Urban Decay Book Of Shadows Playtime

I've been playing around with my new BOS IV and thought I'd post a couple of quick looks:

1st is using Midnight Cowgirl, Skimp, Hijack and Gunmetal

2nd is using Asphysia (Face Case), Blue Bus, Gravity & Zephyr

A Couple EOTD's

Hello, just to start I am sorry for the lack of posts. Its been kinda a crazy hectic couple of weeks. So I had totally been spacing on taking pictures of looks. I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Urban Decay's Book Of Shadows IV!! I expect it to arrive early next week, fingers crossed :)

Anyway here is a couple of looks I've done this week. Both are very basic and IMO work appropriate

For this one I used my Stila Backstage Eye Palette. I found this little beauty at Winner's for $10. What a steal! Every shadow is perfection, so soft and buttery. I used the bottom left all over the lid/crease and blended the crease out with the middle top shade. These are named but I don't have my palette handy at the moment. I can't remember if I lined my upper lashline, but from the picture it doesn't appear so. The main shadow that I used appears to be a brown in the palette but applies more of a mauve. Its very beautiful. Today I pulled out my Urban Decay Book Of Shadow II, which is my favourite BOS yet. This is a very simple 2 shadow look. I applied Sellout (2nd row, 2nd shade) all over the lid and Misdemeanor (last row, last shade) on the outer corner and crease. I lined my upper lashline with a a teal gel liner.

Pink & Blue Duochrome EOTD

Happy Tuesday!! Pulled out my all time favourite MAC pigment Pink Pearl to use today. Its an amazing pinky/purple with a strong blue duochrome. Absolutely gorgeous! I got mine 3 years ago when it was part of MAC's Heatherette Collection. As far as I know it is limited edition, but it might be pro item. I'm not entirely sure. If your looking for similar colours you could try MAC's Stars & Rockets eyeshadow or Urban Decay's Fishnet eyeshadow. Both are close, just a little less intense.

I used:

MAC's Pink Pearl Pigment on my lid dry first then wet on top

MAC's Deep Truth eyeshadow (shimmery navy) in the crease and outer corner

Matte white to highlight

Colbalt Blue eyeliner on upper lashline and waterline

CoverGirl Volume Exact on upper & lower lashes

Sorry for the lack of pictures, lighting is still an unresolved issue.

Thanks for looking.

Jen

Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette-EOTD

Finally getting around to using the Too Faced Smokey Eye Palette I got for my birthday this month. This is Too Faced second Smokey Eye, the previous one was out roughly 3-4 years ago. They are quite a bit different. I will be putting together a comparison post soon. This is my 5th Too Faced boxed palette. I haven't gotten their new Matte Eye yet, perhaps for Xmas. I find that Too Faced is totally underrated in the makeup community. Their shadows are fantastic!! So buttery and pigmented. They even do non-chalky mattes. Too Faced always seems to be in Urban Decay's shadow. Which I think is a total shame since I adore both equally. I had been anxious to use the gorgeous purple-Smoking Jacket so I planned this look around that shade. I blended this down alot since it is daytime and I didn't want it to be too intense for work. Please excuse the shiny forehead, it is HOT today.

I used:

Firefly on the inner half of the lid

Up in Smoke in the crease and outer v

Smoking Jacket on the outer half of the lid

Annabelle's matte white to highlight (not pictured)

Physician's Formula Gel Eyeliner in purple (from Green Eyes stack)

Maybelline Colossal Mascara on upper lashes

EOTD-Wet N' Wild Petal Pusher Palette

Happy Tuesday!! Last night I was sitting in my dressing room, swatching some of my palettes when I came to the realization that I don't get enough use out of some of them. This is mostly because of the massive amount of ones that I own. I have also been lacking in creativity lately, so I decided to create a makeup draw for myself, lol. I cut up little strips of paper and wrote down tons of different palettes, single shadows, trio etc. as well as basic colours as well. Today I pulled "PINK"

So I decided to use my Wet N' Wild Petal Pusher palette I picked up at Walmart last week. I LOVE this palette, so beautiful!! I have been waiting for nearly a year for these to become available in Canada. I got mine at Walmart for under $5.00. What a steal!

I used:

Shade #1 on the inner corner's and highlight

Shade #5 on the lid

Shade #6 in the crease

Shade #7 on the outer corner and lightly in the crease (this shade is a dupe for MAC's Beauty Marked, but with better pigmentation)

I used Urban Decay's Rockstar 24/7 Eyeliner on the upper lash line w/ Maybelline's The Colossal Waterproof mascara on upper lashes only

Excited to see what tomorrow's pull is. xo, Jen (Palette image credit: nouveaucheap.blogspot.com)