FOTD Smokey Blues MAC Vex, Copperplate and The Balm Shady Lady Risque Renee Eyeshadows with MAC Sense of Style Kohl Power Liner and MAC High Def Lipstick

Here is a FOTD I played around with before going to work. I wanted to use some of my oldies from MAC and The Balm with the new MAC Kohl Power Liner in Sense of Style from Love Lace. If I wasn’t going to work, I would probably go heavier on the liner to so off the steely blue colour because using this colour thinly and sparingly just doesn’t do it justice!

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer for under eye and imperfections

Urban Decay Shadow Primer Potion for eyeshadow base all over eyelid
MAC eyeshadow in Vex for entire eyelid
The Balm Shady Lady eyeshadow in Risque Renee for outer eye corners
MAC eyeshadow in Copperplate for crease
The Balm Shady Lady eyeshadow in Luscious Lani for brow bone highlight
MAC Kohl Power liner in Sense of Style for upper and lower lash lines
Dior Diorshow Mascara 090 Black for upper lashes
Prescriptives Brow Shaping Kit 02 to fill in brows

Tarte Treasure Chest blush (tier 4) peachy blush 3rd blush
Tarte Treasure Chest (tier 4) Park Avenue Princess Bronzer

MAC Lipstick in High Def for lips

FOTD Have a Shadow Lady Christmas: Classic Golden Eyes and Red Lips

I am so into red lips lately, I am wearing it everyday of the week. Gold eyes and reds are a fool proof classic look for the holidays. I forget how much I love The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadows and MAC Lipstick in Lady Bug. Lady Bug is more vibrant and warmer in real life. It is one my favourite reds!

MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation for under eye area, imperfections and T zone

Benefit Gilded Eye Pencil all over eye lid as eyeshadow base and bring down to lower lash line.

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow in Mischievous Marissa for entire eyelid

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow in Shameless Shana for outer eye corners and bring up to crease

Clinique Colour Surge Eyeshadow duo in Butter Pecan using light cream colour as brow bone highlight.

MAC Fluidline Blacktrack to line upper lash line and winged out

MAC Dazzle Lash Dazzle Black mascara for upper and lower lashes

Prescriptives Brow Shaping Kit 02

Clinique Blushwear Cream Stick in Glow Blush for apple of cheeks

MAC MSF in Global Glow for apple of cheeks to go on top of Clinique Glow Blush

MAC Shape & Sculpt in Accentuate/Scuplt using Accentuate to highlight bridge of nose, tops of cheeks, forehead and cheeks. Use Sculpt to contour hollow of cheeks and sides of nose.

MAC Lipstick (Lustre) in Lady Bug for lips

FOTD Holiday Look: Classic Silvery Smokey Eye with MAC Platinum Pigment, Medusa’s Makeup Mineral Eye Dust Silverado and The Balm Shady Lady Sexy Stacey

A smokey silvery eye with a nude pink glossy lip is very classic and very easy to do. Here is something I whipped up in about 30 minutes. A silvery smokey eye just speaks instant holiday and evening glamour doesn’t it?

MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation mixed with Aveeno Positively Radiant Moisturizer

Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow/Liner in Recess as eyeshadow base

MAC Pigment in Platinum in inner eye corner and lower lash line inner eye corner

Medusa’s Makeup Mineral Eye Dust in Silverado on middle of eye lid

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow in Sexy Stacey for outer eye corner, blended up to crease and lower lash line outer corner

MAC Studio Sculpt Power in Accentuate/Sculpt using Sculpt (brown) blended above crease into Sexy Stacey. Also use Sculpt to contour hollow of cheeks and sides of nose.

MAC Studio Sculpt using Accentuate (peach) to highlight brow bone

Prescriptives Brow Shaping Kit 02 to fill in brows

MAC Kohl Power Liner in Feline for upper and lower lash lines and waterline

MAC Dazzle Lash Mascara in Dazzle Black for upper and lower lashes

Japanese brand false lashes

Tarte Treasure Chest pink highlighter (light pink powder on tier 4) to highlight tops of cheeks, chin and forehead

Tarte Treasure Chest blush brick red colour (4th tier, 4th blush) lightly dusted on cheeks

Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in 76 Ming for lips

FOTD MAC Lotusland, Hepcat, Cooperplate and The Balm Shady Lady Risquee Renee Eyeshadows

Benefit Some Kind of Gorgeous Foundation Faker

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer for under eye and imperfections and set with MAC MSF Natural for T zone

Medusa’s Makeup Stick It! Primer

MAC Lotusland eyeshadow on inner eye corner

MAC Hepcat eyeshadow on middle of lid

The Balm Shady Lady Risque Renee eyeshadow on outer corner

MAC Copperplate eyeshadow on crease and blended above crease

MAC Shroom eyeshadow for brow bone highlight

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack for upper lash line

MAC Pearlglide liner in Russian Black for lower lash line

Rimmel London Glam Eyes Mascara in Glam Black for eyelashes

Japanese False Lashes for upper lash line

MAC MSF in Light Flush for cheeks

Benefit Moonbeam Highligher for highlighting top of cheeks and bridge of nose

MAC Lustreglass Lipgloss in Wonderstruck for lips

For eyes: Medusa’s Makeup Stick It! Primer as base; MAC Lotusland on inner corner; MAC Hepcat on middle of lid; The Balm Risque Renee on outer corner; MAC Cooperplate on crease and blended above; MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack on upper lashes; MAC Pearlglide liner in Russian Black for lower lashes; Rimmel London Glam Eyes Glam Black mascara; and Japanese false lashes.

FOTD MAC Greasepaint Stick B, Medusa’s Makeup Eye Dust Ocean Drive, The Balm Shady Lady Easy Wheezie and MAC Submarine Eyeshadows with MAC Kohl Power Feline Liner

After suffering from the flu for an entire week that my brother kindly passed to me, I am finally feeling better. I can enjoy my Thanksgiving long weekend (I am Canadian BTW) and play with some items that were launched several weeks ago. Finally I got a chance to play around with the B Greasepaint stick. This is probably the bluest eyeshadow look I have ever tried because I find blues a little hard to work with. Please excuse that scaly patch on my right cheek (your left) as I was nursing a pimple there. It looks gross I know!

MAC MSF Loose Foundation on Face

MAC Studio Scuplt Concealer for under eye and imperfections and MAC MSF Natural to set concealer and for T zone

MAC Greasepaint Stick in B all over eyelid and up to crease as eyeshadow base. Use the paint stick on lower lash line as well and smudge out until you get your desired look.

Medusa’s Makeup Eye Dust in Ocean Drive for inner eye lid

The Balm Shady Lady eyeshadow in Easy Wheezie for middle of lid

MAC Submarine eyeshadow for outer lid corner push up lightly into crease and sweep lightly down 1/4 into your lower lash line outer corner.

MAC Copperplate eyeshadow blended above crease to create a gradient of colour

MAC Paint in Sublime Nature for brow bone highlight

MAC Kohl Power Liner in Feline for upper, lower lash lines and on waterline

Maybelline Volum’ Express Turbo Boost Mascara Waterproof in Very Black

Japanese brand faux lashes

Prescriptives Brow Shaping Kit in 02

MAC Honey Highlight Power in Honey Nectar to highlight bridge of nose, tops of cheeks and chin

Alison Raffaele Skin Inner Glow Gel Blush in Witty

Clinque Blushing Blush Powder in Sunset Glow on top of Witty to set

MAC Shape and Sculpt Powder in Accentuate/Sculpt. Using Sculpt (brown) for hollow of cheeks

Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in 76 Ming for lips

For eyes: MAC Greasepaint Stick in B for entire eyelid as base up to crease and line and smudge on to lower lash line; Medusa’s Makeup Eye Dust in Ocean Drive for inner lid; The Balm Shady Lady Easy Wheezie eyeshadow for middle of lid; MAC Submarine eyeshadow for outer lid corner, crease and lower lash line on the 1/4 corner; MAC Copperplate eyeshadow for above crease; MAC Kohl Power Feline liner for upper, lower lash lines and waterline; Maybelline Volum’ Express Mascara in Very Black for lashes; Japanese brand eyelashes and Prescriptives Brow Shaping Kit 02.

Excuse the dry flakes! My skin is a bit dry today!

FOTD Green and Gold Smokey Eye with The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadows in All About Alex, Jealous Jordana and Jet Setting Jennifer

Here is a FOTD green and gold smokey eye I did with mostly The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow Palette.

MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation mixed with equal parts moisturizer

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer for under eye and imperfections and MAC MSF Natural to set

MAC Paint in Bamboom as eyeshadow base

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow in All About Alex on entire lid up to crease

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow in Jealous Jordana on outer V and blended up into crease and lining lower lash line on 3/4 outer corner

MAC Eyeshadow in Go lightly on middle of lid

MAC Eyeshadow in Kid blended above crease

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadow in Jet Setting Jennifer underneath brow bone, inner eye corner and bottom lash line as highlight

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack on upper lash line

MAC Pearlglide Eyeliner in Black Russian for bottom lash line and as close to waterline as possible

Prescriptives Brow Kit in 02

Clinque High Impact mascara in 01 Black

MAC Mineralize Blush in Improvise on cheeks

MAC Dazzleglass Creme Lipgloss in Sublime Nature

For eyes: Prescriptives Brow Kit 02; MAC Paint in Bamboom for base; The Balm All About Alex for entire lid; The Balm Jealous Jordana for outer V, bottom lash line outer 3/4; and on crease; MAC Go eyeshadow gently on middle of lid; MAC Kid eyeshadow for above crease; The Balm Jet Setting Jennifer for brow bone highlight;  inner eye corner highlight; and bottom lash line inner corner; MAC Fluidline Blacktrack for upper lash line; MAC Pearlglide Liner for bottom lash line; Clinque High Impact Mascara 01 Black for lashes.

The Balm Shady Lady Palette Product Pictures and Swatches

From top left to bottom right: Caught in the Act Courtney, Shameless Shana, Luscious Lani, Jealous Jordana, Risque Renee, Curvy Cami, Jet Setting Jennifer, All About Alex and Easy Wheezie

I really like The Balm’s Shady Lady eye shadows, because the texture is very soft, finely milled and the colours are decently pigmented. The packaging is very sleek and does not take a lot of room in my makeup kit. The texture between all the colours in the collection are very consistent. I can see quite a few eye shadow combinations in this palette for looks going from day to night. I have 5/9 eyeshadows in the palette, but I opted to buy the palette instead of individual shadows because of value. Two of these shadows are also new and are not in the existing single eyeshadow collection: Jet Setting Jennifer and Easy Wheezie.  These eye shadows sell for $23.00 CAD and $18.00 USD full sized individually and the palette sells for $46.00 CAD and $38.00 USD.  At the palette price, I think it is a value purchase because it only cost a little over $5.00 CAD per shadow and you get 9 eye shadows.  In contrast to the full size single eye shadows at 3.4 grams of product these are about the same size as MAC at 1.8 grams for each shadow, but you get 17 grams of  eye shadows for less than $50. All of these shadows can be worn wet or dry.  When wet it gives a nice sheer all over colour or for some of the darker colours, it makes a nice eye liner. I did several FOTD with Shady Lady shadows combined with brands, but stay tuned for a FOTD with all Shady Lady shadows.

From to left to bottom right:

From left to right: Caught in the Act Courtney, Shameless Shana, Luscious Lani

Caught in the Act Courtney: This is described as a rich brown with gold sparkle, it has some red undertones to it. The glitter is subtle and I can barely noticed it when I applied it on my eyelids. It is 1 of 2 glittery shades in the palette.  This one initially applies a bit chalky and sheer, but when I as I build the colour up, the chalkiness and sheerness is eliminated.

Shameless Shana: It is deep golden bronzy brown.  It has a metallic sheen to it without, glitter or frost. This colour is one of the most pigmented and applies very buttery smooth. I tried this one as an eyeliner but it comes off too light on my NC 40/NW 35 skin.  I think if you are lighter than a NC 30, this would make a lovely liner colour.

Luscious Lani: A soft, light, icy champagne pink.  This is one of the most lightly pigmented colour in the collection, but with buildable colour.  The texture is very soft and buttery. I like to wear this wet as a brow bone highlight. This would also make a nice wash of all over colour for fair skin girls.

From left to right: Jealous Jordana, Risque Renee, Curvy Cami

Jealous Jordana: This is a shimmery dark emerald green and is very pigmented. I find the colour very similar to MAC Photo Realism Quad in Grey Range.  It is a deep dark green but not as blue and blackened as MAC’s. This can be worn wet as a liner.

Risque Renee: A navy blue with red and blue shimmer that gives off purple undertones. This colour is very multi-facet, depending on what colours you are pairing this with or the light setting the color ranges from gray to blue to purple.  This would be a very lovely liner colour too.  Risque Renee is highly pigmented.

Curvy Cami: This is a frosty pinky plum with flecks of gold glitter.  This is the second shade that is glittery. For some reason their purple eyeshadows are the least pigmented of the bunch.  The texture is also a not as soft as the rest of the Shady Lady shadows. This one swatches very lightly without a primer, but with a primer the colour is easily buildable. Without the primer Curvy Cami is very hard to work with.

From left to right: Jet Setting Jennifer, All About Alex, Easy Wheezie

Jet Setting Jennifer: This is a muted pale gold with gray tones to me and has a shimmery finish to it. This is lightly pigmented with buildable colour and would make an excellent highlighting colour. I think this colour is very similar to MAC Photo Realism quad’s Photo Realism, except this colour is more golden and brighter.

All About Alex: This one swatches as a grayish olive colour with golden shimmer. With the gray tones it almost looks pewter to me but not as silvery. It is close in colour to MAC Photo Realism quad’s Image Maker but All About Alex is more golden and more green while Photo Realism is more gray and muted. This is decently pigmented with buildable colour.

Easy Wheezie: This one shows as a medium gray shimmer without glitter. It also has a icy bluish cast to it.  It is decently pigmented with buildable colour.

The Balm Shady Lady Eyeshadows

Image Credit: Sephora

I really like The Balm’s Shady Lady eyeshadows because their texture is soft and applies buttery smooth and very blendable. Most of them are decently pigmented and have a long staying power. Their packaging are all very cute, nostalgic and cheeky; however, their packaging is paper and it makes cleaning the container impossible when it gets dirty. All their shadows are at least a little bit shimmery and a few have sparkles in it, but still very wearable for daytime. My only complaints about The Shady Lady eyeshadows are that there are only 12 colours in the collection and they lack variety in different finishes.  You can wear any of these shadows dry or wet.  When I wear these wet it gives a sheer and creamy finish. I especially like to wear it wet for brow bone highlight. The shadows are easily buildable for more intense colour.  You can even wear these wet as eyeliner.   These retail at Sephora for $23.00 CAD and $16.00 USD.  They are more expensive than MAC, but you get 3.4 g (0.12 oz) of product for The Balm versus 1.5 g (0.05 oz) for MAC, that is more than double the product.  Below are my haul of colours along with colour swatches and descriptions.  Stay tuned for a FOTD with The Balm eyeshadows.

I have had these for a while, so they are not as clean and pristine as they could be. Please note that The Balm does not sell individual palette form shadows.  The shadows in the individual palettes used to be testers.

My own haul:

Above Luscious Lani

Luscious Lani: A soft, light, icy champagne pink.  This is one of the most lightly pigmented colour in the collection.  I like to wear this wet as a brow bone highlight. This would also make a nice wash of all over colour for fair skin girls.

Above: Just This Once Jamie

Just This Once Jamie: This is a shimmery light dusty lilac and swatches very sheer and light.  This colour is the lightest in pigmentation but goes on smoothly.  I think you would be able to build up the colour. I would highly recommend a primer for this colour.

Above: Curvy Cami

Curvy Cami: This is a pinky plum with flecks of gold glitter.  For some reason their purple eyeshadows are the least pigmented of the bunch.  The texture is also a not as soft as the rest of the Shady Lady shadows. This one swatches very lightly without a primer, but with a primer the colour is easily buildable. I highly suggest a primer for this colour.

Above: Mischievous Marissa

Mischievous Marissa: This is a golden apricot colour and is very pigmented.  It has a nice sheen to it without being shimmery or frosty or glittery.  This is one of my favourite all over lid colours and I used to wear it all the time when I first purchased it.

Above Racy Kacy

Racy Kacy: A deep pinkish bronze with a light shimmer.  This colour is very pigmented.

Above Shameless Shana

Shameless Shana: A deep golden bronzy brown.  It has a metallic sheen to it without, glitter or frost. This colour is one of the most pigmented.  I tried this one as an eyeliner but it comes off too light on my NC 40/NW 35 skin.  I think if you are lighter than a NC 30, this would make a lovely liner colour.

Above Jealous Jordana

Jealous Jordana: This is a shimmery dark emerald green and  it is very pigmented. Unfortunately, it looks really washed out in this picture, but the colour is very similar to MAC Photo Realism Quad’s Gray Range colour: the deep dark green, except that Jealous Jordan has less blue tones and looks less blackened.  I think this would make a very lovely liner colour when worn wet.

Above Risque Renee

Risque Renee: A navy blue with red and blue shimmer that gives off purple undertones. This colour is very multi-facet, depending on what colours you are pairing this with or the light setting the color ranges from gray to blue to purple.  This would be a very lovely liner colour too.

Above Sexy Stacey

Sexy Stacey: A deep gun metal gray with shimmer.  In the pan this looks like it has a bluish cast to it but when swatched it is a deep shimmery gray, which is perfect for smokey eye. I like to use this on the outer V of my eyes.  This is the most pigmented colour and I would use a light hand if I am to use it in the daytime.  This could double as a eyeliner.

From left to right: Jealous Jordana, Risque Renee, Sexy Stacey

From left to right: Mischievous Marissa, Racy Kacy, Shameless Shana

From left to right: Luscious Lani, Just This Once Jamie, Curvy Cami

Unfortunately the pinks and purples are the hardest to capture on film.  I tried my best!