Follow Your Nose

Hola peeps! So I entered yet ANOTHER MakeUp Bee contest, this time Inglot is hosting a tropical theme. Initially I wanted to do a look based on all of the awesome flowers I had seen on my trips to Ecuador and Costa Rica.

I had such high hopes! :(

Alas, my first attempt at that had disastrous results (in my opinion) and I decided I needed to go another route. I decided to find another means on inspiration, and being that I am an animal lover, that's the way I went. First I was gonna go with a fish, but then I decided on a toucan. Since my name is Sam, why not base my look on Toucan Sam, the mascot of Froot Loops? So I googled pictures of toucans and pick out an awesome one to gather inspiration from. And here goes a pretty much step-by-step of how it went:

• Slather my eyes with e.l.f. primer and NYX eyeshadow base with my finger. My face is also covered in Hard Candy bronzer, I figured if it's tropical, you gotta be tan and golden (bronzed, if you will). My lips are left over from the first look, and by the time I finished my makeup the second time, I decided not to changed them. Initially I was going to paint them black. This is Maybelline's Coral Crush with a bit of MAC's Magenta Madness pigment (which i then accidentally spilled all over myself and my bed) in the middle

• With my MUFE Flash palette, add yellow detailing across my upper eyelid, then went over it with Sugarpill's Buttercupcake and another yellow from the BH Cosmetics' 120 palette, 1st edition.

• I then went in and added the rest of the colors: Sugarpill's Asylum, NYX's Jade Pearl and Baby Blue Pearl. As you can see I applied it really messy, I was only careful with the edges where the colors met.

• I then went in with my Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner pen and UD's Perversion and added black details/eyeliner to make it look more like a toucan. I think it was at this point that I forgot so take more step by step pictures. Whoops! I also took the black from the flash palette and drew a black line down the middle of my lips. Then I just added mascara and cleaned up the edges with a makeup wipe! TADA, I'm done!

Don't the plants just scream "TROPICAL!" ? Instead of "my front yard!"

I hope you guys like this look! If you do and you're on Makeup Bee, go vote for me!!! https://www.makeupbee.com/look.php?look_id=49073

HASTA LUEGO!

Happy Fourth

So, this is a few days late, but I decided to share my Independence Day look with everyone. No pix of me doing it, but I'm thinking of revisiting it soon for a night out in the near future, and maybe a few tweaks on the execution. Hope you guys enjoy!

Products Used:
Sugarpill Cosmetics shadows in Tako, Velocity, Love+, and Royal Sugar
UDPP
MAC lipstick in Ruby Woo
Maybelline Masterprecise eyeliner
pixi eyeliner in No 1 Black
NYX eyeshadow base in White

And here are the results!!!

My nails got into the act!

My mom saw my in this makeup and my sky high blue suede heels and commented that I was my own Lady Gaga... While I was marveling at the fact that she knew who that was, she went on to say that I looked crazy, hahaha!!! Oh well, everyone's a critic.

Hasta Luego!!!

I'm a Heartbreaker!

Hola, peeps!!!

So last Friday, Sugarpill Cosmetics released the last palette of their "Heart" line. This one is the Heartbreaker, featuring bright colors that are sure to make your eyes pop and make heads turn! Needless to say, I stayed up until 2am to order as soon as it was available. I got my shipment super quick, and it was waiting for me on Monday morning. At first I wasn't sure if I felt that they were as bright as what I was hoping for, but after trying them out I would say I am definitely satisfied and can't wait to try new looks with it in the future. Individually, the shadows are $12, but if you buy it in palette form, they're only $34, which is a savings of $14.

Amy, being super sweet as usual!

New color packaging

All of my goodies, including a sample of Junebug

New sticker design

THE PLAYERS:

Acidberry: Bright lime green, similar to Sugarpill's Loose shadow in Absinthe, but a little less yellow and a little darker. Swatched pretty sheer, but was easy to work with on my lid.

Velocity: A nice medium blue color, similar to Royal Sugar, but not sparkly. It's also darker than Afterparty.

2am: A medium reddish purple, it's lighter and more red than Poison Plum. When swatched, it was the sheerest color, but shows up on the lid just fine. Love the name of this one, and can't wait to use it more.


Mochi: A light aqua blue, the most opaque of the quad, I feel like it's a bit light for me to use on a regular basis. I guess only time will tell. Swatches super easy, so if you love the color, it will be easy to work with. In the pan it appears similar, but light than Midori, but I don't think they are really comparable in usage.

Right after this, I accidentally stuck my fingernail into Velocity :(

The fingers I used to swatch

Velocity, Acidberry, 2am, Mochi

I put all three of my quads from this series next to each other for comparison since a few would appear to have similar colors. Here they are for comparison.

Sweetheart, Burning Heart, and Heart Breaker

So after all of the tedious swatching, picture taking, and captioning came the fun part, PLAYTIME!!!


Please indulge me with all of my angles, face making, etc. Just wanting you to get all of the Heartbreaking goodness! :)



Products Used:

Tear duct- Absinthe
Inner Corner- Acidberry
Center- Velocity
Outer Corner- 2am
Crease- Poison Plum
Lower Lid- Mochi
(All shadows are by Sugarpill, my mascara is Hard Candy's Lash Call in Peacock)

The world is sad... they can't all be Heartbreakers

Who are you telling I don't look good?

Side view

I give this palette 2 thumbs up, as usual for Sugarpill. I hope this review helps someone, and inspires you guys to get this awesome palette. Brighten up your world, it's the only one we've got! :)

HASTA LUEGO!

First Makeup Tutorial

Ok, so here's my first attempt at writing a makeup tutorial, we'll see how it goes. So the first look that I'm cataloging is one that I came across on Sugarpill's Facebook page. I've worn this look a few times, and I figured it was the perfect look to try this with. I figure the simplest way to do this is just jump right in and include lots of pictures, so here goes nothing!

So this is the look I'm recreating. First, here are the products:

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
NYX Eyeshadow Base in White
Sugarpill Burning Heart palette, Poison Plum
Sugarpill Sweetheart palette, Afterparty, Dollipop, and Tako
Tokidoki Perfetto Eyeliner in Sabochan
Sephora Jumbo Liner in Violet
Hard Candy Lashaholic super volume mascara in Blackest Black

Brows:
MUFE 12 Flash Color Case in Black (011) and Brown (023)

Lips:
CG Outlast Smoothwear lipliner in Coffee (145)
e.l.f. Luscious Liquid Lipstick in Cherry Tart

So first I put on my UDPP and used a small concealer brush/ my finger to apply the eyeshadow base.

I applied both the UDPP and base to both the upper and lowerlids.

Then using a smudge brush, I applied Poison Plum to the inner inner eyelid. Using the same brush I used the Afterparty and applied it to the outer lid. Both shadows went all the way up to my crease.

Then, after applying both shadows, I took a Sonia Kushuk blending brush, I picked up a little more Afterparty and blended the 2 lid colors together.

If either color gets too overpowered, you can always go back in with more. I tend to used blue to blend them since the Poison Plum is darker, but either way works. Then I took an angled brush and repeated the above process on my lower lid. (This pic is out of focus, but the colors show really well)

Taking a crease brush, I go into my crease with Sugarpills' Dollipop. Then a make sure all 3 colors blend together well. After the blending is done, I usually go back in with more Dollipop to make sure it really stands out.

To make sure I have as much pink as I wanted, I went in with a contour brush and added more Dollipop on my brow bone, as I as I wanted the color to go.I then went in with Tako and my blending brush and added it under my eyebrows as a highlight. Because my skin is dark, and Tako is white, I make sure to add small amounts at a time so that it doesn't look like my eyebrows have been snorting cocaine.

 After finishing my shadow, I added the Sephora violet liner to my waterline and used my tokidoki liner pen on my upper lid to draw cat-eye winged liner, and also on my outer lower lashline. I also used hard Candy Lashaholic mascara on my upper and lower lashes. Then I used the MUFE flash colors to fill in my eyebrows cuz I barely have any. Here's my final look (minus lips)!

 For my lips, I lined them, filled them in with the liner, and then applied the lipstick. TA DA!

Hope you enjoyed!

HASTA LUEGO!