Eye Look

Hard Candy Neutral Eyes Palette Look

In a recent haul I showed you the Hard Candy Neutral Eyes palette I got from WalMart. I wanted to do a look using the pretty copper-gold color in it, and I decided to do the look using only colors from the same palette.

Use the shade Chatty as a transition shade, making sure to blend it out well and get it all over the crease and a bit above. This gives the crease shade something to blend into.

Use the shade Toying in the crease, blending it up into the transition shade.

Put the shade Coy all over the lid, blendig it into the crease slightly for a more blended, less harsh look when you close your eyes.

Use the shade Bashful as an inner corner and browbone highlight. This shade reminds me a bit of the shade Champagne Truffle in the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette, which I also use as an inner corner and browbone highlight a lot.

Use the shade Frisky on the lower lashline to pull everything together. I think this look looks much better with something on the lower lashline.

Add finishing touches like mascara and eyeliner and the look is done!

I paired this eye look with the Hard Candy Velvet Mousse Matte Lip Color in Sweet Pea. I haven't tried it out much yet but so far I really like it. I haven't worn it long enough to know if it dries matte yet, but I'll update you on it in a later post.

Naked Smoky Look

Naked Smoky Palette Eyeshadow Tutorial

Put the shade Password in the crease. Don't worry about blending it out yet, we'll do that at the end.

Apply the shade Dirtysweet all over the lid. This is one of my favorite shades in the palette.

Use the shade Smolder on the outer half of the lid, blending it into the outer v as well.

Apply the shade Black Market to the outer v to deepen the look.

Blend everything together and clean up the edge of the shadow.

Apply liner and mascara. I used two or three coats of mascara since this is quite a dramatic look.

Here is the eye look paired with Too Faced's Melted Berry. I think they go pretty well together, although a nude lipstick would look good as well.

Eye Makeup Tutorial

Makeup Revolution Iconic 1 Palette Tutorial

This tutorial uses shadows from only one palette - the Makeup Revolution Iconic 1 palette. I absolutely love the Iconic 3, so I bought the Iconic 1 and 2 as well.

Apply the 5th shade from the left to your crease. I made it extend out a little bit to guide where I would put the winged eyeliner later.

Apply the 6th shade from the left to your entire lid. I used a slightly damp brush to get a more intense look.

Apply the 2nd shade from the left to your inner corner for an extra pop of shimmer.

Put on eyeliner, curl your lashes, apply mascara, and you're done! I paired this look with a nude lip (NYX Butter lipstick in Pops) and a more natural face. It would look good on a flawless face or with bold red lips as well.

Bright Eye Tutorial

Super Bright Eye Makeup Tutorial

I wanted to do a bright look to change things up a bit, since I've been doing a lot more neutral looks lately. I also really like bright, colorful looks, even for everyday wear. I've worn looks like this out many times and I think it's wearable if you have the confidence to pull it off. I used only shadows from the Urban Decay Electric palette.

Use the shade Urban in the crease. Make sure to blend it well, especially at the top.

Apply the shade Jilted all over the lid and blend it into the crease shade well. This is a really nice pink-purple color.

Put the shade Savage on just the middle of the lid. It adds a nice pop of extra brightness.

Use a sparkly blue liner and make a wing. I like how this looks better than black liner, but you could use either.

Curl your lashes, apply mascara, and you're done! This would look good with false lashes as well, and paired with a peach or coral lipstick.

Wildest Dreams Makeup

Wildest Dreams Makeup Look

I was inspired to do a Taylor Swift-like look, and when the Wildest Dreams video look was suggested to me, I decided that it would be a perfect one to try and re-create.

 Here's a close-up of the eye look...

...and here's the full face. These are screenshots from the Wildest Dreams music video and I do not own them (in case that needed to be cleared up).

Here is the eye look that I created. I used two shadows from the Too Faced Chocolate Bar palette - Hazelnut on the crease and Haute Chocolate on the lid. I made a wind using the NYC black liquid eyeliner and I used Maybelline's Great Lash mascara in very black.

Sadly, I didn't have a dark red that was close to the one on Taylor, so I settled for the Wet'n'Wild MegaLast lipstick in Stoplight Red. Her lips looked matte, so I didn't add any gloss. I hope you liked this look!