Prom Makeup/Hair/Dress

      So my prom was in late April I believe and I decided to do my own makeup because why waste the money when I really don't have to? I did however have my hair done professionally because hair styling is definitely not my strong suit. As for my dress I'm not really a fan of the whole blinged out or poofy dresses so I was looking for something simple but different. Originally I found a dress by the brand For Love and Lemons that was Ivory and whimsicle looking but then it ran out of my size before I could order it so I had to look for something new. I stuck with the brand just because I loved all of their stuff and how the designs in stitching they create are so beautiful and intricate. I eventually found the dress I wore and I loved it and how unlike everyone else's dresses it would be. I debated for a little while whether I wanted the ivory version or the black one and I decided to go with the black one because I felt the ivory one may not look dressy enough for prom. I have to say I loved this dress and still continue to love it and I don't regret one bit wearing a dress that you wouldn't necessarily think prom when seeing it!
      For my makeup I decided to do a golden eye just because I thought it complimented my dress and I wasn't wanting anything too dramatic. I still wanted to look like myself! The pictures I took of just my eye was actually a practice run for my makeup because I wanted to make sure I actually liked what I planned on doing to myself. The eye makeup is a little different from the other picture of  y full face only because I added a bit more black in my outer corner on the day of Prom because I thought it looked better. One other difference is on the picture of my eye I used House of Lashes falsies in Noir Fairy and on prom I used the Ardell Natural lashes. I just decided I didn't want to heavy of a lash to wear that night because I'd be wearing them for a long period of time. Those were the only two differences in the pictures though!
      For my hair I had found a picture of Nicole Richie from some award show and I really loved how the hair styles gave her a braided headband out of her own hair and created a messy updo. When I went to the salon I showed the girl the picture and it turned out how I expected! I was really happy with how it came out and I think the updo was appropriate for the dress I wore because there was so much detail on the chest area. I wanted to show that off which is why I decided to have my hair up and I think it was the right decision.

Makeup Used:

face
-Benefit Poreless Primer
-Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in Beige
-Kat Von D Tattoo Concealer in Light
-Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette

eyes
-UD Primer Potion in Original
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Cottage Cheese
-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Black Bean
-Makeup Forever Aqua Cream in Warm Beige
-Makeup Forever Aqua Cream in Taupe
-UD Naked Palette(Naked, Buck, Virgin, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Creep)
-UD Eye Shadow in Perversion
-Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black
-CoverGirl Lash Blast Volume in Very Black
-(Full Face Picture) Ardell Natural False Lashes
-(Eye Pictures) House of Lashes in Noir Fairy

lips
-MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in Staunchly Stylish
-MAC Matte Lipstick in Pink Plaid

Graphic Liner and Spiky Lashes

           This was a pretty simple look to do and really didn't take much time at all. I am not really sure what inspired me to do a graphic liner look at the time but I'm sure it had something to do with me seeing a cool look that just consisted of artistic eye liner that made me want to do something like this. Usually that's the case with a lot of the makeup looks I do, I just see a makeup look and it inspires me to try something similar. Is that extremely uncreative of me? Probably, but I like challenging myself by trying out makeup looks I've seen done by professionals! This look really doesn't take much but a small eye liner brush and a half closed eye. You can't have folds on your eye while doing the liner in the crease or else it will come out really messy and that's only fixable if you're blending it out and for this look it was all about precision! All I did was line my eye normally, then I drew the line on my crease following the curve of my eye and slowly started thickening the line, then I just created the thick line on the outer corner connecting the liner in my crease to the liner on my lash line. Now on my bottom lash line I just drew a line starting from the middle of my eye to the outer edge and brought a line down that pretty much looks like a painted on eye lash to the end just so the top and bottom eyeliner was balanced. And I just thought some spiky lashes worked better than the more natural or wispy lashes because the eye liner was so pointed and precise that the lashes should be too. Does that make any sense? I think you guys get what I mean.. hopefully. Others may have paired a bright pink or some sort of bright lipstick with this eye but I chose a nude because I like how almost natural the makeup looks even though it's not natural at all!

Products Used:

Face:
Benefit Porefessional Face Primer
Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow! Foundation in Ivory
Bare Minerals Original Foundation in Fairly Light

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black
Over Liner-Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Perversion
Tear Duct-NYX Pearl Mania Eye Shadow in White Pearl
Eye Lahes-Cover Girl Lashblast Volume in Very Black
False Lashes-A Japanese brand sold in a little store in Japan Town in SF(sorry don't know the name!)

Lips:
Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude

Purple Cut Crease Eye

          I'm back! I hadn't even realized I neglected my blog for so long till I noticed the last post I put up dates back to a year ago! Well I know I keep saying I'll start posting more often and then I disappear for another 6 months and then reappear again with the same statement but this time I mean it, I'm here to stay. I really lost the interest to keep up with my blog but I kept my interest in makeup still. Instead of posting makeup looks to my blog I just posted them on Instagram so the only people seeing them were my classmates whom probably don't even care to see my makeup looks as much as my followers do. I decided to start putting up some previous looks I have done and haven't published onto her because 1. It'll give me a head start with a few makeup looks already done and 2. I've done some makeup looks that are BY FAR much better than anything I've posted here in the past. You'll see the looks progress as I post them in order of which I did first and I hope you all enjoy seeing them! I also have changed a couple things about my blog 1. The name 2. The layout (which may continue to change as I tweak it till I'm satisfied with the look) and 3. I have a job! The job part has nothing to do with my blog but I thought I should just update you all on some thing about me as well. If you're wondering about the name of the blog then the only explanation I have is that sunflowers are my favorite flower and for some odd reason I like to include them in my name for social media and now my blog.
       Okay so even though I've already said enough I still have some explaining to do about this very purple look I did I believe around 7 months ago. Basically I was really mesmerized by the look of a cut crease at the time but it seemed nearly impossible to me that I could achieve it. Well, I tried it for the first time here and I have to say I don't think I did too bad but I definitely have some improving to do. This is a pretty bold look and the purple really does bring out my brown eyes, it isn't my favorite look that I've done but since it was my first shot at a cut crease I thought I should publish it for you all. Oh and a lot of the looks I have done are only on one eye for my own convenience(laziness) but there is one with a full face too. Hope you like it! And don't worry, this isn't the last of me!

The Products Used:

-Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original
Lid(Base)-Maybelline 24 hr Color Tattoo in Painted Purple
Lid/Lower Lash Line-bh Cosmetics 120 Palette (various different purple shades)
Crease-Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black
Crease Blended-Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Perversion
Above Crease-Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister
Tear Duct/Brow Bone-NYX Pearl Mania Eye Shadow in White Pearl
Inner Corner-NYX Cosmetics Eye Shadow in Frosted Lily
Water Line-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil inn Ransom
Top Lash Line/Lower Lash Line-Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black
Eye Liner Blended with-Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Perversion
Eye Lashes-Cover Girl LashBlast Volume in Very Black
Falsies- NYX False Lashes in Nostalgia 

Britney Spears "Scream and Shout" Inspired Makeup Look

 **(Inspirations Picture) Print Screened from Original Music Video**

The Products Used:

Face:

~E.l.f Blush and Bronzer Duo in Blushed and Bronzed

Eyes:

~NARS Eye Lid Primer

~Crease/Bottom Lash Line-Rimmel Quad in Smoky Noir

~Lid-Virgin from Urban Decay’s The Naked Palette

~Brow Bone-White from E.l.f Quad in Drama

~Top Lash Line-Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black

~Water Line-Neutrogena Healthy Smoothing Stick in Light

~Mascara-Avon Super Extend Extreme Mascara in Black

~False Lashes-NYX False Lashes in Nostalgia 128

Lips:

~NYX Extra Creamy Round Lipstick in Circe

Music By:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Marconoba/featured

Pink Champagne, Purple & Navy Smoky Eye Look

For this look I decided to go for a glittery pink, purple, and bluish smoky eye. For the face I decided to keep it natural with a bit of bronzer, a peach bronzer, and a nude lipstick. I love pink, purple, and blue so I enjoyed putting them into an eye look. This look contains some colors people normally wouldn’t use everyday but it really isn’t that dramatic of a look compared to most smoky eyes. I think this is a great eye look if you want to have some fun with makeup but not go too out there with it. You could always substitute the dark purple and dark blue for lighter shades of each and take out the liner on the bottom lash line for less drama if you wanted. Personally, I like the look how it is (mainly because if I didn’t, I would’ve done it differently of course). Hopefully, you guys like this one!

The Products Used:

Face:

~E.l.f Blush and Bronzer Duo in Blushed and Bronzed

~Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette (Peach Shade)

Eyes:

~NARS Eye Lid Primer

~E.l.f Liner and Shadow Stick in Basic/Brown

~Lid-Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Rides Again

~Crease-Periwinkle Shade from E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Crease-Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister

~Outer Corner-Urban Decay Rockstar

~Outer Corner-Navy Blue from E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Top Liner-Maybelline Gel Liner in Very Black

~Water Line-Milani Liquif’Eye Pencil in Black

~Bottom Lash Line-Urban Decay Eye Pencil in Rockstar

~Bottom Lashline-Urban Decay Psychedelic Sister

Lips:

~Revlon Lip Butter in Creamsicle

My Youtube Channel:
 http://www.youtube.com/user/LexiesBeautyCorner?feature=mhee

Champagne and Teal Smoky Cat Eye Look

 

So I decided to make up my own look for the first time because I hadn’t seen any new makeup looks I cared to recreate. I also didn’t do an intro for this video or an ending because well... I forgot :p But I doubt those are really important for a video anyways and I just might not add them in on purpose for future videos because it saves time! Who really cares for intros anyways? But back to the look! The eyes were a champagne on the lid, a deep glittery teal on the outer portion (Looks black in the video & pictures but I assure you in person it looks like a deep teal), winged liner in the outer corner and inner corner, black rimmed eyes, and spiky fake lashes. For the face, it was just a natural mauve shade and for the lips it was glossy nude pink lips. I hope you enjoy!

The Products Used:

Face:

~Coastal Scents 10 Camouflage Palette (3^rd Lightest Shade)

~Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette (Mauve Shade)

Eyes:

~Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

~Crease-Bronzed from E.L.F Blushed and Bronzed Duo

~Lid-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Cottage Cheese

~Lid-NYX Pearl Mania Eye Shadow in Nude Pearl & White Pearl

~Outer Corner/Crease-Urban Decay Eye Shadow in Loaded

~Outer Corner-Milani Baked Eye Shadow in Mix it Up

~Browbone-Ivory from E.L.F 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Top Lash Line-Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black

~Water Line-Milani Liquif’Eye Pencil in Black

~Mascara-MAC Zoom Black Lash Mascara

~Fake Lashes-Daiso Japan Volume Cross Type Lashes

Lips:

~Lip Stick-L’Oreal Colour Riche Lipstick in Fairest Nude

~Lip Gloss-Stila Lip Glaze in Seashell

Rita Ora "How We Do (Party)" Inspired Makeup Look

**(Inspiration Picture) Print Screened from the music video**

For this look I decided to recreate Rita Ora’s look in her music video for her song “How We Do (Party)”. I just discovered her and her music and I love her now! She always has gorgeous, fun makeup and I can’t wait to recreate more looks of hers. But for this look she had a bronzy eye, electric purple liner, natural skin and shimmery nude glossy lips. Another look she had in the video had the same eyes but pinker cheeks and red lips. Personally, I thought this look would be more practical to do which is why I went for it but I thought she pulled off the red lip with the look just as good.

The Products Used:

Face:

~CoverGirl NatureLuxe Foundation in Bamboo

~Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette (Apricot Shade)

Eyes:

~Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

~Lid-E.l.f Shadow/Liner Stick in Basic/Brown

~Lid-MAC Extra Dimension Eye Shadow in Sweet Heat

~Lid/Crease-BH Cosmetics 120 Palette (Bronzy Shade)

~Top Lash Line-Maybeline Color Tattoo in Painted Purple

~Top Lash Line-BH Cosmetics 120 Palette (Purple Shade)

~Top Lashes-CoverGirl Waterproof Lash Blast Volume in Very Black

~Bottom Lashes-MAC Zoom Black Lash Mascara

Lips:

~NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Frosted Beige

Rihanna "Where Have You Been" Music Video Inspired Makeup Tutorial

**(Inspiration Picture)Print Screened from the music video**

In this tutorial I recreated one of Rihanna’s look in her music video for her song “Where Have You Been”. She had two or three makeup looks in the video and I decided to go with the one that used red eye shadow because the other ones were mostly black with no color whatsoever and this one actually had something extra. There are really rare occasions where a makeup look I do actually uses red so I’m glad I ended up being able to use it in this look. This look was red on the lid, grey in the crease, Black in the outer corner, gold in the inner corner, black on the lower lash line, smudged liner, black rimmed eyes, bronzed face and nude lips. I hope you enjoy!

The Products Used:

Face:

~Cover Girl NatureLuxe Foundation in Bamboo

~Victorias Secret Bronzer in Copacabana

Eyes:

~Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

~Lid-NYX Jumbo Pencil in Black Bean

~Lid/Crease/Lower Lash Line-E.l.f Quad in Drama

~Lid-Red from E.l.f 100 Eye Palette & BH Cosmetics 120 Palette

~Outer Corner-E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Browbone-E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Inner Corner-MAC Extra Dimension Eye Shadow in Sweet Heat

~Top Lash Line/Water Line/Tight Line-Milani Liquif’Eye Pencil in Black

~Lashes-MAC Zoom Fast Black Mascara in Black

~Eye Browns-Cover Girl Single Eye Shadow in Brown Smolder & E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

Lips:

~NYX Round Lipstick in Circe

2ne1 (Dara) "Scream" Music Video Inspired Makeup Look

**(Inspiration Picture)Print Screened from Music Video**

           For this tutorial I decided to recreate Dara from the Korean pop group 2ne1’s music video for their song Scream. All the girls had gorgeous makeup but I thought hers was the most unique and I liked it the best out of them all. The eyes had an orange on the lid up to the crease, a deeper orange in the tear duct, grey in the outer crease & lower lash line, smudged black liner, a wing on the outer corner & inner corner, black rimmed waterline & tight line, lime green glitter in the middle of the lower lash line and fake lashes. It had a lot going on which made for this super long tutorial but I hope it’s helpful on how to recreate it.

In the video I say how the video is banned but I just found that it’s finally up so if you want to watch it here’s the link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87VyHYoJVYk

The Products Used:

Face:

~Revlon Colorstay Foundation for Dry/Normal Skin in Buff

~Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette

Eyes:

~Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

~Lid/Crease-Medium Orange from BH Cosmetics 120 Palette 2^nd Edition

~Top Lash line/Waterline/Tight Line-Milani Liquif’Eye Pencil in Black

~Outer Crease-Deep Grey from E.l.f Quad in Drama

~Brow Bone-White from E.l.f Quad in Drama

~Inner Corner-Deep Orange from BH Cosmetics 120 Palette 2^nd Edition

~Bottom Lash Line-Black from E.l.f Quad in Drama

~Fake Lashes-Forever21 Duo Lashes (Criss Crossed Ones)

~Lash Glue-Duo Lash Adhesive in Clear

Lips:

~Lancôme Juicy Tubes Pop in Chai Freeze

Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Music Video Makeup

 **(Inspiration Pictures)Print Screened from the music video**

I decided to finally do a tutorial on one of Kelly Clarkson’s looks from her music video Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) even though it came out a while ago. I had wanted to do it for some time but never got around to it till now but I’m glad I ended up doing it. I love using color so this mainly turquoise eye look was nice to recreate. Basically the look consisted of a turquoise lid, bronzy crease, winged out teal outer corner, light brow bone, and smoky brown lower lash line. The face and lips were pretty simple with the bronzy skin and soft pink lips so clearly the main point of the look was the eyes. I hope you like the look and recreate it yourself!

The Products Used:

Face:

~Cover Girl Natureluxe Foundation in Bamboo

~Neutrogeana Healthy Skin Foundation in Buff

~Coastal Scents 10 Color Blush Palette

~E.l.f Blush and Bronzer Duo in Blushed & Bronzed

Eyes:

~Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

~Lid-Urban Decay’s Eye Shadow in Money mixed with Urban Decay’s Loaded

~Crease-Urban Decay’s Smog

~Brow Bone-Ivory Shade from E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Lower Lash Line/Top Lash Line/Water Line/Tight Line-E.l.f Eye Shadow & Eyeliner Stick in Basic/Brown

~Shade for Smudging Lower Lash Line-Cover Girl Eye Shadow in Brown Smolder

~Mascara- Lancôme Hypnôse Drama Mascara in Excessive Black

Lips:

~L’oreal Colour Riche Lip Stick in Fairest Nude

~Stila Lip Glaze in Grape-Fruit

Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LexiesBeautyCorner

Beautylish:

http://www.beautylish.com/profile/ypypv

Adele Grammy's 2012 Makeup Look

**(Inspiration Picture)from HERE**

I of course had to recreate someone’s look from the Grammy’s of 2012 and I chose to do Adele’s! Surprise, surprise just about everyone decided to do Adele’s look but I knew right off the bat from seeing hers at the show I wanted to do it. No question about it, she had one of the gorgeous if not THE most gorgeous looks at the Grammy’s. Adele always has a very 50/60’s look, I love it because winged out liner and red lips are my absolute favorite! I noticed that her eye makeup usually is meant to enlarge her eyes not that she has small eyes but just by the way her eye makeup is done I can tell. This look was no exception, she had a light pink shade on her lid, grey in the crease, thick winged out liner (of course), liner pressed into the lower lash line, thick lashes, contoured cheeks and a red lip. Throughout the show she had two looks, one on the red carpet which was what I recreated but with a little less grey in the crease and the one during the actual show which was a nude lip and a deeper grey crease. I just thought the red lips were more fun which is why I went for them rather than the nude lip.

The Products I used:

Face:

~Neutrogena Healthy Skin Foundation in Buff

~E.l.f Blush/Bronzer Duo in Blushed and Bronzed (only used Bronzed)

Eyes:

~Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original

~Crease-Matte Grey Shade from Rimmel Quad in Smoky Noir

~Lid-Urban Decay’s Eye Shadow in Sin

~Brow Bone-Matte Light Pink from E.l.f 100 Eye Shadow Palette

~Top Lash Line/Lower Lash Line-Maybelline Gel Liner in Blackest Black

~Lashes-Lancôme Hypnôse Drama Mascara in Excessive Black

Lips:

~Wet n Wild Mega Last Lip Color in 910D

 

Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/LexiesBeautyCorner

Beautylish:

http://www.beautylish.com/profile/ypypv