Woodland Green FOTD and Gradient Nails

So I've been wanting to do a look somewhat inspired by the new Robin Hood movie by using greens and bronzes and this is what I came up with:

(Sorry the lighting and colours aren't very good in these shots)

 

Step-by-step process:

1. Prime eyes using Two Faced Shadow Insurance (a dot size cover entire lid)
2. Apply a light shimmery/metalic green eyeshadow on the inner half of the lid. Here I used "Sea Green" loose eyeshadow by Savvy (You can buy this at Priceline for about $7 it think; it's one of my favourites ^.^)
3. Use a bronze shadow on outer half of the lid and blend the two colours together. Here I used NYX "Golden".
4. Using a crease brush, take that bronze colour into and above your crease, keeping a sharp edge at the outer eye corner (at this stage you can cheat by applying some tape to get those perfect lines)
5. Bring the light green up to meet the crease colour and blend
6. Take a darker green and, using a flat brush, apply to the bottom outer half of your lash line. At the outer corner, blend this with the bronze colour. I'm using NYX "Kiwi".
6. Use a fine brush and gel eyeliner to tightly line your top lash line and flick the liner out following the sharp edge you created in step 4. I'm using Inglot's gel eyeliner in black.
7. With the remaining liner on your brush, lightly go over the bottom lash line, stopping half way.
8. To brighten your eyes, add a dot of white shadow in the inner corner and blend. Line your bottom waterline with a white eye pencil.
9. Curl you lashes and apply a generous coat of mascara

You're Done!

For the rest of my face, I just used NYX "Natural" blush applied with a stippling brush and NYX "Rose" Lipstick.

I personally love green eyeshadow and it saddens me just a little every time someone says blue eyes don't match :( But I think this is a nice subtle green look anyone can pull off.

Onto another recent nail art experimentation of mine: gradient nails! Some colour combinations can look stunning when done right. I went for a pink combo and this is what I came up with:

You might not be able to tell, but I've used three colours: OPI "Princesses Rule!" as the base and top coat, OPI "Lunch at the Dehli" in the middle and OPI "Koala Berry" at the tip.

It's super easy to do - I just used a makeup sponge to apply the layers of polish and voila!

And I got my Cherry Culture goodies I bought during the NYX sale today. I haven't forgotten about my original CC haul, don't worry. After exams, I'll pull out all my NYX treasures and swatch and review them all as promised :)

First exam tomorrow :S

jenni&ying xo

mish-mash

Hi Ladies,

So just wanted to do a quick update on a few random things that I've been doing. First of all, here's a swatch from one of the OPIs that I got -

Ind-ia Mood for Love

I really love this colour and this bright pink shade is always my go-to colour when I'm going out because it works well with my skin tone and adds a bit of colour to my usually black or nude outfits. Also I find that a lot of people tend to tone down their nail polish colour during winter (which seems appropriate because obviously everything tends to be that much bleaker) but for me I love to have some bright summery colours on my nails because it adds a little beauty to my day :)

Also, just wanted to show everyone what I got for my mum for Mother's Day (on the second sunday of every May for the slackers out there :P) It's a Treader Drum Pouch in Ivory and a Treader Mini Purse also in Ivory. I am absolutely in love with the drum pouch - love the style, the colour and the fact that it's Mimco! The strap is adjustable and sits just above the hips.

And lastly, I recently bought some contacts online and they just arrived. They are Impressions contacts in Blue and from afar, I think they're quite subtle. I usually wear clear contacts so it's nice change having a different eye colour. Why not fake what genetics couldn't give me ... hehehe. Just be careful where you buy your contacts from ladies. I buy mine from Clearly Contacts which is a Canadian based Contacts/Glasses e-tailer and they have a very good reputation.

So that's all for my little post, and I'll be back soon with a vlog - possibly on curling hair or quick beauty tips.

jenni&ying xo

as mother nature intended ... almost!

TA DA! We finally got our act together and did our pretty pictures. I have to admit that we look pretty good ... hehe. Remember, the aim of the look is to highlight your natural beauty and maybe help get rid of the flaws that you don't like. For me, I have big cheeks so I just contour it slightly with blush to make it look higher and I hate my eyelashes so I just add a ton of mascara!


Also, these pictures are good because it shows what basic undertone we have. I have a more olive undertone whereas Jen has a more pink undertone so depending on what your skin is like, you're probably going to follow either mine or Jen's recommendations more.


Feel free to ask away,


jenni&ying xo