Makeup Monday: Liquid Liner

Saturday night was a night for awesome celebrations-two of our closest friends here in MN had birthdays this week and to celebrate we went to the Gasthof in Minneapolis! 

 Right before no spend 2012 I ordered a bunch of goodies from elf, including a black liquid liner-  scary x 5,000.  I've used it a few times now and decided that I'd really go for it and do a makeup Monday around it!

I always do my eye makeup last, I know a lot of people do eye makeup first but for me, it just works best last?!  I used Benefit Porefessional (yes I gave it a second try)  and e.l.f. Essential Eyelid Primer (which is just as good as Urban Decay's primer potion IMO...and only $1...ELF also doesn't test on animals).  Next I applied the green shade of e.l.f. Studio Corrective Concealer under my nose to reduce redness, on any blemishes, and used the lighter cream color under my eyes.  The palate itself is $3, it comes with a brush but since I have my own concealer brush (e.l.f. Essential Concealer Brush) I like to use it!  Next I applied my time balm foundation using my e.l.f. Essential Foundation Brush.  I like to keep my foundation use to a minimum so I sweep a light line on each cheek, under my nose, and on my chin.

Then I apply Urban Decay's tinted moisturizer to my entire face, starting on each side of my nose on my cheek and working out from there.  I usually add a dab at a time until I build up enough coverage!  The last step in my face routine is to add a bit of bronzer- I used my trusty old Stila Bronzer (I've been informed that this shade: stila sun highlighter shade 2 is the equivalent).  I like to use a big fluffy face brush like my e.l.f. Essential Powder Brush because the color goes on lightly...I'm pale, it's not like I'm trying to pretend I don't live in MN where I barely see the sun for 20 minutes a day right now...eww...is winter over yet?!

For my eyes I used Too Faced's Smokey Eye Palate's natural smokey eye shades.  I applied the lightest along my brow using the e.l.f. Essential Defining Eye Brush , the middle shade over my entire lid using 
the e.l.f. Essential Eye Shadow Brush and just up past the crease and finally added just a hint of the darkest color (a shimmery brown) to the crease using the e.l.f. Essential Eye Crease Brush.  

Finally, I added Korres kohl liner in white to the inner rim of my bottom lid.  I lightly blended it using The e.l.f. essentials sponge smudge brush.  

Then it was time to suck it up and attempt to use an entirely liquid liner... I used 
e.l.f. Essential Liquid Eyeliner in black.  The first thing I did was establish 2 lines-one all along my lashes, the other was the bottom half of the wing.  I then slowly but surely kept adding a little more liner until I felt I had a general thickness and wing to start to connect the two.  Once I felt like I had a general line I liked I fully connected the two lines.

Because I wanted the wing to extend out from the corner of my eye, not just go out from it, there essentially was an odd gap between the two, I momentarily panicked but realized I just needed to create a thicker line on the curved part of my eyelid. 

To finish it off, I used Urban Decay's 24/7 liner in zero along my lashes and then added a few coats of Maybelline Falsies Flared Mascara.

PS Who watched The Walking Dead last night?!  I've been a little disappointed with the lack of zombies this season and oh man, did they make up for lost time.  The zombie in the car window = all kinds of amazing.  They restored my faith!