Icy Blues

Hey guys!

The weather here in the midwest is ridiculous!  As I'm prepping this blog post, temperatures here are increasing from the mid 30's and expected to be above 60 tomorrow!  I have never been a fan of the weather here but I was recently inspired to create this icy blue look.  The first day I tried to film this look the sun was bright and warm but it was still cold enough to see my breath.  So I sat down to film and of course the sun was setting before I even finished one eye.  I finally got around to re-filming this look and tweaked the original just a bit.  I hope you guys enjoy this look!

Makeup Monday

So the gorgeous Jacqueline from abrilliantbrunette has come up with Makeup Monday (read about it by clicking the link).  I was tagged by Mandy (@ladymandyisms).  At first I had no idea what it was and I replied back with "and to you as well".  Yeah, I know...should've checked up on it first lol.  Anywho, upon further investigation I now know what Makeup Monday is :).  Today is the first day for MM and the theme for June is "Blue".  Now I hadn't planned on wearing much today because I have to work but I made an exception for MM.  Here is the look I came up with (no tutorial though):

Shiny Shine Shine with Inglot AMC Shine #20

This look came from me wanting to use a cream liner that LilPumpkinPie05 uses in a lot of her looks.  It is one of L'Oreal's HIP Color Truth Cream Eyeliners in the shade "Teal".  I wanted to use #20 as a sort of highlight for the lid color and just set the outer corners with one of the new colors from Inglot, #317.  I decided to use MUFE #92 in the crease and blended that out with a little pink, and I used Sugarpill's Dollipop for that.  Here is the look:

Teal Waters with New Inglot Eyeshadows

If you read my previous post you got to see a picture of the look I filmed using the new eyeshadows from Inglot.  You can also see swatches and comparison photos with some other Inglot shadows that I already owned.  I wanted to do a look that included all of the shadows (which I did) but I also want to do looks in the future that highlight individual colors.  The new eyeshadows are teals, a blue, and greens so the look I came up with was very water-y (hence the name).

New Inglot Eyeshadow Swatches

Inglot recently posted on their twitter that they were releasing some new eyeshadows, nail enamels and mascaras.  Once I saw pictures of the new eyeshadows (plus they only released 5) I knew I would have to have them!!  There are 3 matte finish and 2 double sparkle finish shadows ranging from blue to green.  They are:  #315, #316, #317, #610 and #611.  I have included swatches below as well as some comparison swatches.

2-1 Daytime to Evening Greens

My boyfriend's brother recently got married and they chose a camo color scheme: them men wore camo vests and the bride's maids wore different shades of green gowns.  I had originally wanted to do AliciaD372's Berry Blast makeup then I remembered the camo theme.

During Mardi Gras, Magnolia Makeup had 50% off all of their green, purple and gold pigments.  I took major advantage of this sale!  I'll hopefully have swatches of everything up eventually.  Anywho, one of the pigments I purchased was Reptile.  Sadly this is already one of the pigments that's on their "last chance" list!!  It's a gorgeous medium, yellow-green with some green and gold flecks of glitter in it.  Green is my favorite color but I can honestly say I don't own any other color like this!  It's so unique, sparkly and pretty and bright and...anyways.  On to the look: