Fables in Fashion

Personally I’ve never been someone who has been big with lipstick, mostly because at work I love snacking throughout the day and eating lipstick isn’t something I’m personally keen on :/

However this holiday season has introduced a couple of new lipsticks that caught my eye and has encouraged me to branch out a little more. Mostly as I come to work, for meetings and after work when I meet friends (I’m weird and actually remove my lipstick before I drink / eat).

Nocturne is a shade introduced in Dior’s Holiday 2011 line, it’s a beautiful pigmented rich berry red shade that wears better than it swatches in my opinion. Unfortunately I didn’t find this lipstick to be as moisturising as the Dior Addict line.

A couple of reviews state that it was moisturising for them, so I’m guessing perhaps I have drier lips than most people. Which doesn’t surprise me, most lipsticks are virtually peeling or drying out my lips by the 4-5 hour mark unless I remove and apply a balm under, or reapply if it’s a moisturising formula.

It’s a beautiful shade however, as you can see I think it’s very festive and suits people with warmer skin tones.

I can’t specifically remember which store I purchased this from, but it was through a mail forwarding company so I only know the American price at $32US. A great holiday lipstick

How gorgeous is Dior’s Holiday Eye Palette? The packaging truly reminds me of their handbag line Petite and feminine. When I first laid eyes on this palette I knew I wouldn’t have any problems using this often, after all I do love me some browns and neutrals for everyday wear. (you know along with the other 50 neutral eye / nude palettes I own….*sigh*)

The quality of these shadows was absolutely amazing, they are incredibly soft, buttery, smooth, pigmented and if I could think of more positive adjectives to describe it I’d consider using them too. I’ll be honest, the quality surprised me despite being Dior, only because I haven’t had the best experience with their palettes in the past.

The first two shadows are first class all the way, they swatched beautifully! The third highlighter shade was probably a notch or two below that, mostly because it appears to contain more glitter / shimmer, and the swatch is a bit more grainy.

This doesn’t mean it’s a bad shadow, but what it does mean is the pigmentation wouldn’t be as opaque as a non-glitter version, and that this would really compliment a smokey brown eye for night time.

It looks great in the inner corner of your eyes, reminds me of the night stars. Unless you were using a very light hand, I can’t see the highlighter working well for during the day, far too much glitz.

The liner was beautiful, deep and rich brown which works great at creating softer smokey eyes, as opposed to lining your eyes with a black which would make them smoulder more. The only thing I have an issue with is the cream liner in a non air tight palette since it could dry up before you finish using it. I wouldn’t know for sure since I’ve only recently purchased this palette, but it’s something to keep in mind.

All in all, you’re definitely paying a fair amount for both the name and the packaging, $48US is nothing to sneeze at. I’m not going to say the quality completely makes up for the price tag, but what I will say is you are getting top quality product for your money along with the brand name and packaging. Makes for a great gift!

How awesome is it that the last post for 2010 on Fables is a Book of Fables entry? I couldn’t be more happy to wrap up the year with this chapter, this wasn’t a look I managed to plan ahead of time, I just sat in front of my makeup and went with it~

I hope you’ve enjoyed all my entries this year, especially my Book of Fables! Once again, thank you all so much for reading and for all the support, I hope I can reach high heights next year <3 Keep safe and have a lovely weekend / 3 day weekend~

Face
MAC Prep + Prime
DiorSkin Nude – 020
MAC Select Sheer / Loose – NC15
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Beige
Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish Loose Powder – Pale Yellow

Cheeks
NYX Powder Blush – Natural
Canmake – Highlighter

Eyes
Sleek Divine Palette – Chaos
Milani Crystal Eyez – Lovely & Luminous
NYX Ultra Pearl Mania – Silver Pearl
NP Set Liquid Eyeliner – Silver Glitter
L’Oreal Extra-Volume Collagene – Noir
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
MAC Fluidline – Blacktrack
Savvy by DB Luxury Liner – Shimmering Slate
Prestige Eyeliner – White
Red Earth – Silver Glitter
Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler
DUO Lash Glue
Darice Rhinestones

Lips
Savvy by DB Lipliner – Carnation
MAC Lipstick – Creme D’ Nude

Face
Prime your face, apply your foundation all over, then concealer dark circles and any blemishes and finally powder to set!

Cheeks
Apply a soft matte pink blush to the apples of your cheeks, then a white silver based highlighter to your cheek bones, bridge of your nose and forehead.

Eyes
Use a black matte eye shadow to fill in and extend your brows.

Prime your lids then using a white eyeliner pencil, fill in your brow bone, inner corner of your eyes and the inner 1/3 of your lower lash line. Blend out slightly. Apply a medium to dark blue matte shadow into the crease and to the outer 2/3s of your lower lash line, next apply a white matte shadow to where the white eyeliner was applied and blend it into the blue shadow.

Take a black eye shadow and apply to the outer corner of your eyes, blend into the blue so there are no sharp edges. Using a black glitter gel, apply all over your lids then pat loose silver glitter over the top to intensify the glitter effect.

Use a black eye pencil to line your water line. Take a black gel liner to line your upper and lower lash line, and extend beyond the eye. Then take a silver glitter eyeliner and fill in the gap between the liner. Curl your lashes and apply two coats of any mascara.

Next using eyelash glue as adhesive, apply star shaped gems all over your temples, get creative! Take a silver pigment and dab over where ever you’ve applied the stars so that the skin underneath will shimmer.

Lips
Line and fill in your lips with a natural coloured lip pencil, then fill in your lips with any nude beige based lipstick.

I’ve never seen myself so tanned before but I think the tanned skin actually suits me! (Not that I plan to start tanning, no no! Natural skin tone FTW) I almost feel like I’m playing a character with this look, but the look is rather provocative / out there, at least for my personal every day tastes. But yeah, that’s what I love about cosplay and makeup, being able to completely transform yourself~

Still, I could so imagine wearing this look to a Salsa club at night~

I altered these cheap earrings from Diva since I don’t have pierced ears. Bought a stack of stuff there for literally under $30 that I plan to use for costumes and future looks~ I don’t normally wear jewellery in my everyday life so the cheaper the better XD; (So long as it lasts long enough to take photos)

Face
MAC Prep + Prime
Revlon Colorstay Liquid Foundation – Sand Beige
Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder – Light
Rimmel Natural Bronzer Sun Bronze

Cheeks
MAC Powder Blush – Dollymix
Canmake Highlighter

Eyes
MAC Paint Pot Painterly
Illamasqua 4 Colour Liquid Metal Palette
NYX Ultra Pearl Mania – Gold Yellow
Lime Crime Magic Dust Pompadour
MAC Pigment – Teal
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Zero
MAC Fluidline – Blacktrack
Chanel Sculpte Sourcils Cendre – Noir
L’Oreal Extra Volume Collagene -Noir
Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler

Lips
Maybelline Lip Pencil – Rose
Christian Dior Lipstick – 355
Christian Dior Lipstick – 255

Face
After priming your face, if you have a light skin tone try and use a slightly darker foundation. Instead of using normal powder, use a light bronzer to set the foundation all over your face, neck, chest and shoulders.

Cheeks
I used a medium bronzer and highlighter to contour your face. Add a medium pink blush to your cheeks, it should appear very subtle, like the pink is just glowing.

Eyes
Prime your lids, then use a yellow cream shadow all over the inner half of your lid and brow bone. Blend a blue cream shadow to the outer corner of your eyes and under the eye. With a green cream shadow, blend it all the way up and out towards the hairline and past the brows. Set all the cream shadow with a matching pigment.

Line your upper lash and water line with a black liner, and draw on some lashes above and below your eye. Shape your brows with a dark brow pencil.

Curl your lashes and apply two coats of mascara.

Lips
Line and fill in your lips, fill in with a light pink lipstick, then apply a darker pink lipstick to the center of your lips to add dimension.

I did this look because I love fairy floss…. no seriously, that’s pretty much all there was to it!

Apologises if this is pink overkill, but my mum thinks it’s cool… not really, but I don’t have much to say about this look except check out my lashes! :9 Sometimes it’s fun to just grab a bunch of of stuff, and throw it together.

Ingredients

MAC Prep and Prime
Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation SPF 15 PA+ – Sand
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer – Beige
MAC Mineralise Skinfinish Natural – Light
NARS Powder Blush – Orgasm
NARS Bronzer – Laguna

NARS Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base
L’Oreal Extra-Volume Collagene – Black
Milani Crystal Eyez – Beautifully Brilliant
Red Earth – Body Makeup Glitter – Silver
Coastal Scents Matte 88 Palette

Savvy by DB Lip Liner – Tulip
Maybelline Color Sensational – Pink Peony
Dior Kiss Lip Gloss Berry Smoothie

Method

Face
Prime, foundation, conceal and powder. Follow these 4 rules and I promise you as close to flawless skin as possible!

Cheeks
Pink blush to the apples of your cheeks and then bronzer to the hollows. Dig deep into the bronzer, concentrating closer to your hair line.

Dab glitter gel on the high points of your cheeks, just below your eyes followed with some silver cosmetic grade glitter.

Eyes
Conceal your brows, then pat on a hot pink powder.

Prime the eyes, apply a shimmering light pink on the brow bone, lid and inner corner of your eye. Extend the light pink just a bit more under your lower lash line. Apply a hot pink powder to your crease and to the rest of your lower lash line. Use a dark pink to the outer corner of your eye. Pat on some glitter gel all over your lid, followed with the same silver cosmetic grade glitter. Don’t be too heavy, we want a light application.

Curl and apply mascara to your lashes. Apply false lashes of your choice Something fun and festive!

Lips
Line your lips, apply lipstick and then gloss.

Even though I’ve sketched out many a lookbook there are some evenings after work that all I want to do is chill out and basically… muck around! This is the result, not nearly as “crazy” as I normally get, I didn’t want to scare you guys with some of the… ‘creations’ I end up with? hehe

My favourite part is the blush, you’ll see it clearer in some photos, it’s a sharp cut down using nothing more than sticky tape I’m starting to think sticky tape is now one of my beauty essentials!

How to reproduce:
Face
Apply NARS’ Sheer Flow Foundation in Gobi all over the face, and lighten any shadows with Yves Saint Laurent’s Touche Eclat. Then seal everything with NARS’ Loose Powder in Flesh.

Cheeks
Using two pieces of tape, place them diagonally starting from the side of your lips all the way up to your ear. The angle can be adjusted to whatever you want. Then using MAC’s Powder Blush in Apple Red start from just below your temples and work your way down. You want the most colour saturation to remain closer to your ear and fade out as the tape reaches your lips. Next apply Canmake Highlighter to the apples of your cheeks for an added pop, as well as bridge of your nose, chin and forehead.

Eyes
Apply NARS’ Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base (my new official favourite primer!) all over the lid.

Then using colours from Coastal Scent’s 88 Ultra Shimmer palette, apply a pink colour just above the crease and purple colour into your crease. Then with a black shadow, apply it into the outer corner of your eye. Finally apply a medium blue colour over your entire lid, and make sure everything is well blended. Each colour should fade into each other seamlessly. Apply a white shimmering shadow to the inner corner of your eye and brow bone. Then apply some of the purple under your lower lashes.

Line your upper and lower lashes with MAC’s Fluidline Blacktrack, be sure to wing out your liner. Curl your lashes and apply two coats of L’Oreal’s Extra Volume Collagene in Black.

Lips
Apply NYX’s Lipstick in Snow White all over your lips and coat with Dior’s Addict Plastic Gloss in 854.

I’m a fan of colour, and I love seeing colour used in atypical scenarios. So when I discovered this deliciously black lipstick, I knew I had to do a Lookbook entry with it! (And perhaps a photoshoot?) Black lipstick is so often associated with goth or grunge culture, so I tried to throw a different spin on it. And honestly I can see black lipstick being worn in normal social situations, I think it all comes down to how one would dress everything else up to compliment it.

I wish the orange would have shown up more, despite putting stacks of it on, in some photos you can see just barely see it At least now I know what pigment colour I need to purchase on my next makeup order! I think I really should have used some false lashes for this look too~

Products used:

Face
MAC Prep + Prime Skin Base Visage
MAC Mineralize Satinfinish SPF15 Foundation NC20
MAC Select Sheer / Loose – NC15
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Beige
Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish Loose Powder Pale Yellow

Cheeks
NARS Blush Orgasm
NARS Highlighter Albatross
NARS Bronzer Laguna

Eyes
MAC Paint Bare Canvas
Coastal Scents Metal Mania
MAC Fluidline Blacktrack
MAC Technakohl Liner Eye-Liner Kajal – Graphblack
L’Oreal Extra-Volume Collagene – Noir/Black

Lips
NYX Lipstick Penelope
Dior Kiss Lime Glace 001