Orange and black

This was a spur of the moment look. It was quick and easy.  I like to match my looks with my outfit.

I'm one of those people who waits until the morning to know what to wear. I look at the weather channel and dress accordingly.

The lipstick has become my new favorite. WetnWild is inexpensive. The persimmons is  a nice orange for me.

Learning your eyes

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The first lesson I had to learn is you can't do what other people do. When you put on eye shadow you have do it according to you eyes. Different people have different shaped eyes. That means you have to do different things when you apply the shadow. I have deep set, wide, hooded eyes. I can't do a lot of looks that other people do without looking crazy. LOL! 

You have to learn what works best for your eyes. Here is a video that shows a little about finding and figuring out where things are on your eye. I love watching his videos.

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Black and White

This was a first day back to work (from the break) eyeshadow look. I wore this with an all black outfit.

I wore foundation to work with this. Since it is summer I had to go with my darker foundations. I have a lot of darker color foundations to work with so it came out a lot cleaner.

I didn't wear any lipstick to work with this because I usually talk all class period and it comes off before the end of the class.

I used Tako from my Sweetheart SugarPill palette. The black is Wet N Wild panther. If you blend those well you get the gray matte looking color. I can't for the life of me find a good matte gray. I blended the Tako all the way up very lightly for a brighter highlight.

Gold: Blue or Green

I've been trying out some colors lately to see what works well. Part of doing makeup is understanding how colors work in order to blend them.... here is my blue vs green when mixed with gold. I don't know but my boyfriend prefers the green what do you think?


Here is the blue side. I used  the Wet n Wild palette "I Got Good Jeans." I went over the top of the gold with the Mehron metallic gold pigment. I mixed in some of the blue from the SugarPill Sweetheart palette to make it a true blue color.


Here is the green side. I used the same golds for this side but I opted for the Coastal Scents 88 palette for the greens. I mixed in some of the green from the SugarPill Sweetheart palette

Hot Pink

This is the first time I've worn my Ralph Lauren collared shirt in so long. I thought I would celebrate with a nice eye look. I started to go super dramatic like the looks I see on the net but then I remembered I had to go to work.

This is the one you guys liked. Hot pink is something I usually don't wear clothes wise but I love the makeup color. This is hot pink and black. I've learned that when you mix colors you get weird combinations. The hot pink comes from (what else) my Sugarpill palette. I figure I can get some good wear out of the colors while it's warm. The black is Wet n Wild panther. I love this little black eye-shadow.

Well... If I get some serious readers I will start making videos or something. You can comment and I will respond if you have any questions.

A touch of blue

 

Sometimes you just have to play around with colors. 

I've learned that you have to just buy stuff to see if it works for you. Sometimes it's a big fail. I've bought some shadows that I wish I hadn't wasted my money on. I end up giving them away to some young teenager that could care less about the color payoff. 

I, on the other hand, can't afford not to look "right" when I go to work. I don't want to put on makeup and have it looking crazy midday without a way to fix it. It has happened to me so many times that I've began to eliminate some brands that just don't work for me.

Then you have to experiment with the colors before you actually wear them out of the house. I test out colors together before I actually wear them. You know those days you are in the house with nothing to "really" do. Those are great days to test out the colors. 

One good idea I've learned is to look in your closet for inspiration. Whatever colors work in the closet will work on the eyes.  I found these colors in a shirt in my closet.  I tested it out and this is what I came up with.

It was a neon day

Hey ladies! So the day was sunny and going great. I decided to wear my bright neon green short. Mind you, I have been losing weight like crazy lately so it doesn't fit like it use to. HA! Well, I wore it to be nice and cheerful.

Months ago, I won a Yaby palette from Crystalis007 on YouTube. It is a super pigmented colorful palette. In my field, I have to be careful with being too colorful. I used that palette with my Ulta bargains. They always have those sales on palettes. I have a great collection of wearable colors. They are namebrand quality shadows but super affordable.

So here's what I did. I started with a primer. I used two primers. The shadow insurance makes it not crease but doesn't have the best wearability. I topped it with the cheap but effective elf primer. Nyx jumbo eye pencil in milk went on too of that to guarantee a more effective color payoff.


Now comes the superblending needed whenever working with colors. I started a with taking from Sugarpill. I blended that out with the neon from the Yaby palette. Then I added a darker bright green as I went toward the outer V of my eye. This creates the bright colors for my look.

I have deep set eyes. I have to work with my crease in my looks. I used the Green Ulta palettes to make a crease that wasn't dramatically placed. I deepened it with another Ulta palette that contained browns. The liner needed to be thin so I used liquid. Believe it or not, I didn't put on any mascara in this look.
Voilà !

Face of the day- forest green

I'm going to start posting my daily looks. Here is the first post. I try to match my shadow with whatever I have on for the day. Today I wore forest green.

Items used:

Too Faced Lockdown - Dramarama

Makeup Forever Concealor Palette #5

NYX Auto Brow pencil - brown

Coastal Scents pallet

MAC - One to Watch

Loreal HIP eyeliner- black