Illusions of Goodness-Experiment (June 22, 2013)

I had always thought false eyelashes were the hardest thing to apply to ones face, give me liquid latex in the shape of a wound or a burn any day. So when I cracked open this months voxbox I yelped in terror to see two boxes of fluttery beautiful false lashes from the company kiss. They came with their own lash glue and a tiny pink pair of tweezers you are suppose to use to apply the lashes.  Hey I thought to myself maybe things will be easier this time! So I broke 'em out one dark and stormy night to see if I could follow through with my assumption. I'm happy to report I didn't stab my eye out! I really like how natural these lashes look, though very long they aren't heavy on my lash line.

What I used:

Eyes-
Maybelliene Color Tattoo in Barely Beige
Milani color eyez stick in royal purple
Sugarpill eyeshadow in Dollipop (Blended lightly into the inner crease.)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Magic (Blended into the crease.)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Tornado (Patted onto the lid.)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Illusion (To highlight.)
Urban Decay eyeliner (Vintage 24/7 glide on pencil) in Gunmetal (Top and bottom lash line.)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Oz (The silver part of the duo used over Gunmetal)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in Aura (The pink side used to further blend out the crease and highlight the inner corner of the lid.)
Urban Decay eyeshadow in South (Used to lightly darken the lower lash line.)
Eyeliner
Kiss False lashes in 05 ( I think I am to lazy to check right now.)

lips-
A dupe of Mac's Candy Yum Yum

I mostly used Urban Decay's Glinda palette for this look since I had gotten it that day. I love the palette!  I've been using it every day since I got it last week. My only complaint is that the gold side of Oz isn't as pigmented as the silver. I justified this purchase by telling myself I don't have any of the colors. Yeah right. But lets be honest with ourselves it's fun to treat yourself once and a while. I ordered myself a three pan Inglot palette as well. I hope it arrives soon. I'm really itching to use the bright purples and intense green I picked out. Do you guys want swatches of the Glinda palette? I didn't swatch the shadows yet because all the other gurus got theirs in like March or something. Anyway I hope to see ya'll soon! Have a good day!

I just "Blue" Myself- Experiment (May 22, 2013)

 

I haven't seen many episodes of Arrested Development sadly, just enough to know it's hilarious. Since a new season has come out thanks to Netflixs I may consider watching it. I'm a Netflix junkie, I watch so much stuff on there I barely touch my tv any more. How can I resist a site that has Parks and Recs, Supernatural, Law and Order: SVU and Hemlock Grove? (P.s. if you haven't watch Hemlock Grove you need to. It's fantastic and the special effects make-up is baller.) Any hoodles I was bored whilst watching an episode of Supernatural so this is what I can up with. 

What I used:

Eyes-

Wet n Wild primer

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Cool Crush

Sugarpill eyeshadow in Mochi (Applied to just the lid in a rounded shape.)

Sugarpill eyeshadow in Velocity (Applied on the outer part of the lid in a triangle shape and down along the lower lash line.)

Sugarpill eyeshadow in Tako (Brushed lightly onto the brow bone and inner corner of the lid.)

Sugarpill eyeshadow in Afterparty (Used in the crease and lower lash line to blend out Velocity.)

Wet n Wild matte black eyeshadow (Swept along the lower lash line and blended up to meet the liner wing.)

Estee Lauder random metallic light pink eyeshadow (Used to highlight all the things.)

Physicians Formula Liquid Eyeliner Pen

Mascara 

lips-

Etude House lipstick in Idk but it's awesome 

And that's it, that's the look. Have a good day ya'll. 

Halloween Town-Experiment

I was challenged by my fiance to do a look using orange, purple and green. He picked the colors out of my extensive make-up collection himself and proudly handed them to me thinking I was defeated. This look took me about twenty minutes to do which was enough time for him to fall asleep. When I was able to wake him he mumbled something about the look having a Halloween feel, thus the non-summery name haha.

What I used:

Eyes-
TFSI
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
Fyrinnae e/s in Pyromantic Erotica (Multi-hued orange that had a green and yellow shift patted on the lid.)
Sleek Bohemian palette (Plummy-violet used in the inner crease to add depth.)
Fyrinnae e/s in Sequined Master (Silvery twinkly purple blended all over the crease.)
Fyrinnae e/s in OMGWTF (Bright chartruese patted on the outer corner of the lower lid.)
Almay Liquid eyeliner in black
Nyx jumbo pencil in Milk (Waterline of course.)

Lips-
Nyx round lipstick in Nyx (Bright orange-y coral.)

I've been doing the white waterline a lot this summer. It's a lot nicer then having black eyeliner gunk up into the corner of my eye making me look like a raccoon. Not to mention it makes my eyes look huge! What's your favorite make-up trick in the summer? My other favorite summer trick is just a tap of concealer around my nose, under my eye and along the discoloration on my chin. I still wear a primer so that it doesn't slip off and I can add cheek color if I feel it looks to blah. I'd love some more tips!

Equinox Sorceress-Experiment

Usually I am absolutely shart at applying black eyeshadows. They make me nervous because I can't seem to blend them as well as I like. I've never done a fully black eye but I did want to experiment a bit to see if I can ever pull off a dark lid color. I admit I stole this idea from the lovely Wendi of Make-up Zombie. I loved her most recent look where she used a black base with dark eyeshadows on the lid. It looked so pretty on her that I just had to copy it!

What I used:

Eyes-

Fyrinnae P.E.

Fyrinnae e/s in Darling Misfits (A beautiful pink with teal sparkles applied in the crease.)

Fyrinnae e/s in Sorceress (My favorite black with multi-hued sparkles used on the lid.)

Fyrinnae e/s in Meerkat (My oldest Fyrinnae shadow, a purple with gold sparkles applied over D.M.)

Fyrinnae e/s in Nijiro (Used to highlight the upper brow bone.)

Estee Lauder e/s in Pink Ice (Sparkly sheer light pink used on the inner corner of the lid.)

Almay liquid eyeliner in black

Wet n Wild concealer stick in Very Fair (Applied on the waterline.)

Mascara

lips-

Nyx round lipstick in Nyx

Oh! I have to tell you guys! While out with my friend I discovered a few eyeshadow palettes from the Wet n Wild Dreamweaver collection. I've been looking for this collection since July so I was surprised when I discovered three palettes. Happily two of the three were doubles! That means a giveaway will be coming up soon! I also discovered a 2010 Holiday palette tucked behind sale items. I was so shocked. I thought they had all been snatched up. So I tossed that in my basket and hummed happily to the cash register. I shall be posting swatches of the Dreamweaver palettes soon!

Mugwort with Wine-Experiment

Dang this turned out a lot darker and sexier then I imagined. I tried to take sexy pictures but I looked cross eyed in most of them. I think I'll stick to the frightened deer wide eyes or the I-swear-I'm not-stoned-just-tired half way open eye. Speaking of wide eyed deer like chicks I saw the Red Riding Hood movie today. Um no one told me Michael Shanks was in it. I kind of flipped when I saw him. Daniel Jackson is my favorite character from Stargate. It made me think back to the Stargate Sg-1 episode where Daniel Jackson and Vala were put into the bodies of those people in the Ori inhabited Galaxy. He was wearing pretty much he same outfit as that episode.

Oh this is a spoiler but he died in the movie. I was like " Poor Daniel never stops dying." Me and the fiance loled. Daniel had a bad habit of dying often...like very often. Poor Daniel. When we're done with all of the Star Trek shows I'm suggesting re-watching Stargate Sg-1. Then ya'll will be reading Stargate tweets instead of Star Trek tweets.

What I used:

Eyes-

TFSI

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Evil Shades e/s in Gryphon (Golden brown used in the crease and along the lower lashline.)

Darling Girl Cosmetics Merry Making (Berry wine beauty patted onto the lid.)

Fyrinnae e/s in Nijiro (Warm ivory used to highlight the brow bone and inner corner of the lower lid.)

Nyx e/s in black (Applied lightly on the lower lash line.)

Milani eyeliner in black

Almay liquid eyeliner in black

Mascara

lips-

Wet n Wild lipstick in well I have no idea... uhm pretty brown based red color?

What do you think of the new picture technique? I stole this from Lily of Beauty's Bad Habit because I love the way her snaps of make-up look. Which do you like better?

Cat's Pajamas-Experiment

"Hey baby' wanna take a ride? I've got some sugar for ya right here." The gentleman grinned at her from the cab of his car. He was well dressed but his oily hair gave away his personality.

"Look here, I'm not no prostitute! Get out of here you-you flat tire you!" Holly yelled at the . Her voice was high and thin like her eyebrows. Holly had just recently bleached her plain brown hair blonde but wasn't enjoying the attention. She wished she hadn't let Lucy cut her hair short either. She missed the long braids she used to wear so often.

"Calm down Holly he's just wants to take us to the club. Ain't that right mister?" Lucy flashed her award winning smile at him. Lucy had all the right things to be a flapper girl. Her black hair was already pin straight so when they cut it short with bangs it looked perfect. Holly hated having to put finger waves in her hair every morning.

Lucy climbed into the car without a second thought. "Butt me." She commanded. The man chuckled and stuck a smoke in her mouth. She fluttered her eyelashes while he lit the cigarette. "Ain't ya coming Holly? It'd sure be lousy without you." Damn, now she had to get in the car with the dead beat. No, no she didn't. She stomped her heeled foot and marched away so the fringe on her dress swung.Tomorrow she'd back her bags and head towards New York, Cleveland wasn't the town for her after all. She'd grow out her hair again and throw away her painful hair pins. But tomorrow wasn't here yet, today she'd enjoy herself and find a coffee shop that played Jazz instead of a club. She heard the final strains of a trumpet in the distance and knew she was heading the right way.

What I used:

Eyes-

TFSI

Nyx e/s in black (Used to trace the triangle like eye shape but I left an empty bit on the lid. Also smeared lightly along the lash line.)

Fyrinnae pixie epoxy (Spread all over the triangle shape.)

Sugarpill e/s in Goldilux (Perfect gold patted on the empty space on the lid.)

Fyrinnae e/s in Steampunk (A deep copper gold blended over the black lightly.)

Wet n Wild e/s palette in Vanity light ivory (Patted on the inner corner of the lid and to highlight the brow bone.)

Almay Liquid eyeliner in black

Milani eyeliner in black

Mascara (tons and tons of mascara.)

lips-

Nyx round lipstick in Medusa

Yay for pointless stories! Right now I'm in love with the flapper girl style. I was inspired by BLIX's Morgana Cryptoria 1920's lipstick photoshoot. You will DIE if you see the pictures. They're so glamourous I got completely obsessed haha.

p.s. I made the full face shots cooler toned but the eye shots are un-enhanced/un-changed. I don't normally enhance or edit my pictures but I liked the way these looked edited.

Possessed by Clara Bow-Experiment

I know I've been doing a lot more experiments lately but that's because I haven't had the time to put on make-up. I'm trying to keep up with school and study for the exams that are coming up really soon. I've never been a very serious student so trying to get started early on things is new to me. Hopefully I'll be able to make more posts once this semester is over.

I wanted to do something fun the other night with my make-up. I had been looking at flappers on tumblr when I realized I haven't done a true flapper girl look. I've done either looks inspired by or close to flapper girl style but nothing like this. I don't usually work well with black which is why it took me so long to do this. The eyeshape isn't 100% right but my eyeshape doesn't look good with a completely round eyeshadow look. All in all I love how this turned out. I even love my hair. I wish I knew how to do finger waves!

What I used:

Face-

Concealer (All over face, covering the lips.)

Coyt airspun powder

Wet n Wild blush in Heather Silk (Applied on the apples of the cheeks.)

Eyes-

TFSI

Nyx jumbo pencil in Black Bean (Used just on the lid.)

Nyx e/s in Black (Used on the lid.)

120 Palette

-Sparkly black (Used in crease and the lower lash line.)

-White (Used under brows.)

-Matte black (Used to fill in eyebrows/make the brows longer.)

LOADS OF MASCARA (Demi false lashes would be good for this look.)

lips-

Nyx lipstick in Peach (Blotted.)

Fantasy Maker Lipstick in Noir

Wish me luck I'm taking an exam today!

Pixie

p.s. Oh yeah I did change my hair! Better pictures of it are coming! My fiance dyed his hair blue again. Someone told us we looked like Jessie and James of Team Rocket fame. Is it sad that this made me extremely happy?

Anime Girl Ai-experiment

I love anime, just not as much as my best friend. She's constantly introducing me to new animes and getting me addicted to new shows. When we were children our favorite shows were Gundam Wing,Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon. We wrote hilariously bad self inserts for each show. The best fan fiction she had ever written was a detail Sailor Zodiac series. It was over ten chapters long! It included made up love interests for our self inserts as well as an insane villain. This bred a lot of fight scenes which meant some of them were acted out. (Yes, I am admitting to LARPing Sailor Moon style. I have no shame!) Our brothers made the best bad guys.

She's not a writer anymore because of school but she is a Japanese Major. I keep trying to get her to write an anime review blog. Hopefully with enough peer pressure she'll give in to start one in the summer.

What I used:

Face-

L'oreal True Match concealer

Stila Illuminated tinted moisturizer

Wet n Wild e/s palette in Spoiled Brat (Bright pink used on top of cheek bones and blended down.)

Evil Shades e/s in Phyrra's Fantasy (Beautiful pink used as a blush.)

Illuminating powder (Applied on top of the cheeks and cupid's bow.)

Eyes-

TFSI

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Fyrinnae e/s in Leif (Perfect green used on the lid.)

Hi-Fi cosmetics e/s in Raw Shock (Bright green used on the inner part of the crease.)

Sugarpill e/s in Tipsy (Shimmery green blended into the inner corner of the lid and inner crease.)

Evil Shades e/s in Dryad (Forest green blended into the crease to make a wing.)

Wet n Wild e/s palette in Spoiled Brat (The sparkly black used on the outer half of the crease.)

Morgana Cryptoria e/s in Druscilla (Hot hot pink used on the outer part of the lower lash line.)

Brazen Cosmetics e/s in Tease (Softer sweeter hot pink used on the inner lower lash line.)

Fyrinnae e/s in Faerie Realm (Sheer lavender used to highlight.)

Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Flipside (Used on the lower water line.)

Almay liquid eyeliner in black

Mascara

Wet n Wild e/s palette in Spoiled Brat (Bright pink used to fill in brows.)

Lips-

Morgana Crypotria lipstick in Azalea

Hmm you know maybe I should enter High Voltage's contest taking inspiration from anime. I've always wanted an eyeshadow like Trunk's hair, Heero's green shirt and Goku's orange jumpsuit...

Dark Side of the Moon-Dramatic look

The moon was huge last night. In my town however it was covered up by clouds so only a little of the blue light escaped. The moon has always been my most favorite celestial object even when I was obsessed with astronomy. It can't help that my favorite anime as a child was Sailor Moon. Did you get any good pictures of the moon last night? For some reason my pictures were all blurry. :(

What I used:

Face-

L'oreal true match cool toned concealer in ivory

Estee Lauder e/s in pink ice (Used to highlight face.)

Nyx e/s in iced lilac (Soft lilac color used as a blush for the purple cape look.)

Wet n wild blush in heather silk (Used in the black cape look all as a blush/temple contour.)

Eyes-

TFSI

Fyrinnae PE

Hi-fi cosmetics e/s in let it snow (My favorite shimmery white used on the inner corner of the lid and to contour the nose on the sides.)

High voltage e/s in crystal ball (A beautiful silver with gold duo-chrome used on the rest of the lid. Blended into let it snow gently.)

High voltage e/s in los angeles (Soft silvery blue used on the lower crease to define.)

High voltage e/s frost bite (Bright medium blue used to cut the crease.)

Hi-fi cosmetics e/s in super sonic over drive (Violet based bright nearly neon blue used under the lash.)

Nyx jumbo e/s pencil in milk (On the waterline for the purple cape pictures.)

Milani eyeliner in black (On the waterline for the black hooded pictures.)

Almay liquid eyeliner in black

Mascara

Wet n wild night elf palette (the red to fill in the brows.)

lips-

High voltage amplified lipstick in ultra-violet (Perfect light purple for the purple hooded pictures.)

Cover girl (?) lipstick in fire shine (Used for the sexier black cape pictures.)

Do you guys enjoy the overly dramatic looks? Please let me know.

I'm writing several reviews this week. Do you like your reviews with swatches or just a plan review?

Pixie

Cyber Dolly-Experiment

I would have something witty or interesting to write but sadly I have writers block. This is annoying because I have to write a short story for my history of the English language class. It's not due for a long long long time but I wanted to at least start it.Ugh.

What I used:

Face-

Concealer

Translucent Powder

Wet N Wild Blush in Heather... er something (Applied in an 80's like shape around the temple and cheek.)

Estee Lauder Bronzer (Applied under the blush and to contour the nose.)

Eyes-

TFSI

Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

Fyrinnae e/s in Bite Me (Used just on the lid.)

Wet N Wild Sparkly Black Eyeliner (To draw out the shape of a crease.)

Wet N Wild Night Elf Palette

-Sparkly Black (Used In the crease and to color in the drawn in shape.)

-Silver (To highlight the inner corner of the lid.)

Nyx Jumbo Pencil in Milk (To cover the highlight area and the glue stick covered brows.)

Milani Eyeliner in black

Almay Liquid eyeliner in black

Mascara

Rhinestones to cover the brows

Lips-

Nyx Round Lipstick in Chaos (Applied in a kewpie doll shape.)

I have a crap ton more posts coming so keep a look out. :3

Colbat Dragonfly-Arabic Inspired Look

Yaaaay! I did this one Monday after I couldn't sleep. I wanted to wait to post this since I haven't been wearing much make-up. :D

What I used:

Eyes-

TFSI

Nyx Jumbo e/s pencil in Purple

120 palette-

-dark blue (Used on the lid and lower lash line.)

-Charcoal black (Used in the crease.)

-Silvery sheer color (Used on the inner corner to blend the black.)

-Sheer creamy white (Used to highlight.)

Milani eyeliner in black (Upper lash line, lower lash line and waterline.)

TONNES OF MASCARA

Nyx Eyeliner in Extreme Blue (Used to make the lower lash "line".)

Nyx Glitter in Disco Ball (Used on the inner corner of the eye and between the V shape the upper and lower eyeliner designs make.)

Lips-

Nyx Round Lipstick in Circe

Alright people I'm going to my first BIG college party. I don't plan on drinking much since I won't be able to eat if they don't have meat free pizza there. Not to mention I can't handle booze at all. -.-

Pix