Ah, the no-makeup look…  Nothing quite as elusive as that fabulous makeup look that gives the illusion of having naturally flawless, glowing skin while still balancing the look by not making your use of makeup overally obvious.  I wanted to try this look out today and I decided to use my airbrush to attempt the subtle look. Applying the airbrush foundation gives a great canvas, and applying the blush and contour by airbrush allows for a much lighter application, so the colors come out looking much more natural on the skin.  On the eyes I used very little shadow for slight definition.  I have to say I think I did pretty well – three people approached me today at work and said ‘you’re not wearing makeup today!’ or ‘you should never wear makeup – you look great!’.  I think this is a look I will go for more often.  It does take more effort and attention to get my skin looking so even, but I think the result was worth it.

Face:

• Benefit Erase Paste in Fair under eyes
• Amazing Cosmetics concealer in fair on blemishes
• OCC Skin Foundation in Y1
• OCC Blush in Hush
• OCC Crush to contour
• OCC Lustre Highlighter
• MAC Prep and Prime Powder
• By Candelight MSF

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Painterly p/p
• Brule e/s on lid
• Shroom e/s on center of lid
• Soft Brown e/s in crease
• By Candelight MSF on browbone
• Naked Lunch e/s on inner corner
• Fascinating Eye Kohl on waterline
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes waterproof mascara
• Omega e/s on brows

Lips:

• Long Stem Rose Slimshine l/s

I just got my hair touched up and some lighter blonde highlights… I feel like my complexion brightens up so much right after I get my color done! Anyway, I felt like this FOTD complemented both my eye color and my hair well. These pictures were taken on my new Samsung Captivate. Not bad for a phone right!?

Face:

• Benefit Erase Paste Concealer in Fair under eyes
• Amazing Concealer in Fair on blemishes
• MUFE HD Foundation in 110
• MAC Prep & Prime Powder
• Emote Blush to contour
• Illamasqua Blush in Unrequited
• By Candelight MSF

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Painterly p/p
• Amberlights e/s
• Mulch e/s
• Embark e/s
• Soft Brown e/s
• Blanc Type e/s
• Nylon e/s
• Smolder Eye Kohl
• Stila 24 Hour Liquid Liner in Black
• MUFE Smoky Lash mascara

Lips:

• Hot Gossip l/s
• Love Nectar l/g

I’m wearing my airbrush makeup again today… It really is amazing how flawless airbrushing makes your face appear… I would have to show you my bare face with all of its current blemishes at the moment in order to show you just what a difference it makes!

Face:

• Tarte Primer
• Amazing Cosmetics concealer in Fair
• OCC Skin Airbrush Foundation in Y1
• Blot Powder in Medium
• Prism blush for contour
• Melba blush
• MSF in Soft and Gentle

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Painterly p/p
• Blanc Type e/s
• Satin Taupe e/s
• UD Perversion e/s
• UD Sellout e/s
• Ben Nye cake liner in black
• Fascinating Eye Kohl
• MUFE Smokey Lash
• Omega and Espresso e/s on brows

Nothing on lips atm…

I am usually not a huge wearer of greens… But I think Absinthe might turn me around – this yellow green is the PERFECT shade for my blue eyes!

Face:

• Tarte Face Primer
• MUFE HD Foundation #110
• Benefit Erase Paste
• MAC Blot Powder in Medium
• Benefit Dallas Blush
• MAC Warmed MSF
• MAC New Vegas MSF

Eyes:

• TFSI
• Painterly p/p
• Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
• Sugarpill Absinthe Chromalust on lid
• Sugarpill Tako e/s on inner corner
• Aquadisiac e/s in crease
• Bottle Green e/s on outer corner/crease
• Soft Brown e/s for blending
• Ricepaper e/s under brow
• On lower lashline: Sugarpill Lumi, Absinthe, and Bottle Green over NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Horseradish
• Fascinating Eye Kohl in waterline
• Stila 24 Hour Liquid Liner on upper lashline
• MUFE Smoky Lash mascara
• Omega e/s on brows

Lips:

• Love Nectar l/g

Sorry for the terrible iphone pics by the way!

I started a little project swatching all the blushes in my collection on white paper.  It’s hard to remember sometimes exactly what they all look like and I figure this way I’ll have a reference if I want to quickly see how a blush looks, without having to dip my finger back into the blush and make a mess.  These swatches were done over UDPP, to make them adhere to the weird paper I used – for some reason it did NOT want to cooperate with the makeup.  I swatched heavily on the left side, and lightly on the right side.  This first set of swatches are all the pink powder blushes in my collection (mineralize blushes will be separate).  All but the first picture were taken in natural lighting, unfortunately on a somewhat gloomy day!

Top to Bottom: Dollymix, Blooming BPB, Fleur Power, Coygirl, Dame, Cubic, Plum Foolery, Tippy, Azalea Blossom Blush Ombre, Alpha Girl BP, Instant Chic