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Glam Smoky Eye Picture Tutorial

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While I was doing this makeup for an engagement party I thought I may as well take pictures from each step for another tutorial. This is very similar to the eye's I wore here except a bit more glammed up with optional glitter, using the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. Keep reading to see how to do this look! Step 1. Prep & prime your eyes. Apply tape to the outer corner of your eye at a desired angle (you can see I remembered to do it in the 2nd step lol). Apply a sticky eye base if desired. I used Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil 's in Cottage Cheese (C.C) & Slate to match the e/s colours, applying C.C 3/4 of the lid & Slate in the outer 1/4.  Step 2. Blend out & apply more if needed. Only add a little bit at a time to avoid creasing later on.  Step 3. Apply Verve (Satin silvery-white colour) from the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette over the top of C.C.  Step 4. Apply Pistol (Satin Slatey-grey) over the top of the Slate JEP. Step 5. Blend Tease (Matte taupe y-purple ) into ...

My Lipstick Inventory Part 1: Pinks

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I've been working on this for the longest time haha. The only thing is I've been too lazy to do a whole lot of lipstick swatches but yay I did it, even if my lips were hurting at the end :P I was actually inspired by a post by the lovely Karima a while back to go through my lipsticks & see how many are actually similar. Please look past the messy application, the closeups were mainly so you can see the colours. Unfortunately not all are as accurate as what I would like =/ For most of these lipsticks I will link them to when I've used them in FOTD's so please check it out so you can see what it looks like with other makeup & full-faced! Light Pinks  L-R: BYS Foxy Fuchsia , Revlon Colorburst in Candy Pink , Nyx Round Lipstick in Strawberry Milk, Nyx Round Lipstick in Harmonica, Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream in Tokyo Sorry for the dodgy copy & paste, found the first one afterwards. Order as above. Depending on how much you apply, in flash lighting it can look hot...