Two EOTDs: something different and a daytime smokey eye

I've been playing around some with my Darling Girl Cosmetics samples since my order arrived a couple weeks ago.  It's so fun!  Except most of the looks I've done aren't so interesting- I'll use one DGC shadow and mix it with another brand, or just use the DGC shadow all over (because they're so pretty by themselves..!).  Yesterday, however, I forced myself to get a little creative and put together this EOTD.

I love it all besides for the inner corner, which is actually a champagne Sally Beauty eyeshadow that I used all over my lid and into the crease (I was going to do a really simple eye look and then changed my mind!).  For some reason the photos make that shade look orange, but in real life it looks like a soft champagne.
My silly camera actually washed out the colors of this look a lot- for example, the teal on my lower lash line is really the matte green from Wet n Wild Pride 6-pan eyeshadow palette.  It's a pretty vivid green!  But my pictures totally don't capture it. -_-
Anyway, let's get on with the pictures and I'll stop my rambling.

Blurry but I liked the way the colors all reflect light and blend together ;)

Products used:

-UDPP Original

-Sally Beauty connection eyeshadow in Champagne (allover lid and up to browbone)

-Darling Girl Cosmetics eyeshadow in Sugar Minuet (lower half of lid and outer corners)

-Wet n Wild Pride eyeshadow palette, shimmery teal (layered on top of champagne shade in crease)

-Wet n Wild Vanity eyeshadow palette, matte cream (browbone)

-MAC Beauty Powder in Too Chic (browbone highlight underneath arch of eyebrows)

-Wet n Wild Pride eyeshadow palette, matte teal (lower lash line)

-Covergirl Liquiline Blast eyeliner in Black Blaze (upper and lower lash line)

-Maybelline Volum' Express The Colossal mascara

-ELF Clear Lash/Brow gel (to keep brows in place)

I love doing looks like this that incorporate colors but make them wearable.  Bright shades usually intimidate me, but they're super easy to pull off with a lighter hand!

This next look is one I did today; it's a simple daytime smokey eye using the ELF Studio cream eyeshadow in Dawn as a base.  And please note!  The eyeshadow isn't creased, it's my silly eyelids.  If I don't hold my eyes a certain way when taking pictures, they bunch up like that.  (And my eyebrows... I need to clean them up, which I realized after taking these, LOL)

Products used:

-Almay Bright Eyes eye base (primer)

-ELF Studio cream eyeshadow in Dawn (as base)

-Wet n Wild 8-pan eyeshadow palette in Comfort Zone (the shimmery browbone shade on the top right, it's an olive-y pewter shade, used all over lid)

-ELF Studio eyeshadow in Pebble (crease)

-MAC Beauty Powder in Too Chic (LE, used as browbone and inner corner highlight)

-Victoria's Secret eyeliner in Dark Forest (upper lashline and smudged into lower lashline)

-Physicians Formula Organic Jumbo Lash mascara

-ELF clear lash/brow gel for eyebrows (loving this!)

If you have any requests or suggestions for looks, please just let me know!  I'm open to criticism/tips/advice.  Thanks so much everyone! 

xox

Two EOTDs and what I've been up to (outside of makeup!)

....And the neutral eye looks continue!  As most of you probably can tell, I rarely do vibrant/dramatic looks.  The last several EOTDs I've posted here have been exceptionally neutral because I've just been taking pictures of my everyday looks.  My goal has been to post more EOTDs on my blog, so this is the easiest way I can do that (I don't have the time anymore to experiment like I used to).  I still think you can have a lot of variety and fun with neutrals, though.  I hope you can see that a little in my EOTDs this week!

What are you guys up to this weekend?  Today I'm hanging out with my boyfriend until his concert tonight.  He's practicing his upright bass right next to me as we speak ;).  I'll go back home later tonight, and then tomorrow is my homework day.  I gave myself a much-needed 'break' from homework the last few days (the only time I've been able to afford it!), but now it's time to get back into gear.  Yay... haha.

Anyway, I'll stop talking and get to my EOTDs. 

Look #1- Pinks with a pop of brown

-Urban Decay Primer Potion original

-Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette- light carnation pink, light lilac, creamy beige, and medium brown shades

-ELF mineral eyeshadow in Sweet (shimmery peachy pink)

-Wet n Wild Lust palette- dark shimmery purple-black (eyeshadow used as upper eyeliner)

-Neutrogena nourishing eyeliner in Plum Drop

-L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara in Black

Look #2- shimmering neutrals with subtle purple

-Urban Decay Primer Potion original

-Victoria's Secret eyeshadow in Luxe

-Victoria's Secret eyeshadow in Coco

-Wet n Wild Comfort Zone palette- shimmery cream highlight shade

-Wet n Wild Vanity palette- matte cream beige shade

-Wet n Wild ColorIcon eyeliner in Amethyst

-Mac Eye Kohl in I Get No Kick

-L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen mascara in Black

The last few weeks I've made small mentions of how busy my schedule is, AKA my excuses for not being able to blog as much.  Well, I just finished my first big project for my fundamentals of fashion design class, which was taking up the majority of my physical and emotional energy.  My workload is more stressful and involved than anything I've ever done before (and I want to scream half the time- the other night I had a minor mental breakdown, but it's better now!), but it's also incredibly exciting.  This got me thinking that it might be fun to share with you guys a little of what I've been up to in my classes.  

First up, this is the project for my fundamentals of fashion design class I mentioned above.  The idea behind it was to reflect the four elements of fashion design- color, line, texture, and shape. 

(I took these before I finished, so I don't have the fourth board pictured, whoops!)

This next picture is what I'm working on for my garment construction class- we're making shorts!  These are just two darts we're going to be using in the shorts (I'm actually farther on making them now, I just forgot to snap pictures.  Maybe when I'm done I'll post about them, if they turn out haha).  It's really an awesome learning experience- I actually feel like I'm learning as opposed to sitting at a desk and taking notes and forgetting everything later.  I mean... that doesn't ever happen. ;)

Thanks for allowing me to share these with you guys! 

Hope you all have a great weekend.  <3

EOTD: Shimmering Neutrals & Black Liner!

Tonight I'm posting about a look I've been doing variations of this past week.  The thing that makes it way different from my normal looks is that it's using black liner (it's eyeshadow used as liner, but you get the point)!  I never ever wear black eyeliner anymore- I did when I first started using makeup years and years ago, but usually I don't think my light skin can pull it off.  I've really been liking it for a change now, though (at least the way I've been doing it with eyeshadow instead of regular eyeliner).  So this is one way I've been doing it.  :)

It's just using shimmering neutral eyeshadows to help make the black line around my eyes "pop" more.  And for some one like me who is "scared" of black eyeliner looking too harsh, I think using black eyeshadow is a great way to pull off the same look but in a softer way.  I just used my EcoTools eyeliner brush for this and it's super easy!

All eyeshadow colors are from my ELF Eye Brights beauty book:

How I did it/What I used:

- VS eyeshadow primer all over eye area

- Eyeshadow #2 all over eye lid

- Eyeshadow #1 in inner corner and brow bone for highlight

- Eyeshadow #3 in crease and blended into my outer "v" area

- Black eyeliner smudged (very thin line close to my upper lash line just so the eyeshadow has something to stick to).  I used the black eyeliner that comes with this ELF beauty book.

- Eyeshadow #4 applied with angled eyeliner brush to line my upper lash line and outer half of lower, smudged 

-L'Oreal Bare Naturale mascara on upper and lower lashes

I'm really loving this kind of "glammed-up" neutral look!

As always, thanks for reading.  <3

EOTD: Walking On Eggshells with Wet 'n' Wild!

I'm so happy that I bought a couple more of the Wet 'n' Wild Color Icon trio eyeshadows.  When I was at Walgreens earlier, I realized I only had one (Knock On Wood- a deep burgundy, chocolate brown, and darkened pink).  I completely forgot how much I love these you guys!  I'll probably end up buying a couple more this week while WnW is still BOGO.
So since I have all this excitement about these, I decided to do an eye look with one.  For this EOTD I used Walking On Eggshells, which is a light cream for the browbone, a chestnut brown for the crease, and a champagne for the lid.  They are all shimmer, FYI.

(Walking On Eggshells on the right)

Everything I used:

-Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush chubby eye stick in Glampagne all over lid/crease

-Wet 'n' Wild trio Walking On Eggshells, putting the colors where the palette says to

-Wet 'n' Wild cream eyeliner in Black (I never use black eyeliner!) on upper lashline

-Covergirl Exact Eyelights eyeliner in Vivid Ruby on outer lower lashline

-Covergirl LashBlast Volume mascara in Very Black

I love using that Beauty Rush eye stick as a base for champagne-colored shadows.  It really makes them pop!  Although it does increase the shimmery-ness by a lot.

Oh, and one more thing- that champagne color in the Wet 'n' Wild palette really reminds me of MAC Naked Lunch or Stila Kitten (i think?  I've never owned the Stila, but it looks similar from pictures).  Naked Lunch is an old favorite of mine, though.

Thanks for reading again!  

(PS! Redplum.com has a new Rimmel coupon for $1.00 off any product!  Allyou.com has one too, but I've already printed my limit, LOL.  But this one from Redplum is new!  Just a heads up.  Maybe I can snag that new mascara now.)

EOTD: Soft Brown+Pink

OK, time for a real post now :)  Happy Friday!  I had to work this morning, but I got let off early.  It was a nice surprise, even though I would've taken the extra money.  Heh.

This is the eye look I wore today; I decided to go neutral with eyeshadow.  It's mostly Clinique products with one of my favorite mascaras: Lancome Definicils!  I didn't even have to curl my lashes, which is something I never go without doing.

I wore:

-Almay Bright Eyes eye base

-Clinique e/s duo in Seashell Pink/Fawn Satin 

-Clinique Quickliner for Eyes in Roast Coffee

-Lancome Definicils mascara in Deep Brown

And on my cheeks (You can see them in some pictures) I'm wearing Clinique powder blush in Aglow.  It's a super pretty nude peachy-pink with hints of gold shimmer.  Perfect for summer!

This is like one of THE most basic and simple eye makeup applications, I swear.  I just put the light e/s shade (Seashell Pink) all over my lid and up the my brow bone, then I sweeped the medium brown (Fawn Satin) into my crease.  I followed that with the eyeliner on my top lash line and the outer corners of my lower, and lastly applied mascara.  Voila!

I really like this for an everyday, soft eye.  I tend to pile on the mascara (This was only three coats, believe it or not), so that could be tamed a little, but otherwise it's quite versatile. 

(And I wore a bow in my hair today!  You can't beat steals from the Icing, haha)

Thanks for reading :)