Billion Dollar Brows is a Press Sample. All opinions are my own.
Hello, Fireflies!
When I discovered the warm neutral palette, the skies parted, a light shone down, and the angels sung. I know, I'm *supposed* to wear cool tones, and purples with my brown eyes. But there's something about a peachy-pink orangey look that just steals my heart.
Here in Florida, it's rained and/or stormed almost every day for over a month. I spend most of my time in the A/C, but even though I'm not out in the weather, it's still starting to affect me!
So, today's look is a subtle neutral one in greys and berry colors, in homage to these grey Florida days.
I've been experimenting with a look I saw Wayne Goss do in a video for mature eyes. It's a much older video of him, but I think the techniques are classic.
Here's a close-up of my eyes. I used the Coastal Scents Revealed palette and my now HG gel liner, NARS Black Valley. That stuff stays where you put it.
Here's what I used on the whole look: Mally Primed and Poreless, and Mally Face Defender. Kevyn Aucoin Creamy Glow in Pravana, Cover FX Setting Powder (as a bronzer), Nars Black Valley, L'Oreal HIP Shine Struck liquid lipcolor in Arresting, IT Cosmetics brow pencil, Rimmel ScandalEyes Retro Glam Mascara, and a blend of IT Cosmetics CC Cream in medium, and CoverGirl True Blend 1/410 to lighten it up a tad.
I'm having no luck with the Mally Face Defender. It's supposed to be a 'no powder' look, but I find that it looks cakier on me than if I used regular powder. Those of you who are successful with it, what foundation are you using? What's your secret?
To go with the look, I used a grey polish from Dance Legend's Smoky collection, called Grey Britain 1025.
It has a smooth texture, but a grey pebbled look to it, like ashes scattered amongst the grey. It's quite pretty and unique!
What do you think of my greyed look? What are your favorite greys to use?
I mean, yesterday? Well, I built a look around it to go hang out with my friends and watch the new season of Orange Is The New Black!
My little green monster decal is peekin' out from behind me. He has a blue friend hiding behind my head. They have cartoon bubbles that the husband and I use to write notes on. I thought you might want to know this. Fun behind-the-scenes tidbit!
My face makeup started with my trusty stable of Cover FX products, including the Mattifying primer, the Eye primer, the BB Gel, and the Setting powder, which I used to warm up my face as a subtle contour. Jouer blush in Dahlia, which is one of my new fave cream blushes, gave me a little color, and so did Too Faced La Creme in Believe.
For my eye makeup, I used the Tarina Tarantino Emerald Pretty palette, which I'm now a huge fan of. I love these buttery eyeshadows! I also used my Physicians Formula black liquid liner, and Rimmel ScandalEyes RetroGlam mascara.
I tried the Mally Poreless Face Defender for the first time, instead of powder. It still dried with a powdery finish on me, and looked a little more cakey than I would have liked. I'm going to try it with a different combination of products next time.
Because I'm watching this show with friends, and we made a pact to ONLY watch it together, I still have a few more episodes to finish season 2 - so no spoilers, please! It's killing me already to not binge watch it, but I do try to be a woman of my word.
Are you having viewing parties for any shows? Do you cheat and binge on your own?
