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I hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine's Day! I spent my afternoon doing makeup for fun :)
I knew I wanted to do something soft and romantic and girly, and I knew Darling Girl's Persuasion would be perfect; I originally got it as a gift with purchase a few years ago and it became so popular Susan made it a permanent shade.
Persuasion is a Diamond Dust which is much more sparkly than your average eyeshadow; the listing says pictures can't do it justice and I'd have to agree! If you love sparkles, you need this eyeshadow. I'm not even a huge sparkle fan because I don't like getting sparkles everywhere, but this one was fairly easy to work with. I just patted it over glitter glue and was good to go!
Persuasion is a Diamond Dust which is much more sparkly than your average eyeshadow; the listing says pictures can't do it justice and I'd have to agree! If you love sparkles, you need this eyeshadow. I'm not even a huge sparkle fan because I don't like getting sparkles everywhere, but this one was fairly easy to work with. I just patted it over glitter glue and was good to go!
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| Have to lift my brow so you can see the makeup on my hooded lids, lol. |
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| Persuasion is so gorgeous! Besides the purple base, you can see flashes of gold, yellow, and green sparkles. It's one of those shadows that changes when you move. |
Products:
Face/Cheeks:
-Reviva Labs pimer
-Wet n' Wild Coverall Cream Foundation in 815 Fair
-mark. setting powder
-*BFTE Cosmetics blush in Winter Mauve
-Darling Girl Cosmetics blush in Secret Star
-Urban Decay Naked Basics palette, Faint as contour (medium golden brown)
-BFTE Cosmetics Butt Naked eyeshadow as highlight
Eyes:
-*Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
-Milani Shadow Eyez pencil in Almond Cream (all over lid as base)
-*Darling Girl Cosmetics Persuasion (Diamond Dust) on lids, crease, and lower lashline
-theBalm eyeshadow in Matt Gallagher and Matt Chung (from Meet Matte palette) to blend out crease
-*Lime Crime eyeshadow in Ribbonesque (purple from d'antoinette palette) on outer lid
-theBalm eyeshadows in Blink1982 and Third Eye Blinded (from Rockstar palette)to blend around outer edges and under lower lashline
-theBalm eyeshadow in Moderato (from Rockstar palette) as eyeliner
-Adoration (nude pearl to highlight and blend edges)
-BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadow in Butt Naked on browbone and tearduct as highlight
-*gel eyeliner in brown (upper tightline)
-Prestige My Blackest Lashes mascara
-Ardell Double Up lashes
-Duo Dark lash glue
-theBalm eyeshadow in Presto (dark brown)
-Urban Decay eyeshadows in Faint and Naked2 (medium brown and light taupe)
Lips:
-Wet 'N Wild Mega Last Lipstick in 907C Mauve Outta Here
-Maybelline Color Whisper lipstick in Lust For Blush
-*Beauty For Real lipgloss in Starlust (from Wantable box)
I really like how this turned out, though I'm not sure those particular falsies weren't too thick and dramatic.. my eyes are a little small so I tend to feel like a Muppet with super thick falsies, lol. Persuasion performed beautifully and acted as two eyeshadows; applied over glitter glue on my lids it was a rainbow of sparkles, but applied to my crease without the glitter glue, the matte lavender base took over. Pretty cool!
I love the effect I got by using eyeshadow instead of actual eyeliner to line and make the wings; the effect is very soft which I love. I've actually been doing that a lot lately in my everyday makeup too; theBalm and Urban Decay eyeshadows make great liners since they're so pigmented.
The lips were done in a gradient style by dabbing the lipstick just on the inside of my lips and lightly blending out with the lighter shade. I love this trend♥
My good friend said I looked like a fairy, I was so flattered. That's just the sort of soft, romantic and slightly magical look I was going for on Valentine's Day. Too bad I didn't have anything fun to do and ended up bumming around the house all day. Who needs dates, candy and flowers when there's pajamas, coffee and Youtube? haha ;)
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| Thanks for reading!♥ |
*Some products purchased by me, others were a gift or sent for consideration and are marked with an asterisk (*); all opinions are my own. Links are for convenience purposes only, I am not being paid for this post.
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