FOTD: My recreation of Warm and Cozy

As you know, I'm a big fan of emilynoel83 on YouTube.  Well, she recently did a look using the LORAC Unzipped palette, and I really liked the way it turned out. Even though I don't have that palette, I have a lot of eye shadows, and I thought I must have something close enough to where I could recreate the look. So here's my take on Emily's Warm and Cozy:

If you haven't seen Emily's tutorial, it would help if you do, so here it is:

In my eye process, I'll refer to the shadows she uses, and my replacements.

There a few differences.  I don't have that much space between my lid and my brow, and I don't have a thin wispy brush, so I skipped the lighter mauve shade.  I was really tired that day, so I didn't want to line my waterline because sometimes that can irritate my eyes even more. Also, I was going to wear glasses instead of contacts, so I decided to skip the false lashes. If I hadn't been so tired, I would have copied it to the letter (at least the eye part)!

The eyes are what are really important, but if you're wondering what I used on the rest of my face and lips, here it is:

Primers: Victoria Secret Pro Oil-Free Airbrush FX Face Primer SPF 15 for the majority of the face, and L'Oréal Anti-Dull Skin Primer for Light Skin for the undereye area to brighten things up.

Foundation: Revlon Colorstay Whipped in Ivory.

Concealer: CoverGirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in Very Light.

Blush: Philosophy cream blush (discontinued, sorry), Milani Baked Blush in Dolce Pink, then Wet n Wild blush in Perlescent Pink (that's what's in the jar with the green lid).

Highlight: Boots No 7 High Lights Illuminating Lotion set with Hard Candy Baked Bronzer in Tiki.

Powder: Maybelline Mineral Finishing Veil.

I lined my lips with Jordana Easyliner for Lips in Rock 'n' Rose, Ulta Lip Crayon in Rumors, and Wet n Wild MegaShield Lip Color in Pink Champagne.

So sorry this took so long to get up! I meant for it to be up on Tuesday, since that's the day I wore the look. But oh well, such is life. I hope your Thanksgiving went well, and if you went shopping on Black Friday, I hope you're still in tact.

Stacie

FOTD: Coppery Smolder

Hey all! I'm kind of planning on doing a FOTD-a-thon, if I can manage it! That means that there will be a Face Of The Day everyday instead of just on Fridays (which is pretty much what Fun With Makeup Friday is)! Today I was getting in the Thanksgiving mood and toned the look very orange, coppery, earthtones. Hope you like it!

That's right--those are false lashes! I've never really used them before, and thought this would be a fun excuse to break them out. I don't think I did too bad for a first try...

Forgot to mention that I used mascara before I applied the false lashes. After the glue dried, I curled my lashes to mesh false and true together (Ah--a paradox!).

Primers: Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro for the majority of the face, and L'Oréal Anti-Dull Skin Primer for Light Skin for the undereye area to brighten things up.

Foundation: A mixture of Wet n Wild CoverAll Cream Foundation in Fair and Neutrogena Healthy Skin Liquid Makeup in Natural Ivory.

Concealer: CoverGirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in Very Light.

Contour: NYC Sun 'n' Bronze Bronzing Powder in Montauk Bronze, for contouring the cheekbones, temples of the forehead, and edges of the nose.

Blush: First I used Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in Soft Plum and then went over it with CoverGirl TRUblend Minerals Blush in Shimmering Sands and then went over that with the CoverGirl Cheeker in Classic Pink.

To start the day, I applied Wet n Wild MegaShield Lip Color in Birthday Suit all over, went over that with Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Apricot Dream and then added Revlon ColorBurst Lipgloss in Peony over top. Then I went to class. When I came back, I lined the corners of my lips with Jordana EasyLiner for lips in Rock 'n' Rose and put Wet n Wild MegaShield Lip Color in Pink Champagne over that, concentrating that in the center of my lips. But there was still color from before under that, so I have no idea exactly what you're seeing in the picture. I just wanted you to have all the info!

The basic idea here was to have a dramatic, warm-toned eye in celebration of the quickly-arriving Thanksgiving. You could recreate a similar look with just the L'Oréal Autumn Leaves quad. That's what I've done in years past, but I have more to use now, and I wanted to use it. If you're interested in the Shady Lady shadows, you can buy all three in single form from the site. Caught in the Act Courtney is in SL volumes 1 and 2, Shameless Shana is in volume 1 and Mischievous Marissa is in volume 2.

If you decide to recreate this look, I'd love to know what you use! I hope you have a great day/evening and Thanksgiving (if I don't talk to you before then--which I'm intending to do)!

~Stacie

It's Haaaaul Time

Hey all! It seems that I am most known for doing hauls. They also seem to be the most popular, so I'm not so ashamed to do them! I've been meaning to post this for a while, but I kept adding more items, so it's been growing and growing. Needless to say, I did not buy all these things at one time. So let's get started.

So it started with theBalm's Shady Lady Special Edition palette. I had some birthday money left over and it was on Hautelook, so I got it :) Yay!

theBalm Shady Lady Special Edition eye shadow palette

I haven't had much of a chance to use this palette--sadly and strangely--but the colors all swatch nicely. Devillish Danielle and Luscious Lani are pigmented, but they're just really close to my skin tone. Danielle's a little more golden and Lani's a little more pink. Both very nice and smooth. The only shades that felt a little dry were Feisty Felicia, Just This Once Jamie, and Caught in the Act Courtney. They're still very nice, and smooth compared to many other brand's shadows, but they are detectably less smooth than the others (not too much, though). I'm just saying.

Wet n Wild Grays Matter eye shadow trio

I wasn't going to put this in a haul since it was bought so far apart from all others, but I figured I might as well. This trio was actually kind of the finalizing decision maker that my Halloween costume would be a flapper. I saw the colors and thought they would perfect--and they were! The lid and crease colors are good, but the browbone color is kind of disappointing.

Essence Metallic Effect Eyeshadow in Disco Diva

I'd heard good things about Essence eye shadows and I've been searching for a bright purple that shows up, so I thought I'd give this guy a try. Plus, it was cheap, so why not? I might've even gotten it to help me cross the $10 line so I could use a $3.50 Off coupon. I don't remember. It's been a while.

Ulta Lipstick in Plum Crazy

I think this lipstick came free with my purchase the same time I bought the Essence eye shadow. I also bought three nail polishes because Ulta was having a 3 for $9 deal. I love this color. It's a deep color without being too deep, too purple, or too red. It's a nice muted color for when I'm not feeling so bold or crazy.

It doesn't really show up, but there is a kind of gold glitter in the product. Ulta has tester tubes, so go ahead and give it a swatch before you buy. Thank you, Ulta! Also, the name "Plum Crazy" was only on the plastic wrapper, so they might change the name from time to time. The identifier on the bottom of the tube is just 217.

I'm surprised how heavy the lipstick feels! It almost looks and feels like a bullet. I only mention this because there's a definite mechanism for closing the cap--you have to snap it shut. I guess I'm just used to fitting the lid on as much as I think is closed, because one day I didn't shut it tight enough, picked it up by the lid, and the base went careening to the floor. Thankfully the product wasn't ruined, but be careful and close the lid tight!

Ioni Blush in Ecstasy

Now I don't live anywhere near a Fred's Super Dollar, and none of my nearby Family Dollars or Dollar Generals don't yet carry Ioni, so when I saw Emily's review on Ioni products and how much she loved the blushes, I thought I would forever be out of luck. Or at least for a long time. But when I had to go to Georgia, I was in luck. They had a Fred's near where I was staying. It was a pain to go there, but I made it just in time and was able to pick up a blush and eye shadow. I love this blush and am so happy I was able to buy it :)

Ioni Eye Shadow in Rodeo

And here's the eye shadow I got. I couldn't remember which ones Emily said were best, so I went with a safe neutral. I'm not that impressed with it. It's kind of dry and streaky. But I can make it work. I feel lucky I was able to get anything at all--the display was pretty well picked over.

Jordana Easyliner for Eyes in Blue Devine

This was a small purchase at a Walgreen's so I could get a small amount of money back from my debit card (Walmart makes me take in intervals of $20, and I don't like that when all I need is $5). Anyway, that's how I justified its purchase. I went for this color because I wear navy liner surprisingly often, but make it by patting navy eye shadow over black liner. I thought this would be easier. Unfortunately, the color isn't what I was expecting, but that's just from a swatch, not an actual usage. I have no idea what the staying power is like.

Estée Lauder Pure Color EyeShadow in Riviera Rose, Sugar Biscuit, Enchanted Forest, and Hot Cinnamon

I didn't buy this. I was given it by my grandmother. She gets a lot of "gift with purchase" sets from places like Clinique and Estée Lauder, but she doesn't really use eye shadow, so she gave me this. I was excited because I've never tried anything by EL, so this was my chance. I gotta say, I'm not impressed. The only smooth one was the darkest shade. The light ones are flakey, but they show up. The green hardly shows up! This doesn't make me want to go out and buy eye shadows from Estée Lauder, and isn't that the point of samples?

Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara in Soft Black

My grandma also gave me this. I remember really liking this when it first came out, but I haven't used it since. I just wanted to see how I feel about it now that I've tried so many other mascaras.

Sally Girl Eyeshadow in White Chocolate and Cinnamon

And last up is a relatively recent purchase (I think it was last weekend, actually). They're too recent to make it in the group picture up top, that's why they're presented like so, above. Emily posted about two different types of connectable eye shadows, and these won out! And they're cheaper (only 99 cents!) I decided I needed to try them. I can't believe I hadn't seen these before! I wasn't impressed with the color selection--it might've just been really picked over--but these caught my attention. I heard Cinnamon was a nice rose gold and I've been wanting to gray-up my makeup, so I thought White Chocolate would be good.

Sally Girl Eyeshadow in Cinnamon

Love this guy! I've been collecting rose golds and this is beautiful. It's very smooth and pigmented. A great deal, too. I love the idea of connecting single eye shadows!

Sally Girl Eyeshadow in White Chocolate

I'm a little confused as to the naming of this eye shadow. White chocolate is white. This is a shimmery dark gray. I don't know, though. It's growing on me. This is a very soft and buttery eye shadow, as well. In fact, you need to be a little careful when you go in with your brush. Learned that the hard way, teehee.

Finally! This haul is done and posted. Now it won't be too long before a Christmas haul is posted. It just never ends, does it? Oh well. I hope you all have a great weekend. It's snowing right now, so I'm happy :D

~Stacie

FWMF: Taupey Rose

Hey all. It's time for another Fun With Makeup Friday! Yaaay. This one isn't so out of the box, but I liked it, so I thought I'd share. Plus, it's more involved than my makeup every other day of the week. Here goes.

The mascara I used was Essence's I Love Extreme Crazy Volume Mascara in Black. I did my brows using Jordana's eyebrow pencil in Taupe and went over that using NYX's eyebrow powder in Blonde (sorry that's not in the picture, but I kept forgetting things and was tired of getting things back out to take another picture). Here's what I used on my face and lips:

Primers: Victoria Secret Pro Oil-Free Airbrush FX Face Primer SPF 15 for the majority of the face, and L'Oréal Anti-Dull Skin Primer for Light Skin for the undereye area to brighten things up.

Foundation: A mixture of Wet n Wild CoverAll Cream Foundation in Fair and Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation in Ivory.

Concealer: CoverGirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in Very Light.

Contour: NYC Sun 'n' Bronze Bronzing Powder in Montauk Bronze, for contouring the cheekbones, temples of the forehead, and edges of the nose.

Blush: First I used Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in Soft Plum and then went over it with Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour Blush in Dollface.

Highlight: First I lightly stippled Boots No 7 High Lights Illuminating Lotion on my cheekbones and used the remaining product on my brush down my nose and on my Cupid's bow. Then I used Hard Candy Blush Crush Baked Blush in Honeymoon to set the liquid highlight.

To keep the rose theme going, I first used L'Oréal Color Riche laLaque in Never Lacque-ing, highlighted the center of my bottom lip with Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Lemonade and then went over everything with Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Rose & Shine.

The pictures don't really give the look justice. I hope to someday have a camera that will accurately represent reality as most beauty bloggers and YouTubers seem to have. It's a very soft yet smokey look that makes me think hazy and sultry. I recommend giving it a shot. You don't need all the same products, just something similar. You could probably get a close replica just using the Maybelline quad and duo! I was just having a lot of fun using all the products I have. I hope you have a great day and rest of your weekend :)

~Stacie

FWMF: My Halloween Look

Whoa, I haven't posted in so long! I feel like I haven't been on here in forever. But life got really busy with projects for school and I just had no free time. But things have calmed down again, so I'm going to show you what I did for Halloween. Obviously, it won't help you this year if you want to recreate it, but maybe you'd like to in the future. Plus, I just think it's fun to share :) I'd definitely love to hear about your Halloween outfit! Also, I thought this could serve as a Fun With Makeup Friday since I did have a lot of fun with this look.

So what was my costume? Well my dearies, I was a flapper girl. And it was the wrong year to be one because SO MANY girls were flappers. And they were probably just flappers because The Great Gatsby came out this past summer and they wanted to be like that. And there I was wanting to be a flapper because of what flappers actually stood for. And I looked up so many videos on historically accurate makeup and hair for flappers. I put so much effort into it, and then I was surrounded by a bunch of half-hearted flappers.
Sorry, okay, my rant is done now :)

So there's a goofy picture of me trying to pose like a flapper. I remember when we learned about them in my American History class in high school, a phrase used to describe them was, "they could always be found with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other." Well, I'm not old enough to drink, and since my college is smoke-free, I didn't want any embarrassing episodes if I bought a candy cigarette to use, so I have nothing but myself and a costume. But I have a large imagination, and I can pretend.

So while I did a lot of research on the makeup they wore, I created a look that wasn't completely accurate. I took it more as, now that I know what they wore, if I were a flapper, how would I do my makeup? I also took into account what my outfit looked like. So here's the look I settled on:

I tried to give you a couple of different faces to show different angles. The eye shadow is very dark and goes up very high, the lips are dark, and the blush can be as intense or subtle as you want. It's actually more intense here than I wanted it to be. But let's get to the break-down!

I forgot to mention that I started this look with my NYX HD Primer. At the end I used Essence I Love Extreme Crazy Volume mascara and then a pair of false lashes. I didn't use the false lashes in the recreation because I threw them away after using them on Halloween. I wasn't thinking ahead of time. Whoops. But the pair I used (in case you want to check them out) were Ardell Fashion Lashes in 110 Black.

For the rest of the face I used Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro face primer, Revlon ColorStay Whipped foundation, CoverGirl&Olay eye concealer (for under eyes), Neutrogena concealer (the one with salycilic acid to zap zits!), Maybelline Mineral Power Finishing Veil, Sonia Kashuk Super Sheer Liquid Tint in Rose, and Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 hour Blush in Dollface. Oh my goodness. With all the long-wearing products I used, that blush was intense, and color did not die down!

Oh and the lips!

I don't know why I didn't include it in the picture, but I prepped my lips with Jordana Twist&Shine in Cranberry Crush, let that soften my lips, wiped it off and then powdered my lips with translucent powder. Then I lined it with my Jordana lip liner in Cabernet, used an angled brush to apply Wet 'n' Wild lipstick in Dark Wine (522A), and then dabbed Maybelline Color Whisper in Berry Ready in the center of my lips. To make it stay all night, I dabbed a little eye shadow of the same color scheme over my lips and boy did it stay! It ended up staying on my lips until the next morning. I have discovered the secret to truly long-wearing lip color.

Key features for the Flapper Look:

• Dark eyes: They wanted to look like dolls, so by bringing dark eye shadow far up and around the eye, their eyes looked bigger.
• Dark lips: For lips to show up in pictures, they had to use darker lip colors. Not necessarily as dark as I went (I just wanted to for my particular look), but not nude and light pink either!
• Pale skin: This was a time when being pale was a good thing. Also, powder was a big deal, so don't be afraid to cake it on!
• Rosy cheeks: To keep up with the doll-like, youthful look, they used blush in circular motions to amplify a round look (instead of the angular look we go for now).
• Eyebrows: I don't think you can see it very well in my pictures, but I did put foundation over my brows (not that it completely canceled them out, by any means) and I drew thin lines across the tops of my brows. I tried to keep the shape rounded, and also brought the line down farther than I normally draw my brows in.

So that about wraps up this post. Do keep in mind that it was just the look I came up with for me based off of many videos and websites I'd seen. Here are some of the links that I found most helpful so you can see them and make up your own flapper look. Enjoy!

I found this one to be the most informative as to why the girls did what they did with their makeup. Kinda helps you get in the right mindset: Historically Accurate: 1920's Makeup Tutorial

This was just one of the first ones I ever watched, and I liked the final look. Beware, it can get a little slow from time to time because there isn't much editing: Vintage Makeup Tutorial 1- 1920s inspired look

Here's the tutorial I used to help the most with my finger waves (unfortunately, I didn't get a very good picture of them, so you can't see the results of all my hard work ): ) : 1920s Authentic Finger Wave Hair Tutorial  For finger waves, I find it helpful to watch several different videos because there are little things that people do differently to get the same look, and it helps to know them all so you can pick and choose what works best for you. I did watch many, but in the end, this was the one I referenced the most.

Whew, that was a long post. Here are some more pictures of me in the costume, just for fun. Have a great weekend!

~Stacie

That was me trying another flapperesque look, and still failing. This was after I'd just finished, so everything was nice and freshly done! And my hair was already messed up... sigh.

Why am I smiling?! Flappers don't smile, they pout.

This is my favorite picture. I took it at about 2 in the morning after going to see my first Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was great!

And since you can't really get a good look at the headpiece in any of the above pictures, here's a good shot of it. I think it turned out pretty well, so I like to show it off. :)