Champagne Bronze and plum eye makeup look

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BH Cosmetics Wild Child Palette. 

Don't be fooled, this thing is huge! Each pan is 1 inch! I bought it and thought it would be tiny.

Eyes (all applied in this order):
Coastal Scents Shadow worx eye primer (applied to upper lid, blending in gently with ring finger) 

Darling Girl Cosmetics Glitter Glue (applied all over upper lid with ring finger)

NYX - Hilight (applied under the brow and blended downward lightly toward just above the crease)

Wild Child - plum: 3rd row, 2nd from left (crease, outer 1/3 of lid and lower lash line)
Wild Child - bronze: 2nd row, 3rd from left (middle 1/3 of lid/crease and lower lash line)
Wild Child - champagne: 1st row, 1sr from left (inner 1/3 of lid and lower lash line)
Wild Child - white: 3rd row, 3rd from left (inner corner)
Sugarpill - Bulletproof (upper lash line)
Essence Maximum Definition Mascara - Black (1 coat)

Eyebrows: e.l.f. Baked Eyeshadow - Burnt Plum (applied with a synthetic angled liner brush)

Lips:

BH Cosmetics - Moody Merlot

 

Face: 

Skin MD Shielding lotion

Sobe Powder Foundation - Light Warm (applied with Coastal Scents bionic buffer brush)

Sobe Tinted Illusionist (applied all over face/neck with a large powder brush) 

NYX blush - Taupe (applied just below the cheek bones to contour)

e.l.f. Baked Blush - Rich Rose (applied to cheek bones and blending back toward the hair line) 

Silver, purple and wine eye makeup look

This look was so amazing in person. Too bad the photos don't show what I see!

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Eyes (all applied in this order):
Coastal Scents Shadow worx eye primer (applied to upper lid, blending in gently with ring finger) 

Darling Girl Cosmetics Glitter Glue (applied all over upper lid with ring finger)

NYX - Hilight (applied under the brow and blended downward lightly toward just above the crease)

Morgana - Cauldron (outer lid/crease)
Morgana - Labyrinth (outer half of lid, crease and lower lash line)
Morgana - Weeping Angels (inner half of lid and lower lash line)
Morgana - Graveyard Mist (inner corner/V)
Kryolan Aquacolor - black (upper lash line and winged outward)
Essence Maximum Definition Mascara - Black (1 coat)
BH Cosmetics False Lashes - Flare

Eyebrows: e.l.f. Baked Eyeshadow - Burnt Plum (applied with a synthetic angled liner brush)

Lips:

Morgana -Plum Crazy

 

Face: 

Skin MD Shielding lotion

Sobe Powder Foundation - Light Warm (applied with Coastal Scents bionic buffer brush)

Sobe Tinted Illusionist (applied all over face/neck with a large powder brush) 

NYX blush - Taupe (applied just below the cheek bones to contour)

Sobe Blush - Enchanted (applied to cheek bones and blending back toward the hair line)

e.l.f. Studio Baked Highlighter - Blush Gems (applied just above cheek bones to highlight)  

 

 

Review/Swatches: Aromaleigh Mineral Cosmetics Dryades Eyeshadow Collection

It has been a long time since I have reviewed anything, but here I am to show you Aromaleigh's Dryades Eyeshadow Collection.

Here's what they have to say about this collection:
"Autumn 2014 welcomes the DRYADES collection at Aromaleigh… ten dramatic duochrome shades imbued with the tones of Fall’s splendor. Dryads and Hamadryads were the Greek nymphs of the forests and trees. These colors were all inspired by specific Dryads or groups of Dryads, and incredible classic paintings portraying them."

We all know how difficult these types of shadows can be to photograph, so I did my best to capture their beauty.

Now onto the pretties!

I swatched these on the back of my hand with Fyrinnae's Pixie Epoxy Primer.

From the top left going clockwise: othreis, dryope, ekho, kyllene and dapnis

 indirect natural light

 direct sunlight

 with flash

 flash at an angle

 From the top left going clockwise: hesperides, kraneia, heliades, byblis and pitys

 indirect natural light

  indirect natural light at an angle

 direct sunlight

 direct sunlight at an angle

 with flash

with flash at an angle

Here are a couple looks I have put together using this collection.

More pictures of this look and what I used to create it, are posted HERE.

(Aromaleigh put together this collage of my look and I lovingly stole it)

More pictures of this look and what I used to create it, are posted HERE.

 

Here's what I have to say about this collection. This is one of those sets I believe anyone can wear. While these are more on the softer, wearable side, there is a bit of magic to these lovely shadows. They seem to have this glow about them and from different angles, shimmers of different colors can be seen.
Each shadow has such complex color shifts that they can look completely different in the package compared to when applied and worn. They are quite difficult to photograph and are so much more amazing in person. I really love this collection. I have had it for a couple of weeks and wanted to wear and play with it before I could give a thorough review.
A good thing that I noticed when doing some makeup looks, was that even when blending, the shimmers and duochrome don't rub off a lot. That's a common problem with duochrome/shimmery shadows. Blending can wipe away most or even all of the shimmers and multicolored finishes. But I didn't experience much of that with the shadows I have tried. My technique for applying such shadows involves patting the product on and then gently blending with a soft brush. :-)

I hope you enjoyed this review and found it helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know.

I received this collection from Aromaleigh for review purposes. All opinions here are honest and my own.

Burnt Orange and Black eye makeup look

I rarely ever rush with my makeup because if I don't have time to do the look I want, I just go with a very simple look. This started out to be simple and it got darker and darker and then I realized I didn't have time to do some things to the rest of my face, since I kept playing with my eye makeup. So I ended up with this. Also, because this was rushed, I didn't get a chance to photograph it until a few hours later. So I'm not the usual fresh face.

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Necklace is available on my website (click below):

Eyes (all applied in this order):
Coastal Scents Shadow worx eye primer (applied to upper lid, blending in gently with ring finger) 

Darling Girl Cosmetics Glitter Glue (applied all over upper lid with ring finger)

NYX - Hilight (applied under the brow and blended downward lightly toward just above the crease)

Sobe Botanicals - Bat Azz (outer lid,V, crease and outer lower lash line)

Sobe Botanicals - Woot Woot (lid and lower lash line)

Sobe Botanicals - Genre (inner corner/V)

Kryolan Aquacolor - black (upper lash line and winged outward)

Essence Maximum Definition Mascara - Black (1 coat)

Eyebrows: e.l.f. Baked Eyeshadow - Burnt Plum (applied with a synthetic angled liner brush)

Lips:

Sobe Botanicals -Exposed

 

Face: 

Skin MD Shielding lotion

Sobe Powder Foundation - Light Warm (applied with Coastal Scents bionic buffer brush)

Sobe Tinted Illusionist (applied all over face/neck with a large powder brush) 

Sobe Blush - Charming (applied to cheek bones and blending back toward the hair line)

Vibrant, colorful look using BH Cosmetics

I have been wanting the Take me to Brazil palette since I first saw it and finally got it! I'm so glad I did! It's gorgeous!

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 Take Me To Brazil Palette by BH Cosmetics

 

Eyes (all applied in this order):
Coastal Scents Shadow worx eye primer (applied to upper lid, blending in gently with ring finger) 

Darling Girl Cosmetics Glitter Glue (applied all over upper lid with ring finger)

NYX - Hilight (applied under the brow and blended downward lightly toward just above the crease)

Brazil - blue: 2nd row, 6th from left (outer 1/3 of lid)
Brazil - purple: 3rd row, 7th from left (inner 1/3 of lid and crease)
Brazil - teal: 1st row, 6th from left (crease, outer V and outer lower lash line)
Brazil - turquoise: 1st row, 5th from left (inner 1/3 of lower lash line)
Brazil - lavender: 4th row, 7th from left (inner 1/3 of lid)
Brazil - white (inner corner)
Kryolan Aquacolor - black (upper lash line and winged outward)
Essence Maximum Definition Mascara - Black (1 coat)
BH Cosmetics False Lashes - Flare

Eyebrows: e.l.f. Baked Eyeshadow - Burnt Plum (applied with a synthetic angled liner brush)

Lips:

BH Cosmetics - Vixen

 

Face: 

Skin MD Shielding lotion

Sobe Powder Foundation - Light Warm (applied with Coastal Scents bionic buffer brush)

Sobe Tinted Illusionist (applied all over face/neck with a large powder brush) 

NYX blush - Taupe (applied just below the cheek bones to contour)

Sobe Blush - Glisten (applied to cheek bones and blending back toward the hair line)