My model is my beautiful friend Kristen!

I began by prepping Kristen’s skin with La Roche Posay’s Skin Conditioning Solution and moisturizing with Dermalogica Active Moist.  Her face was primed for under eye concealer with Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Firm and for foundation with Smashbox Color Correcting Green Primer.  I started off with the eyes because alot of the products used produced fallout.

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Blackground paintpot
• Push the Edge pigment
• Indian Ink e/s to darken inner/outer corners
• Black e/s from Wet n Wild Greed Palette to darken inner/outer corners
• Peach e/s from Wet n Wild Greed Palette to blend crease
• Gold gel liner on center of lid
• Sugarpill Goldilux on center of lid
• Blanc Type e/s on browbone
• Nylon e/s in tear duct
• Wet n Wild black e/s smudged on lash line
• Feline eye kohl on upper/lower water line
• Indian Ink e/s and Goldilux smudged on lower lashline
• Sephora Lash Plumper Mascara
• Night Maneouvers e/s on brows

Face:

• Eve Pearl Salmon Concealer in Fair
• Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage Concealer in Shade 1 on blemishes
• OCC Skin Airbrush makeup in Y1
• Prep and Primer powder
• Blot Powder in medium
• Emote blush for contour
• Instant Chic Blush
• Silver Dusk Iridescent Powder for highlight

Lips:

• Eve Pearl Nude Beach Lipstick
• Sephora Precious Pink Lipgloss

On my friend Julie!  How gorgeous is she?!

Face:

Smashbox Primer – Green Coastal Scents Concealer palette OCC Skin airbrush makeup in R3 MAC Prep and Prime powder Harmony blush to contour Gingerly blush Soft and Gentle MSF

Eyes:

TFSI Painterly p/p Blanc Type e/s Soft Brown e/s Swiss Chocolate e/s Wet and Wild black e/s from Greed palette Naked e/s from UD Naked palette Vanilla pigment Fascinating eye kohl Ben Nye Cake liner in black Sephora mascara Ardell #301 corner lashes

Lips:

Aquaphor Cherry l/l Rimmel l/l in East End Snob OCC Liptars in NSFW and Anime Vellum e/s

I took a trip to Walgreens for the soul purpose of seeking out the elusive WnW holiday palettes.  Unfortunately that particular store was a dead end, but since there was a buy one, get one 50% off promotion on all WnW products, I decided to try the Greed and Vanity palettes that have been creating such a buzz online.  I also picked up two nail polishes.

Vanity Palette Swatches

The Vanity Palette is my favorite of the two, and in my opinion has the most usable shades.

The mattes:  The lightest shade, which is repeated in the Greed Palette, is almost identical to my skintone.  It’s quite similar to MAC’s Blanc Type, but the formulation of this and the other mattes in the palettes seems superior.  There is no chalkiness and fallout that I’ve come to expect from matte eyeshadows.  The colors apply smooth and creamy, without skipping.  The second shade is similar, but slightly cooler than, MAC’s Soft Brown.  It will be an ideal blending/transition color.  The third shade is a red brown – the closest dupe I could find is MAC’s Handwritten – and the WnW shade has FAR better pigmentation.  The mattes are definitely the standouts.

The shimmers:  I LOVE the 1st color.  To me it looks like if MAC’s Shroom and Ricepaper had a baby, this would be it – a perfect highlight shade.  The second gold shade is reminiscent of MAC’s Goldmine, but the color payoff is poor.  The third shade is a shimmery brown bronze.  Truthfully I don’t think I’ll get much use of the last two shimmer shades.

Greed Palette Swatches

The mattes: The first shade is identical to the lightest shade from the previous palette.  The second shade is a peach-y one.  I’ve heard that it is similar to MAC’s Texture, which I don’t own.  It will be a great transition shade.  The third is a standard matte black – I’d like to test this against MAC’s Carbon and see if it has less fallout.

The shimmers: The first shade is a sort of Periwinkle with multi-colored shimmer.  As you can probably tell, I got crap color payoff from this shade.  The second shade is a peachy color with shimmer – nothing special.  The third shade is a black silver shimmer.  In my experience these type of shades usually don’t translate to the skin the same way they look in the pan, so I was surprised that there was still shimmer in the swatch.  It would be interesting to see if it will retain the shimmer on the eye after blending.

I also bought two nail polishes – at 1.99 a piece and 50% off the second, who could resist?!

Inferno, Shield, 2 coats

Inferno is a flaming orange that flashes yellowish gold shimmer.  Very fall appropriate.  Shield is a bronzey taupe with bronze and red shimmer.

Face:

• Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage in Shade 1
• Benefit Erase Paste in Fair (under eyes)
• OCC Skin Airbrush Foundation in Y1
• MAC Prep and Prime setting powder
• Emote blush to contour
• Plum Foolery Blush
• Soft and Gentle MSF

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Painterly p/p
• Grand Entrance e/s
• Cranberry e/s
• Beauty Marked e/s
• UD Naked e/s
• Blanc Type e/s
• Femme Fi e/s
• Amber Lights e/s
• Fascinating eye kohl
• Blacktrack f/l
• MUFE Smoky Lash
• Omega and Coquette e/s on brows

Lips:

• Crushed Bougainvillea CCB

Face:

• Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage in Shade 1
• Benefit Erase Paste in Fair (under eyes)
• OCC Skin Airbrush Foundation in Y1
• MAC Prep and Prime setting powder
• Emote blush to contour
• MUFE HD Blush
• Melba blush
• By Candelight MSF

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Painterly p/p
• Sushi Flower e/s
• Lilac Touch e/s
• Indian Ink e/s
• Satellite Dreams e/s
• Blanc Type e/s
• Vanilla pigment
• Rave pearlglide e/l
• Fascinating eye kohl
• Stila All Day Waterproof liquid e/l
• MUFE Smoky Lash
• Omega and Coquette e/s on brows

Lips:

• Hue l/s

Face: