Well, girly girls, I missed out on my first of December product guide, so I’m going to do the first and second all in one day. Work slamming me, and all that. For December 1st’s edition, I will be featuring the Mary Kay Compact in wretched anticipation of receiving my next shipment of items, and providing a tutorial on making deep set eyes pop.
For today’s edition, I will be reviewing Mary Kay concealers and a guide on the All Things Glamorous! Sets, in anticipation of the glittery holiday season I’m sure many of you are already entrenched in.
12/1/2008
Mary Kay Custom Compact ($18 unfilled)
Okay, girls, I know I said that the Ultimate Mascara was your best friend, but this is the ultimate in portability for your makeup. This compact is fully customizable. You can pop in six eye shadows, three eye shadows and a blush, two blushes, a mineral highlighting powder and a bronzing powder, a blush and a highlighting powder… Okay, you get the idea right? Right at the top is a little place just for your lipstick or your lip gloss, it’s your choice.
I don’t know a woman who likes to continue to buy their makeup in an already filled compact, even if it is cheap. How many of you buy a compact just for one eye shadow, and never use the rest? How many of you out there buy a blush compact and realize you have a mounting number of blush brushes for the many times you’ve bought blush?
Well, girls, this compact puts an end to your makeup woes. You only have to buy the compact and applicators once! You can fill the compact with the colors you’ve selected, and only replace those when they run out.
What’s unique about this compact? Well, it’s got an ultra durable finish. It’s been purse-tested! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to dump clumps of eye shadow out of my purse because my eyeshadow busted open. This eliminates the mess!
Girls, I’m serious. If there’s anything you need in your stocking this year, this is it! It’s the ultimate in makeup looks! Contact me if you want to purchase one!
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BOLD Those Deep-Set Eyes!
I know so many girls out there with deep set eyes, meaning eyes where the brow bone appears very prominent. I’m one of them. I have standard shaped deep set dark green eyes that are extremely hard to get makeup for. But, fortunately, girls with deep set eyes can pretty much do whatever they want with their makeup styles. Of course, colors depend on so many things, but we’ll get to that later!
Of course, after you’ve selected your colors, you need to know what you’re looking at. For an ideal look, you should have three shades: a highlighter shade(the lightest of the bunch), a midtone shade, and an accent shade(usually the darkest).
Once you’ve got that down, you can apply your makeup. Make sure to apply your eye liner first. For girls with deep set eyes, it is best to use a medium-toned shade of liner, just to fill in the lashes, and only line halfway on the bottom, and all the way across on the top.
Step one;
Use your highlighter shade across the brow bone, on the inside corner of the eye and across the lid itself to create definition.
Step two;
Take your midtone shade and sweep across your lid, just above your crease, and blend it upwards.
Step three;
Finally, to finish up your polished look, take your accent shade and apply it on the outside corner of the eye, and in a c-shape up underneath the brow bone.
Finish off by curling your eyelashes and applying a single coat of mascara.
Remember that no matter the shape of your eye, there’s always a way to exaggerate it farther. For deep set eyes, using sparkly shades on the brow bone, and dark matte shades on the lid are two ways you can do that. I use a pale cream shade for my highlighter that has a slight bit of glitter to it so as to bring out my eye lid and make it look less recessed, but not bring my brow bone out even farther.
Well, girlies, that’s it for 12/1. Now on to 12/2
12/2 GUIDES
Mary Kay Concealer
Rating: 2/10 stars (HATE IT!)
Yes, it’s possible. A Mary Kay consultant hates a product she sells. I bought both the Ivory and Light Ivory concealers, thinking I could find something to cover the monster red spots I get from time to time. The packaging is quite nice. It’s a small silver tube with a twist off cap. The applicator tip is definitely nice. I liked the coverage the concealer offered… BUT…. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ORANGE PEOPLE!!! I want to know when makeup companies are going to learn that!!!
The light ivory was far too pale for me to use, which is shocking, considering my foundation color is Ivory 104, which is one of the paler Ivory colors. So, I figured that just Ivory had to be the way to go. Well, no. Of course not. I forget that people with Ivory skin all have impossibly orange undertones. *rolls eyes*
Granted, the coverage is great, and it goes on smoothly, but really… There needs to be wider color choices. So, yes, I’m giving Mary Kay Signature Concealer a 2 out of 10 stars pity rating for the coverage. But, that’s all they get until I get a concealer that actually matches my skin tone.
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All Things Glamorous Color Collection
Get Girlied up for the Holidays! ($40 without compact, $58 with)
The All Things Glamorous Color Collections are the perfect finishing set for any look. These beautiful pieces come in three pieces. A finishing shimmer powder in Canary Diamonds, glittery gold Nourishine Lip Gloss in 
Gold Sequins, and your choice of one of three lipstick colors: Couture Pink, Berry Luxe or Champagne. The shimmer powder is the perfect fit for your Mary Kay compact.
Each color beautifully compliments the glam and glitter of the holidays. Couture Pink is perfect 
for those of us with pasty white porcelain skin and dark colored hair, while Berry Luxe is perfect for all skin tones with dark hair and eyes, and Champagne, well, perfect for everyone, but ideal for porcelain blondes with any eye color.
Well, girls. That’s all for now. As always, stay beautiful!
Sweet Nectar
I was immediately impressed by the range of shades available, as I’ve tried so many others that don’t cover, and are either too dark, too orange, or too light for my skin tone. I’m very fair, and have an olive undertone to my skin which darkens with sun exposure. I grabbed the neutral shade and knew then it was perfect for my undereye circles(hereditary nastiness from my German father).
