My matte neutrals palette

I took out the divider from my 15-slot empty MAC palette, and I was able to fit 25 eyeshadows! I know it does not look that pretty anymore, but its pretty darn functional!

Please click on the image to see the labels/names of each eyeshadow.




Another shot of the same palette



My MUST HAVE matte eyeshadows:
MAC Brule, Tete-a-tint, Rule, Brown script, Follie, Embark, Handwritten...
hmm seems like I might list them all..since I do love them all..lol

How can I get glowy skin?

My obsession at the moment are "luminizers". I have tried like 5000 products lol ..liquid, powder, gel..you name it....

Here are the ones that I find work the best for me:

Powder

• Mac Vanilla (subtle beige golden sheen) and Melon (subtle peachy golden sheen) pigments!
• NARS albatross
  
• Wet n Wild Acapulco Glow

Liquid

• Revlon's Skinlight (I tried this in Pink Light) and Benefit's Moon Beam worked well, but they slide off my face and disappear within an hour. I did love the "glow" effect they gave for that one hour though:)

Where do I apply luminizers?
I usually dust these on top of my cheekbones, and continue it up on my browbone, making a "C" shape (does this make sense?). I also apply it down the ridge of my nose.

Hope this helps someone...please let me know if you have questions.

Lakme collection "Bridal Sutra"- Summer 2009

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!! I love this new collection (again being called Bridal Sutra, they used the same name last year too lol) by Lakme that came out this Summer!!


Glide On LIPCOLOR

Just Kissed CHEEK AND LIP TINT

Enrich Matte LIPCOLOR

Pure Rouge BLUSHER

I will be trying to duplicate these looks using MAC products...which one do you like the best?

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Review: DHC Deep Cleansing Oil

Are you lazy like me? lol ..Are you always too tired by the time you come home that even the thought of removing makeup pains you..(like it does me)..

If you answered yes, then I have an easy peesy solution for you - DHC Deep Cleansing Oil.



How do you use this? Take a couple of squirt and massage it on your face. As you gently massage it over your lids, you will notice that even waterproof mascara comes off SUPER easy! Next just wash your face with water. As soon as water comes in contact with the oil, it rinses right off (its like magic:):)

I highly highly recommend this product (specially for folks who have dry skin)! It's a must have for me!

Love of the week: Wet n Wild Acapulco Glow

Hi All,

You have heard me rave about this super affordable highlighter. Here is a pics..



Apply blush and sweep this over the cheekbones to get a lovely summery glow:)

Collection: Bobbi Brown Rouge Pots

I wanted to haul some products and was looking for pictures/swatches and it's so hard to narrow down products that work for Women of Color.

So I have decided to take "true to life" some pictures and/or swatches of products (I suck at taking swatch pics:) that I own. Hopefully this will help someone.







My fav. in order of preference:

1. Powder pink (perfect for everyday/office wear)

2. Calpyso Coral (oh I love this for summer, specially when paired with Pout Apricot Totty)

3. Blushed Rose (perfect pink with brown undertones)

4. Pink Truffle (lovely brown with pink undertones)

5. Summer Tan (lovely for contouring, but you need time with this blush to get it right)

6. Raspberry (very easy to go overboard with this blush. A number of times I have ended up looking clownish..lol)

Collection: NARS blushes (I love these to pieces)

My. favs - now I can totally not pick a fav since I LOVE THEM ALL!! But the ones I tend to use reach out most frequently for are: Torrid, Sin and Dolce Vita.

I need to start using more of them..

I swapped away: Penny (tooooooo light), Exhibit A (way too pigmented, needed too much work to look decent), Turkish Red and Montenegro (difficult to blend - both are cream blush, and I had similar colors)

I am getting Orgasm, Laguna, Desire and Albatross soon!

What are you favs?

Smokey purples: fail :(:(

Hi All,

I tried a smokey purple look, but I dont like it too much. I am posting it anyway....

I do love the new highlighter that I got for my cheeks - and its SUPER cheap!! Wet n Wild's Acapulco Glow!! See how glowy my cheeks look!!




Here are the smokey purple eyes..









Items used:
MAC Satellite Dream, Beutiful Iris, Contract, Graphology and Carbon.

Satin Taupe Smokey Eyes

Items used:

• Base: MAC Blacktrack fluidline
• lid: MAC Satin Taupe
• Outer V and crease: MAC Carbon
• Crease: soften it with MAC Corduroy
  
• Upper lashline: use any black pencil kohl and smudge it
• Highlight: MAC shroom
• Waterline hashmi kohl (or Stila Kajal in Oynx) and smudge with MAC Carbon
  

Bronzy Warm Arabic Look

I found this beautiful inspiration picture on makeupalley.com. I tried my best to recreate it. How did I do?




My attempt:











Please do click on the image to see the full size..the colors are really pretty and vivid!

Items used:

• NYX black bean jumbo pencil as base
• MAC Bronze e/s packed over it
• MAC Carbon in crease and outer V
• MAC Brown Script to soften the crease
• MAC Brown Script and Rule to raise the outer edge up till the eyebrow
• MAC Rice Paper and Vanilla to highlight
• LOTS of kohl and smudge the waterline with MAC Carbon and NYX Black (Btw on me NYX black is much darker than MAC Carbon)
  

Peachy summery look

I am loving the Wet and Wild Acapulco Glow (highlighter for my cheeks) - its a must have for this summer!! And it's super duper cheap!










Items used:

• MAC Paradisco on lid over MAC Rubenesque paint pot
• NYX Blondie in crease
• MAC Ricepaper to highlight
• Stila Bronze smudgepot to line upper lashline
  

Browns with emerald greens

Items used:

• Base: MAC paint pot in painterly
• Lid: Orange from Loreal HIP eyeshadow duo in Playful
• Crease: Brown from the same duo, darken it with Bare Escentuals (BE) Bark
• Upper liner: Any liquid black liner and smudge it with BE bark to crease a faded effect. Now line with any liquid emerald green liner. I used one made my Lakme (I bought it on my India trip - it's from the Bridal Sutra COllection..LOVE!!)
• Waterline: Loreal Teal HIP Loose kohl powder
• Highlight: MAC Vanilla eyeshadow
  

Love of the week: MAC Jest Eyeshadow

Hi All,

Each week I plan to post a list of one or more products that I am loving. The goal is to highlight items that have been in my stash forever but are not getting the love that they should :-)

To kick things off, this week I am loving MAC Jest Eyeshadow. I think this is such an overlooked color by women of color. I used it after a long time today as a wash on my lid, with just a thin line of black liquid liner and kohl and my gosh i could not believe how 'awake' I look!

Try it, hope you love it as much as I do.

What product are you loving this week?

MAC Face Chart from "Rose Romance": Steal My Heart

Hi everyone,

I loved this look from "Steal My Heart" so I decided to create my own version of it. Do you like it?



Here is my rendition:







Items used: