A Couple of Neutral Looks

Been dying to go back to my beloved neutral looks after piling on color the past few days. My favorite mineral shadow for my neutral looks is Valerie Beauty's Miranda shade. I super love this color foiled on the lid with a darker shadow on the crease, and Graphic Brown fluidline on the upper lashline. Since Miranda is a multi-purpose shade, it also looks gorgeous applied on the center of your lower lip for a plump, luscious lip look. You can literally bring this look anytime, anywhere, and since you're basically using just three eye colors, it's also a cinch to apply.









Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base
Valerie Beauty multi-purpose mineral foiled with MAC mixing medium on lid and inner corners
MAC Twinks eyeshadow on outer V
MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow to highlight
MAC Graphic Brown fluidline
black mascara

Face:
Camellia Rose skin smoothing primer
Meow Flawless Feline foundation in Naughty Abyssinian and Pampered Puss foundation in Fierce Manx (70-30 mix)
Mary Kay undereye concealer in Ivory topped with
Bare Escentuals Well Rested
Bare Escentuals mineral veil
MAC Emote blush to contour
NARS blush in Sin

Lips:
MAC lipsticks in Hyper and Galvanize

I was itching to try some of my minerals so I used a couple for this look. I used my Fyrinnae shadow in Kimchi foiled on the lid. It's not shimmery like Miranda, and it is in fact very pigmented, and is mostly matte in texture. It was therefore kinda hard to blend when it dried, so that was a downside. I guess next time I should use it dry with the shadestick underneath for maximum adherence and color pay-off. I also used my favorite Lumiere shadow in Dark Plum over MAD Minerals' new eyeshadow shade, Black Cherry. The latter was uber-pigmented. I under-estimated its color pay-off and packed it on the crease; I had to really blend it well to avoid looking like I bruised my eye. Finally, I used my favorite MAC mineralize skinfinish in So Ceylon. The pictures don't really show the gorgeous color of the skinfinish because I applied it really light.








Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base
Fyrinnae eyeshadow in Kimchi foiled using MAC mixing medium on lid
MAD Minerals eyeshadow in Black Cherry on crease
Lumiere eye shimmer in Dark Plum on crease and outer V
MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow to highlight
Indelible gel liner in Tanzanite
black mascara

Face:
Camellia Rose skin smoothing primer
Meow Flawless Feline foundation in Naughty Abyssinian and Pampered Puss foundation in Fierce Manx (70-30 mix)
Mary Kay undereye concealer in Ivory topped with
Bare Escentuals Well Rested
Bare Escentuals mineral veil
MAC Emote blush to contour
MAC mineralize skinfinish in So Ceylon

Lips:
Rimmel lipliner in Epic
J.Lynne mineral lipgloss in Jodie