Peppermint Chip // Stash Shopping Makeup Look

Sometimes a classic colour combination is something not to be messed with, and often when I land on a winning combination I am immediately hooked! I was inspired by the thought of a mint chip cookie for this look, and it has been my go-to on and off for a while now.

 

A quick rifle through the unloved sections of my stash brought out some real winners, with the Chanel Illusion D’Ombre cream eyeshadow in Epatant being the star of the scene. I’ve been using it on and off for weeks now, and love that it isn’t too green by itself those scared of colour, take note! A light pop of BYS metallic green over the top of it can really kick the ‘mint’ effect up a notch though, and then you throw a bit of chocolate goodness through the crease and it's done - good enough to eat! 

A smudge of essence Hot Chocolate really ties the theme together for me, and I brought out my Clinique High Lengths mascara* out to really stretch my lashes out. The funny rubber brush takes a while to get used to (I may not even be there yet) but I sure love the length it gives, so I’m not going to complain!

Chanel Epatant, Burberry Copper, BYS palette, Clinique High Lengths*, Clinique Strawberry Fudge, essence Hot Chocolate

I was having a pretty good skin day when I took these photos, but props must also be given to the cheek stars that I think did a nice job of warming up my face against the relatively cool toned eye look that was the star of the show. Clinique Superbalanced Bronzer* is my top pick for a bronzer, you’ll often see my spruiking it to anyone if the topic of faux sun is mentioned in passing. In fact, I was raving about it to my lecture buddy at University earlier this week! I topped it off with my snapped but still beautiful Burberry Lip Mist in Copper (best GWP ever, I’d say!) and the peppermint chip makeup look was complete!

Bourjois 123 Perfect foundation, Laura Mercier foundation primer, Clinique Superbalanced Bronzer*, L'Oreal The Muse's Blush

What do you think of wearing chocolate and mint together? Keep it in the ice cream cone or go for it?

Sweet Paris // A Bourjois Inspired Makeup Look

Drawing on a collection from Bourjois which was released last year for spring, I created a Parisian makeup look influenced by macarons, sweet pastels and sugary goodness. I decided to recreate the look from the campaign poster down to the detail, and gathered up as many Bourjois products as I could muster to get in the French feel of things.

 

Creating a base with my Bourjois 123 Perfect foundation, I then went in with my Laura Mercier blush in Rose Desire to create a sweet but striking strong pink cheek akin to that which the model wears for the campaign. The eyes aren’t something I would wear myself, but I find it a wonderful experience to walk through a look step by step and see how close I can get to the image with the products at hand. I used a shimmery pale pink shade from my Bourjois Eyeshadow Trio to create the pop of light in the centre of the eye, and went in with a mix of Rose Desire (blush on eyes, take note!) and a random hot pink shadow to create a defined crease. I then mixed a few of my bright greens (MAC Bitter, MAC Juxt + Inglot) to create the chunky definition around the outer thirds of the upper and lower lash line.

I like the way the Clinique High Lengths mascara stretches my lashes out, but ultimately I think what this look needed was a good set of flared falsies to really add to the drama. Duo glue, I’m coming for you! If there were ever another time where I would rock this look, I would definitely tone down the green and bring it closer to the lash line, but I wanted to stay true to the advertisement so crazy it had to be!

I cracked out my Revlon Lip Butter in Strawberry Shortcake (which admittedly doesn’t get much love from me) and topped it with a little bit of Smashbox O-Gloss* to create more shine and gloss to the lips. I actually can’t stand the Smashbox gloss as I find it thick and uncomfortable to wear, but back when I created this look lazy blogger alert I was trying to use it up.

 

How often do you wear pastel shades?
Do you think I made it close to the campaign poster (keeping in mind that I am NOT a model, lol)?

*Marked items provided for consideration. Honesty, always.