Return of the Look: Hufflepuff (Harry Potter)

"You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,
And unafraid of toil"

—The Sorting Hat

 

So you want to be a student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? 

Very well let's see what House we can put you in then! 

Let's see, are you brave? No? Okay, well let's keep going then. 

Are you extremely intelligent? No, okay let's cross that one of the list. 

Are you perhaps very evil cunning? Not that one either, huh?

Ummm...well since you have no special traits you can be part of Hufflepuff, the House for the rejects loyal! Yep, I am sure you will be super happy there!

Just kidding anyone who is part of Hufflepuff (don't kill me)! Hehe, we always have to make fun of Hufflepuff just a little ;) I thought I would try to redeem this House by making a fierce black and yellow look. Hufflepuff seems so understated, but hey, we can show some Hufflepuff spirit and look damn good doing it! I hope you enjoy this look~

Return of the Look: Slytherin (Harry Potter)

"Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means,
To achieve their ends." 

—Sorting Hat

When I think of Slytherin, I think of Draco and his gang, Voldemort He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and Snape. Besides Snape, I never really cared much for people in House Slytherin! They usually tend to be a bunch of jerkwads! So when I tried to visualize Slytherin as an eye look, it was quite bold and eviiiil~ It was also green and silver since those are the House colors. If I was a Death Eater, this is totally what I would wear when I created chaos~ Mwahaha!  

And for those of you who are not familiar with my "Return of the Look" series, it is a series where I redo looks I did in the past. Well, this is a redo of my Slytherin look that I did about 2.5 years ago. 

Return of the Look: Gryffindor (Harry Potter)

"You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
    Set Gryffindors apart" -Sorting Hat

After Ravenclaw, Gryffindor would be my next pick for a house at Hogwarts. Gryffindor is the most memorable house because most of the characters from Harry Potter that we came to know and love were from this house. I personally love the Weasley family (Weasley twins FTW!) so I have to love Gryffindor! By the way, for those of you who are not familiar with my "Return of the Look" series, it is a series where I redo looks I did in the past. Well, this is a redo of my Gryffindor look that I did a while ago.

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The Return of the Look: Ravenclaw (Harry Potter)

"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind." - Sorting Hat

Two years ago, just before the last Harry Potter movie was released, I created four looks to correspond to the four Hogwarts Houses. The first look I created was for Ravenclaw because it is my favorite House (also I was sorted into Ravenclaw on Pottermore, woohoo!). I've been wanting to recreate these looks because in the past two years my makeup skills have improved significantly. You can see my first Ravenclaw look HERE. I'm also celebrating the fact that Victorian Disco is about to release a huge Harry Potter collection! I hope you like this new look!

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Return of the Look: Wakka and Lulu

Greetings from the Dark Side :)

This post is soooo late! It was requested by Sarah ages ago and I kept forgetting about it. But here it is! If you want to look at the original post check it out HERE.This look was inspired by the characters Wakka and Lulu from Final Fantasy, as well as the eyeshadow duo from Victorian Disco Cosmetics. Today, I will be creating a similar look using colors from the Lime Crime Alchemy palette. The look is a bit different, but I hope you still like it! 

Return of the Look: The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Ft. Wet n Wild)

Greetings from the Dark Side!

In case you didn't know, my "Return of the Look" series is a series where I go back to my older looks and re-create them again either a bit differently, or with different products. That being said, do you remember this look? You can see the original post HERE. It is one of the looks that is on the header of my blog (the top left one) and I constantly receive questions about it. I have also received requests to re-do this look with different products and with more gold than black. I want to give a quick shout out to Sonia from Red Lips, Black Hair who was the first to request this look! I hope you like it :)

This rendition is actually very quick (took me 5 minutes for both eyes), uses minimal products, and is affordable to re-create yourself.

Return of the Look: Princess Zelda

Greetings from The Dark Side~

Welcome to my second installment of Return of the Look. Today's post is about one of my Legend of Zelda looks that I really loved: the Princess Zelda inspired look. This is really soft, girly, and has both some brightness and subtlety. You can see my original post HERE. I used the same color placement, and some of the same products, but I wanted to make it neater and...well...just better.

Products Used

Eyes

-Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper

-Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette (Midnight 15 and Chased)

-Lime Crime D'Antoinette Palette (Royal Flush and Ribbonesque)

-Maybelline Color Tattoo 'Tenacious Teal' Eyeshadow

-Victorian Disco Cosmetics 'Lightsaber' Eyeshadow

-Prestige My Longest Lashes mascara

-Ardell 'Wispies' Lashes

 Face & Lips

-Revlon Whipped Foundation in 150 Buff

-MAC 'Coygirl' Blush

-MAC 'Whisper of Gilt' Highlighter

-Jordana 'Lily Rose' Matte Lipstick

Princess Zelda

*Sorry for the out of focus shots. The Lashes are really long and they make my camera tweek out. 

-Urban Decay 'Chased' ( a bright gold) in the inner corner

-Urban Decay 'Midnight 15 (a beige-silver) on the lid and on the brow bone

-A mix of Lime Crime's Royal Flush (pastel pink) and Ribbonesque (pastel lilac) on the crease/outer v

-Tenacious Teal (bright aqua) and Lightsaber (bright blue) on the lower lash line

If you elongate the upper lash line a touch more, and maybe made the bright blue more subtle, it would be great for cosplaying Zelda. She is very royal, graceful, and really just beautiful! 

Hope you enjoyed! See you next time :)

Return of the Look: Eyes of March

Greetings from the Dark Side!

If you have not read the introduction for the Return of the Look Series, please check it out HERE to see what this is all about! And if you have already read it, then welcome to the first installment!

Today I am going to re-do one of the first looks I made for this blog. There was a challenge called "Eyes of March" and it was basically a 31 day challenge to post a makeup look everyday using different makeup products each time. For one day, I made an orange look. I will be re-creating the look. You can see the original post HERE.

Products Used

Eyes

-Maybelline Color Tattoo 'Fierce & Tangy"

-Rock & Republic Eyeshadow 'Alloy' and 'Scorch'

-Sugarpill 'Love +' Eyeshadow

-L'oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner

-Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil Liner 'Perversion'

-Prestige My Biggest Lashes mascara

-Ardell #102 Demi Lashes

Face & Lips

-Skin79 Oriental Gold BB Cream

-Estee Lauder Blush 'Peach Ombre' 

-MAC 'Whisper of Gilt' Highlighter

-Revlon 'Papaya' ColorBurst Lip Gloss

Eyes of March Tutorial

 1. Apply a primer or base. I decided to use my Maybelline Color Tattoo as both my primer and orange-colored base. This is completely optional though. The base does complement the other shades we will be using very nicely!

Return of the Look: Introduction + Requests

Greetings from the Dark Side!

Here is a new series I am going to start soon! You might be asking yourself, "Return of the Look? What the heck is that?!" Well, my friends, I will explain! You see, as a beauty blogger, I have loads of makeup. That is because I love to try new products constantly! I am also always trying to come up with new looks. This is great and all, but I can get so carried away that I forget about the fabulous looks I've done in the past. It has gotten to the point  that I usually never wear the same look more than once. So I thought I would go back to my roots and re-create some of my old looks.

I want to do this for four more reasons. One, my older looks had really crappy photography! I did not have good full faced shots of looks (or none at all), and it really took away from the overall impact of the look. Two, I want to be able to create the same looks and either use different products or be able to tweek the looks slightly to make them look better! Three, this whole idea is quite nostalgic too. I get such a great feeling from reading my old posts! And finally, I have a lot of new readers that have not been able to see or experience these looks!

I think that pretty much sums up this series. I already have a few looks re-done and ready to be posted. But I want to ask you: do you have any requests? Is there an older look of mine that perhaps you really liked, but you would like me to re-do? Maybe I didn't have a full-face shot or maybe it just has super-crappy photos! Either ways, I would be happy to take requests :D