You know what they say: “Always be prepared…”
…to walk a red carpet with rock stars. 🙂
Because seriously, you never know.
In the event you find yourself alongside the left shark Katy P. as her plus one at a fancy awards show, you need a makeup look with an edge, maybe like this sassy red carpet rock-inspired eye with smoked-out purple liner and cool-toned lids.
Here’s a step-by-step in pics (YouTube tutorial coming later this week, and there’s also a giveaway at the bottom of this post). First, I prepped my skin with some products from Olay, then followed that up with lip colors and eye products from Covergirl (all available now at Ulta)
By the way, Ulta shoppers, from now through February 14, 2015, buy any Covergirl product, and get an extra Covergirl product for 50% off! (BOGO 50% off)
A quick step-by-step red carpet rock-inspired makeup look with pops of pink and purple
UPDATE: Come say hi this Thursday night, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. EST on Twitter, and we’ll talk about red carpet looks, among other things…very likely cats (use hashtag #ULTAglam). I hope to see you there!
And now…
YES, BAE! IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!
Thanks to Ulta Beauty and Covergirl, one lucky lady (or gent) will win a $50 Ulta gift card and a prize pack of gorgeous goodies.
7 Ways to Win a $50 Gift Card From Ulta Beauty and $33.96 in Products From Covergirl (Ends Thursday, Feb. 12)
Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. You can read the full terms and conditions there, but here’s the gist of it: the giveaway is open to U.S. readers 18 and up (you must be an adult according to your local laws) and ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on Thursday, February 12, 2015.
One lucky lady or gent will win…
- A $50 Ulta Beauty gift card
- Covergirl Full Lash Bloom Mascara in Black, $7.99
- Covergirl Bombshell Powder Brow + Liner in Black, $8.99
- Covergirl Eyeshadow Quad in Notice Me Nudes, $7.99
- Covergirl Outlast All-Day Lipcolor in Brazen Raisin, $8.99
I hope you enter. Good luck!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Join me for a Twitter party (use hashtag #ULTAglam) this Thursday night, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. EST, and we’ll talk about red carpet looks…and probably also cats. 🙂
Holy crap, I love this look!
You look so good! The best kind of pizza is either thin crust pepperoni or bbq chicken pizza! Yum!
I love the nudes palette. Very pretty option at a cheap price.
i was born during the year of the tiger!
Hell’s Kitchen in Manitou Springs, CO makes THE best pizza.
Very pretty. I wonder how the quality of these eyeshadows is, they sure look nice! And your hair looks gorgeous in this last picture!
That lip combo is FABULOUS
Love this look!
I’m so bad at styling hair that when my hair dryer broke on a trip to South America 4 years ago(darned voltage conversions!) I didn’t replace it for…like 6 months. And even now it is rare that I even blow dry it. I suffer from serious hair laziness. If a hair style can’t be achieved with beach spray and a claw clip it is beyond me.
I love how wonderful your skin looks!
On a scale of 1 to 10, my hairstyling is 1….I just let it airdry! Thank you for this giveaway 🙂
It’s not letting me enter the giveaway
Pick me!!!
1980 = Monkey!
Wow! That looks great! thanks for the giveaway!
My hairstyling skills are somewhere between 6-8. I can do many different braids but I’m not the best with heat styling tools
Best eye cream? It’s a toss-up between Dermadoctor Wrinkle Revenge & Clinique Superdefense age defense eye cream in SPF 20 . . .
Your eyes look absolutely gorgeous in the pictures! It makes me feel like getting dressed up and going out for a night on the town just to step up my makeup!
Gorgeous!
Fingers crossed to win!
The cat enclosure at my house is pretty awesome. It is made out of cardboard bits and boxes.. and has secret entrances and flaps and toys.
(http://instagram.com/p/ypnoXaDB4x/)
I make home made pizza at least once a week! we love pizza at our house!!
I’m really digging the look, especially the lip color!
Gorgeous lip color, Karen.
My birthstone is the Ruby.
Giovanni’s in San Diego makes the best pizza!
I’m a Sagittarius, late November, so my birthstone is topaz. I love the gorgeous golden brown shades that the stone comes in, plus the color reminds me of cat eyes!
I’ve been using the regenetist micro sculpting cream for a while now, and I love it, like most of their products. The luminous line is also fantastic. For an eye cream though, I grab my Roc, for the retinol. I’ve been curious to try the full lash bloom mascara, but it might just be because of the cheery pink packaging!
Love the look.
I make the best pizza! You know why??? Cause MY pizza is COVERED WITH ONIONS!!!!! YUM!
Wow Karen!! You look amazing! I’m impressed that you could create such a great look from Cover Girl products!
My Chinese zodiac is the ox. Very loyal but stubborn 🙂
Those Covergirl eyeshadow quads remind me of the Maybelline ones.
Wow you look great! How’s the brow product?
my birthstone is aquamarine
Year of the Rooster baby right here. Love the look!
My birthstone is the Diamond because I was born in the month of April. I sure love your love! The colors all go together!
Love this look!! My cats prefer empty beer boxes to kitty condo’s. 12 pack of bottles boxes are their fav 🙂
The best pizza is Dominos thin crust pineapple and bacon!
I need to win so bad! My ulta addiction is out of control!
That 1/2 time show was pretty awesome. I think it was the best I’ve seen so far. That lion was really cool.
I’m ready for this weather to heat back up!
Olay makes some of the best skincare products out there!!
best eye cream is by clinique!
My birthstone is a pearl or alexandrite. I really wish it was opal though.
According to the Chinese Zodiac, I was born in the year of the Snake.
I love that eyeshadow quad! So pretty and nothing I ever would have looked twice at!
Garnet is my birthstone. Not very exciting but that’s okay.
on a scale of 1-10 I think my hairstyling skills are maybe a 6. =(
Totally love the look of the new Cover Girl eyeshadows. Definitely on my list when there is a BOGO 50%off deal. There is one that has a good color that looks really interesting.
Papa ginos makes the best pizza.
My Dad makes the best pizza.
I make the best pizza!
I’m kind of an eye cream whore. I’m using Clinique’s all about eyes rich right now as well as Mario Badascu’s one with hylauranic acid but I always come back to Tarte’s maracuja cream. It’s nice and emollient but absorbs completely.
Thanks for the contest.
My hairstyling skills are like a -2. If I couldn’t straighten my hair, I’d probably be bald. Seriously so lacking. Lol.
Love your hair 🙂
My hairstyling skills are pretty mediocre, a 4 out of 10 at best. I’ve never figured out how to do an “updo” right.
while I think my makeup skills are pretty decent, my hair styling is limited to brushing it and basic ponytails. I don’t even dry it unless I’m visiting a place where the temps are below freezing.
I’ll take your perfect skin and a side of lip lava for $1000 Alex!!!
ruby is my birthstone…and I accidentally put down the wrong email address that I get the newsletter at, and the rafflecopter thingie isn’t letting me correct it. Is that ok? I don’t want to re subscribe and get the newsletter twice!
Ciro’s makes the best pizza in our area.
Love this look!
Loving the eyeshadow!
My chinese Zodiac is the Rabbit, which I love, feel like it describes me a lot better than Scorpio.
I’ve also just met this great tabby, woke up to her sitting on my chest ready to snuggle. She laid there for 30 minutes just purring at me, I’m contemplating ‘borrowing’ her from my friend:)
I love Cover Girl – the scent is so makeup-y I just love to breathe it!
I haven’t used CG products in a while, but I sure wouldn’t mind trying these. And there’s always something on my shopping list at ULTA…currently LORAC unzipped cheek palette…would love to see your review on this one Karen 🙂
My birthstone is topaz, which I’m not a big fan of. But hey what can you do?
A’s Pizza in Canyon Lake, CA makes the best pizza!
I am curious about the brow powder liner. Need to track that down!
Aquamarine
my husband makes the best pizza, he does all the cooking.
MY GF and I make the best pizza– we make Hawaiian pizzas.
best pizza? lou malnati’s sausage deep dish —
thanks for the opp to win this great prize.
Olay is awesome!
Lou Malnati’s makes the best deep dish pizza!
I bought some sunscreen at ULTA last night and loved trying out all of the eyeliner and eyeshadow testers. I found some great stuff that is on my wish list now.
I’m a goat in the Chinese Zodiac, and my birthstone is Amethyst. As a matter of fact, I’m turning 48 in 2 weeks. Oh boy!! By the way, I love that CoverGirl Lip Lava!! Very pretty!!
February is my birthday month, so Amethyst is my birthstone!
Wish I could figure out how to use eyeliner!! Have tried several different brands and still look like a clown!
My birthstone is a garnet
My hair styling skills are at a comfortable 4. Thank God for youtube!!!!!!
My birthday is this month,would love to win for an awesome present for myself
The best eye cream IMO is the Tarte Maracuja eye cream & Indie Lee eye balm. The absolute worst was the one from Neutrogena with the retinol. It made my fine lines worse!!!
I am in love with this look!! My birthstone is Ruby(:
My birthstone is opal, which I’m kinda “eh” about.
My birthstone is Peridot, which is for August, so I am a LEO!
Opal is my birthstone. I love the variety of the stones.
BACON CHEESE STUFFED CRUSTTTTTT
Dominos makes the best pizza!
I love Pizza! Even bad pizza is still pretty good with a beer 🙂
My son-in-law makes the best pizza.
The year of the dragon.
I’m obsessed with ole henriksen’s night time eye gel. My dark circles are almost completely gone. it hasn’t helped much with fine lines, but I had very dark circles and it has been a huge transformation.
My Birthstone is Aquamarine.
Love your blog!
My birthstone is sapphire
I’m in the year of the dragon!
On a scale of 1-10 I would you rate my hairstyling skills at a 2 (I’m pretty bad with anything hair-related)! :/
This may sound pretentious, but I make the best pizza I’ve ever had! All my friends and family agree!
karen! you make this look too easy! i need to practice eyeshadow more! 🙂
I’m a Leo (peridot ),my Chinese zodiac us a Tiger and that represents Valor. I’m vegan so my pizzas are homemade. I’m a crazy cat girl with 7 ‘kids’ and I’ve seen some dream houses on Pinterest devoted entirely to cats (super jealous but happy for those kitties). I also love your look you created – awesome eyes!
My birth stone is topaz!
I have terrible hair styling skills
My mom makes the best pizza! Ruby and I feel comfortable styling my hair but nothing fancy..probably give myself a 6
I’m a Pisces – the Aquamarine. 🙂
That lipgloss looks great!
The coolest cat condo/enclosure I’ve ever seen is and entire house turned into a cat amusement park! High shelves to climb on, holes in walls so cats can come and go through rooms, etc. Someday I’ll do it for my 4 cats!
My birthstone is Citrine!
I love the Lip Lava color! I’ve been wanting to try those.
I love feta cheese, spinach, pepperoni and mushrooms on my pizza.. i think i will make one tonight lol
Being born in the year 1990 makes me a horse and by birthstone is Sapphire.
My hair styling skills are a 1. I only wear my hair in a ponytail or down. I even shave my husband and son’s heads because I am not hair savvy – so glad I didn’t have a girl
My birthstone is Emerald!
According to the Chinese Zodiac, I was born in the year of the monkey.
Wow I like the look you have on in this post! I was born in the year of the horse!
This is such a great giveaway!
Aquamarine!
Papa Murphy’s pizza!
And I got a free sample of that Covergirl Outlast, although it’s not that same color. I’ll have to give it a try.
First of all I love the purple smokey look. So nice.
And secondly I make the best pizza. A Multigrain crust with fresh tomato, basil and cheese.
My birthstone is Topaz!
I love this look. And I need those eyeshadow quads!
On a scale of 1-10, I’m about a 3 when it comes to hairstyling skills. It makes me so sad! Also, I was born in the year of the Cock (1981).
I love papa johns, but I need to try the new pizza hut menu.
Red Boy makes the best pizza.
I was born on the year of the horse.
You look amazing girl! I seriously need to get a good cat climbing/enclosure thingy for Mistress Pickle Puss! Marbles can go outside and play, but little Pickle is still too young and small for all the outside world. They’re just so darned expensive! Maybe I’ll Google how to make one! *Gasping* there’s an idea!!! Oh, and I have two birthstones, I’m a June baby, Pearl and Alexandrite, I love them both 🙂
I was born in the year of the dog!
My birthstone is peridot.
According to the Chinese Zodiac I was born in the year of the OX.
My Chinese zodiac sign is the rabbit too! All my friends are tigers and they always tease me how they’ll eat me… 😮
I’m a rabbit, too!
My birthstone is a sapphire, and my hair-styling skills are probably a 2.
I was born in the year of the ox.
Loving the look you created with these! My favorite new products from Covergirl this spring are the Queen Collection Colorlicious Lip glosses. Check them out!
Emerald is my birth stone!
love ulta, always love your blog articles!
Your makeup looks so pretty; not too much. I love it! I’m a Sagittarian; honest to a fault so you know I am telling you the truth!
I was born in the year of the monkey! Yay for monkeys.
You look fabulous, as always!
So curious about the brow powder!
That lip color looks great on you!
My birthstone is the pearl/moonstone… I’m a June baby and sources can never seem to agree as to what the June birthstone is!
I use to make homemade pizza from scratch and it was pretty good. Im too lazy now lol
You look wonderful, as always!
My birthstone is peridot–I was born in August.
I’m a “snake,” last time I checked.
The leopard print on that D&G palette is gorgeous!
I love your eye looks!
I would rate my hair styling skills about a 5.
I’d like to try that CoverGirl eyebrow powder.
I actually just started using eye cream. Not sure how recent it was, but Ulta & Target finally carry the Boots brand in the US! I started using the Beautiful Skin Rich Hydrating Eye Cream. So far, so good! It really hydrates & is gentle even when I get it close to my eyes.
My tried and tested eye cream has always been Philosophy’s Hope in a Tube. It’s a simple, glycerin and vitamin based formula but it’s pleasantly thick and works well with makeup. 🙂
I like the eye cream from Shiseido.
ha I love your comment suggestions 🙂 These products look absolutely stunning on you and that lip color is beautiful!
Another fun giveaway, thank you!
well this is different then the Sephora giveaways! Thank you so much! I love your blog!
I was born in the year of the piG! Maybe that’s why I like to eat. Ha ha!
Call me childish, but I think Peter Piper has the best pizza. Not gourmet, of course, strictly for pigging out, but yuuummm.
I’ve been loving on the new CG lipsticks and I need to take a closer look at those eye shadow quads
Can’t wait for spring and the nice weather!
I would rate my self a 1, since I will brush and straighten my hair. But that is all I can do. I am terrible at styling my hair.
I’m a topaz
You look Gorgeous Karen!! I love ALL these products
My hair skills is a 2 :/
I wish it as at least a 5.
On a scale of 1-10 my hairstyling skills are a pathetic 3.
I was born in the year of the horse.
2 giveaways in 1 week, happy valentine’s to us from MBB! Haha!
I’m a Taurus and my birthstone is a diamond!
Rocky Rococo’s has the best pizza
My mom’s homemade pizza is the best! Yummy!
Had to laugh about the comment suggestion for hairstyling skills, mine are laughable indeed. Thankfully now it’s long and naturally wavy, so it’s not completely obvious that I put zero effort into it 95% of the time. 😉
I am the year of the Tiger!
My birthstone is aquamarine.
Look at you! So fresh and fancy with the drugstore haul! 🙂
I’m listening to a really good audiobook! Santa Olivia by Jacquline Carey.
The coolest cat condo I’ve seen is one shaped like a giant martini glass!
Very creative use of the eye quads!
My son’s homemade pizza is the best. By far!
Gorgeous look! I’ve been really curious about these palettes, I may have to pick a few up! And I make the best pizza 😉
The coolest cat condo I’ve seen was actually a dog patio. We’re going to make something like that when we get a house if we can.
My hair styling skills are at about a -5. The struggle is real. So very real =)
Tiger here!
love your makeup tutorials, from a fellow Asian
Love this look! It’s just different enough, and I would have never thought to use those colors for a smokey eye.
Love the smokey eye look. It’s something that I definitely want to master in 2015 — one of my beauty resolutions!
My hair skills aren’t the best. I can curl my hair and some hairstyles like braids and buns. But that’s about it.
Love the tutorial! My birthstone is the garnet.
I am a rabbit!
Thanks for the tutorial.
I wanted to enter but I can’t find the rafflecopter widget? I think my work browser is so old that the site isn’t loading properly. Hope I remember to try again from my phone. LOL
Have a great day!
My hair styling skills are around a 2. I have naturally curly curly hair and it pretty much does what it wants even with my many attempts to wrangle it.
Ok on my phone lol. I am a rat, born on the cusp of Aquarius and Pisces. My birthstone is amethyst.
In St. Louis, Imo’s makes the best pizza!!! 🙂
At times drug store products turn out to be amaaaaazzzzzzzziiiiinnnnnnnngggggggggg
Girl! I’m loving that violet quad- I’m such a sucker for purples!
I have to know what you’ve been doing for your skin because it looks amazing! My skin is by no means terrible but I’m always trying to tone down the redness in my cheeks so I can wear blush. Sounds
counterintuitive but I think you know what I mean.
i love ulta!
I love this look! I was born in the year of the Dragon!
I love your look and I love pepperoni pizza!
Your makeup looks fab as always, and I was born in the year of the Tiger!
My favorite pizza topping is pineapple and beef, I just love that combination! ^_^
Pshhh my cat has one of those fancy cat towers with all the bells an whistles. I brought it home really excitedly and figured he would love it. Brought him in to play with it…..he was more interested in the box! That’s cats for you!
Awesome questions! I’d rate my hair styling skills as a 3, mostly because I don’t have the patience or time to be more creative.
Hair skills: 0. Once I tried to curl my hair for a wedding and I had to have my husband do it for me because I was so terrible. My family thought it was very funny!
My hair styling skills are almost nonexistent. My hair is curly and I’m always at a loss as to what to do with it so I don’t do much.
ulta just opened up in my neighborhood!
My birthday is in February so my birthstone is Amethyst
My birthstone is Sapphire.
My birthstone is a diamond:)
On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being awesome beyond belief, how would you rate your hairstyling skills? My ratings would be a
“ONE” 🙁 even after many youtube videos I still suck at it.
According to the Chinese Zodiac, I’m a rooster… Which I thought was a little weird but after reading about it, I think the characteristics suit me!
I’m a March baby, all decked out in aquamarine. 😀
My birthstone is Sapphire. I loved how you did the eye shadow..beautiful!
Papa John’s makes the best pizza every time!
Have been eating a lot of Dominos artisan pizzas!
My hairstyling skills are probably a 3. But I haven’t practiced and I was grown before I ever let my hair grow all one length. Even missy says she couldn’t do anything well the first time that it took practice. Anyway, you do look Red Carpet Ready!!! I love the nude palette you used first, just gorgeous on you. Thanks for this opportunity.
Not that I need any more for my collection, but these eyeshadows look fabulous!!
Zaffiro’s in Milwaukee makes the best pizza ever!!
Our local Ole Piper Inn makes the BEST pizza!!!
I was born the year of the Rooster, and the best pizza comes from New York!
My birthstone is Citrine
My husband and I make the best pizza!
According to the Chinese Zodiac I was born in the year of the Horse, my favorite animal actually. As for the Western Zodiac my sun sign is Virgo and my moon sign is Scorpio.
My birthstone is an emerald, which might have influenced my lifelong love of the color green. 🙂
I love the eye shadows! I will definitely need to find a video about how to apply them.
i love barbeque chciken pizzza
What’s your birthstone? RUBY which I love but the really nice ones are SO expensive. I bought a ruby ring in a antique type setting and although I love the ring, I constantly compare it to my friends ring who has the most gorgeous ruby stone in her ring. It just really stands out and is BEAUTIFUL (I still love MY setting more).
My favorite pie is pecan pie
Love your blog!
70 degrees in Kansas in February – unbelievable! I’m going to be on the patio this afternoon!!
Love your look!!
My husband and I are going to Hawaii for 6 days. We leave in less than 19 days and I cannot wait!!!
Chicago Fire in the Sacramento area has the bessst pizza! I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. YUM!
The best pizza is definitely Pizza Hut with their stuffed crust! I love it! Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Is it okay if my cat is my cat is my Valentine this year? He’s the cutest. 🙂
Emerald!
My favorite birthstone is the diamond.
Pizza luce makes the best pizza!!
Thanks for the makeup tips.
My hair style skills are totally a 2. Which means I can either dry it or let it air dry. Boo.
I love the look you created. That lip color is gorgeous!
My birthstone is Opal.
I love what you did on your eyes!! Your beautiful!
According to the Chinese Zodiac, I was born in the Year of the Pig. Hmmmm. Let’s not share that with anyone.
love that lip lava lippie on ya! <3
Want a great natural moisturizer try Nu Naturals great day and evening lotion!
Paradiso Pizzaria in Washington DC makes the best pizza!
My favorite pizza is thin crust from pizza hut! 🙂
My birthstone is a garnet. 🙂
My birthstone is aquamarine 🙂
Thanks for this Karen!
Nice prize pack!!!
Thank you for doing another giveaway.
My hairstyling skills are a laughable 2, maybe! I’ve always had long, thick hair and never know what to do with it.
I have no hairstyling skills!
I’m a blue zircon baby born in the year of the tiger here 🙂
My hair is really long and heavy and I wear it in a long braid. I wish I had better hair styling skills!
My hair styling skills is a 6. I get my hair cut and colored every six weeks. In between I use a sculpting lotion and lightly blow dry daily. My hair is healthy.
My birthstone is amethyst, born in the year of the dragon, and my hairstyling skills are pathetic!
I have a collection of over 200 nail polishes! My daughter has over 700!…so…between the 2 of us, we have over 900 NAIL POLISHES!!!…LOL! People are starting to call US to see if we have certain colors!
I think I make the best flatbread veggie pizza… and my birthstone is April.. the diamond.
First of all, you are rockin’ that look! I love the Notice Me Nude pallete! It is beautiful! Ok, since we share a love of felines, did you see that guy who spent $50k to make his home an amazing house for all his cats?! It is a bit much, but I’d like to incorporate some of the ideas, like having shelf walkways for them and scratching posts attached to the walls so they can climb up to the walkways. Kinda cool! Here’s the link or you can just go to pet360.com. Enjoy! ~ Pam
http://www.pet360.com/cat/lifestyle/watch-man-turns-home-into-50000-cat-playground/45pV0d5OYEukCH3hRRqHUQ?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=360_ManTurnsHomeInto50KCatPlayground_2_01292015&extcid=SCMTW
I love your comment suggestions.
Best pizza is made by my brother on a Big Green Egg, Incredible!
Hair styling skills -a 3 which is generous.
Not sure what my birth gem is but geminis rock! 🙂
My birth stone is Opal the most beautiful natural stone next to diamonds!! It’s bad luck they say for someone to wear an opal if it isn’t their birthstone!!
I’d like to invite you to follow my new Nail page on Facebook.
Hugs
Classy Claws Nail Blog!!
https://www.facebook.com/ClassyClawsNailBlog?ref=hl
Did you know that honey never spoils? They’ve found jars of honey in Egyptian tombs and it was still edible.
I got a surprise Valentine’s gift today: a Hello Kitty plush doll in a metal pail–also with candy. It was really sweet. 🙂
I love this palette, and the look you put together with it is great! I’ll have to swing in to Walgreens and pick up one to give it a try! Having just started blogging again (specifically with a beauty blog), I’m always on the hunt for new products to try out. I’ve never shopped at Ulta, so between the items in your giveaway and the $50 gift card would definitely help me grab a few things for my first haul and Ulta review! Thanks for the chance 🙂
I love Smashbox eye cream
I love making pizza at home they taste so good we love pepperoni the most and their good made at home
I would rate my hairstyling skills at 4, unfortunately. Updos of any kind are beyond me!
My birthstone is the ruby (July). But I prefer wearing sapphires!
I wish I were more confident about makeup for myself and how to apply it
I can’t wait for the warmer weather! It’s way too cold here!