Peacock Inspired Face of the Day

This is the tray I use for my day’s makeup … and of course this is the makeup I used today.

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. I’m feeling better today. I have a moderate amount of pain and my energy is a bit better than yesterday. My mental health is a bit delicate but I’m keeping busy to keep my mind active and engaged.

I really wanted to do a smokey, glam, colorful look today and I’ve got to tell ya I am really loving the end results of today’s makeup play.

For today’s look I used the ColourPop Through My Eyes Palette ($24 on their website).

Today’s scent is Ralph Lauren Romance. The scent notes are:

Top Notes: Mandarin Essence, Pink Pepper and White Violet Leaves.
Middle Notes: Sun Goddess Rose, Jasmine, Marigold and Geranium.
Base Notes: Patchouli, Oak Moss, and Musk.
Subtle Notes: Ginger, Chamomile, Lychee, Yellow Freesia, Lotus Flower, Night Blooming Day Lily, Violet Absolute, and Exotic Woods

And now … let’s go to the walk through of today’s Face of the Day ….

Base:

I did an extra prep step today because my skin felt a bit dehydrated so I double primed my face. I first primed using Good Molecules Silicone-Free Priming Moisturizer ($14 on their website and on the Beautylish website). I primed the face using Catrice Prime and Fine Poreless Blur Primer ($8 at Ulta). I contoured the face using Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Contour Wand ($38 at Sephora and on the Beautylish website) in the shade Medium Deep. For foundation today I am using E.L.F. Beautifully Bare Foundation Serum ($8 on their website) in the shade Fair/Light. I bronzed my face using Milk Makeup Matte Bronzer ($28 at Sephora) in the shade Baked. I color corrected using Believe Beauty Brighten Up Color Correcting Concealer ($4 only at Dollar General Stores) in the shade Light/Medium. For concealer I chose NYX Can’t Stop Won’t Stop Concealer ($8.50 at Ulta and NYX Stores and Website) in the shade Vanilla. I set my under eyes using Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder ($28 at Ulta and Sephora) and then set the rest of my face using Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder ($39 at Ulta and Sephora) in the shade Translucent. I touched up the bronzer using J Cat Golden Soleil Baked Bronzer ($7.99 on their website) in the shade Cancun Tan. For touch ups I am using J Cat Aquasurance Compact Foundation ($13.99 at Ulta but currently on sale for $9.79) in the shade Natural.

Eyes:

I set my brows using Believe Beauty Eyebrow Styling Gel ($4 only at Dollar General Stores) in the shade Clear and then filled in my bows using Milani Stay Put Brow Color ($8.49) in the shade Dark Brown. I carved out my brows and primed my lids using Makeup Revolution Cut Crease Canvas ($9 on their website) in the shade Halo (pure white). For today’s eye look I used the ColourPop Through My Eyes Palette ($24 on their website). I started by setting my brow lines using Wet n Wild Color Icon Single Eyeshadow ($.99 at Walgreens) in the shade Sugar (icy white – shimmer). As my transition shade I used the ColourPop Single Shadow ($4 on their website) in the shade Conundrum (warm brown – matte). I then went into the palette for the rest of this look. I started with the crease and the shade Missbehave (rich wine red – matte). For my outer 1/3 of the mobile lids and the outer v of the crease I used the shade Divina (deep blackberry – matte). For the remaining 2/3 of the mobile lids I first used the shade Moody (rich forest green – matte) and then I went back over the inner 1/3 of the mobile lids with the shade Emerald Dream (vivid emerald green – metallic). I then took a slight bit of the shade Nocturne (rosy red – metallic) and tapped that over the edge between the outer 1/3 and the middle 1/3 of the mobile lids to blend away the line of delineation. For the lower lash line I first used what was left over on the transition brush to created a deep drop shadow. I then went in with more of the shade Missbehave (rich wine red – matte). I then deepened the lash lines using more of the shade Divina (deep blackberry – matte). I then took a bit more of the shade Emerald Dream (vivid emerald green – metallic) around the tear ducts. I highlighted the inner corners of my eyes using the shade Muze (bright warm gold sprinkled with silver glitter – metallic). I tight lined my upper and lower waterlines using the ColourPop Lippie Pencil (only available in the Big Box of Lippie Pencils Vault – currently out of stock) in the shade ALT (blackened teal). I coated my upper and lower lashes using L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black ($8.99 at Ulta) and popped on a pair of Alter Ego False Lashes ($5 on their website) in the style Plush.

Cheeks and Lips:

For my cheeks today I chose Milk Makeup Lip + Cheek ($28 at Sephora) in the shade Perk (coral). I set that lightly using NYX Sweet Cheeks Matte Blush ($7.50 at Ulta) in the shade Citrine Rose (coral pink). I touched up my highlighter using Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder ($44 at Sephora) in the shade Highlight #01 (golden nude). I lined and filled in my lips using ColourPop Lippie Pencil (only available in the Big Box of Lippie Pencils Vault – currently out of stock) in the shade Flattered (deep plum). I topped my lips off using ColourPop Lippie Stix ($7 on their website) in the shade Happy Thoughts (deep rosy mauve– matte).

Final Thoughts:

ColourPop Through My Eyes Palette ($24 on their website)

I grade this palette a tentative A+++!!! : It’s billed as endless looks with Youtuber iluvsarahii’s first ever 16-pan shadow palette, featuring 8 stunning metallics and 8 rich matte finishes, inspired by Karen’s unique perspective from her side of the beauty world.

The shadows are finely milled with little to no kick back in the pans and very little fallout on the face.
The shades I tested so far a super pigmented and buffed out with no skipping.
Each shade married perfectly into the others with no patchiness or muddiness.
3 of the hardest shades to get right (with no pigmentation issues) are purples, reds, and deeper greens. This palette nailed all 3 of these shades!

I can’t wait to use this palette again and test out the lighter more neutral shades to see how well they perform before I give a final grade to the palette.

I truly love the way this look turned out. There is something so magical about deep purples and greens mixed together.

I did a deep conditioner on my hair today so my curls (I have a 3C curl pattern) are a bit frizzy. I think I may have to do a clarifying shampoo treatment as I haven’t done one in well over 2 years (YIKES).