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Monday, November 10, 2014

Autumn looks: cranberry/burgundy smoky eyes

Cranberry and burgundy are two of those colors that often come back on trend, especially during the fall season when they seem to be matching the nature all around us. 

As beautiful as they are, those colors are not so easy to wear (unless you have dark skin, in which case you can rock them on a daily basis). Here are two looks that will allow you to rock cranberry and burgundy without having to opt for the "gothic doll" look (that is, cranberry eyeshadow paired with a full-on black liner). 

1. Apply a cream burgundy base all over the lid, up to the eye socket - which was Benefit's Creaseless Cream in Stiletto for me;
2. Apply a deep plum matte shade on the outer corner, outer crease - for me, that was MAC's Sketch eyeshadow;
3. Add a a caramel colored eyeshadow to blend those two colors in the crease, and smoke it out towards the browbone. I used Vernau by Illamasqua; 
4. This step is optional, but you can place a motherpearl eyeshadow in the center of the lid to highlight. I used Madreperla by Nabla;
5. The inner corner must be well highlighted, but very light colors can have that goth effect. Try a gold eyeshadow instead. Mine was Nabla's Glitz;
6. Repeat the steps on the lower lashline;
7. Use your plum eyeshadow to line the upper and lower lashline, but stop at one third of the lid. 
8. Apply plenty of mascara.

Try to highlight your browbone with something that is the same color of your skin. You can also use your setting powder if you wish. 
This is a rounded shaped smoky eye. Another tip is try using a golden eye pencil on the inner rim, instead of a black one.

The second look is simpler, and more elongated.


1. Apply your burgundy base - which is once again Benefit's Stiletto here; 
2. Apply MAC's Trax eyeshadow all over the lid. Stop at the socket, and let the burgundy base be the darker color that frames your eyes; 
3. Apply a peachy shade with golden specks to the inner corner. The one I used was Chanel's Abstraction;
4. Coat on your lashes with your black mascara (the one I used wasn't really a great one);
5. Highlight your browbone very lightly, and repeat the color scheme on the lower lashline.

Again, try to use something different than black for your inner rim. 

So, will you give your burgundy and cranberry eyeshadows another go now? 
Which one of these looks is your favorite? 
Are you afraid of the "smoke weed everyday" effect, and what are your strategies to counteract it?


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Gli ombretti color borgogna e cranberry tornano spesso di moda, soprattutto per la stagione autunnale, quando sembrano andar d'accordo con la natura che cambia intorno a noi. 
Nonostante siano dei colori splendidi, non sempre si portano facilmente. Qui sopra vi ho proposto due smoky eyes che si vi permettano di portare questi colori senza dover optare per il look goth, ossia senza doverli portare per forza con l'eyeliner nero. 

Nel primo ho applicato una base color borgogna (la Creaseless Cream in Stiletto di Benefit) su tutto l'occhio, andando a scurirla un po' nell'angolo esterno con un ombretto color prugna matte (Sketch di MAC). Ho poi applicato un ombretto madreperla per illuminare il centro della palpebra (ma questo step è opzionale, e guardandomi indietro forse anche inutile. Comunque ho usato Madreperla di Nabla). Dopodiché ho usato un color marrone caramello per sfumare il tutto dalla piega in su (io ho usato Vernau di Illamasqua). Per illuminare l'angolo interno ho usato un colore dorato, come Glitz di Nabla, evitando così i colori troppo chiari da bambola goth. Infine ho ripetuto lo stesso schema di colori sotto le ciglia inferiori e usato Sketch a mo' di eyeliner nell'angolo esterno superiore e inferiore dell'occhio. Per illuminare sotto l'arcata sopraccigliare ho invece utilizzato un color carne. Potete anche usare la vostra stessa cipria. 
Vi consiglio di utilizzare una matita dorata all'interno dell'occhio, di mettere tanto mascara e di cercare di dare una forma tonda a questo smoky. 

Il secondo look è invece più facile. La base è sempre la stessa. Sopra ci ho applicato Trax di MAC, facendo attenzione di non portarlo fino alla piega, e mantenendo invece il color borgogna come cornice dell'occhio. Ho poi applicato un ombretto color pesca con brillantini dorati nell'angolo interno (nel mio caso è Abstraction di Chanel), messo tanto mascara (anche se questo non è dei migliori) e poi illuminato sotto l'arcata sopraccigliare con lo stesso procedimento di prima. Questo look è invece un po' più allungato. Anche in questo caso non consiglio di mettere la matita nera. 

Adesso darete una seconda chance ai vostri ombretti borgogna o cranberry?
Quale di questi due look preferite? 
Avete timore dell'effetto "me faccio 'e canne tutti i giorni" di questi colori e come ovviate al problema?

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Extravirgin, touched for the very first time





Looks all oily, sorry.



I know the reference to Madonna wasn't fun, but it sounds about right in this case. My first time with Extravirgin eyeshadow by Nabla (review of their eyeshadows coming soon, so stay tuned), and oh my!, it stole my heart. 

Lo so, la citazione di Madonna non è divertente ma è appropriata al caso. La mia prima volta con Extravirgin di Nabla (recensirò presto i loro ombretti) e oh-mio-dio!, mi ha rubato il cuore. 

What I've used for this look: 

FACE

Erborian Ginseng BB cream in Doré
MAC Pro Longwear concealer in NC30
Old Madina gel bronzer
MAC Stereo Rose MSF as a blusher

EYES
Catrice brow gel
Nabla Extravirgin Eyeshadow all over my lid and on the crease
Chanel Illusion d'Ombre in Vision on the inner corner
MAC Vanilla pigment on the very inner corner
Illamasqua Vernau above the crease
Illamasqua Sophie pencil to tightline
Essence mascara

On my lips, I was wearing a sheer coral gloss by Jemma Kidd, but these pictures were taken after I had a beer. 

Sulle labbra avevo un gloss semi-trasparente color corallo di Jemma Kidd, ma chiaramente ho fatto le foto dopo aver bevuto una birra. 


Spero vi sia piaciuto, fatemi sapere cosa pensate di Extravirgin (chiaramente qui il colore non si vede benissimo, ma lo vedrete nella recensione), e degli ombretti Nabla in generale. E del look, perché no?!


Friday, July 11, 2014

FOTD Humid by Mac

I think you know that by now, but I am useless when it comes to photography. 
None of these pictures do justice to what Humid really is, or the make-up I wore for that matter. 
Nevertheless, I can't keep being a bad blogger, so when you look at the pictures, just imagine that Humid is more vivid green, kind of like the one from a glass bottle. Enjoy anyway.

Penso che ormai lo sappiate, sono un'inetta quando si tratta di fotografia.
Nessuna di queste foto renderà giustizia alla bellezza di Humid o del trucco che portavo, se è per quello. 
Tuttavia, non me la sentivo di continuare a fare la cattiva blogger, perciò ricordatevi solo che quando guardate queste foto, dovete immaginare Humid come molto più vivido, tipo un bel verde bottiglia.






VISO/FACE
Vichy Dermablend foundation
Nars Laguna bronzer
Nars Orgasm Blush
Illamasqua Powdered Metal in Ether

OCCHI/EYES
Mac Humid e/s
Estee Lauder mat brown eyeshadow
Nars Laguna bronzer
Illamasqua Powdered Metal in Ether as a highlighter
Catrice brow gel 
Essence Lashes Go Wild mascara

LABBRA/LIPS
Lancome Juicy Tube in Mango

**For reference, this is how Humid actually looks like**

Thursday, March 27, 2014

FOTD Mac Sketch & Trax






Essence eyeshadow primer
Mac Powersurge eyeliner as a base
MAC Trax over Powersurge
MAC Sketch in the outer corner and lowerlashline
Illamasqua Vernau in the crease
Illamasqua Stealth in the inner corner and brow bone
MAC Brow Set in Beguille

Friday, November 15, 2013

Ellis Faas Look #2 purple smokey eyes

 This is the look I wore to my friend's birthday party last night. I know, cellphone pictures...but I was in a rush (you know, work, zumba practice that makes you soak in sweat, getting ready and all that jazz). 
This was a super charged purple smokey eyes look, with an super beautiful bronze/gold inner corner. Again, I have used Ellis Faas eyeshadows for this, and I have charged the lower lashline a lot because of my eye shape. If I don't do this, my hooded eyelids becomes droopy, so yay for a charged lower lashline. 


Ecco il trucco che ho fatto ieri per la festa di compleanno della mia amica. Lo so, foto del cellulare, ma ero tanto di fretta (sapete...il lavoro, la zumba che ti fa sembrare un secchio di sudore ambulante, prepararsi ecc. ecc.). 
E' uno smokey viola molto carico, con l'angolo interno illuminato da un bel bronzo/oro. Anche per questo look ho usato gli ombretti Ellis Faas ed ho caricato molto la rima inferiore a causa della forma del mio occhio. Se voglio portare uno smokey sono praticamente obbligata, altrimenti da incavati, i miei occhi appaiono all'ingiù - anche se non lo sono. 


PRODUCTS USED

Ellis Faas E114 - Bordeaux Red
Ellis Faas E303 - Bronze
MAC Trax (transitioning from the bronze to the purple // transizione tra il bronzo e il viola) 
Illamasqua Vernau (above the crease, softening the blend // poco sopra la piega, per sfumare)
MAC Honey Lust + Illamasqua Stealth (brow bone)
Soap & Glory Archery eyebrow marker & pencil
Bourjois Volume Glamour Max mascara

Hope you enjoyed it. Have a nice weekend

Spero vi sia piaciuto. Buon weekend.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Weekend make-up and outfit

Chilly weather has come to Sardinia as well. It is time to take out some warm sweaters and my bowler hat again (yes, the bowler hat is my signature hat).

To celebrate the return of the bowler, I had to make a statement look. So here is my look from last Saturday night.


Il freddo è arrivato anche in Sardegna. E' ora di tirare fuori di nuovo maglioni e bombetta (sì, la bombetta è il mio simbolo). 

Per festeggiare il ritorno della bombetta, mi son fatta un bel trucco importante. Eccovi, dunque, il mio look dello scorso sabato. 

Skin: L'Oréal Eau de Teint (140) - MAC Pro Longwear Concealer - Illamasqua cream blusher in Crush (washed out in the pic)

Lips: MAC lipliner in Currant, MAC lipstick in Media (smudged out with a brush, not full on)

Eyes: MAC eyeshadows in: Club (all over and on an old KIKO green pencil), Folie (lower lashline, crease), Sketch (outer corner, outer lower lashline); MAC pigment in Gold Dusk (on an old KIKO gold pencil, inner corner), ILLAMASQUA Stealth eyeshadow (browbone)


Bowler hat: H&M (2 years ago) - Warm fluffy sweater: YAMAMAY (this season's!) - Horse-riding leggings/pants: Zara - Bucket bag: Pimkie (2 years ago)

Dirty Mirror: Ishouldreallycleanitup - Mess in the background: courtesyofzumbatrainingthatmakesmefeeltootiredtotidyitup - Ankle boots: KRUSH [randomly found on a sale in a shop in Westfield White City/Shepherd's Bush (London) SUPER COMFORTABLE]

Details: 90's fluff


Details: collar on the sweater - YAMAMAY (for reference, € 29,90 in stores now!)


What do you think? I personally love this kind of chic rocker style, and it is what gets more use from me. 
What was your look last weekend? 

Cosa ne pensate? Io personalmente adoro questo tipo di stile rock chic, e lo utilizzo molto spesso. 
Qual era il vostro look del fine settimana?

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Oldies but goldies

Just a random quick post with a collection of old looks that I found on my cellphone's gallery.

Un post rapido e un po' casuale con una collezione di vecchi look trovati sulla galleria del mio cellulare.


Macro is a bitch! - Shaka Full Color Lipgloss = love

St. Valentine's for Long Distance Lovers = nostalgia // Brown eye pencil heavily smudged along the lash line

Key features: MAC Patina & Satin Taupe; Illamasqua Obsidian and Stealth

Same look; Key Features: Bourjois 1 2 3 Perfect foundation, Diego Dalla Palma Mascarone mascara


Key Features: MAC Patina; some other bronze shadow, Illamasqua Vernau; MAC eyebrow gel (magic)

Key features: L'Occitane BB cream; Shaka Full Color Lipgloss, Illamasqua Shimmer Blush in Ambition

Key Features: Erborian BB cream; MAC Media lipstick dabbed and smudged; Bourjois Volume Glamour Max mascara

Key features: MAC Studio Sculpt foudandation; Illamasqua Precision Liner in Alchemy (gold, inner corner); MAC eyebrow pencil+gel; La Roche-Posay Novalip Duo lipstick.

Monday, September 24, 2012

22.09.12 Face of the night in Instagrammed Pictures

That's me and my roommate, ready to go out


You were supposed to see the golden glitter in the inner corner there




That's some random picture I have only uploaded for you to see the eyes&lips combo and a little bit more of the make-up



FACE: Illamasqua Cream Foundation in 233; Illamasqua Cream Pigment in Emerge + Pupa Luminys Touch in 03; Illamasqua Shimmer Blusher in Morale; Madina Milano Photoconcealer // EYES: Ellis Faas Lights E303 as a base; Clinique Color Surge e/s in Strike it Rich; MAC Crushed Pigment in Rushmetal; Urban Decay e/s in Half Baked (inner corner); Sephora golden glitter over Too Faced Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue; Soap & Glory Kohl Liner in Black; KIKO Luxurious Lashes mascara// LIPS: Madina Milano Lip Pencil (can't remember the number, but it's pink); Clarins Rouge Prodige Lipstick in Miami Pink (it's a brighter, cooler toned color, perfect for clubbing)

Follow me on Instagram: aliceinaneonwonderland

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Illamasqua Generation Q - preview I

If someone asked me why I prefer Illamasqua over M.A.C., I'd definitely say that it is because they stamp out social conventions. They celebrate individuality and "the fundamental human desire to express your inner self on the outside" (cit.). 
They believe each individual can do whatever they want to do, in full freedom. You don't have to unlearn rules, you simply have to work your way around them.

Just take a look at the imagery for their upcoming AW12 collection; they'll speak for themselves. Have you ever heard the old wife's tale that shimmering eyeshadows are a no-no for elder people? Have you ever thought that it was true that they enhance wrinkles and so on? Well, think again. 
Because beauty has no age. That's what Generation Q stands for. 
Beautiful Evelyn is 72 years young and she is rocking shimmery creams and red lipstick!

Generation Q empowers and complements the user with light reflective not age reflective products. The collection is a story of sultry, forbidden shimmer and creative formulations to build dimension.
All products and shades included in Generation Q have been formulated and chosen irrespective of age, race, gender or sexual preference to give everybody the tools to express their alter ego.
Illamasqua is standing up against the industry rule of “only wearing matt” products and concealing your real identity under a sea of “beige” after a certain age. Complementing and empowering your true beauty, shimmer is adorned to accent, highlight and lift features. Generation Q is a celebration of today, where beauty and creativity has no sell by date.


Generation Q
Where beauty has no age limits.

In the last three years Illamasqua has become a global phenomenon, a proud advocate of self-expression and a lone voice in an industry controlled by the world’s beauty cartels – cartels, we believe, who have forced their soulless definitions of beauty onto the world.

Driven by this desire to constantly challenge the status quo, we are proud to break the unspoken prejudice of age as we launch our new AW12 collection - Generation Q.  This new, dynamic range of expressive textures and shades provides the industry’s only antidote to the homogenised outdated vision of beauty.

Generation Q is a celebration of beauty. Ageless, and without limits or restrictions. It’s our declaration to the world that beauty is inclusive, not exclusive. In fact, Generation Q is a clear message to everybody, everywhere that beauty is not young, old, black, white, male or female, but anything, everything and everyone. If you’re someone who does not want age to define them, don’t want to blend in and fade away, you are Generation Q.

For Illamasqua, this is a stand we were born to take. So in typical Illamasqua style, we have done something that no other brand would or could do. Our new Generation Q campaign will go against the industry’s unspoken and despicable taboo, by featuring older models as well as young. Because to us, hiding your age is like hiding your true identity. After all “Illamasqua customers will not be told what to do and when to do it” Julian Kynaston, Illamasqua Founder.

Illamasqua is not just make-up for the skin. It’s make-up for a mind-set. And it’s why all the Generation Q models aren’t models at all, but real make-up fans, with a real life and real sense of their own beauty. The future of beauty is changing and we are the new voice of a brand new generation - Generation Q, where beauty has no age limits
How much do you think I am jealous of gorgeous lady, getting a make-over from the Alex Box herself?
  

'Generation Q - is generation YOU!
It's what they tell you not to do; it’s what you see your true self through.
It's what is old and what is new.
What you know and what you knew.
It's what you feel and what is true”


 Want to see a preview of the products in this collection? Take a look at beautiful Katie's blog, who was lucky enough to attend the event Illamasqua held some weeks ago. Click here.
You may also want to check out these pictures, here, here, and here.

Stay tuned for more promo shots and updates on this collection, which will be released in September.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Boho chic FOTD

 PRODUCTS USED:
 Face:
- Madina Milano Absolutely Ageless Foundation in 834
- KIKO Essential Bronzer (from an old collection, but you can find more or less the same product in their current summer collection) in 03 Sand Mélange
- Illamasqua Shimmer Blusher in Morale
- Cargo One Base as under-eye concealer
Eyes: 
- Bobbi Brown Gray Denim (brownish gray) e/s for the brows
- Diego Della Palma brow gel
- Madina Milano Eye Pencil in 04 (auburn-ish brown) 
- Illamasqua Powder Eyeshadow in Vernau on the crease
- Jane Iredale Pure Pressed eyeshadow in Ecru under the eyes (matte beige)
- Madina Milano Nutrilash Mascara
- Madina Milano PrismaStar in 003 Space Oddity (inner corner)
Lips:
Isadora Perfect Moisture Lips in 149 Flirty Fuchsia

(Just when you think you've done a very simple make up in 10 minute max., you realize that you used a ton of products. Mhm, makes me think of how many we used for "complicated" make-up looks)
Flirty boho chic cream-colored dress: OVS Industry (found on sale for 10 euros, reduced from 50! yay!) 
Brown shrug: Pimkie
Earrings: Pimkie

Hairstyle: natural loose curls on the front, messy curly bun at the bottom.


What's your favorite style for the summer? 
Will you be going for the bohemian chic look in all its variations?



*Pictures were instagrammed, therefore all colors appear less bright and slightly lighter than the reality.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Illamasqua Naked Strangers Summer 2012 collection and some news


 
A place where alter egos are laid bare and naked flesh is a source of unashamed inspiration. In this delicate tipping point between intimacy and pleasurable detachment, we revel in the unknown; exploring the distance between pure Monogamous, gilded Faithful and uninhibited Swinger. Exposed nude tones, adorned with rich licks of gold, leave you gasping for more. Don’t restrain yourself. Unless, of course, you enjoy it. 

“Naked Strangers captures inner glows and depths. The deeply and darkly alluring exists alongside ethereal shimmering brilliance. We are complex and multifaceted whilst also being naked to the world.”
Alex Box, Illamasqua Creative Director.
“Naked Strangers represents everything about borderlines...the human edge between romance and permissive intimacy...a step beyond control, a step past the edge and a collection of gilded moments upon the tip of sensation. Beautiful nudes with metallic edge set amongst eclectic textures.”
David Horne, Illamasqua Director of Product Development.
  
Products
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Nail Varnish (£13.50)
Dress up your nails and explore your fantasies with our award-winning Nail Varnishes. Are you Monogamous (creamy flesh pink, matt finish), Faithful (coppered metal) or Swinger (glistening platinum gold)? Apply a lustful layer then answer our question.

Lipglosses (£13.00)
Lick your lips then smooth on a rich layer of Intense Lipgloss in Stranger (platinum gold) for obscene levels of pigment. Alternatively, apply Sheer Lipgloss in Intimacy (nude pink brown) on naked lips, to tease and tempt your lover. Or lovers…

Blushers (£16.50)
Stark naked might mean no clothes, but who said anything about no make-up? Create a provocative flush that lasts all night with Powder Blusher in Naked Rose (neutral beige brown) and Cream Blusher in Zygomatic (naked pink brown).

The Naked Strangers collection is available from Thursday 31st May 2012 globally.

That's a pretty different turn from the usual summer collections, isn't it? When most brands bring out bright colors, neons, and so on, Illamasqua thinks about barely there make-up. 
It could have something to do with the other recent collection they put out, which was indeed a celebration of color (I'm talking about Human Fundamentalism), or because they just want to make a statement. 
I don't care much, all I know is that I like it. The idea is that, during summer, we all wear less clothes, we all get tanned (well, some more than others, but thanks twentieth century, for fake tans and lamps) and we don't need much make-up. Nude shades, some highlighting hints of gold, and considerably long lashes are just enough. If you really want a pop of color, a bright lipstick or lipgloss is just enough.
Plus, the good news is: these colors will never be out of fashion or out of season. 
Naked Strangers it is!


On another note, did you know that Skin Base foundation now comes in six new shades, increasing the total to 25 shades. That is a lot! Hopefully, I can find the perfect one for me, now.
Oh, and by the way: I will tell you my thoughts about this very soon!


Stay tuned for more Illamasqua news and reviews!
What do you think of the upcoming Naked Strangers collection? Yay or nay?