FOTD: Dark Diversion

A while ago, I picked up a new fluid line from the Stylishly Yours collection at MAC. I've been using Black Track since August, so I wanted something different. I have blue eyes, so I thought purple was the way to go. I almost went for Macroviolet, but I'm more into burgundy colors lately so I picked up Dark Diversion.

This is a simple look I came up with, using MAC and Urban Decay eye shadows. I think it's a nice neutral look to wear to school or when you just don't feel like wearing a lot of make up. I wore this on Valentine's day to hang out with my friend K. Watching Sex and the City beats having awkward Valentine dinners, haha.

Here's what I have on:

Face:
Sephora - smoothing primer
MAC - Pro Longwear foundation in NC 20
MUFE - camouflage cream palette n° 1
MAC - Fleur Power blush

Eyes:
MAC - Painterly Paint Pot (base)
MAC - Mylar (permanent), Courtly (Palace Pedigreed palette)
Urban Decay - Virgin, Hustle (both Naked Palette)
MAC - Dark Diversion fluid line
Urban Decay - Big Fatty Mascara

Brows:
MAC - Corduroy (permanent)
Hema - eyebrow gel

Lips:
Smith's - Rosebud salve

You might still find Dark Diversion at a MAC store or counter, but it's no longer available online. My skin wasn't in the best condition in these pictures, I'm getting sick a lot lately and it shows on my skin. Oh, how do you like my necklace? I got it for Christmas ;)!

xox,
Michelle

FOTD: naked hustle

It's been ages since I posted a fotd! I'm always in a rush so I always forget to take pictures, and if I do make pictures, I'm never happy how they turn out. I managed to get some good ones this time (I think!), so here they are.




What's on my face:

- eyes
MAC Painterly Paintpot
Urban Decay Naked Palette: virgin, toasted, hustle
MAC fluidline in blacktrack
Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara
- brows
MAC corduroy
HEMA eyebrow gel
- face
MAC Pro Longwear foundation in NC20
MUFE concealer palette
MAC Fleur Power blush
- lips
Catrice caramel beige
MAC florabundance

Wow, that's a lot of products when I think of it, but I got this done in about 20 minutes. I really like this look, it's very neutral (well, for me haha). What do you think?

xo,
Michelle

FOTD: Palace Pedigreed

Sunday I went to MAC to have a look what the fabulous felines collection was all about. I really loved some of the stuff, but I only got the palace pedigreed pallet. I still want a superslick liquid liner, but since they will be adding this to the permanent collection, there's no hurry. Pet me blush was too shimmery for me, so I took fleur power with me. And because I can't spent a fortune on makeup, I had to choose between bloodline pigment or my long wanted painterly paintpot, so I went for the paintpot.


Yesterday I had some time to play around with my new pallet and this is what I came up with:





I just applied the lightest pink colour in my inner corners, the darker pink all over my lid, the purple in my outer corners and the grey in the crease. Blend, and you're done! I think it looks pretty nice, quite natural as well.

Enjoy your tuesday!
xo Michelle

FOTD; nautical smokey eye

I got inspired by a vintage belt I got from my mom. It's a navy blue belt with a golden buckle, I really like it.
I think I can do a better job blending, haha. It looks good irl, but on camera it looks like I just blobbed it on there. I used mac and sephora eyeshadows, if anyones cares what I used exactly, just ask (; .

FOTD: Natural smokey eye

I am so in love with satin taupe from mac. Whenever I use this color, it really makes my eyes pop. Even when I blend it in over another color, it just gives it that °oomph it needs. I hope you can see it in the pictures, but i doubt it, haha. My camera sucks. Off to a bbq now! Nice weekend to you all!

NOTD: Nail marbling

I really hated doing this, haha. I think it came out okay, so it guess it was worth the struggle. I used catrice sold out forever, a pinky nailpolish from hema and gosh' 02 pearl. Here's how it looks:

(wow, my hands are super dry here?)

And my fotd. I wear this almost every day, just a neutral eye with lots of eyeliner, a bit of blush and some lipbutter. I have a teeeeeny bit of turquoise going on near my tear duct, but that's about it.

(very creasy lids, arghhh)

purrr, snooze xo

FOTD: I love kitties

I went to mac yesterday. I wanted one of those custom palettes of 4 eyeshadows, but they said i had to go to antwerp to get one of those, since they don't have it at maastricht. Boo. So i got some brushes instead which i'll review in my next post.
They saw me looking at these (gorgeous) purple eyeshadows and told me, if i could wait just a little longer, mac is coming up with a collection in fall which has a lot of purple colors. I got home and googled it, and saw they meant the mac feline collection. How psyched am i?! Everyone who knows me, knows I am totally (no seriously, i really am) OBSESSED with cats. I absolutely love the first part, which is palace pedigreed. It's more of a purple-pink line with some dark colors as well. I'm definitely getting the eyeshadow quad and maybe the bloodline pigment. The other parts are nice too, but i don't use those colors a lot.



Anyway, i really wanted to try my new brushes and decided to do a cat eye. I mainly used green and brown because i don't use them a lot, and i wanted to get out of my comfort zone. Note: this is not a wearable look, haha. Maybe if i'd tone the eyeliner and colour down a little.





Bad quality, i know. I'm probably getting a camera on monday.



My cat, Oli. Not so happy i woke him up, haha (;

meow =^x^= snooze xo