Swatches
Swatches first!
These are the fun, swatchable products I used for this look. My basics aren't included. L-R: Fyrinnae Unrequited, Corvus Cosmetics Ganymede, Hello Waffle Hey! Listen!, Shiro Cosmetics DEMACIAAAH!, HW A Kind Child, HW First House in the Village, HW Like Feathers from Heaven.
Foundation was Fenty Beauty 200 (cool), which I got a sample of a while back and it had looked pretty damn close to my skin, but I think it's a bit too much on the cool side and contrasts too badly with my neck. I also have samples in 190 and 210 (both neutral), which I will probably try next time.
Concealer was Nyx CW04. For contour I used the Anastasia Beverly Hills cream contour kit in Light. This wasn't quite enough for me so I also added on a bit of Shiro Burn the Heart Out of You, but then I forgot to add it to my pile of products to swatch. Brows were UD Brow Box in Brown Sugar, which I think is a touch too red for me at the moment. I use Heroine Make's Kiss Me liquid liner pen, as well as their mascara. Lashes were purchased in Luxylash's recent sample sale.
Like Feathers from Heaven
Like Feathers from Heaven is a matte shadow from Hello Waffle's The Red Apple collection. My arms are a different color from my face, so it's hard to tell here, but this is a really great nude shadow for me. It's weirdly grey and green and somehow that makes it work. My undertones are weird. I used this shadow on the upper half of the space between the base of my lashes and my brows.
First House in the Village
This is a matte, mustard-y orange that matches my shirt pretty perfectly. There's a little bit of lavender shimmer, but it doesn't translate to the eye. First House in the Village was a limited edition shadow that released in the November 2015 Hello Waffle Visage box. I put this in my outer crease and to blend out my lid shades.
A Kind Child
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normal primer |
TWO pictures for this one!
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PE |
A Kind Child is also from Hello Waffle's A Half Apple collection. It's a pale pink base with a gorgeous, bright glowy green shimmer. The pink base actually comes out more over Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy when at an angle. I put this in my inner corner and the inner part of my lid, over HW Enchantment in both places.
DEMACIAAAH!
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normal primer |
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PE |
Hey! Listen!
Hey! Listen! is the blush from the May 2017 Visage (it's currently still available in the shop!) and it is a delicate pink blush with a blue-purple sheen. The black specks near the top of the swatch are from Garen up above man-spreading like a jerk. It looks delightfully natural on the face and I feel no hatred toward it at all, despite its extremely annoying namesake. This is blended out over bare skin. On my face, I used it as blush.
Ganymede
Oh, Corvus Cosmetics Ganymede, how I love thou. This was a box exclusive from Femme Fatale's Beauty Emporium Box (which I ended up cancelling because the value on the boxes is just not high enough to be worth it to me) and I believe it isn't available elsewhere. It is so, so gorgeous, though. The shimmer in it is shifty between green and turquoise, and the base is a subtle, nearly white pink . I wore this as a face and browbone highlight.
The first swatch is blended out over bare skin; I've also got a picture of it over PE, just for shimmers.
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over PE |
Ugh, so pretty and silvery and delicate. And in case you were wondering, I took a comparison shot of it and A Kind Child, for compare and contrast purposes.
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Corvus Ganymede on left and HW A Kind Child on right |
Ganymede is smoother and the shimmer is made up of smaller particles. A Kind Child looks more metallic and almost has this "wet", glossy look.
Unrequited
Fyrinnae Unrequited is a perfect-for-fall burnished orange liquid lipstick with a subtle green shimmer. It looks patchy in the swatch but it wasn't so bad on my actual lips. The formula wasn't especially drying, but it definitely wasn't moisturizing, either, and I found it didn't have much staying power. To be fair, nothing has much staying power on my lips, so that's not a deal-breaker for me, especially when the lipstick is so gorgeous.
Pictures of my face!
Now that we've got all that out of the way, here's the look!
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head-on and my hair out of the way |
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mfw I have to go to the dentist three times in two days |
That's it! Were all the makeup pictures gratuitous? I hope not too much, but it turns out I'm super vain. There are a few things I wish I had done a bit better, but I think overall the look came out decently, and I got to use a few shadows that I've definitely been neglecting. I appreciate you checking out my blog, and thanks for reading!
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