I think they're dc'ing them slowly but surely. Because I remember reading last year that they're phasing them out or something

^ Pretty, but the eyeliner looks a little uneven near the inner corner of your eye on the close-up shot. Do you use liquid or pencil?

I used eyeliner for the waterline bottom of my eye. It wasn't waterproof so it probably smudged or just came off as I blinked. I used liquid for the cat-eye.
I had a pink outfit to wear out and I decided pink shadow to go with it.
thank you!

yay new makeup.

testing out the palette for my sat date. ;D

Gorgeous, Anisha!

I just got the Urban Decay 24/7 liner mini set in VIP and here's me messing around with them. THEY'RE SO PRETTY!:

How are you able to get the lines so perfectly even?!

Usually I'm pretty bad with liner, like I have to go REEALLY slow or fix with a Q-tip afterwards. But damn, it's because these liners are awesome and just gliiiide on, so you don't have to really tug to try to get the colour to come out. Plus they're already nicely sharpened.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Right now I'm still wearing the liner and seeing if they smudge on me or not - if they don't, these are definitely my holy grail eyeliners.

wow this looks great .. i wish i was somewhat talented wen it comes to make up .. :( .. and gigi ur make up looks mad nice .. :)

Haha, I was going to ask the same thing. I'm terrible with liquid liners, but liquid liner doesn't look very good with the shape of my eyes, even when applied correctly.

^ I keep thinking you're Natalia.

Wow, these are all so nice. I'll be sure to put mine up soon

^ Post post away!

'k so the UD 24/7 liners are officially the best liners I've ever tried.

I used the copper-ish colour today, with just a tiny dusting of translucent powder on top, and NO SMUDGING WHATSOEVER, and even after 8+ hours. You probably don't understand how important of a revelation this is for me. ALL. PENCIL. LINERS. SMUDGE. ON. ME. And this one does not. I am so very impressed.

Need to buy the other colours now!!!

really I have no technique when it comes to eyeliner. I just started from the inner corner, drew along my top lashline, then flicked out lightly near the end. It's easy because this liner is so smooth.

damn. this might mean that I'll have to invest in UD liners too. I don't use pencil because it all smudges, and I've gotten used to liquid.

ahh, i'm a little late, but i LOVE urban decay's 24/7 liners. i bought the bourbon liner a little over a year ago and it's a dreeeam.

Ok the pictures don't do the make up much justice but i tried doing the flourecent light thing and i just looked like a ghost =/




I used:
Smashbox tinted moisturizer
Lise Waters liquide liner
Lancome long lasting waterproof eyeliner (black)
Lancome Hypnose waterproof mascara (black)
Clinique soft pressed blush (plum gorgeous)
Clinique colour surge eye shadow duo (like mink)
Loreal perle (turquoise)
And just some black eyeshadow

need more on the eyes.

Are you sure you used all that? NO way - how can you have used all that? I am no make-up expert, but I also agree that you need more on the eyes and you need to make it more even. The left eye doesn't match the right eye, and you need to blend more because the color just runs poorly, that all. The mascara looks good though - nice. Oh man though, I really do love Lancome mascara, even though I've only worn mine twice. :P

lol, Thomas said that, too. I'll probably change my avi soon anyways,

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oh hey there

Yeah I know it doesn't look like im wearing alot, that's what I ment by the picture doesn't do it justice lol. The makeup was done for the dinner I was going to tonight so maybe i'll take some better pictures there

No foundation on as I was just messing around with eyes and lips. Horrible skin =(



On the eyes:
Revlon EyeGlide eyeshadow in a beige-y color on the lower lid
Covergirl Eye Enhancers Shadow in "First Light" on the upper lid
(Damn, didn't even put on any mascara)

On the lips:
Fashion Fair lip liner in "Passion"
Covergirl TripleLipstick in "Rum Raisin"
Fashion Fair lipstick in "Grapesicle"

I love the lip color, Carrie. The color looks really good with your skintone.

Out of a split second of insanity, I decided to buy this Too Faced set:
http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id...ategoryId=4225#



I tried out the pallet at the store and fell in looooove. I've never found a set where I'd actually wear all the colors, but this is perfect for me. Pictures later :D

But pictures should show off the makeup though. :P

I wish I had some instructions on how to do those smokey eyes perfectly. Cute palette, Melz!

^ I find that cameras don't ever do justice to what makeup looks like. You have to a heavy hand just to get the colours to show up even a little bit. I had to try out a lot of different settings and types of lighting to get anything to show.

To be honest I never wear that much eye makeup on a daily basis, only for a special event. In the pictures it looks pretty natural but in real person it's actually a LOT. Normally I'd just wear some powder, very natural eyeshadow, maybe eyeliner, mascara and blush. If I took a picture of myself on a regular day, you probably wouldn't be able to see any of it.

I think I have finally mastered the smokey eye, but I have nowhere to wear it to! I will rock it one day at a party or something. Stila has some cool "Talking" palettes (there's one for smokey eyes) that gives you step by step instructions, although I find them pretty useless. Youtube tutorials ftw. ;)

Mel that palette looks great. I want to try out the Urban Decay palettes too, they always come with a lot of great colours.

Carrie, I love the lips as well!!

^ Teach me the smokey eye! I want smokey eyes!!! Flora always makes her eyes somewhat smokey, but her way of doing it doesn't really end up being smokey for me. She uses a shimmery brown eyeshadow as a base on her eyelids, and then a darker brown eyeshadow to make a thickish line above the eyelash and a thinner line on her bottom lid. And then she uses a black eyeliner and draws a thin line over the dark brown.

^Omg im jealous! Whenever I tried to do the smokey eye, I end up looking like a big black buggy eyed freak hahaha!

How does Flora do it?

I'll totally teach you how I'll do it. I'll even try it on you! :D But remember, the last time I asked, you didn't want me to touch your eyes. :(

Whoops, just edited my post haha. And ^ probably because my eyes were super crappy at the time? I'll totally let you do my eyes next time. =]

I was so confused at first, then I looked at your PREVIOUS post. Alright. You know what we need to do? Another makeover day. A real one. HAHAHA

That sounds a lot like how I do it in terms of colour placement anyway. I usually line my upper lashline with a pencil, smudge it out a looot. Then go over it with a dark shadow, blending it out. I use a midtone to dark shadow above that up to my crease, then a midtoned to light colour in the crease. Highlight browbone with a light colour.

What a shitty explanation.

When you said it doesn't turn out smokey for you...what did you mean by that?

Maybe it's because I don't make the lines thick enough, but it just ends up looking like I just used eyeliner and that's it. LOL.

Not the best pic but my eyes were closed in a drunken pic and here's what I did for my bday night. It's not as perfect as at the beginning of the night though obviously, lol.


MAC shadestick in shimmersand
MAC eyeshadow in cranberry
Victoria's Secret eyeshadow in smokey night

Then just brown powder on eyebrows, and black mascara and liquid liner.

i love the color, steph :D



OMG! I love the Urban Decay palettes. The bright colors always attract me.

This is the one I have. Unfortunately, I left it at home when I was packing for college

http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id...categoryId=3806

but HOLY SHIT I saw this at the store and nearly drooled all over it. I'm determined to own it one day:

http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id...categoryId=3806

So many wearable colors! So pretty!

Other palettes/sets that I have (and are also, unfortunately, at home and not w/ me which is why my makeup has been only neutral colors as of late )



i think this is the newer version: http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtm...20jewelry%20box

and my aunt bought me this:



http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtm...ldPaginate=true

Yeah you might have to bring the colour up further on the eye. If you're keeping it below the fold of your eye it will definitely just look like you blended your eyeliner out. XD What brushes (if any) do you use?


I WANT THE UD BOOK OF SHADOWS!!! But damn, if it's $45USD, that's $50+ Canadian. And I already spent a lot of money on my last Sephora haul. Maybe in a few months.

Yeah Mel how do you like Too Faced products? I always sort of forget about them but I'm not sure why.


STEPH how pretty. Cranberry looks really good with your skintone! And lol@ drunken pic. XD

Eh, just a couple of random crappy brushes... nothing fancy. I use those... rounded sponge-like things (? are they brushes?), like the ones in this picture, too.

i've only ever used too faced eyeshadows and i like them a lot! i think the colors are a lot more practical and muted compared to urban decay, but i like the way urban decay goes on better. however, too faced is a tiny bit cheaper if you take into account the amount of makeup they offer per dollar charged (i.e. UD 2.8g eyeshadow is $18 whereas TF 2.8 g eyeshadow is $17, lol). not enough to make a difference, though.

if you're gonna get a set, i think too faced is better. you end up using more of the colors than in a urban decay set.

So has anyone tried the L'Oreal HIP eyeshadows? I like the colors they have together. They're pretty cheap too.


Oh man i Have my lancome eyeshadows I never use, plus my mineral glo eyeshadow. D:

Gigi u should post a tutorial ;x

My SORTA attempt of smokey eyes but this pic was from a couple of months ago

This is what I looked like overall before my friends party

And after the party. Sorry, my eyes are kinda red..

I wanna post some pictures up of my attempt of a smokey eye, but I have no camera as of right now.

Pooball.

Did it look better this time, according to you?

Eh, I couldn't really tell... I think I'm going to try again tomorrow, just for fun. LOL

Playing with makeup is the funnest thing imaginable! For the past few days ever since I got my stuff in Sephora, I have been staring fondly at my new goodies. Like my new NARS blush. Holy crap. I didn't know a blush could be so enchanting.

I love it!


I have a few of the L'Oreal HIP shadows and I used to use them when I was into bright colored eyes. But now that I've gone boring and like neutral eyes, I don't use them anymore. However, they are really pigmented and I know of a lot of MAC makeup artists who use those as cheap dupes

I can't work with this lighting in my room. Ugh.

Anyways, here's the "classic smoke" from the Too Faced set I got.



with flash


It's a lot darker in person :(

Oops, never saw this thread



Sephora by OPI nail polish colors are soooo pretty btw. I have on Metro Chic but the I'm with Brad color is my fav.



Haven't used it that much yet, but it's <3 and stays on alllll night. I swear, I think I can sleep with it on and it'll never come off..
Oh yea, and the 24/7 liners too. I have Velvet Rope but I was thinking about getting the VIP set instead. Oh well.

I nearly bought this one a couple days ago...$30!
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtm...;categoryId=RVP

^ I really want the Velvet Rope one now. I have the VIP set and I love Lucky, the copper-y colour. Electric (blue) is pretty awesome too. I wish the purple one was more sparkly and lighter.

How's the Sephora palette?

Your typical generic black smokey eye. You can hardly tell in the first picture.

Hm, didn't try it yet. But I have Sephora liners and duo eyeshadows and they're not bad at all. The duo's creme creases though, even with UD primer potion (which is GODLY). I just end up applying it over my regular eyeshadows.
And wow, you have looong eyelashes, not fair ): I barely have any..

Want to try Stila smudge pots next...been eying them for a couple years now

I can see it pretty well from the picture, Gigi. GAH you are so pretty