Showing posts with label cateyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cateyes. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Update!

Wow, it worked! I can set a time for a post to be published so I don't have to do it on my iPod at school. That's great! So, I just wanted to talk about a few things in this post.

My eyeliner!

Today, for school, I did a mini cat eye with my POPBeauty Cat Eyes Eyeliner. I had softball after school today, and my makeup, unfortunately, didn't last. I'm glad it didn't completely melt all over my face, it just sort of faded. The first game of the season is tomorrow, wish us luck!

My juice!

Gahh I'm obsessed with cranberry juice. I need to drink a lot of water for softball though, so I think I'll be getting one of those Bobble things (water bottle with a replaceable filter built in!). They're really cool, and they sell them at American Apparel. I've also seen them at the Container Store. Not sure where else.

My disappointment!

Today I went to school with $7 to pay my friend and get my blush! She forgot it! Crycrycry. I was kind of upset but she didn't get why (this blog is the reason) and she was like "CHILL" and I was like "meh". See, my friends don't know about my blog. I know, I know, I'm supposed to be myself, but then they would want the link, and then they would tease my about my writing and about my loveee of makeup. I just adore the way makeup makes me feel and look. Sooooo, no blush till tomorrow. Sorry.

xx,
beautygeek0

Black Eyeliners


So I don't have too much time and I didn't know too much what to write about so I looked to my makeup collection for inspiration. I'm just gonna give you a reaaaaally speedy run-down of my black eyeliners. Sorry, not too original or incredibly interesting but if you're in the market it may be useful.

Here are my four black liners (I have a liquid one but I don't use it, the felt-tip is a bit messed up.)
Ugh, crappy lighting. I'm also sorry the last swatch is smudged. Sorry for the crappy nature of this post.

The first one (my new fave) is the POPBeauty Cat Eyes Eyeliner in No. 1 Black Onyx. Sorry, I just can't stop talking about it! It's great, super easy to use, fun tool for cat eyes! If you're looking for a true black, however, this one would not be my top recommendation! It's a pretty smokey greyish bluish black (loveee). If you asked me what color it was, though, I would just say black.

Price point: $16
Where to buy: Not really sure, got mine at Urban Outfitters, you can find it here.

The second swatch is the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eyeliner Pencil in Zero. This is soooo ridiculously creamy and awesome. It's a liiiiiiitttttllllleee hard to sharpen, but this is almost my ideal liner!

Price point: $17
Where to buy: Sephora, www.urbandecay.com

The third swatch looks very very very similar to Zero but is actually a LOT cheaper. This is the wet n' wild Color Icon Brow and Eyeliner in Black. It's only a dollar, so that's a MAJOR plus. Put the formula is a tiny bit waxy so the pencil drags a bit meaning you may have to go over it a bit and in the long run it can cause wrinkles :(. But so can smiling, right? It's waxy texture makes it good for tightlining, though! For those of you who don't know what tightlining is, it's applying eyeliner to the skin below your lashes rather than above. It is not long lasting either, though...the color will run down your eyes a little. Despite this down-sides, you may as well give it a try, right?

Price point: $0.99
Where to buy: CVS, Walgreens, etc.

The last swatch is definitely the deepest, blackest black. It's MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack. It's a gel liner from MAC that is ridiculously creamy. If you buy this, make sure it has minimal exposure to the air. It will dry very quickly, so keep the cap on! I love mine but haven't quite mastered the technique so don't use it on a daily basis.

Price point: $15
Where to buy: MAC Stores and Counters

xx,
beautygeek0



If you're looking for a drugstore liner that is as creamy as 24/7 I would check put the Milani Liquif-eye Eyeliners. I've heard they're great and just around $6.50! I may get one one of these days but as you can see, for now I'm happy with my selection. I may get the silver one!

Yeah. Other than that I have a blue and brown liner... A white one... A cream one. Maybe those will be for tomorrow.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

WOW


WOW! I just tried my first cat eye with the POPBeauty cat eyes eyeliner and it is soooooooo easy. I also got a very good picture! Double win!


Other than the liner, I curled my lashes with my crappy Sephora lash curler (must replace, I want an elf one) and applied one coat of my black Cargo blu-ray Extreme Definition Mascara on my top lashes. Sorry that I'm looking off to the side in the second pic. I was just trying to align the camera (there was a mirror I was using to see the screen of my camera). It was very easy to draw the line and then I just flicked my wrist. The only problem was the wing wasn't quite dark enough. My mom was calling me, but if I had more time, I would have filled it in more.

I really like this liner, I think with practice it might even replace my 24/7.

:O

*GASP*

Keyword: might.

xx,
beautygeek0

Hehe...

So I just talked to my friend and she asked me to pick her up a stila palette. I got her the floral chic one because it was the cleanest...and her name is Flora. Anyways...while I was at Urban Outfitters, I noticed the POPBeauty Cat Eyes eyeliner that I wanted (retails for $16), had a $3.50 tag on it! I obviously got it! I think the sticker was from a NYX eyeliner, so now I feel sorta guilty. Their mistake, right? Anywho...it's very nice. It has tiny, tasteful flecks of shimmer and a beautiful, creamy, smoky, blendable look and feel. This color is No. 1 Black Onyx.

Pics:





The first line is drawn with the tip of the rectangle, the second two the whole surface area of the rectangle, and the fourth one I used the rectangle horizontally.


Meow. Haaa- thanks for the cute idea Marin from your Physician's Formula post.

Also, I went to CVS for kicks and decided as a pick-me-up to grab one of those wet n wild $1.99 glosses. I bought the brightest pink, without sparkles or glitter. I just wanted shiny lips, and these are called mega slicks (not a very good name...ha.) I got home and wanted to try it on. I was happy because it smelled deliciously sugary and was very very bright in the tube. When I pulled the doe-footed applicator out of the tube completely I was extremely disappointed. Zero pigment. I think had I bought the clear gloss or wanted a clear gloss I would've been happy but this was really quite lame. *RAWRR-MEWANTLIPGLASS* Sorry.

One thing that cracked me up is a lot of French designer brands have the names of the products in French and English on American products and cheap brands imitate them to seem classier or pricier. The name of this gloss is "Cotton Candy". Not classy. The funny part is that in French Cotton Candy is called "Barbe à Papa" (Daddy's Beard). Classy. :P By the way, I tried to take a picture of the product on my lips but I'm having lighting issues. I'll work on it.

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It looks even brighter than that (in the tube) in real life!

*sigh*

I totally looooove the eyeliner though!

xx,
beautygeek0

Monday, March 21, 2011

POPbeauty Cat Eyes Eyeliner and Beauty360

Hello everyone!

Like I said in my last post, Urban Outfitters is basically my life. Yesterday when I went I saw that the POPbeauty eyeliners with rectangular tips to facilitate cat eyes were on sale. I also mentioned that the UO website is an utter fail so I'll link the product here. I would be getting No. 1 Black Onyx, because that's the only one they have. Besides, I'm not a very colorful eyeliner person anyways. These are normally $16 but they were on sale for $9.99. I can't decide whether to try and buy one now or if I should wait until they have one of those "all sale #% off sale" sales. I think I will because I have a black eyeliner and this is just an experimental product rather than a necessity, like running out of mascara or something. Speaking of which, I can't decide what mascara I should get when I run out. I either want the Eyeko squeezy tube one or a MAC one. MAC has surprisingly inexpensive mascaras. I like liquidy mascaras because I feel that they elongate without clumping. I'm not really looking for volume. But my mascara (CARGO) still works fine.

Also, the other day I noticed a store called Beauty360. (It's about 15mins from my house walking, that's why I had never noticed it before. It's basically a high end makeup store created by CVS. I checked out the site and it is pretty expensive, but I think one of these days I'll go in. Has anyone ever looked? They have stuff like POPbeauty and Paula Dorf and CARGO, which is nice because CARGO has been discontinued by Sephora.

xx,
beautygeek0