Day 4 - 14 Nov 2011 - Maybelline Eye Studio Quad Eyeshadow in New York Nights

Phewww...that's a long title...

Well hello there :)
Yeah I know I cheated a bit by skipping the previous 2 days, which happened to be weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Reason was I was so busy with personal errands that required me to walk several hours under direct sun so I wasn't really up to putting impressive eye looks. I simply put on moisturizer, sunblock, two way cake powder, and light brushes of blush. Although on Sunday I put on some Bobbi Brown Metallic Long wear cream shadow, I didn't feel it was decent enough to be featured here. So yeah...

Sadly, today I woke up with sores and aching muscles all over my body. Perhaps because of the extensive walking I did in the previous 2 days. So I wasn't feeling too excited about making up my face. Also, I had trouble picking which clothes to be worn (don't we all...the worst was it's Monday too...*sigh*). I'm going to a fashion show tonight (got free invitations from Fashionese Daily) so I should be feeling excited. Problem is the dresscode is "You and Culture". Freely translated, I would just go for some simple dress with batik shawl or scarf. But the 2 batik shawls I have are both too long and I can't find matching dress for the colors. I ended up throwing on a beige blazer, brown tank top and brown embroidered skirt which patterns resemble batik pattern. Plus a statement necklace.

Since the fashion show will be held during night time, I wanted to look a bit sophisticated, which translated into smokey eyes look for me. Yeah I know last Friday I already featured smokey eyes, but please spare me ok...Like I said I was not feeling well this morning and I didn't have much time to make impressive smokey eyes look, so I went with the quickest shade : Grey. (grey again...*sigh*)

 This time I used the Maybelline Eye Studio Quad Eyeshadow in New York Nights shade. I'm sorry to not providing the link, I think Maybelline has discontinued it and replaced with new similar product but different packaging (and perhaps formula too). You can try to replace it with this Maybelline Eye Studio Color Plush in Sapphire Siren 20, the only type that has a grey (or black?) color among its 4 colors.

So, I used the dark grey one in the New York Nights quad. I don't put picture here since I forgot to snapshot it, and I don't want to use picture I found in the internet due to possibility of copyright issue.
I only use single color the grey on my whole lower lids. Actually I planned to pat on some Bobbi's Metallic creamshadow in Black Pearl, but eventually I didn't, because I don't want to put too much sparks on the look, and left it plain simple dark grey.

Have a look...

First Look

Look Down

Side View

Complete Look

 Yeah I know it is very similar from the last Friday's look when I used the Benefit Creaseless Creamshadow in Strut. But if you look at the lids closely, Strut is more sheeny, and gives a more metallic look (not to mention the lasting power and creaseless feat), while Maybelline has more sheer look and would not look like in the above pictures without the super performing Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion underneath. On some other budget-friendly eyeshadows, UDPP transforms them into vibrant colored long lasting non creasing shadows. On Maybelline, the result is just so-so, if not standard. It just helps the lasting power and non-creasing. Reason why I've not touched the quad for a long long time. Actually I think it's almost, if not yet already, expired. But I just don't have the heart to throw it away yet. Don't do this, really, it's not healthy for your eyelids and skins around eyes, especially if you have sensitive eyes and skins. I'm quite lucky my eyes and skin are quite cooperative *crossing fingers*.

So, I'm actually excited about tonight's fashion show. Maybe I'll snap some photos and share them here tomorrow, or in coming few days. Won't promise, though :p It's just I'm starting to feeling more and more unwell, like I'm going to catch cold or sore throat. I just hope I will stay quite well tonight to enjoy the show...

See you tomorrow :)

Products Used :
- Viva brow pencil
- Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
- Maybelline Eye Studio Quad Eyeshadow
- Maybelline Eye Studio - Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner - 01 Black
- Revlon quad shadow - Midnight Mauve
- Max Factor - False Lash Effect mascara
- Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer  - Sand
- Borjouis Healthy Mix Serum Foundation - No. 52
- Revlon Loose Powder - Creamy Ivory
- Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
- The Body Shop lipstick

- NARS blush - Orgasm
- NARS highligh blush - Albatross