Spring Time from BFTE

Here’s a nice “spring green” look from Beauty from the Earth. Not that we have spring here in Singapore. Actually, its been hot, hotter and hottest. I should do more of a desert eotd sometime. That’s how I feel… How I wish it’d just rain really hard and clear the air.

Monistat – base all over the eye
NYX Jumbo Eye pencil in Horse Radish – all over lid and smudged up
BFTE Lavish – patted all over the lid
BFTE Gem – outer V and crease; outer lower lash line
BFTE Aqua Mist – mid lower lash line; upper crease blended upwards into
BFTE Butterfly – highlight; inner lower lash line
MM Perfect liquid liner in Green

Some descriptions from BFTE’s site

Lavish : Green-Yellow with medium sheen.

Gem : A hybrid of Teal and Sea Green.

What kind of greens do you like? the more jewel tones? or the more turquoise?

Swatches… from random AL & Fyrinnae e/s

So like I’ve said so many times before, I’ve got tonnes and I do mean tonnes of random samples sitting around. Picked some up that happened to be sitting in the same envelope as my BFTE baggies so decided to get them swatched too. As usual, monistat was used as a base and e/s was swatched using a dry brush.

Fyrinnae Sea Turtle
Aromaleigh Fervor (Valentine 2009 LE)
AL Fig (opulant lustre)
AL Lisette (bette noir)
AL Umber (pure eyes matte)
AL Orchid (pure eyes frost)

     

Rather liked the colors and texture of the e/s. Especially liked Umber… been looking for a dark matte e/s to use on my crease and this looks like it just might fit the bill. Haven’t used them yet so still don’t really know how they’ll blend or stay on my lids.

Sea Turtle was an unusual color that I had trouble capturing on camera. Its base is green but it has these blue sparkles that makes it special. Here’s a closer shot.

I used it as a liner on my eotd posted here and it came out great. Loved the unique look that it had.

I haven’t tried it as a e/s yet and can’t say how that will end up. Am actually a little apprehensive about trying it as an e/s cos if you buff it, the blue sparkles all go away and you’re left with a green not so special e/s. Ah well, will try it out and see soon.

BFTE eotd #1

Here’s the first of what I hope to be a couple of Beauty From the Earth (BFTE) eotds.

To start things off… a lovely golden e/s called Sunshine. What an apt name. Its a ray of sunshine that brightens up your eye.

here I used BFTE Sunshine on top of NYX JEP in Yoghurt. My base as usual is Monistat. The liner is NYX JEP in blackbean with Fyrinnae’s Sea Turtle e/s patted on top. Brows are filled in with Inuovi’s cocoa pencil. No mascara.

 

and here’s my fotd…

SN mix of foundation, perfecting powder, date bait, zinc and silica
SN blush in Babydoll
SN lipgloss in peace

   

before you ask… the guy with the ear behind me… is my hubby. LOL!   

RAOK – Beauty From The Earth

Many many moons ago, a lovely blogger friend sent me some samples from BFTE after I commented on them in her blog. She did swatches as well as 1 eotd… (where’s the others gf??)

Well, they’ve been sitting on my computer desk all this time. As you may have well noticed, swatches from me have all but dried up… no time. Really. :(

But I did manage to make some time recently and so here they are. (I’m so sorry for the sheer lateness of these Farah. I’ll do some eotds soon)

*as always, swatched with a dry brush on top of Monistat*

Lavish
Butterfly
Sunshine – me likey this one… lovely highlight and all over color
Wildfire
Lush
Honey
Sedona – rather interesting shade in my opinion
Royalty – another purple I think I’m gonna like
Rasberry
Gem
Aqua Mist

 

with flash

 

without flash

Running off to celebrate my girl’s birthday at Swensen’s… hope everyone has a absolutely lovely Sunday!