LTHP Dabbles! My very first #EOTD Post!

Trying new things is always exciting... 

  Exciting and unnerving! I've been working up the courage to post this for a while.... For some months now I had been toying with the idea of featuring more than just nails on LTHP. Now, I know this blog is called Let them have Polish and all but... I'm a girl, and this girl also loves make-up! Make-up and I had a little fight and we stopped talking for a while but that has changed now. I was intimidated by make-up and color but blogging and being exposed to so many talented ladies left me wanting to give make-up a second chance!

  With the encouragement of some lovely ladies in my beauty blog networking groups I started playing with my eye make-up and taking pictures. I'm not great at make-up but that being said... Remember when I first started blogging? I had no idea what I was doing then either so I'm hoping with time and practice my make-up skills will improve as well as my picture taking. Just like I did with my nails. So... Yeah! Here's my first Eye of the day(s) post!

 These are all looks that were done early in the morning right before work. I've been thinking of calling this little experiment " Make-up for the working girl". These are VERY basic looks. I always see AMAZING stuff from makeup gurus like Vintage or Tacky, Nikkietutorials and my awesome friend Miss Phyrra so I figured I could feature some "basic" make up for those of us who are still learning :D...

  I will go ahead and apologize for the blurr in quite a few of these pictures. I'm still getting the hang of photographing my face. Second lame excuse: I'm taking these pics in the morning right before I leave for work so I'm kind of in a rush lol. I did the pictures in the post in "chronological" order and towards the end of the post the pictures become a bit more clear. I really hope you guys like this post. This was a lot of fun to work on and adding new features to LTHP keeps it fun for me :D! I might start posting full face shots soon... Not quite all comfy with that yet.
  I don't really have the time to take notes in the morning of what I am using and where I am placing it but these looks are SO very simple. I don't use high end make up. For the most part I use drugstore make-up. I'm really looking forward to placing some indie orders. I do not use a special primer for my eye shadow (yet). I've been using my Reviva Labs make-up primer on my lid and it seems to work great.

Pink and Coral Look

Upper Lid:

Milani Baked shadow in Golden Touch and Copper Excess
L'oreal HIP Shadow Duo in Flare (Orange shadow)
Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone Palette (Left side crease color)

Lower Lid:
L'oreal HIP Duo in Flare (Orange shadow)
NYX Triple Palette Shadow in Beanie

Eye liner: HIP Black Pencil
Eyebrow: Milani Brow Tint Felt Tip Pen in Deep Brown
Mascara: Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express

Soft Purple and Blue look

Upper Lid

Wet 'n' Wild I'm Feelin' Retro shadow palette. For this look I used the colors as they are labeled on the palette.

Lower Lid
Wet 'n' Wild Petal Pusher Palette (Left side definer shadow)

Upper lid liner: Wet 'n' Wild Black Gel Liner
Lower Waterline liner: L'oreal HIP Navy Blue Pencil
Mascara: Upper Maybelline Colossal, lower Reviva Hypoallergenic Mascara.
Brows: Milani Felt Tip Brow Pen.

Green Gaze Look

Upper Lid:

Wet 'n' Wild I Dream of Greenie palette (Browbone color and eye lid color)

Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone palette (Right side eyelid color)

Lower Lid:

Wet 'n' Wild I Dream of Greenie palette (Crease color)

Eye liner: HIP Black Pencil

Eyebrow: Milani Brow Tint Felt Tip Pen in Deep Brown

Mascara: Upper Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express, Lower Reviva Hypo Mascara. 

Smokey eye with a pop of color look.

Upper Lid:

Wet 'n' Wild Silent Treatment palette used as directed. 

Maybelline Copper Craze

Lower Lid:

L'oreal HIP Duo in Showy (Metallic Teal shade)

Eye liner: HIP Black Pencil

Eyebrow: Milani Brow Tint Felt Tip Pen in Deep Brown

Mascara: Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express, Lower Reviva Hypo Mascara

Pink, Purple and Blue Look

This was a favorite look of mine for this week.

Upper Lid:

NYX Triple Palette in Beanie

L'oreal HIP Shadow Duo in Reckless

Lower Lid:

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk as a base. 

Wet 'n' Wild I'm Feelin Retro palette Crease and Eyelid colors. 

Eye liner: Upper Wet 'n' Wild Black Gel Liner, Lower HIP Navy Blue pencil 

Eyebrow: Milani Brow Tint Felt Tip Pen in Deep Brown

Mascara: Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express

  I think some of my favorite eye looks have been in this color combination. I find that when my eyes have been done up in Pinks, Purples and Corals they pop more.

Golden Candle lit Look

 This was another look I really loved. I love how simple it is, and yet it is so very flattering. I read somewhere that Golden/ Coppery lit looks like this are winners because they give you a healthy candle lit glow. I kept it very low key this day.

Upper Lid:

Revlon Colorstay Shadow Quad in Neutral Khakis

Maybelline Golden Halo

Lower Lid:

Maybelline Golden Halo

Revlon Neutral Khakis Definer color

Eye liner: Upper L'oreal Intense Liquid Pencil Liner in Brown

Eyebrow: Milani Brow Tint Felt Tip Pen in Deep Brown

Mascara: Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express, Lower Reviva Hypo Mascara

I really enjoyed this look. This is perfect for those lazy days!

  I'm sorry I did not take notes of what I used where but as you can see these looks are VERY basic. As I said above: This is my work make-up. If I can do these, anyone can do these :D. I don't use fancy brushes, just a little set I have from EcoTools which gets the job done good enough for me. I realize now just how much I missed playing with makeup. I was intimidated by make-up, I realize now how silly that sounds.

  I really hope you guys enjoyed this post! I had a lot of fun putting it together and working on these looks. How lucky am I that my work is flexible about nails and make-up :D!? The perks of working on the beach....

  Thank you for stopping by and... Um... Be gentle? loool!

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