Bobbi Brown Atomic Pink Palette

Hello!  Just sharing my FOTD using Bobbi Brown's Atomic Pink Lip & Eye Palette.

I used Cement (shimmery oyster) as my base shade, Eclipse (matte black) to darken my outer corners, and White (matte white) to highlight my brow arch.  Then I enhanced the look by applying Ardell Fashion Lashes #122:

For my lip, I applied the Atomic Pink lipstick and then glossed over with Popsicle Pink (in the tube).

Voila!  "Atomic" sexy achieved! :D  (though the look would have been better conveyed if I'd worn an LBD, haha)

Hugs,
Cat

Merry Christmas!

Hope everyone is enjoying their December 25th, whether or not you celebrate Christmas.  I indulged in boisterous activity with close friends and family last night.  I just thought I'd share my festively loud holiday party outfit with you guys to bring some cheer to this cold, grey day. (well, here in northern California anyway)

Good lord, my sweater dress was so HOT HOT HOT pink that you had to wear sunglasses to look at me, lol.  I thought it was ridiculously cheerful, however, so I had fun wearing it all night.  The sweater and tie-neck blouse are from Forever 21.  The fleece stirrup tights are from YesStyle.  The gold glitter platform pumps are old, from Candies. 

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Hope you're all having a great one!

Hugs,
Cat

Pinky Wings

Hey you guys!  Quick and fun eyeshadow tutorial coming your way. :)  As I mentioned in my previous post, the new school quarter has started for me and I've been frazzled trying to get everything in order.  This means barely any time for makeup.  Yeah yeah, I know I have my go-to makeup for school days, but I've been thinking...I'm an art student for gosh sakes!  Shouldn't I be doing something colorful and creative to reflect my passion?  With that in mind, I came up with a way to make my makeup flashy in a flash!  Check it out:

 I've been wearing my eyes this way all week, in a variety of colors.  Hot pink is one of my favorites however, I've received the most compliments from this combo.

As always, start with a primed eye:

Next, using black gel/cream eyeliner, I'm going to draw a dramatic wing along my upper lash line:

Don't worry if it isn't too tidy.  We'll clean that up later.  Then, I'm going to line the outer corner of my lower lash line with the same gel liner:

Now's the fun part!  Let's add some color!  I'm going to grab some hot pink eyeshadow, here I'm using Sugarpill's Dollipop, and I'm going to trace along to top of my winged eyeliner:

I'm also going to add a little bit along the outer corner of my bottom lash line as well...just a touch, we want the wing to be the star, but this pulls the entire look together:

To wrap it up, I just refine my eyeliner using some liquid liner (which gives you sharp, crisp lines), curl lashes, and add mascara:

Tada!  Easy, colorful "Cat" eye. (lol)  Hope you found this useful and have fun with it!  Thanks for reading and have a great night!

Hugs,
Cat

Hot Pink with Sugarpill and Lime Crime

Who says monochromatic has to be boring?  I decided to go crazy with hot pink today and did eyes, cheeks, and lips in the brightest pinks that I could find!  While I'm at it, I'll include a step-by-step tutorial on how to get pink eye (not the icky kind):

As usual, I'm going to start with primed eyelids.  Today, I used Lime Crime's Candy Eyed Eyeshadow Helper.  Then I'm going to apply a little bit of Sugarpill's Dollipop, from my Sweetheart Palette, to my top and bottom eyelids:

Next, with the help of a medium flat eyeshadow brush and my finger (one of my favorite and most-used makeup tools to date), I smudged and smoked the color to soften the edges and to create a gradient.

Then, I'm going to line my upper and lower lash lines with black pencil eyeliner:

Now I'm going to use my finger (you can use a smudge tool if you'd like) to smudge the pencil liner:

Using matte black eyeshadow, I'm going to layer over the smudged pencil liner:

To finish, I'm going to apply mascara and false eyelashes, as well as a little bit of glittery black eyeliner along the outer corner of my bottom lash line:

Now that's pretty darn pink, if you ask me.  To coordinate, I'm going to apply some neon-pink lipstick to match.  I FINALLY got a chance to try my new Lime Crime lippie in Countessa Fluorescent:

How's that for some hot hot heat?  Such a gorgeous shade of fluorescent pink.  It's a little bluer than the eyeshadow, but I think it still works:

Oh, and that's ELF Studio Blush in Pink Passion on my cheeks.  Yeah, that's pretty wild-looking.  Lol, I don't really know what else to say.  I stayed inside today mostly, though I did get a compliment during a brief trip to the grocery store.  Where would you guys suggest I sport this mug?

Happy Monday and have a great night!

Hugs,

Cat

p.s. My eyelashes are by Daiso. :D

OCC Lip Tars: Katricia and Pageant

I received my OCC Lip Tars a few days ago, but have been so busy with other things that I haven't had the opportunity to post my experience with them until today.  Well, here they are!

Katricia on the left, Pageant on the right.

Katricia

I applied the lip tars extremely sparingly because of the warning that a little goes a long way.  I never thought I'd enjoy wearing a purple lipstick until I got Katricia.  I put  a very thin veneer on my lips, therefore it's not as true to the tube color as it ought to be.  I like that I can play around with the shade depending on the amount of product I use.  Here, Katricia is a little pinker because it's just a purplish enhancement of my natural lip color.  I imagine it would be bluer if I applied twice as much.

Pageant is a real attention getter.  HOT!  I'm so into bright pinks right now and this color really satiates that appetite.  So let's talk about texture.  The formula is extremely fluid, more liquid-like than your normal gloss.  Upon application, Lip Tar is feels very much like one of those long-wearing lip stains.  Very thin and lightweight.  It dries to a nearly matte, satin, non-sticky finish.  It IS very transferable though, so be careful who you kiss.  Although it feels dry, the color will still come off.  I feel like I would need to use these with a balm or gloss to keep my lips moisturized.  Since I haven't gotten a chance to test these for long wear yet, I'll have to get back with an update.  What I can say is that the colors are true to the tube and are extremely concentrated, pigmented, and vibrant.  I definitely would like to get a few more in order to experiment with  mixing my own colors.  Hopefully they have another sale soon!

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Wet N Wild 511B Hot Pink Lipstick

Okies, so I'm just going to keep this short and sweet.  You may have read in my last post that I purchased this vibrant, hot pink lippy at CVS:

Well, I got a chance to try it on the other day.  This is what it looks like, no primer, no liner.  Just pure Wet N Wild 511B on my lips:

My camera was unable to catch the true color of this lipstick.  In reality, it's less red and more blue.

It is what it is, super-hot, bold, vivid pink.  The texture is very smooth and surprisingly moisturizing.  The color applies highly pigmented and evenly with good opacity and a satin finish.  I've only had a chance to try it on and didn't actually test drive it for longevity, so I'm not sure if I'll run into any problems such as fading, bleeding, or feathering, but I'll try and post an update on that soon.  Seriously though, at $0.99 a tube, why not?

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Bruised: dark purple and pink smoke tutorial

In the spirit of upcoming Halloween, I decided to try a really deep, dark pink and purple smoke look inspired by my newest makeup idol, Viola H.  You can check out the look here: Smokey Purple and her awesome blog here: Killer Colours.  The woman looks like a freakin' supermodel and she's got these gorgeous grey cat eyes.  I did the best I could with my small almond asian eyes:

She also did the look using expensive eyeshadow.  Let's face it, there IS a big difference in pigmentation, formulation, and performance when it comes to a $15-per-color brand as opposed to $10-per-100-colors brand.  Still, when applied correctly, cheap makeup can make you look just as pretty as expensive makeup.  I've learned to do this because I don't have a choice!  Lol. :D

For this look, I start with a primed eye and I'm going apply Wet N Wild's Idol Eyes Creme Eyeshadow Pencil in Graphite on my upper and lower lids as a base:

Graphite is a really dark grey with a satiny shimmer, nearly black.  Next, I'm going to choose the matte black shadow from my Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette and I'm going to layer it over the creme shadow base:

Then, using the darkest purple from the CS 88 palette, I'm going to soften the edges of the black shadow.

At this point, the purple is very dark and hard to see.  Blended with the black shadow, it nearly looks grey.  Our next step is to smoke the edges with pink.  To do this, I'm going to use the matte, hot pink shade from my CS 88 palette:

You can see the gradient now from black, to purple, to pink.  To give my upper and lower lash lines a little more definition, I'm going to line them with Wet N Wild's H2O Proof black liquid eyeliner:

It's a very subtle difference, but I feel like it does make a difference.  To finish, I'm going to curl lashes, apply mascara, and apply falsies:

Ok, these are probably my LEAST favorite style of falsies.  I'm not sure what brand or style #, but I just found these at the bottom of my makeup case and decided to try them.  They're longest in the center and taper towards the edges...not the most flattering.  Sorry guys!  I need to stock up on false lashes.  My favorites are the ones that flare out longer towards the outer corners.  I'm just out of those. :(

Overall look:

Sorry about the blurry right image!  Half the photos I take blurry and that's the best I got out of the bunch.  Boo!

Cheeks: ELF Studio Blush in Fuchsia Fusion

Lips: ELF Studio Matte Lip Color in Natural and ELF Studio Glitter Gloss in Twinkle Pink.

I don't even know why I bothered to do my hair because it started raining as soon I went outside.  *sigh*  In any case, hope you all enjoyed today's tutorial!  This would be a fun look to do if you decide to be a witch, sorceress, vampire or whatever this Halloween!  Or you could just wear it to school, like I did today.  Hehe.

Hugs,
Cat

Wet N Wild Spoiled Brat Tutorial

Honestly, I've had my eye on WnW's Spoiled Brat Eyeshadow Trio for quite some time, but I kept on telling myself that I didn't need it since I had the ELF Endless Eyes Pro Eyeshadow Palette and now the Coastal Scents Original 88 Matte Palette.  But there's just something about chrome, sparkly black, and hot pink in a shadow trio that is simply irresistible to me.  Who could blame a girl?

I couldn't wait to play around and create a look.  Obviously, colors like these can only be used to make something fun and bold.  If you're looking for something subdued and natural, this is not the trio for you.

Starting with a primed eye, I sweep the hot pink shade over my eyelid to the brow bone:

Next, I line my upper lash line with Wet N Wild ColorIcon Shimmer Eyeliner Pencil in black.

 To be honest, this pencil is not the softest.  The pigmentation is good, but it pulls quite a bit.  I must say that the ELF Essential Shimmer Eyeliner Pencil is definitely the better $1 deal.

 

 Then I apply a little silver pencil eyeliner to the inner corners of my upper and lower lash lines:

Once I've completed that step, I'm going to use the WnW black shimmer liner to trace the rest of my bottom lash line.

Then I'm going to layer the platinum shade over the silver eyeliner:

Using the glittery black shade, I'm going to smudge and smoke over the black eyeliner:

Next, I'm going to draw a wing on my top lash line and enhance my bottom outer corner with WnW H2O Proof black liquid eyeliner.

The liquid formula is really smooth, lightweight, pigmented and opaque.  The only thing that would make it PERFECTION is if the applicator was a fine brush tip instead of a felt tip.  Oh well, guess we can't have it all.

Curl lashes and apply mascara and I'm almost done:

For added drama and exaggerated volume, I'm going to add a pair of glittery falsies:

Ok, so this look is a little flashy for a lazy Sunday afternoon, but I think it would be perfect for a rave, club, Halloween...whatever ostentatious event that floats your boat.

Overall look (taken in natural window lighting):

Oh, and here's a photo I took using a cool new app for my iPhone called WEcam.  Isn't this fun?!

Whoo!  I look like a disco doll...if it weren't for me relaxing in my comfy bum sweater, lol.  Just thought I'd share.  Hope you all had a great weekend!

Hugs,

Cat