Yes, another attempt at that whole neutral no-colored lid with a crease look again. I'm really not stopping till I find a good enough way to replicate it and I think I may have just found the perfect colors to!

I probably have similar colors in my stash but I so happened to have Glamour to Go out and thought: Why not pair this nude shade with this cool brown...

..and voila! This was pretty much the look I was going for at the start and now I know that an ashier brown proves a better effect than a warmer one. For me at least.

Incase you missed it, I attempted this sort of look here.

Yes, eyelids are still wonky! Grr.

Products Used:

BROW / FACE
K-Palette Liquid Brow Liner in 01
Leaders Clinic Medieu Sun Cream
Cezanne Compact Powder Foundation

EYES
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Too Faced Glamour To Go Pocket Palette
28 Color Neutral Palette
CLIO Professional Pen liner in Black
MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
Lancôme Hypnôse Doll Eyes Mascara

CHEEKS
Too Faced Glamour to Go blush

LIPS
Make Up Store lipstick in Attitude (dabbed on)
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Toast to Shine

Highlighted products were provided by companies/distributors,
I was not obliged to use/feature them in LOTDs.

Okay... essentially a neutral eye is still a neutral eye but I guess my point of this entry is to showcase how with the same palette you can do a darker smokier eye look, such as this one, or a simple neutral eye.

The shades I used for this look would be:

Shade 5 all over the lids
Shade 1 in the crease
Shade 4 to blend at the edges

This image was from the violet look, hence the numbering but I only used 3 shades from this palette for this look.

I also have on a dab of pink from the blush within this palette. Though it swatched fairly soft and gentle it does give off a nice color when worn.

As of now I have since retired this palette from my counter-top to 'preserve' it for when I need to use it during trips or slumber parties but you may still see a look or two from this every now and then if I happen to reach for it!

On the whole slumber party note, I will be having a little staycation at MBS this weekend! A bestie managed to rope us in for it, not a PR thing, and I'm just sooo stoked about it!

Thanks for reading and TGIF!

I feel this post could be a little redundant because this adorably nifty product is probably known enough as is.

Though just for kicks, and to accompany a few LOTDs, let me do a proper introduction for this pocket palette here on my blog. For those who haven't heard much or seen much of it, read on. For those who are familiar with it or own it, please feel free to skip it or if you still wish to read on, of course you may :)

Now, when I saw pictures of this online (before I checked it out in person) I read a lot of mentions about how pocket size it was.

Though due to the fact that it housed 8 eyeshadows, 1 blush, 1 bronzer and 1 lipgloss, I was wondering how small could that be?

In truth, it is small. Very small. But it's a good sort of small for the purpose that they are marketing it for.

Here's a comparison to my iPhone, which looks even bigger than the pocket palette! Though the pocket palette has more height to it compared to my phone.

The priority of this product is how handy and appropriate for travel it is. I have seen a couple of travel palettes and I have to say, from my own little scope of the world, this is probably one of the handiest that I have seen. It's handy in size, looks cute and carries a good mix of shadows and cheek colors.

While I typically don't fancy powders with my creams I can overlook this just a little. I find the only 'concern' I have is being careful not to accidentally dip my blush brush into the gloss. Oh what a mess that would be...

In case you are wondering the blush and lipgloss drawer 'slides' out so you can lay this out fully on the counter while you are doing your makeup and 'compact' it again once you are done.

In terms of the shadow shades I really like the assortment as these will be able to bring you from neutral and simple looks to slightly more dramatic glammed up ones.

The shadows are soft to the touch, easily blended and have a nice pigmentation. They are on the softer scale of things and aren't intense in an overly pigmented way which could be a good thing for some, a mark down for others.

With daylight

With flash

I tried snapping the blush, bronzer and gloss but I had some issues with twisting my hand so the picture turned out.... off. But here it is anyway.

For a person like me, these shades are good enough for travel since I rarely play with colors abroad and doubt I would spend too long on my morning makeup routine so... easy neutrals it is.

While I personally love the mix I can't speak for everyone, especially color lovers. Though if you do your makeup on-the-go fairly often, like the neutral mix of shades and would love a nifty little palette to carry around, this looks pretty ideal!

Price-wise this is rather decent too for all the items you are getting. Granted the quantity of it is smaller to cater to being travel friendly (eyeshadows 0.92g each, blush and bronzer 2.71g each, lipgloss 0.74g), I think this could still last a decent amount of uses and travels!

This retails for S$33 (will confirm again!) at all Sephora outlets.

Disclosure:
Products were provided to me for review consideration.
I am not affiliated to them and all opinions expressed are my own.

Some days, some very unfortunate days, my right eyelid decides to be an annoying little bugger and refuse to co-operate. How? By thinking "hey, I want to be like a monolid" and then folding in on itself.

It then becomes this super hooded lid and at one glance it appears like I have one double eyelid and one monolid. Super peeving!

The best way to deal with this, makeup-wise, is to throw on a dark shade all over the lids and then blend it lighter towards the crease. It's the most 'whatever' method and it works if I don't wish to spend time blending and correcting my usual outer-v method to fit both eye shapes.

The outcome? Well, it ends up looking a little something like this...

Look!

With the odd eyelid fold, the lashes on the right eye (your left) appear more prominent and obvious than the other. Pfft!

Products Used:

BROW / FACE
SANA New Born Lasting W Brow in LB3
Leaders Clinic Medieu Sun Cream
Lancôme Maqui Miracle Compact (Crystal)

EYES
Make Up For Ever Eye Primer
Too Faced Glamour To Go Pocket Palette
28 Color Palette
CLIO Professional Brush Liner in Black
MAC Powerpoint Liner in Engraved
Dollywink Volume Mascara

CHEEKS
LA Girl blush in Nectar

LIPS
Savoir Faire Cosmetics Lipstick in Miss You

Highlighted products were provided by companies/distributors,
I was not obliged to use/feature them in LOTDs.

I have no idea why my hair looks super ultra volumized there but that pouffy-ness makes it look like I hopped out of some 80s television sitcom.

While I love how my hair looks in person, I'm actually trying to get used to how it photographs. Who knew that a slight shift in my parting would make my face seem different on camera, at least in terms of framing and whatnot. I don't know if I am just scrutinizing myself too much but I'm trying, once again, to find that almost fail-proof angle that I can rely on when snapping pictures.

That aside, I dug out the Too Faced Glamour-to-go pocket palette to use with this look! More about this palette in future. For now, here's a what goes where:

Shade 01 - Focus color near the lashline, blend out to the crease
Shade 02 - Blend along the crease, mainly the inner corner
Shade 03 - Blend lightly along the outer corner (couldn't escape my habit)
Shade 04 - Blend out harshlines along the crease
Shade 05 - Highlight!

Tada, really simple look and while I wouldn't call it my lazy look since it does require some blending and evening out on both sides, it's still rather quick to throw on.

I still love my neutrals but due to my darn lid issue I'm really trying to perfect the whole dark-along-lashline and blended out near the crease sort of look.

Do you wear that sort of look regularly? Any tips on how to best blend the shades or lay them down?

Thanks for reading, hope your weekend is going fab!