Adele Grammy performance inspired makeup

Hey lovelies! Did any of you catch the Grammy awards on Sunday? I thought Adele rocked the stage. I'm a big fan of Adele as she is nothing short of pure talent and she is gorgeous!

 Ive been seeing all these tutorials pop up for Adele's red caret makeup but the makeup she wore during her performance for Rolling In The Deep stood out to me more. Probably because I'm used to smokey eyes and a softer lip. From what I interpreted, it looked like she was wearing a peachy/pink color on her lips. For her eyes it looked like she wore a cream color on lid, soft black on the outer corner and a taupe-ish/brown shadow for her crease. She also had some serious contouring below her cheek bones and from the looks of the pictures and videos, it seemed like she wasn't wearing any blush.

 I used the Naked 2 Palette for this look. I know it won't look exactly the same since I don't have a defined crease but here's my take on it. Hope you enjoy!

Products used: 

Face 

MUFE HD foundation 127

 MUFE HD setting powder

Hard Candy Glamoflauge light mixed with Revlon Age Defying Moisturizing concealer in medium

theBalm Bahama Mama bronzer to contour the cheek bones  

Eyes 

All shadows by Urban Decay
UDPP
MAC Painterly Paint Pot

Foxy (lid/brow bone highlight) 

Bootycall (inner corner) 

Blackout (outer corner/crease/lower lashline) 

Tease (crease transition) 

Busted (lower lashline) 

Essence Midnight in Paris gel eyeliner

 UD 24/7 in zero smudged on lower lash line 

L'oreal false fiber Mascara 

Miss Adoro lashes #76  

Brows 

MUFE Brow corrector #3  

Lips 

NYX Natural lip liner 

Wet 'n' Wild Mega Last Just Peachy 903C  l/s 

Revlon Colorburst Soft Nude l/s on top to lighten it a bit 

NYX Smokey look  lipgloss

Valentine's Day Look 3 with the Naked 2 Palette

Hello lovelies! I wasn't sure what to do for the 3rd look for this series so my younger sister asked me to do it using the Naked 2 Palette since I got it for her for Christmas.

 All products used are listed below

Products used:

Face
MUFE HD Foundation (127)
MAC NW25 Studio Finish Concealer under the eyes
Maybelline Dream Matte Powder
MAC RedHead MSF
MAC Accentuate and Sculpt Duo
Eyes
Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy cream Shadow
Bootycall (inner corner)
YDK (lid)
Blackout (outer corner)
Tease (crease /transition)
Foxy (Brow bone highlight)
Miss Adoro lashes 747M
Physicians Formula Ultra Black 2-in-1 lash boosting eyeliner

L'oreal False Fiber Mascara

Brows 

MUFE Brow corrector #3

Lips
NYX Natural lip liner
MAC Pillowtalk l/s
NYX Caffe Latte round l/g

Confetti New Years Eve Look

Hey everyone! I hope your holidays have been filled with family, food and joy. Since new years eve is just around the corner, I've been seeing everyone doing some kind of look for NYE using glitter so I thought I'd try it myself.

I bought some glitter from Eye Kandy cosmetics last year at IMATS in Pasadena but its just been sitting in my drawer since then so i thought why not give it some love?! The holidays, especially New Years eve is all about the the Glitz and Glam (or at least I think so) and I think it's fun to jazz up your look with some glitter. This is my first time using glitter on my eyes, well applying it myself so it was a bit tricky to use so it didn't come out exactly as I envisioned it. I still liked how it looked though. I tried it out at IMATS but one of the Eye Kandy Employees applied it as a liner on me.

For this look I used the Super Fine Glitter from Eye Kandy cosmetics in the shade Confetti which is a pretty holographic color.  I love it and the pictures don't do it justice. I left my lips neutral/nude since the glitter is already an attention getter. All shadows I used were from both Urban Decays Naked and Naked2 palette.

my eyes started to water, hence the creasing in the inner corners =(

Products used: 

Face 

MUFE HD foundation #127 

Hard Candy Glamoflauge light mixed with Revlon Age Defying Moisturizing concealer in medium Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Beige (medium 2-2.5) 

N.Y.C. Sunny bronzer 

theBalm Hot Mama! blush 

Eyes 

Too Faced Shadow Insurance 

Maybelline dream matte powder all over lid, up to brows 

Verve (lid) 

Bootycall (inner corner & lower lash line) 

Naked & Buck (crease transition) 

Blackout (outer corner, lower lash line and out half of crease) 

Eye Kandy cosmetics Super Fine glitter in Confetti
Essence Midnight in Paris gel eyeliner 

Salon Perfect Demi wispies lashes 

Brows 

MUFE Brow corrector #3 

MAC NW25 studio finish concealer to clean up the line under my brows 

Lips 

NYX Natural lip liner 

Wet n' Wild Bare it All 902C lipstick 

Gosh Darling lipstick applied to middle of lips and blended outwards 

Hope you like it! What are your plans for NYE? Are you going all out with your makeup?

A Naked 2 FOTD

The other day I decided to play with my Naked 2 palette. Most of the colors I used were on the right side of the palette which are cool toned shades. I just used UD primer potion underneath, although I should have added A paint pot or other base to make it more vibrant as UDPP alone doesn't hold up to my super oily lids. I couldn't get my liner as straight and precise as I used to because my fingers were starting to cramp up got more numb due to my peripheral neuropathy. It's a challenge every time I apply makeup but I try my best.

Anyways, here's what I came up with...

Products used 

Face: 

Urban Decay Urban Defense tinted moisturizer in Bulletproof 

Revlon Age Defying Moisturizing concealer (under the eyes) 

MAC Studio fix powder in NC35 

MAC Accentuate/Sculpt Duo ( to contour my chubby cheeks =P ) 

Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Exposed 

Eyes:

MUFE Brow corrector in shade #3 

UDPP

All shadows from the Naked 2 palette 

Verve (lid, inner corner and lower lash line) 

Pistol (middle of lid, lower lash line) 

Busted (outer corner) 

Blackout (to deepen the outer corner and crease and lower lash line) 

Tease (crease transition) 

Foxy (brow bone highlight) 

Essence Midnight in Paris gel eyeliner 

Miss Adoro lashes 747m 

Lips:

  MAC Viva Glam II l/s 

NYX Mega shine l/g in Sugar Pie 

I also changed tried this with a bold lip using Cover Girl lip perfection in Spellbound. This such a BAM! in your face color and I'm so used to wearing nude or MLBB shades so I'm not as comfortable wearing any bold lip colors cause I feel like I look like a clown since my lips are already big. I heard this shade is a dupe for MACs Girl About Town, which I've been wanting to try but I figure I'd ease my way into wearing bold lips by trying out drugstore lippies first so that I don't waste my money on the more expensive brands.

What do you think? Did any of you get the Naked 2 palette?

UD Naked 2 palette, swatches, comparisons and thoughts

Here it is, The much anticipated Naked 2...

 top row: Naked 2 (Foxy is all the way on the top left but blends into my skin)

Bottom row: Original Naked palette

Being the beauty junkie that I am, I was stalking Urban Decays Facebook page and kept checking my email for the notification or announcement that it's finally available to purchase. So when I saw on their Facebook page saying that it was available, I went to their website, added 2 to my cart and waited about 2-3 minutes debating if I was going to get just 1 or 2. Not for the purpose of reselling at a ridiculous price because I think that's just wrong to do but I was thinking about getting an extra one as a gift for my sister but I wanted to see it for myself first. Thank goodness I didn't wait any longer as I removed 1 and eagerly placed my order because after that, the website started to slow down like crazy and you could see everyone complaining on the UD Facebook page. Can't blame them though, I'd be upset too.

This palette has been hyped so much and sold out just as fast as the original. I missed out on the first when it was initially released and finally got my hands on it in January when the craziness died down. As much as Urban Decay hyped it up & kept us folks on our feet about it's debut, you would of thought they would have been prepared for the rush and have more then 5,000 available to the public right? Unfortunately they didn't which I don't understand why when the first one did so well.

One thing that annoyed me was the repeat of Half Baked. Also I could have done without the lip gloss as it doesn't really show up on my pigmented lips and have a mini primer potion instead. The brush is a great addition though and I much prefer this version than it's predecessor because of the matte black and the matte cream color but i wish there were a few more matte shades. If you have the first one, I personally don't think you have to go out of your way to get this since most of the shades are similar. So just wait till they have em available again. I fathom the thought of someone overpaying for a neutral palette. Overall I think it's a great palette to have in your personal stash.