The Cat Eye & Get 'Em Girl RED Lips

I really need practice on perfecting the "cat eye" technique. I think I'm pretty good w/ liquid liner, but it is a challenge for me to get both eyes to look the same.
My eyes & brows slant downward, so it poses a particular obstacle for me to "get it right". I've followed the advice of countless YouTube Makeup Gurus following the lower lashline to slant up & then filling in. UGH! I'm still a work in progress. Anyway! I had fun this morning working out my look. Of course, I had to throw on my Bali Girl to complete the look. LOL



EYES:

Wet N Wild Idol Eyes Creme Shadow Pencil PIXIE (mobile lid/highlight only)
NYX e/s SKIN
Borghese matte e/s chestnut brown crease
Borghese matte e/s dark brown outer v for depth
Borghese matte e/s off white highlight
(not pictured: Jane Mineral Gel Liner/WnW H20 Liner/L'Oreal HiP Wear Infinite Kohl liner)





eye swatches



CHEEKS:

e.l.f. Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder WARM TAN highlight

NYX Cream Blush RED CHEEKS

Starry Boutique Blusher #01 Palette (3rd blush)


cheek swatches


LIPS:


NK Auto Lip Liner RAISIN
NYX l/s EROS
L'Oreal HiP Shine Struck Liquid Lipcolor TURBULENT





lip swatches







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FOTD

Face Of The Day


Inspiration: These earrings


FACE:
Korres Vitamin E Face Primer
Revlon Custom Creations Deep #60 foundation setting #2
NARS Albatross (highlight)
MAC Sculpt N Shape - dark side only (contour)
e.l.f. Clarifying Pressed Powder #3(tzone), #4 (contour areas)
MAC Prep N Prime Transparent Finishing Powder
Make Up For Ever Mist & Fix


EYES:


L'Oreal De-Crease
Wet N Wild Creme Shadow Pencil 133
Milani Illusion (tear duct, bridge/highlight)
Milani Shock (mobile lid)
Make Up For Ever #92 (crease)


Jane Mineral Gel Eyeliner BLACK (top Lid only)
L'Oreal Wear Infinite Kohl Pencil EBONY (bottom waterline)
Amuse Eyeliner Pencil METALLIC LAVENDER (tearduct to middle under lashline)
NYX Eye Pencil PURPLE (middle to outer edge under lashline)

CHEEKS:
NARS Albatross (highlight)
NARS Powder Blush Crazed


LIPS:


NYX Lip Pencil PRUNE
L'Oreal HiP l/s MOXIE
Maybelline Wet Shine Diamonds RHINESTONE PINK

What do you think about that MUFE #92?

Make Up For Ever Mist & Fix

What is it?
A light and comfortable spray that sets all types of makeup and prolongs hold, even under extreme conditions.

What is it formulated to do?
With the alcohol-free formula, makeup is protected by a light, invisible film that feels comfortable on the skin. Enriched with chitosan, a marine algae extract, this makeup fixer spray protects skin against external damage caused by temperature changes, pollution, and other possible irritants.

Dany Sanz Tip:
For busy women who want to go from work to an evening dinner out and don't have time to go home for touch ups, spray mist and fix on a thick tissue and pat gently on the face to refresh your makeup. Then apply a veil of compact powder to give your complexion a velvety texture for the evening.

I purchased the small bottle (.84oz) from Sephora for $8.
The large bottle (4.22oz) is $28.

You NEED this in your life!
After having used this product, I hugged my hubby. To my surprize, not a trace of my fully made up face was left on his fresh white t-shirt! I'll never go without it again!

Albeit, the pose was awkward b/c I was trying to disguise my double chin, this product really did the best job EVER in setting my makeup! LOL



FACE: MAC Skin Primer, MAC Select Spf15 - NW43,
elf Clarifying Pressed Powder TONE 3 (tzone)/TONE 4 (contour),
NARS Albatross (highlight), MAC Sculpt N Shape Powder WARMLIGHT (dark side only),
MAC Transparent Setting Powder, MUFE Mist & Fix

CHEEKS: L'Oreal Hip Blendable Blushing Creme - ELATED, NARS Powder Blush - CRAZED

EYES: NYX e/s SKIN (mobile lid), NYX e/s EUTOPIA (crease), NYX e/s GOLDEN (highlight)
Jane Gel Eyeliner BLACK, Sassi #73 lashes

LIPS: Milani Lip Pencil Red Velvet, Ruby Kisses l/s Velvet Red,
MAC Dazzleglass Love Alert

Buy yours @
www.sephora.com

What do you think?

MAC COLOUR-CRAFT Mini-Haulage

Mineralize Eye Shadow spun into a stylish pinwheel pattern of four shades to provide contrasting and complementary colours in a range of glitter, pearl or shimmering mineralized finishes. Limited edition.
2.2 g / 0.07 US OZ
US $19.50

I picked up the Mineralized Eye Shadow Quad in NATURAL FLARE!
It's a winner! A lil' on the chunky side, so beware if you are not a fan of the "glitterific".

NATURAL FLARE swatches!


Advantages over dupes:
- The MAC e/s has longer staying power than any of the dupes. However if you use a good base & perhaps even a mixing medium to foil the colors, you may have a similiar effect.
- It is really convenient to have all 4 colors in 1 compact container.
Minerals are great for our skin & protect us from the harmful rays of the sun.

Short on Cash?
Consider these dupes...

Messy but the color is pretty close! $1.00 each!

tungsten lighting/no flash


LA COLORS Loose Eyeshadow Sunshine 9620
NYX Ultra Pearl Mania ORO PEARL LP21
NYX Ultra Pearl Mania ORANGE PEARL LP18
NYX Ultra Pearl Mania WALNUT PEARL LP23

flash


LA Colors/NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Dupes on top row
MAC NATURAL FLARE on bottom row


$7-$8 each (buy 1 get 1 free is the best deal @ local drugstores)
L'Oreal HiP Duo FLARE 404
L'Oreal HiP Duo GILDED 806
L'Oreal Hip Duo SAUCY 818

MAC NATURAL FLARE on top row

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Milani Lip Mixers $5.49 show some SERIOUS potential as dupes for MAC Marbelized Lip Gloss!

MAC Marbelized Lip Glass $18.00



A marbleized melange of three summer-light and get-ready-for-fall tones swirled into one high-shine Lipglass formula. Limited edition.
5 ML / 0.16 US OZ
US $18.00

Milani Lip Mixers $5.49



Three playful social shades of color, shine and shimmer are expertly matched to create one dynamic lip gloss color. Theultimate multidimensional shine is achieved when all three layers are mixed together. Contains reflective pearls, high shine polymers and conditioning color.
Available in 6 reflecting shades.
NET WT. 0.09OZ / 2.7g

If you decide to purchase anything from the Colour-Craft Collection or the dupes, please leave a comment.

NYX Single Eyeshadow Collection

These highly pigmented eyeshadows have been said to be MAC eyeshadow dupes.
Locally, I can find them for $2.99 each. Recently, I added to my NYX single shadow collection.

I was fortunate enough to have been able to take advantage of a Sale @ the NYX Cosmetics website a couple of months ago. The price was about $1 per eyeshadow.

Take a look!


Top row
ALGAE
MERMAID
MARAKESH
AQUA-MARINE
KHAKI
Bottom Row
NAVY
HALAIWA
JADE
SWEET LAGOON
OLIVE


Top Row
SALMON
SHIMMER
PEACH
SUNSET
SUNRISE
Bottom Row
WALNUT BRONZE
JAZZY BRONZE
PINK OLEANDER
WILDFLOWER
APRICOT MOOSE


Top Row
EARTHY
MINK
TOFFEE
SLATE
Bottom Row
DUST
CEDARWOOD
24 KARET
EUTOPIA

More to come!

Wet N Wild Idol Eyes Cream Eyeshadow Pencil

They are available in the following colors:
130 Pixie gold 131 Electro cobalt
132 Envy green 133 Techno purple
134 Distress navy 135 Graphite black

GASP! These are FIYAH! I happened to come across these @ my local Walgreen's.
Snatch them up while you can. They make AWESOME bases for eyeshadow. They have a holographic quality that will had a whole new level of dimension to your eyeshadow looks.

So far I've only purchased
132 ENVY (iridescent green)
&
133 TECHNO (iridescent purple)


Check out the swatches!


I selected NYX single shadows in
ALGAE & LUXOR to test


Look @ the final result!

INCREDIBLY INTENSE Pigmentation!

Get more info @ www.wnwbeauty.com

Gotta get them ALL! LOL & @ $2.00 price point, it's a steal. Have you seen these?

NYX Cosmetics 50% Off Sale

Just released! The highly requested Nyx eye shadow palettes are here!

Get the new Nyx eye shadow palettes at 50% off regular price. Choose from the
5 color Caribbean Collection, the 10 color For Your Eyes Only, and the 10 color Runway Collection!

Only 100 pieces of each item are available at this price so get yours while supplies last!

* Only ONE palette per color for each customer is offered at $4.50.
If customer purchases more than one palette per color, they will be charge the regular price of $9.00 for each palette.
This offer can NOT be combined with any other discount offers. All sales are final.
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If you are able to take advantage of this sale, please share your haul in the comment section.

Get the Look NARS

Are you ready for the Summer?

NARS is featured on page 4 of Sephora's Summer 2009 Catalog. I'm excited, but I'm also BROKE! I decided to try to recreate the look using less expensive products. Please let me know what you think.




EYES:
The model is depicted with the crease color all the way up to the eyebrow. This look is way too dramatic for me, so I opted to use a highlight close to my skintone with a bit of shimmer.
Highlight...Absolute Eyeshadow ABES34 (dupe for NYX Champagne)


2ndary Base...Mobile Lid...NYX YELLOW e/s Pencil
Crease....WildNCrazy 3 in 1 Makeup Pencil Baby Blue


Mobile Lid:
NARS Eyeshadow Duo Rated R


vs.
Colors from 88 palette (dupe for MAC Bitter)

Crease:
NARS Eyeshadow Tropic $22

vs.
colors from 88 palette
light turquoise from *Starry Boutique 36 Palette $8.99


NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Turquoise LP14 $1.99


NARS Longlasting Eye Pencil Black Moon $20
vs.
My preference
Lashline...Liquid Liner Blk (Wet N Wild)$2.99

Undereye
NARS Single Eyeshadow STRADA $22


vs.
NYX EyePencil Purple PE15 $1.00
& Amuse Mettalic Lavender $.50


NYX Eyeshadow Luxor $4.75


& light turquoise blue from Starry 36 palette.

Inner TearDuct Area L'Oreal HiP Riotous Light side only


Mascara Top Lashes...Maybelline The Colossal 2 coats
Bottom NYX 1000 Miles Long Mascara Electric Blue

LIPS:

NARS Belize Lip Gloss $24



vs. MonaLisa Lip Gloss Copper#9 $1.99
& e.l.f. SuperShine Lip Gloss Honeydew $1.00



CHEEKS:
NARS Bronzer Irresistiblement $30


vs.
Stacked blush in order of placement
L'Oreal HiP Blendable Blushing Cream Elated #892 (matte brownish peach)$9.99
e.l.f. Natural Radiance Blusher Glow $1.00
Jesse's Girl Color My World Baked E/S Earthtone $4.25



If you can afford to pay for NARS, go for it. You can find their products @ www.sephora.com & www.narscosmetics.com
If you are thrifty like myself, I hope this information has been helpful to you.