Terracotta - A Gothic Fall Look

This beauty from the Nomad collection by Make Up Store is simply irresistible. Since I didn't have an eyeshadow in this color I just had to buy it. The shimmery terracotta  shade is perfect for bringing out blue eyes and combining it with a light shimmery gold creates a colorful look for us who are longing for autumn's arrival. :)

The swatch to the left is on bare skin and the one to the right on top of NYX Milk. You can see it is extremely pigmented.

Always when I find eyeshadows with bright colors, like this one, I try to come up with ways of using them in looks that are still suitable for us who loves darker shades. Here's a tip how to use this one!

Step 1. Begin with priming your eyes with your favorite primer. Then, apply a white base all over your lid, but don't take it too far above the crease.

Step 2. With a stiff, flat brush pick up some yellow-based golden eyeshadow and pat it gently onto the inner corners of your eyes. I couldn't find my Goldilux so I used a mixture of Buttercupcake (Sugarpill) and Honeypot (Too Faced)  to achieve the right shade.

Step 3. Time for this post's special guest star! Apply Terracotta on the middle of your upper and lower lid and blend it into the gold. It is not that important to blend the outer part right now so leave it be until next step.

Step 4. In the outer corner, apply Burlesque by Makeup Geek (or similar color). Smoke it out with a clean blending brush and finish by blending a little more of Terracotta into the upper, outer part. This will add a little more warmth to the look and contribute to the autumn-ish glow.

Step 5. Now on with the darkness! Apply a black eyeshadow lightly in the outer corner and drag it along the crease to the inner corner of your eye. Blend, blend and blend a little more! Repeat until you've gotten the desired darkness.

Step 6. Line your eyes with a black eyeliner pencil and then trace the upper lash line with black liner or eyeshadow.

Step 7. Finish off the eye makeup with two coats of black mascara and a pair of corner lashes. :)

This look is best gothed up with a dark, wine-red lip. Here, I've used a dark plum lip liner and on top of that Glamour 101 by Lime Crime. :) The lipliner I used here was Jazz by Make Up Store which is unfortunately discontinued. I will make a post with possible dupes later.

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day! :)

Review: Make Up Store Drama Mascara

Here comes another mascara review. This is a mascara that I got for Christmas but I've never come to writing a review on it until now. I have no idea why because I think this mascara is rather good.

I have tried one of the mascaras by Make Up Store before, the one for sensitive eyes, and was not very impressed. This one, however, was definitely a positive surprise.

Drama mascara is a volumizing mascara that contains fibers, which makes it unsuitable for people with sensitive eyes or people wearing contact lenses. My eyes are sensitive, though, and doesn't seem to disagree with this mascara.

This mascara gives dramatic volume to my lashes and still manages to keep them separated, which is exactly what my (and probably everybody else's...) dream mascara would do.

The brush is a dense "hair brush".

The thing I don't like with this mascara is that it is fantastic in the beginning but then, after a couple of weeks it starts to degrade in quality. The formula becomes thicker and it is harder to get clump-free lashes and a smooth application. This will definitely take the grade down one bat.

Price: 210 SEK/ 12 ml
Worth it? Without doubt!

My usual question; have you tried this product and what did you think of it? :)

Thanks for reading and hope to see you soon!

Twinkle

This far I have used most of the Makeup Geek gel liners in different looks but there are a couple that I haven't tried out that thoroughly yet, so I thought I'd do that today. :) One of them is Twinkle which is a sparkly, gun metal color that actually is utterly pretty.

Many of the Makeup Geek gel liners work excellent as a primer (especially Rave!) but this one is definitely an exception. It creased like crazy (I'm pretty much convinced though that it wouldn't have done that, had I only added an actual primer underneath...).

But very well, as I said, it is a very pretty color and it almost looks like molten metal on the eyelids. :) Here, I've used the eyeshadow Galaxy (also by Makeup Geek) on top of it to set it and add more to the smoked out effect. In the inner part of the eye, right under the eyebrow I swept a soft layer of medium brown, to add some dimension.

I matched this eyemakeup with a dark, wine red lip. The lipstick I used for this look was Black orchid by Make Up Store. Whenever I use it I think that it has a very, very bad formula (but the color is gorgeous so I can't really help myself... :P ). It turns very blotchy on the lips after only ten minutes (maybe even less) and I don't know if I think that speckled lips is a very big hit...

Last but not least I thought I'd show you my hair that I decided to tease into a Robert Smith-style fluff. I actually liked this way of wearing my hair a lot!

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

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

*Isadora Loose Powder

*Charcoal brown (M.A.C.)

*Wonderblush Cleopatra (Make Up Store)

Eyebrows

*Pollution (Make Up Store) 

Eyes

*Gel liner Twinkle (Makeup Geek)

*Galaxy (Makeup Geek)

*Charcoal brown (M.A.C.)

*White lies (Makeup Geek)

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

*Lashes: Ardell #111

Lips

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

*Lipstick Black orchid (Make Up Store)

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Well, that's it for this time! I hope all of you have had a lovely weekend! Thanks a lot for reading and thanks to all of you who have liked my Facebook-portfolio! :D