Gold Glitter Minx

 TGIF y'all!  What does everyone have planned for the weekend?  I'll be carving pumpkins tonight, so I definitely won't be wearing my best.  But that doesn't mean that I can't have pretty eyeshadow. :)  Just for the heck of it, I decided to deck my lids out in shimmery shades of pale blue and champagne with a dash of gold glitter:

I used some Urban Decay: Minx and Darkhorse (from the Rollergirl Palette).  Also Carbon from MAC and Maybelline gel eyeliner.  The gold glitter liner is from Sephora. 

One thing I've been doing lately is extending my eyeliner further into the inner corner of my eye, you know, ancient Egyptian style.  I notice that it makes my eyes look larger and more elongated, thus more exotic.  My eyes are naturally small and almond-shaped, so I really like the option of making them look bigger! :)

Hope everyone is having a good one so far!  I'll be celebrating Halloween early this weekend since the actual date is on a school night.  Will post pics, even though I'll be re-wearing last year's costume! :P

Hugs,
Cat

Leonine Liner: Glitter Pink

Lately, I've been experimenting with a more literally "cat-eye" look, you know, the feline-esque Cleopatra eyeliner.  For the fun of it, I broke out some Urban Decay makeup that has been, sadly, collecting dust in my train case(es).  Seriously, I have too much makeup...but I'm sure all of us have that problem. (or else y'all wouldn't be reading me)  I love my Urban Decay...it's just that I have so much of it, it's hard to give all my palettes and products equal quality time!  This is what I did with my sudden burst of (colorful) creative inspiration:

Products used: Primer Potion in Eden, 24/7 Eyeliner Pencil in Zero, 24/7 Liquid Eyeliner in Woodstock, Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in Catfight, Rollergirl Palette.

This look was simple to do with outstanding effects:

- After applying primer, I brushed Suspect to my entire top and bottom lid and highlighted my brow arch with Verve. 

- Then I used black eyeliner to line my eyes in a leonine, Cleopatra-style shape.

- Next, I traced my top lash line eyeliner with Woodstock liquid eyeliner.

- My final step was to accent Woodstock with Heavy Metal glitter eyeliner in Catfight.

Despite the pop of hot pink, this look is very wearable.  Here, Woodstock is more of an accent than a full-on color barrage.  If you're curious to experiment with sparkle and bright hues, this is a good way to do so without looking overly conspicuous.  I imagine this eye style would look smashing in gold or turquoise as well, or whatever your favorite color is!

On lips: UD Lip Junkie Gloss in Crush

Hope everyone is enjoying their Wednesday so far!

Hugs,

Cat

Gilded Clash

My posts, about 80% of the time, are pre-planned to some extent or another.  But sometimes, I just do something on the fly and turn it into a review or tutorial.  This is one of those days.  I went into today's tutorial not really knowing what I was going to come up with in the end.  This was the result:

If you'd like to follow along, I'll show you how I did this.  Using my UD Rollergirl Palette, I began by applying Verve to the inner half of my upper primed eyelid:

Next, I applied Darkhorse to the lower outer corner of my upper eyelid:

Then I blended out the outer corner edges with Suspect:

From my UD 24/7 Shadow Pencil Stash, I'm going to grab Clash (an amazing electric-blue with a touch of shimmer) and line my lower lash line:

Then, using my Rehab shadow pencil, I'm going to accent the outer corner of my lower lash line, just outside of Clash:

Next, with black gel/cream eyeliner, I draw a winged line along my upper lash line:

Now I'm going to clean the black gel/cream off my eyeliner brush and I'm actually going to pick up a little Clash right off the pencil, and extend my lower lash liner against my winged line for added drama:

To increase the depth of the look, I'm going to apply some matte black shadow to the outer corners of my eye:

I'm going to finish the look by accenting my winged line with Sephora gold glitter eyeliner:

Curl lashes, apply mascara, and I'm all set!

Overall look:

I actually wear this look often (minus the glitter).  I enjoy the juxtaposition between neutrals and a pop of color, jazzed up with some sparkle.  Hope you all had fun following my little off-the-cuff experiment!

Happy Tuesday and good night!

Hugs,

Cat

Rollergirl by Urban Decay

I couldn't wait to try out my new Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette so I figured I'd post a tutorial in order to kill two birds with one stone.

Rollergirl is a fantastic palette that includes 3 neutral shades (Verve, Suspect, and Darkhorse) and a poppin' hot pink (Woodstock).  It also comes with a 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Whisky and Lip Junkie gloss in Crush, both in travel sizes.  Not only are the colors gorgeously pigmented, versatile, and easy to work with, but the compact is sleek, attractive, and extremely portable, perfect for quick day-to-night transformations.

For today's tutorial, I'm going to show you guys how I used Rollergirl to create this look:

To start, I'm going to prime my eyelids with my current favorite primer, Lime Crime's Candy Eyed:

Next, I'm going to add some Verve, a "pale oyster shimmer" to the inner corner of my upper eyelid:

Then, I'm going to take some Darkhorse, a deep brown with golden flecks, and apply it to the outer corner of my upper eyelid:

Once I've completed that step, I'm going to apply Suspect, a taupe-y bronze shimmer, above Darkhorse:

Using a fluffy brush, I'm going to carefully blend the colors so that there are no visible harsh lines:

Now I'm going to take some hot pink Woodstock and apply it along my bottom lash line:

Using a thin, bent eyeliner brush, I'm going to apply black gel/cream eyeliner to my top and bottom lash lines, making sure to wing it along the top lash line:

For extra sparkle, I'm going to enhance my eyeliner with the gold Sephora glitter liner that was gifted to me over the holiday:

Holy cow!  I soooooooo LOVE the way this looks!  Uh oh...new obsession!  Be prepared to see a lot more gold glitter liner in future posts!  lol

Curl my lashes and add mascara and I'm nearly done:

You know I'm gonna have to add some fun, glittery eyelashes to really complete the look!

Don't they make such a big difference?  Don't forget, you can now win TWO pairs of your own glittery Daiso lashes in my latest GIVEAWAY!  

Almost done!  I'm just going to apply some Lip Junkie gloss in Crush to my lips:

It's a sheer, shiny pop of pink that is more subdued on the lips than in the tube, which is perfect for today's look!  It's smooth, moisturizing, smells and tastes great...like mint chocolate chip. :D  

Overall look:

The Rollergirl Palette totally met my expectations and I had so much fun creating today's look with it, one of my favorites in awhile!  I can't wait to see what else I can come up with!  Hope you guys found this tutorial and review useful!  Happy January 1st!

Hugs,

Cat