7 Days of Glitter with Arrru ::: Day 7 "Glittery Blue Smokey Eye"

For the last look in #7DaysofGlitterwithArrru series, I am using some of my very favorite eyeshadows to re-create a look that is very dear and near to my heart! If you have been a regular reader of mine, you may know that I am a big fan of “Blue” eyeshadows. I adore them, especially deep, midnight blue hues. I would wear blue on my eyes every day, if possible.

So today, I am going for a blue smokey eye! I wore this eye-look and a fuchsia lipstick with my blue Assam Silk Mekhela-Sador for my sister’s wedding reception party. I got a lot of compliments :-), even from the makeup artist that did my sister’s makeup! That felt like a validation.

Blue is an intimidating shade to wear, no doubt! But it is not difficult; you just need to ground the look with other earthy tones. My advice is to get some good matte shades. I use browns, dark purple, black or muted orange shades. For this look I used some orange and browns. As I said before, it is an easy look. But it is a time consuming one. The more variations of eyeshadows of the same color family you use, the more depth you get for your look. I am showing two lipstick options just in case you want to focus only on the eyes.

Anyway, here are the products I used for my eye-look-

MAC Painterly Paint Pot inLayin’Low

Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Crème Brulee, Morocco & Cocoa Bear

Colourpop Super Shock Shadow in Rex

Viseart EYeshadow Palette in 04 Dark Matte

Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in Midnight Cowboy 

Stila Stay All Day® WaterproofLiquid Eye Liner

Urban Decay Perversion Mascara
Marc Jacobs Beauty O!Mega Lash Volumizing Mascara
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Medium Brown 

Step-by-step approach to the eye-look:

• Start with a skin-tone shade (or may be just a shade deeper, for me its Makeup Geek Crème Brulee) to curve out your crease area.  I have a very little lid space and I have hooded eyes. So, I have to create my eyeshadows such that my crease seems to be higher and rounder than actual. It kind of helps in mimicking an almond shaped eye.
• I used dark matte shade – Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear to deepen the crease. I started with very light stroke. I make sure not to go beyond the area where my lower lash-line will connect to the tail of my eyebrow, if extended. If I go beyond that line, I feel like my eyes starts looking droopier!
• At this time, I can see how my crease is appearing. I often add a touch of a dark shadow like Makeup Geek Corrupt at the very outer corner. It provides more depth to the look, making it look more grounded! After the crease is done, I take a little bit of Crème Brulee in a clean brush and blend the edges for one last time.
• Yay, time for the shimmer shades now. First, I also used Make Up For Ever eyeshadow in Sapphire on the lid to lay down an even blue base. Colourpop definitely has the easiest shiny/glittery shades. I used Colourpop Super Shock Eyeshadow in Rex with my fingertips and pat it all over my lid evenly all the way to the inner corner. Rex is a beautiful blackened blue shade with loads of blue micro-glitters. I also make sure that this shade is taking a rounder shape than a flat shape near my crease-area. Sometimes because of my eye shape it can show up very flat which end up making my eyes look more hooded than they actually are. Also, at this stage, the distinction between the blue shimmer shade and the blending matte shades appears somewhat sharp. So, I get a matte blue shade and very lightly use it in that area to blend away that sharp distinction. I love using the blue shades from Viseart Dark Matte palette for this reason.

• Although Rex already have a lot of shimmer and glitter to it, I still want an extra layer of oomph! Urban Decay Heavy Glitter Liner in Midnight Cowboy has been a recent favorite. I have been using it nonstop ever since I got it. I apply a generous layer it on the lid over where I applied Rex. For this look, I preferred this glitter because it gives me the ability to have an even but sheer coat which means my blue lid is still going to show up very nicely. If I was to layer an actual glitter, the effect will not be like this.
• This look requires a thick winged liner. I used Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liner.
• A beautiful pair of false lashes is kind of a must have with this look, but I don’t know how to wear them and I am too lazy to learn…he he! I used a few heavy coats of Urban Decay Perversion Mascara with Marc Jacobs O!Mega Mascara.

For my sister’s wedding I wore a deep pink blush with a fuchsia lipstick. I know that pink is absolute no with blue shades but I wished I would have worn a bit more of the blush and lipstick in a deeper shade. Against 100s of high-intensity lights, colorful decoration and tremendously bright Indian wedding dresses, my blush and lipstick shades looked somewhat washed-off! 

Here are the products on my face-

• Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Water - a few sprits to tackle my dry skin, Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Face Primer on my porous cheeks.
• Stila Stay All Day HD Bronzing Beauty balm, Coverfx Custom Infusion Drops in Radiance and MAKE UP FOR EVER Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation in Y415 as foundation.
• URBAN DECAY COSMETICS Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer in Med Dark Neutral as undereye concealer on top of Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector. 
• Hourglass Ambient® Lighting Powder in Dim Light to set my under-eye area.
• Nars Blush in Gouloe 
• LORAC Travel Size TANtalizer Highlighter & Matte Bronzer Duo
• Jaclyn Hill x Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed in Champagne Pop
• Nude Lipstick: Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in topped with Lakme Lipstick in 
• Pink Lipstick: Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Lipstick in Tumultous Pink topped with Colourpop Matte X Lipstick in Poppin'.

So, that’s it guys. I hope you enjoyed this series as much as I did! I am going to post my Yearly Favorites later this afternoon and then take a little bit of break from blogging! Do you have any special plan for New Year Eve?

Love,

~Arrru

7 Days of Glitter with Arrru ::: Day 6 "Glitter Cut Crease & a Star"

These last 2 days in #7DaysofGlitterwithArrru series are very glittery, festive and perfect for New Year Eve! These two definitely are my most favorite out of the 7! Do come back for tomorrow’s look!

I have never tried cut-crease look before today. And to make things more complex, I added glitter with cut-crease. I was actually inspired by @heathervenere on Instagram and tried to replicate one of her looks. Everything went on smoothly; I was actually doing quite good till I finished the cut-crease portion of it. But when I added the glitter, it was not sharp and did not land right on the crease :-) I was either too hasty in my application or my focus was somewhere else. I could have removed it and re-do the glitter but I am too lazy! Plus, I had fun in spite of the mistake! And for me that is the most important aspect when I am doing my makeup! :-)

Below are the products I am wearing in this eye-look –

• MAC Painterly Paint Pot in Layin’Low
• Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Crème Brulee, Cupcake,Morocco & Cocoa Bear
• Java from IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Vol 1 Matte Luxe Transforming Eyeshadow Palette
• Urban Decay Naked Palette (for the simple golden shade on the lid)
• Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in Midnight Cowboy 
• Lakme Kajol Liner
• KatVon D Tattoo Liner in Trooper
• Stila Stay All Day® Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner
• Marc Jacobs Beauty O!Mega Lash Volumizing Mascara
• Urban Decay Perversion Mascara 

Step-by-step approach to the eye-look:

1. As always, MAC paint pot in Layin Low as primer.
2. Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Crème Brulee on the crease just to get an even canvas for the matte shades that will follow.
3. Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Cupcake with a very light hand, starting on the same area where I put Crème Brulee. I extend it significantly higher from my crease.
4. Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Morocco with a little bit of heavier hand on the same area as Cupcake. Using these many different shades ensures that there is a nice gradient of color from the crease towards the brows.
5. I take an angled eyebrow brush to use Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Cocoa Bear. I start with a light hand to draw the cut-crease line. This is basically where your eye-lid folds upwards.
6. I added a very light neutral-gold shade on the entire lid just with a light hand. I forgot which shade I used – I think something from the Urban Decay Naked palette.
7. Once I am done with this, I take a closer look and go in with a rounder brush with little bit Cocoa Bear and Morocco to blend upwards. The goal here is to achieve perfect blending above the crease line. But the line on the crease has to cut quite sharp! Hence the name cut-crease! I hope I am making sense. To get the line just a bit more sharper, I used Java from IT Cosmetics Naturally Pretty palette I go over the cut-crease with that angled eyebrow brush I used before. I am going to put glitter over it anyway, so it is not an absolutely necessary step.
8. After this, I added the glitters. This is where I kind of messed up! :-) But anyway, this step was very easy in theory! I just needed to go over the cut-crease line with the Urban Decay Heavy Glitter liner. I could not maintain a steadfast hand and my glitter liner got a little messy! I hope your’s is way prettier than mine :-)
9. I used Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liner and Kat Von D Tattoo Liner to draw a nice, thick winged eyeliner.
10. Lakme Kajol Liner to tighline my upper and lower lash-line.
11. Used a little bit of Makeup Geek Eyeshadow Cocoa Bear under my lower lash-line.
12. I forgot to picture the mascaras here but I was probably using Urban Decay Perversion Mascara with Marc Jacobs O!Mega Mascara! Feel free to use false lashes, it will look really pretty!
13. The star under the lower lash line is a last minute addition. Obviously I got inspired by the makeup on Perrie Edwards Music Video.

Sorry for too many photos, but I really loved this look!

As for the other items on my face, I kept the look quite neutral! Here are the products -

• Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Water - a few sprits to tackle my dry skin, Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Face Primer on my porous cheeks and Palladio Herbal Foundation Primer on the remaining parts of my face.
• Stila Stay All Day HD Bronzing Beauty balm, Coverfx Custom Infusion Drops in Radiance and MAKE UP FOR EVER Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation in Y415 as foundation.
• TARTE Double Duty Beauty Shape Tape Contour Concealer in Tan Sand as undereye concealer on top of Becca Under Eye Brightening Corrector.
• Becca Mineral Blush in Songbird (Full review here)
• Tarte The Sculptor Contouring Face Slenderizer in 01
• Cargo Water Resistant Bronzer
• Jaclyn Hill x Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector® Pressed in Champagne Pop
• Maybelline Lipstick in Touchable Taupe and Bite Matte Crayon in Cafe on top of it.

I absolutely love how it turned out. If a have a sudden New Year Eve plan, this is what I am going to wear and may be not mess up the glitter liner this time around! He he!

Tomorrow is the last look in this series and it is the most glamorous all-out look! You can check all the looks here!

Love,

~Arrru 

7 Days of Glitter with Arrru ::: Day 5 "Simple & Sophisticated Glitter"

Today is Day 5 of my little series here on the blog. You can catch the previous looks here... Today’s look is extremely similar to the first look I posted here, in application. However, this glitter I used here is much more sophisticated and subtle! I absolutely love wearing this to any events where I do want look polished and glamorous but do not want to put on makeup that appears pure makeup-y!

I am using the shade “Penny Jar” from Olivia Palermo x Ciaté London The Smouldering Eye Palette (I have a detailed review here). I absolutely love this shade. I wear it to my office parties! The micro mini glitters in this shade are multi-color over a base color of taupe; it shines so beautifully under different lights, even under crappy office lights! Plus, it is a pressed powder eyeshadow, you don’t really need to deal with the hassle of working with loose glitters and glitter glue! I am sure you all have a pretty underrated shade like Penny Jar in your collection. Also, I was not able to capture the beauty of the glitter on the photos, it look way better in person!

Below are the products I am wearing in this eye-look –

• Smashbox 24 hour Photo Finish Shadow Primer
• Blondie, Amaretto & Penny Jar from Olivia Palermo x Ciaté London The Smouldering Eye Palette
• KatVon D Tattoo Liner in Trooper
• Urban Decay Perversion Mascara 
• Marc Jacobs Beauty O!Mega Lash Volumizing Mascara

Step-by-step approach to the eye-look:

1. For this look, I did not use too many eyeshadows. I used a little bit of Blondie on the crease and Amaretto on my outer V for helping the glitter shades to blend but Penny Jar is so beautiful and neutral it does not really need a lot of help from other matte shades. Anyway, I like to use my fingertips to pat the color on the lid. I need 2 to 3 layers to cover my entire lid. 
2. Because I was trying to make it more wearable I added a shorter wing for my liner. 
3. A generous coat of mascara on both my upper and lower and that’s all I needed to finish off my eye look!

Here are the other products on my face: 

• Make Up For Ever Step 1 Equalizer Smoothing Primer 
• A mix of CoverFX Custom Enhancer Drops in Sunlight (Read full review here), Stila Stay All Day HD Bronzing Beauty balm, Coverfx Custom Infusion Drops in Radiance and Revlon Colorstay Normal to Dry Makeup in True Beige as foundation. 
• URBAN DECAY COSMETICS Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer in Med Dark Neutral
• Tarte Amazonian 12-hr Clay Blush in Flush
• Tarte The Sculptor Contouring Face Slenderizer in 01
• LORAC Travel Size TANtalizer Highlighter & Matte Bronzer Duo
• 1st Light in The Estee Edit Gritty & Glow Magnetic Eye and Face Palette as highlighter. (Read full review here)
• HonestBeauty Truly Kissable Lip Crayon in Mulberry Kiss

For my office work party, I typically pair this with red lipstick but for this look I was itching to see how a deeper, vampire shade pairs with this glitter eyeshadow. I love the outcome :-) I know my skin appears a little bit dry here, I wished I had used Smashbox Primer Water before putting on my foundation.

I will be back tomorrow with another look :-)

Love,

~Arrru

7 Days of Glitter with Arrru ::: Day 3 "Soft Halo Glitter"

I did this look a few months back and I forgot to take a flatlay picture with the products I used on my face that day! Now, I am having a lot of trouble remembering them :-( Luckily, I do remember the glitter I used. It was Touch In Sol’s Metallist Liquid Foil & Glitter Eye Shadow Duo in "Margaret". It is a fantastic product to use – super glittery and offers very convenient application.

The look today is not a whole lot different in application than the look on Day 1 (see here), only the glitter intensity and its placement varies!  Below are the products I am wearing in this eye-look –

• MAC Painterly Paint Pot inLayin’Low
• Makeup Geek Eyeshadow in Creme Brulee, Cocoa Bear and Corrupt
• Touch In Sol Metallist Liquid Foil & Glitter Eye Shadow Duo in Margaret
• Stila Stay All Day® Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner
• Touch In Sol Stretchex Mascara

Step-by-step approach to the eye-look:

1. Mac Painterly Paint Pot in Layin’ Low as the primer
2. Like I said, I forgot what matte shades I used in this look. But I am going to refer to similar shades for the tutorial and I hope that’s ok!
3. Makeup Geek Crème Brule on the crease to get a little bit of definition.
4. Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear on the crease, with a little bit of intensity and on the outer corner as well. This step is for curving out the socket and to give it a rounder look.
5. Makeup Geek Corrupt - just lightly on the very, very outer corner to create more depth. This step needs a bit control because a pigmented black shade can quickly ruin the look. The trick is to go in with very light layer, and add more if you want your outer corner to look more dark. 
6. Here is the fun part of this look. This Touch in Sol metallist shadows comes in two separate parts. I used the liquid side to pat on over my lid – from inner corner to 2/3^rd of the lid. The other side is nice, heavy chunks of glitter. I applied it mainly over the center of my lid. Once I am done with this step, I can see that the borders where the glitters meet the liquid shadows in the inner corner and the dark matte shades on the outer corner are a bit rough. It is very easy to fix, I just go in with the matte shades with a very light layer to blend those edges and make them appear more cohesive.  
7. Yes, I drew another winged eyeliner… he he! I cannot seem to get away from those. I used Stila Stay All Day Waterproof eyeliner in Black.
8. I added just a touch of Makeup Geek Cocoa Bear under my lower lash liner to warm it up a little bit. I also applied a black creamy eyeliner on the lower water-line and to tight-line my upper lash line as well.
9. A good heavy coat of mascara on both upper and lower lashes. I think I used Touch in Sol mascara. I loved this mascara.

I don’t remember what I used on the rest of my face. But it is quite simple! Foundation, concealer, little bit of blush, generously applied bronzer plus highlighter and a very pretty muted rosy shade on the lips – that’s about it! If you are interested, click here to see all 7 looks of this mini-series.

Did you have a good time with friends and family over Christmas? I hope you did and I hope it is off time for you for the rest of the year. I, however have to go back to work for 3 days! But that's ok, I am not going to whine about it! Ha ha!

Love,
~Arrru