Week in Review | March 31st through April 6th

Skin tone: Very pale with cool undertones. MAC NW 5-10

Favorite look this week: I used my regular base products, foundation, powder and blush. For my eyes I used three different products. I started with my Sedona Lace G**psy palette and taking the matte creamy/white shade I set my eye shadow primer. I used the Milani primer. I then used the deep blue/purple shade in the lower right hand side and applied that in a halo placement on the inner and outer mobile lid and then extended it out in a wing. This is a matte shadow and very deep. It was a little patchy but using a packer brush I was able to build it up to the intensity that I wanted and since I knew I was going to be adding a shadow over the middle I concentrated the color on the outside. I then bridged the colors over the crease and used ColourPop Ripple over the center of the mobile lid and up above the crease. I have such hooded lids that if I don’t extend the shade over the crease you can’t see it. I used Vermeer from Mod Ren palette as inner corner highlight and brow bone highlight although I used it very sparingly on the brow bone. I much prefer a matte shade on the brow bone but didn’t want to hunt for one that was light enough so just went with the Vermeer. I also applied a small amount of Stila Glitter and Glow in the shade, “Into the Blue” on top of Ripple. I also applied some of the Stila on the lower lash line in a very tight to the lash line application. I used L’Oréal Colour Riche Matte Lipstick in Vintage Brick.

Most used product of the week: Besides my base products Sedona Lace Eye Shadow palette in “G**psy.

New beauty discoveries: I had watched Sophia Nygaard mix all of her foundations together to make a new foundation and decided to try it myself. I mixed a small amount of all the foundations I have in my collection including many that I just don’t use anymore and then I added a little moisturizer (Tatcha Water Bomb), a couple of drops of facial oil (Farsali Rose Gold Elixir), a couple of drops of liquid highlighter (Cover FX Celestial), a small amount of Aloe Vera Gel and mixed them all together. It was a tad thicker than I needed so I sprayed a couple of pumps of a setting mist (MAC Fix Plus). I knew that I was going to be using an old cushion compact to hold and apply my new foundation so I needed it just a little more liquid. If I was going to put it into a jar and use it I wouldn’t have used the setting spray. I thoroughly cleaned the old cushion and then wiped it down with alcohol before putting the foundation into the compact. I really like it. I was impressed with how Sophia’s turned out and she has done this with a lot of different products. She mixed all of her eye shadows together to make an eye shadow. It was stunning. She mixed all her liquid lipsticks and came up with a nice liquid lipstick. It is kind of fun!! I am keeping my new foundation in the refrigerator just because of the mixing everything together process although I tried to be as careful and clean as possible. Just a fun little experiment.