I’ve got a ton of swatches and shots of the products, but for now, here is the breakdown of the look! For the video review, check out the review and swatches video on Youtube.com!

Eyes

In The Gallery Eye Shadow Quad

Lid-Look At The Eyes

Crease-In the Gallery

Outer V-Private Viewing

Liner-Blacktrack Fluidline

Waterline-NW35 Studio Stick Concealer

Lashes- Red Cherry WSP’s

Brows-Embark Eyeshadow

Face

Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet #175

Blush-MAC Brown Script and Swiss Chocolate Eye Shadows (Yes, I used these as blush!)

Lips

Clear Lipglass and Young Thing Lipglass

Tonight I worked on a video addressing common makeup FAQ’s. Here was the look of the evening! It’s amazing that my false lashes looked EXACTLY like MAC #7’s, and only cost me $3 at my local beauty supply store!

Eyes
MAC Coppering e/s-Inner Lid
MAC Hepcat e/s -Outer Lid
Shadowy Lady-Lower Liner
Saddle e/s-Crease
Feline Kohl Power to line
Embark e/s-Brows
Spiked Brow Pencil-Underline the brows
Ardell Invisible Lashes

Face
MUFE HD Foundation 175
MAC Blunt Blush-Contour
MAC Light Over Dark Blush

Lips
Shu Uemura Lipgloss

I can’t believe I had the nerve to re-create this look, but it was SO beautiful! My eye and the model’s eye look COMPLETELY different. Mine has much more space, so much in fact that I had to extend the lid area. This look took me upwards to an hour to create, scouring my kit for duplicate products! The lips were a real challenge because I wanted my lips to remain matte, and I had to use a flat eye liner brush to make the sharp corners.

The MAC Coulour Ready collection is a compilation of skincare items including a pore and line filler and transparent powder as well as various lipsticks, eye shadows and my beloved Penultimate liner. Definitely more info to follow.

All products are MAC unless otherwise noted!

Eyes
Fresh Morning CCB Base for brow highlight
Fascinating Eye Kohl Inner eye and waterline
Sephora White Jumbo Eye Pencil Base for Bitter e/s
Blooz Eye Kohl To line the eye
Inky liquid liner Traced over Blooze e/l
Bitter e/s Lid Color
Rondell e/s (Smoke Signals Quad, LE) Brow Highlight and inner lid color
Brownborder e/l Underline the brows
Embark e/s Brow Color

Face
NC50 Studio Stick All over the face, full coverage application
MUFE Face and Body Foundation Added coverage
Blunt Blush Contour
Ben Nye Banana Loose Powder
Highlight under eye and jawline

Lips
Flirt! Ultra Lipstick Outer color
MAC Mattene Lipstick in Powersuit Middle color
Fascinating Eye Kohl Inside color

My girl Makeup By Ren Ren hit me up on Twitter and told me that I cut the crease!!!! I didn’t even realize it, but it happened!!! I have been practicing forever! See, practice makes (Almost) perfect!

I’m starting to adopt a new ideal: Wait a few weeks after a collection has come out, let the drama and over-analysis die down, then make the purchase! I got Gladiola Lipstick from the Dame Edna Collection on Saturday. I don’t even remember hearing a lot of hoopla about this collection, and I largely overlooked it. But yesterday while at the counter, I swatched the lipstick and flipped out over how fabulous it was! Gladiola is a creamy matte hot pink that would naturally scare anyone away. But it was just too perfect to pass out. Warren and I went to the Estelle and Solange concert in Baltimore, and I opted for a soft matte face to go with my matte lip. Sooner or later, I’ll figure out how to work with these powders and foundations that are full of talc so I can have less ghostly pictures. I swear, my skin was fierce in real life!

Hey beauties,

I’m absolutely in love with this picture of Eve. She wears a nude, flawless face with vampy eyes and sexy lashes. I am SO glad to see her taking a chance on an amazing, bold lip. To steal this look, try Scott Barnes Flossy Glossy in Vivid. View the rest of the article, featuring Cassie, Diddy and Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley.

Do you know what else I have noticed? I always go through various face charts from fashion shows, and I notice that the look is clean, dewy, with a bolder lip. I really, really love this look! After making the recommendation above, I tried to incorporate the two looks, and here’s what I came up with!

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