NYX butt "naked" eyes!

Hello Gorgeous!


I LOVE NYX products!  ULTA sells it and they have a wonderful website www.nyxcosmetics.com
I know that you will love this makeup.  NYX is often compared to MAC makeup.  The lipsticks are luxurious. The shadows are smooth and velvety. There are lots of reviews on NYX products on youtube. I recently was sent the NYX butt "naked" eyes as a gift from a friend of mine.  I have been wanting this for a while.  It is listed on their website under "new products".  It only costs $25 and you get 15 eyeshadows, 4 blushes, 1 bronzer, and 2 highlighters. It comes with a huge mirror too!  These shades remind me of the "Naked" palette from Urban Decay.  Just recently Urban Decay released their new palette called "Naked 2".  Even though I have this one I still want to buy the new Urban Decay palette.  


If you are low on money or can't see yourself spending $50 on Urban Decay's Naked Palette try this one. I promise you won't be disappointed. 

I went ahead and swatched all the colors on my arm. There are no names for the colors. 

Maybelline New York Stylish Smokes in Natural Smokes

Hello Gorgeous!


I finally broke down and bought a Maybelline eyeshadow!  I love my department store eyeshadows but lately I have heard rave reviews about drugstore makeup.  I started buying lipsticks and I really love the color and texture, so naturally next I would buy some shadows.  


A couple of days ago I purchased an eyeshadow quad called Natural Smokes from Maybelline's Stylish Smokes Collection.  I bought these because I heard a Makeup Guru rave about this on youtube the other day.  She talked about how these happen to be her favorite! I can see why.  I love them too!  They go on smoothly (with an eyeshadow primer of course) and have great pigmentation.  I really thought these eyeshadows would be powdery or too sheer, but to my surprise they went on almost like those from Urban Decay.  So far I have been wearing these shades for that last couple of days.  By the end of the day I still have eyeshadow on my eyes.  AMAZING!!!  Who would have thought that $6 eyeshadow would look so good!

From Left to Right:  Base, Lid, Crease, Liner

BASE

LID

CREASE

LINER

FYI:  you can't see but on the shadows are printed base, lid, crease, and liner because I have used them, but for a person who doesn't know how to apply eyeshadow it is very simply.  It tells you exactly where to place the color.

A Night with Tom Ford at Neiman Marcus Northpark Dallas

Model is wearing Golden Mink and Cognac Sable
shadows and Smoked Sable Lipstick

Hello Gorgeous!


Today was the pre-launch of Tom Ford's cosmetic line and I have lots to show you!  Tomorrow is the launch party and I will be there!!!  I was so excited to finally get to touch and hold the collection with my own two hands.  I really love everything that came out.  I can't wait to do blogs on individual items and talk about them more in depth. Today I am just going to show you what the new counter and some products look like.  I hope you enjoy the tour!  


BTW I love the location of the counter at Neiman's.  There is lots of room to maneuver around.  A makeup artist's dream!  

Cream Eyeliner

Eye Kohl with hints of blue (Midnight)

Most Popular Gloss in the line

Bitter Bitch is said to be named after Naomi Campbell 

Viper is a gorgeous deep purple (opaque)

Wet Violet

Naked (most popular)

Sugar Pink

Love Bruise 

Peach Absolute 

Sahara Pink

Lost Cherry

Trece is a fabulous makeup artist

Trece touched up my makeup with the Burnished Amber quad and next he did 2 looks on my lips.  One with Naked gloss and the other with 2 lipsticks called Scarlett and Violet Fatale and topped it off with Wet Violet gloss.

Naked gloss with Casablanca lipstick 

Scarlett and Violet Fatale Lipsticks
with Wet Violet

Burnished Amber 

Burnished Amber 

A must have in a makeup artist's collection.
Dark side is to contour and the
white is to illuminate or highlight. 

More to come on individual pieces!  Enjoy!
XXOO