Falsies!

Falsies...everybody's familiar with that slang term in the makeup world, right? Maybe not, who knows. For any of you that are not familiar with it, falsies are what people refer to as false lashes.

Now I don't know about many of you but anytime I've ever heard someone talk about falsies or even apply them, it always sounds like it's as difficult of a task as brain surgery. That may be a slight exaggeration, but that's what it seems like. Because of this, false lashes have always just been something that didn't interest me and were something I chose not to spend my money on. But that has now all changed...

Two months ago when I received my February Ipsy bag I was sent a pair of false lashes and while I thought they were cool I didn't think it would be something I would use, so they were just tossed to the side. It was also partially due to the fact that since I had never bought falsies I had no glue to apply them.

However, this changed last night as I was browsing my makeup stash and discovered that the falsies were accompanied with lash glue! So now I had no excuse not to try them. I knew I had nothing left to do for the night and no where to go, so I thought what the heck, I'll give them a try!

What do you think?
Let me add this disclaimer: my makeup was not done up for this picture. I had not done my makeup until earlier in the morning when I was getting ready for school and this was the result of it at the end of the night. 

Shockingly enough, these were very easy to apply and far from any type of brain surgery. I also really liked the look of them.

While these are not falsies that I would say are "appropriate" for everyday use, they are a pair that I would wear for a night out. My hope now is to be on the search for more natural looking ones, which should be a fairly easy task since almost all of my beauty bloggers mention them in every YouTube video they publish.

So, the good thing is I love them and they're easy to apply. The bad thing, I may have found a new addiction that will just be added to my makeup drawer filled with more makeup than I will ever need!

Radiant Orchid

Everybody's heard of Pantone's color of the year, right? Maybe not. I know I hadn't heard of it until the very end of 2013 and then heard about it again when the 2014 color, Radiant Orchid, was introduced.

After looking through Pantone's previous colors of the year I thought that this would be one of the ones that would be a little easier to wear. So I went right to my bathroom and created the look below.

Let me first start by saying that I am in no way shape or form a professional photography or a professional make up artist. Doing makeup has always come very natural to me and I find it to be a hobby of mine. As far as photographing it, I will almost always snap a quick shot with my iPhone and put an assortment of photos together with Instapic.

To get this look I first applied a concealer all over my lid to act as a primer. Then I went in with a light pink shade all over my lid. I stayed away from anything too bright so that it would be easy to wear. To add definition I went in with a purple shade mainly in my crease with a little extra in the outer corner, but not much. To finish I added some black liquid liner on my top lash line that gets gradually thicker as it reaches the outer part of my eye and then lined my bottom lash line with white liner to open up my eyes more. As a last touch I blended a mix of the pink/purple and added it below my lash line as a subtle pop of color and completed the look with a couple layers of mascara.

Although this may not be something I would wear everyday to the office, it is something that you could definitely get away with wearing during the day and is something that could easily be made more bold to wear on a night out.



PRODUCTS USED:
*Concealer (used as primer) - Rimmell: Hide the Blemish Concealer
*Pink and purple eyeshadow - Elf pallet
*Black liquid eyeliner - Loreal Telescopic Liquid Eyeliner
*White eyeliner - L.A. Colors Jumbo Pencil
*Black mascara (first layer) - Loreal Voluminous Million Lashes
*Black mascara (second layer) - Maybelline: The Rocket
I created this look several weeks ago and am unable to remember the exact brushes used. For future looks I will be sure to include those in the list of products used.