Onto the actual blog post! I received the Urban Decay Electric Palette as a destashing gift from my sister and I've wanted it for awhile but couldn't justify the price - it's $59 (CAD) and the colors are so vivid and bright I probably would only use them occasionally. I have to say though, it's a very good palette. It's very pigmented and most of the colors are matte. I personally find it very challenging to find very pigmented matte eyeshadows, so this palette is a jewel to me. I'll be going over the palette, my overall thoughts on it and then do some arm swatches and end by showing a few different looks you can do with this palette to give you some inspiration. If you could use some color in your life, you need to keep reading ☺
Hi everyone, I've been away for what feels like forever! School keeps me so incredibly busy it is difficult to get in a good quality blog post. I have remained active on Instagram though, so if you don't follow me on there you really should! It's @themakeupdiaryblog.
Onto the actual blog post! I received the Urban Decay Electric Palette as a destashing gift from my sister and I've wanted it for awhile but couldn't justify the price - it's $59 (CAD) and the colors are so vivid and bright I probably would only use them occasionally. I have to say though, it's a very good palette. It's very pigmented and most of the colors are matte. I personally find it very challenging to find very pigmented matte eyeshadows, so this palette is a jewel to me. I'll be going over the palette, my overall thoughts on it and then do some arm swatches and end by showing a few different looks you can do with this palette to give you some inspiration. If you could use some color in your life, you need to keep reading ☺
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Eek! I've been so bad and haven't posted at all in February (how dare I!) but I'm back now and hopefully will have some posts each month. If you have anything you'd like to see in particular just hit me up on instagram (@themakeupdiaryblog) or email me ([email protected]) to let me know.
I actually started my blog last year just before St. Patrick's Day...so it looks like its been a full year since I started this blog and my instagram! Wow, time really does fly by! I'm so happy that I've been able to keep updating this blog with new content and I'm looking forward to the next year ahead on this blog. I hope you'll join me on my journey. This is the look I came up with for St. Patrick's Day, and if you're interested in learning how to recreate it please keep reading! Hi everyone! Tonight's New Years Eve and if you're looking to go out tonight, or to a friends house to celebrate, well you'll likely want some glam makeup to help you celebrate. I've created this cut crease look with just a hint of glitter that everyone will love. I know a lot of people would love to bathe themselves in glitter tonight, but I also know a lot of people don't like to use glitter, so here's my compromise. I kept the look quite neutral and added a hint of glitter, if you'd like more go for it, if you don't want it don't add it. But If there was ever a night to cut your crease, it's tonight. Keep reading to see a complete step by step pictorial and all the products and brushes I used.
This is my second special holiday look (and I LOVE it!); if you want to check out my first you can do so HERE. This look is just so gorgeous, I know you'll love it too. If you want to see how I created this look, definitely check out my instagram @themakeupdiaryblog for a video on the steps.
Who else is excited for holiday makeup? Me, me, me! I love the chance to glam up (at any time actually) and the chance to use glitter! This holiday look is simple, elegant and beautiful. To find out exactly how to get it, keep reading and be sure to check out my video on instagram @themakeupdiaryblog!
Although I don't like the colder days, I absolutely love the fall season for the fall colors. I don't just mean the changing color of the leaves (which is beautiful). I really wanted to do a fall eye look and because I love these looks so much I may do more! I hope you enjoy this ☺
Here's the final look, so perfect for a night out! If you are interested in learning how I achieved this, keep reading. I adore using warm tones because I feel that they suit me well. Sometimes however, I just want to try cool tones. In this look I did that using silvers. Check out the product list below to see what I used for this look:
September 1st is creeping up, closer and closer. We all know what that means! Early and tiring mornings and a full day of studies ahead. If you're like me, you always value sleep above everything else in the morning. That's leaves little time to get ready in the morning! Some days however (aka like the first week of school) you manage to wake up early enough to put some solid effort into your makeup. Keep reading to see my take on a 10 and 20 minute face.
Hi everyone, You know that one technique that always eludes you? You always try it but it always turns out horrible and you sit there thinking, "how does everyone make it look so easy"? For me, that's a cut crease look. I think it looks so pretty, but I'm always super confused about how and when to flick it out at the end so it lines up perfectly with my liner afterwards. It just boggles me. And getting that line so crisp and blended perfectly above? Ugh. Well I tried a cut crease today so I'd like to share my attempt. I didn't use any tricks really to help me, just practiced the shape before I did it for real. I really just winged it! Here's the final look: If you'd like to know how to recreate it, keep reading! Hi everyone! I've been a fan of Desi ever since she started YouTube pretty much. She is ALWAYS on point with her makeup and her looks are always fierce. You can find her on YouTube as Desi Perkins or on instagram as @desimakeup She recently collaborated with a few other beauty gurus on YouTube to do a makeup look based on the newly released Bad Blood music video from Taylor Swift. The intro to this video is KILLER. You MUST watch this video, if only for the intro. It's that good!!! The look itself is nothing short of awesome, and I was very inspired to recreate it, so below you'll find not only her video, but my recreation and the product list I used. She looks absolutely fabulous rocking the look, and here is my recreation:
If you don't already follow Kathleen on social media, you're missing out. She is a beautiful and funny soul who does beauty tutorials on YouTube. I was very inspired by her Pool Side Makeup video she released just over 2 weeks ago and decided to recreate it with products I have at home (she used the new foiled eyeshadows by Makeupgeek but I don't have those...yet!). I'll post her YouTube video down below, but first lemme just put all her links here :D YouTube - KathleenLights Twitter - @KathleenLights1 Instagram - @kathleenlights Snapchat - kathizzle11 This past week I had to attend a party and I decided to wear a fancy desi suit that had orange, gold and cobalt blue in it. I took out some of the colors from the suit and used them in this look. If you want to see how you can achieve this look, keep reading!
Whenever I want to go into extra, or full glam mode I always make sure to highlight and contour. It's definitely not an everyday thing, and it does take some time but I love the end result. Of course you can tone it down for an everyday look and I occasionally do that, but mostly it's all or nothing for me.
Now there are two different ways to contour & highlight: powder or cream. I find that cream gives a more natural and long lasting look especially when set with powder after but it's your choice as to what you find easier to do. If you would like to cream contour, you'll need to find a concealer or foundation about 2 shades lighter than your skin tone and one about 2 shades darker. If you want to go more intense, you can go for even lighter and darker colors. Make sure they are the right undertone for your skin, otherwise it will just look off. Some good choices for cream contour are the LA Girl HD Pro Concealers which I would buy off of the Morphebrushes website, or if you have the money you can always spring for the Anastasia Beverly Hills Cream Contour Kit. If you would like to use powder contour some good choices are the NYX Highlight & Contour Pro Palette , the Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit, or the Kat Von D Shade + Light Contour Palette. I don't own any contour palettes myself so I just DIY it with cheaper products. If you'd like to get a glimpse of my process, keep reading! I've resolved to starting to use more color in my eye looks, because thus far I've really stuck to the neutral classics. You can never go wrong with a neutral eye, but after awhile you crave to do something a little funner and that usually involves color! Or glitter. Glitter is good too! In this look I didn't just stop at the eyes, but I also played with the lips too. Here's the full look.
Isn't this look just gorgeous?! Seriously, this look just gives me LIFE. I swear! To me, this look is totally perfect for prom, so if you have a formal event coming up, and this color palette works with your outfit, GO FOR IT! This look would look beautiful on everyone! Keep reading to see how you can recreate this look.
*Disclaimer* I was at home all day when I created this look, so I'm wearing regular home clothes and my hair is not done, so I apologize, just focus on the look please ☺ Well well well, look at me go, posting twice in two days. I suppose you'll just have to get used to more frequent posts now that it's spring/summer! Now onto this day time glam look! It really looked very beautiful and very done up indeed. The whole look was created using the NYX Wicked Dreams Palette which is only $15, so keep reading to see how I achieved this look!
When I first did research on the NYX Prismatic Eyeshadows I knew for sure I had to have the shade fireball. First off, that name is phenomenal and second that color is to die for! To my horror I dropped the only one left in the store, it looked fine when I bought it but when I took it home I realized it had shattered the shadow. I was quite honestly, deeply upset by it. I decided to try to repair it using alcohol and it was my first time doing so. I added in a few drops, swirled around the shadow and then pressed it down with a coin to get it as smooth as I could, then I let it dry overnight. And honestly, I think that made the eyeshadow even better. I think the pigment is the best on this shadow than the other prismatic eyeshadows I own! So yay for fixing what's broken instead of just throwing it away!
This is the eye look I came up with, so keep reading to see how I achieved it. I've seen so many dark black smokey eyes on Instagram that I just had to try it out for myself. I felt sort of vampy when I was swatching the LA Girl Glazed Lip Paint in Daring, so I tried this right after. The steps are fairly simple, I just took a matte black eyeshadow (Coal from Morphebrushes) and patted it on my lid until I got the intensity that I wanted. To blend this out I then took a mixture of Bitten from Makeupgeek cosmetics and Rosewood by Morphebrushes and put this in the crease to soften the edges of the black. Once I was satisfied I put that combo on my lower lash line. Then I took a flat liner brush and carefully using the matte black eyeshadow placed this along my lower lash line in a tight line. I highlighted my inner corner and browbone with the higlighter in the Walking on Eggshells palette by Wet N' Wild, added mascara and I was done! Unfortunately the camera picks it up as more brown than purple, but I swear it was purple in real life! Okay I'm done now.
New day, new look. I love my neutrals so I went for a light glam look using my NYX Wicked Dreams palette. Steps to achieve the look are below.
St.Patrick's Day is coming up and if you're feeling in the spirit, it's likely you're thinking about incorporating some green into your makeup look. I grabbed a few new NYX Prismatic Eye Shadows, and one of them called out to me when I started this look. I'll have a review on the eye shadows in a future post, but for now all you need to know is the shade Jaded was the focus of this look. Unfortunately it does not show up as vibrant on camera as it does in person, but I assure it was gorgeous and catches the light nicely.
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