EOTD - Everyday Shimmery Eyes feat Dior Amber Diamond

Today's EOTD is an easy Everyday Shimmery Eye. I finally got my hands on Dior Amber Diamond last year and am currently enjoying it. It can be used as highlighter, eyeshadow and a blush as well. 

I am loving wearing Dior Amber Diamond on my eyes. On my eyes, it looks like a gorgeous champagney light gold shade, perfect for everyday, makes a polished n pretty EOTD with a brown gel eyeliner. I am enjoying wearing this a lot on my eyes as generally champagne shades look ghostly on me, while this looks warm n shimmery.

Everyday Shimmery eyes

Products used

Products Used

• MAC painterly paint pot
• Dior Amber Diamond
• Maybelline Chai Latte
• Maybelline brown gel eyeliner
• Maybelline black gel eyeliner
• Maybelline Colossal Volume express
• Real Techniques base shadow brush, Sigma E40 & E05

How to

• Apply eye primer over your lids up to your brow 
• Apply the shade (labelled 1) of Dior Amber Diamond on your eyelids
• Apply the dark brown shade (labelled 2) on your crease and blend well
• Apply brown gel eyeliner on your top lashes
• Apply black gel eyeliner on your bottom lashes    
• Curl your lashes, apply mascara and you are done
  
  Hope you enjoyed the look ? Do you use multi-use your products ?

The Makeup Brushes I use

I had no makeup brushes two years back, I didn't even know that brushes were required for makeup ;D. Since moving to Sydney, my love for makeup along with my makeup/brush collection has expanded to some extent ..Today's post highlights which brushes I use and for what ..

Foundation
I am not really a foundation person. I only wear foundations for special occasions. I sometimes apply it with my fingers or sometimes I use Sigma F86. Same for the BB cream, I like to blend in with F86 or sometime just with my trusty old fingers. IMO, applying with fingers is the fastest.

Powder
I enjoy wearing Loreal mineral powder foundation and Australis Fresh and Flawless pressed powder. For both,  mineral powder and face powders, I use Models Prefer MPP 100 (This is a local brand available exclusively at Priceline). This is a lovely soft fluffy brush, also works perfectly for buffing in liquid foundation.

Blush
Eco Tools blush brush also reviewed here, is the brush I use for powder blushes. For cream blushes I use F86 (in the first pic) by Sigma since it is good at picking up cream products.

Concealer
I usually apply n blend in my concealer with my fingers and then powder over it with Models Prefer MPP 100. Sometimes I also like to apply powder with smaller fluffy brushes like Sigma E40 (in pic 5).

Contour
I contour very less, but when I do, I use this no name brush from Coastal scents. Its a small tapered brush which is perfect for contouring and then I blend it with any bigger brush.

Lips
I usually apply lipsticks directly from the tube, even the bold and brighter ones, but just in case If i need to use  a brush, I keep a Sigma L05 (which I haven't used even once btw)

Eyes
For eyeshadow, I mainly use the Australis eyeshadow brush, MAC 217, Sigma E25 & E40. I absolutely love MAC 217 and  Sigma E40. I prefer using the fluffy brushes for application as compared to the typical flat shadow brushes.

For eyeliner, I like to use Sigma E05 or even the brushes that come with the Maybelline gel liner. Those brushes work just as well. 

Which are your favorite brushes ?

**This does not include the Real Techniques brushes I just bought, as I am just getting into using them. I will probably do an updated post later in time**

EOTD - Wearable Coral Eyes for this Spring/Summer

I love wearing coral on my cheeks and lips for spring/summer and this time around for my eyes too :). In today's post I am featuring wearable coral eyes (for me they sure are :)) . Hope you like the look n enjoy :)

Coral Eye Look

 

Products used

Products Used :

• Urban Decay primer potion in 'Original'
• BYS blush in 'Coral' marked '1' in the above pic as my all over lid shade
• Urban decay shimmery brown shadow 'Lost' marked '2' in the above pic as the crease shade
• Urban Decay 'Skimp' as my highlight shade, marked as '3' in the above pic
• Maybelline gel eyeliner in 'Brown'
• Urban Decay 24/7 glide on pencil in 'Perversion'
• Sigma brushes E05, E25, E40 & MAC 217
• Maybelline The Collosal Volume express mascara
  

How to :

• Prime your lids
• Apply the coral shade (blush in this case) all over your lid and blend
• Apply the shimmery brown shadow on your crease and take it above the crease as well
• Highlight your brow bone and blend it with the crease color
• Line your eyes with a brown gel liner. I used brown to give it a less harsh look
• Rim your lower lashline with black pencil 
• Curl your lashes and apply mascara over your top n bottom lashes 
• N you are done :)  
  
  Do you wear color on your eyes ? What color are you going to rock this season ?