Aromaleigh Vivid Green Eye- Khepir

I was feeling like I needed something brighter than I've been wearing lately so I opted for this vivid green, yet smokey eye look today.  I purchased a few samples from Aromaleigh recently, and while I am quite pleased with all of them- Khepir form the Ancient Magick collection was the one that stole my heart from the beginning.  It is a bright, mid tone green which leans quite warm with its strong golden sheen.  It also has a quite perceptible green glitter to it, which is lovely.  When I first swatched it, I thought of MAC's Gorgeous Gold and couldn't help but think that Khepir is its opposite.  Gorgeous Gold is a gold with a strong green interference and Khepir is green with a strong golden shift.  It is a vivid, warm and lush shade and I think I might need to order a full size of this one soon.

Face
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation
Tarte Amazonian Clay Setting Powder
NYX Tauple Blush to contour
Aromaleigh Verve Blush on cheeks
NYX Smokey Look  gloss on lips

Eyes
MAC Painterly PP as base on lids
NYX Black Bean Jumbo Eye Pencil  smudged lightly onto upper ashline, and blended to just below crease
Aromaleigh Yarrow blended into crease
Makeup Geek Envy on outer v, lower lashline
Aromaleigh Khepir patted on lid, on top of black base
Ben Nye Toast on browbone
NYX Barely There on inner corners
Makeup Geek Gel Liner  black on upper lashline
Benefit They're Real mascara

Naked 3 LOTD

YAYYYY!!!  What an amazing surprise to come home from work yesterday and find my Naked 3 palette sitting in the mailbox.  Needless to say, I busted into that package as soon as humanly possible.  First impressions tell me this is going to be a well used palette, the 2 matte shades are fantastic.  The satin highlight color is beyond amazing.  None of the shades in the palette were disappointing!

Of course, today's look uses the Naked 3 palette on the eyes.  I also used a few products today that have been in my stash for a while but have gone virtually unused.  The first being Time Balm foundation by The Balm-  I purchased this months ago when The Balm was having a sale.  I tried it once and thought, Meh this isn't going to work for me.  Little did I realize it was an application failure and no fault of the product itself.  I did some reading last night and came up with some application tips, what a difference!  I originally was trying to buff it on with a flat top synthetic kabuki- swirling the brush in the product and then buffing it on.  This yielded a streaky, patchy mess on my skin.  This morning, I swirled my fingers around the product to warm it up a bit and dotted it onto the areas that needed it and then buffed it out to blend with that aforementioned brush- WOW!  Think I'm gonna like this stuff after all- a few more wears before the verdict is out.  The second ignored item is Benefit They're Real mascara.  I have a sample size that I never even opened as I was having a love affair with Voluminous Smoky Lash mascara by L'oreal.  The smoky lash has begun to let me down, the honeymoon was over and it was just not living up to my expectations.   So I gave Benefit a whirl, I will not say anymore because the picture of my lashes below will tell you why there is a full size of this in my near future.

Face
The Balm Time Balm foundation in light medium
Tarte Amazonian Clay setting powder
NYX Taupe blush to contour
Aromaleigh Pomegranate blush
Bare Minerals Buxom Lipstick Pencil  London
MAC Brow Pencil dirty blonde
NYX Brow Kit  in blonde

Eyes
MAC Painterly PP to prime lids
Naked 3-
Burnout patted all over lid, up to crease
Liar patted on outer half of lid
Limit buffed into crease, quite blown out with fluffy crease brush
Nooner to deepen crease
Darkside tapped into outer corner and blended out into crease a tiny bit, also to smoke out lower lashline
Dust on inner corners for some sparkle
Strange as highlight on brow bone and tear duct area
Prestige Waterproof pencil liner in Charcoal Brown- smudged out on upper lashline, in water line and on outer half of lower lashline
Benefit They're Real mascara (holy shit my lashes look great!)

Deer in headlights pose.

Do you see those lashes??  I was all ready to apply falsies until I realized how awesome this mascara is.

I love you Benefit!!