Bailaoragaditana's Aventuras

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Face of the Day: Noveau Romantique

October 25, 2009

I took my inspiration for this look from the shades included in Too Faced's New Romantic: Unicorn palette from a couple of years ago - it's very soft, very girlish, shimmery pinks and plums with a bit of brown, and very wearable.

Base: Bobbi Brown Hydrating Eye Cream; Garnier Pure Active 24-Hour Moisturizer

Face: Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil (all over, as base and finishing powder); BE foundation in Fair (as foundation and concealer); Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Porcelain (under eyes)

Brows: Bobbi Brown matte shadow in Mahogany

Lids: Too Faced Shadow Insurance; champagne shadow from the TF palette on inner third of lid and browbone/blending; the green/brown shade in the middle of the lid; the plum shade on the outer third of lid and in the crease

Liner: Bobbi Brown gel liner in Ivy Shimmer Ink on upper lashline

Lashes: BE Buxom Lash mascara (black), several coats

Cheeks: BE blush in Poppy; shimmery light pink highlighter from the palette on cheekbones

Lips: Benefit Full-Coverage lipstick in No Competition (applied sparingly with a brush); purple shimmer gloss from the Too Faced palette; topped with BE Buxom Lips in Dolly and blended together with a brush

And, of course, with glasses:
In retrospect, I think the purple lip is too bold for this to look truly Romantic; it needs to be paler and more natural-looking, and more "innocent," you know? I do like how the eyes turned out, although if I were going to do this again, I'd go easier on the liner - either a thinner line, or none at all, and let the mascara do the defining. I *am* very pleased with BuxomLash (big surprise, right?) and its ability to not clump even after six or seven coats, and when applying more on top of already-dry mascara. Oh, and may I just say? I am LOVING the Garnier Pure skincare line, and would like for it to come to America RIGHT NOW. I used this stuff in Spain and my skin was super-awesome there, and now that I've got it in England, my skin is pretty much flawless (minus the enlarged pores in my T-zone, boo!) again. I haz a happy :-D
Anyway, I've got work to do (nooo!) so I'm going to head off and read about 13th-century theories of kingship and historiography (you don't even want to know...) and drink lots of tea and stay in out of the POURING RAIN. Arghhh, England! Have a fabulous day, and thanks for reading!
posted by
Sun, 10/25/2009 - 10:44am

Love this look, so sweet and pretty.


posted by
Sun, 10/25/2009 - 5:26pm

Very pretty. I like it a lot.


posted by
Mon, 10/26/2009 - 2:40pm

Love, love, love it!!! Love


posted by
Mon, 10/26/2009 - 7:17pm

Lovely!



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Chanel

- Rouge Allure Laque in Dragon, Ming, Imperial, Dynastie

- Glossimer in Iris

Guerlain

- Rouge G in Geisha or Greta, maybe also Gabrielle and Gipsy

Bobbi Brown

- Skin Foundation in Alabaster

- BBU and Artist Lip palettes (anyone?)

MAC

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- Blush in Dame

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MUFE

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