Violet Smokey Tutorial. A contest entry

Hi! So I have a nice evening look tutorial for you today. It’s actually a contest entry for beautybyjj, Jennie Jenkins.

Most would know that I’m a huge fan of purple, and when I go out to party I love to sport a purple or mauve smokey eye despite what I’m wearing. If not I’d just choose a very neutral look. Regardless, I think purple shades compliment my eye colour well.

Products Used:

Maybelline FIT Me Foundation- 350 Caramel

N.Y.C. Color Smooth Face Loose Translucent Powder

Boots Botanics Soothing & Calming Eye base

Sleek “Oh So Special” Palette- The Mail, Noir, Gateau

88 Matte Palette

Coastal Scents HotPot- S16

Lorac OnScreen Duo- Champagne & Caviar

Milani Liquif’eye Metallic eyeliner- Black

Maybelline Great Lash BIG Mascara- Very Black 

Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette

e.l.f. Essential Lipstick- Fantasy

Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick – Peach



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PS: Any tips on Eyebrows please leave them below. I’m trying to decide if I want to shape mine…

Urban Decay gets Smokey!

Hey all! Everyone is talking about the new Urban Decay Cosmetics Smoked palette (the reply to their Naked palettes). I think it’s pretty nice actually! I think I like it more than the Naked palettes. I’d have to say my favourite colours are Rockstar, Mushroom and Evidence.

xSparkage reviews it on her blog: http://bit.ly/S0zKQY

You can purchase it here on UD: http://bit.ly/LhP2Mz

What to do you think of it?

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Finally.. ADELE- inspired makeup!

I’ve been saying I’ll do an Adele inspired look for the longest while, and here it finally is. I’m sorry it took so long, but who knew getting lashes on could be such a hassle… not to mention forgetting this tutorial so many times -__-.

 

My inspiration were these pics of the great Adele. She’s such an amazing singer and a gorgeous person.

Adele’s signature look is a neutral, but dramatic smokey eye with warm hues or bronzer along the cheeks and nude coloured lips. She just loves her FAKE LASHES and cat eyeliner (which I’m not all the great at, but I tried :). I took inspiration from these pics as well as added my own twists. I hope you enjoy the tutorial!!

I tried to film with natural light for most of the tutorial, but that happened to fail and I had to end up using a lamp as the sun set. Hopefully the lighting isn’t too much of a turn off…

Just playing around with the camera here, haha

Products Used:
FACE:
Maybelline Fit Me Foundation- 350 Caramel
N.Y.C. Smooth complexion Bronzer- Sunny
Maybelline Mineral Power Bronzer- Dark
L.A. Colors Dual Blusher- Cinnamon

EYES:
BH Cosmetics 88 Matte palette
Coastal Scents Hot Pot- S28 (there are new colour names however this is the old one)
e.l.f. Studio Matte eyeshadow- Charcoal
e.l.f. Essentials Waterproof Eyeliner Pen- Black
Black Kohl eyeliner
Ardell #46 Lashes (cut into demis)
Maybelline Great Lash- Very Black
Boots Lengthening mascara Black Brown (brows)

LIPS:
e.l.f. Essential lipstick- Fantasy
e.l.f. Essential Hypershine Gloss- Vixen

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Green with Envy! The Green Smokey

Hey everone, I filmed this make up tutorial and would love for you to check it out when it finally uloads to YouTube! Here’s a bit of a preview!

I woke up on Sunday with this idea in my head and I decided to try it out before I made a video on it. It actually came out pretty good considering it is green, not one of my favourite colours, but I really do think it looks beautiful here.

On Tuesday, I filmed the tutorial but my camera did something wonky and deleted the file from the computer, when I was adding importing another video (which you’ll actually see quite soon). I wore Boots Botanics lipstick in Comfrey during the first video, however when I came to refilm on Wednesday, I could not find that lipstick, so I used a more red lip colour. For this look, I think a more subdued and natural lipcolour is better as it leaves room for the  eyes to be admired. So if you try this out I suggest a natural or nude colour.

I realised this look also looks a lot more smokey in real life than on camera, but it might be my camera settings, so I’ll have to figure that out.

What I used for this look: 

• Botanics Soothing and Calming Eye Base
• Boots No. 7 Eye Mousse- Lilac
• BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette
• KleanColor Shimmery eye palette- moss green
• Starry eye shadow palette- bright shimmery green
• Black Kohl liner
• Botanics Lash Defining Mascara- Black Brown
• Avon automatic brow pencil- Tawny
• e.l.f Radiance Blusher- Flushed
• e.l.f. Luscious Liquid Lipstick- Ruby Slipper

Seriously my brows…

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