Christmas Haul & FOTD 12/31/11 Post-Holiday Berry Lip and Gold Eye Look

So sorry for the lack of posting these days! The holidays really caught up to me and all I wanted to do was spend time with my lovely family and friends.. But now I'm back and I have much to blog about!

In my last post, I showed how I was really into gold, rusty bronze eye looks for the holiday, and for my post-holiday look, I still kept up with the gold eye look but this time I paired it with a berry lip. Revlon's lip butter in Fig Jam actually! It's a pretty brick red that isn't too bright and flashy, but is a subtle red that looks beautiful with a gold eyeshadow. Here's a picture of what I came up with:

The bronzed gold eye doesn't look too sparkly in this picture (sigh, I need a new camera..) but I used MAC's pigment in Pink Bronze and my new Coastal Scents Metal Mania palette!

I put little dino pictures on the colors I used :) Very golden and bronze, yes? :) Thank youu to my roomie for this Christmas present :) hehe <3

Also, here's a picture of my Christmas haul!!!

FOTD 11/20/11

This is a look that I actually tried to follow from a tutorial I watched last night while I was sick in bed :( hahaha I woke up this morning and tried to remember all the steps, but ended up improvising a bit with the colors! Here's what I came up with:

It turned out to be a smokey taupey-brown eye look with a smudged darker grey outer corner! The video I used that inspired me to try out this different eyeliner technique was from MakeupByAlli, one of my favorite makeup gurus on YouTube! I embedded her video at the end of this post! :) <3

Here's a picture of the products I used and list of how I used all the products:

FOTD 11/17/11

Last night, I decided that I wanted to switch up my everyday products. I was almost hitting pan on some of my shadows and I just wanted a new everyday eye look! And plus, there were so many shadows in my storage that I wasn't taking advantage of! Here's a list of my swap:

Put away:
1. Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Black Ink
2. my MAC quad with Wedge, Typographic, Sable, Woodwinked
3. MAC shadow in Dreammaker
4. Bobbi Brown Cream Shadow in Sandy Gold
5. NARS duo in Charade

Swapped with:
1. Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Chocolate Shimmer
2. Maybelline Quads in Chai Latte & Natural Smokes
3. MAC shadow in All That Glitters
4. Bobbi Brown Cream Shadow in Stone
5. CoverGirl's Quad in Pure Romance

Here's the look that I came up with today :) ... Please excuse the wet hair :P

Here's a list of the products I used:

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter Swatches Pictures and Mini-Review

There's been a crazy rave over these new Revlon Lip Butters so I had to go out and see what it was all about! I saw a couple videos on them already so I just picked out the colors I thought I'd wear the most. But I'm already loving the formulation and the pigmentation - maybe I'll go out and get some more..

I found a really big counter at my local CVS displaying all the currently available colors (12 or so?) and on the other side of the counter was another mini-display containing a couple more of each color. Right now there's a Buy 1 Get 1 50% off so go take advantage of the deal! Unfortunately I couldn't find Strawberry Shortcake, but here are the ones I did find:

1. Creme Brulee

2. Cupcake

3. Peach Parfait

4. Cotton Candy


Here are more pictures, swatches, and my reviews: