Hi luvs! Today I was surprised to get a wonderful little package at my door. A few days ago I ordered to palettes from BH cosmetics, the 120 1st. edition palette and the 88 neutrals palette. I wasn't expecting them in so soon seeing as how it's only been about 3-4 days since I put the order in, but low and behold they arrived at my door and I couldn't have been happier. When I opened the 120 palette I literally did a little happy dance of joy. I have never owned any palettes like these besides like the ELF one, which I am not a big fan of at all because the pigmentation sucks. But when I opened the BH one I was just blown away at the bright and vibrant colors contained in there. So immediately I went to swatching colors on my arm and I have to say they do have great pigmentation and they swatched lovely. I was so happy that I hadn't put on any makeup yet today so that I could hurry up and do a fun, bright eye look with the palette.
I was discussing color combos with my fiancee and he gave me some great ideas, but I knew I wanted to do a Rasta inspired look first. Rasta colors have always been my favorite. I just feel like the red, yellow, and green look so beautiful together and I also like what the colors represent as well. The red stands for the blood of the people, the yellow symbolizes wealth and the sun back in Ethiopia, green stands for the plants and vegetation, specifically back in Ethiopia, and the black is for Africa and the color of their skin. Now even though I am just a little white girl, or at least I'm sure that's what some people would say, I fully appreciate this spiritual religion and I also respect the Rastafarian's struggle.
So for this look I used all matte colors with just a tiny bit of a shimmery red pigment in the tear ducts. I applied a white base all over the lid and then applied a matte red to the inner corners, a matte yellow to the center, and a matte green to the outer corners. I made sure to blend the colors together slightly where the meet so there were no distinct lines between the colors. I then took a neutral light/medium brown and blended out the crease so things would flow better and also so there would be a nice transition between the lid and the brow highlight. For the brow highlight I just used a matte cream shade and blended it down into the brown to further enhance the gradient. I applied just a hint of Sugarpill's "Asylum" loose shadow to the tear ducts to add a bit of light. I then applied black liquid liner and winged it out at the edges and some black gel liner to the waterline and tightline.
Products Used:
EYES:
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-NYX jumbo pencil- Milk
-BH cosmetics 120 color palette 1st. edition- matte red, matte yellow, matte green
-BH cosmetics 88 neutral palette- matte cream and matte brown
-Sugarpill "Asylum" loose shadow
-Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner- blackest black
-Maybelline Eye Studio gel liner- blackest black
-Urban Decay "Blackout" eyeshadow
-Revlon Lash Potion mascara- blackest black
-Loreal Black Lacquer false fiber lashes mascara- blackest black
FACE:
-Dermablend Smooth Indulgence foundation- Natural Beige
-Covergirl & Olay CC eyecream/concealer- Fairl
-Flower Lighten up brightening concealer- BC1
-Dermablend Setting Powder
-Philosophy loose bronzing powder
-Neutrogena healthy skin blush- pink
^ That's my sweet baby
I'm really happy with the way this look came out and I have to say that I am super happy with the BH palettes. If you would like to see a review on these palettes let me know <3
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