Milani and Sleek Gold and Green

Today's look uses my Sleek Ultra Matte V 2 palette that I have barely used in the long while I've owned it.  I don't know why because it contains a bunch of really nice, decently pigmented matte shades.  I love matte shadows and feel that no look is complete without them!  This palette is quite nice as it contains darker matte shadows which make great definer colors for other shimmery shades.  I wish Sleek was easier to come by in the states.

Face:
L'oreal Magic Lumi Foundation in W1-2
MAC ProLongwear Concealer in NW 15 under eyes
Benefit Coralista Blush on cheeks
NYX Taupe blush to contour
NYX Gloss in Beige atop a pinky lipliner pencil on lips

Eyes:
MAC Painterly PP to prime lids
Sleek Ultra Matt V 2 Palette dark green on inner corners and outer corners and blended into crease, also on outer lower lashline
NYX Taupe eyeshadow, applied lightly to blend out edges of green shadow
NYX Highlight on brow bone
Milani Runaway Shadow #11 Beach Sand patted on center of lid with damp brush (to try to capture the glitter), also on inner lower lashline
NYX Mermaid Green to outer corners to slightly darken
Rimmel wtaerproof Kohl liner in Black on waterline and upper lashline
Lashes are some cheapie ebay lashes that came in a 10 pack

Gold and plummy pink

Hi!

Two posts in a row!!!  Yippee!!
I started this look knowing that I wanted to use Milani's Summer Sands on the lid.  I have decided to delve into some of the shadows I love but have been neglecting for a very long time and Summer Sands definitely falls into this category.  It is one of their single shadows, from the Runway collection, that is super glittery.  I would describe it as a beige gold, with tons and tons of gold glitter.  I find the best way to use any of these shadows is to use a damp brush to really get the glitter payoff.  It is beautiful.  After applying the lid color, I just started reaching for color after color after color.... I used many shadows today.

Face:
MAC Prep and Prime to prime skin
MAC Face and Body- C2
MAC Studio Fix Powder- C2 dusted on very lightly with fluffy powder brush
NYX Taupe blush-  contour
NYX Peach blush- cheeks
Maybelline Pink Please Lippie
NYX LaLa gloss over top of lippie

Eyes:
UDPP
Milani Summer Sands applied with damp flat shader brush to lids, blended out at crease (glittery beige gold)
MAC Sunset B  applied with fluffy crease brush to outer edges and blended all the way into crease (satin finish dirty yellow pink)
MAC Passionate applied with denser crease brush to outer edges of lid and into crease (matte hot pink)
MAC Fig 1 with dense crease brush to outer edges of lids (matte midtone warm plummy purple)
Wet N Wild Lust Palette-  Darkest matte purple to deepen outer edges of lid and along lower lashes, light off white with sparkles as highlight

Lastly, this terrible shot that I had to include due to my cat's head poking out in the background :)

Softer Gradient Purples

Hello!!

Ive been getting a lot of use out of my 88 matte palette lately... it had gone long ignored until recently.  I love having all the shadows spread out before me in one easy to access place.  Here is a simple look using a matte white and some purples from the palette.... as well as a pop of yellow on the inner corners.  I think this would have looked really nice with some demi falsies, but I was too lazy to put them on :)

Eyes
UDPP
NYX Jumbo Pencil in milk (applied lightly all over lid)
88 Matte palette- white, yellow,  medium purple and deep purple
Ben Nye Cake liner
Cover Girl Lash Blast Volume

Cheeks are Milani Luminous (a close dupe for Coralista!)
Lips are OCC lip tar in memento ( i think- name has been rubbed off)

ACK!  Photos look a bit washed out :(  Thanks for looking all!