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Pardon the craziness guys! I'm slowly trying to redesign my blog. And by slowly I mean it's taking me several hours a night to try and figure out the correct coding (HTML) for one thing....and then it doesn't work! Argh! SO FRUSTRATING! Things will *hopefully* be up and running in the next couple weeks! Thanks for understanding!!



Pardon the craziness guys! I'm slowly trying to redesign my blog. And by slowly I mean it's taking me several hours a night to try and figure out the correct coding (HTML) for one thing....and then it doesn't work! Argh! SO FRUSTRATING! Things will *hopefully* be up and running in the next couple weeks! Thanks for understanding!!



Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Neutral Series: Smashbox Softbox Daytime Taupe Tutorial

Two blog posts?! And less than a month in between?! Amazing! Haha.

Anyway....

I am absolutely in LOVE with the Smashbox Softbox Eye Palette. A great range of colors (all neutral, of course), where 4 of the colors are matte, 4 of the colors are shimmery, and 1 glitter shadow (bleeeegh!). Ok, ok, glitter shadows aren't THAT bad...when you make sure to use a glitter adhesive. Otherwise you end up with glitter fallout all over your FACE! So annoying. But that's getting off subject.

As promised in the description box of my video (linked below if you didn't come here from YouTube), here is a list of everything I used for this look:

Brushes:
MAC 227 - Large Shader Brush (All over/brow bone highlight)
MAC 239 - Shader Brush (Lid)
MAC 217 - Tapered Blending Brush (Crease)
MAC 224 - Blending Brush (Blending & Transition)
Japonesque - Medium Detailer (lower lashline)
Essence of Beauty - Blush Brush (blush)

Face:
Tinted Moisturizer - Mixed The Body Shop Seaweed Mattifying Moisturizer mixed with MAC Mineralize foundation
Garnier Nutritioniste Anti-Dark Circle Roller
MAC Mineralize Blush - Warmth of Coral (LE)
MAC Cream Colour Base - Pearl

Eyes:
Primer: Smashbox Photo Finish Lid Primer
All over: MAC Eye Shadow - Brule
Lid: Smashbox Softbox Palette - Truffle
Inner Lid (last): Smashbox Softbox Palette - Sugar
Crease: Smashbox Softbox Palette - Stone
Lower Lashline: Smashbox Softbox Palette - Sienna
Brow Highlight - Smashbox Softbox Palette - Vanilla
Inner Corner: Smashbox Softbox Palette - Vanilla
Transition: Smashbox Softbox Palette - Nectar & Nude
Outer V: Smashbox Softbox Palette - Sienna
Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil - Whiskey (duo that came with UD Naked Palette)
Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler & Japonesque Heated Lash Curler
Clinique High Impact Mascara - Black

Brows:
Wet N Wild Color Icon Pencil - Taupe
Maybelline Great Lash Mascara - Clear

Lips:
EOS Strawberry Sorbet Lip Balm
Victoria Secret L:ipstick - Cabana
Victoria Secret Lipgloss - Sublime

This was the end-result:




And if you didn't already see the video: