♥ Valentine's Day Makeup Look ♥

Hello again lovies. Valentine's Day is only two days away. Do any of you have anything planned? Maybe a super duper romantic date with your hunnie? Or maybe a date with your bestest friends or even the little one in your life? You could be staying home, which is perfectly okay. And for all those who don't have a Valentine, I'll be all of your Valentines! 

I decided to randomly do a makeup tutorial dedicated to the day of love. Pink & red hues with a little chocolate brown & champagne sparkle, this makeup look brings many colors of Valentine's Day to your eyes! 

Let's start!

I think brown or pink lenses suit this makeup look perfectly. I was planning on wearing my GEO Grang Grang Big Choco lenses for this [ will do a review very soon ]. These are the Barbie Eye Super Nudy Pink circle lenses. I bought these from Candylens.

Using my normal primer, Etude House's Baby Choux Base in Berry Choux, I primed my face for BB cream & concealer. For this look, I decided to try out the CLIO VF 21 Water BB Cream from the 4th edition of the Memebox along with my usual concealer, the Physicians Formula Nude Wear Touch of Glow Concealer.

Taking out my Etude House Play Color Eyes Palette, So Chic :

Taking French Kiss [ left ] I applied that all over my lids, then taking Misty Rose [ right ], I blended it out very lightly into my crease.

I then applied a little bit of Sparkling Wine to my lid to give it a small amount of shimmer. If you want more shimmer, I suggest wetting whatever eye brush you are using to get the shadow to appear more opaque on your lid.

Going in with Diva & a blending brush, I applied then blended on the outer half of my lids & into my crease.

Next, I applied Leopard Brown to the outer corner of my eye to give the look a bit more depth & to darken the makeup slightly.

Finally, for my highlight, I took Pop Champagne & applied that all over my brow bone.

You can go with either brown shadow, brown liner, or black for your eye liner, as I think all options are wonderful. I decided to go with a double winged black liner.

To complete the eye makeup, take your favorite mascara, I'm using Maybelline's The Rocket Volum Express Mascara in black & generously apply to your upper & lower lashes. If you want to wear lashes, wear them!

The final look.

I forgot to use primer. The shadow started to crease, so if you have oily eyelids like mine, I do recommend using your favorite eye primer so your shadow will last throughout the day/night.

I filled my brows in with Etude House's Color My Brows in shade #5 Blondy Brown.

For blush & highlight, I used Etude House's Sweet Recipe Cupcake All Over Color in shade PK001 Blueberry Cheese Cake & applied that to the apples of my cheeks, then took Etude House's Bling In The Sea Cheek Sun Brightener in Apricot & applied that to the high points on my face [ cheek bones, middle of forehead, bridge of nose, cupids bow, & middle of chin ].

To finish off the entire makeup look, I took Lime Crime's Geradium & applied that all over my lips!

Finnish! 

Here's what the makeup looks like without my hair all done.

I find it very cute & flirty looking. You can really make a difference by changing up the lenses, eyeliner, and/or adding lashes. It's really all up to you!

SELFIE TIME!

I adore this look, I think I did a pretty good job & if I were going out for a dinner or something, I'd rock this look. I'll be working all Valentine's Day though, so I may find another way to add some color to my face that day.

I took this last photo with my iPhone camera since my camera died on me in the middle of taking photos. I thought my eyes looked really cute!

That's all for this tutorial.

Please let me know if you enjoyed!

LUBYOU

HAUL & REVIEW: Limecrime Lippies!

Good morning darlings! I'm finally back at work! It's been a good week off, but now it's back to business! Before getting into this haul & review, I wanted to give you all a heads up with what will be going on in the next few months. As of this past week, a close friend, her fiance', & I have agreed that we will all move in together within the next few months. I couldn't be more excited to do so! They're such amazing people to take me on with them. Now, onto the blog post!

I was lucky enough to have to opportunity to purchase some Limecrime Opaque Lipsticks thanks to my mother. I had been eyeing them up for at least & year now. Can I just tell you how over the moon I am about these lipsticks? I highly believe that at least 1 of them with be with me where ever I go. Before we go into the colors, let me give you some information on the Limecrime line:

- They have an extensive line of opaque lipsticks, glosses, palettes, loose pigments, polsihes & eye liners.

- CRUELTY FREE!! 

- VEGAN!!

Check out how adorable the packaging is!

Ah, the packaging of the lipsticks are just as cute!

All my lippies in a row. <3

I've never seen a line I've wanted to complete more than this line. I already have the entire polish collection as well as Suedeberry, which is one of their two Velvetines. ( If you all would like reviews on either one of the products I currently have, please feel free to leave a comment below! ) Now, let's get on to the lipsticks I received. I'm going to start from lightest color to darkest color.

First up, we have my favorite, Coquette.

A basic nude color. What I like about this one is the way it looks on my lips. Other nude lipsticks tend to make my overall made up face look off, so I started to not wear nudes as much, but this lipstick looks amazing on me. It's even my boyfriends personal favorite on me.

I love this color. I literally can't stop wearing it.

Next up, Babette, which is Coquettes pinker cousin.

Slightly more pink than Coquette, this color also looks rather amazing on. It's not as pink as I'd hoped it look on me, but it's still very beautiful. Another favorite of my boyfriends as well ( he has a thing for nude lip colors on me ).

It's almost hard to tell the difference between the two on my lips.

Here's a comparison of Coquette & Babette.

I could only successfully capture the difference in color if I took the picture with flash. Coquette is on the bottom. Babette above it.

Next, Geradium!

A bright, hot pink lipstick. I though this was going to be "hotter" on, but maybe if I use a white base under it, it'll come out brighter.

I do really love this color. 

Lastly, I have Countessa Florescent!

Beautiful, blue-based PINK. Like BAM IN YOUR FACE pink. 

I can't get enough of this color either. Bright lips for the summer is my new thing.

Overall, I definitely love each & every one of these lipsticks in their own way. They aren't drying at all, but a good pre-lip scrub will help with the application & keep it from looking weird. I ended up wearing Geradium before using a lip scrub & you could tell that I needed to exfoliate my lips. Let me say this again, these lipsticks aren't drying, they just dry to a more matte look that tends to show off your un-exfoliated lips. 

I, for sure, will be purchasing from Limecrime again. Shipping was extremely fast. I ordered on a Thursday or Friday & received the package within the next week. Website navigation is easy peasy! 

5/5 for awesome, cruelty free, opaque lippes!

I really hope you've enjoyed this review.

Hope you have a wonderful day, have an even better one tomorrow.

lubyou 

-mickee