Monthly Theme: Purple

I've been working this weekend so I actually thought I wouldn't have time to participate in miss Kitty's Monthly theme this month, but I hurried to fix this look for you. :)

The sun was shining and I couldn't find decent lighting conditions anywhere so most of the pictures were, well... destroyed beyond the healing powers of PS. As a result, you only get to see one of the pictures... :(

Sorry for the lack of pictures...

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Loose powder (Isadora)

Eyebrows

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)
*Gel liner Amethyst (Makeup Geek)

*Poison Plum (Sugarpill)

*Heaven (Too Faced)

*Velvet Revolver (Too Faced)

*Sexpresso (Too Faced)

*True Natural Mascara (Lumene)

*False lashes #601 (Red Cherry)

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This coming week I have some product reviews and stuff coming up for you but hopefully also a couple of looks. :) 

Thanks for reading! 

Mint Chocolate

As mentioned in the Sugarpill swatch-fest post I am completely in love with Mochi. Although I really hate the taste of mint, I find mint green eyeshadow delicious and this one is just perfect. :)

The look I'm showing you today is inspired by this look by Jacqueline from abrilliantbrunette.com. I find that combining mint and brown is such an excellent choice, so I just had to try it. And here is the result. :)

For once I didn't use black eyeliner to create a retro-wing on my eyes! :P 

Nude lips to make the look more work appropriate and balance out the colorful eye-makeup. :) (I snapped this pic a couple of minutes before I left for work, that's why the piercings are absent). 

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Studio finish concealer (M.A.C.)

*Loose powder (Isadora)

Eyebrows

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)

*Medium Pencil S.O.P.H.I.E. (Illamasqua)

*Taupe notch (Makeup Geek)

*Mocha (Makeup Geek)

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

*Mochi (Sugarpill)

*Tako (Sugarpill)

*Gel liner Mobster (Makeup Geek)

*Blanc Type (M.A.C.)

Lips

*Darling (Makeup Geek)

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Thanks for reading and hope you'll have a lovely weekend! :) 

Fame

I'm not talking about the Lady Gaga perfume here (although, I must say that I was very disappointed at it...) but the gorgeous Makeup Geek gel liner that it shares its name with. Since I did experience a few problems with this liner I will make a list afterwards with pros and cons. :)

To balance out the coolness of the teal liner I used Prom night (Makeup Geek) on my lid and Latte to emphasize the crease and outer corner. I liked the result a lot with my blue eyes but I LOVE to "paint" my eyes brown in PS afterwards and I think that Fame really makes brown eyes "pop".

This is what it looks like with my natural, blue eye color. For the lips I chose black, which I almost always do. XD

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

*Studio Finish Concealer (M.A.C.)

Eyebrows

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek)

Eyes

*Prom Night (Makeup Geek)

*Latte (Makeup Geek)

*White lies (Makeup Geek)

*Gel liner Fame (Makeup Geek)

*Eye kohl Smolder (M.A.C.)

*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek)

Lips

*Goth (Viva la Diva)

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So, what are the pros and cons with this gel liner now that I have tried it out more properly?

Pros
*Gorgeous color!
*Very pigmented
*Long lasting

Cons
*The formula is a little bit too thick, which makes it hard to work with when doing precision work such as the winged out eyeliner. It is also very irritating with such a thick formula because it "clogs" the brush and makes it hard to clean.

*During the day the color transferred a little to my lid (you know when you blink and get it on your crease...). One of my readers also had problem with transfer with this liner, so I guess its something that you might expect from Fame.

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I will give you a similar update for the other Makeup Geek gel liners when I try them on a little more. :)

Thank you so much for the response on the last post I wrote (about The Body Shop). I'm glad to hear your opinions!

Have a nice day and hope to see you soon! :)