Wines, Plums and Raisin Look Using Minerals

Here's a wine-colored look using mostly mineral samples I've been keeping in my stash and neglected for quite a while. I was cleaning my makeup drawers when I came across several samples from Meow when I was still caught up in a sampling frenzy of their Feliners, Vandal Eyes and blushes and bronzers. I stumbled upon Vandal Eyes eyeshadow in Grand Larceny and I decided to use it today. I absolutely love the color! It's not a red-red hue but more of wine plum with metal pink (the site describes it as "Wine with hot pink sheen"), so it doesn't look garish or too "in-your-face". I believe this would be one of my favorite mineral shadows, but I am iffy about getting a full size because I don't know how often I would be able to use this. With so many mineral shadows I have (not to mention my MAC eyeshadow and pigment collection), it's almost impossible to finish one whole pot of minerals. I also tried my sample of My Minerals Bath and Body mineral shadow in Rum Raisin and I love the color as well, it complements the other warm plummy colors I used for this look. I love these two shadows because they really do give outstanding color pay-off even without foiling. I really like pigmented minerals because I feel I get more bang for my buck.

I am using Monave regular foundation in Saturnina and I am just in love. I've been using Teporah which is a lighter color in the olive family. I bought the foundation in Saturnina during Monave's free shipping sale, and I think this looks a lot better on me than Teporah because it doesn't give a whitish cast in photos unlike the latter. I still love Monave and will always do for the full coverage and creamy finish it gives when I crave for those.

I've been practicing wearing false lashes because I have very short and sparse lashes, and I just feel they complement most of my eye looks. I am not that adept with them though, hence the wonky application. LOL! I feel I am getting better with each try, though. I just bought a bunch of falsies from my neighborhood beauty supply store and from Madame Madeline. I do prefer Red Cherry falsies, though, so I was a little disappointed when they didn't carry that brand. I am impressed with the extensive collection of falsies from Ardell, Andrea, Gypsy, and Elise, so that's quite interesting. They also ship internationally. I will still patronize my neighborhood beauty supply store for my Red Cherry fix, though. They're a little cheaper as well.

Also, I've been using my beloved Lumiere pre-buy brushes for several weeks now, but I completely forgot that I get three samples of minerals with each order. Since I ordered twice, I have six samples of minerals, all of them blushes. I used my blush sample in Moonberry for this look and I think I have another favorite next to Valerie Beauty's Smokin' Mocha blush. Moonberry is described on the Lumiere site as "Sultry plum with a slight pink sheen". It's a little dark when I eyeball it in the little sample baggy, but when used with Lumiere's angled duo fibre optic brush, oh wow, it's gorgeous. In my humble opinion, Lumiere and Valerie Beauty offer some of the best mineral blushes out there, both color and texture-wise. I used to hate mineral blushes because they turn out splotchy on the cheeks with absolutely zero staying power, but blushes from these two companies go buttery smooth on the cheeks, have flawless finish and good staying power.









Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base on lid and lower lashline
MAC Dazzleray pigment foiled on lid and inner lower lashline
MAC All That Glitters eyeshadow all over lid and browbone
My Minerals Bath and Body mineral shadow in Rum Raisin on outer lid
Meow Vandal Eyes mineral shadow in Grand Larceny on crease and outer V
MAC Pandamonium eyeshadow on crease
Almay Amazing I-liner (liquid liner) on upper lashline
MAC Cranberry eyeshadow on outer lower lashline
Red Cherry #15 falsies

Face:
Camellia Rose skin smoothing primer
Monave regular mineral foundation in Saturnina
Mary Kay undereye concealer in Ivory topped with
Bare Escentuals Well Rested
Monave Angel finishing powder
Lumiere silk blush in Moonberry
MAC Sculpt powder to contour

Lips:
Rimmel 1000 Kisses stay-on lipliner in Tiramisu
MAC lipstick in Twig-twig
MAC lipglass in Nico Now