e.l.f. Brightening Eye Color in Luxe

I think this is a very Fall quad. (Aww, I wish the Philippines had four seasons!)

It also seems to be the most pigmented ELF quad so far:

I'm pretty iffy about the look I did with it, though.

I just copied it off of a tutorial by DulceCandy87 on youtube. I thought it would look okay in the end, but it turns out that it's not very "me".

Time for more experimenting!

e.l.f. Brightening Eye Color in Pretty n Pink

Not really a pink fan, but I do respect the color when used on nail polish, cell phones and makeup brushes.

I picked up this quad of pinks to add to my selection of daytime colors.

The skin swatch makes it seem kind of chalky, doesn't it?

Fortunately it looks alright when applied.

I like how it brightens my eyes, but I find it too girly for everyday wear. I'll probably wear this on days when I feel blatantly kikay. :P

e.l.f. Brightening Eye Color in Ivy

I find myself inexplicably drawn to green eyeshadow.

ELF Ivy is a quad consisting of a mint green, a moss green, a brownish olive green, and a chocolate brown. It's not very pigmented, even with primer:

I do think it's good for the daytime, though.

It was early morning (like 7AM) when I played with this quad, hence my puffy eyelids.

I just used ELF's tone correcting concealer on mine, so I think more color might be achieved from Ivy if you prime it with something in a similar color.

Nichido GNO eyeliner in Thin Mints and Smoke Green

This is part 2 of this week's GNO Series.

Thin Mints is a pretty pale green, while Smoke Green is a dark olive color.

Smoke Green is pretty popular on GT, and there have been some good mentions of Thin Mints too.

I can see the reason why, because both applied well on my upper and lower lids. Thin Mints was a bit difficult to get on my lower lid, but it was nothing as disastrous as last Wednesday's Cool Blue.

Nichido GNO eyeliner in Cool Blue and Metal Blue

After the awesomeness that was Nichido GNO's Bronze Glow (which my mother stole from my stash LOL), I decided to pick up a few more eyeliners from that line.

This is part 1 of this week's GNO series.

Cool Blue is an almost-periwinkle blue, while Metal Blue is a deep, greenish navy - kind of like slightly oxidized titanium metal.

Judging from the swatches below, it seems that Metal Blue would make a good upper lid liner, while Cool Blue would be great for brightening up the lower lid.

I was half right. Metal Blue looks great as a top liner. Cool Blue was extremely difficult to apply and spread all over the place, though.

Cool Blue has potential as an eyeshadow base, but as an eyeliner? FAIL.

Charm Retractable Kabuki Brush

I first heard of Charm brushes a few months ago when Cha posted about them. I then discovered Shopsui, the awesome awesome store at Tiendesitas that sells them locally.

I TOTALLY wanted their hot pink retractable kabuki, and now I finally have it!

The brush is super soft and picks up powder VERY easily. It takes quite a while to dry and smells a bit funny, though. But other than that, I really like it - super great deal for just P500!

The brush actually reminds me of a lightsaber hilt, if lightsaber hilts were hot pink and Jedi carried them around in house clothes (painted over with black to make em look more presentable LOL) and messy keep-my-hair-out-of -my face hair dos.

(Purple light saber auras are real, though.)

Sorry, I couldn't resist a bit of geeky photoshop fun. :P