Hi my lovelies, this weeks FFF is a green and turquoise look using the Urban Decay NYC Book of Shadows (number 3) as I haven't used it in a while and thought I'd make use of it again! 

Products used

Eyes:

> UDPP

> NYX JEP in Milk

> Urban Decay NYC Book of Shadows: Maui Wowie, Kush, Loaded

> La Femme eyeshadow: Irid White

> Sleek Au Naturel palette - Bark & Noir

> MAC fluidline in Blacktrack

> UD 24/7 eye pencil in Electric

> Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara

> Khuraira ACC in Light

> MAC Studio Finish concealer - NC35

Face:

> UD Naked Skin foundation 6.0

> UD Razorsharp powder

> UD Baked Bronzer in Toasted

Lips:

> UD Super Saturated Lip Color (SSLC) in Crush

After priming the eye with UDPP & NYX JEP in Milk I applied Maui Wowie (glittery golden-green) to the inner corner, followed by Kush (green) to the rest of the eyelid. Loaded (dark green) was used on the outer corner and crease, blending inwards slightly at the crease. La Femme Irid White was used on the brow bone and blended down into Loaded.

After cleaning up the outer corner with a cotton wool bud, MAC Fluidline was used for the top liner and inner eye followed by UD Electric liner on the lower lashline.

Sleek Bark & Noir eyeshadows were used to fill the brows and after concealing under the eyes Daniel Sandler Jumbo Jet mascara was worked into the lashes:

For the rest of the face I used the new UD Naked Skin sample I received at a counter in shade 6.0 and set it with the UD Razorsharp powder. I then added colour to the cheeks and face with UD Baked Bronzer in Toasted and used a bright pink on the lips (UD Crush SSLC):

I hope you liked this look; please feel free to request any makeup looks you'd like done by either commenting below, emailing, tweeting or writing on my facebook page!

Also, do let me know if you'd like a review of the new Urban Decay Naked Skin foundation used in this makeup look. 

Stay beautiful <3

 

FFF: Blue & Red makeup look with Book of Shadows IV

This weeks FFF is from an old look I've had on my computer as I've been so busy this week! I've had two photoshoots (both of which I'll be posting pictures soon of) aswell as starting an internship, so I'm a lot busier these days but I'll make sure to keep up with blogging!

For this look the products used were:

Eyes:

> UDPP
> UD BOS IV: Zephyr, Skimp & Blue Bus
> Sleek Au Naturel palette - Noir & Bark
> UD 24/7 eye pencils in Zero & Deviant
> UD Ink for Eyes in Zero
> UD Cannonball mascara
> Khuraira ACC in Light
> MAC Studio Finish concealer - NC35
Face:
> Sleek blush in Fenberry
Lips:
> MAC lipstick in Such Flare!
> Vaseline

To start, prime the eyes with UDPP and follow with Zephyr on the inner corner and a little Skimp on the brow bone. Follow along the eyelid with Blue Bus, making it more intense at the outer corner and blending upwards. You can use a bit more Skimp to blend a bit better, removing any sharp lines.
Line the inner eye with UD Zero pencil and topliner with UD Ink for eyes in Zero too. Using Deviant 24/7 eye pencil, line the lower lashline.
Conceal under the eye and fill in the brows with Sleek Au Naturel palette - Bark (and Noir if required):

For the rest of the face I used Sleek blush in Fenberry on the cheeks and a bit of Vaseline followed by MAC Such Flare! lipstick:

Just a quick look this week, nothing too fancy haha!
Do let me know if you have any requests too.

Jessica Alba look

Ok Jessica Alba is undoubtedly one of the hottest celebrities, and is my favourite. What I love most about her is the fact she wears very subtle makeup like eyeliner and mascara and still looks great.

When trying to find a picture of her wearing visible makeup, it was pretty hard!

But I managed to find one of her wearing fairly dramatic makeup, so I decided to try it out. Here's the look:

It looks quite 60s to me, Twiggy comes to mind, just less dramatic eyeliner. I don't usually like using very dark colours in the crease of the eyes because it can give the impression of a panda, but I attempted the look and it didn't look too bad! I didn't have the exact matt minty/pastel blue as used with JA, but I found a cool blue (shattered) with tones of green-gold from my first Book of Shadows, and mixed it with the Models Own (MO) "white pearl".


Here's what I used for the look:

> UD Primer Potion (UDPP)
> UD Book of Shadows I - "shattered" and "perversion"
> MO "white pearl"
> Barry M "30" or "white"
> MO black kohl eyeliner
> Eyelash curlers
> Dior Iconic mascara
> UD Surreal Skin concealer in "hallucination"
> myface.cosmetics concealer in "213"
> Clinique "sunset glow" blush & "almond blossom" bronzer
> Elf lip gloss in "honey"


First I used the MO eyeshadow shading brush to apply MO white pearl to under the eyebrow/brow bone. I then put "shattered" all over the eye, from the eyelid to the brow bone, going over the white shadow. I then used the MO angled/liner brush to add a line of perversion to the crease of the eye, blending very slightly, then more so with the MO blending brush, adding very lightly some more perversion to try and achieve the desired look. I made sure I was careful to try and not add too much black because of the aforementioned panda eye scenario, and also from the side view of the Jessica Alba pic, the black isn't very visible.

I then used the Barry M white eyeliner on the lower water line, and a little of the MO white pearl on the lower lashline, using the MO angled brush. I then lined the top eyelid with MO black kohl eyeliner and then curled the lashes with the new Elf eyelash curlers I bought, followed by Dior Iconic mascara on top and especially bottom lashes (using zigzag motions).
After applying the two concealers under the eye, I used both of Clinique's blush and bronzer, applying the sunset blush to the apples of the cheeks, and the bronzer to the tops of cheeks, to give a slight shimmer.

Finally I used Elf lipgloss in honey for a nude-ey golden touch à la Jessica Alba and this lipgloss smells and tastes like sugar!
Et...

Voila!

 

 















I actually think the look ended up looking more Kim Kardashian than Jessica Alba, but they look similar to me anyway and both are certified hotties, so can't be all that bad!

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Urban Decay NYC Book of Shadows make up look..

Ok so strictly speaking, it's not 100% the NYC BOS (book of shadows). I used my Alice in Wonderland Palette too - for "white rabbit" eyeshadow and the two 24/7 pencils - zero and flipside. I actually started off without the Urban Decay (UD) primer potion this time cos i wanted to see just how vibrant the colour was..and I didn't intend to blog about it!

Here's what I used:

> UD NYC: radium (blue) & haight (teal-blue) eyeshadows

> UD Alice in Wonderland: white rabbit eyeshadow (off-white with glitter sparkle) and

> 24/7 eyeliners: zero & flipside (teal)

> UD Heavy Metal glitter eyeliner in "spandex" (multicoloured/ rainbow-blue)

> Dior Extase mascara

> MAC NC35 concealer

> Clinique "sunset glow" blush

> Sleek "raspberry souffle" pout polish

eyeshadow colours up close

I started off by slapping on radium to the full eyelid with the MO shading brush, followed by haight to the socket, and out towards the eyebrow, stopping just before the brow, so that white rabbit could be blended down. I used the MO blending brush to do so, making sure the two colours blended as well as possible, adding more white rabbit if haight took over; I had enough dark radium on the eye, so I only wanted haight to show in the socket mainly. I then blended haight and radium, sweeping the colour outwards towards the tip of my eyebrow, making it a little winged, but not too much/dark.

I then used UD 24/7 flipside eyeliner on the lower eyelid, making it as thick as possible, so that the zero could be added on the inner waterline of the bottom eyelid too. Again, zero was used on the top eyelid, along with UD spandex glitter eyeliner - my favourite combo, even on their own! The glitter really looks great on top of the black eyeliner, and to finish off the eyes I used Dior Extase mascara.. two coats for extra dramatic lashes to stand out against the vibrant eyeshadow.

I used the same concealer, and also the same blusher and lipgloss cos again I thought it suited the look best - bright colours!

I loveddd the colours, and even without primer potion, the colours stood out, looking gorgeous, especially radium! I think it may be a new favourite :D

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Got It!

Managed to get my Urban Decay Book of Shadows yesterday and even though very knackered from work, I found time to take pictures of the beauty! Even my hubby said it looked artistic and nice, so the spend is totally justified now ;)

Outer cover

Yes it lights up!

The full beauty of it

The colours: Left to right starting from the top:

Perversion, uzi, loaded, kush,

midnight cowboy rides again, last call, rockstar, money,

haight, maui wowie, smog, bordello, 

radium (i LOVE this bright blue!!), snatch, suspect, psychedelic sister

24/7 pencils in: zero and ransom, and travel size eyeshadow primer potion.

So now I can boast I have all book of shadows to date.. And I love them all!!

Top to bottom: Books 1-3 + Alice in Wonderland book on right

Not only did they have this palette, two more new palettes are out; "naked" palette and the "black" palette. The naked palette has all natural shades (hence the name "naked"!) whilst the black palette has different colours all toned with black for a smokey look, which remind me of the toofaced "baked" eyeshadows. The black palette also includes a new primer potion colour - "eden". I'm intrigued about this new shade of primer potion, but I'm not a big fan of the black colours, so I'm hoping they release a full size of the product so I can buy it.

Anyway, I'll be posting a makeup look for sure once I get time, but this palette is so irresistible, I don't think it'll be too long!

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