FOTD - Pretty Purples

So this was my face today. I felt like doing purple. A friend of mine on Facebook requested a purple look. I also have so many purple eyeshadows that I need to get through!

Anyway, products are listed below, enjoy!

[PRODUCTS USED]

- EYES -

NYX "Velvet Rope" Palette [lid, brow bone]

YSL Duo #15 [crease, inner corner, lower lash line]

Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara - black

ELF liquid liner - black

MAC "Graphblack" eyeliner - black [waterline]

Revlon accent lashes

MAC "Velvetone" eyebrow pencil

Maybelline Age-Rewind concealer in medium 

- FACE -

Laura Mercier Radiance Primer

Smashbox Softlights in "Bronze Lights" [highlight]

MAC "Desert Rose" blush

MAC "Blunt" blush [bronzer]

- LIPS -

EOS lipbalm in "Sweet Mint"

I hope you think I did a good job :]

Comments are always welcome [and encouranged]! Follow my blog if you wish, I will follow back. I love reading other people's blogs, and seeing other people's makeup.

Lots of Love,

Mary XOXO

How To: Wear Orange Lips

Orange lips are all the rage for spring and summer. I personally love this trend, it can be worn so many ways. In this post I show you 3 different ways to do an orange lip - from sheer to full on BAM! in your face.

Keeping in mind, orangey tones generally work with both brunettes and blondes as well as fair and dark complexions. It’s just a matter of finding your personal best shade of orangey goodness.

You can pair an orange lip with a golden eyeshadow, bronzer and you're ready to go. You can also rock this trend with simple black liner and mascara. Something more neutral - with such a bold lip, you want to keep the focus there and down play the eyes a bit. Always moisturize your lips first, because vibrant lipstick can emphasize chapped, flaky lips!

However, since there are no rules when it comes to makeup, you can do whatever you want to your face. These are merely suggestions :]

Below are pictures of a way to wear this color. Sheer, muted, and bold. I have done a simple copper eyeshadow, winged liner, and a frosty gold highlight on my eyes. On my cheeks I have some bronzer and a pinch of a peachy-pink blush.

Enjoy!

 Sheer Look

"Orange Juice" lipgloss by Sephora

Muted Look

"Ravishing" by MAC

Bold Look

"Lady Danger" by MAC

So there are a few options on how to rock this trend. As far as fashion and wardrobe is concerned, monochromatic outfits and simple neutral outfits can most definitely compliment this lip. Also, jewel tones can make this really stand out. Again, do as you will, there are essentially no rules in your personal fashion :]

Lots of Love,

Mary XOXO

Spring Brights :]

Today I felt inspired to do a pretty, bright spring look. The grass is growing, I love the trends, and I'm in love with this look!This whole look was focused around my new Viva Glam Nicki lipstick. It's a gorgeous pinky-coral color that is just perfect for spring - bright and super pigmented! I did the lips first, then the eyes just kind of fell together.

I did a multi-colored green eye, light pink cheeks, some contouring and a bright pink lip. 

[PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW]

 [PRODUCTS USED]

- EYES -

MAC Soft Ocre paint pot

MAC Bitter e/s [inner corner and blending color]

MAC Swimming [lid color]

MAC Humid [crease and outer v]

Maybelline MasterDrama eyeliner in Midnight Master [tightline, waterline]

Maybelline MasterPrecise liquid liner in Black [winged liner]

eBay Lashes

Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara in Extreme Black

MAC eyebrow definere in Velvetone

- CHEEKS -

Elf Contouring Blush and Bronzer Duo

- LIPS -

MAC Viva Glam Nicki

Sephora gloss in Orange Juice

- FACE -

Covergirl TruBlend foundation in 5

Clinique concealer in medium

So, I hope you all enjoyed my little take on some fun spring makeup. I forgot how much fun it is just to sit down and create a look. I can't wait to see other people's spring time looks, and leave a comment if you wish :]

Lots of Love,

Mary XOXO

I'm back. VOTE 4 LOOKS!

I'm finally back on here after being a regular, old reader for the last few months.

So, to come back, I need help from you guys :]

What do YOU want to see?!

VOTE!

Lots of Love,

XOXO M

Organizing my makeup...

Hi bloggers!!

It has been so long since I posted anything on here! So today I thought I would organize my mess of a makeup stash. Some of you have asked to see my collection, so here is drawer #1 that I need to go through...

This is going to take allllllll day!!
Definitely thinking about having a blog sale. I will upload another pic when I'm done [if I don't somehow drown in my stuff, lol]

I'm glad to be back and posting! Hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it).
How are you all doing with holiday shopping?! Thanks to the internet, I'm almost done :]

Lots of Love,
XOXO M

Sugar Skull :]

Happy Halloween my loves!

White clown makeup - Bulletproof - Love+ - GLITTER!

This was actually really fun. After I got over the fear of mapping out the black! 

Hope you all have a chilling Halloween ;]

Lots of Love,

XOXO M

Theme Collab with YouTuber PiinkLemonaade :]

I watch a lot of YouTube, and while I was browsing I found a new girl to watch. Her tutorials are nice, and she is awesomely daring with her makeup sometimes.

I messaged her and asked if she would like to collab on a video/post theme, and I could have died when she said yes. Lmao.

Anyway, I got white wine, and she did red wine. Check out her video, I'm putting it at the end.
I hope you enjoyed this little combo. It was fun making it, and I actually got really into the white wine thing.
I even added some green and purple, and brown liner. It was fun!

I hope you like it, as always.
I really think it came out nice,
it kinda looks like bridal makeup though.

Check out PiinkLemonaade's video :]
[she hasn't posted it yet, when she does I will do an updated post]


Lots of Love,
XOXO M

Super fast EOTD!

I do this super fast when sleep is so much better than getting ready

This is Sidecar from the Naked Palette, and black Rimmer eyeliner. Oh, and L'Oreal Voluminous mascara.

I know, I know, my eyebrows. Whatever, when I'm in a hurry eyebrows is really not important lmao! anyway, just smudged the liner with the smudger that comes on the eyeliner. It's like a sponge. That's it, guided it where I wanted it and ta-da! I really like how it looks blue-ish. Very cool.

Also, I collaborated with one of my favorite YouTubers and we are doing a take on red wine and white wine. I got white wine, it's gonna be a good time ;] Look for it this weekend. I'm finally catching up on my blog reading!

Lots of Love,
XOXO M

Wearable Sugarpill :]

I'm in love with Sugarpill's Dollypop eyeshadow, so today I decided I wanted to wear it wearably (?) out!
I used it to "smoke out" my faux gold.
In case you guys don't know the colors, here they are -

Products Used

• • MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder 
• • L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara Carbon 
• • Sugarpill Pressed Eyeshadow Dollipop 
• • Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner Black 
• • MAC Faux Gold 

SO yeah, another quick look. I am really loving Faux Gold too. It's one of those shadows that can look like all sorts of different shades. Loves it.

Lots of Love,

XOXO M

Gold/Purple EOTD

I do looks like this when I'm in a rush, or just want to do a simple, everyday look.
Gold lid, brown crease, black liner, purple liner, mascara.

Gold/Purple EOTD
My MakeupBee Page 

PRODUCTS USED

• • Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner Black 
• • L´Oreal Voluminous Mascara 
• • Urban Decay Darkhorse Shadow 
• • Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner Koi 
• • MAC Faux Gold 
• • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil Binge 

Hope this was a fun, little post. I like that this EOTD/N is quick and easy. I can post daily, I don't wear makeup everyday though... hmm...

I love looking at everyone else's EOTD, so I hope you enjoyed this :]

Lots Of Love,

XOXO M

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Super Bass

Yep, finally decided to do Super Bass :]

Hahaha!

"Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj

XOXO M

Captain America - Super Soldier

PART 2

Here is part 2, the more literal of the series. Part 1 was classic 40's era makeup, and this is WAY more costume makeup [which btw, is my favorite makeup to do]

Here is the inspiration pic -

Here is my recreation -

I just did the eyes, because the face wouldn't really have been anything. No lipstick, nothing like that. Had I done my face I probably would have contoured with a gray toned powder. I wanted to keep it looking "dirty" - I am a soldier. Soldiers get dirty. I wanted to keep some of the star in the look, so I went with disconnected star points for my outer corner. I lined that with red to keep the red in the look as well.

Since the inspiration picture is so dark and dirty, I kept it just that. I used a bunch of grays and blacks, I used a bright silver on the inner corner for drama, and my lid just a very dark blue. I blended everything out with typographic from MAC. It's just a dark gray. This would be my Captain America super soldier war-paint. 

This was so much fun. Another cool movie needs to come out so I can do some more :]

Tomorrow is going to be an AOTD and NOTD, so stay watchin' for that!

Love you all, 

XOXO M