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I mean, not that I have anything against it, but it's mustard yellow eyeshadow. I must have been feeling adventurous... or trying to dig myself out of a serious makeup rut. Either way, I have no regrets whatsoever.
The nifty thing about Addiction is they publish a complete step-by-step on how to achieve the look. I had to improvise because I didn't have a couple of products, but otherwise I stayed true to the instructions. You can take a look at the original tutorial here.
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I needed flawless skin, so after concealing under eye circles and redness with my RMS concealer, I applied a thin layer of Chantecaille Future Skin around my t-zone and on my cheeks. Recently my skin gets oily very quickly, so I patted on a Paul & Joe translucent face powder to set.
I had the most fun with the cheeks, mostly because I found another contour color that works perfectly. I applied Addiction Argan Tree to the hollows below my cheekbones and blended it out with my fingers, then Tea Rose on the cheeks, blending it into the contour shade. I applied the brown shade in Brown Toast over the contour color, below the jawline, and to the sides of my nose. I lightly went over Tea Rose with the orange shade, and applied the highlighter shade down the center of my nose, above my cheekbones, and on my cupid's bow.
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For eyes, I patted on Addiction Mustard Tree all over the lid, stopping just as I reached the bottom of the brows. I made sure to feather the edges so it wouldn't look harsh. With an eyeliner brush, I pushed Shu Uemura ME856 right into my lashes. I also applied ME856 to my waterline and created a slight gradient at the lower lash line with Mustard Tree. Finally, I dabbed the lilac shade of Le Métier de Beauté Penelope at the inner corners, combed on mascara, and applied Addiction Saffron to lips.
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Individual reviews of the items above (hopefully) to come. I know it would have made more sense if I talked about those first, but I just really really really wanted to share this look!
Addiction makeup is exclusively available in Japan, though at a mark-up we in the States have access to it through ichibankao.com.
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Products Used:
Face -
Chantecaille 'Future Skin' in Camomile
RMS Beauty "Un" Cover Up #22
Paul & Joe Face Powder 001 (from the Holiday Make Up Collection 2012 001 Set)*
Addiction Cheek Sticks in Argan Tree and Tea Rose
Addiction Cheek Mix in Brown Toast
Eyes -
Addiction Eyeshadow in Mustard Tree
Shu Uemura Pressed Eyeshadow Refill in ME856
Le Métier de Beauté Penelope Kaleidoscope Eye Kit
Pop Beauty Peak Performance Mascara in Brilliant Black
Lips -
Addiction Lip Crayon in 008 Saffron
The product marked with * was provided by the company for review
Very editorial & lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emi!
DeleteWow -- good going on the haul :)! I love this look on you. Mustard Tree looks especially fantastic. I purchased Tea Rose and am besotted with it; I think it may well be a starter drug to some of the brighter Cheek Sticks...
ReplyDeleteTea Rose is the absolute perfect nude blush! Definitely go for some of the brighter ones :)
DeleteAbsolutely love how Mustard Tree looks on you, really striking.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I never thought in a million years I could pull off mustard yellow eyeshadow
DeleteYay, makeup snapping! Haha. I love the saffron lip crayon. Does it feel as pretty as it looks?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely checking out Addiction/Ayako when I head to Japan. Those diagonally striped kohl eyeliners make me hyperventilate.
It's supposed to be matte but I overdosed on lip balm before I applied it. Not a drying matte though! Very happy makeup companies are stepping up on that.
DeleteWhen will you be visiting? Super jealous! I need to find some way to relocate there or something
Oh my God I LOVE this look, and I LOVE it on you!!! Your skin looks SO nice and smooth here. Lovely :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sunny! Even though I have an unfortunate zit in between my eyes >:) It won't go away and I couldn't avoid photographing anymore
DeleteLove it! That Mustard Tree eye shadow looks good :-)
ReplyDeleteYou look beautiful, Wandz. I'm not sure how I feel about mustard yellow eye shadow. I love that it's out there - so bold and unique - but I probably could not pull it off, myself. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to make it "wearable" if I wanted it to be. Maybe just a little on the lid and smoke out with brown in the crease like usual.
DeleteYou never know until you try, Larie :( I wouldn't have thought I could do mustard anything had I not impulsively bought this
OK I thought there was no way that could look good but OF COURSE it looks beautiful on you!
ReplyDeleteMUST get MUSTARD haha! What a cool colour! Looks amazing on you. I'm into red right now. I have the most amazing red from Kat Von D I've been playing with. SO GOOD.
ReplyDeleteXiao, may I just say I have been following your blog for a few months and I wanted to say thank you for all the photos, swatches, etc.
ReplyDeleteAND! Your hair looks fabulous! I feel like your face is in focus more, you've never looked better.
Thank you for saying hi! And for reading Messy Wands :)
DeleteMy mom wails about my hair everytime she sees me on Skype now, but even she has to grudgingly agree that it's made me look so much younger :)
Surprisingly, I really like that mustard yellow colour. Argan Tree also looks nice for contouring. Love how you recreated the promo look, I just love any reds and vamps on you! / Claire
ReplyDeleteThanks Claire!
DeleteOnly you, man. I wear this and the village children will point and laugh!
ReplyDeleteI just love that village children still exists, Liz :P
DeleteOf course they do! You'll see on Halloween.
DeleteXiao this is so gorgeous - the mustard looks great, and my lemming for Saffron grows even stronger! I'm actually tempted to get the mustard myself, but I already know it'll never work on me. But yeah, this whole look is beautiful on you. xx
ReplyDeleteSaffron would be AWESOME on you! And I bet you could actually rock the mustard. When I was recreating the look I was fretting that my skintone would be too yellow for it, and wished I had your face instead :)
DeleteXiao. Gorgeous! As editorial as the mustard yellow shadow is, there's something about this look that could also totally be pulled off with a comfortable sweater while running errands. You've really bridged the gap between ads and real life makeup.
ReplyDeleteAlso ... WANT Mustard Tree. I just know it would make me look sickly (hello, pale with green eyes). But still!
♥ Jessica
Like I was telling Lizzie, who like you have gorgeous pale complexion and unbelievable green eyes (see this: http://glossedintranslation.com/2012/10/19/autumn-look-with-shu-uemura-addiction-and-lunasol/), it'll probably be awesome!
DeleteI love your short hair! So chic! I frames your lovely face and makeup looks very well.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Missey!
DeleteI DIEDED over this ad when it first came out and you actually improved on it <3 Damn your magical ways
ReplyDelete<3 <3
DeleteDamn girl--this look is AMAZING! I LOOOOOVE mustard yellow but have never thought to wear it on my eyes before. This changes everything~! Oh, and that pop of lilac in the inner corners really brightens up the eyes beautifully--nice touch! :)
ReplyDeleteThey used blue and I realized I didn't have blue! Good discovery though :)
DeleteAhh, looks so good! I have never thought of mustard yellow on my eyes before (well, OK, maybe I did) but wow. Great of them to include step-by-steps for the looks, too!
ReplyDeleteYes! I'm very thankful and I think more brands should do it. Or at least tell us what they used
DeleteI'm actually very obsessed with this look! (You look stunning!) I really, really love yellow eye shadow (MAC's Chrome Yellow is one of my most used shadows) - I don't cake it on, obviously, but I think it adds such a nice brightness to my eyes when lightly washed over the lids. And I find my skin is just too pale for brown, so mustard yellow might be an excellent alternative, yay! But also not-yay-at-all, because I live in London... Which definitely isn't anywhere near to Japan...
ReplyDeleteAnd am I the only one who thinks 'Brown Toast' is a really weird name? It makes the middle shade in the cheek mix seem somehow really crumb-y.
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