What I'm Wearing - 5/21/10

Happy Friday! Last weekend I tried a new look on my eyes. I was going for a more interesting way to get the "no eyeliner" look, different from my usual "as much eyeliner as possible" look. I used:

-Urban Decay's primer (Sin on top lid; Original on outside and bottom)
-Urban Decay eyeshadow in Scratch (a beautiful shimmery baby pink for across the lids included in this palette)
-Maybelline eyeshadow in Urban Brown (for the outside wing, crease, and a little underneath)
-Urban Decay Liquid Eyeliner in Roach (just a little on the outside half of the top lid)
-Clinique Lash Power Mascara Long-Wearing Formula in Black Onyx (top and bottom, for a clean, "awake" look)
-Nars Orgasm blush


After priming, I swept Scratch across my entire lid with an eyeshadow brush (from EcoTools). Then, using the top of the brush, I worked Urban Brown into the crease, extending the line past my eyelid for a little wing. I took the angled brush and smudged some Urban Brown into and right underneath my bottom lashes (outer half of my eye only) and connected it to the wing. I cleaned the eyeshadow brush and used it to blur and soften the lines, making it look more natural but still dramatic. I lined the outer part of my top lid with Roach--I couldn't go completely without eyeliner! I think it looked really cool but I'll still need to work on perfecting the angles. The colors are amazing though--brown and pink are so flattering on hazel eyes.





I also put up a new discussion on our Facebook page: How much makeup do you carry in your purse? Click on the icon in the sidebar and become a fan!
Muah!
-T

What I'm Wearing - 4/23/10

Hey lovelies! I tried a new eye makeup technique over the weekend and wanted to show you. (Click on any picture here to make it larger.)

I'm wearing:
-Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Original (top and bottom)
-Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow in Freakshow (we've mentioned Urban eyeshadows a few times here--these are their super vibrant ones)
-Almay Liquid Liner in Black (not yet reviewed)--top lid
-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero (mentioned here)--inner rim
-Clinique Lash Power Mascara Long-Wearing Formula in Black Onyx
-Nars Orgasm blush

Love the eyeshadow--dark and sultry, but super vibrant and purple. Tip: For some reason, you MUST use the primer potion with this shade. I wore it once without it and it just didn't work. In the container it looks almost black, but actually has a lot of color. The website describes it as having a "red sheen"--I don't really see what they mean, but I guess it is a more red shade of purple than a blue shade.

Using the angled brush from the EcoTools Bamboo set, I smudged some eyeshadow on the outer edge of my lower lash line and connected it with the eyeshadow on top. I kept my eyeliner super thin.

I really liked the effect--super dark on top but not too dramatic on bottom, which stopped it from being too over top. My eyes still looked awake, so it worked for daytime.

Have a great weekend!

-T

Sweet Stuff

Hey guys we have some cool newz! We created a Facebook fan page for everyone who can't get enough of the blog already--or we hope...lol. Check out the Sweet Glow Beauty Page on Facebook!

(Click here and it will take you to the page!)
On our Facebook fan page we are planning on having discussions, links to some cool makeup products we find, promotion codes, and we really want to get to know our readers better! For anyone who is comment shy on the blog, the Facebook page might be a better place for you guys to tell us about some products you have tried or things you want us to try. We keep hearing our friends tell us about product they have bought that we reviewed in the past or products their friends have bought since we gave them positive reviews, so we want to know your experiences (and, yes, we are enablers).

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Another somethin new: Sometimes it is hard to take a photo of us wearing the makeup we are reviewing that day. Trust me, taking pictures of your eyelids can be really hard. So every once in a while when we are having a particularly good makeup day with some products we have previously reviewed, we are going to post some pictures. For example:


Products I'm wearing: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, Tarte eyeshadow (not from this palette), MAC Penultimate Eye Liner, Benefit A Litte Bit BADgal Lash Mascara, and you can hardly see it here but I have Nars Deep Throat Blush on as well.


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And because you read this whoooole thing, here is a really sweet deal that you probably shouldn't pass up! Ulta.com is offering 40% Revlon, Almay, Maybelline, and Ulta cosmetics here! You also get 3 free samples with all orders and not to mention $3.50 off any purchase of $10 or more by using the code: 40140. Yeah here we go again, enabling.

-M & T