It's Late and I'm Fooling around with...Duo Chromes

Seems the new Vanity set-up I got today has inspired a lot of playing around with my make-up.  I watched a video on youtube that spoke of duo chromes and inspired me.  The swatches below are all placed over black eyeliner.  When you place a duo chrome shadow over a dark base (or black eyeliner) the "duo" color will show up.  Think "iridescent".

Some of my favorite duo chromes are:

MAC

Stars 'N' Rockets (iridescent pink and purple)

Gorgeous Gold (literally is a gorgeous gold with a teal/green duo chrome)

Vex (grey with pink duo chrome)

Smoke and Diamonds (Grey with green duo chrome--like a Japanese beetle I think)

Motif (Cream/yellowish with  pink duo chrome)

Beauty From the Earth (BFTE)

Whisper (White with light blue Duo Chrome)

Mermaid (Yellow with Green Duo Chrome) 

*Mermaid is very similar to MAC's Gorgeous Gold*

Kryolan

Pink Sunset (Pink with purpley duo chrome) 

*Pink Sunset is very similar to MAC's Stars 'N' Rockets*

Have fun with Duo chromes and experiment!

Purple and Green!

One of my favorite tutorial ladies on YouTube (xsparkage) did this AMAZING look for Green (or brown) eyes using purples and greens. Got totally inspired and I Love it!  

I used the following products to create my look (almost all the same products used in the tutorial video below).  While it looks like I may have used a lot of products, I really could have used just two eyeshadows and mascara....plus this took me like literally 5 minutes. Try it out for yourself!:

Eyes:

Cream shadow base by VS Beauty Rush in Glampagne

Beauty from the Earth shadows:

Karma (wet) 

Raspberry

Green Apple

MAC:

Pfloof! as highlighter and on inner eye to brighten look and eyes :)

Eyeliners:

Urban Decay 24/7 liners in Zero (top lash line and water line) Covet (lower lash line, under the Green Apple from BFTE) and Yeyo on inner corner of eye 

Mascara:

The Colossal Volum' Express by Maybelline

Foundation/Face:

Studio Fix Fluid by MAC in NW25

MAC Mineralize  Satinfinish Natural in Medium

Blush:

Sweet William cream blush by MAC with a tad of Pfloof! MAC eyeshadow on top for extra sheen ;)

Have fun with this easy pretty look!

xoxo,

Mandrean