Signature look?

I love doing lots of different looks, but if I should pick one "signature look" it would be a simple look with bold colors.

Actually really easy but really eye catching at the same time.

Do you have a type of look that you do a lot? :)

Keep reading to see more pictures and list of products used :)

Orange waterlines

I love a pop of color on the waterline or lower lashline!

Have you tried using orange?

I was inspired by an Instagram post by ShowYouMakeup but obviously turned it into something quite different... I felt like going a bit liner heavy, I guess ;)

Hug Life

I know, I know.

I'm late to the party, but can we just talk about the amazingness that is Sugarpill Lumi?
So. Freaking. Pretty.

Oh, and Hug Life is pretty cool too!

That's all ;)

Sugarpill Penelope

I'm sure you've all seen Sugarpill's Penelope eyeshadow. It's gorgeous!
In this look, I used it with some browns, a tiny bit of purple and another product I bought recently: GOSH Bronze extreme liquid gel eye liner.
So far, I quite like the color and waterproof formula.

Keep reading to see more pictures and full list of products used.

Forgotten treasures

I've had a couple of the Inglot AMC pure pigment eye shadows for years but for some reason I rarely reach for them. The same goes for my Kryolan UV-dayglow palette.

So why not use them together?

I was quite pleased with the result, but I don't think the pictures do the gorgeous duochrome Inglot shadow justice. At all. That's my excuse for the amount of pictures in this post. I was just trying to capture the color! ;)

Keep reading to see more pictures + product list.

Sleek Sunset eyes

Wow, I finally got around to trying the Sleek Makeup eyeshadow palettes!
The main colors in this look are from the Snapshot palette. It's pretty much worth it just for those two colors I'm wearing here. So super smooth, pigmented and easy to blend. What's not to love?

I've been using Instagram for a while as @SofieUdklit, but just created @ZoffeMUA just for makeup. Come say hi :)

Love+

It's funny how Sugarpill's Love+ is an intense red but turns bright pink when blended out. I love it both ways though!

Smokey purple: Smoke & Diamonds revisited

What's better than both purple eyeshadow and smokey eyes?

The two combined!

Totally inspired by the weird purple-grey-brown that is my hair color these days ;)

I used MAC Smoke & Diamonds eyeshadow which is an old, limited edition eyeshadow. But it's so. freaking. pretty.

My hair's purple!

Long story short: The purple hair was very impulsive - choice of dye included. It didn't turn out as I expected, but it's growing on me. No pun intended...

The best thing: Nothing makes makeup more fun than a new hair color!

 

What's the craziest hair color you've ever had? :)

Contrasts

I've done variations of this color combination several times. Yellow+Orange eyeshadow and some sort of blue liner.
For some reason , I just really like this combination of contrasting colors and I'm quite happy with the way it turned out this time :)

Absinthe + Nylon

It's still super hot and summery here (by Danish standards) and I can't think of a better excuse for minimal eye makeup and super bright lips.

Not that you'd ever really need an excuse for wearing Nylon lip tar, but you get the point :)

Also, let me take a moment to (repeat myself and) tell you how much I love Sugarpill Absinthe! It's super bright but also very easy to blend out and use in a look like this.

Bronzy, smokey summer look

Anyone remember the MAC Style Warriors collection from 2009?
It makes me feel pretty old that it's already been five years, but that's not really the point here ;)

I didn't go for a Style Warriors revisited look when I did this but it sure ended up that way.
I'm wearing Bronzescape solar bits on my eyes, Eversun blush on my cheeks and Brave New Bronze lipsticks on my lips.

 

And a question for you: Is it boring to see looks with old, limited edition products?

Graphic Green

I'm sticking with the bright summer colors but taking a break from the Electric palette. I quite like how simple and wearable this look is even though it features bright colors and a dramatic shape.

Fun, fun, fun! :)

Blown out pink

I can't even tell you how much fun I'm having working my way through all the Urban Decay Electric colors!

Could I have created this look without the palette? Sure.
But it seems that the Electric colors were just what I needed to get more creative with makeup again. Along with vacation, of course ;)

Urban purples

I have a lot of purple eyeshadows and I'm pretty sure it's my favorite color to wear. My very first eyeshadow from MAC was Parfair Amour (also the only MAC eyeshadow I've ever hit pan on) and Urban Decay's Ransom (R.I.P) was a favorite for a long time.

The Urban Decay Electric palette features Urban, an awesome purple, which was the main inspiration for this look.
Urban is one of the four colors in the palette to come with the warning "not intended for the immediate eye area" so I can't really recommend that you try to recreate this. Luckily, both my eyes are still intact ;)

 

UD Electric look

I've got some good news to share: I can officially call myself Bachelor of Science in Computer Science!

Also, a bit more exciting for the blog (but slightly less exciting for my life ;) ) : I got the Urban Decay Electric palette for my birthday = IT'S PLAY TIME!

A neutral rut

Wow, another 6 months have passed since my last post. I do update my instagram a bit more, but I know it's not the same at all.

Makeup used to be such a big part of my life, and while I still love it and play around with it as soon as I get the chance, I've been busy with so many other things.

Most days I'll look like some version of the look posted here - quite neutral but with a little bit of color thrown in since I can't help myself.

I've had an incredibly stressful semester at uni with my bachelor's project while at the same time trying my best to lead a much healthier lifestyle with (lots of) exercise and home made food. I've made some much needed changes which unfortunately meant that my blogging and general playing with makeup suffered a bit, but after my exam tomorrow (yes, I'm using the blog as procrastination!) I hope to return to the makeup table :D

Glittery birthday look!

I guess you could say that glitter is to makeup what 42 is to the question about life, the universe and everything. The answer. The ultimate answer.

Today's problem: Having to spend most of my 23rd birthday reading linear algebra.

Solution: Wearing glitter!

And you know what? I had a great day!

It probably had a lot to due with the fact that I had a ton of cake* in great company but I'd like to give credit to the glitter as well ;)

Absinthe

Have you ever tried doing your makeup, liking or loving the result, only to find a number of things you wanted to change with the look when you take pictures of it?
This was one of those times for me...

While I love the green color (thanks, Kryolan UV green and Sugarpill Absinthe!) the liner is wonky (thanks, MAC Shade fluidline for drying out on me) and I completely forgot to put on lashes! Man, I wanted to wear lashes with this! Oh well ;)

Red. Purple. Gold.

Purple and red is a long time favorite of mine as far as color combinations go. Add a little gold and I'm in love!
This look turned out a bit darker than I intended thanks to the dramatic black liner.

And I have no idea what's up with all the nude lips lately. Challenge to myself: The next look I post needs to be featuring BRIGHT GLITTERY lips. Or something like that...