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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Love Paradise makeup look ♥

Hello everyone~

With the mode of Valentines day comming up~ I was inspired to do a pink look~ I'm still thinking of a sweet valentine look to do~ so if I come up with one, I'll deff post it up. If any of you have a request for a particular look, just leave me a comment or email me at cathy_h93@hotmail.com

Today we're going to be doing this look~

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So lets get started!
I am using my Inglot Pro 5 Freedom eyeshadow palette. This palette allows you to choose your own shadows in whatever colour you want for $45AUD!

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First start off with priming your eyelid. If you don't have a primer, if you have any cream eyeshadow with like pinky tones, you can use that as a base.

I've alread applied my foundation and concealer already ^^

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^wow my skin turned out really flawless here ahhaa

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Anyway using the hot pink '1' (pearl 449) apply it with a gentle tapping motion onto your eyelid. The hot pink will come out a lot darker than it's suppose to be but don't worry, we're going to fix as the steps goes on. Here i'm using MAC 239 brush. It's an eyeshadow brush with slightly fluffy bristles.

heres what it should look like:

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Now using the baby pink from the same palette '2' (D.S 488) apply it gently onto your lids so that it overlaps the already exsisting hot pink. This will tone down the hot pink. However, also bring the baby pink towards your inner corner, so that you lids will have two shades of pink. (I used the same brush, but I just flipped it over)

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So start by placing the baby pink eyeshadow onto of the hot pink, and then slowly bringing the baby pink to the inner corners of your lids. Don't put too much baby pink eyeshadow on the hot pink or esle you will lose the essence of the hot pink, and we don't want that

It should look somewhat like this


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Notice how my hot pink has been toned down by the light pink yet, you can still see that there is a darker pink under there. Thats the look that we want to achieve. The inner corners has a flow of baby pink eyeshadow there. It creates a sweet innocent look haha.

Now using shadow '3' (AMC Shine 30), using a more fluffy brush such as the MAC 275 to apply this more shimmery shadow on the top edge of the pink.

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Also pat this shadow ontop of the baby pink shadow thats on the inner corners of your lid. This will brighten up the colour and also give it a cute shine to the colour since the baby pink is a little light and is also a matted eyeshadow. Now using a blending brush, blend out the line where the two pinks met.

Now, using a stiff eyeshadow packing brush (im using's eco tools eyeshadow brush) mixing the two purples together '4' (AMC Shine 40[the darker purple] & AMC Shine 22 [the lighter purple]) place it on the lower outer corners of your eyes:


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^just like that photo, place the purple where I outlined. The arrows that is on that picture is telling you to bring the purple up. When bringing it up, using a swiping motion so that it blends the purple into the pink.

For eyeline, I used a brown gel liner. (MAC's fluidline in Dipbrown) and using KATE's geliner brush, I winged out my eyeliner just like this.

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Also, bring the eyeliner down the lower lash half way. This way, the lower lash line won't look so plain and boring. And the contract won't be too big.

Now as you can see, I was in a rush to leave so I forgot to do mascara! so just curl you lashes and coat your lashes!
I use MAC's eyelash curler and Diors 'Doir Show" mascara in black. I'm in love with this mascara, I should do I review on it sometime.

Now apply blush on the apples of your cheeks and you're done! So smile and apply the blush! Use a pink blush to bring out the girlyness in you! ahaha
I used inglots blush in '38'


Goodnight everyone!

Love,

Cathy xox.


P.S: I'll put up a list of things I used tomorrow, it's late now and I have school tomorrow morning!

P.P.S: FOTD!!

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

My very first Barry M's! + China Glazes~

Hello Everyone~

So recently I made my very order with CrushComestic.com which is a website that carrys cosmetics from NYX, Barry M, Urban Decays Primer Potion and China Glaze nail polishes. The good thing about this site is that it is based in Australia therefore prices and shipping are low and fast!

Anyway, I finally got around to buying some China Glazes nail polishes. I heard their quality is as good as OPI's nail polish but for half the price! (For those who don't know, OPI nail polishes are 19.95AUD here in Australia) I manage to pick out 4 polishes! Here the picture!


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(from L-R: Innocent, Spontaneous, White on White & Secret Peri-Wink-Le)

I haven't had time to swatch it on my figure to sure you guys the colour of it, when when I do get around to doing it, I will surely do so ^^

Anyway, the more exciting thing is that I picked up two marry pigments!
One dazzle dust and one fine glitter dust. For those of you who don't know what Barry M is, it's a UK brand ^^

Here the pictures


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(Fine Glitter Dust in 7 [Crimson/Pink] & Dazzle Dust in 44 [Bronze])

Fine Glitter Dust (7) swatch
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You probably can't really see well in the picture, but it has tiny micro glitters in it. its really pretty! ahaha

Dazzle dust (44) swatch

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The dazzle dust is amazinglyy pretty! the colour shows up really pigmented and smoothly. I deff like this dazzle dust better than the glitter dust. Just because it applies more smoothly than the glitter dust. I can't compare these to MAC pigments simply because I don't have any MAC Pigments haha XD


Thats all for now girls. If any of you guys are interested in the website, its http://www.crushcosmetics.com.au/

Love,
Cathy xoxo

Sunday, January 24, 2010

My first tag!

List 7 things about yourself and then tag 7 other people

I've been tagged by Vee! thanks for tagging me babe!

So now... I have to list 7 things about myself? hrmm.. Lets see if I can make it interesting! haha
So here it goes!


1: I can't draw for the life of me
2: I have this weird mega obession for Starbucks ever since it closed down in my area
3: If any electronics comes in pink, I will pick the pink one without even thinking
4: I graduate year 12 being 17, and won't turn 18 untill Uni starts. So 2 months of holidays of not being legal. Shit.
5: I'm extremely slow at reading, so I don't read a lot
6: My hand bag always has a bunch of bobby pins, hairties and recipes at the bottom of the bag.
7: I have this
specific pink pillow that I've had ever since I was born and I need to bring it everywhere with me if I'm going to sleep at someones house or esle I can't sleep~

So there we have it XD My 7 not so interesting fact~
And now I tag:

An, Jody, Belinda, Bridget, Vivian, Karen and Catalina


Love
Cathy xox

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Mini MAC haul!

Hi everyone! So this is my very first haul! yay! Haha
Everyone knows what a haul is so I'm just going to move along right into this point of this post!

So a few days back I went to the MAC counter in Myer and I saw that they had a new collection out. Mind me, I haven't been to town a lot these holidays so I was a bit behind on the updates haha but beside from that, the collections that was out was Love Lace and Warm & Cozy.
The warm and cozy collection is quite old now as it has been out since around Chirstmas time. Anyway, I managed to pick out a few items that I thought was nice. Actually that's a lie, all the items in both collections were drool worthy and if I had all the money in the world, I would have gotten every single item LOL. But I don't so.. haha

Anyway, I didn't snag any deals lol from the love lace collection but I bought some products from the warm & cozy collection. Swatches are provided =)

I managed to get:

1 eyeshadow
1 Mineral Skin Finish (MSF)
from the Warm & Cozy collection and the rest are regular permanent products from MAC =)

1 technakohl liner
1 paintpot (my very first one~ yayy)

I also dropped into Priceline and picked up two liquid liners from drug-store brand Prestige ^^

So here are the swatches

Family Shot

gah~ so pretty ahaha

Eyeshadows...~! I got one shadow from warm & cosy and it's called "Modelette" The colour is a satin nude.. mmm.. more of a browny nude? ahha and yeah thats pretty much it. Can't explain in anymore detail than that ahha



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I had to swatch this a few times for it to show up on camera. But it's quite pigmented so I really like it. Great for doing soft natural looks~ =)

TBH I got a paint pot... for no particular reason at all. Haha! I just wanted to try it out and see how good it is of a base as I hear youtube gurus raving about paint pots all the times haha
I was going to get rubenesque, which is a goldy base paint pot or my other option was bare study, which is like a beigey-white base. However, the girl said that its better to start off with something that doesn't show up as much because rubenesque will always have the gold undertone to it so yeh. ahah Bare study paint pot it is ;)




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Ok then I got MAC's limited MSF in "By Candlelight". The reason as to why I bought this particular MSF is in hope that it could replace my dear MSF, Perfect Topping. Which was from another limited collection back in 2009 LOL. sigh as soon as I got home, I dropped my perfect topping MSF on the ground.... And thats the end of that LOL so yeah. By Candlelight is the closest to Perfect Topping as of now. bleh heres the product and the swatch =)




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Now onto the liners.
The one i got at MAC is just a normal black twist up one. So it's not those pencil type ones where you have to sharpen it when it goes blunt. Mine is called Graphblack. I heard these are good for waterlines.... So since I wear a lot of my eyeliner on my tightline (top waterline) so yeh.. just had to get it ahha




And lastly the two drug-store liquid liners. These are amazing! If you're looking for a cheap but good liquid liner that lasts a long time without smearing, then go and get yourself a Prestige liquid liner! They're .. I think 12 bucks! and they work like a babe! love it. love it love it!
I got a one in Black/Brown (thats the name, now two colours lol) and the other is Azure which is a navy blue. I plan on getting every colour slowly ahah! The colour range is quite nice. They even have like a maroon colour one too =)





And I'll just finish off with a picture of "OFOTD" which stands for Outfit of the day HAHA if you guys think I should update OFOTD in every (or most) post I put up than post a comment below ^^


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Jeans: Sportsgirls $30
Jacket: Bardot $30
Top: Valley Girl $24.95
Heels: Nikki Fashion $29.95
Necklace: Diva $5
Bracelet: Betsy Johnson $49.95

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Beginning

Hello there! some of you'se may know me from my other blog which I haven't updated in the longest time! Haha those of you who know me from my other blog should (well.. hopefully should) be either people I know in real life of people who know the people I know. =)

Anyway... this post is more of a introduction post as to let you know who I am ^^
My name is Cathy and I am a female duh. But whatever, the whole purpose of this blog is to update you girls/guys on my makeup looks and how to create the look. So in other words this is a beauty blog. I will also be updating this blogs with hauls and what not. Mainly all the hauls will be beauty or fashion related so yeah

I've been thinking of creating a youtube channel but whenever I actually try and sit down infront of the camera and put stuff on my face, I always screw up and well, get camera shy so.. haha mega fail -__- but anywho

Since it's currently 2.18am at the moment and I was cleaning out my makeup and decided to do a look. Yes at 2am in the morning crazy I know. haha

Anyway, I'll show the look and I will hopefully out up a tutorial on how to create the look tomorrow morning. Hopefully I won't get lazy.

A Smokey Green cat eye look.









Sorry for the crappy quality photo. my dslr's battery died on me so I had to use my point and shoot lumix, anyway, the list of products used include:

Face

Coastal Scents Camo Quad in Medium
Revlon Color Stay Stay Natural Makeup in 05 Natural Beige
Inglot Blush in #38 & #35

Eyes

Two Faced Shadow Insurance
Beauties Factory 88 Eyeshadow Palette (Matte)
Bobby Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black Ink
MaxFactor Single Shadow in 101 Pale Pebble
Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black
Lancome Amplicils Mascara in Black

Eyebrows

Lancome Eyebrow pencil in TAUPE

Lips

Etude House Color me Nude Lip Concealer
Rimmels lipstick in Nude Delight
MAC (David Jones Limited Edition) lipstick in PRIVÉ


Goodnight everyone~