Shopping My Stash: Vice 4
I'm trying to challenge myself to shop my stash and use what I have rather than getting carried away and buying all the things that catch my eye. Because I have a big stash, and a lot of things catch my eye! A friend posted a picture of a look she did with the Sugarpill Smitten and I needed it. It is described as "shimmery hot magenta loaded with reflective sparks." I was ready to buy it! It's been discontinued. It's probably just as well. I don't need more eye shadow. I can shop my stash and find a similar shade. So I did.
I was going to combine a week of looks using one palette into one post but it was too overwhelming. I'll start with one day of looks using one palette and for today, that palette is Urban Decay Vice 4.
I should have a picture of the palette here but I don't. However, there are numerous examples if you do a Google image search. Link: Vice 4 Google Images.
I did not edit pictures other than to crop them. No color correcting. Pics taken under less-than-ideal lighting conditions but in the interest of getting the thing done, I left them as they came out.
Shades used: Fastball and 1985 on the lids, Underhand and Deadbeat in my fake crease, Framed as a "browbone highlight" (it's darker than my skin color but helped blend out edges), and more Fastball and 1985 on lower lashline. I also used BH Cosmetics' On Point from the Blacklight Highlight palette over Nyx Faux White pencil in Vanilla on my inner corner. Mascara is Urban Decay Perversion, as always. Wings done with Inglot gel liner. Waterline done with the last remaining bit of a sample of Lancome Drama Liqui-Pencil in some shade of bright purple. Brows are darker in person, I promise. Bad lighting does the worst things to my brows! I basically leave them wild but darken them up with ABH Dipbrow in Dark Brown.
For my highlight today, I used Blacklight Highlight - 6 Color Palette
, also in the shade On Point. This palette is a great option if you are allergic to Kat Von D's Alchemist Holographic Palette
like I am.
Ingredients of BH Cosmetics Blacklight Highlight palette (from BH's own site): Mica, Talc, Magnesium Stearate, Dimethicone, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Tocopheryl Acetate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Silica, Triisotridecyl Trimellitate, Magnesium Myristate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Phenoxyethanol. May Contain/Peut Contenir [+/-: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035)]
Ingredients of Kat Von D's Alchemist palette: Too difficult to find online, and I do count this against them! Temptalia has an image of the back of the palette with the ingredients listed here. It's small text, hard to read, and not searchable. Still, it's very much appreciated. Obviously problematic ingredients for me are safflower seed oil (this is in the asteraceae/ragweed family and I react to even the oils of the things), and rosa canina extract. So I can't use this to compare. I assume it's higher quality. It's also more expensive. The BH palette is $16.99 plus shipping if you pay full price, but there's always a sale or a coupon code. You get six huge pans. The KVD is $32 and you get four eye shadow-sized pans.
This isn't meant to be a full review of the Blacklight palette. I'm getting carried away. I applied it to the high points of my cheekbones with a damp Beauty Blender. It works best this way. If applied dry and with a brush, it is more likely to go on too heavily and to emphasize texture. I look young but I'm not young and I do need to pay attention to these things.
This blog uses a blend of affiliate links and non-affiliate links. If you choose to shop through my affiliate links, I may make a small profit. This enables me to buy more cool stuff to post about. Links provided here for your convenience. If you hate the idea of affiliate links, simply Google.
I was going to combine a week of looks using one palette into one post but it was too overwhelming. I'll start with one day of looks using one palette and for today, that palette is Urban Decay Vice 4.
I should have a picture of the palette here but I don't. However, there are numerous examples if you do a Google image search. Link: Vice 4 Google Images.
I did not edit pictures other than to crop them. No color correcting. Pics taken under less-than-ideal lighting conditions but in the interest of getting the thing done, I left them as they came out.
Shades used: Fastball and 1985 on the lids, Underhand and Deadbeat in my fake crease, Framed as a "browbone highlight" (it's darker than my skin color but helped blend out edges), and more Fastball and 1985 on lower lashline. I also used BH Cosmetics' On Point from the Blacklight Highlight palette over Nyx Faux White pencil in Vanilla on my inner corner. Mascara is Urban Decay Perversion, as always. Wings done with Inglot gel liner. Waterline done with the last remaining bit of a sample of Lancome Drama Liqui-Pencil in some shade of bright purple. Brows are darker in person, I promise. Bad lighting does the worst things to my brows! I basically leave them wild but darken them up with ABH Dipbrow in Dark Brown.
For my highlight today, I used Blacklight Highlight - 6 Color Palette
Ingredients of BH Cosmetics Blacklight Highlight palette (from BH's own site): Mica, Talc, Magnesium Stearate, Dimethicone, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Tocopheryl Acetate, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Silica, Triisotridecyl Trimellitate, Magnesium Myristate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Phenoxyethanol. May Contain/Peut Contenir [+/-: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035)]
Ingredients of Kat Von D's Alchemist palette: Too difficult to find online, and I do count this against them! Temptalia has an image of the back of the palette with the ingredients listed here. It's small text, hard to read, and not searchable. Still, it's very much appreciated. Obviously problematic ingredients for me are safflower seed oil (this is in the asteraceae/ragweed family and I react to even the oils of the things), and rosa canina extract. So I can't use this to compare. I assume it's higher quality. It's also more expensive. The BH palette is $16.99 plus shipping if you pay full price, but there's always a sale or a coupon code. You get six huge pans. The KVD is $32 and you get four eye shadow-sized pans.
This isn't meant to be a full review of the Blacklight palette. I'm getting carried away. I applied it to the high points of my cheekbones with a damp Beauty Blender. It works best this way. If applied dry and with a brush, it is more likely to go on too heavily and to emphasize texture. I look young but I'm not young and I do need to pay attention to these things.
Ah, these wonderful crow's feet! They appear when I'm making an expression. I make expressions. So. Highlighter is picking up slight texture, but it's really not the worst. Using this palette with a brush is more precarious. Go with the dampened Beauty Blender!
The finished look. This one was taken using a cheapo clip-on ring light for my phone from wish.com. Hahaha. Still, there's a noticeable difference! I think this light picks up on the makeup and exaggerates the difference between my face and neck. There is not a difference like that in person. Also, the light is rather blinding, which impairs the selfie process. You can't have everything.
Other stuff on my face:
- CeraVe PM Moisturizer
- La Roche-Posay Anthelios Mineral SPF 50
- Nyx Pro Foundation Mixer in Opalescent
- Kat Von D Lock-It foundation in Light 42
- Hourglass Ambient Lighting powder in Ethereal (under eyes)
- LunatiCK Cosmetics Lab Mystifying Mattifying Powder all over
- Urban Decay Gwen blush in Easy
- LunatiCK Contour palette 1 in the two lightest grays as cheekbone contour
- Milani Make It Last setting spray
- Ofra Liquid Lipstick in Malibu
There you have it. Let me know if this was useful!
This blog uses a blend of affiliate links and non-affiliate links. If you choose to shop through my affiliate links, I may make a small profit. This enables me to buy more cool stuff to post about. Links provided here for your convenience. If you hate the idea of affiliate links, simply Google.
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