by Jessica Dawn

I've heard about the Wet N Wild eye shadow palettes being really great and not just because they're cheap, but I've never picked any up. Mostly because the Target I go to doesn't carry Wet N Wild. I was out at CVS though and finally picked two up, and they really do live up to all the talk. If you're looking for a drugstore eye shadow palette, get the Wet N Wild ones! This one is On Cloud Nine, which has two blue shades and a brown. They tell you where to apply the shadows, but I find those kind of things tiresome, so I thought I'd try something a little different. That way, when you pick this up, you can follow their directions and mine and have two looks ready to go. =) 1. Apply a light wash of the dark blue on your top lid. 2. Pat the brown onto the outer half of the top lid and a little into the crease as well. Just keep patting it into place until you get the desired brown color you want. 3. Apply the light blue on your in...

A little bit of a crazy, out of the normal, look for me today. Actually, I kind of enjoyed doing this one. I don't think I'd ever wear it anywhere, but I'm sure some people would. I'm just not the type to wear a ton of eye makeup. This look is using my absolute favorite Lorac Pro palette. If you're looking for a new palette and don't have this one. Buy. it. now. Seriously. I really really love it. In fact, I think you'll probably be sick of me using it. =) Anyways, let's just jump into the crazy... Step 1: Apply Champagne all over your lid. Add a touch of Lt. Bronze over the top. Step 2: Apply Mauve in your crease and extend it up a little further than you would normally go. Don't blend with the color on you lid. Step 3: Apply Pewter in your crease and on the outer third of your lid. Don't blend this either. To make sure it didn't have any weird lines, I just used my brush (E55) to pat the sh...

I was looking for a drugstore palette with a cranberry color like this one and it was surprisingly hard to find, in fact this was my only option at Target. Overall it's okay. The cranberry color is good, but I couldn't seem to build the brown enough. Since the palette seemed a little boring to me once I got done with the shadows, I decided to add a pop of blue to put a twist on a traditional fall look. I wish the blue was a little darker on my waterline, but I still think this is a pretty look. Step 1: Apply the cranberry color over the whole lid. Step 2: Apply the dark brown in the crease and the outer quarter of your top lid. Step 3: Take the same brown and apply it on the outer third of the bottom lid and bring it up into the color on the top lid. Step 4: Highlight the inner corner with the cream color. Then apply the beige color under the eye, filling in the rest of the lower lash line. Step 5: Apply a black eye liner on the top...

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but this makeup looks purple right? Not blue? Or am I going blind? I'm not really sure how that happened because the Too Faced Pretty Rebel Palette doesn't have any purple in it. Awesome picture taking abilities on my part I guess. =) Just ignore the purple and *imagine* blue. Step 1: Apply Badass as a base. This isn't very pigmented so just pile it on. =) Step 2: Apply Charming in the crease. This will kind of muddy up the blue shade, but we'll add a little more later to up the intensity again. Step 3: Take a pencil brush and apply Jailbird on the center of the lid and on the inner eye extending up into the crease. Blend slightly. Now go back and up the intensity with Badass. Step 4: Apply Badass to the lower lash line, using it lightly on the outer and inner third, skipping the middle. Step 5: Apply eyeliner to the top lash line. I used Maybelline Master Precise. Step 6: Just cu...

Oh hey look. Remember when I said I was on a fall kick? Oh hey, remember when I said I've been into green? Yep. And, my nails are green, and my dress for my cousin's wedding this weekend is green. The funny part is that green isn't usually a color I'd pick. Hmm.. This look is quite different and I'm really liking it. Normally I shy away from so much of the same color in an effort to not look like I'm from the wrong decade, but this worked out really well. As far as the Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments? I loved this one. Really great stuff. I've only used this one, but you can bet that I'll be buying others. Highly recommended! On to the look. Step 1: Apply Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigment Forest Fatale all over the lid. Step 2: Apply a black shadow (I'm using Crave from the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette) into your crease and outer third of your lid. I applied it in a "V" shape on my li...

I've been on such a fall kick recently. If you can't tell, you're about to with the next couple tutorials. This one is using the Revlon ColorStay Quad in Harmonious. I purchased this palette to do a fall look and mainly for the green color. (Apparently I was in a green mood because that's all I seemed to be looking for.) Anyways, I thought I'd do a mini review of this palette during the tutorial as well, so that you can actually see this palette in action. So here we go. Step 1: Apply the coral color on the inner 3/4 of your lid. This is a pretty decently pigmented shade with a good amount of shimmer to it. Not much to say about this one though, just your average shadow. Step 2: Apply the green color on the outer third and blend into the crease about 2/3 of the way. I have to say, I was pretty disappointed in this shadow. It turned out a lot brighter and more green than it looks in the palette and it wasn't very pigmented. I...