What I used Wednesday, Vol. 2: Blue, Taupe as well as Gold Eyes

Today’s makeup look!
I contend that Wednesday is the very best day of the week to wear blue eye makeup, since you’re halfway with the week. You made it halfway, which requires something of a small celebration. You’re stating to the universe, “You can’t stop me, universe! I’m halfway there, as well as I’ll be chilling on Saturday viewing Magic Mike in my pajamas very, extremely soon.”

I used a bit of blue today — blue, purple as well as taupe (Yes! Taupe is dope.), gold as well as a smidgen o’ brown on my eyes, together with pink cheeks as well as lips.

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I’m utilizing the RainForest of the Sea II Skin Twinkle illumination Palette, which is very shimmery, for some glow. I used a layer beneath my blush as well as bronzer, just to tone down the shimmer a bit.

Clockwise from the upper left: Tarte Rainforest of the Sea volume II Skin Twinkle illumination combination as well as Tarte Blot Party, Tarte Rainforest of the Sea volume II Eyeshadow Palette, comprise For ever Ultra HD Concealer, Axiology Lipstick in Identity, Tarte color Your world Color-Correcting Palette, hourglass Ambient illumination Bronze in luminous Bronze Light as well as hourglass Ambient illumination blush in Radiant Magenta
Swatches of the Tarte Rainforest of the Sea volume II Skin Twinkle illumination Palette

I’m likewise using the orange shade from the Tarte color Your world Color-Correcting combination beneath my under-eye concealer, since I was additional exhausted when I woke up this morning (someone’s vehicle alarm went off at the witching hour as well as blared for — seriously, I’m not kidding — an entire hour).

I like it… I believe it’s quite good. It’s a tad on the thinner, drier side, like Laura Mercier trick Camouflage, however it works well under concealer as well as powder.

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To bring down the radiate on my forehead, I dusted Tarte Blot celebration powder, likewise from spring 2017 (just OK).

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And then I utilized the very best thing I’ve tried from Tarte’s spring collection so far, the Rainforest of the Sea volume II Eyeshadow Palette.

Swatches…
Babe, these shadows are amazing! A great deal of the time Tarte’s powder eyeshadows are extremely dusty, as well as when you run a clean across the pan, the grains are quickly chosen up as well as flicked away. Basically, they can be extremely messy, however these aren’t. They’re powders, however they’re soft as well as creamy powders, as well as they’re blissfully simple to blend. extremely recommended!

Wearing concealer as foundation today! I mixed two shades of comprise For ever Ultra HD unnoticeable Cover Concealer
Concealer as foundation

Let’s see, what else did I do…? Oh, yeah! I was in the mood to utilize concealer as foundation, because every foundation that I’ve been utilizing lately (even my preferred hourglass Vanish Seamless) has been looking additional dry on my skin lately, so I mixed it up by dotting comprise For ever Ultra HD unnoticeable Cover Concealer, which is one of the the most skin-like concealers around, around my deal with as well as blending it out with a beautyblender. I mixed shades Y31 as well as Y41, as well as I liked exactly how it turned out. The protection doesn’t look dry, as well as I pushed it to medium coverage.

That blue, though!!

Lastly, that pop of blue on the lower water line? I’m so feelin’ that best now. It’s from a now-defunct liner by Tom Ford called Exotic Teal 07, however you can get the exact same look with MAC Technakohl liner in Take the Plunge.

On my lower water line is a killer shade by Tom Ford, the Eye Defining Pencil in 07 Exotic Teal, however you can get the exact same look with MAC Technakohl liner in Take the Plunge
If you’ve been using blue shadow in the outer corner or crease lately, swish a blue liner on that lower water line. It’ll be killer.

Who else used blue today?

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Tell me a bit about your look today. Did you do blue, too? Twinsies!

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen