Purple People Eater...

Happy Easter! I was going to do an Easter themed makeup look but I am not into pastels. I am much too fair and I just don’t like them! So instead of pastel, I went for a purple theme since I just painted my nails purple yesterday. According to a website I came across, you should wear purple/violet when you want to:  to use your imagination to it’s fullest; to re-balance your life; to remove obstacles; to calm over activity or to energize from depression. I thought it seemed fitting for today. I don’t have any major plans today but I am going to dinner with my sister tonight. I will stop rambling and get on with the makeup.

First, as always I started with foundation. I used Almay Clear Complexion foundation in ivory. My skin is driving me nuts lately and I have been really breaking out. This foundation has salycilic acid which helps with my blemishes. I used the same concealer I always do followed by my mineralized skin finish that I mentioned in my previous post. For my blush, I used NARS cream blush in Penny Lane. This is my absolute favorite blush right now. It looks so natural on my skin. I used MAC by Candlelight to highlight my cheekbones.

For the eye lid, I used Too Faced Romantic Eye palette in the color cut the cake. I love this purple. It looks purple with a hint of grey. I love it. On the very inner corner, I used the lightest purple in the Rimmel quad in Dark Signature. I went back to the Romantic Eye palette and used First Dance in my crease and blended it out. Then I used the darkest purple from the Rimmel quad in the outer corner and once again, blend, blend, and blend. I used Kiss the Bride and Soulmates from the Romantic Eye palette to highlight my brow bone. I used my Maybelline gel eye liner in eggplant on my upper lash line and lightly applied First Dance over it. On my lower lash/water line, I used NYX Velvet. It is a gold brown color and it really helps brighten my eyes without having to use white eyeliner. I smudged First dance on the lower lash line. Then, for the first time I used a glitter loose shadow from Lasplash. The color is gorgeous and it adds a really nice shimmer to my eyes. The color is Exquisite and it is a very pale gold. Review to come soon!  Lastly, I used Maybelline One by One mascara in very black.

I kept the lips very neutral. I used NYX lip pencil in beige all over my lips. I lightly put NYX Iced Honey lipstick over it followed by MAC Viva Glam Gaga 2 lip glass. This completes the look. I know there is always a lot going on with the eyes but I do have the most fun with them. I hope you enjoyed and never forget your lip-gloss!