I am intensely hungover this morning, so please accept these two shots of last night’s Halloween shenanigans – clickable for much more detail!
Category Archives: Makeup
Bite Beauty – Kir Royale (Limited Edition)
Just like last month, I picked up the Bite Beauty 250-point perk from Sephora. The limited edition colour featured in October is called Kir Royale (they’re still sticking with the cocktail names!). Kir Royale is a wine-berry shade in a creme finish.
What I’m loving about these 250-point perk releases is that they give you an opportunity to try the shade and, if you like it enough, you can buy the full size. (As a note, the previous limited releases Bellini and Mimosa are still available on Sephora’s site, so they don’t sell out super fast!)
The Kir Royale lipstick has the usual wonderful texture and Wild Berry scent that all traditional Bite lipsticks have. It glides on the lips easily and wears evenly for several hours (considering the creaminess, I’m always amazed by how long these lipsticks last).
While I do really pick up these 250-point perks for the lipstick, the gloss is always nice to have although not something I’ll wear often.
Beautiful pigmentation on both of these products – you won’t have any problem getting colour onto your lips!
The mirror is roughly the size of a button you’d pin on your shirt, but it’s invaluable. I now keep these little guys everywhere for when I need to take a quick peek at my makeup.
And here’s how the Kir Royale lipstick looks on me. I really, really enjoy the colour as it’s reminiscent of Too Faced Melted Berry – one of my favourite lip colours to wear during the colder months.
And here’s a close up shot so you can see more of the colour. It pulls more red on me than I expected, but I’m not bothered since it’s such a gorgeous shade.
Have you been picking up the Bite Beauty perks? I’m starting to run out of points and yet I want to get these every month – eek! I can’t wait to see what colour they’ll reveal for November!
Halloween Ideas from the Past
As it turns out, Halloween planning is kicking my butt this year. I actually have a grand total of three costumes – two for work and one for the actual main event on October 31st. It’s fun and exciting, but I’m a little bit behind on my blogging schedule because of it all.
I thought I’d re-share some of the Halloween costumes I’ve already posted on the blog since not everyone will have seen them. Please enjoy, and I should be back on track shortly!
Guardians of the Galaxy
Last year my group of friends and I went all out as the Guardians of the Galaxy. We were an enormous hit on Church Street (a street in the gay village in Toronto that’s closed to traffic on Halloween night)! I still get positive feedback on that costume even a year later! Full costume details and planning right here.
Sugar Skull
Last year I opted to do a sugar skull makeup look for work. I loved wearing this so, so much. To me it looked absolutely beautiful and it was something I had never even attempted before. Full details right here.
Sailor Moon
In 2013, my friend and I opted to do Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask. This was the costume that started it all for me! I really got into doing group costumes after this one since we not only had so much fun but I also discovered how much of a celebrity you feel like on Church Street when you go out in costume! Full details here.
Candy Corn Makeup
This is a total repost from last year, but it still works for the Halloween season!
Eyes
I first applied NYX‘s Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk all over the lid, blended it out, then:
- Makeup Geek White Lies on the inner third of the lid and pulled around the tearduct.
- Inglot Matte 370 on the middle third of the lid.
- Inglot Matte 383 on the outer third of the lid and on the outer corner of the lower lash line.
Tarte‘s black gel liner to create the wing with Urban Decay Perversion mascara on my lashes.
Rest of the Face
- Foundation: Boots No7 Instant Radiance in Cool Vanilla
- Bronzer: NYC Fire Island Tan
- Blush: Hard Candy Skinny Dipping
- Lips: NYX Butter Gloss in Cherry Cheesecake
I hope you enjoyed the roundup! If you’re curious what I’m going to be this year, here’s a sneak peek:
Swatch Sunday: Maybelline Olive Martini
Maybelline‘s Olive Martini eyeshadow quad was a limited edition product for fall 2012. As with all of these quads by Maybelline, I’m in love with the textures of the eyeshadows although not nearly enough people talk about them. Enjoy the swatches!
Swatches
essence easy 2 use jumbo eyeliner pen (Review & Swatches)
New for Fall/Winter 2015, essence has released their easy 2 use jumbo eyeliner pen – a black felt tipped liquid liner. With a suggested retail price of $3.49 CAD, this is a pretty inexpensive liner… but how does it perform?
I’m always a little bit skeptical about felt tip eyeliners as I’ve never had amazing results with them. And I’m even more skeptical about huge, chubby felt tipped eyeliners because I feel like they’re really unwieldy. Oddly though, while I found the felt tip to be on the shorter size of things (I’d prefer it longer and sleeker), the chubbiness of the pen didn’t bother me much when I was lining my eyes.
The easy 2 use jumbo eyeliner pen swatches a dark, opaque black, but you will notice a little bit of skipping around the edges. It’s not super obvious, but since I’m used to brush tip liners, I did notice I had to make a couple passes to fill in the skips. The eyeliner isn’t totally matte as it has a slight sheen.
As you can see in the shot above, it’s VERY pigmented. It goes on the eye smoothly and stays put. I didn’t notice any fading throughout the day, although I did notice the liner got a little bit shinier as the hours progressed (probably oil build up from my eye).
You can see a I got a fairly clean edge all the way out to the corner. Since the felt tip is slightly thicker than my usual eyeliners, I did find I had a bit of a tougher time getting a super sharp point at the end, but that may just be because I’m accustomed to slimmer tips.
Overall, I’m quite pleased with how this liquid liner performed. The felt tip has enough flex to get into the crevices of my eyelid, and the pen delivers product all the way to the tip (huge bonus!). The price point ($4 CAD) is also highly attractive and I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with the product.
essence is sold exclusively at Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada and at Ulta and Fred Meyer in the US.
This post features press samples sent for consideration.