FOTD: Pretty Neutrals

Hey guys, here is a very simple, neutral face of the day done using the Naked 3 palette. Because I haven't been wearing that much makeup over the summer, I feel like I haven't got a great amount of use out of my Naked 3 palette, so when I do wear makeup, I like to test out new looks from it. I love that most of the colours have a sort of pink or purpley tinge to them even though it mightn't appear that way by looking at them in the pan. Here is the look I created this time: 

Products Used:

Face

Bourjois Radiance Reveal Healthy Mix foundation

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection concealer

Bourjois Délice de Soleil bronzing powder

Eyes

Colours Used from the Naked 3 Palette:

Burnout (across the lid)

Buzz (through the crease)

Liar (outer corner + under the eye)

Limit (to fill in eyebrows)

Strange (to highlight)

Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner (black ink)

Maybelline The Falsies mascara

Lips

L'Oréal Caresse Lipstick (101 tempting lilac)

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Natural Pretty Valentine's Day Makeup Look

Hey guys, Valentine's day is coming up soon so I decided to do a really natural pretty day look for during the day. Let me know if you also want me to do a dark smokier look for Valentine's night. So here is the daytime look: 

Products Used:

• Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation 
• Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer
• Kiko soft light powder (02)
• Bourjois' Délice de Soleil Bronzing Powder (14 Olive/Tanned Skin)(to bronze face)
• 17 Blush (first kiss)
• Claire's Accessories eye shadow palette (the colours I used and what I did with them will be shown after the products used section)
• 17 eyeliner pencil (brown) (to line the waterline and tight line)
• Eyelash curlers
• Maybelline The Falsies (black drama)
• Soap & Glory lipstick (the missing pink)

I got this eye shadow palette in Claire's Accessories a while back and I'm not sure if you can still get it, but there are only three colours I am using from it which you can easily dupe. I chose to use this palette because the colours are really pretty and shimmery and, if it is still available, it is really cheap (less than €12)

• For this look I took, from the second row across L-R (the pink row), the second colour from the bottom, which is a gorgeous purple-y pink colour, and put it all across the lid.
• Next I took, from the fifth row across (the gold row), the second colour from the bottom, which is a really shimmery gold and used it on the outer half of my eye and in the crease.
• Lastly I took the brown colour (from the same row as the gold colour, fourth from the bottom) and put in in the outer corner and up towards my crease. I also brought it under the eye.

You can use any pink, gold and brown eye shadows you have to achieve this look, you don't have to buy this palette.

I hope you liked this post. I'm sorry the looks never come out that pigmented on my camera but I'm trying to figure out if there is any setting or lighting that will help to show the look in the same way they look in real life so hopefully the pictures in next post will come out better. Let me know in the comments below if you want me to do a darker, smokier makeup look for Valentine's night for if you were going out to dinner or drinks or having a girls night out.

Wearable Everyday Pinky/Purple Look Using the Urban Decay Book of Shadows Volume III (New York City Palette)

Products used to achieve this look:

Urban Decay’s Primer Potion

Bordello eye shadow by Urban Decay

Last Call eye shadow by Urban Decay

Rockstar eye shadow by Urban Decay

Uzi eye shadow by Urban Decay

Foxy eye shadow by Urban Decay (from naked 2 palette)

Tease eye shadow by Urban Decay (from the naked 2 palette)

Urban Decay's 24/7 glide on eye pencil in Zero

Thick and Fast mascara by Soap & Glory

Essence gel eyeliner in the colour Midnight in Paris

Brushes: Real Techniques base shadow brush

Real Techniques deluxe crease brush

Real Techniques accent brush

Real Techniques pixel-point eyeliner brush

Real Techniques brow brush

Technique:

1. I filled in my eyebrows with Tease using my Real Techniques brow brush.

2. I started the eyes by rubbing Urban Decay’s Primer Potion all over the lid and up to the brow.

3. Then I applied Bordello all over the lid with the base shadow brush.

4. Next I used the deluxe crease brush to apply Last Call to the outer half of the eye and blend it up and through the crease.

5. Then I used the accent brush to add some Rockstar to the real outer corner of the eye, along the outer upper lash line and up through the crease in a V shape.

6. Next I took the base shadow brush and used it to blend the Rockstar in to the the rest of the eye shadow and to blend out the crease so there wasn't a harsh line.

7. For a highlight I applied Foxy just under the brow with the base shadow brush.

8. To brighten up the eye, I used the base shadow brush to apply the tiniest amount of Uzi to the inner corner. (otherwise there would be a lot of fallout)

9. I then lined both my waterline and my tightline with the 24/7 eye pencil in Zero.

10. I then used the pixel-point eyeliner brush to apply the Essence eyeliner to my upper lash    line, winging it out at the ends.

11. For the Final step, I curled my lashes and applied Thick & Fast to my lashes in a zigzag motion.

Hope you like the look!

-MissLauraBora xx