Birthstone: Yellow Topaz

It's kind of scary that I have only two (now one...) birthstone looks left. Didn't I just start this series? Apparently, it has been almost a year. I can't believe how fast time has passed!

Well, before nostalgia grabs us too hard we might as well continue to the look. :) The birthstone for November is, as you might have guessed from the title, yellow topaz. And what better way to capture this gem stone with a makeup look than to combine yellow eyeshadow and golden liner?

I dusted the golden eyeshadow (Honey pot by Too Faced) on top of the whole thing as a last finish but unfortunately the camera didn't really pick it up. Instead you might distinguish some kind of dirty, yellow "glow". Well, now you know where that comes from...

As I've mentioned before, I hate the lack of daylight during the Swedish winter season. Almost all of my pictures were f*cked up because of that, hence this picture deprived post. -___-

Face

*Face & Body Foundation C1 (MAC)

*Studio Finish Concealer NC15 (MAC)

*Pressed Powder White (Stargazer)

Eyebrows

*Brow duo Dark brown (Anastasia Beverly Hills)

Eyes

*Creme Brulé (Makeup Geek) Crease color 

*Goldenrod (MAC)

*Goldilux (Sugarpill) Used as eyeliner

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)

*Honey Pot, Heaven, Cocoa Puff and Sexpresso (Too Faced)

*Sealing Gel (Illamasqua)

*Slink (Illamasqua)

*Extended Play Gigablack Mascara (MAC)

*False eyelashes #28 (Red Cherry)

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So that's that for now! :) If anyone is wondering what I've been up to lately, since it's been so quiet around here, I can tell you I've been in Stockholm for almost a week doing a basic training course with work, that I will tell you more about soon. I've had a fabulous week and met so much awesome people that I'm going to miss a lot now that I'm home again.

Thanks a lot for reading this post and hope you liked the look!

Everyday look: Classic

Very well, here comes the second of the looks created out of the "tutorial cards" (or whatever you want to call them...) that comes with the Too Faced Natural eye palette.

It is kind of a nice look although I think it is a bit too shimmery for my taste. To make this look a little more dramatic I added some black eyeliner, which was not in the instructions. I thought I would hate to apply a shimmery eyeshadow all the way up to my brows so I felt very brave trying this look out. It doesn't look as tacky as I had expected, though, and I kind of like the result.

Looks in this kind of color scheme makes blue eyes really pop. Push-Up is such a delicious color but it's a real bummer that Erotica barely shows up at all in the crease.

Glossy red lips is something that starts to become a regular part of my everyday looks. I imagine that bright red gloss makes my lips look fuller but that might be something that is merely just that - imagination. I don't know. I like it anyway. :)

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Loose powder (Isadora)

Eyebrows

*Sexpresso (Too Faced)

Eyes

*Silk Teddy (Too Faced)

*Push-Up (Too Faced)

*Erotica (Too Faced)

*Drama mascara (Make Up Store)

*False lashes #601 (Red Cherry)

Lips

*Perfect lipliner Prime Red (Isadora)

*Moisturizing Lipgloss Diva Red (Isadora)

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By the way... I have a BIG problem with my foundation (the Illamasqua Skin Base) at the moment. My skin and my foundation have decided that they will not talk to each other anymore which results in my skin becoming extremely oily and gross. It's terrible! The only thing I can do is to skip the foundation and just use a face primer or nothing at all on my face during the day. :(

Anyways, thank you for reading! :)