Thanksgiving Day to Night Makeup Tutorial

Products:

Kat Von D Tattoo Concealer * Light (Not shown)

Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer * Fair/Light (Not shown)

Too Faced Shadow Insurance 

Anastasia Beverly Hills * No. 2 Cafe Americano * Matte Cream and Matte Coco Brown

Too Faced Glamour to Go II * Brown Shades

Maybelline Gel Eyeliner * Expresso

Rimmel Scandaleyes Eye Liner * Purple

Rimmel Lashaccelrator * Black

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush * Dollface

Kate Moss for Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick * 05

Blistex Lip Medex

Anastasia Beverly Hills * No. 3 Milky Way  

Watch the Tutorial!

August Favorites 2013 + Madcap Makeup Monday

Hey Everyone!

It's almost September so today's Madcap Makeup Monday is also a monthly favorites. Let me know what you've been loving this month too!

Best wishes,

Elisabeth 

Not a great thumbnail - thanks YouTube! 

Instagram: http://instagram.com/msdandeliondreamer13
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/thecky912/boards/



Drink - Sobe Strawberry Daiquiri

Food - I don't usually eat the same meal too many times in a month, but this month I've been doing tuna with sea salt, ground pepper and chipotle wrapped in a heart's of romaine leaf, a lot. And I've also been eating the Progresso pasta fagioli soup, which is a meatless soup. It has a tomato base, pasta and cannellini beans. Oh and tons of raspberrries. Nom, nom, nom.

App - snapchat, youtube, candycrush, instagram, a sleep sounds app.

Book - Poison Study and Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder.

Movie - New Year's Eve and One for the Money.

Music - Under the Sea by the Squirrl Nut Zippers, Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke, The Count of Monte Cristo by the Noisettes, Barton Hollow by the Civil Wars, the Crybaby and Rock of Ages soundtracks, Ella Fitzgerald and the Lady is a Tramp by Frank Sinatra.

Fashion - J. Crew tank top seen in video! :)

Random - My new bookshelves I built (with assistance - ok I was more of the assistant here. Details, details!), reading in the sun, playing with my 4 dogs.

Blogger - Couture Carrie. I haven't been among the blogging community that much and Carrie's one of the few bloggers I've ever talked to. I'm so glad I did though! She is one of the sweetest, nicest and most fashionable people you will ever have the privilege to know! If you haven't had the chance to see her blog, you can check it out here! 

And Katie at Lovely Lady! She is an amazing girl and dear friend with a fabulous blog that you can check out here! She writes beautiful posts and takes amazing pictures, and is so open and honest in her blog. She inspires me all the time. 

Madcap Makeup Monday

Hey Everyone!

I hope you had a great weekend and that your week is off to a great start!! Below are photos and swatches of my weekly favorites and as a bonus I filmed a quick live-action version as well. I don't know if I'm the only one but sometimes I feel like reading a blog post and other times I'd rather listen to a video. So, I totally cheated and did both! :)

What have you been using lately? Any constant favorites in your makeup bag? Let me know in the comments!

Best wishes,

Elisabeth 

New for this week:

Stila Eye Shadow in Prize

Boots No. 7 Liquid Eye Liner

Pixi Fairy Light Solo in No. 2 Champagne Glow 

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Sweetheart

Revlon Lip Butter in 070 Cherry Tart - full post here with swatches and a review!

Lasting Finish Matte Lipstick by Kate Moss for Rimmel in 101 -  full post here with swatches and a review!

The Holy Grails and Weekly Repeats:

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Dollface

Anastasia Illumin8 Eye Shadow Palette in #3 Milky Way - full post here with swatches, review and tutorial!!

Rimmel Scandaleyes Eyeliner in 001 Black and 004 Taupe &

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara - full post here with swatches and a review!

Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer and Highlighter in Fair/Light - full post here with swatches and a review!

Check out the video here! 

Anastasia Beverly Hills Illumin8 Eye Shadow Palette: Review and Tutorial

Hey Everyone,

I recently purchased the Anastasia Beverly Hills Illumin8 Eye Shadow Palette in the shade #3 Milky Way. I am in love with this palette!

Details, swatches and tutorial are below. 

Where to buy: Sephora and Anastasia. E-Bay and Amazon have a few, but not all and the prices are full-priced or higher. 

Price: Normally $30.00 at Sephora and Anastasia, but I found it for $13 at my Nordstrom Rack. 

FYI: Out of the 5 Illumin8 eye shadow palettes, my Nordstorm Rack had 4, for the duos they had 3 out of the 4 available and they also had the seen and be seen beauty kit. All of these shadows are currently for sale full-priced at Sephora and Anastasia!!! This is not old merchandise so if you're interested check it out!  
Full price the duos are $23, at NR they are around $10. The see and be seen kit sells for $43 full-price and is available for around $16 at NR. 

Product Details: Easy to blend, super long wearing even without a base. I've been wearing it for 10-12 hours straight in July heat without creasing. Easy to apply, intensely pigmented but not overwhelming on the eye.

Claims: The product's main claim is to make your eyelids look more youthful. As my upper eyelids don't have too many wrinkles yet (oh but my under eyes do! Eek!) I asked my mom to come try it out. She never wears eye makeup anymore - mostly due to the fact that she's too busy and too pretty to need it- but she graciously allowed me to slap some on her face. It really seems to work! If you have more mature skin or premature wrinkles, I would highly recommend this eye shadow. It glides on top of the skin without creasing or settling into fine lines. And it doesn't feel heavy or greasy at all on the lid. 
I also checked out the reviews on Sephora/etc. 4 1/2 stars out of 5 and many positive reviews from women who are 50/60+ years of age.

Before and after photo of my model :) 

I used to lightest shade from the palette all over the lid.

She is lifting her eyebrow slightly in the photo on the right just to allow the shadow to show up. In person though, you can really see a difference in the wrinkling on the lid. 

From Top Left to Bottom Right:Natural indoor lighting. Without primer.
Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Beige and Silver Strike
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Photo on the left: Outdoors full sun. Photo on the right: Natural indoor lighting
Swatches from top to bottom: Top: Over Too Faced Shadow Insurance. 
Middle: Over Silver Strike.
Bottom: Without Primer.  

Photo on the Left: Natural indoor lighting. Photo on the right: Outdoors full sun
 Top: Over Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
Middle: Over Barely Beige.
Bottom: Without primer.

Colors from left to right:

Light silver grey taupe satin

Medium steel gray with silver glitter

Satin teal/peacock blue

Matte blackened cherry

Jet black with heavy iridescent silver glitter

My Tutorial using the palette. Click to see the shadows in action! 

All in all I am very happy with my purchase. I've worn this palette every day since I got it and I've been able to create a multitude of looks with it. I'd like to get another one with more neutrals in it, but I have been able to use this as a day look and I think it's especially great for night time looks. 

Have you ever tried anything from this brand? What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments!!

Best wishes,

Elisabeth