LOTD & Tutorial: Golden Smokey Eyes

This is one of my favorite kind of smokey eyes as these look classy and is extremely easy to achieve :) Oh yes you got it right people... I am a sucker for simple and easy to do looks and here is a tutorial for one of them...

Golden Smokey Eyes Look

The products I have used to achieve this look are as follows:

Eyes

1. Faces Cosmetics Kajal

2. Faces Sparkle Dust in Gold

3. Oriflame Mono Eye Shadow in Midnight Black

4. Colorbar Waterproof Liquid Liner

5. MAC False Lashes #36

6. Maxfactor False Lash Effect Mascara

7. Coastal Scents Light Beige Shadow as highlighter

8. NYX Eye Shadow Base in Skintone

9. Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner

Cheeks

1. Maxfactor Creamy Blush in Soft Copper

2. Maybelline Blush in Apricot Flush

Face

1. Maxfactor Second Skin Foundation in Golden

Lips

1. Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick in Bare

2. MAC Lustre Lipstick in Touch

Products used for the look

The tutorial...

1. First off, I primed my eyes with NYX's eye shadow base in Skintone.

2. Then, taking the Faces kajal, I applied it generously all over my eyelids and smudged it 
    with a sponge tipped brush. Do not worry about it looking dirty.

3. Now, taking some Faces Gold Sparkle Dust with a flat eye shadow brush I dabbed in all 
    over my lids.

4. Then took some Oriflame's Black Eye shadow with my Faces blending brush I blended in 
    my outer "V" and the crease area.

5. Next, I applied my MAC false lashes using Duo Lash Adhesive (Note to self: do a tutorial 
    on this), which I removed later...

6. Then, I lined my eyes with Maybelline's Gel liner, applied Colorbar liquid liner on my top 
    lashline and coated my "lashes" with Maxfactor mascara.

7. Finally, used the highlighter on my brow bone for the ooomph effect :)

The finished look :)

 Hope you liked this look of mine :)

If you want me to do a tutorial on any particular do mail me at isimplylovemakeup@gmail.com

I love to hear from you guys :)

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LOTD: Spanish Flamenco Dancer Inspired

I have been planning to do this look i.e. a look inspired by Espaniol Bailarines De Flamenco since a long time now, but the final trigger was the song "Senorita" in the movie "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" :) After watching the movie, I just knoew I had to try it out and so here it is :)

Now a word of caution... You guys'll have to be really kind with your criticism here :P LOL

The aim behind doing this look was to look a bit OTT and yet depict the powerful sensuality that Spanish women are known to possess and that flamenco dancers liberally ooze out with their every tapping step... So here goes...

The look!

As you can see here, I have kept my face a bit shiny or rather glowy and have gone with red lips, which is signature to Spanish Flamenco dancers. I have also tied up my hair in a side roll and attached a flowery accessory to it. The eyes of course are heavily done up. I have gone with a golden smokey look here, in order to make my eyes look more slanted :) And yes as is obvious I have accentuated my eyes with false lashes :)

A sideview

The products that I used for this look are as follows:

Face

1. Streetwear Crystal Shine Face Brightener

Eyes

1. Faces Sparkle Dust in Gold (review here)

2. MAC eyeshadow in Beauty Marked

3. VOV false eye lashes'

4. MAC Paint Pot in Painterly (review here)

5. Maybelline Gel Liner (review here)

6. Colorbar Precision Waterproof Liquid Liner

7. Maxfactor False Lash Effect Mascara

Lips

1. Maybelline Lip Liner in Nude

2. Colorbar Velvet Matte Lipstick in hot hot hot (review here)

Cheeks

1. Maxfactor Creamy Blush in Soft Copper

2. Maybelline blush in Apricot Flush 

Let me know how you guys find the look :)

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Mini Haul: MAC and maXfactor

Has it ever happened to you that you go to say a mall and are looking at clothes to shop but you cannot put in your full concentration cause your mind is thinking about the various cosmetic counters that are present on the ground floor? Even when the clothes that you are looking to buy are on 51% sale? Well it happened to me just today... I went to Shoppers Stop and just rushed through trying out clothes, zoomed past the array of ensembles and almost skidded to the maxfacctor counter (exaggeration? U bet not!)... Well yes ladies, you've got it... This is a HAUL POST :D

This will not be a long post... It will just be a pic heavy post and you guys just need to drool over the goodies that I hauled :P

Here's a glimpse...

My Haul :)

 A comprehensive list:

1. Maxfactor False Lash Effect Mascara
2. Maxfactor Lipfinity Lasting Lip Tint in shade 02
3. Maxfactor Lip Liner in shade 14 Raspberry
4. Maxfactor Miracle Touch Cream Blush in shade 03 Soft Copper – FREE!
5. MAC Amplified Creme Lipstick in shade COSMO
6. MAC eye-shadow in shade NYLON

Here are some of the swatches...

Maxfactor Lip Liner in Raspberry, Maxfactor Lipfinity Lip Tint, MAC Cosmo

MAC Eyeshadow in NYLON

 

Plus, on a purchase of Rs.1500/- at maxfactor I got this cute “dibbi” of cream blush free... The shade is called Soft Copper :)

Maxfactor Miracle Touch Creamy Blush in Soft Copper

Here are a few accessories I shopped for that include:

Vera Moda Bag, Aldo Platform Slingbacks :)

1. Tan Platform Sling-backs from ALDO
2. Off-white bag from VERA MODA

Reviews coming up very soon. Let me know if you'd like me to review a particular product on priority basis :)

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