Penguin Makeup Challenge Part 3: White and a Color

This will be the third and last part of the Penguin makeup challenge, and, unfortunately, another one-eyed look. Sorry for that! I accidentally poked myself in the eye with the mascara wand (not when painting on mascara but when I combed through my brows --> klutz!) so there was no way that eye would forgive me enough to put makeup on it. It hurt like hell so do me a favor and try to keep your mascara wands out of your eyes, ok?

The other girls's looks:
*Confusionbay
*Stargirlphoto

Well, this is the third part, and last, of the Penguin makeup challenge; white and a color. Up until I sat down to do this look I had planned to do it red and white but then I suddenly switched the red for purple. :)

Step 1. Prime your eyes with your primer of choice. After that I applied a thin layer of MAC's Studio Finish Concealer all over the lid, to erase any freckles and flaws. I also took some foundation through my brows to get them a little bit lighter. And last, but not least I applied NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk all the way up to the eyebrow.

Step 2. First I ran Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide On Pencil in Vice softly through my brows and evened out the result with a MAC #266 brush. Then, with the same brush, I applied Poison plum by Sugarpill to set the pencil and make my brows look more purple. 

Step 3. Through the crease I applied Wisteria by Makeup Geek which is just a light, pinkish purple. To apply the eyeshadow and blend it I used a MAC #217 brush.

Step 4. With a Sigma E30 brush I applied Poison plum by Sugarpill in the "outer C" and dragged it inwards. To get a softer result I picked up my #217 again, which still had some remaining product from the previous step, and blended it out. 

Step 5. In the outermost part of the crease I applied Purple Rain by Makeup Geek, again using the "C" technique. 

Step 6. Mix Poison Plum with some sealing gel (Illamasqua) to get your own eyeliner.

Step 7. False lashes and mascara. These lashes are Red Cherry #28.

Hope you liked this look and that this tutorial taught you something you didn't already know! :) Have a lovely day and thank you for stopping by!

IsaDora Zinfandel Review and Tutorial

The Swedish drugstore makeup brand IsaDora has a wide range of moisturizing lipsticks of which the one that has always caught my eye is the dark plum-ish wine-red Zinfandel. Very recently IsaDora launched their fall 2013 look including a lip-pencil matching this lipstick, and sharing its name, so I decided to buy them both.

Left: Zinfandel lip pencil, Right, Zinfandel lipstick

The lipstick has been out on the market for a while but I have never tried it on until now. It is one of the  Perfect Moisture lipsticks although its texture feels almost matte on when applied on the lips.
Like most dark lipstick from the cheaper selection of brands this one tends to get a little blotchy after a while, so you have to make sure your lips are perfectly scrubbed and moisturized before application. Reapplication is necessary during the day.

Pigmentation: 4/5

Longevity: 2/5

Texture: Creamy with a slightly shimmery finish

Kiss-proof? No

Price: 119 SEK (~$18) 

As for the pencil it is the perfect complement for the lipstick. It has a smooth, velvety finish and would look good on its own as well as underneath the Zinfandel lipstick.

Pigmentation: 4/5

Longevity: 3/5

Texture: Dry and opaque

Kiss-proof? Yes, without any lipstick on it actually is

Price: 69 SEK (~$10) 

Step 1. Begin with outlining your lips with the lip pencil. This way you can compensate for any asymmetrical lip shapes, so when you perform this step do it with relaxed, neutral lips. It sure is tempting to distort your mouth in order to stretch your skin for an easier application of the lipliner, but this will not help you achieve an even and symmetrical lip-shape.

Step 2. Fill in your entire lips with the lip liner. Now you can grimace as much as you like as long as you won't transform the outline you made in Step 1.

Step 3. Using a lip pencil fill in your lips with lipstick in the same shade as your lip liner (or a completely different one - who knows, it might turn out looking fabulous!).

Step 4. If your lip line is in any way still a little wonky-donkey, despite all your efforts with the lip liner, pick up some concealer on a thin brush and smooth out any un-eveness.

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Do you have any favorite lipsticks in this shade? :) 

Thanks for reading and welcome back! :D

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! :)

The Owls Are Not What They Seem

Me and Mr. Noire have some kind of un-agreed game where as soon as one of us sees an owl we say "The owls are not what they seem." This cryptic quote is, as many of you already know, one of the most famous lines from Twin Peaks and the inspiration for this look. :)

Obviously the brush strokes are supposed to look like feathers. And I got my first real opportunity to test Illamasqua's Scribe. :) Oh my, I wish they would make these kick-ass liners in more colors! I would love if they made a lime green one, since that would be very unusual.

Right now I'm completely obsessed about gradients like these, enclosed in a cutcrease with a darker shadow!

Face

*Skin Base Foundation 02  (Illamasqua)

Eyebrows

*Velocity (Sugarpill)

*#391 (Inglot)

Eyes

*Shadow Insurance (original) (Too Faced)

*Medium Pencil Sophie (Illamasqua)

*Jumbo Pencil Milk (NYX)

*Tako (Sugarpill)

*Anja (Illamasqua)

*Velocity (Sugarpill)

*#391 (Inglot) 

*Eyeliner Scribe (Illamasqua)

*Gel liner Electric (Makeup Geek)

*False eyelashes #111 (Ardell)

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Step 1. After priming your eyes pick out your medium pencil in Sophie (Illamasqua) and draw this shape around your eyes. You want to make it round and somewhat owly. ;)

Step 2. Fill in the interior of the shape you just drew with NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk. Carefully blend it out with your finger.

Step 3. Pop on some matte white on the middle of your lid. I used Tako by Sugarpill.

Step 4. On each side of the white I applied some Anja eyeshadow by Illamasqua. Applying it with one side of a flat brush I just flipped the same brush over and blended Anja into the white with the other side.

Step 5. Continue the gradient with Velocity by Sugarpill, a royal blue eyeshadow.

Step 6. The gradient is finished off with some black in the corners. Make sure everything is smooth and well blended before proceeding to step 7.

Step 7. Now we are going to do basically the same gradient, but stretching it from the crease to the eyebrow. Begin with applying Anja over this entire area.

Step 8. Apply Velocity closer to the creaseline and blend it into Anja.

Step 9. Define the crease further with black eyeshadow. Again, make sure everything is smooth and blended before proceeding to the next step.

Step 10. Use Velocity and a black eyeshadow to fill in the brows. Create a gradient here as well, with black in the outer part and blue in the inner.

Step 11. Line your upper lashline with Sophie and set with black eyeshadow. Apply Velocity on your lower lid and blend it out using Anja.

Step 12. With an angled brush (such as MAC #266) draw first a series of strokes with Velocity and then with black eyeshadow.

Step 13. Do a similar set of strokes with Illamasqua's Scribe.

Step 14. Apply mascara and falsies to you upper lashes and paint your lower ones with Scribe. (Then look scared to death and take a picture XP...)

Step 15. Finish off the look by applying a royal blue eyeliner to you waterline. I used the gel liner Electric by Makeup Geek. If you read through this entire tutorial then I must say I am impressed with your patience. ;)

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This was the 4th look in my Twin Peaks makeup series and I still have ideas for at least a couple more of them. :)

Hope you enjoyed the post and maybe learnt something new from the tutorial. :) Thank you so much for reading!