lördag 23 mars 2013

Birthstones: Aquamarine

Sorry for the lack of posts here this past week. It was supposed to be my last job at my trainee job and I was kind of depressed because I really enjoy working there and I didn't want to quit. Then, the last day, I managed to convince the employment agency to let me work for another month. :)

As you will also see I have begun to grow my eyebrows back, but there will be a separate post on this subject soon.

Well, anyway, here is a look that breathes of spring, inspired by March's own birthstone; the aquamarine.


Intending to create something aquatic I played around a bit with Lumi by Sugarpill, and this was the result. I really like how colors like these bring out a teal color in my eyes.


It is very hard to capture the sheer and delicate Lumi in a way that will do it justice. Over NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk it will take the form of a light turquoise and over Black bean as a deeper teal shimmer. I tried to experiment with blur in my pics to get the shimmer to show up but it didn't want to.


For both blush and lips I decided to use cool toned colors. I also painted on a beauty mark and dabbed some Lumi over it to give the look kind of a vintage mermaid feel to it. :) What do you think?






Face
*Matte foundation Fair (Bare minerals)
*Blush Flushed (e.l.f.)

Eyebrows
*Velvet revolver (Too Faced)
*Sexpresso (Too Faced)

Eyes
*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)
*Jumbo pencil Black bean (NYX)
*Jumbo pencil Milk (NYX)
*Lumi (Sugarpill)
*Mochi (Sugarpill)
*Tako (Sugarpill)
*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)
*Heaven (Too Faced)
*Medium Pencil S.O.P.H.I.E. (Illamasqua)
*True natural Mascara (Lumene)
*False lashes #43 (Red Cherry)

Lips
*Lipstick Kontrol (Illamasqua)
*Lumi (Sugarpill)

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Furthermore, I have been "upgraded" at work. It has been discovered that I have somewhat of a talent for selling stuff (read: makeup) so I got to sell one of the more exclusive brands, which is great. :) It's really fun to sell luxury makeup and skin care!

Anyways, I have some posts planned for this week so I hope I will be able to keep you entertained! I am also planning to do a requested look (Tarja Turunen at Hartwall arena) that will probably be posted next weekend. 

Thank you so much for reading and hope to see you soon!





13 kommentarer:

  1. Love!! March is my birthmonth so I knew I would! ;) I've never seen Lumi over Black Bean - it's gorgeous - this looks stunning on you. Also love the Lumi mixed with Kontrol. Congrats on the job!

    SvaraRadera
    Svar
    1. Thanks! :) It is an interesting eyeshadow that way!

      Radera
  2. Loved the combination in kontrol lipstick with lumi shadow :3

    barbarellamaquill-arte.blogspot.mx

    SvaraRadera
  3. I love the lips. And congrats on job-related things, that's awesome :)

    SvaraRadera
  4. I'm really curious about why you decided to grow your eyebrows back :)

    SvaraRadera
  5. Du passar verkligen i alla färger! <3

    SvaraRadera
  6. You lucked out when it comes to birthstones, because aquamarine looks AMAZING on you! :)

    SvaraRadera