4 posts tagged “nyx jep blackbean”

Ok.. so that was a really long title for this eotd... but hey, putting names together is rather fun! :P

so here's what I used. Placements will be described in the pic tute... if you bother to read that far:

Monistat
NYX JEP in Pacific
NYX JEP in Cottage Cheese
NYX JEP in Blackbean
TSS Mesh and Lace
TSS Ruler of the Land
TSS Root of Evil
TSS Sweet like Sugar
TSS Lucifer's Chariot

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without flash
and here's the tute... (for pics of the brushes used, please go HERE)

Start with a smidgen of monistat on each eye - didn't bother to take pics cos it just looks like normal skin. Next, cover the lid up to the crease with NYX JEP in Pacific. Draw a thick line of NYX JEP in Cottage Cheese just under the brows.

then blend the Cottage Cheese downwards to meet with the Pacific.
Next pat Mesh and Lace on the inner 2/3s of the lid. I used my Loew-Cornell Maxine Mop #270.
then Ruler of the Land on the outer 2/3 overlapping w the Mesh and Lace in the middle. Same brush.
Using the Essence of Beauty larger crease brush in a windshield wiper motion, brush up to the crease area using Ruler of the Land.
I switched to the smaller Essence of Beauty crease brush and applied Root of Evil in the outer corner and a little into the crease. I used the point of the brush and placed it into my outer corner then rolled it up into the crease (not a back and fro motion)... hard to explain really but it gets the effect I like.
A thin layer of Sweet as Sugar was applied using Loew-Cornell blender mop #276.
If you've noticed, I haven't done any blending apart from what the brushes do when I apply the colors. Now, I grab my newest favourite blending brush, the EDM eye buki, and sweep that over my eye from outer corner inwards. With each sweep, I clean it off on my microfibre cloth so the colors don't get muddied.
Using the smaller crease brush again, I apply Sweet like Sugar on the tearduct area. On the lower lash line starting from the inner corner, Sweet like Sugar, Mesh and Lace, Ruler of the Land, Root of Evil.
Penultimate step is to apply Blackbean using my Beauticontrol brush. (forgot to take pics at this point.) Followed by patting in Lucifer's Chariot using SN's Ultimate brush - the liner side.
Finish off with Mascara if you want. Me... I'm too lazy and I'm only going to my mom's after all... *grin*

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial... let me know if you'd like to see more :)

gee.. I seem to be doing looks inspired by people on Vox now... its really good though because sometimes I just get tired of coming up with my own combos. LOL!

so today's look (what I'm wearing this minute!) is a combo of five colors that Helen expressed interest in. The funny thing is that it 1) gave me a chance to try out colors I haven't and 2) made me look at some colors I really am not too interested in. For some reason, I find myself constantly looking for that 'pop' of color in every look. So today au'natural eotd is going back to basics... sorta... didn't use any colored base so the colors come out truer... at least I hope.

Here's today's colors - Beyond Skin Deep, Live Unscripted, Love's Rhythm, All for Fabulous and No More Bore (click through for bigger pics)

Monistat
TSS Love's Rhythm (LE) - patted on lid
TSS No More Bore (LE) - crease
TSS Live Unscripted (LE) - swished above the crease and a little above it on the outer corner
TSS Beyond Skin Deep (LE) - just under the brow arch (kinda hard to see the effect in the photos but in real life, it really brightened up the look)
TSS All for Fabulous (LE) - foiled - lined
no mascara - giving my lashes a holiday!

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without flash
in natural light

so...  can No More Bore be used as a crease color. Definitely... worked for me. You're not gonna get a smokey eye look but more of a natural darker shade.

all five colors are definitely beautiful neutrals.... if I had to choose my fav I think it'd be Love's Rhythm... its a lovely greyish/silverish/browny shade. Wouldn't mind using that all over my eye to be honest. :)

The funny thing about Helen's comments was that I had just used No More Bore the day before she posted. So this is Saturday's (25th Oct) eotd.

Monistat
TSS No More Bore (LE) - patted on lid
TSS A Girl Like Me (LE) - swished over the rest of the eye
TSS Knights Trump Dwarves (LE - Cindy) over NYX JEP Blackbean - liner
no mascara

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  without flash

after Moozee's announcement of this lovely sale.. I thought I'd do an eotd using BGMineral colors for you gals to take a look at... its kinda fall inspired with greens and gold. Hope you like it...

Monistat - base
NYX JEP in Horse Radish - lid
BGMineral Jackpot - 2/3 lid
BGMineral Daring - 1/3 lid/crease
BGMineral Emerald City - at the very outer corner of the lid
BGMineral Eclipse - highlight
NYX JEP in Blackbean - as base for liner
BGMineral Emerald City - patted on base - liner
no mascara

swatches of all the colors are available HERE

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with flash

errr.. forgot to take the pics of the baggies.. sigh

Monistat - all over eye base
NYX Jumbo eye pencil in Cottage Cheese - super thin layer all over lid cos I didn't want it getting too light toned
TSS She Does Sparkle - whole lid
TSS Symphony of Chaos - outer v; crease
TSS Go to Lunch - highlighter

Liner
NYX jumbo eye pencil in blackbean - upper liner and lower outer
TSS Symphony in Chaos patted over the blackbean
NYX jumbo eye pencil in Cottage Cheese - lower inner
TSS Go to Lunch - patted over the Cottage Cheese

Cheeks - SN Babydoll
Lips - I can't remember.. I think it was Foreplay over Sweetheart... but I may be wrong
all the rest was my usual nonsense