Halloween: Cheshire Cat

Here's another addition to my Halloween looks! This one is for those who want that creepy Cheshire Cat makeup who don't have access to the cat eye contact lenses!

As always, to give credit where credit is due, I got my inspiration from Promise Phan's cheshire cat video and coloration of gray and blue from this photo of the cheshire cat from Tim Burton's Alice and Wonderland.

Let's get started! First I put on some light foundation since the Cheshire cat has gray fur. Then I powdered with a white powder, again for more of that gray look.

Next I used a light shimmery blue shade (2nd from bottom right in the photo) from the BHCosmetics 120 palette 1st edition.  I used pointed triangle shapes to replicate the cat's stripes.

To start the mouth, start under the nose and draw out to do a big smile or "mustache" shape. I would try not to go too low below the mouth it will warp the shape of the teeth. I used a black gel liner and angled brush for this.

Next use a cream based white, I used an LA girl white cream pencil shadow stick similar to NYX milk. Fill in just where the teeth will go. This will be much easier than drawing the teeth with black first and trying to fill in with white.

Next outline the teeth and fill in the middle with the black. I like the teeth to be a bit more rounded like in the photo instead of sharp. Set with black and white shadows from the palette.

Next outline the eyes.  Use your eyebrows and the outline for the top of the eyes point the middle down.

Fill in the eyes with the white cream shadow. This really help the shadows pop later.  Afterwards outline the eyes with a bolder line.

Draw the edges of the irises and fill them in with a light blue, teal, and green shadow.  I used the three photographed. 

Next do the cat slit pupils.  Definitely set this with black eyeshadow or else you will get creasing and smearing. 

Do a cat eye on the outer edges.

Next do a heart shape on the lower part of your nose and connect the middle with a line. And you're done!

Add a wig if you'd like! FYI I absolutely hate this wig but thought it would serve justice with this look. 

Add a tank top, tutu, and tail and you have quick DIY Cheshire cat costume without having to have the contacts!

Thanks so much for reading! Feel free to leave any comments or ask any questions.

Garnier BB Cream Combination/Oily skin

This has quickly become a holy grail of mine! Let me start off by saying please don't judge this BB cream on the original formula, it is not the same at all!  The original formula is definitely not for normal or oily skin at all, but would be great for very dry skin.  The color shades also differ in the different formulas.  In the oily skin formula I am the shade medium/dark.  I got this after seeing a rave review form WhatWouldLizziDo on youtube and I completely agree with her review!

I applied it with the Ulta Professional brand Sculpted brush. This glides on so smoothly even without a primer! This is also the most coverage I have ever gotton from a bb or cc cream.  It has around the same coverage as the IT! cosmetics cc cream but doesn't make me ridiculously oily like the one from IT! cosmetics. It also has spf 20, which is always a plus!

This is right after the application in natural light.  I applied two layers with no concealer on my blemishes. I set it with a very light layer of my bare minerals matte foundation.  I usually use this as a setting powder and wanted to stay consistent. 

This is in natural light around 4 hours after application and after being outside for over an hour in humid July South Carolina weather! 

Same time, 4 hours, with flash.

And this is at the end of my day, total 9 and half hours after the first application with no touchups throughout the day!! I was amazed! I have never had luck like this with a bb/cc cream! It did break down around my chin and nose by the end of the day, as do most of my foundations.  On other days where I wasn't testing this I touched up throughout the day in those areas and it looked much better.  I love the finish.  It does not have matte finish, but it doesn't have a dewy finish either.  I think it looks more like skin, with a slight dewiness to it but not an overwhelming amount.  
The only negative thing I can say, and it is most likely individual to me, but if my skin has dry spots the bb cream is not very forgiving.  My skin refuses to take foundation when it has dry patches and/or is peeling so for the couple of days where I had this issue this looked pretty bad on.  Other than that this will forever be in my collection!  

Thank you for reading if you have an comments or questions please feel free to ask!