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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Sephora Holiday Look

I slept at 7pm on a Saturday night, what the heck is wrong with me?! I feel like an old lady. The BF calls me at 11pm, and now here I am blogging because I can't go back to sleep! And it's freezing in my house, thank goodness for fuzzy socks and down comforters!

I meant to make this the "Milani eyeshadows only" look (request by Liz) but I left my SD card at work that had the pics on them! (As I did the look on Friday), so instead i'll post the one I did today and add the milani fotd next week. (Sorry Liz!) I also added a 'coming soon' widget to the right hand side to list any upcoming posts so you ladies know what's soon to come here on the site! I hope I remember to update it. I am trying to get a video in here but i've had no time to record one yet...I know im lagging and I apologize to you gals who have submitted things to me and I haven't responded or have done your request, it's a bit hectic on my end!

I walked into a Sephora store about 2 months ago and they had a poster of this model in the window and I remember being in awe (since I love purple and blue) and kept telling myself that I wanna imitate that look. So since I couldn't go back to sleep I thought id play around with it...I didn't have much glittery things to get the lips right, so I opted for a frostier look using only pigments and added some NYX gold glitter for a little sparkle. I ended up not liking it with the eyes so I changed it to "Creme de Femme" and NYC's "Iced Orchid".

It's brighter in person however the flash of my camera tends to wash the color out. :(

Inspiration photo:


My take on it:














What I used:

Face:

- Mad Minerals Foundation in Medium Warm Beige (not a good match)
- Physician's Formula Concealer Duo
- MAC Sculpting Powder in "Sculpt" for contouring the sides of the nose

Cheeks:
- Everyday Minerals blush in "Waffle Cone"
- MAC Beauty Powder in "Drizzlegold"
- MAC Blush in "Coygirl" (just a touch of it on the apples of my cheeks)

Eyes:


Blue-
- MAC Pigment in "Blue" (applied wet)
- MadMinerals eyeshadow in "Electric Blue" (applied wet)

Purple-
- MAC Pigment in "Violet"
- Milani "Wild Violets" Quad (outer-V and contour)
- Milani e/s in "Shock" (lower lashline)
- MadMinerals eyeshadow in "Kunzite" (outer-V and contour)

- Revlon Colorstay Eyeliner in Blackest Black
- Maybelline Curl XXL Mascara in Black
- Ardell eyelashes
- NYX Eyebrow Powder

Lips:
- Blistex DCT Lip Balm
- Laura Geller Lip Spackle
- MAC Pigment in "Your Ladyship"
- MAC Pigment in "Dazzleray"
- NYX Loose Glitter in "Gold"



15 comments:

  1. Thats a totally funky look!

    Love the eyes, love the lips. What a good idea, mixing the pigment with a balm. Lovely!

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  2. ohhh, thats pretty! reminds me of the color on a peacock! =) amazing job done as always!

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  3. Wow, I can not believe how close your look mimics the actual ad. You did an incredible job, babes. I'm lovin' the gold lips too! Get it, girl!

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  4. wow, you copied the look VERY well. :] especially in comparison with the first pic of yourself! :D Great job! :]

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  5. Wow! Clap Clap Clap!!! Standing Ovation for Vanesssa.

    You are a genius. You really can pull that off amazingly. That looks like a Sephora ad to me.
    I wish I have half your skills.

    You look smashingly hawttttttttttttt..Love the frosty lips and I'm loving that as a holiday color.
    Thank you so much. I wish we could all this skills in your next video ;-)

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  6. hello nessa, NYX finally have their new brush line launched, not as exciting as i expected though. anyway, nice look!

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  7. Wow! It looks really cool on you! Great job Vanessa! ;)

    Haha you are not a old granny.. I often take naps at 7PM b/c I'm exhausted from uni/work.. I also like to take naps when I'm at BF's home, because his bed is sooooo soft! <3333

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  8. Hey there!

    I love the pigment and glitter tip for your lips - totally genius! How well did it stay on your lips?

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  9. Hey Ness,
    WoW look at your skills here..hehe..I started a blog about albert and me so check it out when you get a chance! www.chasandalbert.blogspot.com

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  10. love the lips...you're really good at eye make up girl...i'm jealous! Got ur package! Thanks! You're such a sweetie!

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  11. Wow so cool! how are you able to take great pics like that? everytime i take a pic the flash messes everything up! you have any tips on how u take your pics? thanks!

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  12. Thanks my lovely ladies! I personally wasn't too happy with the look, but it came out okay... :)

    Ly, I have a section on the right hand side on how to take pictures of your makeup looks.

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  13. great great great replication of the ad! so pretty!!!

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  14. Very well done! Sephora would be sooo proud :)

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