The Ultimate Christmas Look

Gold for your holiday party look? Or silver? Why choose when you can have both! :D This is going to be my interpretation of the ultimate christmas look. Definitely sparkly and cheesy enough to last until next year. ;)

Face

*Matte mineral foundation Fair (Bare Minerals)

*Studio Finish Concealer NC15 (MAC)

*Blush Peach (Makeup Store)

Eyebrows

*Brow duo Dark brown (Anastasia Beverly Hills)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance Eyeshadow Primer (Too Faced)

*Creme brulé, Mocha and gel liner Cottontail (Makeup Geek)  

*Goldilux, Tiara (Sugarpill) 

*Paint pot Indianwod and eye pencil Feline (MAC)

*Lash Booster Ultra-black (Physicians formula)

*Extended Play Gigablack Mascara (MAC)

*False eyelashes #6 (MAC)

Lips

*Red velvet (Lime Crime)

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What look are you going to wear for the holiday parties? I won't wear this particular look myself but I really hope that it can serve as inspiration for some of you. :)

Thank you so much for reading and have a lovely day! :)

Makeup Geek Elegant

I've always had an obsession about red lipsticks. The first lipstick I ever bought was one like that, from Isadora, but it got discontinued.

Elegant by Makeup Geek is just the kind of red lipstick that I love! It is very, very similar to Russian red by M.A.C. and I will therefore do a little comparison of the two products to investigate if they're dupes. :)

Color

I'd say that these two lipsticks are about 99% similar in color. You hardly can see any difference but if you are determined enough you might spot that there is a slightly more bluish tone to Elegant than to Russian red.

Finish and pigmentation

Both are matte and have extremely good pigmentation. The swatch above shows one coat of each lipstick. Neat, huh? 

Moisturizing ability 

I find Elegant a lot more moisturizing than Russian red. The latter tends to feel dry on my lips after about an hour while Elegant can stay on for several hours without drying and flaking. 

Price

Elegant $7.99 at Makeup Geek Store

Russian red $15 at M.A.C.'s website but if you live in Sweden it's about $30 at Åhléns

So what do you guys think? Have you tried any of these lipsticks and would you consider them to be dupes? Which one did you prefer?

Personally I wish that Makeup Geek would create a dupe for M.A.C.'s Prince Noir which such a gorgeous shade of deep burgundy. :)

Thank you for reading and hope you have a lovely day! :)

NOTE: None of the products above were sent to me for free (the M.A.C. lipstick I paid for and the Makeup Geek one I won in a contest), and even if they were this wouldn't affect my opinions about the products in any way.

Red Riding Hood

My current obsession is about the show Once Upon a Time. It is amazing! For those of you who doesn't know about it, it is about fairy tale characters who, due to a curse, has been trapped in the little town Storybrooke, Maine. They don't remember anything about their past life in the Enchanted forest, but one day a girl, Emma, comes to town and things start to change.
It is a wonderful, magical story which thrillingly makes you watch episode upon episode. ;) The most interesting element in the series is definitely the love story inspired by Beauty and the Beast, which is so beautiful it makes your heart ache.
As for the actors the most famous one's in this show are the pretty Ginnifer Goodwin (as Snow White) and the brilliant Robert Carlyle (as Rumplestiltskin; who is definitely my favorite character ;) ).

Anyways, there are a lot of great makeup looks in this show as well and the one I like most is the one that Red Riding Hood's Real World-alter-ego, Ruby, wears in one of the episodes in season 1.

Meghan Ory as Ruby/Red riding hood. Isn't she beautiful?

And here's my version of the look! :) 

This week I've worn this look every day. The Makeup Geek lipstick in Elegant is probably one of my new favorites (except my trusty ol' black of course... ;) ). I will write a review on it soon because I feel the need to tell you all about what a great lipstick it is. 

I really like this look. :) 

Since the close-up pictures I took from the first time I wore this look turned out crappy (why does red always look over-saturated on my pics??) I photographed the eyes again, with other light settings. Hence, the black eyebrows on the close-ups. ;) 

Make sure that the red is strongest on the outside corner/crease and then softly blend it into the white on the eyelids. Before adding the red, add a medium/light brown in the crease as a transition color. So basically, Step 1. White on the lid; Step 2. Soft brown in the crease; Step 3. Red; Step 4. Eyeliner. Not too hard, right? :)

Face

*Skin base foundation 02 (Illamasqua)

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

*Isadora Loose Powder

Eyebrows

*Charcoal brown (M.A.C.)* (On the full face pics)

*Corrupt (Makeup Geek) (On the close-ups)

*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek) (On the close-ups)

Eyes

*Latte (Makeup Geek)

*White lies (Makeup Geek)

*Love+ (Sugarpill)

*Eye kohl Smolder (M.A.C.)

*Gel liner Immortal (Makeup Geek)

*Lashes: Ardell #105 (top) and #108 (bottom)

Lips

*Elegant (Makeup Geek)

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Have any of you guys seen Once Upon a Time? What do you think of the show and who is your favorite character? :)

Thank you so much for reading!