URBAN DECAY AMMO PALETTE EYE MAKEUP TUTORIAL

Hey everyone, I was just browsing through my SD card and saw the photos of this EOTD, I had said would be my next post and I totally forgot about it. So here it is my latest eye makeup of the day (EOTD), using the URBAN DECAY AMMO PALETTE. This palette has URBAN DECAY's best selling eye shadows and I love it because the colors are so well put together that they work across all skin tones.
Here are the pictures:

The Urban Decay Ammo Palette one of my cherished and prized (priced) possession. Its very versatile. For this look I used three colors from this palette.
LAST CALL: A PLUM MAUVE SHADE
SIN: A WARM ROSY CHAMPAGNE SHADE
POLYESTER BRIDE: A FROSTY WHITE EYESHADOW

To achieve this look
1. After priming my lids with Urban decay primer potion I applied SIN eyeshadow all over the lids  including the tear duct area and also on the inner third part of the lower lashline.
2.  Next I took LAST CALL on a fluffy blending brush  and applied it on the outer corner of the lids and slowly bringing it up to the crease ans blending it along.
3. I blended the LAST CALL eye shadow and brought it all the way in on the lids but using soft strokes so that it fades into a rosy pink color towards the inner corner. And taking a small pencil brush I applied the LAST CALL eyeshadow on the lower lash line smudged it.
4. Next I took the POLYESTER BRIDE EYESHADOW and used it as highlight under the brow bone.
5. Used MAYBELLINE GEL EYELINER and COLOSSAL MASCARA and false eye lashes from ARDELL, to finish up the look.
How did u like it?
Here are couple  other looks I created using the Urban Decay Ammo Palette
METALLIC GREEN SMOKEY EYES

HOLIDAY MAKEUP LOOK 2013

Until next time..

TUTORIAL : INDIAN WEDDING / PARTY MAKEUP Gold and Teal TWO Makeup Looks

Hey eyeryone, This post is going to be a makeup tutorial for the ongoing holiday and wedding season. Gold is one universal color you can never go wrong with and its a winner across all skin tones. Gold never disappoints. I am biased towards this color, against my yellow undertone, the color gold works its magic wonderfully. So here is how to achieve this look.
Lets go...
For this look I have used my beloved NYX WICKED PALETTE, which I have reviewed HERE

1.Take the warm gold eyeshadow and apply it on the lids.

2. Next I took an angled brush and picked up NYX JUMBO EYEPENCIL in Black bean on the brush and applied it as the eyeliner . I have exaggerated the shape but you may keep it the way you like.

3. I took the beautiful teal eyeshadow and layered it on top of the black cream base , the color came out to be almost black, so I would suggest to use a colored base in teal color to show the color properly.

4. Line the lower lash line with gold eyeshadow in the inner half and the teal eyeshadow on the outer half. And add a shimmery highlight color under the brows.

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5. Finish the look with mascara and you are done.

Now if long winged eyes are not your cup of tea you can just try the same look with different shape on the eyeliner.

Here is another option to wear the same colors.

1. Apply the gold eyeshadow all over the lids.

2, Taking the same NYX BLACK BEAN on an angled brush apply it as an eyeliner on top lashline and on lower lashline bringing the color only halfway in, on the rest of the inner half of the lower lashiline apply th gold eye shadow and smudge it .

3. Taking a deep brown eyeshadow on the blending brush apply it on the outer crease and blend it well. Then apply the teal color on the black bean cream eye base.

4. Add a shimmery highlight and pack up your top and bottom lashes with mascara and its done.

Here is the final look 

For the rest of the face I kept it pretty simple, I used the Maybelline dream liquid mousse foundation, reviewed here 

For concealer I have used the loreal crayon concealer reviewed here

For my lips I have used Maybelline's Moisture Extreme lipstick in Wines and Roses.

For the bronzer/blush I have used Physician's formula bronze booster glow reviewed here

Here is the finished look.

Until Next Time...

GO GREEN EVEN ON THE EYES LOTD USING GREEN EYESHADOW

Hey everyone!
Yet another LOTD from yours truly, this time its more colorful than the usual brown and black. Hope you all like it.
So here we go
1.Begin by priming your lids with your favorite eye shadow base. I used the NYX EYESHADOW BASE. Then I applied a green gel eyeliner as a base all over the lids keeping it below the crease area and I did not create a "v" shape on the outer corner.

2. Next I applied a matte green eyeshadow on top of the green eye liner and then took the same eyeshadow on the lower lashline as lightly applied it.

3. Next taking a matte mid tone brown color on a small blending brush I applied it on the crease bringing it all the way in and lightly blended it.

4.  Next I took an orangish brown eyeshadow and applied it over the the brown careful not to smudge it with the brown and lightly blended it and then I applied the highlight shade just under the browbone.

5. For the inner corner I took just a little bit of lime green eyeshadow on the brush and placed it in the inner corner and blended it with the rest of the eye shadow.

5. I applied black gel eye liner and mascara and also smudged some dark eyeshadow on the lower lashline.

6. For the lips I applied REVLON LIP BUTTER IN TRUTI FRUTI & TBS Lipgloss IN 04. Here is the final look.

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Hope you all like the look.
Until Next Time...

MAKEUP BASICS 101 ON HOW TO CONTOUR AND HIGHLIGHT YOUR FACE: PART 1 CONTOUR

Hello everyone.
I love makeup is no secret as I am a beauty blogger and most of my posts are makeup related. But for today's post I am going to share why I love makeup so much. It sometimes works magic on the face. Contour and highlight are two such tools of makeup which literally transform your face. I shall demonstrate to the best of my capability how I contour and highlight my face.
CONTOUR: What is contouring? To those who are relatively new to makeup or arent much into it let me begin by explaining what is contouring.
Contouring is basically sculpting your face in the areas where the lights dont hit the face directly and create a shadow like effect and hence brings out the contoured features more sharply and angled thereby slimming the face or the contoured area. Contouring the face allows you to add shadow and depth, not all of us are blessed with the perfect nose or the perfect cheek bones. Well no one is and you dont need to be. Contouring allows you to create the illusion. Here is how I do it. For this demonstration I am  using cream based product although one may choose powder based product too.

Taking my SONIA KASHUK FOUNDATION BRUSH I take some of the cream foundation in the 3 shades darker to my skin tone and make a fish face and apply it below me cheek bones along the length of my cheek bone.

Next I apply it along the jaw line and below my chin.

Next I apply it along the edges of the face running it all the way through the temple to the jaw-line.

Next I take the left over product on the brush and run it along the sides of the bridge of the nose like so.

 Next begins the blending. taking the same brush I start to blend in the foundation slowly with soft hands not using too much pressure on the hands else it makes the face looks muddy. You may use a sponge wedge as well, just make sure to damp it with water and squeeze out any excess water. Blend blend blend. And you are done.

From personal experience I can say few things.
1. You are not going to get it perfect when you try it first time around. So just practice you will get it right .
2. It might look odd at first since you are trying something new for the first time, but take pictures and you will see the difference.
3. When you begin contouring always take less product and build it up as required, dont load up too much product and make it messy. You can always add more product as required.
This has become a lengthy post. I shall continue with high-lighting in part two.
Hopefully the collage below will give a better idea of the before and after.
Left side pictures in the collages are BEFORE CONTOUR and Right side are AFTER CONTOUR.

 Here is another one, hopefully you can tell the difference.

After taking the pictures I realized I could have contoured the face a bit more, then the difference would have been more noticeable , but I am overall satisfied you can always add more if you want sharper features or if you are going to be photographed in flash. This much contouring is appropriate ( according to me) for regular basis.
I have also highlighted my face in the "after shots" but will do another detailed post on that, as this post was getting too lengthy.
I hope it was useful.
UNTIL NEXT TIME...

NYX PIGMENT WALNUT PEARL : DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! DRAMATIC EYES EOTD

Helloooo..
So here I am back with a pretty dramatic EOTD.
For this look I used NYX COSMETICS.
I started by fixing my brows! I took a matte brown eye-shadow and filled my eyebrows using an angled liner brush. A fully groomed eye brow is a must for such dramatic look.

For the base I applied NYX eyeshadow in skin tone on my eyelids all the way to the brow bone and also below the waterline. I used the NYX PIGMENT in WALNUT PEARL on the lids keeping it below the crease. Then I took a black matte eye shadow and applied it on the crease with an angled brush creating a sharp angle on the outer "v". I then dragged the same eyeshadow brush on the waterline and packed the eye shadow well with saturated color.

Next taking a small blending brush I  lightly blended the black eye shadow on the crease. And then I took a shimmery eyeshadow for the tear duct and highlighting under the brow bone .

Next taking my black gel eye liner I applied the eye liner and focused on the inner corner to drag it out a little bit more and also lined my waterline with the same gel liner.

Added loads of mascara to both top and bottom eye lashes.

Here are few more pictures of the look. Hope you like them!

Products used:

NYX eyeshadow base in skin tone.

NYX pigment in walnut pearl.

NYX WICKED DREAMS PALETTE( for the highlight shade and black eye shadow)

MAYBELLINE black gel eye liner.

L'OREAL telescopic mascara.

METALLIC GREEN AND BROWN WITH A HINT OF GOLD EOTD

Hello everyone,
I am back with yet another EOTD. There is a very popular Indian festival for women called Teej that went by a few days back and its dedicated to women to pamper themselves during the monsoons. As greenery is an inherent part of the monsoons , this occasion is also triumphed by this color.
So this is an ode to women all across and I was inspired by the color GREEN.
Here is the final look.

For this look I have used the NYX WICKED DREAMS PALETTE for the GREEN color.

AND TARTE COSMETICS HOLIDAY EDITION PALETTE AND COASTAL SCENTS 88 ORIGINAL PALETTE. So lets get started

1. After priming the lids with NYX eyeshadow base I applied a green jumbo pencil all over the lids. I wanted a sharper shade around the edges so I used a tape in an angle upwards from the lower lash-line. 

2.Since I have pigmented eyelids and I wanted to use a lighter color on the crease I applied NYX jumbo eye pencil in MILK on the crease all the way up to the brow bone and blend it with my finger.  I also applied the same white jumbo pencil on the lower lash line.

3. Taking a coral color from the COASTAL SCENTS PALETTE  I applied it on the crease area with a fluffy blending brush and blended it well.

4. Next taking a matte brown eye-shadow I applied it on the outer corner of the eyelids and saturated the color giving more depth to the eyes.

5. I deepened the brown eye-shadow more and also applied the coral eye shadow on the lower lash-line.

For added drama I took little bit of the copper-gold eye shadow from the WICKED PALETTE and applied in the tear duct and also dabbed in the centre of the lids so it reflects more light. 

Next I applied a deep brown eye liner on the top and bottom lash line.

I applied some mascara. And here is the final look.

Hope you liked this look.
Until next time.