It was pretty low-key, nothing too eventful, but for dinner 15 of my friends and I went out to dinner- definitely the most fun thing I did!  They're all people from my floor, so it was overall just a great time.
I also really appreciate all the ideas you guys had for me on how to do my makeup.  I loved the idea of doing something retro-inspired, but I don't know, I really fail at applying liquid/gel liner and I wanted to do something I could easily pull off.  So I went with a look I've actually done before, using my Wet 'n' Wild palette in Lust (You can see my original look using it HERE).

It was pretty dark especially for something I was planning to wear during the day as well as evening, but I think it worked out fine.

What I used:

- VS Pro eyeshadow primer

- Wet 'n' Wild eyeshadow palette in Lust (I did the same application as I did in the original post I featured this in, link above)

- L'Oreal Bare Naturale mascara, L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara on top

It's awesome that a 6-color eyeshadow palette can serve as your entire look!  I first applied the light matte pink as my all over color, then the shimmery cream as my highlight.  Then I applied the dark shimmery purple/gray in my outer crease.  Over that I applied the medium matte purple and blended it onto my lid. On top of those two, I lightly dusted the shimmery gray to add some sparkle.  With the dark matte purple I lined my upper and lower lash lines.  Finally, I went in my inner corners and applied the shimmery cream color, and then dusted the light matte pink over the entire eyelid to lighten up the colors a bit.

I have a small haul post coming soon.  :)  I went to ULTA today and saw that they have a TON of clearance/sale items- I purchased one thing, but I'm going back tomorrow with my $3.50/$10.00 coupon so I can buy more!  

Have a good night everyone.  <3

EOTN: Shimmery Smokey Green

Hello!  This is a look I did last night pretty much out of sheer boredom.  I thought it would be fun to play around with a smokey look, and use a color I never do smokey eyes with: green!  I used a combination of taupe, green, and dark grey/black to create this.  I think I like how it turned out; I hope you do too!

Everything I used & how I did it:

-Monistat Chafing Relief gel as primer (This has proven to work pretty nicely- review soon to come)

-Wet 'n' Wild single eyeshadow in Nutty (shimmery taupe) on the inner half of my lid

-Sally Girl connecting eyeshadow in Olive (medium muted green) on the outer half of my lid

-E.L.F. Mineral eyeshadow in Earthy (light shimmery grass green) on top of Olive and blended into outer crease

-the dark shimmery grey from E.L.F. eyeshadow quad in Drama in the very outer corner of my lid and blended upwards

-the black from E.L.F. eyeshadow quad in Drama (used wet) along my upper & lower lashline as a liner

-E.L.F. Mineral eyeshadow in Elegance (shimmery light cream) as a highlight

-Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express mascara in Black

Hope you're all having a wonderful Tuesday!