Category Archives: Smashbox

So Happy Together: Do Your Favourite Lip Products Get Along?

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Do you have a favourite lipstick and lipgloss?

Now, if you wear your favourite lipstick, and then layer your favourite lipgloss on top, do they work?

My two favourites, MAC Viva Glam V Lipstick and Smashbox Candid Sheer Color Lipgloss, is like a match made in heaven.

MAC Viva Glam V

MAC Viva Glam V

Smashbox Candid Sheer Color Lipgloss
Notice how close it is to being empty!!! :)

MAC Viva Glam V + Smashbox Candid on top

Swatches (from top): MAC Viva Glam V, Smashbox Candid, Viva Glam V + Candid

I find myself wearing this all. the. time. this summer. It is so wearable with a neutral eye, and also balances out a stronger eye really well.

What’s your Favourite Lip Combination?

Do you use your favourite lip products in it?  If not, what are your favourite lipsticks & lipglosses?

Bonus: Scherbatsky’s Face of the Day.

O Hai!  What can I do for you today?
Alternate caption: Because I’m worth it. ;)

MAC Hello Kitty Inspired FOTD.

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Whenever I see a look I like, I save it in the “Makeup” folder on my computer for future reference.  Back then, I wasn’t doing FOTDs for the blog, but now I feel more confident in my makeup application skills that you all get to see what sort of looks I dig! :)

This FOTD is inspired by the Hello Kitty Wild: Stylin’ face chart that was released by MAC in the Hello Kitty Collection last Spring.  I never do my eyes this way so it was fun to try something new.  I thought the result wasn’t too shabby, no?

Source: MAC Cosmetics

Get the Look

The key to this look is a good pointed crease blending brush; my favourite to use is MAC #226 (LE). You don’t have to use this brush, but it will be easier to do the look with a pointed crease brush similar to this.

Source: MAC Cosmetics

For the eyes: taking a bright violet (Auraline bright violet), use the tip of the crease brush to trace out a wing shape on the outer corner, and a rounded shape on the inner corner. Fill in the shape you drew out, and blend out slightly.  Don’t over blend!  Next, take a golden shimmery pink (MAC Expensive Pink) to fill in the rest of the lid space.  Using a clean flat eyeshadow brush, drag and blend the violet into the pink.  To make the eyes pop even more, draw a shimmery white gold (LIFT Cosmetics Moon Dust) line down the middle of the lid.  Blend it in to the pink.  Line the lower lash line with a violet eyeliner (GOSH Funky Violet).  Smudge bright violet on top for more colour intensity and smokiness.  Wing out the top lash line with black eyeliner, then line the waterlines as well. Blend a warm brown (MAC Soft Brown) above the lid colours to warm up the brow bone.  Add mascara and lashes!

For the cheeks: apply a low shimmer peach (MAC Peaches + MAC Arena) on the apples.  Use bronzer (Lise Watier Havana) to contour the cheekbones.

For the lips: dab a peach or orange lipstick (Marcelle Flame) lightly all over the lips.  Top with a sheer shimmery gloss (Smashbox Luster).

Click here to find out what I used and more pictures!

Valentine’s Day FOTD: Dramatic Purple.

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Hello ladies!  Happy hump day. :D  Here’s a look I did for Valentine’s day.  When I think of Valentine’s day, soft and romantic look comes to mind.  I don’t know what this makes me (special? confused? LOL), but my look here is anything but soft. :P  It is a very dramatic purple smoky eye with nude lips.  I still don’t know if I like this look or not.  Thoughts?

Get the Look

Using a flat synthetic brush, use the dark brown as a colour base all over the lid.  Using a fluffy blending brush like the MAC 217, blend out the colour using espresso in and slightly above the crease. Using a fluffy eye shader brush, pat in the violet all over the lid. Blend out the colour using, well, the blending brush. Line the waterline and lower lashline with a waterproof violet pencil. Put on your best mascara, or big false lashes if you dare. ;)

Using a blush brush, apply a bronzy blush (or a bronzer) as you would contour your cheeks. Swipe on a peachy nude lipstick, and you’re done.

Products Used

Eyes
Smashbox Jet Set Liner in Dark Brown
Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow in Freakshow (deep warm violet)
MAKE UP FOR EVER Eyeshadow in 17 Espresso (matte chocolate brown)
GOSH Velvet Touch Eyeliner in Funky Violet (dark violet)
CoverGirl LashBlast Waterproof Mascara

Cheeks
NARS Blush in Sertao (bronzy gold)

Lips
MAC Lipstick in Shy Girl (peachy nude)

Speaking of Valentine’s Day…

I fed my muffin top with lots of Ferrero Rocher from BF. It was good times! Now I have to work it off by getting some ass-kicking from Jillian. *sighs*

Did you do anything for Valentine’s Day, or the Lunar New Year? Is anyone else glued to the Olympics on TV? I seriously want to try snowboard cross sometime in the future.