FOTD neutral eyes & fresh cheeks using Guerlain & Chanel

This was the face I put on for my professional head shot for work. I did a neutral eye with my favourite neutral palette, Guerlain Bal de Minuit, that was slightly smoked out. I applied the peach shade as an all-over wash of colour, the taupe shade to create depth about 5mm on top of my top lashline, the dark chocolate shade to line the top lashline (and smudged out) as well as half of the lower lashline. The white highlight shade was used on the inner corners of my eyes, as well as to highlight my brow bone.

I used Chanel Joues Constraste in Rose Petale on my cheeks and Benefit High Beam to highlight. On my lips, I am using Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Empire from last holiday. My base makeup of the day was Chanel Teint Innocence cream compact.

What do you think?

Another FOTD with Dior Misty Mauve… this one more subtle and suitable for daytime

I used Dior Misty Mauve in a previous FOTD but I used a lot of highlight around my eyes for a more glamourous look. Today I did a more toned down and subtle look using this palette that is still somewhat smokey. While it is still rather dark in colour, my black-rimmed glasses really helped to tone down the intensity of this look.

I used Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow in Misty Mauve over UDPP. I used the matte mauve-purple as my all-over colour and the light shimmery mauve on the outer half of my lid. I used the dark shimmery, jewel-toned purple to line my top lashline and the outer half of my bottom lashline. I then patted very little shimmer on the inner corner of my eyes with my fingers. As usual, I used Dollywink Liquid Liner and Clinique High Impact Mascara.

On my cheeks, I used Jill Stuart Mix Blush Compact in 104 Sweet Lock with no highlight. For lips, I finished off with my favourite fall lipstick, Guerlain Rouge G le Brillant in B62 Betsy. My base makeup was SUQQU Frame Fix Lasting Pact Foundation in shade 202, which seems like an okay match for me (I still need to try 003, which I think should work even better).

Looks I CAN pull off… soft smokey eyes for fall!

I did this look for the Vancouver Beauty & Lifestyle Bloggers event two Saturdays ago. At first I wanted to use shimmery green eyeshadow but then I realized summer has been over for a while now (the gloomy weather outside didn’t help either). Thus I pulled out one of my favourite fall palettes – Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow in Misty Mauve – and did a quick smokey eye.

I used the matte purple grey (top right corner) as my base colour (on top of UDPP). I accented the 5mm area above my upper lash line with the shimmer light mauve (bottom right). I used the shimmery dark purple mauve (centre) to contour my eye sockets, as well as to line the lower lash line. I highlighted my inner V area as well as my brow bone with the shimmery white on the bottom left.

My blush of choice was R&R Contrived Pressed Blush in Lust, which is a rusty deep rose gold. On my lips I used Guerlain Rouge G le Brillant in B62 Betsy, which is a sheer, glossy dark rose shade. My base makeup for the day was Revlon Colorstay Aqua Mineral Makeup in Light Medium.

Random Post: Chanel, Benefit, Guerlain & Soulstice Spa

I fail at staying away, don’t I? Yup, I’m back at blogging regularly, just less regularly than before. Here a random post for you today, just for the sake of it.

Thank you C for the birthday present!!

Benefit was being cleared away from Holt Renfrew last month and J helped me grab a Finding Mr. Bright set.

I know I’m one year late on this, but I missed out last year due to my indecisively. I finally found it on Strawberrynet after months of waiting for it to show up. I got a pretty good deal on it too =)

And Soulstice Spa is the newest nail polish range to hit Nail Polish Canada, a Vancouver-based Canadian website that sells nail polish and other nail care products. They carry some very hard-to-find products in Canada, such as Zoya (yes they have the remover!), SpaRitual and Soulstice Spa, a range of vegan nail polish.

FOTD with Jill Stuart Jewel Crystal Eyes in 102 Amazonite Dazzle & Mix Blush Compact in 105 Sweet Lock

I swatched the Jill Stuart Jewel Crystal Eyes in 102 Amazonite Dazzle and also showed a photo of the untouched Mix Blush Compact in 105 Sweet Lock here.

For attending the Vancouver Beauty & Lifestyle Bloggers event that took place last week, I wanted to create a smokey look with the Amazonite Dazzle palette. I did this by layering the different shades in the palette to create more depth instead of just a flat out smokey eye. This palette was very good in terms of application compared to previous Jill Stuart palettes because fall-out was very minimal. The eyeshadow powder was not dry and or hard to apply, and the colour pay-off was very good.

I used the forest green shade (second from left) from the Amazonite Dazzle palette as my all over base on top of UDPP to minimize fall-out. I then used the teal green shade (second from right) from the same palette on the outer half of my eyelid. I highlighted my inner corners, as well as the inner half of my bottom lashline, and my brow bone with the lightest shade from the palette (first on left). Lastly I filled in the outer half of my lower lashline with the same teal green shade. The only shade I did not use was the matte burgundy-brown shade (first on right) because I didn’t know how to fit it in this look. Also I noticed that this shade was a little low on the colour payoff when applied, likely because it is matte.

On my cheeks, I used the Mix Blush Compact in 105 Sweet Lock. This was a limited edition shade from the Fall 2011 collection which has Jill Stuart’s signature drawn on top of the blush with a white shimmer powder. In order to prevent myself from looking like a disco-ball, I dusted the white shimmer powder off with a tissue before applying the actual blush on my cheeks.

Sweet Lock is a very simple pink shade that you can’t go wrong with. The three shades in the top left corner are sheer, whereas the one shade on the bottom left corner is the only pigmented one. I tried to use the three sheerer shades a little more in this look as I felt the eyes were already very strong so I didn’t want a strong cheek colour as well.

On my lips, I used one of my favourite lipstick formulae, Guerlain Rouge G in 06 Garance, which is a creamy light mauve-pink on my lips.

My outfit of the day was a baby-blue-grey tunic-dress with ballerina print, light green shorts, black tights and bright yellow flats.

What do you think of this look? Like it or hate it?