Make-Up Look for August 9, 2013

These first set of picture are from my make-up for the morning/afternoon of August-9,2013 (yesterday).

Aside from my awesome Legend of Korra t-shirt! (I'm so ready for Season 2!) I used make-up inspired by the blue, black, and purple in the shirt.

Products Used:

• I started with my favorite primer- Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
• I used Sugarpill Cosmetics Tako as a white base.
• I then applied Sugarpill Cosmetics Hysteric all over the lid.
• The black I used for the outter corner and crease is My Beauty Addiction's Skydancer from their Rainbow Bright Collection.
• I lined my eyes with Cailyn Linefix Gel Eyeliner in #6 Purple.

For the evening I changed up my make-up just a bit. I went with something a little more fun. However, these pictures were taken this morning. Yup, I have been up all night! I'm a night owl and once I get with my friends we can't stop talking.

Products Used:

• Same primer and base as before. I applied the Maybelline Color Tattoo Eyeshadow in #15 Blue Paradise. (This was a limited edition shade from this summer's collection.)
• I then went in with L'Oreal's Infallible Eyeshadow in #342 With A Twist in the outter corner and crease. (This was a limited edition shade from this years Miss Candy Collection.)
• I used Wet N Wild's #34052 Going In The Wild palette for a highlight; the purple shade in the palette. (This was a limited edition palette release this year for spring and released this summer.)
• Underneath the eye, on the bottom, I used the Maybelline Color Tattoo Eyeshadow in #20 Waves Of White. (Also part of the limited edition collection from this summer.)
• I lined the eyes with Milani Liquid Eye #1 Black on top and bottom.

Sugarpill's Asteria

Guess what arrived for me? First let me say, I love Sugarpill's packaging. They go above and beyond with their presentation, both inside and outside. 

As promised, I said I would post my Asteria when it came. It's been about a week, but I haven't had much time to post until now with work, packing, and family matters. However, here it is!

This first picture is without flash. The color is more true-to-color in this photo, but you cannot see the sparkle in it. This is a very sparkly color! However, my home does not get much lighting due to all the trees around and it's been really rainy here this summer, so I don't have much to work with most days.

Here is a picture of Asteria with flash. In this picture, Asteria looks a little lighter than it is, but you can see there is sparkle and glimmer in it. The best way I can describe this color is- A medium-dark orange with tons of sparkle! It is a very nice and blendable shade. It is not too dark to make a subtle look. I did attempt to swatch this on my hand, but with flash and without flash you just can't see it on my skin. Hopefully, I will have a chance to wear this soon and be able to post pictures of it in action.

Sugarpill Cosmetics Online Expo Sale

Yesterday, Sugarpill held a limited time (and limited quantity) sale. Their limited PHAMExpo loose powder shade, Asteria, was available, as well as their limited edition shade @#$%! that was available at this years LA IMATS. They had all of their pressed powder palettes on sale for 10% off, but it was a limited quantity as it was only the palettes that were in the Expo packaging.

The sale started at 11am Pacific Time, which for me was 2pm Eastern Time. I overslept and did not log on to the sale until about 3pm. All of the palettes were sold out by then, except for the Burning Heart palette. The good news was that Asteria and @#$%! were still available! I had only planned on buying those 2. I changed my mind at the last minute, however, because when I clicked on @#$%! it listed the ingredients and I saw that there were 2 parabens in it. I know some people do not care about parabens, but I am not a fan of them for health reasons. I try really hard to avoid things with parabens or harmful chemicals. I had heard that @#$%! was not vegan, which I found odd at the time since Sugarpill has always advertised being vegan friendly, but I couldn't go with something that had 2 different parabens in it. I did snatch an Asteria though and I will be posting when I get! Let me know what you ordered.