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Feb 7, 2013

50 Shades Of Grey Eye Shadow

February 7, 2013 By Carleenp Leave a Comment

50 of the best Grey Eye Shadows Across Every Price Range

Bare Minerals Skyline and Bare Minerals Black Ice

Benefit Skinny Jeans and Bobbi Brown Light Grey

Bobbi Brown Medium Grey and Chanel Furtif

Chanel Infini and Clarins Paltinum

Clinique Slate and Cover Girl Platina

Dior Gun Metal Gray Shimmer and Diro Kohl

Estee Lauder Sinister and Giorgio Armani Obsidian Grey

Givenchy Hip Grey and Gorgeous Cosmetics Silver Hue

Gorgeous Cosmetics Submarine and Hard Candy Pewter

Illamasqua Matte Light Gray and Illamasqua Matte Charcoal Gray

Jouer Caviar and Kevyn Aucoin Chrome

Lancome Electrifying Sparkle and Laura Mercier Pewter

Lorac Dreamy and L'Oreal Infallible Sultry Smoke

L'Oreal Pure Silver and MAC Knight Divine

Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream Anthracite and Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream Steel

Make Up For Ever Iridescent Anthracite and Make Up for Ever Iridescent Pearl Gray

Make Up For Ever Matte Dark Gray and Maybelline Color Tattoo Audacious Asphalt

Milani Black Out and NYX Mid-Tone Grey

Revlon Night Sky and Sephora Midnight Swim

Sephora Queen For a Day and Sephora Rooftop Party

Sephora Berlin Underground and Shiseido Slate

Stila shimmering Grey Black and Sunday Riley Casablanca

Urban Decay Gunmetal and Vincent Longo Concerto

Wet n Wild Platinum and Jane Iredale Smoky Grey

The Balm Sexy Stacey and NYX Cryptonite

Buy them at Sephora, Nordstrom, and Drugstore.com. Hard Candy is found at Walmart.

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Jan 3, 2013

Benefit Boi-ing Concealer Review

January 3, 2013 By Carleenp Leave a Comment

Below is a reader/guest review of Benefit Cosmetics Boi-ing Concealer.

When it comes to bouncing back from dark circles, broken capillaries, sun spots and other blemishes, there is no concealer quite like Benefit's Boi-ing. Packaged in Benefit's cheeky signature containers, the makeup has an air of pinup glamour.

My beef with a lot of other concealers is that they don't get the formula right for those of us who are a good decade or more beyond our dewy college skin. Many brands tend to cake into fine lines, actually aging the face rather than taking the years off.
If you don't have a clean, silky base coat to begin with, no amount of makeup will help you look younger.

Boi-ing has a lush corn silk texture and really glides over the skin like gesso on a canvas, making a nice even palette for day or evening makeup. It manages to provide light coverage without sacrificing flaw-covering opacity. This product has been a staple in my makeup bag for five years now for that reason.

The formula is also forgiving, as it doesn't require excessive blending to look natural on your skin, which is great when you have limited time. It also works with many skin types -- including pesky combination oily/dry skin such as my own.

Boi-ing will keep eye shadow and lipstick from bleeding into surrounding areas on the face, even on the most humid days. This makes it a good choice for weddings and other formal events that require more dramatic makeup that will hold up to a variety of conditions. It also photographs well.

I used to be disappointed that the concealer came in such a limited palette, but Benefit has since expanded to include more skin tone matches.

Some my find its $20 price tag too hefty, but when you consider that you need so little each time it's well worth it.

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Feb 14, 2011

Make Up For Green Eyes

February 14, 2011 By Carleenp 3 Comments

Want your green eyes to turn heads green with envy? It's all in the make up. Not your DNA make up, but your new collection of make up for green eyes. Choosing a palette that brings out your own unique green is all about choosing the right eyeshadow shades, mascara, and eyeliner to make your eyes stand out all day and night.

Let's start with choosing the right shades of eyeshadow. There are many options available. If you prefer a more natural look, bareMinerals Peach Eyecolor Eye Shadow by Bare Escentuals has 7 shades of peach to choose from. This collection can be found on Beauty.com and all are great for long lasting wear. When evening comes you can add drama to your green eyes with lighter to medium shades of purple. Sephora offers a shadow from the DuWop collection called DuWop Eyecatcher Shadows Green Eye Intensifier (above). Half of the shadow is eggplant and the other is a green and gold shimmer mix.

Next, you'll need the perfect mascara color. Black is great if you have black hair. Try DiorShow Mascara in rich black ,With lighter hair colors it's best to stick with a brown shade such as lash luscious brown mascara by Blinc Kiss Me. If you love pushing the color palette try benefit BadGal Plum Mascara. All are available through Sephora.com.

Finish off the look with eyeliner. Lighter eyeliner colors compliment green eyes. Brown is your best bet for daily wear. Clinique Quickliner for Eyes offers various shades from Chocolate to shy brown. . Smaller eyes can be enlarged by using a golden or white eyeliner. Too Faced Gold Digger is great for a glamorous golden hue and Dr. Hauschka Skin Care Eyeliner Duo includes two eye opening colors in one pencil. One side is Anthracite gray for the outer edges of the eye and white for the inner eyelids. Used together these help create a bigger, brighter eye. All can be found at Sephora.com

Green eyes allow for versatility in colors. Anything from natural, earthy tones to purples and green mixes will bring out a brighter spark of green that will leave everyone else green with envy. Mix and match the everyday hues with some bolder choices to design your own perfect collection of make up for green eyes.