Friday, March 27, 2015

Tutorial: Rainbow Liner

HI! Long time no see, real life things, blablabla.

I got new makeup and some new brushes. I played with them and took pictures of it. Let me show you!


WARNING! Very photo heavy post ahead.





After the shower I cleaned my skin with the Garnier Micellaire Water. I then applied the Kruidvat Skin Science Beauty Elixir Serum, the Skin Science Eye Gel, the Neutral Face Cream and the Garnier BB Eye Cream Roller ball and moisturized my lips with my EOS Honeysuckle Honeydew lipbalm.






I perfected my base with a light layer of the Catrice Matt Plus foundation in 010 Light Beige and the Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 15, all blended in with  a damp BeautyBlender. I set everywhere I applied concealer with the Catrice Nude Illusion Loose Powder in Transparent Matt, again with my damp BeautyBlender.






Using a Zoeva Brow Line Brush I defined my entire brow with Urban Decays Buck eyeshadow, going for a very soft front. I defined the tail of my brow with Urban Decays Faint. Then I used NYX Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk in the inner corner of my eye and under my brow. Across my lid I applied Milani Shadow Eyez Pencil in Almond Cream for evening out the colour of my lid.





Mixed on a large shadow brush (from Sigma) I applied Urban Decay Foxy and Walk of Shame across my entire lid, from lashline to browbone. Using a Zoeva Luxe Soft Definer btush I used Naked 2 across my entire crease, for some soft definition. Seeing as the rest of this look is going to be a bit... Bright, I want to keep the lid clean looking.

Are you ready to look nuts with me? Let's do it!




Nothing to do but pulling a silly face when you're looking like this. To make sure my eyeliner ends up being nice and crisp I applied tape to the outer corners of my eyes, following my lower lashline. Imagine that line continues, follow that with the tape and your liner or eyeshadow will look crisp as a winter morning!




Using the NYX Milk pencil from earlier and an angled liner brush, I applied the white cream shadow in a fairly bold cat-wing across my eye. The white base will ensure that our bright shadows will look even brighter. You might notice that mine looks a bit weird, but I have hooded lids and I need to make the wing of my liner fairly wide to have to look somewhat decent when I open my eyes.






With a Zoeva Wing Liner Brush I applied Cricket from the Sleek Ultra Matte Bright palette on the inner part of my lower lashline. To avoid excess fall out, dab the brush onto your lid instead of wiping it. I then applied Dragon Fly from the same palette in the same manner, blending them together and then continuing the line onwards.








Using the bright blue Bolt from the Sleek palette, I fade the green into blue and then move on to my large Boozyshop GIANT palette with every single colour, ever. I use a deep royal blue and fade the bright blue into the deep. Still using dabbing motions, I add a bright purple to the mix, at the very end of the wing of my cat-eye. Once done with the purple, remove the tape and TADAAAAH, a beautiful crisp line. Add NYX Milk to the lower lash-line and let's move on.







Going back to my trusty Sleek Ultra Matte Bright palette, using a Zoeva Luxe Pencil Brush and the colour Bamm! I apply it to the inner part of the lashline. Then from the same palette and with the same brush, I take Strike and make sure I blend the two together.







Staying with the same pencil brush and palette, I take the bright pink Sugarlite and blend it into the orange and almost to to the outer corner of my eye. I then finish off the lower lash line with a warm red from my Boozy palette.






I finished off the eyes by tightlining with  the Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in Black, curling my lashes with my Tweezerman lash curlers and applying a few layers of the Maybelline Colossal Waterproof Mascara.







I contoured my cheekbones using NYX Blush in Taupe and warmed up my skin using The Body Shop Bronzer in 02. For Blush I applied Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso. ( SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS BLUSH! URGH!) And I lightly powdered the rest of my face with the Catrice Nude Illusion Powder.





To keep it light and neutral... HAHAHAHA! Who are we kidding? We got off that train a while ago. To compliment the bright eyes, I went with a beautiful bright lip.The lipstick is Milani Moisture Matte in the colour Matte Orchid. It's a lovely matte formula, that feels like nothing on the lips but has amazing wear and pigment.






And some full face shots of the finished look! This is (for me) not a day to day look, but I would definitely wear this to a day festival or something of that sort.

Would you rock a rainbow look? How would you go about it? Let me know down below. If you have suggestions for other looks as well!


Thank you for reading and untill next time!
XXX

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Review and Swatches: Sleek Oh So Special Palette

After a few tutorials, I am coming at you with a review of yet another Sleek palette that my husband spoiled me with the other day. The Oh So Special palette has quite the following online and with it's pink tones is great for very feminine, romantic looks. Let's get to it!





The packaging is as usual very pretty, very "sleek" (See what I did there?!) and classic. The box is covered in the colours you see in the palette itself and the actual palette is a matte black with a shiny relief. The only major downside to Sleek packaging is that it is a BITCH to open and they break fairly easily. But then again, it is a €9.99 eyeshadow palette, can't expect the world from it. As long as the shades are good.




And by golly they are! This palette has a great colour scheme for both a soft, defined eye and even a heavy smokey eye. I am loving the pink, romantic theme of this. It's stunning.

Let's look at the colours!




This palette actually comes with a nice, plastic inlawy that names all the colours, which makes it easy to reference the different colours when decscribing it, I like this!




Bow is a matte, cream-nude tint. Great for highlighting, not so much for swatching. Slightly powdery.

Organza is a very shimmery, almost metallic rose-gold colour.

Ribbon is a matte coral shade. It's a bit smoother than Bow, less powdery.




Gift Basket is a shimmery, golden copper colour. 

Glitz is a metallic, blue gun-metal. 

Celebrate is a shimmery aubergine colour, that in certain lighting almost looks black. It's stunning.




Pamper is a matte, light peachy-pink. Slightly powdery.

Gateau is a light purply.pink with a golden shimmer. It's a yummy looking as it sounds!

The Mail is a matte, light camel colour. Smooth, for a Sleek matte shade.




Boxed is a matte, mid-to-dark tone brown with a slightly warm undertone.

Wrapped Up is a matte, taupe-y aubergine colour. Very smooth, for a matte.

Noir is a slightly misleading shade. It might be called Noir, but it is not a proper black colour. It's more of a very deep, dark, matte charcoal. Beautiful colour, none the less.




I noticed that on the back of the box, Sleek provide you with tips on how to apply the eyeshadows, just in case you have doubts. This doesn't really apply to me, personally, but I can imagine that it is helpful to people just starting out with using makeup.


Conclusion: I like this palette a lot. If you're considering getting one of the Sleek palettes, I would advise this, if you're not just looking for browns, but maybe a bit more colour while still keeping it neutral. It is not a dupe in any way for the Naked 3 palette, but if you like a bit of pink, getting this palette surely is a cheaper option! It provides a (matte) highlighter, and several matte crease colours, I am very happy with this palette.


Pros:

  • Pricepoint, at €9.99 for 12 colours, there is really no faulting these palettes.

  • More matte shades than we normally see in these types of palettes, I like!

  • Shadows are well pigmented and easily blended (save a few of the mattes).

  • Availability! Sleek is finally available in stores here, they are sold in select V&D warehouses, and luckily one of those in my city, Dordrecht.

Cons:

  • I am having a bit of a hard time finding some, but I guess I wouldn't mind a shimmery highlight for the inner corner.

  • Packaging is hell to open and can easily break a nail or three in process.

  • Some of the matte shades can be a bit tricky to blend, but it's not really the end of the world, just takes a bit more work.



Do you own any Sleek palettes? Other Sleek products? What are your thoughts on them? Let me know down below!


Thank you for reading and until next time!

XXX