Odd color Combos that work

I recently received the Tarte 8th World Wonder last AD kit & the Glow Your Way to Gorgeous 2nd installment along with the first installment of the Bare Escentuals Bare Luxeries Kit.  Naturally I have to play away and anyone who knows me also knows that the little instruction look books don't even get looked at LOL  Here's a look I came up with that seemed really odd at first & then I put my shirt on & VOILA it was gorgeous :)

Tarte Amazonian Clay Balancing Foundation in Light
Tarte Maracuja Oil Concealer in Light
UDPP Original
Smashbox Brow Tech to Go in Taupe
Bare Escentuals Round the Clock Liner in Noon (Navy) on waterlines & top lashline ~I am in freaking love with this eyeliner btw
Bare Escentuals READY Shadow 2.0 The Phenomenon in Golden Iris (golden marigold satin) on the lid
Inglot 351 Matte on the browbone
MAC Prussian (matte navy blue) in crease
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12 hr blush in Passion (medium warm mauve)
Bare Escentuals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Dare Devil
Tarte Lights Camera Lashes in Black
Cover Girl Lash Blast Length in Very Black

Bare Escentuals Golden and Gorgeous Ulta Exclusive

I recently picked this up sight unseen with my Ulta.com order.  The colors are pretty and looked good with my eyecolor, not so much with the rest of my face LOL  This kit contains High Shine Copper, Honey Eyecolor, Big & Bright Liner in Bronze & a tapered shadow brush.  The bronze liner is a standard warm brown, not much shimmer.  Honey is a beautiful cool tan color that takes on a soft silvery sheen/finish when foiled. This finish can be found on other BE shades like Vanilla Sugar, Soul, Fog, & Butterfly.  Hish Shine Copper is most definately misleading in it's name.  There is nothing copper about this shade.  It is straight up burnt gold, almost brassy.  With a name like "copper" there should be some pink or red tones to it and there are none.  I really liked Honey, everything else was no my cup of tea. This kit is definately for warm skintoned ladies, but will look good on any eyecolor.

Swatches:  Top B&B Liner Bronze, Bottom Bronze smudged
Left to Right:  Honey dry, foiled, HS Copper

Bronze liner upper, lower, waterlines
Honey lash to brow dry, the foiled on lid
High Shine Copper in crease

Bare Escentuals Metallic Smoky Eye Kit

Snagged this beauty from the recent BE stint on QVC.  This is so gorgeous it's almost ridiculous.  It is absolutely perfect for spring.  High Shine Pewter is a medium cool toned pewter shade that has a stong lavender cast to it when swatched on the hand, but it doesn't translate to the eye in my opinion.  The High Shine aspect of this shadow also toned down quite a bit on the eye, which I was happy for.  I love the HS Shadows, but they can be a bit too much sometimes.  Steam is hands down the winner here for me.  I was so shocked by how lovely this color is.  It is the lightest shade of grey with a golden warmth to it.  I really hope they make this a permanent color as it is unique to anything I've seen or tried from any brand and I will be reaching for it quite often I'm sure. Black Gold Big & Bright liner was another pleasant surprize.  It is simply a warm black shade.  It doesn't have gold shimmer or sparkle in it that I could see, and it wasn't jet/absolute black either.  Reminds me of Retro loose liner.  Really pretty and a nice addition to the pencil liner line.


Swatches:   Steam dry, Steam Foiled, HS Pewter, Black Gold Liner on top.  Top Pic: Natural Light  Bottom Pic: Direct Sun

The Look: 
BE Prime Time for Eyes Original
B&B Black Gold Liner on upper, lower & waterlines
Steam dry lash to brow, then foiled on the lid
HS Pewter in crease & outer lid with sponge applicator f/ packaging, then blended with a crease brush
Snow lightly on brow bone to highlight
Heavenly Diamond lightly foiled & patted on center of eyelid only (right above the iris of the eye)
Maybelline One by One Mascara in Brownish Black topped with CoverGirl LashBlast Length in Black
BE Pink Pearl Blush
BE Bavarian Creme Lipstick topped with Funnel Cake Gloss

 So what do you think ladies?  Did you purchase this?  Are you wishing you had? 

Back to Bare Escentuals: Surreal Suspense on Pebble Beach requires Patience

I haven't done a look with total Bare Escentuals in ages.  I find myself gravitating towards my UD & MAC so frequently that I decided to do a look with all Bare Escentuals to make sure I still love it.  I DO!  Here's the skinny:

Pebble Beach Foiled on the browbone
Patience Foiled on the lid
Surreal Foiled on outer half of lid
Suspense Wetlined upper & lower lashlines, draged into crease lightly (dry)
Buxom Mascara in Blackest Black