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!

Rasta Baby

Just a quick look I threw together, I tried it recently when I was in Costa Rica, but it was totally rushed then so I wanted to give it another go. I think even though I messed up it turned out pretty well and I can't wait to try it out for a night on the town.

PRODUCTS USED:

Sugarpill Cosmetics in- Love+, Asylum, Buttercupcake, Bulletproof

Sephora Prisma chrome in No 20 Gold Reflection

NYX ultra pearl mania in #30 Jade pearl

Pixi Endless Silky Eyepen in No 1 Black/Noir

Maybelline Master precise eyeliner in Black

e.l.f. primer

NYX eyeshadow base

Maybelline Mega Plush Volum' Express mascara in Blackest Black

NYC lipstick in Retro Red (308)

NYC Kiss Gloss mixed with Asylum

Initially I was going to use all matte colors for this, but on a whim I decided to use the NYX green to fill in the outer corner. I had never used it, and it seemed like a good bright (but not neon or lime) green. While I loved the color, I didn't want only the outer corners to have a shimmer, so I went over the Love+ with Asylum and over the Buttercupcake with the Sephora gold. The green was pretty stubborn once it was in place on the lid, so I ended up mixing the black with green instead of just putting black on my outer V and crease. Fortunately, I still like how the greenish black turned out.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the precision of the Maybelline liner! They don't call it Master Precise for nothing! It's really good for making thin but noticeable lines. I'm not great at liquid liner, but this felt tip is super easy to work with, build up, and make awesome finishing touches to your look.

Hope you guys enjoyed....

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Colorful Fun-EOTD

So, after watching an awesome video on Youtube, I was inspired to dust off my makeup collection and go bright for no reason at all. I did my own spin on a colorful 80s-inspired look. Here are some pics, and I may sit down, repeat this look and make a tutorial.

Products used:

• Sugarpill Cosmetics eyeshadow: Afterparty, Absinthe, Buttercupcake, Flamepoint, Dollipop
• tokidoki cosmetics eyeshadow: Killer Candy
• BH Cosmetics eyeshadow: yellow from 120 palette, 1st edition
• Urban Decay Primer Potion
• pixi cosmetics eyeliner: Black
• NYX Cosmetics eyeshadow base in White

Hope you guys enjoyed!

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Sugarpill Contest Entry... Colorful Winter

Hola, peeps!!! This look came about by me finally getting the guts to actually enter a makeup contest for once. I came close once before when I saw a cool contest that would be inspired by candy, but after I saw my final product...I chickened out! :(  Well this time, I decided to give myself a real shot, and I must say that fairly satisfied with the outcome! Here's a rough step-by-step of how it turned out! (I took pictures along the way, in case I messed up, lol). For my "Colorful Winter Wonderland", I decided to draw a New Years' scene from my hometown, New Orleans. It's fireworks being shot over the St. Louis Cathedral...

First, I drew a rough sketch of my picture in white pencil eyeliner. 

After I was satisfied with the white sketch, I went over the cathedral in black liquid liner.

Since the building is white, I went in with my MUFE Flash color palette and added a white base for the white and gray shadows. For a first try, I started off BIG!!! Imagine trying to draw a white building AT NIGHT! That leads to needing all sorts of shading of white and gray for all the shadows.

To finish the cathedral, I colored in the steeples, colored in the front door, added shutters, and went back over some of the outlines that got smudged. (I forgot to go back over the steeples though... next time.)

After I finished the cathedral, I started on the night sky background. I started at the bottom with a sparkly black to simulate the dark, star-filled sky...

As I got closer to the fireworks on the other side of my face, I switched to a dark blue/black. Both of these darker blues came from the Wet N Wild palette, Blue Had Me At Hello.

Right next to the fireworks, I made the sky the lightest, since the sky would be lit up due to the pyrotechnics. I got 2 lighter blues from NYX, even though I am still mad about their 12th anniversary sale fiasco and will NEVER order anything from their site!!! After I finished the night sky, I went over my original white firework sketches with the NYX jumbo pencil in Milk. This was to help the fireworks standout as much as possible once I colored them in.

I colored in my the biggest starburst with a holographic gold glitter. Unfortunately the flash washed out the color so it mostly looks white still, but if you look closely you can still see some of the gold flecks. Too bad I did this in the middle of the night! :( With natural daylight, I think I could have picked up how awesome it looked in person. Maybe a better camera would have worked too, but I'm working with what I've got.

Since the gold holographic glitter didn't work out too well, I decided to nix the silver glitter I had for another of the bursts. Instead I went in with 3 different Sugarpill colors: Absinthe, Flamepoint, and Asylum. I LOVE Sugarpill, it's so bright, and was perfect for this look. After I touched up the cathedral and night sky again, I was content to say that the pictures below are the final product!!!! Hope you enjoy my efforts! Wish me luck!

TADA!!!

I did pretty well on this side considering it was hard to reach with my left hand! 

Added a festive hat!

Strike a pose!

Products used:

Wet N Wild palette- Blue Had Me At Hello

NYX jumbo pencil, milk

NYC liquid eyeliner, black

NYX eye pencil, white

Sugarpill- Flamepoint, Asylum, Absinthe, Tako

NYX ultra pearl mania- baby blue pearl, space pearl

NYX glitter mania-Hot gold

NYC lipstick- Ruby

MUFE flash color palette- black, white

BH cosmetics 120 palette, 1^st edition

HASTA LUEGO!

We All Live in a Turquoise Submarine...LOTD

Hello, All! New blogs 2 days in a row? I know, shocking! But after trying out my new China Glaze polish, I had to throw on a shirt that matched it, and then my makeup had to match my shirt! I decided on my tie-dye Beatles shirt that features the Yellow Submarine, which is how I chose to label this entry. So here's my look today:

Yeah, sexy, I know. So as promise, I used one of my new Sugarpill shadows here, Royal Sugar. I like that it's super full of shimmer, but it tends to end up swirling in the air as I apply it, and that creeps me out a little for some reason. Maybe I feel like I'll choke on it or something...who knows. I also used Afterparty here, and both are amazing! Amy knows how to make her colors bright and awesome!

I didn't like the polish matte, so I added glitter!

Here's the polish that started it all: China Glaze's Turned Up Turquoise! I also put a coat of nails inc. special effects holographic glitter topcoat in Electric Lane. I then threw on Sally Hansen's No Chip Acrylic topcoat.

I tried something new with my hair, gathered it to one side, twisted it, and put a barrette near the bottom.

I think it turned out pretty well... I may try this again.

Close up!

Products Used:
UDPP
NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk
NYX Ultra Pearl Mania in Space Pearl (LP 16)
Sugarpill Cosmetics, Afterparty and Royal Sugar
BH Cosmetics, 120 palette 1st edition, turquoise
Hello Kitty eyeliner in Blueberry and Blue Sky
Wet N Wild lipstick in 511B

Check the nails, they match!

Look at all of that matching awesomeness! Can't wait to actually have somewhere to go! Maybe this will be my next casual date outfit.

We all live in a yellow submarine... Love The Beatles!!!

Awesome Blue skinny jeans, matching my blue suede shoes (can't see them, sorry)

I got a little creative with my pictures, I love the colors!

Enjoying a gray day outside...

Hope you guys enjoyed,

HASTA LUEGO!

Best Served Cold

Hola, Peeps! Here's my next tutorial, YAY! I got the inspiration from a video on Youtube by BionicVaporGirl. She used the (now discontinued) Sugarpill palette in Cold Heart. Since I have all of the pressed shadows, I still had all of them, but it involved both palettes and my single Bulletproof. So here goes nothing!

Eyes:
MUFE Flash Color in White
Sugarpill Burning Heart palette, Poison Plum
Sugarpill Sweetheart palette, Tako and Afterparty
Sugarpill pressed shadow, Bulletproof
e.l.f. eyelid primer
e.l.f. waterproof eyeliner pen
Maybelline Falsies Volum' Express
Pixi by Petra eyeliner in No.1 Black Noir

Lips:
Victoria's Secret lipgloss in Cherry Bomb
NYC lipstick in Garnet (not pictured, oops!)

First as usual, I primed my eyes. Then I put down a white base, using a small concealer brush and my finger. Then all across my top lid I put Afterparty.

After that, I went in with a contour brush and filled in the outer corner and my crease with Bulletproof. Getting  both eyelids to look even was a bit tricky, and honestly I'm not sure it ever got that way. But hey, what can you do?

After that was sufficient, I went to the inner corners and added a bit of Tako, just to make it stand out a bit. I forgot to take a picture of that step though. :-( After that, I did my bottom lid in Poison Plum.

YAY! So finished with the hard part. Then all I had to do was go in with the eyeliner pencil on my water line an the eyeliner pen on my top lid. I'm getting better at drawing straight lines, woo hoo! Also added some mascara on my top and bottom lashes.

Then, for the FIRST TIME EVER, I successfully put on some false lashes. They were some half-lashes that went in the outer corner. While I did get them on successfully, my camera didn't want to focus during those pictures, so they're a bit fuzzy, lo siento.

Then my scary face! AHHHH!!!

Yeah, so hope you enjoyed this one, try it out let me know how it goes and all that jazz...

HASTA LUEGO!