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Review: Smokey Eyes Palette [NYX]

Feb 24, 11

Category: eye shadow (10 palette) Product Name: NYX For Your Eyes Only Smokey Eyes Product Description: NYX’s signature eyeshadows in a 10 colour combo palette that offers a bold, dramatic, variety of colours. (from nyxcosmetics.ca) Price: ~ $14.99 CAD (from nyxcosmetics.ca) Amount: 14g (0.49 oz) Packaging: A glossy black...

Review: MAC Greasepaint Stick

Jan 26, 11

Posted by Tamara in eye liner, eye shadow, review

Category: Multi-purpose Product Name: MAC Greasepaint Stick (Dirty) Product Description: A smooth and creamy eye crayon with an opalescent sparkle finish specially formulated for maximum drama. Easily provides ultra-high-level coverage. Versatile. Use as a soft but intense liner or blend out to create a smoke-like shadow....

Quick Review: Paint [MAC]

Nov 21, 10

Posted by Tamara in eye shadow, review

Category: Eye Shadow (cream) Product: MAC Paint in Bamboom Price: $20 Amount: 6.5 g Special Features: n/a Pros: a little goes a long way, easy to blend, packaging*, long wearing, smooth finish Cons: limited colour selection, packaging* My Thoughts: This is one of my favourite products to use as a primer. Bamboom is a great shade...

Quick Review: Vanity ColorIcon Palette [Wet n Wild]

Nov 10, 10

Posted by Tamara in eye shadow, palette, review

Category: Eye Shadow (6-palette) Product: Wet n Wild ColorIcon Palette in Vanity Amount: 7 g Price: $5.97 (Walmart) Special Features: n/a Pros: color coordination, easy to blend, look versatility, texture options (matte & shimmer), well pigmented Cons: applicators are rubbish My Thoughts: This palette is perfect for a neutral...

Pseudo Smokey in Teal

Sep 22, 10

Posted by Tamara in EotD, eye shadow, looks

Came up with this look a few days ago, after deciding that I wanted to use one of my newest pigment samples. The focal pigment Partylicious isn’t new exactly, it was released a few months ago with MAC’s Alice & Olivia collection. It’s a gorgeous colour and reminds me of Aqualine liquidlast liner in pigment...

Look Series: Maybelline Eye Studio Quads [Part 3]

Jun 22, 10

Posted by Tamara in EotD, eye shadow, look series, palette, review

For the third installment of the series, I decided to go with purples. Purple is great year round and tends to be universally flattering, especially for those with green and brown eyes. I used the same products again, with the exception of using the plum liner as a coloured base to bump up the intense look. Urban Decay Primer...

Look Series: Maybelline Eye Studio Quads [Part 2]

Jun 06, 10

Posted by Tamara in EotD, eye shadow, look series, palette, review

After the bright aqua of the first installment I decided to go with something more neutral. This second round of looks is featuring the Eye Studio quad in Sunset Seduction. Just like the first time around, I used the same products for simplicity’s sake. The one exception was the liner. In the classic look, I used the...

Look Series: Maybelline Eye Studio Quads [Part 1]

Jun 03, 10

Posted by Tamara in EotD, eye shadow, look series, palette, review

A while ago I received the Eye Studio Kit to review and after taking some time to test the products, I’ve decided to run an eye of the day series through June featuring the quads. I will be featuring some of the other products as well, but the focus will definitely be on the quads. I’ve also decided to add mini...

Stash: Eye Shadows & Pressed Pigments [M.A.C.]

Mar 24, 10

Posted by Tamara in eye shadow, palette, stash

This particular installment of my “stash” series is different for a few reasons. First, it’s featuring eye shadow – which is the heart and soul of my collection. By far it’s the biggest part of my stash, and my favourite by far. Second, there will be no swatches. This is because there are so many...

Face of the Day ~ Amethyst Smokes

For this look I decided to try an experiment. I picked up a Maybelline quad at the drugstore the other day, and when I got home I realized that I could dupe it with some of my MAC eye shadows. So I put together a quad of similar colours and used Maybelline on one eye and MAC on the other eye. It’s mainly to demonstrate that...