Starburst copied…

First time I saw the video tutorial for this look, I said ‘too bright’ and ‘pink… ewwww!’ But the look stayed in my head for more than a week and I started to try and figure out how I could copy it. Why? well, just cos it’d be something I’ve never done before.

First up, what to use? minerals? or one of my palettes? Minerals was my first choice so I started swatching…

Now although I know I don’t normally buy yellows or pinks much less reds… I plowed through my collection of minerals and turned up with these red/pinks…

• Beauty from the Earth Rasberry
• SilkMinerals Strawberry
• SilkMinerals Pomegranate
• TSS Vampires Tap Dancing (LE Storybook)
• Aromaleigh lookinforakiss
• Aromaleigh peony

nice pinks, not reds, but to me, they looked a little too blue for the eotd I was going for… still looking for that elusive red…

finding yellows was equally challenging…

do you see a problem? I did… no really pure yellow yellows. more golds and bronzey golds. Sigh…

I finally resorted to following VoT’s suggestions on using the 88 matte palette and 120 palette. And here was what I came up with… only thing I left out was the false eyelashes.

• Monistat – base
• NYX jumbo eye pencil in strawberry milk
• from the 88 matte palette – pink, red and white
• from the 120 palette – yellow
• Majolica Majorca liquid liner in black
• Maybelline mascara

So do you think I got close enough to my target? let me know.

Astonishing Alloy Fairy plus two reviews

ok… so after the comments about my comment about AL e/s… I decided to give them another try. I have swatched some… but until I finish, I won’t be posting those pics.

First up, bought this lovely little pot of soft shimmering color from Ann - Majorlica Majorca cream shadow in YE106.

can you see the swatch? LOL… its really rather sheer but has a lovely golden gleam. It looks great on the eyes just by itself… the texture is light and easy to apply. I used a concealer brush but I bet fingers would work great as well. I am so tempted to get other colors now… :(

so… on to the eotd…

*with flash*

*without flash*

Did this look last Friday evening (Feb 27). Kept it pretty simple.

Monistat – base
MM cream e/s in YE106 – all over lid
AL Astonish – inner 1/3
AL Alloy – mid 1/3
AL Brianna – outer 1/3
AL Fairy – crease
AL Oyster – highlight
SN cream liner in Mahogany - liner

SN’s cream liners… I’ve tried Mahogany several times now using various brushes. Its easiest to apply with SN’s Ultimate e/s brush – liner side – other brushes just don’t grab the color well enough. In comparision to using NYX’s jumbo eye pencils, this is just a harder product to use. Harder to get the color to turn up. Just takes more effort for the same result.

Frankly, I’d rather go back to using my JEPs as bases and patting the appropriate e/s piggie on top to get the liner look I like.

So my pots of Mahogany and Tarnish will probably go to a new home soon… anyone interested? I would like a little something something in return so I can upkeep my color addiction. :P

About Aromaleigh e/s… well, I was wrong. The colors are pretty, in their own way. I like the metallic feel/look of the lustre series. Application was relatively easy too… the usual “pat pat pat” worked and so did blending in the crease color.

Only thing of concern was this… (please ignore the glossy skin showing… my MMBB aha cleanser was on and working *grin*)

see the creasing in the inner corner… I’m not sure if its the AL e/s or the MM cream e/s that caused it. I do know that using TSS e/s + NYX JEPs do not result in this… and after only 5 hours…

will have to try MM and AL separately to see which is the culprit. :)

Tarnished Wonder Spark - an AL look

Monistat
NYX JEP in Yoghurt
AL Spark - patted on lid
AL Tarnish - outer corner/crease and lower outer liner
AL Wonder - outer corner/crease and lower outer liner
AL Alchemy - highlight and lower inner liner
TSS Can't Hide from Karma - upper liner applied dry