The Makeup Monologues

People seem to really like my Eurovision-inspired looks, so here's another batch! Austria 2016: Loin D'ici by Zoe This is one of my favourite songs from this year's selection, which has a lot to do with the aesthetic that both the song and the video evoke. It reminds me of fairy princesses! For this look, I used mostly my Urban Decay Electric palette- Savage and Jilted in the crease, Urban on the outer corner and Revolt on the lid. I then used Colourpop's Piggy Bank Creme Gel liner for my wing and waterline. I used a very bubblegum-pink blush- essence Pinky Flow- and a combination of OCC lip tars in Iced (frosty white), Hoochie (magenta purple) and NSFW (true red) on the lips. Russia 2016- You Are The Only One by Sergey Lazarev My absolute favourite song this year! This is more of a fun look- I used the colours in the music video for inspiration. For the eyes, I used Fran, Destroyer and Analogue from the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette in the crease,...

Apart from makeup, my biggest interest is watching the Eurovision Song Contest every year. Eurovision is a contest held in Europe where countries that are part of the European Broadcasting Union send in an original song and act each year, and then they compete. Each country gets to allot points to their top ten acts, and the country with the most points at the end wins! I love Eurovision- I'm part of several fan groups online, and recently, I've been using Eurovision songs to inspire my makeup looks. I actually worked up the courage to post a few looks to the fan groups, and they were met with a lot of praise, as well as requests for more looks inspired by specific songs! So I thought I might as well share a few of the looks here with you. The links to the songs are in the titles as well! Latvia 2016: Heartbeat by Justs The first Eurovision look I did, and still probably my favourite. I used my Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette on the eyes- mostly Destroyer for the ...

Keeping with the CBB's September Plum theme, I had a serious brainstorming session to come up with plum-related posts. Eventually I settled on detailing three different ways on how to wear plum eyeshadow! Let's get going. #1: As a Sheer Wash of Colour Plum shadow is surprisingly sophisticated when used as your only eyeshadow, especially as a sheer wash of colour. For this look, you're going to want to take a fluffy brush and a warm, pinky plum shadow with some shimmer to it. I chose this shade from the Wet N Wild Silver Lake Thrift Store Chic palette. Dip your fluffy shadow brush gently in the shadow, then begin patting it on your lid. Keep going to just above your crease and around the outer corner. Make sure you have any dark circles covered, and make sure your brows are well-groomed but not too bold. This will make your eyes stand out, without being too distracting. Alternatively, start by dabbing the shadow into the cen...

Hey guys! Just a quick pop-in post today- I'm going to share a random neon look with you. I was feeling frisky one day, grabbed some products I hadn't played with, and painted the town neon! Here's a good face shot. I went a little tame on this look, actually, to make the brows stand out. On my brows is essence teal colour flash mascara. On my eyes I used Sephora Collection Eye Contour Pencil in Banana Split and Colour proof waterproof liquid eyeliner in Love Story. On my lips is MAC's So Be topped with a lilac gloss from the Bite Beauty Watercolour Lip Library. Overall I think the look is quite successful! I'm excited to do more neon looks for this month. 

It's a surprise I put this off so long! Today I'm shopping my existing stash of makeup for the Pantone 2015 colour of the year- Marsala! When it was first revealed, I wasn't sure how to feel about it. It was so boring and not-me after the amazing Radiant Orchid of the past year. But I resolved to make it work. Still, I haven't gone seeking out anything Marsala in particular. This is what I have: A measly four products! I have the Maybelline Eyestudio Baked Shadow duo in Sinful Sinnamon (the left shade, obviously.) Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Pomegranate Punk (a bit of a stretch, I know.) Flower Cosmetics Colour Play Creme Eyeshadow in Awesome Blossom, which looks more Marsalesque in the jar than on the arm or eyes. And I also have Maybelline Creamy Matte lipstick in Touch of Spice. (L-R) Sinful Sinnamon (left shade), Pomegranate Punk, Awesome Blossom, Touch of Spice And here they are all slapped onto my face. The eye look didn't ...

Earlier I posted what colours are on trend for this season of Spring 2015, and now I've decided that I'm going to shop my stash for those colours to see what I already have! Here are my picks for Tangerine. They're not exactly "Tangerine", all of them, but they're all orangey and evoke the same feeling. I've got one eye product, two cheek products and one lip product (I would have included Wet N Wild's 24 Carrot Gold but I forgot it at my mom's house!) Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Fierce & Tangy Joe Fresh Mousse Blush in Melon Joe Fresh Colour-Changing Blush in Coral And Maybelline ColorSensational Vivids Lipstick in Electric Orange. (Top to Bottom) Fierce & Tangy, Melon, Coral, Electric Orange (Top to Bottom) Fierce &Tangy, Melon, Coral, Electric Orange And then I decided to slap them all on my face at the same time for the ultimate tangerine look! I created a wing using a small conceal...