Youtube Inspiration #2 | Lilpumpkinpie05 Tropical Paradise Eyes

Lilpumpkinpie05 or Jackie O, aka Makeup Game On Point on facebook is an amazing MUA on youtube with an awesome, fun personality  and she makes you feel a part of her tutorials. I've recently mentioned her in another recent look but I wanted to do another one specifically for this series.
She does some amazing makeup looks but I have recently recreated her Tropical Paradise eye look, which is actually my second attempt since my first one just came out as my same old peacock eyes as I forgot exactly what she did so it turned out the same as my others.

 Face | I am still using my Rimmel Wake Me Up foundation with my Rimmel Stay Matte powder, and I contoured with my Nars Laguna Bronzer & highlighted with MAC's Cream Colour Base in Pearl & MAC Lightscapade. For blush I wore Bourjois 16 Rose blusher over Nyx's Stick blush in Tulip.

Eyes | After priming I used Maybelline's Colour Tattoo in Tenacious Teal all over the lid & along the lower lash line. Over that I used Sugarpill's Loose Pigment in Darling on 3/4 on the eyelid with a damp brush and then I went in with Inglot AMC 68 on the other 1/4 of the lid staying underneath the crease. To define the crease I mixed Inglot's 439 with a darker purple from the Bh Cosmetics Day & Night palette and also applied it on the lower lash line and blended out the crease with a nude & a hot pink from the D&N palette as well. In the inner corner I applied a light green eyeshadow pigment that I bought from eBay & highlighted the brow bone. And then I finally lined my eyes with Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner & a Bourjois Kohl & Contour eye pencil in the waterline, and finished with mascara.

Lips |Nyx lip liner in Mauve, MAC Myth lipstick with Nyx butter gloss in Apple Strudel.

Overall I like how mine turned out but it's obviously not exactly the same, I wish the green was a bit brighter and used a matte purple in the crease with a more defined line that would have been more like hers.

My inspiration!

Anyway I hope you like this look and that you go and have a look at her videos.... No affiliation but I hope y'all go to check out her talent if you haven't already!

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Youtube Inspiration #1: Emma Pickles

I've been a fan of watching beauty videos on YouTube such a long time, and recently I've copied a couple of makeup tutorials so I thought I would put it into kind of a mini series that I will occasionally post so I can share my favourite Beauty Guru's. Hopefully it will create inspiration for those who may be looking for someone new to follow.
This first installment is an Arabic-inspired look by the beautiful & talented Emma Pickles. You should definitely check her out, she has an awesome accent, to-the-point videos & seems so lovely. I will share the video down below!

Colourful Arabic-esque Eyes

 ~Products
Face: Rimmel Wake Me Up + Stay Matte powder
Nars Laguna, Bourjois Delice De Soleil bronzer, MAC Lightscapade
Jordana A Touch Of Pink
Eyes: 1- Sugarpill Goldilux Pigment Center of lid only
2- Bh Cosmetics Day & Night, Lilac Inner & Outer corner of lid & inner lower lashline
3- Bh Cosmetics Day & Night, Blue Over lilac to intensify & blended into crease & outer lower lash line
4- "  " Pink colour blended into crease
5- Skin tone colour from Wet n Wild Vanity palette to blend out crease & a subtle highlight
6- White shimmery eyeshadow also from Day & Night palette to highlight inner corner
Sleek Gel Liner Lash Line & waterline (wish mine turned out as dramatic as hers, oh well)

Lips: MAC Candy Yum Yum (she wore lighter pink lips but I felt like going bright =))

The link to her video is here, be sure to check out her channel you wont regret it!

I hope you like this makeup look, let me know what you think!
I will try to semi-regularly continue on with this series whenever I get inspiration from my fave gurus!
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Edgy Emerald FOTD x2// Bh Cosmetics Day & Night palette

Hey gals <3 br="">Both of these FOTD's are so old it is not funny! The first look is from back when I bought the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Edgy Emerald & I wanted to test it out, but I love the whole look together and still wanted to post these.

Look 1

Pretty much just wanted to show off my good hair day :P Didn't do anything to it!

I love wearing light greens with pink cheeks & lips so I kept the hues similar! I know yet again these are spring makeup looks.... that I had probably done last spring, way too long ago. Oh and while I'm lovin my hair in these pictures, yesterday I changed my hair, after having the same colour & style for soo long.

~Products~
Face: The foundation at the time was a whole lotta mixture so there's probably no point mentioning it, but for the rest I used a Dior Bronzer Sample, MAC Lightscapade, Nyx Stick Blush in Tulip, Jordana Blush in Coral Sandy Reef. This combination was quite random as I usually match both the cream & powder blushes to each other.
Eyes: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Edgy Emerald, Bh Cosmetics Day & Night palette [pictured, light aqua on lid, green in crease]. Tan colour to blend out crease. Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner

Lips: Revlon Balm Stain in Lovesick

Look 2
This was inspired by Shaaanxo on youtube from a GRWM (Get Ready With Me video) where she did the same colour placement. Excuse that the eyes are not symmetrical, especially with the eyeliner! If you ever feel afraid to rock bright eyeshadow, stick it to the lid or lower lashline only and use neutral colours everywhere else :) My under eye highlight looks way too bright, went a bit crazy with the lilac concealer! Oh and I am enjoying the light waterline with the darker lower lash line, kind of feels a bit more mod to me!

 ~Products~
Face: Same thing about the foundation, Nyx Cream Blush in Glow, Face of Australia blush in Outback Primrose (before I gave it away obviously lol), (same bronzer & highlighter as always)
Eyes: Day & Night palette; Reddish Brown [crease], Dark brown [lower lashline], Same light green as FOTD above [lid], Pixie Epoxy & then random ebay pigment over lid [pictured]. Nyx JEP in Milk [waterline], Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner + NP Set liquid eyeliner.
Lips: Nyx Lipstick in Narcissus, Nyx lipgloss in LaLa

I'm glad I can finally get this post out of my drafts haha, so good to clean that part up! And although once again this type of look is posted in the 'wrong' season, it's nice to be inspired by / inspire others! For those of you in the spring time, I definitely would recommend Edgy Emerald as a lid or lower lashline colour! As you can see I think different shades of pink compliment green nicely.

And I'm sorry for the messy/ jumbled pictures, Nowadays I am trying to keep them more consistent. :)

Thanks for looking xx

2x FOTD's: Bare lower lashline, Cat-Eyes.

Hey lovely ladies <3
Ahh I have so many FOTD's to catch up on, it feels like I haven't posted a proper one in forever! So I will try to post them all close-ish together. I have been doing similar looks lately with bronzed & highlighted skin and "clean" eyes and I've started taking my pictures in different lighting as well. These 2 FOTD's have nothing on the lower lash line which I've been doing a bit more as it makes my eyes look more feline, awake & refreshed. (so I think, anyway!)

Stupid hairs in my face >.<

 ~Products~
Face: Rimmel Wake Me Up + Garnier BB Cream
NARS Laguna, MAC Lightscapade, Jordana Coral Sandy Reef blush
Eyes:  MAC Painterly Paintpot
Stila 'Kitten' [1st half of lid], Makeup Geek 'Sensuous' [Rest of Lid], MUG 'Purple Rain' [outer V], MUG 'Burlesque' [crease]. MUG 'Vanilla Bean' [blending] .
Maybelline Master Precise + Napoleon Perdis Black e/l to intensify.
Lips: Milani 'Rosehip' with a tiny bit of Topshop 'Show Off' in the center.

Look 2- I wanted to play around with blending out eyeshadow to create an eyeliner effect, keeping the lower lashline free of colour again. I did add a nude eyeliner to the waterline, though.

~Products~ 
Face: Nars Laguna Bronzer, MAC Lightscapade
Bourjois blush #16
Eyes: Light green from Bh Cosmetics Day & Night [lid]. Buck from Naked 2 [crease]. Matte White Inglot e/s [highlight, I probably should of used something not as stark], Essence mousse eyeshadow in black [blended out from lash line], MAC Contrast [ontop of black base].
Lips: MAC Myth, Maybelline Pink Peony (fave combo of these 2 colours!)

I haven't posted many proper FOTD's in a while but stay tuned because there is a whole heap coming your way!

Thanks for looking and have a fantastic day
xx

Double Post // Purples FOTD // Bh Cosmetics Day & Night //

I bring you a double post of my most recent purple makeup looks using the Bh Cosmetics Day & Night palette, one is a bit lighter & more spring-y & the other is a lot more dramatic. View the colours of the palette here.

For this first look I used a Face Of Australia shimmery purple shadestick on the lid which unfortunately caused the shadow to crease. Nevermind!

 

I didn't really get any other good shots of the makeup so this will have to do. I paired it with baby pink lips by using Nyx Narcissus l/s & Nyx Lala lip gloss. I also think the blush is ELF fuchsia fusion. I look a bit ghastly!

Maybelline Master Precise Eyeliner, Lashes are Ardell Demi Wispies.

This is a more dramatic purple look using Maybelline Color Tattoo in Painted Purple as a base, more dramatic lashes & even brighter lips.

 Ignore the pose & pout, I'm trying to find a nice angle for my face shape :P

// Products//
Face: Face of Australia tinted moisturizer ( I don't know why it looks full coverage, but at least my skin looks nice!)
Nude by Nature Eye Definer to contour, MAC Lightscapade to highlight. Inglot blush # 51

Eyes: These are the main colours I used on my eyes, to highlight I am pretty sure I used Nyx Milk JEP & a matte white shadow from Inglot to highlight.


 Smashbox black cream eyeliner used with a black eye pencil in the waterline & lash line, BYS lashes

Lips: MAC Viva Glam Nicki with MAC Hue in the centre of the lips.

And this just happened to turn out like this, the frosted bathroom mirror must have shined off on the flash lol.

 Thank you for looking as always xx
These looks were actually done a while ago (I'm so far behind! I have so many to post) but I hope I don't bore anyone with my FOTD's especially when I don't have much to say in them.

Simple Glamourous Makeup // ft BhCosmetics//

Firstly, wow I have finally hit 300 followers! Thank you to all the new guys, plus of course the old ones :) I hope to host my first giveaway sometime in the near future so stay tuned for that! I just have to find some goodies now :)

 I loved Laurenbeautyy's Special Occasion Video using Bhcosmetic's Day & Night palette and it was a 'coincidence' that I bought it on sale a few days after, and then I though hey I can actually try it now! Mind you I had forgotten most of what she did in the tutorial so I just played along, trying to keep in mind something along the lines of her look.
So now I look back & it is very different, however mine wasn't intended for night time & I wore it to work during the day. (I did use the same colour on the lid & it came out entirely different :S) I still <3 it, though! I wasn't sure whether to name it a day or night look, this palette is confusing me, hehe.

 ~Products~
Photoready Foundation mixture with Avon liquid minerals (please keep in mind these pics were taken in front of a frosted bathroom window which automatically makes your skin look flawless)
Nude by Nature Eye Definer- Contour
Jordana Blush in A Touch Of Pink

Eyes-
Essence I<3 Stage Primer
Nyx JEP in Yoghurt
BhCosmetics Day & Night (didn't want to copy the whole pic but hope you can see where they are):

1: Lid 2: Crease 3: Blend Crease 4: Highlight 5:Inner corner ontop of 1.
 Maybelline Master Precise Liner
Ardell Demi Wispies

Lips: Nyx Long Lip Pencil in Plush Red
Maybelline Color Sensational in Are You Red-Dy
Random gloss in center of lip

I suppose because I didn't line my waterline in black & I didn't have heavier falsies that the lips don't make it look too overdone for night time, but you can definitely add drama, or take away the falsies for day time.

Thanks for looking
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Bh Cosmetics Day & Night Palette + First FOTD with it!

I ordered the Day & Night platte from www.bhcosmetics.com as they were having a sale so I paid $10.50 for this bad boy! (not incl. shipping). You should follow their facebook page because they have so many great specials on all the time!
        I received it on Tuesday and I have been using it ever since.. there are so many gorgeous colour combos you can do, sometimes I even do the unthinkable & use the night colours during the day ;) I'm so bad! :P Infact I like to use most of the night colours all the time since they're so purdy but the light pinks will come in handy for the warmer weather.

 Using flash so you can see the gorgeous shimmers..

& in natural light so you can see the pigment naturally.

The are 30 day colours & 30 night colours with a mixture of mattes & shimmers. Also I think I have found a few Naked palette dupes so stay tuned for that post! (one day, be patient ;))
Some of the colours are highly pigmented, but some are unfortunately not. Over time I will post more looks with this so you can see.
This palette is so versatile, you can do many looks ranging from natural & barely-there, to smokey & ultra dramatic so I am really glad I bought this palette.

Wanting to use some of the most prettiest, pigmented colours out of the palette first, I created this peacock-y eye that was a little bit inspired by SMLx0 on "the tube" (lol if u get it)

ignore the 'big nose angle' lol but I like how glowy I look :)

And I just got an inch+ off my length! It feels like a huge difference in length lol but much more healthier! Even though I *still* had small split ends left after arrghh!

Products
Face: Nude by nature mineral foundation (which is what makes me look so tanned, lol)
Jordana blush in A Touch of Pink
Nude by Nature eye definer (contour)
Nyx White Pearl (highlight)

Eyes:
Nyx Milk JEP
Bh Cosmetics Day & Night:

 (main colours) 1- Lid.  2-Outer v & crease
Also a dark blue to blend lid colour however it got covered in the purple anyway so that's not true to colour on it's own.
Shimmery white to highlight.

Ardell Demi Wispies

Lips: MAC Hue & Nyx Sugarpie lipgloss

 Annd just 'coz I think it looks prettiest upside down!

 Thanks for looking, if you have this palette what are your fave combos to do?
xx