Sultry Purple Smokey Eye

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. I’m doing pretty damn good today! Other than having issues with my right thumb (RA at its finest) My pain level is around a 4 today… A FOUR!!! That hasn’t happened in over a year. My energy was pretty good as well.

Of the 4 looks I created for this week the Tiny Decisions app chose ….

Look #3… now bare in mind that it’s difficult to get a good blend on a piece of paper so it’s not going to look exactly like the face chart.

But… I think I did pretty darn good with it.

The 3 palettes I used for this look are:

1. ColourPop It’s a Mood 30 Pan Palette ($34 for 1.16 oz / 33 g of total product on their website making it 0.039 oz / 1.1 g and $1.13 per pan). I’ll refer to this palette as the CPM palette.

2. Juvia’s Place The Festival 9 Pan Palette ($20 for 1.14 oz / 32.4 g of total product on their website making it 0.13 oz / 3.6 g and $2.22 per pan). I’ll refer to this palette as the JPF palette.

3. Huda Beauty Empowered Eyeshadow Palette ($67 for 0.59 oz / 16.8 g of total product making it $3.72 and 0.033 oz / 0.93 g of product per pan). I’ll refer to this palette as the HE palette.

Onto today’s walk-through and pictorial….

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Eyes and Brows:

I started by setting my brows in place using Got 2 B Glued Spiking Glue ($7.99 at Ulta) and then I outlined and filled the brows in using the E.L.F. Ultra Precise Brow Pencil ($6 for 0.002 oz / 0.06 g of product at Ulta) in the shade deep brown. . I cleaned up the top part of the brow using the Milk Makeup Flex Concealer ($28 on their website) in the shade Creme (Very fair with warm peach undertones) and the bottom of the brows using the Glamlite Eye-cing Eyeshadow Base ($10 for 0.52 oz / 14.74 g of product on their website) in the shade Classic Vanilla. I also primed my lids with this primer.

I laid down my transition shade using a fluffy paddle brush and the shade Power (pale yellow based peach – matte) from the HE palette.

Using a fluffy crease brush and the shade Iri ji (fuchsia – matte) from the JPF palette I defined my crease. I also took this shade over the outer 2/3 of the mobile lids.

On a super fluffy crease brush and using a combo of the shades had to be (blackened plum – matte) and echoes (plum – matte) from the CPM palette I further defined the crease lower than the first crease shade. I also took this shade over the outer 1/3 of the mobile lids.

Using my finger using the CPM palette I applied the shade moves (plum – metallic) to the middle 1/3 of the mobile lids and thunder (plum with a teal flip – duo chrome metallic) to the inner 1/3 of the mobile lids.

For the lower lash line I used a mid sized pencil brush and more of the shade Iri ji (fuchsia – matte) from the JPF palette and then went in with a small pencil brush and the shade had to be (blackened plum – matte) from the CPM palette. I then lined the lower waterlines using ColourPop BFF Creme Gel Liner (this shade was limited edition) in the shade Plum Crush (a berry plum).

Complexion:

I primed my face using the AOA Wonder Skin Illuminating Primer ($1 for 0.67 fl oz / 19.81 ml of product on the Shop Miss A website). For cream contour I used the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Contour Wand ($40 for 0.40 fl oz / 12 ml of product at Sephora) in the shade Medium/Dark. My foundation for today is Urban Decay Hydromaniac Glowy Tinted Hydrator Foundation ($29 for 1.1 fl oz / 35 ml of product at Sephora and Ulta) in the shade #20 Fair Neutral. I bronzed using first the Huda Beauty Tantour Contour & Bronzer Cream ($30 for 0.52 oz / 12 g of product at Sephora) in the shade Light (light to medium with cool undertones) and then the Maybelline City Bronzer ($10.99 for 0.24 oz / 6.80 g of product at Ulta) in the shade Deep 300. Cream blush today is Charlotte Tilbury Lip & Cheek Glow ($40 for 0.28 oz / 7.94 g of product on their website) in the shade Pillow Talk (warm rosebud pink) and the powder blush is BH Cosmetics Blushing in Bali Face Palette (discontinued) in the shade Pomegranate (deep plumy pink – satin). For cream highlight today I used Benefit Eye Beam Gel Highlighter For Eyes & Face ($24 for 0.34 US fl oz / 10 mL of product at Ulta) and it’s partner powder highlighter is Makeup Revolution Highlight Reloaded ($7 for 0.35 oz / 9.9 g of product at Ulta) in the shade Dare to Divulge (rose gold). I color corrected my under eyes using Wet n Wild MegaCushion Highlight ($5.99 for 0.24 oz / 6.8 g of product on their website) in the shade Who’s That Pearl (bright peach) and I concealed using a new item I’m testing out, the Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Luminous Matte Buildable Coverage Crease Proof Concealer ($29 for 0.30 fl oz / 9 ml of total product on their website) in the shade Royal Icing 1.1N (the 2nd lightest shade). I tested out the Uoma Beauty Trippin Smooth Powder ($29.50 for 0.35 oz / 10 g of product on their website) in translucent for my under eyes, I ended up having to follow that up with a hint of BECCA Under Eye Brightening Powder (discontinued) to set my under eyes. To set the rest of the face I used the Anastasia Beverly Hills Loose Setting Powder ($38 for 0.9 oz/ 25 g of product at Sephora) in the shade Translucent.

Lips, Lashes, and Finishing:

I lined my lips using NYX Suede Matte Velvet Vegan Lip Liner ($4 for 0.03 oz / 0.85 g of product at Ulta) in the shade STFU (magenta) and then filled in my lips using Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink Liquid Lipcolor ($12.99 for 0.14 fl oz / 4.15 ml of product at Ulta) in the shade Coy (dusty rose mauve). I applied to coats of Benefit Roller Lash Curling & Lifting Mascara ($27 for the 0.3 oz / 8.5 g size and $14 for the 0.14 oz / 3.97 g size) and popped on a pair of ColourPop Falsies Faux Lashes ($8 per pair on their website) in the style Chica (lengthening and volumizing everyday lash). I set the whole face using the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray ($36 for the 3.3 oz / 100 ml size and $21 for the 1.1 oz / 34 ml size at Sephora). For touch ups I will be using the Catrice Cosmetics Prime And Fine Waterproof Luminizing Powder (discontinued).

Final Thoughts:

I truly love this eye look… went a bit overboard on the bronzer, I couldn’t see it until I took pictures… but this eye and lip combo is giving me happy feelings. There is something so stunning about a smokey purple look.

I did notice that the metallic shades I used had heaps of fallout on my cheeks… I didn’t use glitter glue, I almost always use glitter glue… today I just forgot and man was that a pain in the ass to clean up.

This week’s perfume is Versace Red Jeans Perfume ($18.59 for 2.5 fl oz 73.9 ml of product on the Fregrance.Net website). The scent notes for this perfume are: At the top: Peach, Black Currant, Apricot and Freesia. In the middle: Ylang Ylang, Water Lily, Rose, Violet and Lily-of-the-Valley. Rounding out the bottom with: Sandalwood, Musk and Vanilla.