her juvenescent elixir

Using mostly NYX products for this very wearable look.

Products used:

Eyes
Base -Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance
L’Oreal HiP paint in Secretive as base and highlight
L’Oreal HiP Crayon in Unmistakable
Lid - NYX Red Head
Outer V and Crease - NYX Navy
Tear duct and Crease - NYX White

Jane Mineral Eyeliner gel in black [upper lid only]
L’Oreal Voluminous mascara in Carbon black [on coat, natural lashes only]
Lashes - Ardell Demi Pixies in black

Face
MUFE in Camel #18
Posner Coverstick in light/medium
NYX Mosaic powder in Champagne

Brows - Rimmel Special Eyes Pencil in Panama

Lips - NYX gloss in Crystal

Brushes used - MAC 239, MAC 217, MAC 224, Studio Tools smudge brush, Sonia Kashuk powder brush, MAC 116 [blush]

Youtube “tutorial” of sorts:

Jane is a drugstore line that you can find at Rite-Aid, Ulta and Walgreens.  I use Jane primarily for eyeliners, as the line has a tremendous selection and nice range of colors. I walked past the cosmetics aisle (as I normally do) in Rite-Aid yesterday and my eyes stumbled upon this little piece of heaven in a jar. I just had to get it.

These ‘water resistant’ babies come in 5 gram jars and in four different ‘flavors’  [purple/wine, black, brown and navy.]  I bought the black. And, like L’Oreal HiP’s cream liner, it also comes with it’s own brush, but unlike L’Oreal HiP, the brush is actually usable and made with natural fibers.

This product applies like a dream. It’s very smooth, very true in color and dries quickly upon application so there is no smudging when you apply a second layer [not needed] or make touch-ups.  I’ve never owned any other gel/cake/cream liner but L’Oreal HiP [FYI: MAC, Stila, MUFE, and Clinique all make gel/cream liners of varying sizes and for $$] and I can say that this is a replacement. It’s head and shoulders above L’Oreal HiP price-wise and the ease of application.

So far, I’ve only worn this on my top lid, not on my waterline. But I have oily lids and it’s about 90 degrees out today and so far so good! UPDATE: The liner lasted all day long. Check out my end of the day pictures here: 40’s Glam Look.

UPDATE: Christiana Divine has reviewed the Jane gel liners! Check out her page to see her swatches and pictures of the product.

A  take on the makeup of the 40s era with my own twist. I didn’t have time to concentrate on my lips so I literally tossed on the red lip. Normally a good red lip takes me quite a few minutes and it can stay on ALL day without a real touch up. (And my hair sucked so…)

Products used:

Eyes
Lid - MAC Solar White
Crease - Saddle
Outer V - MAC Handwritten mixed with MAC Saddle
Highlight - MAC Orb mixed with MAC Naked Lunch

Jane Be Pure Mineral Gel eyeliner in Black

Brows
Rimmel Special Eyes pencil in Panama

Face
MUFE liquid foundation in Camel #18
MAC Blot powder in Dark
MAC Sunbasque blush
MAC Format blush

Lips
MAC Mahogany l/l
Maybelline Midnight Red l/s
L’Oreal HiP l/g in Tempting

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Products used

Eyes (All MAC)
Lid - Girlie and Illegal Cargo to blend
Outer V - Sketch and Illegal Cargo to blend
Crease - Naked Lunch mixed with Illegal Cargo
Highlight - Naked Lunch

Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance
L’Oreal Telescopic mascara in black
MAC Smolder eye kohl

Brows - Rimmel Special Eyes pencil in Panama

Cheeks - MAC Feeling Beauty Powder

Face
Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation in Caramel #400
Posner Coverstick concealer in light/medium
MAC Blot Powder in Dark

Lips - MAC Love Knot

Thinking about toning it down for a while [at least until the 4th of July!] hehehe. This is the end of that day after 12 hours of wear  as you can see from my hair… Only two lipgloss reapplications, wow!

Also note the brows. I told you all, the Rimmel pencils do the darn thing. They stay on until you make them come off.  They’ve probably faded a tiny bit right in front of the arch, but that’s about it.

Products used

Eyes (All MAC)
Lid - Arena
Highlight and tear duct - Orb
Crease - Saddle
Crease, Outer V and Lower Lashline - Handwritten

Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance
L’Oreal HiP paint in Secretive
L’Oreal Voluminous mascara in black
MAC Smolder eye kohl

Brows - Rimmel Special Eyes pencil in Panama

Cheeks - MAC Sunbasque

Face
Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation in Caramel #400
Posner Coverstick concealer in light/medium
MAC Blot Powder in Dark

Lips - MAC Ensign

Forgot to post this Friday…

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Products used:

Eyes
MAC Beautiful Iris e/s
MAC Fig 1 e/s
MAC Folie e/s
MAC Carbon e/s

MAC Smolder Eye Kohl e/l
L’Oreal Voluminous mascara in Black

Brows
Rimmel Special Eyes pencil in Panama

Face
MUFE liquid foundation in Camel #18
MAC Blot powder in Dark
MAC Feelings beauty powder

Lips
MAC Nightmoth l/l
MAC Love Nectar l/g

A look for the summer.

Products used:

Face

• Revlon Colorstay Liquid Foundation in Caramel #400

1. Apply with clean hands to a moisturized face one section at a time.

• Posner Foundation/Concealer Stick in Light/Medium

1. Cover any blemishes, scars or dark circles. Buff with firm, dense powder brush.

• Maybelline Mineral Power Finishing Veil in Dark

1. Buff into skin with powder or kabuki brush.

• NYX Mosaic Powder in Love

1. Apply to apples of cheek and sweep toward hairline.

Eyes

• Too Faced Eyeshadow Insurance

1. Dab a pin-sized amount to lid and under eye with ring finger.

• L’Oreal HiP Cream Shadow Paint in Secretive

1. Apply to lid and all the way to brow as a highlight.

• L’Oreal HiP Color Rich Cream Crayon in Attentive

1. Apply entire lid and smooth with finger.

• L’Oreal HiP Color Rich Cream Crayon in Unmistakable

1. Apply to outer V and to outer crease. Smooth with finger.

• NYX Eyeshadow Trio in Shangri-La

1. Apply yellow shadow to entire lid with firm brush.
2. Apply Red/Orange color to entire crease with sponge-tip applicator. Blend with fluffy brush, the color should fade as you move up toward the brow. Leave the color in the crease strong.

• NYX Eyeshadow Trio in Team Spirit

1. Apply Golden Yellow lightly on top of yellow on lid with fluffy brush.

• NYX Eyeshadow in Golden Orange

1. With fluffy brush, apply lightly above the Red-Orange color in your crease. Blend from inner corner to outer corner of eye.

• NYX Eyeshadow in Kiwi

1. Using a pointy brush, line the bottom lashline of your eye.

• NYX Eyeshadow in Hot Pink

1. With a pointy brush draw a V shape on the outer corner (V) of your eye.

• NYX Eyeshadow in Red Head

1. With a fluffy brush, blend this color on top of Hot Pink in a circular motion. Blend into the outer crease.

• L’Oreal HiP Pigment in Visionary [Optional]

1. Take a very soft brush and dab it into the top of the pigment. Take the gold color and stiple it onto your lid and lower lash line. This is just adding a little sparkle to your eye without distorting the colors you’ve already applied.

• NYX Eyeshadow in White

1. Blend into inner corner of eyes to open eyes.

L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara in Black [top and bottom lashes; two coats.]
L’Oreal HiP Cream Color liner in Black [line top lid only; wing into and beyond outer crease.]
MAC Eye Kohl in Fascinating [line bottom waterline.]

Brows
Rimmel Special Eyes Kohl in Panama [fill in any gaps.]

Lips
L’Oreal HiP Shine Struck lip color in Arresting
Maybelline Line Stylist in Plum #310

or

For a subtle lip color use L’Oreal HiP Shine Struck lip color in Precarious; no liner.

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I’ve been promising to do swatches of the NYX products that I have for months. I don’t plan to buy anything new [with the exception of the ones that broke two minutes ago] so the swatches will be limited to what I have in my collection for now. You can find NYX at Rite Aid, local beauty supply stores, Ulta and online at http://www.ulta.com, http://www.nyxcosmetics.com and http://www.cherryculture.com.

The base for the swatches is UDPP.  [From left to right: Princess Pink, Shimmer, Red Bronze, Hot Pink, Red Head, Rust] Click the below photos for a close up.

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Without Flash:

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Products used:

Eyes
Too Faced Eye Shadow Insurance
MAC Warm Chill e/s on lid
MAC Plumage e/s on outer crease and outer V
MAC Carbon e/s on outer in crease
MAC Warming Trend e/s in crease and blended up toward brow
MAC Vanilla Pigment in tear duct

MAC Smolder eye kohl e/l on top lid and lower lashline
L’Oreal Voluminous mascara in black

Face
MUFE Face & Body foundation in #18 Camel
Mac Blot Powder in Dark
MAC Blush in Sunbasque

Brows
Rimmel Special Eyes e/l in Panama

Lips
Maybelline Gold Light l/s
Wet N’ Wild Megaslicks l/g in Strawberry Taffy

I purchased Stila’s Kajal Eye Liner in Topaz last week at Sephora. It’s described by Stila as

Kajal eye liners are formulated to mimic the ultra-soft texture of the indian eye darkener of the same name. The luscious formula is silky smooth and glides on perfectly, without dragging across the most fragile skin around the eye area. Delivers bold, clear, true color that blends easily and beautifies.

I found this liner to be very messy and it applied like a melted crayon. I was not pleased.

When I opened the box, I was super excited because it looked so pretty.  I couldn’t wait to apply this to my water line to brighten my eyes.

As I do with all new eyeliners or lip pencils, I sharpened the pencil to prepare for use. The tip literally melted before my eyes. Boo! I then shaped it with my fingers to a point *UGH!* and tried to smudge it onto my water line.  I then spent the next 15 minutes trying to get that pink pasty mess off of my lower lashes without smudging my eyeshadow. In the end I just raked mascara over it the best I could and covered my water line with black eye liner.

I really wanted to like this product, but it is a true bust for me, it will  be going back to Sephora promptly. I’ll exchange it for the Tarte highlighter duo and see how that works out.