Monolid Makeup Tip: A Different Usage for the Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick

Monolid girls might face some confusion when attempting to do nude eye makeup look. In fashion magazines or websites, it ALWAYS states that you should use a matte brown eyeshadow with no shimmers at all to shade some dimension into your eyes.

But I found out, based on my experience, that it’s a bad advice, but correct to a certain extent.

Why is it bad advice?
Monolid girls do not have a pair of deep set eyes with plenty of width for shading purposes. Our eyes are pretty flat, unlike double eyelid girls, you see. So if you cake on brown eyeshadow, it might look (1) you got beaten up or (2) your whole eyeshadow simply looks dirty.

But it’s somewhat correct, you need brown tones to shade monolids!
Aha! This is the fun part. It’s about choosing the right shade of brown, girls. And it’s not all about matte browns. We need to aim for something subtle yet gives dimension. For this purpose, I think I’ve found a holy grail.

The Bobbi Brown Bronze Shimmer Brick.

The hues are so so so subtle, with extremely minute shimmers that reflect light just beautifully. As background info, BB Bronze Shimmer Brick is used as an overall face illuminator, much like MAC’s Mineralized Skin Finish. So using it as an eyeshadow in pretty much a second (self-invented) option.

You see, there are 5 shades in the brick, and the colors are properly separated, much unlike MAC’s baked MSF. Which leaves you with 5 perfectly lovely eyeshadow shades to create a nude look! 😀

These subtle little shimmers give dimension to your eyes, much unlike the matte brown I have swatched on the right. Can tell? 😀

The dark brown falls flat IMHO. Bobbi Brown’s shimmers are just very very subtle yet make all the difference in the world.

Swatches of the shades – I tell you, these swatches don’t do the color justice. It’s lovely!

If you feel that it’s on the frosty side judging from the pictures, I can tell you they’re not at all. Trust me! Go to a Bobbi Brown counter and check out the shimmer brick yourself! 😀

I shall follow up this post with a FOTD soon when I have an outing and have a chance to makeup, because I think this picture doesn’t show much of the eye makeup. Don’t look at my pimples please! LOL.

PS: My friend say I look like a ?? with the fringe. -_- I know, I know, paired with eyeliner-less monolid eyes, I look like the typical China mui. -.-

I am so glad I didn’t buy MAC’s Mineralized Skin Finish. My sister-in-law has a Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in her stash and I picked it up. Lesson: Dig through your female elder siblings / cousins / relatives makeup stash. Especially those who never love all these but like to buy impulsively! Kakakakaka…

Good night! 😀

I am going to SINGAPORE. :D See my makeup stash for the trip.

I’ve sorta finished packing all my vanity.

My skin care:

L-R: Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base, Shiseido Pureness Deep Cleansing Foam, Shiseido Pureness Moisturizer, Shu Uemura cleansing oil disguised as Shiseido, and finally, Simple toner disguised as Shiseido. Wtf? XD

My eye makeup:

In no particular order, Prorance eyeshadow in P17, Anna Sui eye color, Clinique Color Surge Eyeshadow in Strawberry Fudge, Pure Luxe Kaleidoscope collection, Bobbi Brown lipstick and Estee Lauder lipgloss. W00t.

And which one of you should I bring? *ponders*

L-R: Estee Lauder, Chanel, Estee Lauder, Diorshow, Lancome, Kate mascara base

Ah yes, I’m all done packing. 😀

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I haven’t freaking packed my clothes! Wtfness… I have officially become a makeup-holic. Makeup first clothes later. -_- From the above pictures, can you tell? I’m a cheapstake, all also using sample size. XD

Ha ha, no lah. Gotta be wise when you spend money on makeup. Mascaras can’t last, why buy a full sized one when you can fish for GWP sizes? That way, you get more variety, innit? 😀 Eyeshadows? Prorance cheap, Clinique is sample size, Pure Luxe cost RM9 nia, Anna Sui, Estee Lauder lip gloss and Bobbi Brown lipstick I steal from my sister-in-law. Cost her a bomb, cost me nothing. XD She never uses them anyway; I can’t stand seeing them lying around waiting to expire. So they’re sorta mine now. 😛

Will update during the trip when possible due to the awesomeness of ze’ Asus Eeepc. Departing 23rd December. Have a very Merry Christmas dear readers. 🙂

Officially my first travel trip with the boyfriend. Can’t you tell, the chaborkia is super excited about the trip. 😀 I miss mommy, though. No one beats her for the best shopping mate award. ;_;

Tip for Monolid Makeup: Know your own eyes!

A few weeks back I was pretty busy and only used my fingers to do my eye makeup. Unsurprisingly, it turned out pretty bad and out of proportion. Which is then I realized the importance of getting your own eye structure right. Right, as in my own context and opinion. If got better opinion do share girls! 😀

And that is when I’ve also realized the importance of a good brush. No one but yourself can actually FEEL the difference I tell you.

So anyway, I wanted to share my little opinion in finding out exactly where to apply your eyeliner eyeshadow. Because we cannot see our eye socket as obviously as double eyelid girls, there is virtually not much guide for you to see where the makeup goes. If it’s hard for yourself to see the socket, it’s even harder for people to notice your eye structure.

Here’s a little diagram I’ve cooked up. And my graphics tablet breaking down, didn’t really help in the process. -.- Sorry for the noob picture.

That’s right. Trace the outer V by yourself. Example picture~

Just a simple look that I concocted for a shopping day out. 😀 Lower false eyelashes were for, urm, research reasons. XD

How to do this?

Trace your eyeshadow outwards, following your lower eye line. This works really well to compliment your eyes. Plus, it gives off a slightly cat eye look. Sexy much? 😛

I didn’t really have a guide for myself because my eyes were very de flat. Cannot be helped, it’s my mother’s gift. AFAIK everyone’s eyes, regardless of single or double lidded, are different, so work around and see what works best for yourself. 😉

Any questions? I will be happy to help! 😀

Next off, I will show you guys how false eyelashes can really OPEN up your eyes. I swear, Ayumi Hamasaki is the scariest alien I have seen on earth.

FOTD: Coralesque Sheen

Firstly, I wanna show off my new curls.

Say hi to them, baybeh.

I love Maggi Mee.

Then, let me introduce to you, my first ever Cats Whiskers purchase. Kononnya I’m a kampung chaborkia, so it takes a while to catch up with the latest fashion trends, you see. I still shop at Sungei Wang, the uber lala land, but am proud of it. 😛

La kimono girl with her makeup pots scattered all over the table top.

THEN THEN THEN! My shopping hauls, you JUST gotta see ’em.

Kate mascara base to hold my damn short lashes in their rightful curls. Urgh. And the highly raved Revlon Colorstay liquid eyeliner. My drugstore attempt at eyeliners have so far failed me. But we’ll see how it goes with this else I’ll bin it.

Not to mention, I got a freebie too. Jealous? Well, it’s in an extremely tiny jar, so very generous of Clinique. YOU CALL THAT A 7 DAY SUPPLY? Damn you.

Alright, at this point you must be asking, where the hell is the FOTD. Okay lah, here it is. People syok sendiri mah, got chance camwhore whole day, he he. HOLIDAYS, who doesn’t love ’em? That’s the time I love my Malay comrades too. 😀 Selamat Hari Raya buddies. 🙂

How many colors do you see here, babes? It’s pink, coral and bronze blended together, right?

Well, nope. It’s just one color here actually. It’s lights pulling tricks at you, PLUS the magic of Pure Luxe’s speciality eye colors, the Kaleidoscope Collection.

I got Visions for myself, as stated in the website,

It’s a medium cocoa brown in jar. Color changes from red-gold/bronze/green-gold.

Hmmm, not exactly accurate, after swatching it myself. BUT BUT BUT, the color payoff is STILL fantastic! This color is perfect for a day out when you do not have time to blend several eyeshadows to create a look. So trust me, it’s fantastic. Worth the RM11 I got for the sample size. 😀 Stayed on all day without creasing, and doesn’t take a lot for it to show up on my eyes. Fantastic job done by Pure Luxe Cosmetics. This brand is not wildly popular here but here I am shedding a bit of well-deserved publicity to it. 😀 Extremely suitable for day looks, don’t you think? Foil it if you want a dramatic color change. 😀

Oh ya, FOTD how can no my face wan?! Here you go:

My sleepy look, after waking up sibeh early, then had a long shopping session for my house. New family member coming in. 😀 Taken at the end of the day, so my light makeup nearly all washed out except the eyes. Seeeee how powderful is the Pure Luxe eyeshadow now? 😀

I used:

Face
– Signature Minerals foundation in Light
– Signature Minerals blush in Rose for my cheeks
– Signature Minerals translucent finishing powder to set the whole thing

Eyes
– Bobbi Brown Long Wearing Gel Liner in Black Ink to line upper lash line
– Pure Luxe Speciality Eye Color in Visions
– Lancome Definicils
– FALSE EYELASHESSSSSSSSSSSS!
– Shiseido eyeliner to extend the wing

Lips
I told you I don’t use lip color BLEEEEEEEKS, even though the bf wasn’t around for this shopping trip. Maybe will steal my mom’s Lancome lipstick tomorrow, hehe.

FOOTNOTE: My nose is big. Is this a sign that in the future, I will be a ??? Mr Yim, hear that? 😉