OOTN - Black and Grey

Hello there,

Here's my outfit of last night. I was out with a friend to grab a couple drinks.

What I am wearing

• A black cami layered underneath a lace grey cami from Dots
• Grey satin skirt from Dots
• Black blazer with lace trimming from Charlotte Russe
• Black leggings, cause it was a little cold. 
• Black ankle boots. 
• Skinny belt with studs and rhinestones
• Gucci Marina Chain Watch
• Pearl bracelet, spike bracelet, and rhinestone bangle.

I really liked this outfit so I took a picture of it before heading out.

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Fantasy Makers Devilish Diva Makeup Look / Swatches / Review

Hello beautiful,

Early this week I decided to pick up this stencil kit from Fantasy Makers aka Wet N Wild. Wanted to try it out today so I can show you the result and tell you what I think about it.

What I'm wearing

• For the stencil flames, I used the dark red cream and the yellow cream from the palette. I set the dark red cream with a burgundy powder eyeshadow.
• Face: Physicians Formula Bamboo Bronzer, Milani Baked Blush Fantastico Mauve
• Eyes: I kept the eyes simple. I just did a basic smoky brown look using a dark brown and a black eyeshadow. Then lined my eyes with a black eyeliner and finished with false lashes.
• Lips: I couldn't find my black lipstick so I used a black eyeshadow cream and topped it with MAC Prince Noir.

Review

• The kit comes with a 6 eyeshadow palette, a black eyeliner, and 3 stencil designs.

• The eyeshadows are cream. They are very pigmented and creamy. I was quite surprised but happy with the consitency of the cream shadow. I have not tried them as eyeshadows but I think these could potentially crease because they feel a little too emolient. However, I think they work well for the stencil purpose and they would need to be set with a powder eyeshadow to make them last longer and look more intense.
• The glitters you see are just overspray. There is no glitter underneath there.
• I had to cut the stencil in half and work one side at a time because it completely covers my eyes when I put it on. Fitting and positioning the stencil on my eyes was the most challenging part but once I have it where I want it, adding in the color is pretty easy.
• The stencil has a sticky side, which helps keep it in place on your skin.
• I personally feel that the mask was a bit too big for my face and the eye contour doesn't really go with where my eyes are, which is probably why I had a bit of a struggle applying and positioning the stencil.
• Overall, I think this is a pretty good kit and I would definitely recommend if you are planning to be a Devilish Diva for Halloween. You may have some difficulty with positioning the stencil but if you can make it work, the result is pretty devildivalicious.

 

What do you think of the look? Would you give this a try? What are you planning to be for Halloween?

 

 

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My Face Brushes - Blush Brushes (Part 2)

These set of brushes are my blush brushes. They can also be used for highlighting or contouring. If you missed the post about my foundation and powder brushes, you can view it HERE.

• Real Techniques Contour Blush. Great brush, dense, very soft, and the perfect size. The fibers are synthetic and this never shedded on me.I'm not sure if this one is sold own its own but I did get it from the set, which cost $17.99.

• Crown Brush C405 Contour Blush, $7.49. Feels fluffy but it's definitely not flimsy either. Does a great job at delivering just the right amount of product and blending it seamlessly. Minimal shedding when cleaned.

• Wal-Mart Angled Blush brush, $5.97. This brush is very soft but a bit flimsy. It is still a decent brush though. It never shedded on me and has lasted me well for the past couple of years. This would be a good brush to use for highly pigmented blushes that requires a light hand.

• Crown Brush IB105 Tapered Blush, $6.49. Nice sturdy brush with decently soft bristles. This is made out of Italian Badger hair. Minimal shedding when cleaned.

• Sonia Kashuk small powder/blusher brush, $8.99. Loooove this brush. The handle isn't so fancy but the brush works well and is soft. Minimal shedding when cleaned.

• Crown C404 Small Duo Face, $6.45. Everyone should have one of these. It works very well for very pigmented blushes and cream blushes. Hasn't shed on me so far.

• Coastal Scents C427 Tapered Duo Fiber Blush. If you like using cream blushes, this would be the perfect brush for it. It's sturdier than the one above and makes blending a lot nicer. Hasn't shed on me so far. I can't no longer find this on Coastal Scents website but I'm almost sure that this is actually made by Crown Brush. http://crownbrush.us/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_14_23&products_id=280

Some of these brushes can be used for contouring but I personally like them better for blush and highlight.

Hope you found this post helpful.


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Small Sally Beauty Supply Haul (More Nail Polishes)

After I saw Lyndsay haul the Sally Girl U Glow Girl polish, I just had to go look for it. There is a Sally on my commute to work so it's always easy for me to take a quick detour and swing by, lol.
I've always wanted a glow in the dark polish. This was perfect cause it's inexpensive and tiny cute but as you can see, I ended up with a few more polishes.

• Orly Mermaid Tale. Lots of glittery green gorgeousness in this bottle. The larger glitters are actually green and holographic. Not sure if I need this but it looks so pretty so I decided to get it.

• Nina Ultra Pro Electric Slide. Check out this neon green jelly polish. Isn't it just cute or what? I wonder if if adding the glow in the dark polish over it will make it glow in the dark neon green? I'm already getting excited just picturing the outcome, haha. Let's hope it doesn't disappoint. Plus, I've been obsessed with doing more Jelly sandwiches.

• Nina Ultra Pro Holographic Topcoat. Probably not something I need and I probably have something similar but IDK, something just tell me to get it anyways, lol.

• Sally Girl U Glow Girl. Well would you look at that! I'm pretty amazed at myself that I managed to take a clear picture of the glow. The trick is position your camera on a tripod or sturdy surface, have the camera in focus and under manual control. Turn off the light and just press the shutter button. Do not attempt to focus your camera in the dark, it won't work and you'll only get a blurry picture.

Do you own a glow in the dark polish? If yes, what did you think of it?


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Fantasy Makers Hauling

Hello there,

One thing I love to check out around Halloween are the eyelashes and of course whatever is new and cool.
I purchased these items at Walgreens.

• Hauntingly Hip Stencil Kit Devilish Diva, $5.99. I absolutely love how the makeup of the stencil flame mask looks on the model...So Fierce! I wasn't sure if I should get it cause I was worried that the makeup palette might be crap but what the heck, I decided to purchase it anyways cause I think the stencil might work.

• Betwitching Eyes Wicked eyelashes, $3.99. Not sure if I will be pairing that with the stencil mask but we'll see how that goes. I loooove colored lashes. They look so cool. 

• Bewitching Eyes Twilight, $3.99. These are just wispy lashes that are covered with small holographic glitters. I hope that the glitters don't fall in eyes.

I'm gonna try to do some looks with these items so stay tuned. Hopefully, this weekend :D.
Have you done any Halloween shopping?


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Swatches - Dots Metallic Purple

From inspecting the bottle up close, it seems like this might be a nice polish to try. It's got a dark greyish purple metallic base with teal, purple, gold, and silver shimmers. Upon swatching this polish, my initial reaction was "wow this is one crazy gorgeous color!"
My only regret is that once it dried, the shimmery sparkles kinda disappear and the metallic finish takes over it. This was decently pigmented. I'm wearing 2 coats on the swatches. The formula was also easy to work with. If you love Zoya Feifei, the finish is similar to it. Metallic Purple is quite a beautiful and unique color.

 

 

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My So-Called Masquerade Makeup Look

Hello Beautifuls,

If you follow my blog, you probably saw the post that I did about this new laser cut Venetian mask that I just recently purchased. I actually don't have any plans with it other than keeping it for decoration. I figure I might as well do a makeup look that will be suitable for these types of mask. I find these Venetian masks very intriguing and mysterious and whoever wears such a mask seem to carry these characteristics.

When I put the mask on my face, my first thought was to keep the eye makeup simple. First, because the mask is already a piece of Art and a beauty in itself, and secondly having too much going on my eyes may not be an appealing contrast. Since I kept the eye makeup simple, I decided to play up the lip color, so I made it very sparkly.

With that said, you can certainly wear this look for any occasion since it is quite subtle (except for the glittery lips).

Product used

Face

• Physicians Formula Bamboo bronzer. I know it is inside the Sephora packaging and that is because I depotted it in there since all I had was the refill.
• Sally Hansen Natural Powder Blush Orchid
• MAC MSF Perfect Topping (not pictured)

Eyes

• I started off with Maybelline Color Tattoo Bad To The Bronze all over my lids
• With the Too Face Eye Love palette, I applied Honeymoon on my lids and Like a Virgin on my crease.
• For the outer V, I used L'oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Continuous Cocoa
• On the lower lash line, I applied Sally Hansen Forever Stay Eye Pencil in Chocolate Brown and Milani Shadow Eyez Champagne Toast.
• On my upper lash line, I used Physicians Formula Eyebooster Ultra Black
• I filled in my brows with Revlon Brow Fantasy in Dark Brown.
• ELF natural false lashes

Lips

• MAC Heroine
• Golden Rose Multicolor Diamonds lipgloss 05

Overall, very easy and simple. Perhaps too simple but quite honestly, if you are wearing a gorgeous masquerade mask, you really do not need to do much with the makeup.

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