Imagine stepping onto the red carpet with eyes that captivate and sparkle with the timeless elegance of blue.

This painting is from my "After-life" collection inspired by the oil spill in the Gulf. Building upon layers and layers of color and floating pigments, I construct a three-dimensional, yet soft space to move through, touch, or brush away like smoke.

Marbled paper refers to a variety of decorative appearances that resemble the vein-like texture of marble. The technique of marbling entails floating colours on a liquid and mixing them by chemical and physical means to achieve a pattern. A sheet of paper is placed on the pattern and is then removed, essentially forming a monotype … Continue reading "Vintage Marbled Paper Designs – The Brilliant Art of the Marbler"

Let's have a small break from graphic liners (but they will be back veeery soon), today I have a cut crease look to show you! A round cut crease, to be more precise. I haven't done one in a while - like, more than one year. I named this look "Moonlight" because it makes me think of the moon's reflection on the sea... Or the moon shining, outlined against the night sky. I specifically made this look to try GlitterTubes' pressed glitters in Twinkle, one of my favourite shade ever. That's why I avoided any graphic eyeliner stile - I wanted Twinkle to be the protagonist of the look, and I feared that an elaborate liner could distract from its beauty. And finally you can really see Boo Berry's true colour! I tend to use it in combo with Neptune - they look great together, but Neptune always alters Boo Berry's shade... To the point it almost looks a completely different colour. But this time I used it alone and you can clearly see its beautiful denim shade! After priming my lids I started off by applying the main lid shade - that would serve as a sort of "base" for the glitters; I used Frozen eyeshadow by NABLA Cosmetics, a pure silver, as I don't own any shadow that is even remotely close to Twinkle... So I thought silver would be a good compromise. I applied it on my lid and on the crease too, starting to create the rounded shape. Then I moved on to the crease blending: I used Boo Berry eyeshadow by Makeup Geek Cosmetics as main shade, applying it with a pencil brush first and then diffusing the colour with a blending brush. At this point the silver shape was a little messed up, so I re-applied Frozen where needed. I intensified the crease shade using Baltic by NABLA - with a pencil brush at first, but then I defined the round shape with a tiny teeny brush (Accent Brush by Real Technique, in case you're wondering). This small brush allowed me to be very precise and to achieve this well defined shape. When I was happy with the round cut crease, I applied glitters. As I said previously, I used Twinkle pressed glitters by GlitterTubes - and I applied it with a flat brush (Precision Crease by Spectrum Collections) all over the silver shape; I avoided the lashline area, as I hadn't applied eyeliner yet. On the lower lid I applied/blended Boo Berry, defined the lashline with Nocturne, and then I applied some glitters there too (Sonic by GlitterTubes). I applied eyeliner - this time nothing crazy, just a classical winged line. Of course, I used KVD Tattoo Liner in Trooper - do I need to state that this is my one and only eyeliner from now on?? :p Final touches: I applied a pinkish shadow on my inner corner (Sugar), a matte ivory shade on my brow bone (Antique White, of course!), a black eyepencil on my waterline, falsies and mascara. Eyes - Too Faced Shadow Insurance Eye Primer - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Sugar"* (inner corner) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Frozen" (upper lid) - GlitterTubes Pressed Glitters in "Twinkle" (upper lid) - Makeup Geek Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Boo Berry" (crease, outer corner, lower lid) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Baltic" (crease) - GlitterTubes Pressed Glitters in "Sonic" (upper lid) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Antique White" (brow bone) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Nocturne" (lower lashline) - Kat Von D Beauty Tattoo Liner in "Trooper" - MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in "Feline" - NABLA Cosmetics "Le Film Noir" Mascara - MAC Cosmetics False Eyelashes n° 34 - DUO White Eyelash Adhesive Eyebrows - NABLA Cosmetics Brow Pot in "Mars"* Brushes - 239 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 217 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 213 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 224 ~ MAC Cosmetics - Short Smudge (A13)* ~ Spectrum Collections (BombShell Set*) - Precision Crease (A16) ~ Spectrum Collections - 2x Fluffy Pencil (A12)* ~ Spectrum Collections (BombShell Set*, Marbleous Set*) - Large Fluffy Shader (A06) ~ Spectrum Collections (Siren Set) - Lip Liner (A15)* ~ Spectrum Collections (Bombshell Set*) - Accent Brush ~ Real Techniques I hope you liked this look! Do you ever wear cut crease makeup looks? Any thoughts? I think they look great, and are so fun to make! Mermaid kisses and starfish wishes ♥ *Disclaimer: Starred products are press samples, sent by respective brands for me to test and review.

About The Artwork Through SNS, I meet strangers in the world. and the characters are expressed through watercolor painting techniques that emphasize randomness. Original Created:2018 Subjects:Portrait Materials:Paper Styles:Fine ArtIllustration Mediums:WatercolorInk Details & Dimensions Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper Size:9 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in Size with Frame:14.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in Frame:White Ready to Hang:Yes Packaging:Ships in a Box Shipping & Returns Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments. Handling:Ships in a box. Art prints are packaged and shipped by our printing partner. Ships From:Printing facility in California. Have additional questions? Please visit our help section or contact us.

Here's my first look I've done using the new Freedomination collection by NABLA Cosmetics! I'm glad I finally get to show you some of the eyeshadows in action, and also get to tell you my first impressions! I'm still working on part 2 of my collection overview - part 1 is here. I was supposed to spend yesterday's morning doing swatches and taking pics, but it rained. It poured down like crazy, so I couldn't shot one single picture -.-' Mind you, I love rain, just not when I need to take pictures for blogging reasons! ^^" Anyway, back to today's makeup. The eyeshadows featured in here are Virgin Island, Blue Velvet, New Heaven. Special guests are Obsexed, used as inner corner highlighter, and the two new Dazzle Liners - Purity and Crystal. I couldn't help but to a mermaish look first: a lot of the eyeshadows give mermaid vibes, and I'm not the only one who noticed that! I can't help but feeling like this collection is a sort of extension of last year's collection, the Mermaid. After all... There's nothing more representative of freedom than mermaids! The main lid shade is Virgin Island, the beautiful Celestial eyeshadow of this collection. It's a bright, intense turquoise filled with tons of violet, lilac and blue pearls - extremely sparkly. This is the most pigmented out of the Celestial range, to the point I mistook it for a Bright or even a SuperBright! The crease shade is Blue Velvet in all its glory. We needed a matte blue shade into NABLA's range - and this one is gorgeous. Deep, intense blue, wonderfully pigmented and so easy to blend - just like all the other matte shade from Freedomination, because they all feature the Super-matte texture. Like New Heaven, which I used to blend Blue Velvet and add some colour at the same time. This might be my new favourite shadow from NABLA (sorry Atmosphere!): a bright aquamarine shade, so pigmented that looks almost unreal *__* I also used both Purity and Crystal to create a two-toned kind of ombrè liner (above the black winged line). I couldn't choose just one, I was so excited to try them (you should know by now how much I love their older brother, Klimt) - so I went for both XD They look so pretty together, don't they? *_* Crystal is a pale blue with silver sheen (supposedly also gold but it doesn't show on my skin), bright and beautiful. They both have a thinner texture compared to Klimt, but this doesn't affect application nor pigmentation. Purity is supposed to be a mother-of-pearl shade... To me it's the colour of magic! It may look white, pinkish or bluish depending on the light, angle, and colours around it. Pure magic. In this makeup it appears to be white/bluish - creating a mermazing gradient with Crystal. On other looks I've made, it looks pinkish. I'm in love! After priming the lids I started off by creating the crease blending first. I used Blue Velvet, starting from the outer corner and moving backwards towards the inner corner. I also applied it on the outer part of the lid, slightly blending it inwards. I blended the blue shade using New Heaven - not a real transition shade in this case, because I wanted it to be very noticeable. The real transition shade is Shore Thing by Makeup Geek Cosmetics that, despite being a completely different shade, gets along wonderfully with New Heaven. On the lid I applied Virgin Island - and I just used my fingers, as suggested by Mr. Daniel for the application of the Celestials. On the lower lid I applied basically the same shades: mainly Blue Velvet, blended with a little bit of New Heaven, blended with Shore Thing. A chain of blendings XD I added a little bit of Virgin Island there too, towards the inner corner. At this point I applied KVD Tattoo Liner in Trooper and created my usual winged line. Once I was that with that I applied the two Dazzle Liners in Purity and Crystal - creating a second, thin line with a gradient-like effect. I applied Purity from the inner corner to the middle, from there I applied Crystal till the end of the lower wing. I've now realised I forgot the inner corner highlighter, so I applied Obsexed as such on there (that's the highlighter - so not an eyeshadow - of this collection!). I defined my lower lashline using Nocturne, and applied Antique White on my brow bone (as always!) As an additional twist, I applied GlitterTubes' pressed glitters in Splash on the lower lid, to add come extra sparkles! Final touches: black eyepencil on waterlines, false lashes and mascara (a new one! MAC Cosmetics Extended Play Gigablack Lash mascara: it's waterproof but very comfortable to wear, it's extra black and it has a thin wand that allows easier application!) Face - MAC Cosmetics Pro Longwear Foundation NW15 (foundation) Eyes - Too Faced Shadow Insurance Eye Primer - NABLA Cosmetics Shade&Glow in "Obsexed"* (inner corner) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Virgin Island"* (upper and lower lid) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Blue Velvet"* (crease, outer corner, lower lid) - Makeup Geek Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Shore Thing" (transition colour) - GlitterTubes Pressed Glitters in "Splash" (lower lid) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Nocturne" (lower lashline) - NABLA Cosmetics Eyeshadow in "Antique White" (brow bone) - NABLA Cosmetics Dazzle Liner in "Purity"* - NABLA Cosmetics Dazzle Liner in "Crystal"* - Kat Von D Beauty Tattoo Liner in "Trooper" - MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in "Feline" - MAC Cosmetics "Extended Play Gigablack Lash" Mascara - Ardell Lashes Wispies Lashes n° 122 - DUO White Eyelash Adhesive Eyebrows - NABLA Cosmetics Brow Pot in "Mars"* Brushes - 239 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 217 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 213 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 224 ~ MAC Cosmetics - 2z Short Smudge (A13)* ~ Spectrum Collections (BombShell Set*, Marbleous Set*) - Accent Brush ~ Real Techniques - Precision Crease (A16) ~ Spectrum Collections - 2x Fluffy Pencil (A12)* ~ Spectrum Collections (Marbleous Set*, BombShell Set*) - Large Fluffy Shader (A06) ~ Spectrum Collections (Siren Set) - Lip Liner (A15)* ~ Spectrum Collections (Bombshell Set*) Hope you liked this mermaidy look! ♥ Which Freedomination eyeshadows do you like the most? Have you already purchased any? Mermaid kisses and starfish wishes ♥ *Disclaimer: Starred products are press samples, sent by respective brands for me to test and review.

Navy Blue Eyeliners: BB Black Navy, MUFE #8K, bareMinerals Noon, D&G 8, EL Blackened Sapphire, MAC Marine Ultra, MAC Prussian, MAC Blooz Navy Blue