This One-Trick Pony Broke Away From Browns Today and Swapped Them for Mauve #FOTD

I have a horrible habit of only wearing browny/goldy/bronzey eyeshadow.

I’m kind of a one-trick pony when it comes to that.

But it’s good to break out of your routine every now and then, so I decided to try using some mauve and taupe shades, and I loved it!

Obviously, I’ve used mauve and taupe before, but I just forgot how pretty they can look! I was super happy with how this look turned out, so I thought I would document it and share the products I used.

NARS Sheer Glow Foundation has crawled its way back into my heart. I always do this — I rediscover things and wonder why on earth I ever stopped using them! Sheer Glow gives such a flawless look to the skin without looking like heavy makeup.

Under my eyes, I used Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer, of course, because it’s the only concealer I ever use these days. It’s literally the best concealer I’ve ever used.

I’m pretty sure I’ve blabbed about it a lot before, so I’ll keep it short today. It’s lightweight, lovely and covers everything I need it to without going cakey. I use it to conceal under my eyes and to highlight my cheekbones, nose, chin and center of my forehead.

Because I am so ghostly white at the moment, bronzer is a definite necessity to keep me from looking dead these days. There’s a lot of bronzers that I love to use, but Benefit Hoola has to be one of my favorites. I love that its matte and pigmented and adds natural-looking color to the skin. I dust it all over the high points of my face with a big fluffy brush to mimic a tan, and I also contour a little with it as well.

All of you listen up! — there is no reason that you should not own Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso. It’s uh-may-zing. The color is perfect, and so is the glowy finish. It goes on smoothly and looks like a dream.

When my mom asked for a blush recommendation, this is the one I got for her. I think it looks fresh and perfect on everyone! For this look I dusted it on the apples of my cheeks and back towards my temples to brighten everything up a bit.

I’ve been going a little highlighter crazy lately because I’m one of those people who loves to look like she’s bathed in highlighter. My favorite products for doing that have been anything from Becca. Today I used Becca’s Champagne Pop. It’s a gorgeous champagne color (obviously) with golden undertones. I used a fan brush to dust it all over the tops of my cheekbones and pretty much the rest of my face as well.

Like I mentioned at the start, today’s eyes were all about mauves and taupes for me, so I decided to go with my well-loved Lorac Pro Palette.

Using a blending brush, I buffed the shade called Mauve all over my lid and up into my crease, and I went in with several layers to make sure everything was blended and opaque.

Next, using the same brush, I put Pewter on the outer half of the lid and into the outer corners, and also buffed it into the lower lashline. That’s all I did, and I think it turned out to be a super pretty eye look! Obviously, I also added winged liner, because it wouldn’t be a normal day if I hadn’t!

Since letting my eyelash extensions fall out, I’ve been having some fun playing around with mascara again. My champion mascara has been Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara, which was brought back out. It’s just so great at giving you massive lashes without any clumping.

Because it’s sort of a shock going from eyelash extensions back to your normal lashes, I also put on some individual false lashes, so I didn’t feel quite as sad about it.

I’m glad I tried something new today. It put me back in the mood to play around more with my makeup! So long, makeup rut!

I’m curious, what’s your favorite eyeshadow palette? I have a bunch already, but I’m starting to feel that itch for something new!