Smokey Glam January Week #1 Shop My Stash Look #5

Hey doll hey! How’s your day/night going? Great I hope. I’m doing amazing today. I had a heap of energy today and a fairly normal pain level (level 6). My thumb is still acting up but that’s to be expected until I’m back on RA meds.

For today’s look I used shades from 3 palettes…

1. Huda Beauty The New Nude Eyeshadow Palette ($65 for 19.7 G / 0.69 OZ total product making it $3.72 and 1.09 g / 0.038 oz per pan at Sephora). I will refer to this palette as HNN.

2. Huda 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 will refer to this palette as HE.

3. Huda Smoke & Roses 30 Pan Palette ($34 for 1.16 oz / 33g of product making it 0.039 oz / 1.1 g and $1.13 per pan on their website). I will refer to this palette as CPSR.

Now onto the walk-through and pictorial for today’s look.

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Eyes and Brows:

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 Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Brow MVP Ultra Fine Brow Pencil & Styler ($22 for 0.0004 oz / 0.07 g of product at Ulta and Sephora) in the shade Black Brown (for dark brown to black hair, neutral undertone). 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 Beauty Creations Color Base Primer ($4 for 0.5 fl oz / 15 ml of product on their website) in the shade White Out, I also primed my lids with this primer.

From the HE I laid down my transition shade, Best Self (mid toned peach based orange – matte) with a fluffy crease brush.

For my crease I went into the HNN with a crease brush and the shade Raw (red based brown – matte), I also defined the outer 1/3 of my mobile lids.

Using a pencil brush and a combo of the shades whisper (charcoal – matte) and spun around (red deep brown – matte) from the CPSR to define the lower part of the crease.

I defined the outer v of the crease using a small crease brush and the shade Confident (mixed toned red based brown – matte) from the HE.

I deepened the outer part of the outer v of the crease with the same crease brush I just used and the shade smoked out (blackened charcoal – matte) from the CPSR.

I laid down the shade Play (dusty peach – matte) from the HNN over the middle 2/3 of the mobile lids.

With a tiny detail brush I tapped NYX Long Lasting Glitter Primer ($6.50 for 0.33 fl oz / 10 ml of product at Ulta). I then tapped the limited edition shade from Colourpop Super Shock Shadow ($7 for 0.074 oz / 2.1 g of product on their website) in the shade entranced (warm mid tone gold) over the middle 1/3 of the mobile lids using a pencil brush. Using the same brush I tapped the shade Crave (red base gold with pink reflect – metallic) from the HNN over the inner 1/3 of the mobile lids. I then went back into the HNN with a short shader brush and more of the shade Raw (red based brown – matte) to blend the line of demarcation between the outer and middle 1/3 of the mobile lids.

I created a deep drop shadow on the lower lash lines using a pencil brush and the shade Best Self (mid toned peach based orange – matte) from the HE.

I deepened that drop shadow with a smaller pencil brush and the shade Legacy (rich terracotta based mid toned brown – matte) from the HE.

Using a small firm pencil brush and the shade Raw (red based brown – matte) from the HNN I deepened the lashline.

Deepening the lash line further with the same pencil brush and the shade Confident (mixed toned red based brown – matte) from the HE.

I tightlined my upper and lower waterlines using Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen ($12 for 0.32 oz / 9.07 g of product at Ulta) in the shade black cocoa (deep brown) and then I highlighted the inner corners of my eyes using a tiny pencil brush and the shade love hurts (pinky gold – metallic) from the CPSR.

Lastly I created micro wings on my upper lash line using the Maybelline Hyper Easy Brush Tip Liquid Liner ($9.99 for 0.021 fl oz / 0.62 ml of product at Ulta) in the shade Pitch Brown.

Complexion:

I primed my face using Catrice Prime and Fine Poreless Blur Primer has been reformulated (it now has Niacinamide in it) and the name has been changed to The Perfector Poreless Blur Primer ($8 for 1 fl oz / 30 ml of product on their website). I contoured using the Juvia’s Place I Am Magic Concealer ($14 for the 0.34 fl oz / 10.05 ml size and $10 for the 0.11 fl oz / 3.25 ml size at Ulta) in the shade #2 (for deepest dark skin w/ neutral warm undertone). For foundation I used the Milani Glow Hydrating Skin Tint ($12.99 for 1 fl oz / 30 ml of product at Ulta) in shade #110 (fair to light). Cream bronzer today is Makeup Revolution Ultra Cream Bronzer ($8 for 0.24 oz / 6.8 g of product at Ulta) in the shade Deep (the deepest shade), cream blush is Nudestix Nudies Bloom ($34 for 0.25 oz / 7.08 g of product on their website and at Ulta) in the shade Poppy Girl (vivid glowing coral) and for cream highlighter I used Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Highlighter Wand ($40 for 0.41 fl oz / 12 ml of product on their website and at Sephora) in the shade Goldgasm (golden highlight). I color corrected using the Pixi By Petra Correction Concentrate ($12 for 0.10 oz / 2.83 g of product at Target and most drug stores) in the shade Brightening Peach and then concealed using the Beauty Bakerie Instabake 3 in 1 Concealer ($20 for 0.19 fl oz / 5.62 ml of product on their website and at Ulta) in the shade #017 Frappe Hour (2nd lightest shade). I set my under eyes using the RCMA No Color Powder (14 for 3 oz / 85.4 g of product sold several places I purchase it on the Beautylish website) and the rest of my face using the Uoma Beauty Trippin Smooth Powder ($29.50 for 0.35 oz / 10 g of product on their website). I skipped touch up powder today again. I touched up my bronzer using the BECCA Sunlit Bronzer (no longer available due to company closing down) in the shade Ipanema Sun, my blush using the Becca Mineral Blush (discontinued because the company closed) in the shade Songbird (warm toned coral – satin) and the highlight using the Jouer Powder Highlighter ($25 for 0.16 oz / 4.5 g of product at Sephora) in the shade Citrine (gold).

Lips, Lashes and Finishings:

I lined my lips today using the NYX Suede Matte Velvet Vegan Lip Liner ($4 for 0.035 oz / 0.99 g of product at Ulta) in the shade Spicy (true red) and topped my lips off with BECCA Ultimate Lipstick Love (no longer available) in the shade Scarlet (deep midtoned red). I coated my lashes in 1 coat of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Full Frontal Volume, Lift & Curl Mascara (24 for the 0.42 fl oz / 12.5 ml size and $13 for the 0.15 foz / 4.7 go size on their website and at Sephora and Ulta) in the shade Cuz I’m Black (true black) and popped on a pair of Mikayla Paht Two x Glamlite lashes ($12 on their website) in the style HIgh Fashion. I set my 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).

Final Thoughts:

There is something so classic about a smokey eye and red lip. I love pairing gold with red lips too so this eye look just screamed for me to add the lippie in this shade.