Sleep i-Divine Storm Palette
This photo below with the strap awkwardly in front of my face reminds me of a photo my Mom has of herself when she was 17.
Tag: eyeshadow
Monday Evening Makeup Inspiration: Bright Eyes
Because it’s been way too long since I did a post like this. I’m homesick.
Bright eyes:
My First Beautylish Inglot Order
I would not be a good friend if I did not tell you shoppers and skincare and makeup enthusiasts about my Beautylish experience, especially since I nearly “fell through the floor,” when I found out Beautylish now carries Inglot.
I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
Colors below:
clockwise, from top left:
inglot 421, inglot 20, inglot 317, inglot 477
I consider this little block of four colors to be one of the most beautiful things I own. It is holding minimalist art in your hand and I cherish it.
Mac and Pop Beauty, Uban Decay and all the rest, have nothing over on Inglot.
You mean Beautylish actually carries Inglot now??? Woohoo!
If any of you have ever tried to use the inglotusa.com website, you know it sucks. There are no swatches, the image quality of the shadows is terrible, not to mention tiny, with misleading color, and even the act of trying to add an item to your cart feels archaic. But we love the Inglot shadows, and especially the Freedom System, so we put up with the guessing game that is buying Inglot shadows in the US.
All that has changed with Beautylish.
Ahh the clarity!
Every single color is swatched for you on light and dark skin, not to mention the high resolution pixel perfect clear image of true to shade eyeshadow square itself.
Oh the possibilities! A purple and gold quad with black?
Maybe a purple and silvery-white quad with a navy-black instead.
Now you can actually see what you are ordering, create wishlists, see the product, etc.
This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me! (Haha, not quite, but you get the point. I’m excited about Beautylish.com + Inglot). Beautylish now has a loyal customer. Maybe I will always order from Beautylish.com, so I can throw “just a $6 shadow” in my cart. Never before has that been possible. No, Inglotcosmetics had a $50 order minimum. Who wants to buy $50 of eyeshadow all at once? Not me. Beautylish’s low free shipping requirement means you can buy exactly enough for a quad – four shadows and a magnet quad, and get free shipping. It also means you can add a single Inglot product to a cart full of, say, foundation or skincare products, and also get free shipping.
I love shopping.
Sonia Kashuk Eye on Shimmer Neutral – it’s finally here and I’m so excited
It’s finally here. I saw it at Target today while buying a workout shirt. I’ve been looking at Target about 3 times a week.
Swatches, left to right = clockwise starting with the palest color. Do my arms ever look long!
Now for the review:
I’m very pleasantly surprised with this product. I’m very picky about my eyeshadows and have returned almost all shadows I’ve bought. The only ones I’ve kept thus far are my beloved Inglot shadows, and my one Pop Beauty Pop Portfolio .
These have a silky and creamy feel. A long time ago I wasn’t crazy about some of the less creamy less pigmented SK shadows. I remember the shadows to be more dusty and less pigmented, including ingredients I didn’t love, such as calcium oxide, which I think made it sort of chunky and less creamy, and may have had a low irritation concern for some sensitive eyes (like mine). Now however, the calcium oxide is gone, and dimethicone is the second ingredient, which would explain why the shadows are so creamy and velvety. Other things like silica and nylon probably also contribute to the silkiness of the shadows.
There is a bit of fallout with these shadows, but I always thought there was with Urban Decay as well, and these shadows, the Sonia Kashuk ones, don’t hang as heavily on my eyelids.
This is your SK brand UD Naked Palette. The colors as strong, as seen from above, with no primer. Tap them on for a strong color.
Gold on the bottom lid. Second palest champagne shimmer all over base. Slate grey, next to black, on outer corner, Palest champagne on highlight area (above crease).
More looks coming soon, when I get to know the colors better.
I can’t wait for this – Sonia Kashuk Fall 2013 – Eye on Shimmer Neutral
Image stolen from Sonia Kashuk’s blog post.
Those just look like the perfect colors for any occasion. And they match my fingernails today.
Monday Morning Makeup Inspiration – Deepset Eyes
So I’ve been asked to demonstrate deepset eyes. I’d love to, but the one who requested has never sent me a picture. 😦 So I will do my best to do this post and put together some picture inspiration.
Clinique has a great little tip for deepset eyes. They recommend to avoid dark shadows and I agree. You already have a deep contour, so you won’t be needing to use dark colors to add contour. The shadow of your eyes will darken the color you use. So I would use light for the base, and pretty medium colors for the contour – things like bronze and medium shades of green, earthtones, any color that flatters your skin really!
This picture of Angelina Jolie demonstrates how just a slight shade difference is emphasized by the deep contour of her eyes.
Katy Perry, who I think has deepset eyes (it’s hard to tell with all those false lashes) really demonstrates Point #2. Something else that I think helps emphasize the strong points of deepset eyes is lower lash liner. Use gold or green or reddish-bronze something other stunning color and don’t be afraid to smudge it out a little thicker at the outer edge. The darker the color, the more you want to keep the smudging towards the outer edge. If it’s a light color, like gold, you can use a wide smudge of color even in the inner corner, because gold will brighten the inner corner of your eye and therefore brighten your whole eye.
Katy Perry’s lashes brings me to point #3. Emphasized lashes look good on any eye and deep set eyes are no exception. You want to draw attention to the center of your eye and mascara does that and brightens your eye, a good thing for any eye but definitely helpful when you have deep set eyes. Mascara will emphasize your beautiful bright eyes. I think that’s why Katy Perry wears such dramatic lashes. You can use a good thickening mascara to offset any shadowy-ness. (By the way, I have NO contour and would love the chance to play with color and this eye-type).
The thing with deep set eyes is to brighten and stay away from colors that will make your contour look even deeper.
Summary:
1. lighter shadows, medium (not dark) for the contour if you use a contour color at all.
2. lower lash liner – use a bright color, either by itself or along with a thinner darker color
3. Lashes! Emphasize those lashes.
Here’s the little step by step direction from Clinique.
http://www.clinique.com/cms/expert_tips_trends/library/articles_eye_style_deep_set_eyes.tmpl
