Matte Subtle Eye/Bold Lip with Aromaleigh

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Lately I've been loving the look of a bold burgundy lip.  I tend to stick with safe, nude-ish pale shades (Self proclaimed lipstick wimp right here) for my lips so this is a nice change.  I've actually gone with bold lips 2 days in a row and am loving it!  I blotted off the bulk of the lipstick for a lip stain like effect, ya' know... baby steps. This look keeps the eyes and cheeks very simple, getting most of my color from the dark lipstick.  My go to blush for when I sport a bold lip is The Perfect Cheek by MAC.  It is the perfect neutral matte, sort of a buff pink which provides a bit of life to the face without shouting "I AM WEARING BLUSH!!!!"  Even though it is a very light shade, the pigmentation is great- I dust just the tiniest bit on my light skin.  It is matte, but does not look dry on the skin.  I like it quite a bit.

My original intention this morning was to braid the front of my hair to disguise the second day messiness a bit, but my braiding skills failed me.  Instead I twisted the front and pinned it back into my hair.  I teased the back of my hair a bit to kinda just go with the messy hair flow.  My pictures are not the greatest today :(  Someday you have it, some days you don't.

FACE
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation
Tarte Amazonian Clay Setting Powder
NYX Taupe blush to contour cheeks
MAC The Perfect Cheek blush on cheeks
Rimmel Lipstick- Bordeaux

EYES
MAC Painterly PP to prime lids
Aromaleigh Oyster (now called Echo in V 2) dusted all over lids fro lash to brow (matte light cream)
Aromaleigh Bark on outer corners and blended into crease, and along lower lashline (matte brownish soft black)
Aromaleigh Slate (now called Limestone) to blend out edges of Bark
Rimmel Waterproof Kohl Pencil in black lightly on upper lashline and smudged
Cover Girl Lashblast 

 Love my new Infinity Scarf from Target! (It has been dreadfully cold here in NY!)  

Wet n' Wild Lust Palette Smoky Plum Eyes

The WnW Lust palette has long been a favorite of mine.  It has some amazingly pigmented mattes that have become staples for me in my makeup routine.  See post here for pics.  The midtone matte purple, is a perfect dupe for MAC's fig.1 shadow.  The deeper matte purple works in place of MAC's Shadowy Lady.  The light cream with sparkles is an AMAZING highlight shade, which I won't even compare to MAC Vanilla as it blows it away.  I've done numerous looks with the matte purples in the crease, but have never used them as all over lid colors because i tend to go for shimmer on the lid, matte in the crease.  Today's look uses the matte shades only, and I tossed a shimmery Aromaleigh shadow to brighten up the tear ducts.  This look made my green eyes super green.

Eyes
MAC Painterly PP all over eye space as primer
(Scotch tape for crisp edges)
WnW Lust Palette - Midtone matte purple patted all over center of lid, blended just into the ouetr edge of eye leaving inner 1/3 of lid clear
Dark matte purple on outer corners of eyes blended into mid tone purple
Matte cream with sparkles on inner 1/3 blended into mid tone purple, and on brow bone
ELF Palette matte-ish raspberry shade, with fluffy brush to blend out edges of other colors in crease
Aromaleigh Lavande on top of other shadow n inner 1/3 of lid (palest shimmery lavender)
All colors repeated on lower lashline
Physician's Formula Lash Boosting Serum liquid liner on upper lashline

Cheeks NYX Terracotta blush 
Lips Maybelline Pink Please

How crazy green do my eyes look here?

Dramatic Greens w/120 Palette

Hello!!

Here is yesterday's look using colors from my 120 palette.  I used UDPP and NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk as base.  From the palette I used a couple (3 or 4) of matte greens, matte white and a matte black.  I also used a shimmery yellowy green on the lower inner lashline.

My Cheeks are MAC The Perfect Cheek

Thanks for looking!

Green and Purple

Today's look was created around the lid shade.  It is a Lorac shadow, called Lazu-lite,  that I am pretty sure has been discontinued because I bought it years ago, before my whole makeup obsession really began.  I found it here at my parent's house... in my mom's makeup bag knowing full well that she would most likely never wear this color.  It has been confiscated, and put back in its rightful ownership.  It is a midtone true green, matte with teal sparkles throughout.  Unfortunately, these sparkles don't show up on the lid applied dry as I did today but I would think they might if applied wet.  Anyway...

I used:
UDPP
NYX jumbo pencil in milk
Aromaleigh Got Dibs (matte warm light purple) in crease with 217
Aromaleigh Blue Orchid (matte dark blueish purple) to deepen crease and along outer lower lashline with 219 brush
Aromaleigh  Oyster (matte off white) with SK blender brush to brow bone
Aromaleigh Magic Wand (white shimmer with lavender iridescence) to brown bone and inner corners
Lorac Lazu-Lite (midtone matte green with teal glitter) patted onto lid with Sigma 239
Ben Nye Cake Liner in black with aromaleigh sealant

Cheeks are NYX Pinky with NYX taupe to contour

I also used a different method today to do my brows, using tips from Jen's Beauty Blog where she posted a brow step-by-step tutorial here.   I really like the way they came out.  I used my usual Maybelline define-a-brow in dark blond, along with a light brown shadow from the 88 warm palette.  Yay!

With no flash: