Neutral Eyes

Review: Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette

February 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Beauty, Emma's Thoughts

Urban Decay’s first and second installments of the Naked palette are easily two of my top picks for eye shadow palettes. Ever. Complete with nearly every shade of taupe, gold and chestnut in a variety of finishes from satin to glitter, I reach for Naked and Naked 2 daily. With 12 full size shadows in [...]

FOTD: Easy Neutrals

November 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Beauty

Today has been quite serene and relaxing chez Emma, and I kept my makeup simple to match. Behold, my neutral face of the day… PS- Subtract about 20 years and I looked… exactly the same. I used Bare Minerals matte foundation on my face, with MAC Oh So Fair beauty powder layered under MAC Daft [...]

Mad Men Inspired Makeup

September 26th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Beauty, Fashion

Last week I created a look that was a take on a classic 60′s face: defined red lips paired with golden smokey eyes. Add a tailored dress and vintage crystal drop earrings, and the result is very Mad Men. Instead of creating a cat eye effect with liquid liner, I opted to use pencil on [...]