Selena Gomez MTV Movie Awards 2013 Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Hi everyone! Here's a look inspired by Selena Gomez's makeup during her performance on the MTV Movie Awards. I'm actually a big fan of her and I think she's so beautiful naturally. When I saw her makeup I just knew I had to recreate it. Although my look came out quite different from hers, I still think it's a great rendition of what she had on. Hope you all like it!

EYES:
Too Face Shadow Insurance Primer
Inglot #360 Matte (transition color)
MAC Carbon eyeshadow
MAC Silver Fog pigment (limited edition)
MAC Reflects Gold glitter
MAC Brule eyeshadow (brow bone highlight)
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in Perversion
Maybelline The Rocket mascara
No Brand #138 Lashes (Red Cherry #138 dupe)

FACE/CHEEKS:
MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NC20)
Graftobian Corrector Palette (Light Highlight shade)
Make Up For Ever Fullcover Concealer (shade 06)
Ben Nye Luxury Powder in Banana
MAC MSF Natural in Medium Plus
MAC MSF Natural in Medium Dark (contour)

LIPS:
Revlon Colorstay Lip Liner in Wine
Wet N Wild Mega Last Lip Color in 910D Red Velvet

Everyday Smokey Eyes

EYES:
Urban Decay Naked 1 & 2 Palette
MAC Saddle eyeshadow
Elf Gel Eyeliner
Covergirl Lashblast Mascara

CHEEKS:
NARS Laguna Bronzer (contour)
MAC Gingerly Blush

LIPS:
MAC Viva Glam VI Lipglass

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette Look - Tutorial

Here's my first look using my Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette. I still have to do a tutorial using the first Naked Palette so that will be coming up shortly. :) Hope you all like this look. Thanks for reading! I'm also wearing gray contacts that I'll be reviewing so stay tuned for that!

EYES:
□ MAC Painterly Paint Pot
□ Tease eyeshadow (crease & transition color)
□ Verve eyeshadow (inner half of eyelid & inner lower lash line)
□ Pistol eyeshadow (outer half of eyelid & outer lower lash line)
□ Blackout eyeshadow (outer corner & outer lower lash line)
□ Foxy eyeshadow (brow bone highlight)
□ Elf Cream Eyeliner in Black (upper lash line)
□ MAC Smolder Eye Kohl (lower waterline)
□ Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
□ False eyelashes from KIWIBERRY style #2

BROWS:
□ NYC Browser Brow Kit
□ MAC Carbon eyeshadow
□ NYX Concealer in a Jar (shade beige)

CHEEKS:
□ Elf Contouring Blush & Bronzer Powder
□ Wet N Wild Blush in Heather Silk

LIPS:
□ Wet N Wild Mega Last Lip Color in Just Peachy
□ MAC Of Corset lipglass

FOTD: Phloof! and Sketch

I was going to film a tutorial for this look but I was pressed for time. I watched a Youtube video the other day and this girl had mentioned how much she loved MAC Sketch eyeshadow especially as a crease color and I realized I haven't touched Sketch in so long. So I decided to remove all the dust it collected just sitting in my makeup drawer and put some use to it. Another eyeshadow I haven't used in so long is MAC Phloof!. Considering it's one of my favorite highlight colors and "inner eye corner" color, I don't use it very much because I'm close to hitting pan even though I know it's a permanent shade. Anyway, hope you all like this look. Thanks for looking. :)

EYES:
□ Urban Decay Primer Potion
□ MAC Painterly Paint Pot
□ Maybelline Color Tattoo 24hr Eyeshadow in Too Cool (eyelid)
□ MAC Phloof! eyeshadow (eyelid & inner lower lash line)
□ Wet N Wild Greed Palette - Peach (crease & transition color)
□ MAC Sketch eyeshadow (crease & outer lower lash line)
□ Wet N Wild Greed Palette - Matte black (outer crease & outer lower lash line)
□ Wet N Wild Greed Palette - highlight color (brow bone highlight)
□ Wet N Wild Creme Liner (upper lash line)
□ Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eyeliner (lower waterline)
□ Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
□ False eyelashes from Kiwiberry style #2

BROWS:
□ NYC Browser Brow Kit
□ NYX Concealer in a jar (shade beige)

CHEEKS:
□ Elf Contouring Blush & Bronzer Powder
□ Milani Blush in Dolce Pink

LIPS:
□ Rimmel Lasting Finish Intense Wear Lipstick in Pink Blush
□ Avon Glazewear Lip Gloss in Dazzling Diamond

Everyday Smokey Eyes with Urban Decay Naked Palette

The end of this year is fast approaching and I know I said I'll be doing some looks for NYE but I had to get some looks I did using my Naked Palette out of the way first! I've been turning to this palette for those days where I'm unsure of what to do for my eye makeup. I have another look using this palette that I'm waiting to post but I think I'll do that after I get at least one NYE makeup look out of the way. I'm not sure how many NYE looks I'll be doing but I'll try to get at least 2! For now, enjoy this simple smokey look that's appropriate for everyday. All the eyeshadows listed are from the Naked Palette.

EYES:
□ Urban Decay Primer Potion
□ MAC Painterly Paint Pot
□ Buck eyeshadow (crease & transition color)
□ Virgin eyeshadow (brow bone highlight)
□ Sin eyeshadow (inner half of eyelid & inner lower lash line)
□ Sidecar eyeshadow (outer half of eyelid)
□ Hustle eyeshadow (outer crease & outer lower lash line)
□ Creep eyeshadow (outer corner & crease)
□ Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Liner (upper lash line)
□ Milani Liquif'Eye Metallic Eyeliner in Black (lower waterline)
□ Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
□ Model 21 Lashes #19

BROWS:
□ NYC Brow Pencil in Taupe
□ NYC Browser Brow Kit
□ NYX Concealer in a Jar (shade beige)

CHEEKS:
□ NARS Laguna Bronzer
□ Milani Luminoso Blush

LIPS:
□ Revlon Nude Attitude Lipstick
□ NYX Cafe Latte Round Lipgloss

Simple Holiday Makeup

Here's a simple eye look paired with a bright red lip that you can do for the Holidays. I actually wore this look when my boyfriend and I were doing some shopping over the weekend but I figured that some of you may be looking for makeup looks to do for a Christmas party or some sort of winter look to do with red lips. So this doesn't have to be a look just for the Holidays :) I have a tutorial for the eye makeup coming up but I'm in the process of editing it right now so that will be posted soon after this.

EYES:
□ Urban Decay Primer Potion
□ MAC Painterly Paint Pot
□ Inglot #351 Matte (brow bone)
□ Inglot #337 Matte (crease)
□ MAC Romp eyeshadow (outer crease)
□ Inglot #453 Pearl (eye lid)
□ Inglot #63 AMC (outer corner & outer lower lash line)
□ Wet N Wild White eyeliner (inner tear duct)
□ MAC Silver Fog pigment (inner tear duct)
□ Wet N Wild Creme Eyeliner
□ Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Midnight Cowboy (lower waterline)
□ Inglot #12 AMC Shine (lower lash line)
□ Covergirl Lashblast Mascara
□ Model 21 Lashes style No.3

BROWS:
□ NYC Brow Pencil in Taupe
□ NYC Browser Brow Kit
□ NYX Concealer in a Jar in shade Beige

CHEEKS:
□ NARS Laguna Bronzer (contour)
□ MAC Gingerly blush

LIPS:
□ NYX Deep Red lip pencil
□ MAC Ruby Woo lipstick

LOOK: Smoke and Ice

I just finished my last class of Business Law on Tuesday. You can't imagine how much work I had to do this past week. But now that that's over I have time to update my blog until I start my next class again :) With Winter on its way and really cold weather here in San Diego (60 degrees is considered cold to me!) all I want to do is stay cozy indoors, which is one of the reasons why I haven't done any looks lately. But because I got one of my classes out of the way I've made some time to start blogging again. Hopefully I can get back into doing tutorials as well because I kind of miss those. :)

EYES:
□ Urban Decay Primer Potion
□ NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk
□ MAC Dark Soul pigment (applied all over the lid - discontinued, any glittery black eyeshadow will work)
□ MAC Blanc Type eyeshadow (brow bone)
□ MAC Silver Fog pigment (middle eyelid & lower lash line - discontinue, any frosty silver eyeshadow will work)
□ MAC Carbon eyeshadow (lower lash line)
□ Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Zero (lower waterline)
□ Covergirl Lashblast mascara
□ AK Brand lashes style #601 (bottom lashes)
□ Born Pretty Store lashes style #113 (upper lashes)

BROWS:
□ NYC Brow Pencil in Taupe
□ NYC Browser Brow Kit

CHEEKS:
□ MAC Emote blush
□ MAC Gingerly blush

LIPS:
□ MAC Her Fancy Lipstick
□ Revlon Nude Attitude Lipstick
□ NYX Sorbet Round Lipgloss

Look: Purple and Silver w/ Grey Contacts

I finally had a chance to do a look recently. This is the first time in a long time since I played with makeup so my skills are a little rusty! I tried doing a cut crease look but I ended up blending out the outer corners instead. Hope you all like it. (:

EYES:
Urban Decay Primer Potion as a base
MAC Painterly paint pot applied as a second base
MAC Silver Fog pigment (LE) applied wet all over lid
MAC Beautiful Iris e/s applied to inner corners & blended upwards towards highlight
Light purple e/s from Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette applied above crease
Dark purple e/s from Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette applied to outer corners
MAC Violet Trance e/s applied to outer corners and lower lashline
MAC Brule e/s applied as highlight
NYX white eyeliner applied to lower waterline and wing
Revlon Colorstay Liquid eyeliner on upper lash line


LIPS:
MAC 4N l/s

MAC Dupes + My Favorite Drugstore Brand for Eyeshadow + A Look

I know Maybelline is famous for their mascara line because they have so much to choose from but I LOVE their eyeshadows! It's my favorite brand of drugstore eyeshadow ever!

I know many women like NYX, Covergirl, Milani, L'Oreal, etc. but I've come to find that a lot of Maybelline eyeshadows can be possible dupes for some MAC eyeshadows, if not better!

After swatching a couple of eyeshadows from Maybelline and MAC, I noticed that a lot of the Maybelline eyeshadows apply much smoother and apply way better pigmentation compared to MAC. I highly recommend Maybelline eyeshadows for those who are on a budget!

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Here's a look I did using the Velvet Crush quad. It's a soft purple smokey quad with hints of silver in grey. The highlight color also has a small hint of pink in it. It's gorgeous!