Lookbook: I wanna be your superhero

Season Finals for WAKA was no exception for Purple Rain & our crazy costume antics. My brother in law who plays on the team came up with the idea to dress up as superheros & I gotta say for once in life, I agreed with him. My first challenge was the mask since I couldn't see myself ruining & catching in one... & I wanted something very Batgirl & Robin. I decided to create the look with makeup so it would be both vibrant & easy to play in. Enter Urban Decay. superhero makeup - Google Search My inspiration. My team is Purple. That was the basis for color. I also wore blue tights so it was only appropriate to use that as the other color.

My "Mask" using Urban Decay Book of Shadows III

Dead on Look of Mask.

Lookbook: A patriotic tribute.

This is my Fourth of July getup for kickball. The lovely part is that I'm posting in October. The star earring were perfect for the occasion. I forgot I even had them. Rouged lips were a must. I used the blue on my eyelids as the cherry on topic of a very patriotic sundae.

Lookbook: Natural

Natural Look- Nude lip with minimal color on the eye

I decided that I am going to go for a more natural look today.

I went with all the bronze & browns in my Urban Decay: Book of Shadows III palette with medium green for the crease. The browline was dusted with a gold colour with flecks of glitter in it- also Urban Decay.
Also used Urban Decay's black eyeliner that came in the Book of Shadows.
Mascara used is one of my favorites- Smashbox LashDNA.

The lips are actually Infallible by Lo'real. I own a red lipcolour by them as well & am very impressed with how long this stays applied to lips, even though it doesn't stay put the entire six hours as advertised.

My face has 2 coats of MAC StudioFix pressed powder- one applied with sponge & the next applied with a brush. 

Review: Urban Decay Book of Shadows III

Urban Decay: Book of Shadows III

I realized that there was a need for primer, eyeliner & eyeshadow at the same time so I went over to Sephora & looked for a pallete that would suit me. My brown skin poses a challenge as I need truer pigments. so that they come out boldly against my skin. I also figured since I needed eyeliner & primer, I might as well buy a kit & holiday season usually brings them with decent prices.

A while ago I purchased the Sephora Mascara Deluxe Sampler & there are a few brands that I really respected as far as mascara goes so I went to those brands first. Smashbox, Urban Decay & Benefit made the cut so I went there first. Smashbox didn't have what I was looking for. Their colors were bold but the largest quantity I could get was a quad. Benefit was more disappointing since bold colors were nowhere in sight. So I made my way to Urban Decay & saw several options that were in the same ballpark of what I wanted.

Urban Decay sells several collections, some with 8 colors, some with 12 colors and the big guns with 16 colors. I deliberated between the Black collection (for smoky eyes) but it didn't bring eyeliner & I already have several smoky palletes from Physician's Formula. Then I saw the Book of Shadows III- the motherload, exactly what I wanted. This brings bold, vibrant colors, primer, and two eyeliners. I felt a little guilty spending 60$ on this but then I realized 16$ primer, 18$ Eyeliner & a 32$ Eyeshadow palette would be 66$ so in reality I would have spent more buying them separately. Can't wait to upload my experimentations with this!