Girly Cloud

This look was actually inspired by, of all things, an episode of Tabatha's Salon Takeover on Bravo. This is that show that I only watch when I'm at my mom's house, no one else is home, and I'm lonely/bored to tears/avoiding doing something important like getting dressed and actually leaving the house. Anyway, one of the hairdressers in one of the many episodes I watched had a really pretty pink and purple gradient look, so I decided to try it with my 360 colors of BH eyeshadows. While I didn't actually use all 360 for this look, I did use quite a bit, enough to make me wonder if having lots of colors might actually be a bad combination with my perfectionist ways...

The eyeliner is unusually sloppy, as I'm noticing now, but I enjoy doing a gradient of eyeliner like that. In this case, I used pencils because I was lazy and wanted to leave the house within the next hour, not to mention they blend better than a liquid would (though they might blend while they're still wet... I'll have to try that!). But the breakdown is: light pink on the lid, fading into dark pink and purple on the crease and below the eye, with a light, shimmery silver as the inner corner and highlighter color. I also always use a black pencil (lately it's been Urban Decay's Perversion) on my inner lash lines, usually only on the outer two-thirds of my upper lid and the outer one-third to one-half of my lower lid. Of course this varies if I want to go for a darker look.

I like doing these angled shots to get both eyes. Also, I gotta say, Vapor from Urban Decay is the best highlighter color I've found yet. It's a translucent white shimmer that doesn't go on too thick, so it provides little color but a lot of shine. I have it here from my inner corner all the way up under my brow. It blends very nicely as well, though I expect nothing less from Urban Decay.

And then I realized that this was the perfect opportunity to use my new favorite lip gloss, from the Urban Decay Stardust collection, called Glitter Rock. It's a super-glittery hot pink sort of color, not remotely my usual type, but for some reason I was drawn to it, and my boyfriend, the ultimate impulse buyer, got it for me on the spot. Now I wear it pretty often for no reason at all, just to have some sparkle on my lips even if I'm not wearing much eye makeup. It's just fun! It's a little sticky, of course, but not as bad as some, and the pretty color makes up for it. That being said, it does stay on quite well and for a long time--long enough to annoy my boyfriend that he can't kiss me without getting sparkly!

And then the whole face together. I tried using a bit of the UD eyeshadow Hotpants to add some baby pink and shimmer to my lips, but it never seems to show up in photos. I may have to find an alternative, even though I love that color on my eyes.

Products Used:

Eyes:

NYX cream eyeshadow base in White

BH Cosmetics 120 eyeshadow palette, first edition

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Vapor

UD pencil liner in Perversion

UD Supercurl mascara

Maybelline Falsies Flared mascara

Cheeks:

Pür Minerals  mineral blush in Diamond Rose

UD eyeshadow in Hotpants

Lips:

UD Stardust lip gloss in Glitter Rock