Urban Decay Gwen Stefani Palette Look

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! Today I have a fun, going out look for you. I created this look using Urban Decay's Gwen Stefani palette. Don't pay attention to my crazy hair, it is doing it's own thing today :p. If you would like to know how I did it, keep on reading.

I started off by priming my lids using my Lorac mini Behind the Scenes primer and blended that out with my ring finger.

                                   

                                      

                                      

I then applied NYX jumbo pencil in electric blue to the outer 2/3 of the lid. It doesn't matter if it is a messy application as we will be putting powder shadows on top. I used my ring finger to blend that out.

                                 

                                          

I then went in with the color Danger and "packed" that shade on top of the NYX electric blue.

                                         

                                             

I then went in with the color 1987 which is a very pretty gold shade, and used the other side of that flat shader brush and appied that to the inner 1/3 of the lid.

                                

                                     

I then used the shades Anaheim and Zone in a small crease brush and applied that to the crease to create a little dimension and bring in some warmth to the look. I used windshield wiper motions to blend that shade in.

                              

                                 

I then applied my foundation, Lorac Natural Performance in the shade porcelain. This is such a smooth, liquid consistence that you can really apply it with your fingers. But if you do not like to get your hands dirty with foundation you can use a brush or a beauty blender (which will sheer it out a bit more). 

                             

                               

You can't see what the little tube says but this is NYX HD concealer in the shade 01, which is the lightest. I applied this to conceal my under eye circles and blended it out using my real techniques expert face brush. 

                            

                              

I then went in with my Mary Kay loose powder in ivory and a powder brush and set my concealer and foundation.

                         

                            

I then went in with my NYX eye brow pencil in dark brown and filled in my brows, focusing more on the arch and tail. I had never used a brow pencil before but I can say I am really enjoying it, it really does make a difference.

                           

                              

I then used my Tarte Amazonian clay eye brow gel in dark brown to fill in a tiny bit more, and to set my brows.

                          

                              

                             

                            

I took this tarte eye liner pencil and applied Danger to the lower lash line. And I used the UD double ended brush that came with my Smoky Palette (the pencil end) and blended out that color Danger on the lashline.

                           

                             

I then took the color Blonde on a crease brush and applied that as my highlight.

                             

                         

I then used my NYX felt tip liner in black and lined my top lash line and created a subtle wing.

                          

                           

                        

I curled my lashes and applied Too Faced Better than Sex mascara.

                    

                     

I used my Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil bronzer and a big powder brush and applied this all over my face to warm up my skin.

                    

                   

                       

I then used my Too Faced Chocolate soleil in medium deep and my Sephora contouring brush set to contour my cheeks, chin, and nose (just a little, not too dramatically). 

                   

                    

I used the shade Dream on from the Too Faced Everything Nice palette from 2014 holiday collection and a small blush brush and applied that between  my cheek and chin contour to clean the look up a bit. You can also use other shades in your collection, colors like Cream from the Lorac Pro or Vanilla from MAC, or Naked Truth #2 from Wet & Wild.

I then used Too Faced highlight Inner light from the Everything Nice palette and that same blush brush and applied that in a 'C' shape on my temples, a little down my nose, and a bit in the middle of my forehead.

                                   

                                      

I used the blush Sweet Pink from my Too Faced Everything nice palette and a real techniques blush brush and applied that above that contour.

                               

                                   

                                   

I then used a sample of Urban Decay's Gwen Stefani lipsticks in the shade Rocksteady and I applied that using a brush.

                             

I set my look by spraying some Make Up For Ever Mist & Fix all over my face.

I hope you guys enjoyed this look and once again thanks for reading! Hope you have a great weekend/week/day/night! :)

~Naty

Biweekly Basket January 10- 24^th

^{Hello everyone! It is time for another biweekly basket! For the next couple of weeks, these are the products that I will be using:}

^{For my eyes, I am pretty excited to be adding my UD Gwen Stefani palette. At first, I did not think I was going to get this one as some of the colors seemed like some of the others I have in my collection already but I got surprised with this palette for my birthday, I got it from my brother, sister-in-law and her parents (they all pitched in). After swatching the colors and really taking a look at these I am sooo thrilled to have this palette. Some of the colors are similar to others in my collection but nothing is really a "dupe".} 

I am also pretty excited to be trying the lipsticks out from the UD Gwen Stefani collection. These came with the palette and they are in the colors Rock Steady, 714, ex-girlfriend, and firebird.

For eye liner I will be alternating between my NYX felt tip liner in black and my Stila high shine liquid vinyl eye liner, which I have absolutely been loving lately. 

This is a new product for me, it is the NYX eye brow pencil in dark brown. I am not sure how I feel about this quite yet, at times I feel it is a little dry for my taste, but it does an okay job for the price.

For my blush, I want to focus on Sweet Pink from my Too Faced Everything Nice palette. I will have a post about this coming soon but I will be doing a Project Pan this year, Finish 16 in 2016, and I am thinking I will be including this blush in there.

Finally, I will be using my Chocolate Soleil bronzer from the Too Faced Everything Nice palette. I am almost done with the milk chocolate soleil so I think I will be including my Chocolate Soleil to my Finish 16 in 2016. Additionally, I will be using my highlight, Inner Light also from the Everything Nice palette; this highlight is leftover from my previous project pan, but more on that on a later post dedicated solely on my finish 16 in 2016.

That is it for now, hopefully I will have more posts up later in the week. 

Thanks again for reading!

        ~Naty