LOTD: Fashion Fair palette

This is actually my mom's palette that I decided to take because she doesn't use it anymore. She probably doesn't know it's even gone.

I've never heard of the brand Fashion Fair, but I know that she bought it at the Navy Exchange. It looks like a cheap, tacky make up palette that you would get for Christmas and would never want to use just because you know drug store make up serves with better purpose. However, I googled up the brand and apparently they sell it at Macy's for quite a bit.

The colors on this palette weren't ones that were vibrant enough to my liking, or colors that I would use in general... but I just wanted to play with it for fun.

Btw, I plucked my eyebrows so that when I fill them in they're pencil thin as viewed on the photos below, just the way I like them. 

Products used
Foundation: Sonia Kashuk tinted moisturizer that's too light for me
Lips: Fashion Fair palette (7)
Eyeshadow base: The All Natural Face oily lid primer in dark buff
Eyelashes: Loreal carbon black voluminous mascara
Eyeliner: Maybelline gel liner
Blush: Fashion Fair palette (6)

Eyeshadows
Fashion Fair palette (1): shimmery light pink for inner corner as well as highlight
Fashion Fair palette (2 + 3): In between inner corner and outer corner
Fashion Fair palette (4 + 5): Outer corner

Brows
Jordana e/s in black

LOTD: pink and brown

I would like to say that I attempted to do an inspired look, but I'd rather not because it didn't even come close to what it was supposed to look like due to my strong Chinese facial features (my eyes which lack that deep crease). 

This Smashbox palette is the third and last palette that I've recently purchased. All of their colors have similar and shimmery colors on them, but heeey you can never have too much make up. Pigmentation is great, but not as vibrant as Urban Decay's.

By the way, I somehow attempted to fake a short hair look. It's pretty impressive what I sometimes do with the lack of effort. 

Products used
Foundation: MAC studio fix powder
Lips: Rimmel l/s in temptation
Eyeshadow base: Smashbox photo finish lid primer, MAC cream base in pearl
Eyelashes: Bestkine lashes in Y-66, Loreal carbon black voluminous
Eyeliner: Clinique brush on cream liner in black
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
Smashbox wish palette: #1
Smashbox wish palette: #3

Smashbox wish palette: #9
Smashbox wish palette: #13

Loreal HIP e/s in cherry

Brows
Smashbox wish palette: #15
Jordana e/s in black

LOTD + Review: Urban Decay NYC palette

My second palette I bought. Heaven only knows how many I have yet to show you. Lol jk I have one more. Heeey, I needed to get my hands on a variety of eye shadow colors due to the fact that I don't have many other than my everyday/typical smokey eye look. This was the cheapest way to satisfy my cravings, by HOARDING up on palettes... yay.

Anyways, Urban Decay is known for having very pigmented and shimmery eyeshadows, and that's exactly what I got, except for a matte light black color. Needless to say, I love love love this palette. Although this palette has similar colors to my Too Faced palette, it's okay because that one was a bargain (calculations done on one of my recent posts). It came with two sample-sized pencils of its 24/7 glide-on eye pencils in Ransom and Zero, as well as a sample-sized bottle of Urban Decay's primer potion. Not bad for $54. It's a shame make up has just been pronounced as my newly-found hobby, I would have gotten the Alice in Wonderland palette after seeing numerous posts on tumblr.

Products used
Foundation: MAC face and body foundation in C5 applied with fingers
Powder: MAC select/sheer powder in NC40 applied with Prestige powder brush
Lips: Maybelline lipstick in nude blush
Eyeshadow base: UDPP
Eyelashes: Ebay
Eyeliner: Urban Decay 24/7 glide-on eye pencil in zero
Blush: MAC blush in peachykeen

Eyeshadows
Urban Decay e/s:  maui wowie for inner corner applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush
Urban Decay e/s: first I applied suspect to the whole lid except for the inner corner until the brow bone, then applied smog over the same area creating a gradient effect (light brown to dark brown) applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush
Urban Decay e/s: perversion to add depth to my "gradient" applied with Image Essentials crease & smudge brush and blended out
Urban Decay e/s: midnight cowboy rides again for highlight applied with Image Essentials angle & dome eye shadow brush

Brows
WNW eyebrow pencil in black
Urban Decay e/s: perversion

LOTD + Review: L.A. Colors - 10 color palette in Mineral Spa

Perhaps L.A. Colors falls under more of the hit or miss category when it comes to make up. Their nail polishes are decent for their price of $1.99. I bought this L.A. Colors palette for $1.99 and I guess you get what you pay for. I probably wouldn't have been able to apply a decent eyeshadow look without my lovely and reliable MAC brushes and a good base. There wasn't much pigmentation so I really had to pack the color onto my eyelids with the use of 4-5 applications. However, the highlight (I used two highlight colors) was pretty good which only took one application. 

Overall, I would not buy this product again or unless I get to sample the colors at a store or unless I read/hear rave reviews about an L.A. Colors product. :(

Products used
Eyeshadow base: UDPP and MAC paint pot in soft ocre
Eyelashes: Loreal voluminous in black
Eyeliner: Maybelline gel liner in black

Eyeshadows
L.A. Colors: (1 + 2) copper orange and dark gold for inner corner applied with Smashbox e/s brush
L.A. Colors: (3) dark brown for outer corner applied with MAC 219 and blended out with MAC 217
L.A. Colors:  (4 + 5) beige and light gold for highlight applied with E.L.F. blending brush

Brows
WNW eyebrow pencil in black
Avon eyebrow powder in black

LOTD: matte smokey eyes

I wanted to play with matte eyeshadows because I was inspired by ladylibbb (via tumblr).

Products used

Foundation: Revlon Colorstay in rich ginger applied with Image Essentials foundation brush

Powder: Coty Airspun loose powder in honey beige applied with Ecotools powder brush

Lips: Revlon matte l/s in mauve it over

Eyeshadow base: Artdeco eyeshadow base

False eyelashes: Beskine lashes applied with duo eyelash glue

Eyeliner: Smashbox gel liner in black

Eyeshadows

CS matte palette: beige for inner corner applied with MAC 219

Bare Escentuals e/s: coffee bean for outer corner applied with MAC 219 and blended out with MAC 217

MAC e/s: mystery to add depth to my outer corner applied with MAC 219 and blended with MAC 219

Bare Escentuals e/s: warmth to blend outer and inner lid colors applied with E.L.F. blending brush

Bare Escentuals e/s: bisque for highlight and to add more color over beige color applied with E.L.F. eyeshadow brush

Brows

MAC powerpoint eye pencil: stubborn brown

MAC e/s: mystery applied with Lilique angled brush

LOTD - Intensified smokey eye

I've never been able to work with the colors with the 28 color palette from Coastal Scents, but this time I tried to give it a go.

Face:
Sonia Kashuk perfecting liquid foundation applied with a sponge applicator
Prestige skin loving minerals powder in Tan
MAC blush - peachykeen applied with Posh blush brush
MAC blush (contour) - harmony applied with MAC 168
MAC mineralized skinfinish (face highlite) - soft and gentle applied with MAC 168

Eyes:
28 brown matte palette from Coastal Scents for all colors. Light colors applied with Smashbox eyeshadow brush and dark colors applied and blended with MAC 217.
Smashbox jet set waterproof eyeliner - midnight black applied with Sonia Kashuk angled brush
Bestkine lashes (Y-1)

Brows:
Black and brown mixed together from palette

Lips:
NYX - Chambord

Woops, ugly eyelashes. I didn't give it enough time to dry in peace.