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EoTD: Slow Deep Fade

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EoTD: Slow Deep Fade

Face

  • Regular daily routine
  • After eye makeup:
    • Bare Escentuals Kiss blush
    • Bare Escentuals Pure Radiance ("C" pattern outside the eyes)

Eyes

  • MAC Paint Pot, Fresco Rose (lash to brow)
  • ULTA Eyeshadow, Deep Sea (applied wet, outer lash to mid-crease, with a slight inward curve - then buffed to soften the edges)
  • Bare Escentuals Eyeshadow, Kudos (brushed dry over outer and upper lid)
  • Sephora Electro Liner Pencil, Navy (upper full lashline, lower lashline outer 1/4 then smudged)
  • Benefit BadGAL Blue Mascara (upper and lower lashes)

Lips

  • Bare Escentuals Natural Lip Color, Bellini
  • Bare Escentuals Diamond Buxom, Celeste
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I still don't quite have the hang of taking pictures of myself...

Some time ago, I bought Ulta's eye shadow in Deep Sea. I wasn't thrilled with the ingredients list; but a) it was on deep deep sale and b) I hadn't seen a color quite like it anywhere. So I gave it a shot. As you can see, while it is pretty...it doesn't take long for it to go wandering. This was applied wet, underneath another eyecolor, and it still got a case of wanderlust less than 15 minutes after application!

Deep Sea is a very vivid blue color. I was initially worried that it might be too strong, even buffed down a little bit. However, brushing Kudos (a light gold-tan) over the outer eyelid nicely softened the contour color without hiding it completely. (Now if only said contour color stayed where it was put...) The gold in Kudos picks up the gold in the underlying base color Fresco Rose, and takes on a slight hint of rose itself.

I am not as thrilled with the Electro Liner as I am with the Flashy Liner. It's the consistency and ease of application: for whatever reason, the deep navy Electro Liner was hard and didn't apply as smoothly as the Flashy Liner pencils. I wanted to try a blue liner pencil, though, and didn't buy the navy flash liner when I was last in Sephora - thought I'd add some non-flash liner pencils to the collection. Maybe in warmer weather it will be less obstreperous?

The Bellini lip color works well underneath Celeste buxom. Both are midweight pink-peach colors - not too coral, just not outright pink.

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