Lorac Pro Palette:Super Easy Sexy Smokey Brown and Every Day Neutral look

I am going to try and do a smokey plus everyday(neutral) look for all four of the palettes that I ranked in my previous post.

Here are my two looks for the Lorac Pro Palette:

 Smokey Brown:

1. Sable on the lid

2. Taupe on the Crease

3. Espresso +Black to make a "V" on the outer corner of the lid

4. Pewter on the center of the lid 

5. Lt Bronze on the inner corner

The second look is an everyday pinkey-neutral look, which I absolutely love, because it always turns out good and is pink and girly without looking too flashy.

 Daily Neutral

1. Lt Pink on the Lid

2. Cream from lid to Brow 

3. White underneath the brow bone

4. Mauve in the crease(LOVE this color)

5.Champagne on the center of the lid

6. Nude in the inner corner

My Rank of Four Famous Eyeshadow Palettes: Urban Decay and Lorac

So most of you are probably tired of hearing about the cult classics: Urban Decay and Lorac's eyeshadow palettes. However, i still haven't seen anyone have the huevos to rank them. Clearly they are all versatile, beautiful, well-priced and have good formulation. But based on skin tone and everyday use some palettes are simply better than others. If you are a beginner with makeup, or don't want to spend a fortune buying all of these, here is my rank of four of the most versatile and useful palettes EVER!

1. The Lorac Pro Palette: What I love about this palette is that all of their colors warm up and bring out my eye color, instead of washing it out. They match my skin tone and their creamy, velvety formulation blends beautifully.
The top range of colors are all matte, which are very creamy,whilst the bottom range are gorgeous shimmers.
I have heard judy from it's judy time also say that Lorac suits her skin complexion more than Urban decay, so if you are olive toned or darker then this palette is for you. You get everything from mattes to shimmers, pops of colors to nudes and dark colors for a smokey eye.

Some have complained that the colors are flakey or powdery, that is true, they are flakey in the palette but do not fall out on the face.

This is my Number one for Sure!

2. The Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette: I know right? Why the Naked Basics? I'm not really into loud colors, I love a neutral daily look and a smokey eye and this palette has exactly the right colors for those two things.

 It's perfect for travel, very inexpensive and the browns are more of a taupy brown(greyish) which makes my eyes stand out sooooo much when i do a Smokey eye. See my struggle, since I have brown eyes is to do a classic brown smokey eye without washing my eyes out. This means I either need browns with reddish pigment, to warm them up, or with greyish pigment, to make them pop....never a true brown. 

This Palette is FANTASTIC for beginners and more mature women who are looking for something easy and basic for their everyday needs.

The formulation is a bit chalky, but this actually works to your advantage and makes them easier to blend on the lid, I haven't had problems with fallout so far.

3. The Naked 2 Palette: A have a special affection for this palette as its my very first one. I love all the cool toned metallics and pinks, they really give you that frosty look, without being cheesy. It comes with a two sided brush which I have used so much and some really great everyday neutrals including tease, which is the most beautiful greyish-lavender, that is one of my all time favorite crease colors. I love this Palette!

4. And finally, the Naked Palette. I know, i know, this Palette is everyone's favorite, but it ranks last in my list. It is still a great palette and has a lot of nice smokey colors as well as neautral shades, but it doesn't have a black and the browns wash out my eyes.

I do,however, LOVE the colorse gunmetal(although hard to work with) Sin and Naked.

Toodles!!

Mac's Paint Pot vs. Pixi Eye Bright Kit

For many, Mac's paint pot is considered an unbeatable miracle tool when it comes to primers. I won't deny that I love it and that I am hard to please when it comes to primers. I was never into any of the urban decay, benefit, or too faced ones. 

However, before I bought my paint pot, in painterly(of course) I used some random eye bright kit by pixi that it seems noone knows about. I have to say that this product is completely underrated and that it almost made me regret buying paint pot, feeling that it was waaaaay too hyped up.

Here are the pros and cons for each:

Pixi Eye Bright Kit in No. 2 Medium/ Tanned

1. WAAAAAAAY Cheaper(you can buy it at Target or online)

2. You get four shades, including a shimmer and different tones depending on your complexion or the eyeshadow that you are wearing that day.

3. Nice soft glide when applying,without being too oily.

4. Doesn't crease

5. Has a stickier finish, so your eyeshadow will definitely stay put.

6. Contains more white pigment, which you may or may not like, I love it as it does BRIGHTEN up my eyes way more

7. Has a natural translucent finish

8. Is light on the eye, doesn't feel like makeup

9. Lasts foreeeever(i've had my first one for 2 years!)

Cons:

1. only sold in america

2. isn't as opaque

Swatch for Pixi's Eye Bright Kit in No.2 Medium/Tanned

Swatch For Mac's Paint pot in Painterly

Mac's paint Pot in Painterly

Pros

1. Opaque Finish

2. Beautiful natural shade(less white pigment)

3. easy, oily application

4. Nice matte finish

Cons:

1. Expensive

2. Oily application is uneven and makes for uneven eyeshadow

3. Opaque finish, not natural looking for days you want to use it on its own as an eyeshadow.

4.Only one color

5. no shimmer

6. Isn't as sticky

                                                 And the Winner is: Pixi's Eye Bright Kit!!!!!

                                            Mac's Paint Pot                              Pixi's Eye Bright Kit