Minty Pink Tutorial

Hey, remember my Minty Pink look from last week?  I finally got around to editing photos for the tutorial, so, here you go!  I'm going to try something a little different this time, I've compiled all the tutorial photos into a step-by-step collage.  Let me know what you think...if you find this method more useful or if you prefer the way I've done this before.

Step 1

• Starting with primed eyelids, I apply a soft, matte mint shade to my entire top and bottom eyelid.

Step 2

• Next, I apply black pencil liner to the outer corners of my upper and lower lash lines

Step 3

• Using a deep, espresso shade, I layer over the pencil eyeliner, being sure to thoroughly smudge and smoke the shadow along my outer corners.

Step 4

• With a medium brown shade, I blend out the area I just smoked to soften the edges.

Step 5

• I draw a modest winged line along my upper lash line with black gel eyeliner.

Step 6

• Curl lashes, apply mascara, and I'm done!

*note* These colors are fairly common and you can use them from any brand.  I chose mine from Coastal Scents 88 Original Palette (now on sale for $9.48!) because I prefer my shadows to be on the matte side. :)

For lips, I applied ELF Mineral Lipstick in Runway Pink and then glossed over it with ELF Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Perfect Pink.

I finished off by brushing ELF Studio Blush in Pink Passion to my cheeks:

Overall look?  Minty fresh! :D

Hope you all enjoyed the tutorial and I look forward to your feedback!  Enjoy your Thursday!  (I'll be stuck in class until 10pm tonight, however...boohoo!)

Hugs,
Cat

Minty Pink

Just playing around with some of my favorite colors in response to the cheerful, almost-summer weather: mint and pink.  Can't really explain it...I just really love this color combo. :)

Eyes:

• Coastal Scents Original 88 Palette

Cheeks:

• ELF Studio Blush in Pink Passion 

Lips:

• ELF Studio Lipstick in Runway Pink
• ELF Essential Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Perfect Pink

Hope you're all enjoying your Wednesday so far!

Hugs,
Cat

FOTD: Pretty Pastels

Hey y'all!  Just thought I'd post a quick face-of-the-day.  I'm so relieved that I'm on Christmas break from school right now.  Unfortunately, that also means taking care of all the errands I've been putting off all school year.  My goal is to get most of them out of the way today, which will leave me more time in the following days to do more tutorials, reviews, style posts, etc. :D  Here's a soft pastel look I created today using mainly ELF:

:: Eyes ::

Studio Matte Eyeshadow in Mint

:: Lips ::

Mineral Lipstick in Runway Pink

Essential Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Perfect Pink

:: Cheeks ::

Studio Blush in Pink Passion

I'm sooooooooo OBSESSED with this lip color combo.  Runway Pink makes such a pretty lip base and Perfect Pink glossed over it gives it the perfect boost of color, shine, and fullness.  I've been wearing these for the last 5 days in a row.  I just can't get over how romantic and feminine this looks! 

Soft, mint-green is one of my favorite colors and I haven't worn this one in awhile.  It was looking a little lonely in my train case so I decided to wear it today. :)  I enhanced it with LA Splash Glitter Liquid Liner in Onyx and some glittery Daiso eyelashes.

Happy Tuesday, everyone...and off I go! :D

Hugs,

Cat

Mint To Be

Soft, mint green is one of my favorite colors.  There's a vintage quality about it that's so feminine and romantic:

Mmm...my mint-green dream.

There are a number of lovely things that come in this gorgeous shade, but one thing I've been obsessing over for months is a tube of Mint To Be lipstick by Lime Crime Cosmetics.  Over the weekend, I finally bit the bullet and checked out my shopping cart.  Today, my pretty purple box came in the mail and I just couldn't wait to unwrap it!

Oh my goodness!  I was ecstatic upon opening up my little green lippy.  Lime Crime packages its lipsticks in the cutest purple tubes with a holographic unicorn on it.  So whimsically adorable!  As thrilled as I was, I was even more excited to try it on:

So here's the skinny.  It seems a little bluer on my lips than in the tube, but is still a very pretty color.  One thing that I noticed is that it went on very opaque, but I had to be careful with how I applied it in order to get the color completely even.  I attribute this to the fact that its a very unique shade, therefore doesn't blend as easily with our natural pink lip tones the way "normal" lip colors do.  The texture is thick and creamy upon application and has a true matte finish.  The scent is a delightful cross between marshmallows and sugar cookie batter, yum!  My husband was both amused and charmed when I walked out of the bathroom upon observing my ethereal new look:

Like the glasses?  Check out my last post.

Bottom line: Mint To Be is a totally fab and unique color and I'm really glad I finally got around to getting a tube for myself!  In my opinion, it IS a difficult color to wear for everyday.  I'm afraid I'm going to have to reserve it for very special occasions only.  For those that have the confidence to rock it to the gas station, grocery store, post office, whatever...good for you! :D  I'm actually looking forward to wearing it to Fanimecon next year, check it out, I found the perfect accessory to wear with it!

Embellished cat ears by Yaya Han.

Aren't they fitting?  Minty cat ears for Cat. :D 

Hugs,

Cat

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