Beauty Product Junkie

This post is a quicky, but more will be coming in the future (and hopefully not months apart!). I have a ton of new products that I need to review! Ack!

I acquired this trio from a lovely popple as well, and use the shimmery bronze a lot in everyday wear. This is just one look I like to create:

After applying UD's Eyeprimer Potion, I applied the golden tone on the inner corner of my eyelid using a regular eyeshadow brush. Then I applied it on my inner, lower lash-line using a smudge brush.

Next, I use a crease brush to fill in the rest of my lid with the shimmery brown shadow. Then I take the regular shadow brush and blend the two so there isn't such an obvious line between the shadows. I now finish lining the lower lash-line with the smudge brush and brown shadow.

To make the brown cream liner softer so that it glides easier across my eyelid, I like to stick my finger (clean of course!) on top and just hold it there for about 30 seconds. This warms it and makes it much easier to apply! I used an angled-liner brush to line just my upper lash-line.

Cap it off with two coats of black mascara (Benefit's BadGal Lash) and done!

It's been forever since I've done a post! Darn life! Here are a couple of quick reviews of some Smashbox eyeshadow trios I've come to own.

The first trio is 'Hot Date.' I acquired this eyeshadow from a wonderful popple who was doing some spring cleaning :D This trio contains a shimmery golden champagne, a light eggplant with microglitter, and a dark eggplant cream liner. I use this trio all the time, but the following picture isn't of my eyes. One of my darling friends let me do her eyeshadow, and this trio went perfect with her eye color and skin tone. However, I thought the golden champagne didn't match her skin as well as the champagne shadow 'Sin' by Urban Decay. After covering her entire lid in eye-primer potion and a light layer of Sin, I used a crease brush to slowly start layering the light eggplant on her outer crease. As I added more color, I kept blending it towards the middle of her eye - just a little bit at a time. Once I had the desired color, I used an angled liner brush to line her eyes with the cream eggplant liner.

Falling in love with this trio [and another that was sent, which I'll post about later :) ] I just had to purchase another! The 'Twilight' trio caught my eye because of the shimmery silver, but actually use the matte black to line my eyes with every day! In the following pictures, I started off with eye primer potion and  light layer of the shimmery silver over the entire lid. To make the black shimmery, I lightly swirled my crease brush in the silver before swirling it in the black. I applied this at the outer corner of my eye and blended inward. Then I used a smudge brush to apply a light, silver lining on my lower lash line. To finish off, I lined with a liquid liner and two coats of mascara!

So the weather around here has been crazily warm for this time of year. It made me want to do a fresh, springy look. I have just fallen in love with the MAC eyeshadow Sweet Lust. It's shimmery with some micro-glitter in it, but the glitter isn't all "oh look at me I have glitter all over my face," it's much more subtle. I've been using this eyeshadow a lot lately as a default shade when I'm not sure what I want to do or am in a hurry.

A closer look:

On the eye (please ignore the mascara boo-boo above my crease, haha):

As you can also tell from these pics, my allergies are kickin my butt! My eyes have been itchy and watery for a couple of weeks now, boo!

Ok anyway, with this shadow I paired Benefit's Her Glossiness in "Who Are You Wearing?" [which is in the buh-bye section on Benefit's website for only $9.00!!] 

When people first see this shade in my gloss bag, they always wonder why I want such a bright color gloss. But as you can see, it doesn't apply as dark or bright as it looks. It gives the lips just a hint of pink. Love love love it.

To finish it all off, I applied Benefit's Georgia Peach along my cheeks bones and on the apples, then used MAC's Mineralized Skinfinish in Lighscapade to highlight.

I can't wait for summer to get here!

This is another staple eyeshadow I always have to have in my makeup case! This eyeshadow is awesome! I don't need to use the Urban Decay Eye Primer under it because it truly stays put all day long no matter what. It blends very easily in its cream phase, and when it dries it still has a nice sheen to it. I like the Champagne/Mocha duo because it enhances my eye color, as well as the Gold Leaf/Antique Bronze duo. I'll coat my lids with the Champagne by dabbing a bit at the center of my eye and patting it outwards with my finger. Then I'll trace a line of the Mocha on the outer part of the crease, then pat it again with my finger to blend and lighten the color. They are quick and easy to use! Love em!