A Workday Look With Aromaleigh and Coastal Scents Hot Pots

Hello

Here is a look I would typically wear on a work day. Though it uses quite a bit of shadows, it is quick to throw together as it doesn't require precision.  Using multiple matte browns from light to dark basically does the blending for you.  I have a ton of matte brown Coastal Scents Hot Pots in a palette which makes looks like these a breeze.  I love pairing mattes in the crease with a shimmery, glittery lid shade for a neutral look that is both work appropriate yet still not boring.

Face
Cover Girl Stay Fabulous Foundation Shade 815
NYX Taupe Blush to contour
FYRINNAE Nordic Angel on cheeks
NYX Smokey Look gloss on lips

Eyes
Urban Decay Primer Potion Eden to prime lids
Coastal Scents Hot Pots:
Oatmeal Tan (light peachy warm brown) applied with fluffy crease brush to crease and buffed up towards brow, quite blown out
Harvest Brown (midtone warm brown) applied with denser crease brush, less blown out to deepen crease
Choclatier (dark warm brown) with dense crease brush, focused on outer V and crease and lower lashline
Aromaleigh Everlasting Credit (beigey champagne gold with lots of colorful glitter) patted on lid with dampened shader brush
Makeup Geek Gel Liner on upper lashline (this gel liner applies like a dream but never fails to transfer on me by midday, I need to remember to wear this only on days I have a darker eyeshadow look on)

Warm Mattes with Coastal Scents Hot Pots

I love my Coastal Scents Hot Pots- they are super cheap ($1.99 each!) and come in a huge variety of colors.  I bought up almost all of the matte neutrals during a 50% sale and am so glad I did.  They are indispensable in my collection and give me so much variety for blending and defining the eyes.  Here is a look using all CS Hot Pots, a neutral warm look with a pop of color.  Coming soon I will swatch some of my faves and try and come up with some MAC dupes.

Face
MAC Matchmaster Foundation 1.5
MAC Prolongwear concealer NW20 under eyes
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
NYX Taupe Blush to contour
CS Blush Palette  orangey color on cheeks
Maybelline Pink Please on lips

Eyes
CS Hot Pots:
M04 inner lid and brow bone (matte off white)
Oatmeal Tan center lid (matte orangey tan)
Harvest Brown outer lid blended into crease (matte orangey brown)
Chocolatier to deepen crease (dark matte warm brown)
Sassy Grass lower lashline
NYX Slide on Pencil esmeralda, lower lashline as base for sassy grass
Physician's Formula liquid liner, black on upper lashline

Gold and Warm Brown

Hello!!

It has been so damn hot here in NY... i'm so not a fan- heat and humidity are not for me.  Here is a look I threw together this morning using some Fyrinnae and Coastal Scents Hot Pots.  I absolutely love the hot pots- I bought almost all of the matte neutrals they carry and find them so useful for blending out and defining the yes.  I love to use them paired with a shimmery pigment or shadow on the lid.

I used:
Face
L'oreal Magic Lumi in W 1-2 mixed with Revlon Colorstay Whipped #200
Rimmel Stay Matte Powder translucent, dusted lightly on T Zone
Benefit Hoola Bronzer
NYX Taupe Blush as contour
BareMinerals San Francisco Blush
MAC Soft and Gentle MSF as cheek bone highlight
Maybelline Color Whisper Pin Up Peach  on lips

Eyes
MAC Painterly PP as primer
Coastal Scents HP Oatmeal Tan as contour/transition color in crease
Coastal Scents HP Harvest Brown in crease to deepen, and to smoke out lower lashline
Coastal Scents HP Deep Roast in outer V, and to deepen lower lashline
Fyrinnae Mischievous Sidhe patted all over lid
WnW Walking on eggshells trio lightest shade, patted on tear duct area
Ben Nye Toast as browbone highlight
Physician's Formula Liquid Liner

Thanks for looking!

I've Got A Crush On You

I purchased the Guilty Passions crushed metallic pigment set as a gift for a friend during christmas- I loved one of the colors so much that I ended up getting another for myself.  The shade I fell for is called- I've Got A Crush On You and it is one of those ruddy brown with blue green interference that is really quite dupe-able.  In fact, I have a few in my collection that made this purchase really quite unnecessary- I'm just a sucker for cute packaging ;)

First dupe:  L'oreal HIP loose pigment in Intrepid
Second dupe: Wet n' Wild Comfort Zone Palette it is the darkest shade on the right side of the palette.

Either of these two would work perfectly in this look!

Face
Revlon Colorstay Whipped in Buff and Nude mixed
NYX Taupe blush to contour
MAC Warm Soul blush on cheeks
Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Illuminating gelee powder on cheekbones to highlight
MAC Pro-longwear concealer under eyes
Rimmel East End Snob lip liner all over lips
NYX Beige gloss on top of liner


Eyes
Coastal Scents Shadow Worx primer
Coastal Scents Hot pot in Oatmeal Tan as blender/transition color (warm light matte tan)
Coastal Scents Hot Pot in Coconut Husk to deepen crease (warm mid tone matte brown)
L'oreal Le Grand Kohl in black smudged from lashline to crease
MAC Crushed Metal Pigment I've Got a Crush On You, patted on top of black liner and blended up to crease (metallic ruddy brown with teal duochrome)
MAC Vanilla pigment to brighten up tear duct, inner corners of eyes
Ben Nye Toast  on brow bone (matte ivory)
Maybelline gel liner on waterline, and blended out to lower lashline with a bit of the mid tone brown from CS to buff that out
MUG Corrupt to line upper lash line (matte black shadow)
Cover Girl LashBlast Volume Mascara

Wanted to show off my new top from H&M... and this pic really shows off the pretty sheen of the Estee Lauder highlight

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