Purple Duochrome Make Up with the MUA Immaculate Collection Palette

I posted the swatches from this palette here the other day and I absolutely fell in love with the very last shade in the palette.

It's an utterly beautiful purple based duochrome that shines electric blue.  I really hope that MUA decide to release this and some more duochromes in the single shadows. I know I'll be snapping some up! There were a few other colours in the palette that I was really drawn to but none so much as the duochrome. I've never used a shade like this before so of course I immediately had to whip out my makeup bag and start experimenting!

This is definitely more of an evening look but I just love it so so much! The camera isn't picking up the blue shimmer quite so well as I would have liked, this is definitely one that needs to be seen in person. This look was unbelievably simple but it gives such an impact. I think that this will be a go-to look for sudden invitations, it's very quick and perfect for a pop of colour. Ideally I would love to add some dramatic lashes to this, but I didn't have any! Boo.

Products Used:

MUA Immaculate Collection Palette

Soap and Glory Arch de Triumph

e.l.f Eye Brightening Pencil Liner in Black

The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara in Black

Step 1.
Load the purple duochrome onto an eyeshadow brush and gently pat all over the lid. There is a bit of fall out so I do recommend applying your base afterwards or at least using some tissue under the eye to avoid that lovely purple concealer look.

Step 2.

Lightly trace out where you want your wing to be and bring it under the eye in one seamless line. Blend the wing  in towards the lid to connect up the design. 

Step 3.

Take a tiny amount of shade 7 on the same brush and blend very lightly into the crease for definition. 

Step 4.

Take the highlight pencil from the Arch de Triumph and smudge onto the brow bone and into the inner corner. Gently blend the edge of this with the shadow using a clean blending brush. It will create a lilac haze and soften the look.

Step 5.

Apply the liner to the upper lashline. Press the purple duochrome over the top to lightly define. The black alone looked quite harsh.

Step 6.

Add a couple of coats of your favourite mascara!

Et voila, a simple, easy to wear, evening look that can be applied in minutes. And using a super cheap palette! It doesn't get much better than that.

What do you think to this look? Will you be trying it any time soon? Also, I'd love some recommendations for some other cheap duochrome eye shadows!

Lauren

EOTD: e.l.f 100 Palette, Muted Olive #D1

I know this should really be a FOTD but I'm calling in ugly. I just could not get a photo of myself that I was satisfied with so I'm afraid it's just the eye you're getting!
So as most of you know I recently spent a long time swatching all the shades in my e.l.f eyeshadow palette to check out the pigmentation and quality (surprisingly good!) I've since had a request from the lovely Naomi to try and work with the palette to create a few day looks. I decided to make myself a mini challenge to eventually get 100 looks out of it. Ideally it'll be 50 day looks and 50 night looks, but it might change, who knows?! I'm not going to set myself a time constraint because I don't want to get stressed and quit when I miss dates like I did with my last challenge. So this is just an ongoing, fun, little experiment! No pressure. I'll mark them with a number e.g. #D1 = my first day look, #N1 = my first night look. It might even be a couple of years before I finish. Who knows. All part of the fun right?

So for my first look I decided to work with some ashy, military grey/greens.

I used shade 7 over the lid, 6 over the outer third, 1 in the crease and over the e.l.f eyebrightening liner in Black, and 9 as a highlight. It's not immediately obvious from the pan, but 9 has the most amazing gold shimmer to it and it really added a pretty highlight to the look. Mascara is The Body Shop Super Volume Mascara in Black (I only have one open at a time. I know you must be bored to death of it!)

I made sure to really blend out all of the shadows to create a subtle look. The shades seemed to really enhance the grey tones in my eyes which I actually loved! I definitely recommend clicking the image to get a better look at the shimmer, it's so pretty. This look made a nice base for a bold lip and I wore this with the Revlon Balm Stain in Crush. A highly successful first outing with this palette in my opinion!

I hope you like this look. What do you think to my little challenge? Are there any particular colours you'd really like to see in the next EOTD?

Lauren