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FOTD Summer Pinks

Retropinuplady — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:44:08 +0000

Today’s FOTD was inspired by yesterdays pink lips, I wanted more colour today as summer is on its way even though sometimes we can tell by the weather we receive. On my way home from work yesterday the sun was shining and a neighbour of ours had these gorgeous pink flowers that where just a few shades pinker than my lipstick. They looked and smelled gorgeous so I thought today would be a pink look for a change.

Face

MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect SP 50

MAC Select Moisturecover – NW15

Benefit Erase Paste – 1 Fair

MAC Studio Fix Liquid SPF 15 – NC15

MAC Eye shadow – Soba (Contouring)

Lily Lolo Mineral Blush – Cherry Blossom

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Paint Pot – Soft Ochre

MAC Mineralize Eye shadow Quad – Assemblage (white all over lid)

MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow Quad – Odd bits (light pink from center outwards)

MAC Eye shadow – Soba (crease)

MAD Minerals Pigment- Abby

Illamasqua Powder Eye Shadow – Demonic

MAC Powder Blush – Frankly Scarlet (outer corners + crease)

Benefit Eyeliner – Onyx

Benefit BADgal Lash Mascara – Blue

Duwop Lash Venom Mascara – Black

Lips

Urban Decay Lipstick – Naked

MAC Lipglass – Nymphette

Girl About Town – All About The Lips

Retropinuplady — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:04:02 +0000

There’s nothing worse that getting up on a Monday morning where the sun is bright,shining and knowing you have to spend the entire day in the office. Its a gloomy thought but there is a way to make you feel better ( well it works for me anyway) a bright coat of lipstick. Reds lips are still me favourite but what about a slick of bright pink to brighten your day? if your thinking this is a good idea then take a look below at my look for today.

Face

MAC Prep+Prime Face Protect SP 50

MAC Select Moisturecover – NW15

Benefit Erase Paste – 1 Fair

MAC Studio Fix Liquid SPF 15 – NC15

MAC Eye shadow – Soba (Contouring)

Lily Lolo Mineral Blush – Cherry Blossom

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion

MAC Paint Pot – Soft Ochre

MAC Eye shadow – Vanilla (all over lid and brow)

MAC Pigment - Jardin Aires (entire lid)

MAC Eye shadow – Soba (crease)

Mac Eye shadow – Woodwinked (outer corner and crease)

Barry M Cosmetics Dazzle Dust – No.39 Tan

Benefit Eyeliner – Onyx

Duwop Lash Venom Mascara – Black

Lips

MAC Lipstick – Girl About Town

MAC Dazzleglass – Internationalist

FOTD : Movie Star / Red Carpet

Retropinuplady — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:00:20 +0000

As you all know I’m a huge fan of the vintage pin up look and other vintage looks too. Todays FOTD was just messing around with some colours but I definitely think there is a Movie Star / Red Carpet look going on here. Its definitely not an everyday natural kind of look well unless you want to glam up like this to go down the shops then go right ahead.

Here’s what I used for this look:

Face

MAC Prep + Prime Face Protect SPF 50
MAC Select Moisturecover – NW15
Benefit Erase Paste – 1 Fair
MAC Studio Fix Liquid SPF 15 – NC15
MAC Eye shadow – Soba (Contouring)
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish – Light / Medium (Highlighting)
Illamasqua Powder Blush – Unrequited

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion – Original
Volturi Twilight Pigment – Frost
BM Beauty Eye shadow Pigment – Dusty Road
MAC Eye shadow – Soba
MAD Minerals Pigment – Smokey Quartz
Illamasqua Powder Eye shadow – Lestat
MAC Eye shadow – Vanilla
Inika Eyeliner Pencil – Black Caviar
MAD minerals Liquid Eyeliner – Pandora
Benefit BADgal Lash – Plum (1x coat)
Illamasqua Masquara – Raven (1x coat)

Lips

MAC Lip Pencil – Redd
MAC DSquared Lipstick – Blood Red
Illamasqua Sheer Lipgloss – Divine

Enjoy x

Autumn Delights

Retropinuplady — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:47:43 +0000

Hey guys,

Autumn is here and the lush greens of summer are now fading to the beautiful reds and oranges. Autumn is my favourite month and I can’t get enough of these colours so I thought I would try a look with them. I love the warm colours and they look beautiful no matter if your pale or tanned.

Face

E.L.F – Mineral Infused Face Primer

E.L.F – Flawless Finish Foundation : Porcelain

M.A.C – Select Moisturecover : NW15

Eyes

Urban Decay- Eyeshadow Primer Potion : Original

Smashbox – Masquerade Palette : Neutral colour (first colour,top row)

M.A.C – Eyeshadow : Coppering

M.A.C – Eyeshadow : Soba

Illamasqua – Pure Pigment : Static

No7 – Eyeliner Amazing Eyes Pencil – 05 Black

Illamasqua – Masquara : Raven

Lips

Lip Balm

M.A.C – Lipstick : Milan Mode

Spaceage Woman

Retropinuplady — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:30:57 +0000

Hey guys,

As I just said in my blog this is just a quick look, was just playing around with some new colours so please forgive me for my lack of foundation it is quite late here and I have not long taken it off with remover

Eyes

Mac PaintPot : Soft Ochre

Illamasqua Liquid Metal: Phenomena

Volturi Twilight Labyrinth Loose Eye Shadow : Frost

Volturi Twilight Labyrinth Loose Eye Shadow : Beloved

Mac Eye Shadow : Soba

Illamasqua Powder Eye Shadow: Lestat

Benefit Eye Liner Pencil : Onyx

Collection 2000 Fast Stroke Liquid Eye Liner : Black

Volturi Twilight Crown Mascara : Black Knight

Hope you like

Queen Of The Ocean

Retropinuplady — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:32:00 +0000

Okay I know what your thinking…very strange title but believe it or not there’s a method to my madness, I started doing a look not entirely sure where its going but after I was done all I could was the colours reminded me of the Queen African Angelfish I saw in the local pet store. It was beautiful bright yellow and ocean blue. Of course I had more than two colours.

Face

E.L.F Studio Mineral Infused Face Primer
M.A.C Select Moisturecover – NW15
M.A.C Studio Fix Fluid SP15 – NC15
E.L.F Studio Blush – Pink Passion

Eyes

E.L.F Eyelid Primer
Illamasqua Liquid Metal – Phenomena
M.A.C Eye Shadow – Bright Future
Sleek Make-Up Palette – Acid Palette (Ocean colour blue and Steel grey/silver)
Rimmel Special Eyes Eyeliner Pencil – Black Magic
Maybellline New York Intense XXL Extreme Mascara – Extreme Black

Lips

Cherry Chapstick / Lip Primer
M.A.C Lipstick – Milan Mode
E.L.F Studio Minty Lipgloss – Miami

Purple Rain

Retropinuplady — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:52:50 +0000

My daughters in charge of this look again she told me “you have to do purple” and when asked why she just said because you do. Like any mother I’ve learnt not to argue with my 3 year old if I don’t have to because its not worth it so we have the Purple rain look…Nice and bright definetley not neutral in any way a perfect weekend brightener. I used a lot of different purples for this look and I love the result.

Face

Mac Prep + Prime
Benefit Eyecon
Benefit Erase Paste – No1 Fair
Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid – Light Porcelain 004

Eyes

Mac Paint Pot – Soft Ochre
Mac Velvet (or Vapour for the inner eye
Urban Decay eye shadow – Fishnet
Sleek make-up palette – Acid (Purple)
Mac Eye Shadow – Satellite Dreams
Illamasqua Powder Eye Shadow – Lestat
Illamasqua Pure Pigment – Static
Benefit Kohl Penicl – Onyx
Benefit Badgal Lash – Purple
No7 Exceptional Definition Mascara – Black

Lips

Chapstick/ primer
Mac lipstick - Creme de la Femme

Water Lilies Dreams

Retropinuplady — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:32:36 +0000

I got a little bored of the neutral colours the last couple of days so I thought it was time for some colourto day considering it is Friday after all…. 3 colours to be exact, Pink, Blue and Purple.

This actually turned out really nice and brightened up the day considering it hasn’t stopped raining here yet. I called it water lilies dreams as it remined me of calude monets paintingwater lilies, if your a little confused then it was painted in 1907 and is currently on display in the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo.

These 3 colours blended together so well and the overall effect is beautiful.I used very little compared to normal so this should be super easy.

Face

Mac Prep+Prime
Mac Select Moisture Cover : NW20 (Cover up those blemishes and black bags under your eyes)
Mac mineralize skinfinish/natural : Light/Medium

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Mac Paint Pot : Soft Ochre
Illamasqua powder eye shadow: Demonic (inner eye)
Urban Decay eye shadow : Peace (centre of eye)
Urban Decay eye shadow : Ransom (outer corner)
Mac eye shadow : Vapour (brow bone)
Benefit kohl pencil eyeliner: Onyx
Benefit BADgal lash mascara: Blue (x2 coats)

Lips

Primer / chapstick
Urban Decay lipstick : Naked
Mac lipgloss: Viva Glam VI

Have fun with this look, I know I did!

Retropinuplady

Shimmering Pink – Even Your Boss Will Think Your Awake

Retropinuplady — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:12:01 +0000

Anyone who’s full of cold (like me) or just not a morning person knows how hard it is to wake up in the morning, let alone look awake. This may just be me but I can look dead on my feet until at least midday especially if I have no time to put make-up on in the morning. So here’s a look I did on my daughters suggestion, she said I HAD to do pinks and I’ve learnt not to argue with her its so much easier in the long run.

With this look I went for Pinks/white and red (I couldn’t resist a flash of colour)

Face

Mac Prep + Prime Skin Base Visage
Mac Select Moisture Cover : NW20 (Cover up those blemishes and black bags under your eyes)
Mac Studio Fix Fluid SP15 : NC15
Illamasqua Powder Blush : Unrequited

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Mac Fashion Patch ( First white on inner corner,then pink after, then black on outer corner)
Urban Decay Eyeshadow : Scratch (put this on first on the centre of your eye and the fashion patch pink on top)
Mac Eyeshadow: Vapor (Brow Bone)
Benefit Eyeliner kohl pencil: Onyx
Duwop Lash Venom: Black

Lips

Primer / Chapstick
Urban Decay Lipstick : Nude
Mac Dazzleglass : Rue D’ Rouge

Elegant Wedding Look

Retropinuplady — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:21:29 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I went to a wedding, it was the full day so I wanted to look my best without been caked with make-up plus only having a small clutch bag mostly filled with stuff for my daughter I didn’t want to have to carry a great deal of things for touch ups. At most eyeliner/lipgloss and eyeshadow. I think one of the most important things is to look your best without upstaging the bride….its not your day so make sure you like nice don’t go overboard. I went for simple golds/silvers and white, this was for two reasons. It matched my jewellery and didn’t clash with anything I was wearing. You can wear any colour you want just remember in a wedding less is more.

Face

Mac Prep+Prime Skin Base Visage
Mac Select Moisture Cover : NW20 (Just to cover any blemishes and the dark circles under your eyes)
Mac Studio Fix Fluid SP15 : NC15
Illamasqua Powder Blush : Unrequited

Eyes

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Mac Mineralize Eyeshadow Assemblage : Gold / Silver (Main lid) / White (Inner corner/tearduct)
Mac eyeshadow: Soba (Crease)
Illamasqua powder eyeshadow: Lestat (Outer Corner)
Benefit Kohl Pencil : Onyx
Benefit Badgal Lash : Black

Lips

Chapstick / Primer
Mac Dazzleglass : Internationalist

And there you have it, low key enough not to out do the bride and plenty enough to give you the hint of colour and sparkle you need to shimmer the night away.

Retropinuplady