Celebrity Inspired: Carrie Underwood Makeup Look (light)

First off, let me say, I know that I do not look anything like Carrie Underwood. I'm just trying to recreate her makeup :)

While searching for pictures of her I noticed her makeup is usually the same. She either has on light eye shadow or dark eye shadow. This look is based on her makeup with light eye shadow. Seems that she wears light lids with the main focus on her lashes and eyeliner.

Here is a picture of her with her light eye makeup:

And here is my recreation:

How I did it:

After applying a primer find a matte shadow that matches your skin tone. Apply that all over the lid. Then find a matte shadow one to two shades darker than your skin tone and apply that in the crease. Take a matte white shade for your brow highlight. Take a soft kohl black eyeliner and line your upper and lower waterline -not recommended if you have sensitive eyes (also known as tight lining) Take a black cream or gel liner and line your upper lash line then take whats left on the brush and line your lower lash line. It doesn't have to be perfect, smudge it out. Curl your lashes and apply your favorite lengthening mascara. Define your brows.

Products I used:

Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette

Rimmel London Kohl Liner in Black

Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black

Great Lash Big

Maybelline Define a Brow in Medium

Hope you guys find this helpful and try this look out :)

On a side note, my daughter and I got to meet Carrie Underwood in 2008 when she performed at NSU, the college in our hometown (She also attended and graduated there)

And yes, she looks flawless in person too

Makeup Tips for Glasses Wearers

Day to day I normally wear contacts. But some days, when my allergies are acting up it is nearly impossible to wear them so I'm stuck wearing my glasses. Don't get me wrong, sometimes I like wearing my glasses, but they're old and the prescription isn't exact anymore. (guess its time to get some new ones then lol)

I have noticed that my usual day to day makeup doesn't really show up when I put on my glasses. It looks like I have no makeup on my eyes at all. So I have came up with some tips so your eyes don't get lost behind those frames and lenses.

First, try to stay away from shimmery shades. The lenses are already reflecting every little light in the room, you don't want your eye lids to do the same. So stick with matte, neutral shades.

Add some drama. Not over the top, but make sure your shadow is a little darker than you would normally wear it and that your eyeliner is thicker. I know you'll be thinking, "This is too much" but trust me, once you put your glasses on, it'll tone down.

Define your brows. Give your eyes more definition

Here is my look for when I wear glasses:

Without glasses to show my makeup

And with glasses:                                                                                                                                    

Products I used:

Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette: Skin toned shadow all over the lid, dark grey toned brown in the crease, outer "v" and line the lower lash line. A light pink toned brow highlight.



Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Truffle



Benefit Eye Bright around the inner tear duct



CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume



Maybelline Define A Brow



Rimmel London Fix & Perfect Primer



Rimmel London Stay Matte Foundation



Mark Blush in After Glo



CoverGirl LipSlicks in Demure









All my makeup was applied with my Sigma Makeup Brushes.









I hope you find these tips helpful! Any questions or comments leave them below. Thanks for visiting :)

Primers: L'Oreal De-Crease vs Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Eyeshadow primers are very important to help your eyeshadow last all day and prevent creasing (especially if you have oily lids). I decided to do a comparison and see how well these stand up to each other. I used L'Oreal primer on one eyelid and the Too Faced primer on the other then applied the exact same eyeshadow on both. I knew which one I favored but I had no idea how much of a difference there would be in the end.

L'Oreal De-Crease:

You can find this in most drug stores. I got mine at Wal-Mart for around $7.99
On their website they claim "Prevent eye shadow creasing or fading for up to 8 hours "

Too Faced Shadow Insurance:


I found this at Sephora, at any counter that sells Too Faced products or on http://www.ulta.com/ for around $18
They claim "you can rest easy knowing your eye shadow will never crease flake or fade"

So Let the test begin! First off, here is my freshly applied makeup:

I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance on my right eye (your left) and L'Oreal De-Crease on my left eye (your right). Then for my eyeshadow I used NYX Jumbo Pencil in Pots & Pans, Coastal Scents colors Silver, Black & Soft Brown.

Here are close ups of the eyes at 9:00 am:

Too Faced                                                                                                    L'Oreal

 

I checked my makeup periodically. Here is are close ups at 12:00 pm:

Too Faced                                                                                                 L'Oreal

At 6:00 pm:

                                                                    Too Faced                                                                 

                                              L'Oreal (bigger to show its already creasing)

And finally at 9:00 pm before I took off my makeup:

                                                                        Too Faced

L'Oreal

As you can clearly see, the Too Faced Shadow Insurance held up pretty well, the eyeshadow looks almost as good as it did when it was freshly applied ....the L'Oreal De-Crease failed miserably in my opinion. I have oily lids and it just doesn't cut it for me. I want my eyeshadow to last all day.

If you don't wear an eyeshadow primer and you don't have a problem creasing but do notice your shadow fades then the L'Oreal will probably work for you.

But if you do have oily lids and notice your shadow "collects" in the folds of your eyelid then you should invest in a good primer. I know there is a $10 difference in the price of these two but it's worth it in my opinion. If your eyeshadow isn't going to last all day then why waste the time and money on eyeshadow?

I hope this review and comparison was helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments please leave them below and I'll get back to you as soon as possible :)

Thanks!

Coastal Scents Haul/Review

I recently made some purchases from Coastal Scents. You can find them at www.coastalscents.com

(Below; Left to Right) Original 88 Color Palette, 88 Warm Palette, Gold Bliss Gel Liner, Truffle Gel Liner, Exotic Gel Liner & True Black Gel Liner.

  

 

(the above pictures I obtained from the Coastal Scents website)

Gel Liners:

These run about $6.95 each on Coastal Scents website. (shipping not included)

Here is a swatch of the Gel Liners on my hand, natural lighting, no flash:

Gold Bliss: Gold with gold shimmer in it.



Truffle: Chocolate matte dark brown.



Exotic: Black with gold shimmer in it.



True Black: Black.



The overall color pay off and textures of them are very nice. I did have an issue with the True Black one. Every time I went to the site to order it they were out of stock, then one day I noticed it was in so I made the purchase. When I got it the gel liner wasn’t very “gel” like or creamy textured like most “Gel Liners” are. It was so dry, it crumbled every time I went to use it. The other day I was desperate and took a bobby pin and stirred it. It helped make it more moist, but I lost most of the product. Other than that the other 3 are great! Very creamy, they apply so easily. Anyone can get a perfect application with little to no practice. I believe Coastal Scents has 25 different colors. Even though I had an issue with the True Black Liner, I’m not going to hold that against them. I will be back to get more

88 Palettes:



The 88 Color Palette runs around $18.95 on the Coastal Scents website (shipping not included)



Here is a pic of the palette, natural lighting, no flash:

88 Color: These are mostly matte shadows ranging from white to black and pretty much every color in the rainbow in between.

The 88 Warm Palette runs around $24.95 on the Coastal Scents website (shipping not included)



Here is a pic of the palette, natural lighting, no flash:

88 Warm: a mix of matte and shimmer / frosted shadows. Ranging from white to silver, gold, burgundy, copper, bronze and almost every shade of brown imaginable.

I had been hearing about how good Coastal Scents’ palettes were for some time. I was skeptical at first, because I remember when I was younger playing with my mom’s makeup palettes (from who knows where) and they were so powdery, little to no color pay off at all, and this being a palette with 88 colors and so affordable…I just didn’t think it was going to be that great…but boy was I surprised. The color pay off is amazing! So rich in pigmentation. The shadows last all day (with an eye shadow primer of course) Easy to blend, great color combinations. Each pan is about the size of a dime, but there is still so much product in each of them, it’ll last you a long time. The 88 Color Palette has so many bright and vivid colors, sometimes its hard for me to decide which colors I want to wear for the day lol. The 88 Warm Palette is amazing as well, so many neutral, warm colors with a mix of matte and shimmer/frosted shades. You can create so many bold, smokey looks with this one, the possibilities are endless! This is the must have palette for any girl with a makeup obsession!

So overall I am extremely happy with my Coastal Scents purchases. I hope this was helpful to you and if you have any additional questions just let me know! I’ll answer them as quickly and thoroughly as I can!

Thanks!