Quick Look: It's Spring!!!

I know I said I wouldn't do another pink eye look so soon, but I was clearly mistaken. Spring is finally here and I was inspired to do this bright look!

For this look I used my BH Cosmetics 88 matte palette again. I used a bunch of colours in the pink rows to do it and finished with a winged eyeliner. On my lips is a lipstick by Impulse Cosmetics in Circus. It is a great pastel teal colour that I think is perfect for spring. And finally on my cheeks is the brightest pink/purple blush from the BH Cosmetics Glamorous Blush Palette. I kept most of the colour concentrated on the apples of my cheeks.

That's it for the look. I hope it got you all in the mood for spring! What colours are your favourite for spring?

Drag Queen Inspired!

I have a confession to make. I wish I was a drag queen! No really, I want to be a man who dresses up like a lady. I saw my first drag show at around the age of 16 and I have been in love with queens ever since! The giant hair, the bright makeup, the glittery clothes, for some reason it all looks better on a man! :P

Anyways, I have been on a RuPaul's Drag Race binge lately and was inspired to come up with this look:

I took another foray into the world of fake lashes for this look. It wouldn't be a proper drag queen look without false eyelashes! I took me about 3 tries and one eye stabbing to get them on properly though... I also find them very uncomfortable to wear, but they are just cheap-o lashes from amazon. I went with the most natural looking lashes I had since I tried heavier ones first and gave up on those, lol. You can sort of see in the third picture how messed up my eyeliner looks and this is because of all the eyelash issues I had.

For my eyes I mainly used my BH Cosmetics 88 matte palette, except for the inner 1/3 of my eye and inner corner which is Pistachio eyeshadow by Madison Street Beauty. I used various shades of brown from the palette to do the cut crease and the bottom lashline. I then filled in the centre of my lid with a bright green from the 88 palette.

The most fun I had in this look was with the contouring. I don't know how well it shows up in the photos, but I really contoured the crap out of my face. I first used my ELF Blush & Bronzer Cream in St. Lucia under my cheeks, under my chin, along my jawbone and hairline, as well as in my temples. I set that cream with the ELF Blush and Bronzer powder in the same colour. I then used a medium brown from the 88 matte palette to contour my cheeks further, as well as the sides of my nose and around the end of my nose. I then used a very small bit of the blush side of the St. Lucia duo on the sides of my cheekbones, just for a slight hint of colour in my cheeks.

I filled my eyebrows in with a very dark, almost black brown shade. I made them as arched as I could and blended the inner part downwards into the cut crease line. I then pulled the corner of the blended part further in toward my nose.

And finally, just to keep this look as crazy as possible, I needed to add a bright teal lipstick. I used my trusty Impulse Cosmetics lipstick in Lobotomy. In true drag queen fashion I did go farther outside of my lipline to make my lips look larger. I didn't go very far outside of it though, so my lips still look pretty tiny, but did make my cupid's bow as pointy as possible.

That's it for the look! Do you watch RuPaul's Drag Race? Let me know in the comments below!

Music I'm Listening To

I have never done a post like this, but I thought I would share with you some of my favourite songs at the moment! You guys all know my makeup tastes, so I though you should get to know some of the other things I am interested in. I might also have a slight alterior motive for this post that I will mention at the end.

Music is really important to me. I don't play music myself really (that's my DJ/Musician boyfriend's job) but I spend most of my day listening to some music or other. These are just a few of the songs I have played recently. Not all of them are new songs, but in my opinion they are all great. I may nerd out a bit while describing them though, so you can just skip to the videos if you want.

Ode To The Bouncer by Studio Killers
I love Studio Killers and this song has been stuck in my head a lot lately. It's just a really fun song that makes me want to dance. This is a band made up of fictional cartoon characters, much like Prozzak or The Gorillaz. I am also completely in love with the character who is singing, Chubby Cherry. She is so fabulous! Word is that she is voiced by a man, which I think is awesome. I will definitely have to try and recreate some of her makeup looks soon.



Cookie Thumper by Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord is a South African rap group that I am a huuuuge fan of. I have been listening to their music for years and I think they have finally hit their stride. Their newer stuff is definitely getting a lot better. I will warn you now though, they are not for the faint of heart. This song is much tamer than a lot of their other stuff. If you decide to listen to any more of their music, just be warned that at some point they will say something offensive about almost every group of people you could think of. They aren't actually discriminating people, often it is done to make a point, but many people still end up offended. They also have ridiculous, long intros in most of their videos.



Choosing For You by I Am Legion
A little while ago one of my favourite DJ groups, Noisia, decided to team up with my all time favourite rap group, Foreign Beggars, to create the super group I Am Legion. When I first heard that they were planning this I literally started running around my apartment dancing/freaking out in excitement and they definitely have not disappointed! Here is one of the first songs they released off the new album:



Like The Angel by Rise Against
I am not ashamed to say that Rise Against has been one of my all time favourite bands for many many many years. As far as good (but kinda mainstream) punk goes they are right up there with Bad Religion for me. I think I know every single one of their songs by heart. This is a song of the album Revolutions Per Minute, one of their best albums in my opinion.



And finally I am going to shamelessly plug my boyfriend, DJ Nick Tesla's newest remix of Hero by Pegboard Nerds. He has actually entered a contest with this one, so I am leaving the link to where you can listen to it and vote for him HERE. It would mean a lot to both of us if you took a second and voted!

What did you think of this post? Would you like to see more things like this in the future? Also, let me know what your favourite song of the moment is in the comments below!!!

Quick Look: Arrrrr Matey!

I posted the pirate makeup I did on my boyfriend for a party last week already and I am finally getting around to posting my own makeup from that night!

I didn't get many good pictures of this look since I was in a hurry, which is a shame because this is one of my favourite looks that I have done lately.

To do my eyes I used Star Crushed Minerals' Wine eyeshadow on my inner and outer corner, leaving the centre empty. I then took Hearts of Black Lace by Notoriously Morbid Cosmetics and used that in my crease and the outer half of my bottom lashline. I then used the shade Tempest from the same company on the centre of my lid for and extra shimmery pop of dimension. I also used that on the inner half of my bottom lashline and right near my tear duct. I lined my waterline with a white pencil and set it with Cloud Coverage by Glamour Doll Eyes. I used that on my brow bone as well. I finished it off with some winged liquid liner and mascara.

I did a pretty heavy contour on my face with the ELF Blush & Bronzer Cream in St. Lucia and set it with the powder version. On my lips is Pandora by Impulse Cosmetics.

I did actually wear a full costume, but forgot to take outfit photos, as usual. Here are a couple of camera phone snaps that show most of my costume though!

I wore my awesome pirate hat that I bought on Etsy a few years ago. It has many ribbons and feathers and adornments! Nick and I took turns wearing it all night because it gets hot when you are dancing. I wore a pirate shirt that is also from Etsy with a black, studded, high-waist belt. I wore a stripey miniskirt, fishnet tights and black boots, all of which you cannot see. Perhaps I will redo this with a full outfit for Halloween this year!

That's it for this look, I hope you liked it!

My No Makeup Makeup Look! (My Foundation Routine)

Normally, I am used to jamming colours all over my face daily. Often if I am not going to be doing extra bright makeup, I won't wear any at all to go out. I don't have too many skin complaints, other than my disgusting eye bags, so I don't mind going places with a bare face. Sometimes I do need to pull out a nice toned down makeup look. One that makes me look a bit more refined without looking like I have caked on the makeup! Today's look is for those occasions.

I am actually going to walk you through all of the skin products and foundation I use as well. I don't often do that because I want to focus on the eyeshadow, but today we want to focus mainly on skin. The goal is to look as fresh and awake as possible. I will warn you now that this is going to be a really loooong post so that I can thoroughly explain everything.

I will show you the look first, then tell you what I did.

I love my hair like this I think I'm just going to keep doing it this way! It is so easy! If you want to see how it is done click here!

To start my makeup off I make sure my face is cleansed and tones. I use Cetaphil cleanser and have been for years. I find it gentle and non-drying. I then toned my face with Sisley's Floral Toning Lotion. I ran out of my usual witch hazel toner, and had a sample bottle of this stuff, so I am using it up. Once I am clean and fresh I add a layer of moisturizer. I used a garnier for dry skin face moisturizer and the Burt's Bees Radiance Eye Cream on my puffy eye bags. I put a fairly thick layer of moisturizer on and let it sink in for several minutes if I have enough time.

Next comes foundation. I don't use primer unless I am going out at night. For my foundation I used my favourite, Annabelle Skin True in their lightest shade. Unfortunately that means that this foundation is not good for really pale ladies, but if you have medium toned skin, this stuff is perfect! To apply this I use the elf duo fibre stippling brush. I place a pea sized amount of foundation on the back of my hand, then dot that all over my face. With the brush I smooth it over my face first, then I use small circular motions to make it blend seamlessly into my skin.

Now it is time for concealer. I use the BH Cosmetics Jumbo Concealer Pencil in Fair on any spots or redness I have, as well as around my mouth because that is always discoloured on me. I don't often have many spots to conceal but i blend a bit of this, with my finger, over all the red patches on my cheeks and nose that foundation won't quite cover. I then use a undereye brightener/concealer. The one I used today was the Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Concealer in the shade Ivory. to apply it I sweep it under my tear bag and on my bigger undereye bag, then pat it in with my ring finger. Afterwards I rub any leftover concealer on my finger onto my upper eyelid.

To set everything I used the ELF HD Setting Powder and the ELF flat powder brush. This brush is huge and has a very flat top. I only use patting motions and apply a very small amount of powder all over my face.

For blush I used the ELF Blush & Bronzer duo in St. Lucia and the small stippling brush from ELf as well. This is a really tiny stippling rush and it is perfect if you don't want to apply too much blush. On heavier makeup days I normally use a larger blush brush. I used only the blush side in the compact. I used circular motions to apply the blush only to the highest part of my cheekbones, bringing it back to my hairline. For a really natural flush I make sure not to apply any blush to the apples of my cheeks only on the sides as high up as possible.

And Now your face is mostly finished! You could really just apply a bit of mascara and go if you wanted to. I did just a few more things though, to make this look a bit more put together. First off, my eyebrows are pretty sparse on their own so I used my Dermafrost Beauty Indellible Brow pencil in the shade taupe then ran a spooly brush through them.

I didn't do any eyeshadow, but I did use a plain black eyeliner pencil to do a thin line across my top lashline. This helps define my lashline and make my eyes look a bit rounder or more open. If you already have very round eyes you can line only the outer half of your lashline. This will make the eye a bit more elongated. I did the tiniest of wings on my outer corner because I just couldn't help myself but you don't have to. I then applied 2 coats of mascara to my top lashes only. You can put a coat on your bottom lashes if you want, but mine are so short that it doesn't always end well.

The finaly thing for this look was a quick swipe of a light pink lip gloss. I used a Burt's Bees Lip Shine in the shade Wink.

And that's it for the look! This post was starting to seem long and wordy so here is a goofy pic to end it.

I hope this post helped a few of you! I often try to end these posts with a question for you guys but I can't really think of any right now.... What's your favourite foundation I guess?

Quick Look: For Everyone Who Says Blue Eyeshadow Is Tacky....

Suck on this!

Haha! Sorry, I really couldn't help myself with the title there. I think I look a bit smug in these pictures too lol.

I had originally intended to to a blue and green eye, but I got going with the blue and this just happened! I used the bright blue from my Lunatick Cosmetic Labs AlieNEON glitter stacker for this eye. This was actually a really simple look. I swept that all over the lid and blended it up lightly right to my brows. I then added a bit of the Blue Chocolat shade from my Sigma Creme de Couture palette to blend it further. I finished by adding a ton of silver to my inner corner and bottom lashline. The silver I used is L'ancome's Color Design eyeshadow in Style Selection, which I think is the only silver I own. On my lips is Impulse Cosmetics' Permafrost lipstick.

You will have to excuse how tired I look in these photos! I actually did the eye makeup near the end of the day, since I thought I had nowhere to go, but then someone called me and said they could give me a ride to the grocery store, so out the door I went. That's right, I don't drive... :P Anyways, my day ended up busier than I planned and once I got home and was finally ready to take pictures, my makeup had been on for several hours and I was tired! The lipstick was added just before I took pictures though, so at least it looks fresh!

Well, that's it for the look! I am really pleased by how well the lipstick matches the eyes. What's your opinion on blue eyeshadow? Do you think it's tacky?

Quick Look: Hot Pink

Today's look is a super hot pink eye! I have done a lot of pink eyes lately, which is weird since pink is normally my least used colour. I think I have noticed that and have been making a somewhat conscious effort to use it more often.

I also have crimped, wavy hair in these pictures from a pirate themed party the other night. I thought my hair would be more piratey if I crimped it and then put some little braids all through it. this is what it looked like the next day. I have done this kind of hair before, so you can see the tutorial for it here! I loooooove my hair like this and really want to do it more often! I'll have a post with pics of my pirate makeup up soon! Unfortunately it was a busy night and I didn't get many good pictures, so I'm still trying to decide which to use...

Anyways, on to the look. I went pretty bold everywhere. I did some contouring and bronzing with my ELF Blush & Bronzing Cream duo in St. Lucia, then a bright eye and a bold, dark lip. Here it is:

I was playing with lighting a bit this time. I'm not sure how I feel about the last picture. My horrible under eye bags look gross, but it shows the makeup accurately. I am still so not a photographer!

I used my only Manic Panic eyeshadow to do this look and it is one of their Love Colour eyeshadows in Mod-A-Go-Go, which is an almost neon hot pink. It has a very matte base, but it is packed with silver glitter! I've had this colour for a long time and it is one of the brightest hot pinks that I own, but it does take a lot of work to get it on. The hardest part really is getting it on to the brush. It's a really hard eyeshadow so you need to jam your brush in it to get any product. Once you work it onto your brush though, the colour payoff is nice, plus the glitter transfers onto the lid well too!

To do this look I placed Mod-A-Go-Go all over the lid, on the bottom lashline and lid, and all in the outer corner so it formed a big oval around my eye. I then used a Star Crushed Minerals eyeshadow in Wine in my crease, outer corner and slightly on the bottom lashline. I deepened the crease further with a bit of a matte black eyeshadow from NYX. I blended all the edges out with Madison Street Beauty's Rose Quartz eyeshadow, which is a matte pale pink. I then lined my waterline with black and did a really elongated eyeliner wing on the top. I also used a shimmery white called Lexington from Glamour Doll Eyes on my inner corner.

For my blush I used NARS Mata Hari and on my lips is Pandora from Impulse Cosmetics. I think this is my new favourite lipstick in the normal range of colours. I still have favourites out of my blues and greens though!

That is it for this pink look. I probably won't do another pink look for a while, it really isn't my favourite colour. I would much rather cover my face in greens or blues or bright neon oranges!

What is your least favourite makeup colour? Do any of your products get ignored because of it?