Distracted Makeup

Hi!

Today has just not been a great day for me. I've been trying to distract myself like all day. I watched the Vampire Diaries this morning, took a very long shower, ate lunch, screwed around on facebook, and finally settled on doing my makeup to pass the time. I saw a look earlier that I kind of liked on Pinterest. It was wedding makeup, and I really liked the contrast between dark and light. So today, I decided to do something kind of like that but without quite a stark contrast between dark outer corners and light lids. So here you have it:

On my entire lid: Champagne from the Lorac Pro Palette by Lorac
On the middle of my lid: Chopper from the Naked 2 Palette by Urban Decay
Blended into my crease and up toward my browbone: Sable from the Lorac Pro Palette
On my outer corners and smudged underneath my eyes: Espresso from the Lorac Pro Palette
On my waterline: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Zero, which I got with my Oz Palette in Theodora.

Then I just used some black mascara and did my normal face contouring routine (see my other posts)

I was hoping to have a fun day today, but it seems as if I'm not, so I'm just gonna go to my little brother's baseball game. Which kind of sucks. But I guess that's okay. I'll just do something fun another day.

There you have it. I hope you like this look. What do you do to distract yourself when you're having a bad day?

Hippie Headbands and Rosy Cheeks

Ohai!

So today I woke up and wanted a super easy summer look. My boyfriend and I might go swimming today so I wanted something that looked kind of easy and natural. So I went simple on the eyes and made my cheeks look kind of flushed for summertime. I don't tan, I just freckle, so in the summer, I like to contour or do rosy cheeks sometimes to give the illusion of getting some sun.

And without further ado:

 After I was done, I decided I wanted to try out my new bandana headband thing, which I recently got from Pac Sun for like 4 bucks.

My brother told me I looked like a hippie, and my dad told me I look silly. But that's fine, because I like it. I also put on my big Ray Ban glasses after this which subjected me to even more teasing. But I think it's CUTE.

So anyway, did my usual face routine, using Philisophy Hope in a Jar Moisturizer with SPF 25 as a base, contouring with Smashbox Bronze Lights Brozeur in Suntan Matte, and highlighting with Clinique Uplighting Liquid Illuminator in Natural. Then, I used Clinique Soft Pressed Powder Blusher in Plum Bronze on my cheeks.

I primed my eyes with Lorac Behind the Scenes Eye Primer, and then swept UD's Sin all over my lids. Sin is one of my all time favorite eyeshadows. I'm actually terrified of hitting pan in my Naked Palette. Anyway, then I blended Toasted, also from the Naked Palette, into my crease, and blended West from the Theodora Oz Palette in my outer corner. I also smudged West under my bottom lashline. Then I finished up with Loreal Paris Extra Volume Waterproof Mascara in Blackest Black, and used Virgin from the Naked Palette as a highlight in my inner corners and my browbone.

So, that's my look today. What do you think of "hippie" headbands? What shadow are you terrified of hitting pan on? Let me know in the comments!

Bright Eyes

Hi!

This week has been crazy. I started my new internship, I've been babysitting like crazy, my friend Lauren got home from Hawaii, and I took the ACT. Long story short, I haven't been home much and my makeup has been far too boring to post. But maybe I'll start posting normal day looks anyway.

Today though, I did a look that is one of my absolute favorites. I've always loved double wings, I think they look amazing. I'm also a huge sucker for bright pops of color.

I could not take a good picture to save my life this morning. But that's okay.

One thing I think is funny about double wings is when people look at you normally and then they have to do a double take and are like "How did you DO that??"

So, if you are one of those people, here's how:

First, I primed my eyes with Lorac Behind the Scenes Eye Primer. Then I applied Naked by Urban Decay all over my lid, and blended Buck by Urban Decay into my crease (both can be found in the Naked Palette). I used Virgin, also from the Naked Palette, as a highlight in my inner corners and browbone. Then I drew a thick line with Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Turquoise, starting from the middle of my eye and going out toward my temples, then filling in my inner corners. Then, I drew a thin line in the same place with Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in Perversion. I finished up by curling my eyelashes and used Loreal Paris Extra Volume Waterproof Mascara in Blackest Black.

On  my face, I used my New Philosophy Hope in a Jar Moisturizer with SPF 25. I really love this moisturizer, it's not too heavy and it feels refreshing. It's also made my skin super soft, and I would really recommend it if you want a good summer moisturizer with SPF. Then I used some powder just to even out my skin tone a little (just some Covergirl stuff I've had forever). Then I used Clinique Soft Pressed Powder Blusher in Rhubarb, Clinique Up-Lighting Liquid Illuminator in Natural, and Smashbox Bronze Lights Brozeur in Suntan Matte. Bronzeur is what it's actually called. Oh, you fancy Smashbox.

Also, I wanted to show off my new nail polish. My grandma sent this to me and it was a nice surprise!

Sorry about the picture quality. This is OPI's Man With the Golden Gun from the James Bond Collection. Yes, this is the nailpolish that has REAL gold in it. My nails have REAL gold on them. I wanted to do it with a white polish, but I couldn't find it, so I used it with Sephora's Mermaid Tail. It looks pretty good with that too. Definitely my new favorite nail polish (to be used sparingly because REAL ASS GOLD).


So there's my look of the day. I hope you're having an amazing day if you're reading this! What's your favorite look with a bright pop? What do you think of a nailpolish with real gold in it?