Lauren's "Back In Black"...

After a short absence, youtube's very own Panacea81, a.k.a. Lauren comes back strong and beautiful as ever with a great tutorial on acheiving the exagerrated winged liner look made famous by Amy Winehouse! Hottie alert! Check it out!!

Grey, White, Yellow & Hunter Green Look

Check out this awesome look by SarahVictor on youtube! It's a super hot yellow and black smokey eye with a touch of grey and green! If you haven't checked out her videos, you need to! She has some great tips and some looks that you can add to your "I've gotta try this look!" list. The lovely Sarah also shows off her gorgeous hair in some hair styling tuts! Enjoy! :)

L'ORÉAL H.I.P. Pigment Swatches

Here are some swatches of L'oréal's H.I.P. Shocking Shadow Pigments. They are applied over Urban Decay Primer Potion and applied with a Maxine's Mop brush (like a MAC 239). I tried to take pictures at different angles and lighting because a couple of the colors looked a little bit different depending on how the light hit them. One of them though, was a completely different color in a different angle and lighting (Intrepid).

Can I just say this much? They're color payoff/intensity is AMAZING! I'm super glad that I bought these to play with! Enjoy the swatches! FOTD's coming soon! Woohoo!! :)

If you want to see a larger view, just click on the image! :)

Major Drugstore Store Haulage

WARNING!! Not for the faint of heart.

So I got my loan money this week and after paying some bills, I had more money left over than I expected. Naturally, rather than put it into savings, I spent it. I honestly didn't mean to spend it...honest!!

But yesterday, when my friend needed to stop at CVS on the way home from the mall to pick up her prescription, I decided I'd get a couple of the L'oréal HIP prodcuts to try (finally). Well, I wasn't expecting CVS to be having a BOGO Free sale with your CVS card...especially on a lot of the HIP items. Needless to say, my "Oh my!! Two for the price of one means I can buy MOOOORRREE!" mentality kicked in and here's what I got. Swatches coming soon!

• L'ORÉAL H.I.P. Shocking Shadow Pigments
  
  • 1ST ROW: Fiery, Tenacious, Rebel, Striving, Intrepid, Beckoning
    
  • 2ND ROW: Valiant, Visionary, Progressive, Unashamed, Restless, Exciting

BUT WAIT!! There's moorrrree!!!

• L'ORÉAL H.I.P. Bright Shadow Duo


• 1ST ROW: Roaring, Wicked, Reckless
  
• 2ND ROW: Showy, Riotous, Flamboyant
  
• 3RD ROW: Forgiving, Sassy, Flashy
  
• 4TH ROW: Flare

Don't go anywhere yet!! There's still more!! (I told you that mentality kicked in! My husband hates it cause even though it claims to save you money, it never really saves him or me any money cause then I just buy more. lol)

• L'ORÉAL H.I.P. Color Truth Cream Eyeliner Teal, Midnight Blue, Eggplant, Brown

I also got some Stýli-Style Line & Seal Eyeliners since a couple of them were 50% off.

• TOP TO BOTTOM: Jade, Forest, Green/Black, Awuamarine, Turq, Twilight, Tanzanite, Bronze, Black/Brown

Beauty From The Earth Swatches

Here are swatches of some of the Multipurpose Minerals that I have from Beauty From The Earth. I have quite a few more BFTE minerals, but I haven't had a chance to swatch them yet. As soo as I do, though, I'll put them up for you guys!

With flash.

Top Row: Midnight Blue, Purple Irises, Steel, Black.
2nd Row: Peacock, Ocean Mist, Sage, Green Apple
3rd Row: 24K Gold, Sunkissed, Coral, Amaryllis
Bottom: Dusty Rose

In Direct Sunlight.


Applied over Urban Decay Primer Potion, all in natural lighting.


I've received a lot of questions in my youtube mail and comments about what I think of BFTE products and if I think they are really worth it.

First of all, I must say this. I have never used mineral products before. When I first started using BFTE, it was the first mineral makeup that I had ever had the chance to try. That being said, let's move on to my thoughts on BFTE.

I personally really enjoy using their products. I have a jar of their foundations, quite a few multipurpose minerals, a mineral veil, and their Ultimate kabuki brush. Overall, I am really impressed with their products. On some makeup forums, I had seen some FOTD's where mineral makeup was used, and I just wasn't impressed. I'm very big on eyeshadow colors (if you couldn't tell from some of my videos), so color selection, product quality, and color payoff are very, very important factors for me when it comes to makeup. In my honest opinion, I feel that BFTE has met my standards. The color selection and payoff are what sold me on these products. The colors are bright and playful. There can be some fall-out when applying them, but using the right brush can also minimize the amount of fall-out. I find that the Loew Cornell 3/8" Maxine's Mop brush (which is comparable to the MAC 239) is great for applying these wonderful pigments and also isn't a bad brush to use for blending lightly.

As for their foundation, I think it's wonderful! It gives me the coverage I desire, but feels light at the same time! I'd more than likely opt to where this foundation when summertime comes and the humidity rises. I've actually opted to wear my BFTE foundation in my recent videos, just cause it does the trick and is much quicker to put on compared to my Clinique foundation. Their kabuki brush (which is the first kabuki brush I've owned) is super soft and feels nice against my skin as I'm buffing out my foundation.

Overall, if you're interested in mineral makeup, it could definitely be worth your while to check them out. If nothing else, you can get some really pretty colors that I don't have any MAC dupes for (i.e., Green Apple, Ocean Mist...)

Light Teal Soft Smokey Eye

A youtuber request for GothidgeAngel18







PRODUCTS USED
--FACE--
Beauty From the Earth Foundation in Dark
Beauty From the Earth Mineral Veil
MAC Mineralized Skin Finish in Nothern Light (blush)
MAC Mineralized Skin Finish in Global Glow (contouring)

--EYES--
Urban Decay Primer Potion
MAC Ricepaper Eyeshadow
MAC Teal Pigment
MAC Espresso Eyeshadow (also used it for brows)
MAC Stubborn Brown Powerpoint Eye Pencil
Diorshow Mascara in Black

--LIPS--
Stýli-Style Line & Seal Lipliner in Sand
MAC Plastique Lipstick
MAc Pretty Plush Plushglass

SONGS HEARD
"Linger" by The Cranberries
"Kiss Me" by Six Pence None The Richer
"Lovefool" by The Cardigans

NYX Swatches!!

Here are some swatches I took of some of my NYX products. Since taking these pictures I have recieved more NYX single eyeshadows, but I haven't taken any swatches of those yet. So for now, here ya go! By the way, if you want to see the swatches close up, just click on the picture for a bigger view. :)

NYX Single Eyeshadows
Top row: Root Beer, Golden, Blondie
2nd row: Platinum Pink, Sweet Pink, Nude, Apricot Moose
3rd row: Golden Poppy Hot Yellow, Chick, Lime Juice
4th row: Khaki, Sweet Lagoon, Jade, Wildfire
5th row: Lanikai, Baby Pink, Purple Charcoal


Applied over UDPP.

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Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils:
Yogurt, Purple, Pacific, Pots & Pans, Oyster, Horse Raddish

NYX Liquid Eyeliners:
Lilac, Electric Blue, Baby Blue


NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil & Liquid Eyeliner swatches: Applied over bare skin.

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NYX Jumbo Lip Pencils:
Iris, Pink Nude, Soft Fuschia


Applied over bare skin.

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NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Loose Eyeshadows (I put up multiple pics of the swatches for these to show how sparkly they are and how the light reflects off of the colors.)
Top row: Sky Pink Pearl, Fanta Pearl, Yellowgold Pearl, Lime Pearl, Space Pearl, Lilac Pearl
2nd Row: White Pearl, Nude Pearl, Oro Pearl, Mocha Pearl, Walnut Pearl, Charcoal Pearl, Black Pearl

Applied over UDPP.

The Easiest Smokey Eye Tut Ever!!

PRODUCTS USED
--FACE--
Clinique Perfectly Real Makeup - Shade 18 (G)
Clinique Blended Face Powder - Trancparency 03
MAC Global Glow Mineralized skinfinish (contouring)
MAC Nothern Light Mineralized Skinfinish (blush)

--EYES--
UDPP
Urban Decay Chopper eyeshadow (applied to upper lid with Loew Cornell 3/8" Maxine's Mop Brush, and to lower lashline with MAC 219 brush)
MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow (applied with Face secrets Shadow blending brush)
MAC smolder Eye Kohl (smudged with MAC 219 brush)
Diorshow Mascara
MAC Espresso eyeshadow (to fill in brows, applied with MAC 266 brush)

--LIPS--
MAC Spice Lipliner
MAC Plastique Lipstick
MAC Sinnamon Lustreglass

MAC's Chrome Yellow & Electric Eel Tut!

Got a couple of youtubers wanting to see a look with Chrome Yellow and Electric Eel eyeshadows. I called in the help of Aquadisiac to make blending easier and here's the finished look as well as the video! Enjoy!

PRODUCTS USED
--FACE--
Clinique Perfectly Real Makeup - Shade 18 (G)
Clinique Blended Face Powder - Trancparency 03
MAC Global Glow Mineralized skinfinish (contouring)
MAC Nothern Light Mineralized Skinfinish (blush)

--EYES--
UDPP
MAC Chrome Yellow eyeshadow
MAC Electric Eel eyeshadow
MAC Aquadisiac eyeshadow
MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow
MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
MAC Espresso eyeshadow
Diorshow Mascara

--LIPS--
Stýli-Style Line & Seal lipliner in Nude
MAC Cosmo lipstick
MAC Optical 3Dglass

A Soft Winter Look!

Or you could consider it for Spring since it's kind of pastel-ly. :D Anyhoo, did a video tut using a couple of colors from Urban Decay's Urban Ammo Eye Palette. Hope you guys like it!

And just for the heck of it...