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True Love’s Lament

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True Love’s Lament

In the midst of my organizing last night, I found several colors that I hadn't properly labelled...and one color that I had never, ever used. The sifter seal was still in place.

Tragic, I'm telling you, tragic.

I grabbed two of the now-labelled colors that I thought would look nice with the one that had thus far escaped swatching, et voila.

Face

  • Sephora Light Touch Concealer in Light Beige
  • Meow Cosmetics foundation in Sleek Himalayan
  • TSS' Wisp of Bliss blush

Eyes

  • Benefit Cosmetics' Flatter Me creaseless cream shadow
  • TSS' Love Letter Lies, lash to brow
  • TSS' Chasing Whimsies, inner eye lid and corner + below lower lash line
  • Sephora Flashy Liner in Flashy Mauve, upper lash line
  • Everyday Minerals' Mystic Night, patted over Flashy Liner pencil and applied dry to outer lid/just inside orbital bone and blended outward and upward
  • Bobbi Brown Everything mascara in black

The colors

The look



While I like the look, I think that it would have looked better with a darker pink. Chasing Whimsies is pretty, but the color was so very soft - no contrast with Love Letter Lies, not enough pigmentation to make a good accent color, though it did nicely brighten and tint beneath my eyes. I think that color will make a nice all-over color, like Love Letter Lies was for this particular look.

Mystic Night may have been overlooked until this point, but it's just lost its cloak of invisibility. I think that this will become one of my "go-to" liner shades, like TSS' Knights Trump Dwarves.

And may I just take a moment to sing the praises - yet again - of Sephora's Flashy Liner pencils? They're inexpensive, they apply easily, they provide a nice color base for dry pigments, AND they provide a bit of brightness even if you're using something like Flashy Pink or Flashy Mauve, which are subtle colors. They're wonderful pencils, and I highly recommend them - even over big favorites like Urban Decay's waterproof pencils. I love these Flashy Liner pencils!!!

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