Cee Me

Shades of Grey

CCee — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:26:42 -0700

Hi everyone,

Nic was feeling very tired this week and wanted some pampering. I was of course happy to oblige and when I did her makeup I wanter her to look very refreshed.

I used Smashbox - Photo Finish Foundation Primer Light as a base (applying it with a MUFE Foundation brush) followed by a mixture of Smashbox - Hig Definition Healthy FX Foundation in L3 and Make Up For Ever - HD Foundation in 155 Medium Beige. I mixed these two together because the Smashbox Foundation is her perfect shade but I wanted her to have a natural tan and mixing a darker foundation created this.
To make her look fresh, I used Smashbox - Photo Op, Under Eye brightener under her eyes and on the tops of her cheekbones. I used a light dusting of Make Up For Ever - Super Matte Loose Powder in 12 Translucent Natural pressing it in with the puff.

I used Bourjous Blusher in 92 Santal (I think, the name has worn off) to contour under her cheeks. I used her own L'Oreal eyebrow pencil, but I used it with an angled eyeliner brush by Models inc. to apply it. I placed some of the eyebrow pencil on the back of my hand (warming it up) and then picking it up with the brush to apply it in her brows, giving a softer and more angelic brow.

I then applied white from the Make Up For Ever - Flash Colour Case with a Sephora - Professionnel All Over Shadow Brush - Small #22. I blended this up to slightly above the crease. I then used a Sephora - Colorful Mat Mono Eyeshadow - Mat No. 06 (matte white) Item # 936310 with my "new" Illamasqua - Blending Brush 1 I set the white and applied a little extra in her inner corners. I then took up Illamasqua - Pure Pigment in Lust on the inner half of her lid. The shimmer catches the light and makes it look even brighter then the white. On the outer V, I used Sephora - Colorful Mat Mono Eyeshadow - Mat No. 02 (matte grey) Item # 936211. I placed the colour on the outer V and blended it with my Laura Mercier - Eye Colour Brush, this brush blends wonderfully and I reapplied the grey again with the Laura Mercier - Eye Crease brush to add a little depth and blended it again slightly. This applying, blencing and reapplying means the makeup will stay on longer.

I lined the outer half of her eyes with Stila - Smudge Pot in Jet Black and my Smashbox - Arced Liner Brush no. 21 starting halfway and keeping it very very thin. The mascara Nic is wearing is Rimmel Sexy Curves in Intense Black 003.

Look based on AnnaLynne McCord Twilight Premiere LA 17 nov 2008

CCee — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:05:12 -0700

Look 99...

I love how this girl can have sooo many different looks.
The look she had on November 17th 2008 on the Twilight Premiere was this one:

This look was the inspiration for this eye by me:

Face
I started with the Smashbox, Photo Finish Primer Light tester again, I think I can still get one usage out of this tester, so that is one tester for 5 uses. I'm still using the Too Faced, Magic Wand Illuminating foundation in no. 2 New York Light, because I haven't gotten a little of a tan yet and my Smashbox is still a little too dark for my skin now. Also AnnaLynne looks pale so I didn't want to warm up my complexion.

Eye base
The concealer I'm using daily is Smashbox, Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in no. 2. Over this and my eyelid I patt some Smashbox, Photo Op Under Eye Brightener, if you add this over your concealer you get more of the brightning effect we all love. AnnaLynne has high brows so a lot of Highbrow is placed under my brows. If you want to have this intensified like I've got here, place one layer and blend, then put some more under the highest point of the brow and blend again.

Eyes
Just like with the Lacey Schwimmer look I want to use only two brushes namely the Smashbox no. 26 Shadow brush and the Sephora no. 12 Eyeliner brush.
I used the White from the Smashbox, Panorama Trio on my browbones and inner corners to add a little shimmer. On the eyelid I used the lighter grey from the Dior 5 Colour Eyeshadow Palette 140 Twilight. I really love this palette and to add a little more depth to the crease I used the darker grey from the same palette with the 26 Shadow brush in my crease. Try not to overblend, the line should still be visible as a line and not blended and softened away. I love this eye because it's a little tough-girl eye.

As a liner on my waterline I used the Stila, Smudge Pot in Black again (are we finding a pattern here ;) ), it was the one still next to the mirror so I grabbed that one. The liner on my lashlines is the Dior, Crayon Eyeliner Pencil in 090 Noir. For the lashes I used a Shu Uemura lashcurler I have and as a mascara I used Diorshow, Iconic in 090 Black.

Challenge 18 - Kate Beckinsale 2009 Oscar Look

CCee — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:43:01 -0700

Hi ladies (and gents ;) ),

Here is Challenge 18, it's going to be a very short post because I'm sort of in a hurry all of a sudden, so I hope you don't mind.

Kate's eyes looked like this:

I did the look over the makeup I had on today (which was only perfecting the skin, my eyes were actually nude except for Smashbox - Photo Op and Urban Decay Primer Potion).

As a colourbase I used Bourjois - Liquid Eyeshadow Shimmering Shine in the colour 37 blanc chrome, I used a little extra on my browbone and I placed this with the applicator in the shadow and blended with my finger. Kate doesn't have extra highlighter on her inner eyecorners, so I didn't do that on mine either.
On my waterline I used Smashbox - Jetset in Midnight Black, placing this with the Smashbox Arched Liner brush no. 21. Go into the inner corner with this!! I use JetSet because this won't run or budge after it's dried.
The shimmery grey on Kate's eyes is right to the crease but not over it, she does have a little wing at the ends though. I did this with the shimmery grey from the Smashbox trio - Pretty Eyes and I used their no. 15 Definer brush. I also placed a little grey under the eyes (with the same brush).
I lined my eyes (top and bottom lashlines) with a Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil in Zero, creating a soft flick at the outer corners and making the line thin at the inner corners.
I curled my lashes (with the Shu Uemura lashcurler) and I have my lashes 2 coats of Diorshow Iconic in black.

This look took me about 7 minutes and this is the final eye:

Thank you for reading! Bye everyone!

Sephora Lesson 2 Glitter Eyes Palette

CCee — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:28:42 -0800

I think most of you remember when I did the Smokey Eyes Lesson 1 Tutorial.

Well, lesson 2 has been out for a while now and I bought it the minute I saw it.

Now to be honest there are some great things in the palette and there are some not so great things in the palette. You can buy the palette <a href="http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P222601&categoryId=B70">here</a>.

As with the first palette they have a picture and text tutorial in the palette to show you how to recreate the glitter eyes from the cover. Now to be honest, I don't think you can recreate the exact cover look with this palette simply because it's not got a dark enough grey to look almost black and the glitter isn't strong enough either.

I did follow the instructions and got this eye:

That's quite different don't you think?

The pallette works this way:
1. You line your eyes with the glitter pencil (black with small specks of glitter). It's a very pretty pencil, very soft so great for smudging. Which I did do and then I lined again.
2. You smoke out your eyes with the dark grey eyeshadow.
3. You create the highlight with the light grey eyeshadow.
4. Now you have the great glitter mascara/liner gadget. It's a round mascarawand with a liner brush tip. So now you line your eyes with the glitter.
5. You use the mascara as a mascara and when it's dry you go over it with the glitter mascara and you're done.

This is a great eye for Christmas, and it does give you a nice smokey glittery eye, but don't think it will look like the cover, because it won't. Also it's very prone to smudging and running. I did use my primer potion under it and it still went into my crease in under thirty minutes. So maybe it's my oily skin because it's winter and I use a more oily cream, and it could be that it just moves very easily on the skin.

In yellow light after 10 minutes (already seeping into the lines under my eyes):

All in all, it's a 3 out of 5 for me, because if you use it differently the directed, you have a great eyeliner, a great glitter mascara and two nice grey glittery eyeshadows.

Challenge 13 - JLo Look Tutorial

CCee — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:47:46 -0800

Here is the semi complete tutorial of the JLo Challenge. It's been so long since I did it that I can't really remember what I did. But I'll do my best to recall as much as possible.

Face

Products in this picture:
- Sephora, "Tricks of the Trade" Immediate Wrinkle Filler
- Smashbox, Hybrid 2 in 1 Luminizing Primer
- Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation in Light L3
- Smashbox, Travel Foundation Brush
- Lancaster, Infinite Bronze
- Smashbox, Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in 2.0
- Make Up For Ever, HD Powder
- Sephora, Mineral Powder Brush, no. 45
- Smashbox, Baked Cheek Duo in On the Town from the Glambox Volume 3
- Smashbox, Fan Brush no. 22
- YSL, Touche Eclat in no. 2
- Smashbox, Lip & Lid Primer
- Benefit, Valley of the Stars using a combination of High Beam and Moon Beam

I started with a clean face and put some Immediate Wrinkle filler under my eyes (over my eyecream) to minimize the wrinkles. As a face primer I took a dollop of Hybrid 2 in 1 Luminizing Primer which isn't sold anymore. You can get the same effect by adding some Artificial Light Luminizing Lotion to your normal primer. My favourite primer is also by Smashbox and is the Photo Finish Foundation Primer. I place the products using my fingers because the warmth of your fingers makes it a thinner layer and you can really work it into your skin which means that it really minimizes pores when you use a foundation over it. As the foundation I took up my trusting High Definition Healthy FX Foundation which is actually a little too dark for me right now since it's winter time, but I'm so pale anyway I want to hide this by adding even more colour to the foundation with a drop of Infinite Bronze. I work this into my skin using a foundation brush.
Because I really have dark circles I used the no. 2 Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer which has a little more pink in it then the 3.0 concealer and that hides the blue tones better.
I set all the makeup with HD Powder and a mineral powder brush, I skip this on the apples of my cheeks because I'm using something else to make me look less worn down.
I took the Baked Cheek Duo in On the Town and used the Bronze side to contour my cheekbones a little. Not too much because when you're putting on too much it really looks like your hiding something and I want to look naturally healthy. I placed the contouring with a fan brush to ensure not using too much. This is a great brush for people who tend to overuse blush or contouring because it actually only picks up a little product at a time.
I used a little highlight Touche Eclat under my eyes on top of the HD powder because now you see it better. I primed my lids and lips at this point to give it time to settle before adding makeup on top of that.
On the mouse of my hand I mixed a little highbeam and moonbeam together to create a great colour that I then patted into the apples of my cheeks, making them more radiant and glowing.

Eyes

Products in this picture:
- Smashbox, Eye Shadow Trio in Panorama
- Smashbox, no. 26 Shadow Brush
- Guerlain, Guerlain, Ombre Eclat 4 Couleurs - 401 Jeu de Nuit
- Smashbox, No. 15 Definer Brush
- Smashbox, Eye Lights highlighting pencil
- Benefit, Valley of the Stars using the white eyeshadow
- Stila, Smudge pots in Jet Black
- Sephora, Professionnel Pointed Liner/Eyeliner Brush #17
- Sephora, Professional Glitter in an oister glowing colour, no longer sold online. But online they do have these at the moment
- Smashbox, Jet Set eyeliner in Midnight black
- Smashbox, Double Ended Smudger brush
- Sephora, Eyelash curler - Smashbox, Bionic Mascara Black
- Dior, Backstage Makeup Waterproof Mascara in 090 Black

As you probably can see I'm trying to grow my eyebrows a little thicker here so excuse the ingrowing hairs in the arch.
I started by using the white from the Smashbox Trio under my brows using the no. 26 shadow brush. This highlights the brows and makes them stick out more.

Using the dark grey from the Guerlain palette I smoked up my eyes, for placement I took up the no. 15 definer brush because this brush gives me lots of control on the density of the colour. On the outer edges I used less pressure to help with the blending and I didn't use a blender brush afterwards, if you do feel like you need to blend more, go ahead. I used the Eye Lights highlighting pencil as an extra highlight over the white to add some shine to the arch. Because this shines it also takes colour very well and I went over this with another eyeshadow, the white from the Valley of the Starts palette. I had it in my mind that this was an oister glowing eyeshadow but found out it wasn't at this point. So if you want your eyes more like Jennifer's, search for a great oister glow white eyeshadow to use as a highlight. I used some of the lighter grey from the Guerlain palette on the inner corner of my eye as a semi-highlight.

I used a Stila Smudge pot in Jet Black to line my eyes with the Sephora liner brush. I didn't use a flick at the end and only used it to darken the base of the lashes.

I then darkened my waterline using the JetSet because this is waterproof. I used the brush side from the double ended smudger brush to do this.

I curled my lashes at this point and added first a layer of Bionic mascara and then a layer of Dior Backstage Makeup Mascara because if you do this before the glitter you have less chance of glitter ending up in your eyes and also when curling the lashes you won't move the glitters.
I used some oister glowing glitter on my eyes to add a little sparkle and some of the glow Jennifer has.

Lips

Products in this picture
- Smashbox, Totally Fab Lip Gloss Collection

On my lips I used the golden tinted lipgloss.

So here is everything I was supposed to post a long while ago. More coming soon!