The one thing I've wanted to be able to manage is a smokey silver/grey eye. This has eluded me for many reasons, the first was that I didn't have a decent grey eyeshadow and the second was that I had no clue how to go about blending grey to get it into two different tones.
I can't remember why I bought the MUA shadow, I can only think that it was because it was next to something else I bought and impulse buying is a mother.. The two brushes are from the ELF Bamboo range and the hairs are actually a pale yellow (er..bamboo, you dunce!) colour, they're tinged darker because I couldn't wait to use them.
I hate the way any makeup looks so unimpressive when you close your eyes but I really like how this looks in the open eye shots and I keep my eyes open more than I do closed so that's a winner. There is indeed a bit missing but there's a reason for that, it works really well with my eyes open, you can see the "missing bit" effect in my eyes open shots, I wanted that little bit of clearance there. I've lined my eye with the MUA shadow, it really is very pigmented and well behaved as a liner, not like the other pesky ones that end up in the eye, this baby stays where you put it. And...the shadow by 17 is grey with little blue-y glitter bits in it which is something new for me, I've only ever seen silver with golden bits in it. Last point, I swear! You can see that it is creasing a bit, I've tried this with a primer underneath it and stays true to colour, I just didn't have the mind to photograph it.
The best part of all is that I wore this work and got away with it! Thus, I'm declaring it worksafe.
There's a review coming up on these brushes (and the two face ones I have) very soon!
I can't remember why I bought the MUA shadow, I can only think that it was because it was next to something else I bought and impulse buying is a mother.. The two brushes are from the ELF Bamboo range and the hairs are actually a pale yellow (er..bamboo, you dunce!) colour, they're tinged darker because I couldn't wait to use them.
I hate the way any makeup looks so unimpressive when you close your eyes but I really like how this looks in the open eye shots and I keep my eyes open more than I do closed so that's a winner. There is indeed a bit missing but there's a reason for that, it works really well with my eyes open, you can see the "missing bit" effect in my eyes open shots, I wanted that little bit of clearance there. I've lined my eye with the MUA shadow, it really is very pigmented and well behaved as a liner, not like the other pesky ones that end up in the eye, this baby stays where you put it. And...the shadow by 17 is grey with little blue-y glitter bits in it which is something new for me, I've only ever seen silver with golden bits in it. Last point, I swear! You can see that it is creasing a bit, I've tried this with a primer underneath it and stays true to colour, I just didn't have the mind to photograph it.
The best part of all is that I wore this work and got away with it! Thus, I'm declaring it worksafe.
There's a review coming up on these brushes (and the two face ones I have) very soon!
Very pretty! I really want those bamboo brushes :)
ReplyDeletehaha are deeming it worksafe, crazy isnt it! i have ta wear makeup for work, even on days wer i feel lazy, well done at the blendin x
ReplyDeletehaha are deeming it worksafe, crazy isnt it! i have ta wear makeup for work, even on days wer i feel lazy, well done at the blendin x
ReplyDeleteThis is really pretty! Lovely glittery greys. And I love the way it looks almost like you have an eyeliner wing. I want those bamboo brushes!
ReplyDeleteVery cute look, I have brought MUA lipsticks but not tried the eyeshadows, I will be sure to pick one up! x x x
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! x
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