Pass the Wine (Look of the Day)

I'm attempting to come up with witty names for my face of the day posts.  Probably a bad idea.  The "wine" I'm referring to is the shade "Sangria" from the Anastasia Tamanna Palette I used today.

Mulberry Nails and Look of the Day

There are times when I like being all match-y match-y with my makeup.  But instead of doing the traditional match-y match-y thing with my lips and nails, I decided to try to match my nails to my eyeshadow.

Butter London's Queen Vic is a wonderful berry shade that seems like a rather fall friendly color to me, and it's the shade I wanted to wear on my eyes, too.

Butter London Nain Lacquer in Queen Vic (sunlight)

So, the shadow I used doesn't match the nail color perfectly, but I liked the result nonetheless.

I used: from the Sephora Color Anthology Palette
                    --- berry purple on the moving lid
                    --- warm shimmery brown in the crease
                    --- light matte peach above the crease to blend out the brown
                    --- matte cream under the brow and inner corner

       
          Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in 1999
          Physicians Formula Eye Booster liquid eyeliner in Ultra Black
          Maybelline Full 'N Soft Mascara

from left: Sephora shadows, Urban Decay 1999 24/7 liner

Cheeks: Milani Baked Powder Blush in Berry Amore

Lips: NARS Lipstick in Dolce Vita

from left: Milani Berry Amore Baked Blush, NARS Dolce Vita lipstick

And then, later in the day, I decided to put on a berry lipgloss (MAKE UP FOR EVER lipgloss that was discontinued ages ago) just for the heck of it.

I think I look paler in this photo because I'm shiny and reflective (I didn't remember to reapply powder before I took it.)

The Sephora Color Anthology Palette was available around the holidays last year, but I snagged it on sale in the spring.  I noticed that Ulta has a palette on their website (by Beauty Gems) that looks exactly like it.  I suspect it is actually the same palette but without the Sephora nameplate on the front.

Earworm of the day: Lady Gaga's "Applause" -- it's on my workout playlist, and today it just stuck afterward.

Fall Favorites: Lipsticks

It's officially the first day of autumn!  Fall always feels like lipstick time to me, so I'm wrapping up my "fall favorites"  series (I should have named it "colors I plan on wearing" or something) with lipsticks (or tinted balms, as the case may be).  My favorite lip colors for autumn tend to be berries and nudes.  I don't wear dark lip colors, but I do think deep, vampy lips in the fall are really cool.

MAKE UP FOR EVER Rouge Artist Natural Lipstick in N1---light, pearly nude

Lipstick Queen Jean Queen Lipstick--rosy, berry pink

Clinique Chubby Stick in Super Strawberry--sheer berry pink

Pur Minerals Mineral Shea Butter Lipstick in Golden Zincite--shimmery warm slightly reddish pink (it looks warmer on the lips due to the golden shimmer)

Revlon Lip Butter in Berry Smoothie--deep berry



from left:  MAKE UP FOR EVER N1, Lipstick Queen Jean Queen, Clinique Super Strawberry Chubby Stick, Pur Minerals Golden Zincite, Revlon Berry Smoothie Lip Butter

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I didn't realize how similar color-wise a couple of those lippies are (Lipstick Queen Jean Queen and Revlon Berry Smoothie Lip Butter... and maybe even the Clinique Super Strawberry Chubby Stick).  I've never thought of them as dupes, but they look awfully close.

What are your favorite lip colors for fall?