National Flowers Series - Belgium and Poland - Red Poppy(Papaver Rhoeas)

Its been a while since my last post and I'm kicking off the new year with Belgium and Poland with the Red Poppy.

Red Poppy

The Completed Look

Begin with a foundation routine. I also contoured today with me Coastal Scents Eclipse pallette. 

For the eyes from inner corner to outer here are the colours I used from my Coastal Scents 252 pallette. 

Solar Flare>Vibrant Red and Baked Clay.

Crease and Lower Lash line: Concrete Jungle

Using a black liquid or creme eyeliner do a little cat eye, apply mascara and you're done!

Lips

For the lips I lined them with a black pencil eyeliner and filled them in except for the center. Then I took a Revlon lipstick in Certainly Red and applied that to the center. You will have something that looks like this.

That completes this look!

First Snow Makeup

In honor of the first snow in my area this winter, I wanted to do a frosty look.

The completed look

The eyes from inner corner to outer using Coastal Scents' 252 pallette.

White Silver with Aqua Mist on top>Summer Rain>Alpengeist

Crease: Concrete Jungle

Lower Lashline: Aqua Mist with smudged black creme liner on the outer corners to a third from the inner corner

Finish with black creme liner on the upper lashline and black mascara on both upper and lower lashes.

Lips. I used a clear lipbalm as my base and dabbed Peach Fuzz over the top.

That completes this frosty winter look.

National Flowers Series - Belarus - Flax(Linum Usitatissimum)

Its been a while since my last post but I'm back! Today's flower is Flax which is Belarus' national flower.

Flax Flower

The Completed Look

Begin with a foundation routine. For the eyes, beginning from the inner corner to the outer these are the colours I used from my Coastal Scents 252 Pallette. 

Ivory Dust> Solar Flare & Pale Daffodil> Icelandic> Sail Away

Crease & Lower Lashline: Sail Away & Indigo Dream

Finish with black winged liner on the upper lashline and black mascara.

For the lips I used L.A. Colors in Berry Red AS my base, patted on some Razzmatazz and some Snow Bunny right in the center. 

That completes this look.

National Flowers Series - Barbados - Pride of Barbados(Poinciana Pulcherrima)

For this segment we have The Pride of Barbados, a beautiful flower in tones with the sunset. 

Pride Of Barbados

The completed look

Begin with a foundation routine as usual. I used my 252 pallette. For the eyes, from inner corner to outer, these are the colours I used:

A mix of Solar Flare and Sunflower Petal>Tangelo Tint>Marmalade>Volcanic Blast

Crease: Vibrant Maroon 

Beneath Lower Lash Line: Vampy

For the lips I used Luxury by TIGI as my base. I dabbed some Phoenix sun on my lower lip then some Solar flare in the middle and pressed my lips together to blend. 

(Yay! No more dry skin!)

That completes this look.

National Flowers Series - Bangladesh & Guyana - Water Lily(Nymphaeaceae)

Another double whammy with the beautiful Water Lily.

Water Lily

The completed look

As always begin with your foundation routine. I used my 252 pallette from Coastal Scents. Beginning from the inner corner to the outer, these are the colours I used.

White Silver>Razzmatazz 

Crease: Vibrant Pink

Below Lower Lashline: Seaside Bronze

For the lips I used a pink lipstick as my base then dabbed on some Razzmatazz in the center and a little bit wider on the lower lip, then added some White Silver to the very center.

(Due to the Proactiv my skin got really dry and started peeling)

That completes this look

National Flowers Series - Balearic Islands, Sicily & Slovenia - Carnation(Dianthus Caryophyllus)

This segment of the National Flowers Series covers three countries, the Balearic Islands, Sicily and Slovenia with the Carnation.

There are many different colours of Carnation, I chose the following to do for this look.

Carnation

This Finished look

Start with a foundation routine. Now onto the eyes. I used my 252 pallette from Coastal Scents. I used Polar Bare all over my lid and on my crease. I then went over Polar Bare with Ivory Dust for some shimmer. For the crease, I actually went in and outlined my crease with Vibrant Maroon, I then took Wine Berry and used that under the Vibrant Maroon to fade into the white to imitate the edges of the Carnation. I used Wine Berry underneath my lower lash line. To complete the eyes, I lined them with a slight wing at the outer corner, I also lined the outer corners and about a third of the way in below my lower lash line and smudged that with an angled brush. I lined my waterline with a black liner. Apply mascara and the eyes are complete.

Now for the lips. I used Pink Sizzle from Femme Couture as my base then outlined my lips with Vibrant Maroon from my 252 pallette. I then used Wine Berry to fill in the rest of my lips. I dabbed some White Silver on the center of my lips for some dimension and that completes the lips for this look.

National Flowers Series - Bahamas and Virgin Islands - Yellow Elder/Yellow Cedar/Yellow Trumpet(Tecoma Stans)

This segment of the National Flowers Series is yet another double whammy, the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands with the Yellow Elder flower, also known as Yellow Cedar or Yellow Trumpet Flower. At this point in time I'm doing my best to change up the colour schemes which proves to be quite difficult when the flowers continue to be yellow but I'm making due. With this flower I tried to pull colours from the depth of the flower as you will see in the folowing photo.

Yellow Elder Flower

For this look, I actually have two different lips, I will show the finished look with both.

Look #1

Look #2

Although the lips are different the eyes stay the same, so lets begin with those.

As usual from the inner corner to outer blend the following.

Oktoberfest>Pumpkin Pie>Solar Flare

Crease: Seaside Bronze

Below lower lashline(inner corner to outer): Oktoberfest>Pumpkin Pie>Seaside Bronze

With a black eyeliner(I use Maybelline's Eyestudio creme liner in black) line yourlashline and create a slight wing at the outer corner of the eye. Finish with mascara.

I used a light brown eyeshadow with an angled brush to lightly fill in my brows, as a blonde I don't want them too dark.

Now for the lips, I lent my cousin my nude base lipstick so I improvised with my concealer as a base for my eyeshadows. For the first lip, from the outside to the inside these are the colours I used:

Oktoberfest>Pumpkin Pie>Solar Flare

For the second lip look, I just went over my previous lip with Harvest Brown.

That completes this look.

Look 1

Look 2