Hot Pink Eyeshadow

Just a few photobooth pics from today's look.

Soft cut-crease with hot pink eyeshadow, neutral lid with a blue/silver from the inner corner to the first 3rd of the eyelid.  A touch of navy blue in the crease for depth, blended out with one of my favorite transition colors in the universe: Mac Uninterrupted.  Wings, brows & lashes.

All shadows used were from Too Faced's Pretty Rebel palette.  Amazing, by the way.

I kept the skin rather light, allowing some old acne scarring to show through because dammit, it's Sunday and I want to let my skin breathe a little.  Finished off the look with bronzer and a few cream cheek products from The Balm's How 'Bout Them Apples palette.

Quick slick of Illumasqua's Intense Lip Gloss in Indulge and voila, hot pink monochromatic makeup.

 Cat was jumping into the shot because I had a plate of food under me so he had to endure a few snapshots.

-2

Slacking off and Halloween Photos from 2013.

Woww.  I'll be the first one to admit that I forgot about this blog.  I slacked off and the idea and passion for this blog got lost in between my mental couch cushions.

NO MORE SLACKING! I'm officially back on my makeup grind.  Here are some GORY pictures of Halloween makeup I did last year.

I used all Kryolan products; Cinewax, Fake Blood, and bruise wheel.  I love it when you get awesome results from just a few products!

This isn't the glamour makeup you're used to seeing from me, this is a whole different beast.

Please excuse the "bloody" handmarks and blood splatter on my shoulder, I wanted my boyfriend to feel involved in the makeup process so I let him help out.

THIS IS HALLOWEEN MAKEUP.  It's quite gory; you have been warned.

Thanks for reading!

-shanna

hair.

better pictures I took several months ago before I left Chicago *sniff sniff*.  I MISS YOU, CHI CITY.

all gone

halfway gone

all gone again

A WHOLE YEAR

I can't believe I haven't posted in an entire year.  Good god, I gotta get back on this.

Here's a look you can't even really see...green smokey eye.

and yeah, I cut off all my hair like...6 months ago.  It was even buzzed at one point

don't look busted

                                                                   BEAT THAT FACE, HUNTY.

-shanna

thin-ass brows

looking back at my old pictures, wtf why didn't anyone tell me my eyebrows were totally whack and skinny?  thank god they're thicker again but jeez...i had no idea they were so bad before!

dec 1 2011 fotd

lighting makes it hard to tell that it's a matte black/blue smokey deal on top with electric blue eyeliner and ligher blue on smudged on the bottom.  Bronzey cheeks, nude lips, you know the drill.

i actually really like this look but it doesn't photograph well at all.

i'm having eczema issues all over and it's AWFUL.

happy thursday.
-shanna

new obsession

LUSH.
nuff said.

my stupid hair

So I got peek-a-boo caramel highlights in my hair like a month ago and now it's turned yellow and brassy and just gross.  Gonna go overhaul on my hair tonight and dye all dark brown and go in with some highlights so hopefully it'll turn out better because i can't go another day living my awful hair color. and btw, my hair already has split ends since my last cut which was only a few weeks ago!  they hacked off like 4 inches! *cry*

dupes!

i was lusting after the infamous dior amber diamond and ended up finding a dupe! mac's mineralized skin finish in PEARL!  it definitely depends on how much of the inner color you use but pearl is pretty darn close and looks fantastic on the skin.  Sadly, the msf is limited edition but it's replacing my HG highlighter (theBalm's Mary Lou-manizer) for now.  OBSESSED.  ALSO, at sally beauty supply, Beautique's lipliner in "Natural"is really darn close/almost exactly the same as mac's "stripdown" lip liner.

amazinngggg

quiet work day

Hello all.
Thankfully (for my wallet) I'm pretty much all shopped-out but I snagged some fun stuff this month.
I've been really into using my fingers to apply makeup lately so I've been on a cream-rampage with cream blush, cream foundation, and cream eyeshadow. It just looks so much more natural and effortless, not to mention the heat from your fingers make creamy products just melt into your skinsicles.

As usual, I miss my cat, Uzi.  I'm really bummed out I wasn't able to take him with me for the summer but I'll see him soon enough!

I'll probably write some more buhh-sheet in a few hours so laterrrr.
-s

summer time

My boyfriend is tired of hearing me talk about makeup so I'm just gonna get it all out here.

I recently got a Kat Von D lip gloss in Underage Red and damn, is it a hussy color!
It's such a pretty crimson gloss and it's pretty pigmented.  It's not opaque but it's buildable.
I love it so much I got a backup!  On sale at Sephora for $9!
SOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO pretty!!!

I might do a haul/review post if I can really muster the effort but we'll see.

-shanna

nails + look of the day

I got ringworm from my boyfriend who found a cat in the alley.
zoonoses is real!

glitter nails and super dark purple eyes

UPDATE on Korres tinted moisturizer

I really liked the Korres Watermelon Tinted Moisturizer... when I first got it.  Now, I don't know what it is but it's awful! (I did a review post on this product.) 

Pros-

spf 30 (good skin protection but I hear spf might give you cancer?)

good coverage for a tinted moisturizer

natural ingredients, paraben-free

long lasting

Cons-

IT GUMS UP ON MY FACE

I'm not doing anything different application-wise but it tends to gum up or ball up if you spread it on top of any parts of your face that already have it on.  I usually have to save it by spritzing MAC Fix + on it and working it really carefully but of course, this means more time for makeup application in the morning.

This shit sucks.

girl mustache

Everyone's got a mustache.  Some people have darker mustache hairs than others.  Some people don't even want a mustach and wax it all off!  My mustache is very thin, like dark peach fuzz.  I didn't want to wax it so I just bleach it!  I'd rather have a blonde mustache that is virtually invisible than have stubble.  I haven't tried many bleaches but I hear most of them are crap.

  This is what I use.  Yeah, it's got totally boring packaging and there's nothing fancy (or complicated) about it but this is THE BEST.  It works best on fine hairs and doesn't burn.  Sometimes I swear I can feel it working...like little soda bubbles on my lip but it's not itchy or burn-y at all.  Everything you need to bleach your mustache is in this little box!  It's super cheap (around $5) and it works like a dream.  I've never had any problem with it but some people with darker skin tones may experience temporary skin lightening where they applied the bleach.  Sounds scary but it didn't happen to me.


I love this shit.

IT'S BARBIE, BITCH.

This is a Barbie/ Nicki Minaj look so of course bright pink lips and cheeks!

I love Nicki Minaj and her whole "Barbie" style!

The eye look is a really soft almost cut crease with the purple and pink.

Inspiration Picture!

 

Eyes: MAC pigment in Naked (lid)

random frosty color for inner corner

NYX e/s in Hot Pink (crease)

MAC e/s in Sketch (crease)

Black Liquid Eyeliner + Falsies

Cheeks: MAC blush in Dame

Frosty color for highlight

Lips: Illumasqua Intense Lipgloss in Indulge 

Stila lipgloss (random pink)

 Face: the usual stuff

Eyebrows: MAC e/s in Copperplate

fotd oct 15

This is a look I did yesterday, it's an almost a cut crease look using all matte colors.  I only used 3 eyeshadows on my eyes (MAC Copperplate, MAC Carbon, and Revlon Matte eyeshadow in 02Sorbet).  The rest of the makeup is subtle, just a little bit of bronzer and a peachy blush with lip balm.

excuse the wet hair!

 

 

 

 

Take it easy.

items I could not live without

Well, I'm sure I could LIVE without them but I certainly wouldn't be very happy about it.

1. MAC Fix+  --- a GODSEND.  I usually spritz it on after my makeup is done to make it really meld into my skin and set it.  MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK PERFECT.
2. MAC Mineralized Skin Finish Natural ----evens out my skin without being heavy and looks almost dewy
3. Clinique Gel Liner/ Wet 'n' Wild Gel Liner----they are very comparable to each other even though there's like a $10 price difference.  The only real difference in the product in texture, Clinique's a lot creamier.
4. MAC 266 (?) Brush- I don't know if the number is right but it's the small angled brush.  I use this every day no matter what product I use for my brows.  I've had it for a few years now and it's still in good condition.
5. Grosella Red Currant Lip Balm
6. Tarte bronzer in Park Avenue Princess--- PERFECT GLOW. sooo pretty.
7.  (non-makeup related) H2OCEAN piercing aftercare spray

I'm still doing reviews so stay tuned for more in the coming days!
Have a good one and stay gorgeous!

VS pro camoflauge concealer pallette review

Hey girl hey.  I'm going to be doing a series of reviews on some of the (copious amounts of) makeup I have starting with a concealer palette I've been using a lot for the past week.


Victoria's Secret Pro Camoflauge Concealer Palette ($14)

So, as you can see, there are 5 shades of concealer in this palette.  The apricot one on the far right is for counteracting dark blue-ish tones in the skin while the green one is for redness.  There is also a light, medium, and dark shade.  Because I'm fairly pale (around an NC25 in MAC terms), I don't use the dark concealer that much but sometimes I do use it as a cream bronzer or a lip color.  I initially thought that this would be such a great palette since it has 5 different shades and somewhat resembled that MUFE concealer palettes.  Of course it also comes with a useless brush...maybe you can repurpose it as a small lip brush?

PROS:
Good range of colors
Full Coverage, good pigmentation
Moisturizing (only the second one from the left)
Case feels pretty durable
Long lasting

CONS:
Smells faintly like plastic (not an issue to me but could be to someone else)
Hard-to-open lid
Inconsistant texture (the "medium" concealer shade is ULTRA creamy/sticky while the others are kind of hard and plastic-y feeling but you are still able to get product)
Feels sticky on the skin
Could make the under eye area look dry after setting concealer with a powder

All in all, this concealer isn't the worst I've ever used.  It's got pretty good coverage and good pigmentation.  I think it'd be great for traveling since it's all the concealers you'll need in one neat little case.  Would I repurchase?  Meh.  I'm torn.  I feel like I could get a better quality of a single shade of concealer for the same price but then I'd only be getting one shade without the ability to mix and match.

ganga green princess

This is an all green look using a dark brownish olive green through the crease, a bright spring green on the lid, and blue-green on the bottom.  It's pretty wearable for day considering the amount of greens being used!

Face: Nars Sheerglow foundation
          VS pro camoflauge concealer palette
         MAC MSF Natural
         MUFE setting powder

Cheeks: ELF bronzer/blush duo (only the bronzer)
              MAC blush in Style

Brows: MUFE eyebrow corrector

Eyes: UDPP in Sin
         MUFE cream color in a bright grassy green color (not sure of the number because it's an old sample)
          MUFE star powder pigment (again, an old sample and not sure of the color)
         Maybelline Enchanted Forest e/s quad (only the green for the crease)
          MAC Pigment in Naked (highlight)
        UD 24/7 liner in Covet (lower lashline)
          Covergirl Quad in Tropical Fusion (green/blue color to set lower lash liner)
         Black liquid Liner (any kind, on top and winged out)

Lips:  Victoria's Secret Lipstick in Whisper
             
By the way, does anyone know about surface piercings??

-Shanna