My Look: Golden Holiday

Merry Christmas to all my readers out there! 

      I meant to get this up yesterday, but I just haven't had anytime. Lots of holiday happenings around here, and today I just wanted to spend time with my family. 

     This was the look I wore on Sunday for my family Christmas gathering, and I wanted to share it with you all. I think it could be amped up a bit for a New Years look too.

Products Used:

Revlon Colorstay Whipped foundation

Maybelline Mineral Power concealer

NARS Laguna Bronzer

Tarte blush in Exposed

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Gold Rush

Wet n Wild single in Brulee'

Too Faced Natural Eye palette:

Velvet Revolver (crease)

Heaven (brow)

Honey Pot (lid)

Sexpresso + Cocoa Puff (outer corner)

Milani Liquif'Eye in Gold (lower lash line)

Milani Liquif'Eye in Black (waterline)

Milani Eye Tech liquid liner (upper lashline)

Milani mascara

Wet n Wild lipstick in Cherry Picking

Revlon Lip Butter in Cherry Tart

Palette Series: Urban Decay - Original Naked Palette

    

   Hey guys! I have another look for you using another one of my palettes. You can see the video on my youtube channel (link!) This was the look I wore to the family Christmas party at my mom's house. Just an easy, neutral eye and red festive lips. Here is a list of products I used to complete this look, hope you enjoy!!

Swatch & Comparison: New Maybelline Color Tattoo - Barely Branded

     Yesterday I put my foot in my mouth about the new gold Color Tattoo, and also the beige one. If you missed that post, you can click here. I wanted to do a swatchy swatch of Barely Branded today, and compare it to it's counterpart: Barely Beige. 

     I still stand by my original statement that if you missed out on Barely Beige, run out and get this new one. I said RUN, not walk. Go get it it, NOW. ;-) Both of these are very creamy champagne shades. I'd say that Barely beige may be a tad bit pinker.

Oh, and before I forget.... this just happens to by my 300th blog post. Pretty awesome :-)

Barely Beige  /  Barely Branded

Barely Beige  /  Barely Branded

Swatch & Comparison: New Maybelline Color Tattoo - Gold Rush

     Well friends, today I eat my own words. When I looked at the new Maybelline 24 Hour Metal Color Tattoos (what a long name!) the other day I decided the only one I needed was Inked in Pink. I use the word 'needed' loosely here. I thought it silly for them to release yet another gold shade. You have Bold Gold from the permanent line, there was Gold Shimmer in the fall collection, and now Gold Rush. I also thought I didn't need to pick up Barely Branded because it was so similar to Barely Beige from the fall collection also. Well the makeup addicted junkie in me looked up swatches of these new Metal shades and decided I needed both. 

    Gold Rush is VERY different from both of the other shades. In comparison, the other 2 don't even look gold. Gold Shimmer is more of a green tinged antique gold, and Bold Gold is more of a murky gold. 

    First up will be a swatch of Gold Rush, then in following photos will be comparisons to the other gold shades in the line.

Maybelline 24 Hour Metal Color Tattoo - Gold Rush

Bold Gold  /  Gold Shimmer  /  Gold Rush

Swatchfest: Benefit High Beam & Sun Beam

Hey dolls!

I'm back with some more sample swatches today. For your viewing pleasure I have Sun Beam & High Beam liquid highlighters today.

    High Bean is a beautiful iridescent pink color. I found this one is good for everyday wear. It blends out to be a beautiful sheen on the cheekbones. When you open the bottle, it is very much like a nail polish: it has a brush for applying. I find it best not to apply directly to the face with the brush. I put some on the back of my hand and tap it on with my finger.

    Sun Bean is more of a golden bronze color. While I think it's gorgeous, it's really only useful in the summertime when we all tend to have a bit more color to our faces. It can tend to be a bit much color wise on my pale face right now. 

The first swatch is applied directly from the bottle, second swatch is blended out.

Left: High Beam  /   Right: Sun Beam

High Beam   /    Sun beam

Palette Series: theBalm - Balm Jovi

   I'm trying to do a series on my YouTube channel (link!) where I do a look with each of the eyeshadow palettes I own. I have quite a few, as I am a palette hoarding freakazoid. 

    For the first look, I used the new Balm Jovi palette from theBalm, as it's my newest palette and I had a few requests for it. What palette would you like to see a look from next? Leave your requests in the comment section :)

Products Used:

Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse foundation

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind concealer

NYX Stay Matte, Not Flat Powder

ELF Golden Bronzer

Revlon Lip Butters in Cupcake & Sugar Plum

Lorac behind the Scenes eye primer

Milani Shadow Eyes pencil in Champagne Toast

theBalm Balm Jovi palette:

The Stroke (dark blue)

Iron Maid-in (gold)

Adagio + Allegro (blender colors)

Don't You Want Me? blush (Frat Boy)

Solid Gold highlighter (Mary-Lou Manizer)

Ulta liner in Indigo

Maybelline Mega Plush mascara

Rimmel Scandal-Eyes mascara

Watch the video here:

Swatchfest: New Maybelline Color Tattoo - Inked in Pink

     I read on Nouveau Cheap blog that Maybelline will be coming out with new Color tattoos to add to the permanent line (I believe). These are called 24 Hour Metal, so they are all metallic shades.

    The good news is, for those of you who missed out on the LE fall Color Tattoos, there is one in the line called Barely Branded, that is pretty much identical to Barely Beige. There are 5 new Color Tattoos in total: Barely Branded (beige/champagne), Silver Strike (silver), Inked in Pink (metallic soft pink), Gold Rush (bright gold) and Electric Blue (electric blue, obvi). 

I found these new shades at my local Walmart for about $6. they were in a new end cap display with the new Rocket Volume Express mascara.

    The color I choose was Inked in Pink, which reminds me A LOT of the eyeshadow Sin from Urban Decay. The texture of this was super super creamy, more so even than some of my other Color Tattoos. It applies very nicely and evenly. You know how I feel about these COlor tattoos, I think they are AMAZING.

This is all the same swatch, I just showed it at different angles and lighting so you can get the best idea of how it looks.

Are you as excited as I am about NEW Color Tattoos???