elf little black beauty book cool edition
❤ FOTD (Face Of The Day) Featuring ELF, MAC and a brand NEW Lime Crime product! ❤
7 September 2014
Hello everyone. I hope you are all well. I have unfortunately been unwell the past couple of days, hence the delay in new blog posts, which I do wholeheartedly apologise for.
Today's make up is a smoked olive green eye against duo toned peach-pink contour.
I always begin with an eye primer. This prolongs the wear of my eye make up, prevents smudging, creasing and any other eye make up disasters that'd destroy my soul. This one is from Make Up Revolution and you can check out my review of it here http://vegan-cupcake.blogspot.com/2014/07/make-up-revolution-stay-dont-stray-eye.html
A cream base will act as an adhesive for your eyeshadow. This makes the colour even more vibrant. I blended one of my alll time favourite cream bases, NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk, over my lids.
Today's lid colour is MAC's Sumptuous Olive. This is such a beautiful shade and swiftly became one of my favourites from the moment I laid eyes on it. An olive green with an iridescent gold shimmer running through it. Perfect to create a smokey green eye.
To contour the eyes I shaded the outer crease and lower lash line with a dark olive shade from the ELF Cool Edition Little Black Beauty Book. Check out my review of this palette with swatches http://vegan-cupcake.blogspot.com/2014/07/elf-little-black-beautybook-review-cool.html
I gave my lashes volume, length and definition with my Essence I ❤ Extreme Volume Mascara.
My base make up was Revlon's Mineral Mousse foundation. Sadly I have now run out of this foundation and I believe Revlon no longer sell this! So I'll be on the hunt for a replacement. Keep an eye out on future entries to see what I choose next! But all the same this is a great foundation. It offers sun protection with a matte finish. I'm sad to see it go!
To set my base make up I applied MAC's loose powder with a large face brush for a natural, matte finish.
Next I contoured my face by adding a flush of colour to the cheek bones with the GORGEOUS Elf Studio Cream Blush in Heartbreaker before applying the Blush side of the Blush and Bronzer duo in ST Lucia over the top. Applying a powder blush over a cream blush intensifies the colour and makes for longer lasting blush. Just apply a small amount of cream blush to avoid overdoing it. Unless you're like me and you love strong blush ;) In this instance I used these two colours in combination with each other to create a duo toned pink-peach blush that complemented my lip colour.
You can see swatches of the ELF Studio Cream blushes here: http://vegan-cupcake.blogspot.com/2014/04/elf-studio-cream-blushes-review.html
To complete the look I used my new lipstick from Lime Crime in Great Pink Planet.
The completed look!
What's your #FOTD today? Let me know! ❤
ELF Little Black BeautyBook Review (Cool Edition)
11 July 2014
ELF'S line of Little Black Beauty Books first caught my eye when I was browsing their Facebook page. I made a point to take a look at the palettes the next time I visited my nearest ELF cosmetics store where I made my purchase.
The Little Black Beauty Books come in two editions. Warm and Cool.
I am exceptionally attracted to colourful eye make up so I picked up the Cool Edition palette, an array of rainbow shades within one convenient palette.
If neutrals are more to your taste then the Warm palette is definitely worth a look.
Both palettes consist of 48 shades all combined into one lightweight, slimline palette book for just £8. Great value for money!
The palettes come with a a small travel-friendly sponge tip applicator though the shadows apply beautifully with make up brushes too. The shadows are heavily pigmented and all of them blend smoothly and easily over the lids.
Apply an eye primer underneath the eye shadows for an extra long lasting and more vibrant finish.
Swatches below begin top to bottom for each row and proceed from left to right.
The palettes' lightweight feel and compact shape combined with the array of different shades make them especially perfect for travel. Any colour, any time, any place. So awesome!
And that was precisely the very first purpose I used mine for. On my recent trip to London IMATS I packed this palette into my make up bag. Any look I wanted to create was available to me and the best part was I didn't have to carry pot after pot of single eye shadows or multiple heavy palettes! The palette fits perfectly into your make up bag and won't weigh you down when you take it travelling with you. The outer casing also protects the shadows well during travel. My palette stayed closed and intact inside my case throughout my journey.
A fantastic option for those on a budget, those who travel or those who simply love a great value eye shadow palette with a variety of choice.
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