FOTD x 2: Barney eyes and Fuschia lips!

Purple and green together always remind me of Barney the dinosaur, lol :P

 
 
With flash:
 
Face:

• MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation in NC20
• MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW20
• Ben Nye Neutral Set Powder
• MAC Rose Romance Beauty Powder in Summer Rose

Eyes:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• MAC Steamy eyeshadow on the inner 2/3 of the lid
• MAC Violet Pigment on the outer third of the lid
• MAC Contrast eyeshadow on the outer corner of the lid, in the crease and under the eye
• MAC Vellum eyeshadow in the crease, above Contrast
• MAC Your Ladyship Pigment as the highlight
• MAC Penultimate eyeliner (trying to apply the false lashes messed this up and I couldn’t be bothered fixing it – talk about lazy!)
• Avon Ultra Luxury eyeliner in Midnight Blue in the waterline
• Avon Supershock mascara
• No brand False Eyelashes

Lips:

• MAC Lipstick in Fleshpot

This second FOTD was from Saturday and I took the photos with my phone so they’re not very good. I don’t wear bright lipstick often though so I thought I’d show you this anyway!

 
 
Face:

• Everyday Minerals Foundation in Fairly Light Neutral
• MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW20
• Silk Naturals Perfecting Powder
• MAC Rose Romance Beauty Powder in Summer Rose

Eyes:

• MAC Quick Frost Pigment all over the lid upto the brow
• MAC Brown Down eyeshadow in the crease, and under the eye
• 120 Palette Matte Black as an eyeliner along the lashes
• Avon Supershock Mascara

Lips:

• MAC Pro Lipstick in Full Fuschia
• MAC Your Ladyship Pigment applied in the centre of the bottom lip and blended outwards

Well there we go, thanks for viewing!

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Quick EOTD?

Heya! My skin isn’t looking it’s best so instead of a FOTD we have an.. EOTD! :P Hehe.

As you’ll see I mainly used MAC and Fyrinnae!

 

 

Products used:

• UDPP all over the eyelid up to the brow
• MAC Intriguing Scarlet Palette – Warm Suede on 2/3 of the lid
• Fyrinnae Aztec Gold Eyeshadow (see how green it looks?!?) on the outer third of the eyelid
• MAC Brown Down Eyeshadow in the crease
• MAC Quick Frost pigment in the inner corner and under the brow as a highlight
• Fyrinnae Wicked Eyeshadow under the eye
• Shiseido Liquid Liner applied in a very thin line along the top lashes
• Make Up For Ever Navy Blue 3L liner in the waterline
• Avon Supershock Mascara

Hope you like, thanks for viewing!

oxo

FOTD: Purple Smokey Eye!

First FOTD I’ve done in ages! And the purple didn’t even show up as good in the pics! That is SO typical. :P

 
And now for the close ups, tried to get the purple to show up better
With flash:

Without:

  
What I used:
Face:

• MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation in NC20
• MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW20
• Smashbox Softlights Blush Duo in Super/Model
• Revlon Age Defying Powder in Sand Beige
  

Eyes:

• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• MAC Sharkskin Shadestick, applied as a base upto the crease
• Kryolan Eye Dust in Pink Sunset applied all over the Sharkskin Shadestick.
• 120 Colour Palette – matte black in the corners and worked up into the crease, also underneath the eye in the outer corner
• MAC Vellum eyeshadow in the inner corners and as a highlight colour under the brow, as well as under the eye.
• Shiseido Liquid liner in Black
• Avon Ultra Luxury Eyeliner in Black
• Avon Supershock Mascara in Black

Lips:

• MAC Lipstick in Fleshpot
• DB Lip gloss in Watermelon

Hope you like!
oxo

Urban Decay Primer Potion and Eyeshadow Review

Urban Decay products aren’t available in New Zealand, but I was lucky enough to have an aunty who went to Hawaii last year and picked me up some from Sephora! This is what she got me:

XL Primer Potion

XL Primer Potion is 60% larger than the regular sized Primer Potion and is meant to last months!
Primer Potion provides a smooth magnet-like base for eyeshadows to adhere to. This prevents eyeshadow from creasing and intensifies the colour. You only need to apply a small amount to your eyelids which dries instantly and invisibly. Apply your eyeshadow overtop and prepare to have your eyeshadow last for hours on end!

I love Primer Potion, the results are amazing. There is a huge downside to this though and that is the packaging. Sure it looks great, but it is very poorly designed. The wand cannot reach all the product, and in my experience only reaches about a quarter of it. To get the rest of the product (and your money’s worth!) you have to cut open the tube and scoop the remains into an air tight container. You have to make sure you sanitise everything while doing this or you will contaminate the product.

Overall I would recommend this product if you want to intensify your eyeshadows and make them last without creasing. But if like me, you find it a huge hassle to have to cut open the tube to get all the product out, I would recommend that you find something else.

Now onto the two eyeshadows:
Midnight Cowboy

 
Midnight cowboy is a pink-champagne colour with A LOT of silver glitter. And the glitter gets EVERYWHERE when you use it. Even though this is probably the messiest eyeshadow I own, I really do like the colour. And the glitter would be gorgeous if it didn’t get everywhere.

I wouldn’t buy another one and wouldn’t really recommend it either. The glitter is just way too annoying.

Asphyxia

 
Asphyxia is a beautiful purple eyeshadow with a blue sheen to it. This is probably one of my favourite purple eyeshadows even though the colour pay off is not as good as Midnight Cowboy. This is a really nice shimmer shadow that doesn’t have the crazy glitter that Midnight Cowboy has. And the blue sheen really shows up nicely.

Overall it is a really nice eyeshadow and if I had to buy another one, I would!

Swatches:
I decided to swatch both of these eyeshadows both overtop of the Primer Potion and without so you can see for yourself the difference the Primer Potion makes.
Top row is with Primer Potion and bottom row is without!

 
Sorry the photo isn’t very good, but hopefully you can see the difference!

Thanks for viewing!
oxo