whoo! first of all, Carly and I got our new haul from cherryculture.com on Monday — I will be sure to take pictures soon! and second of all, I just couldn’t resist playing with them as soon as I got home from the gym that day - so I tested out a few looks. had a lot of success with all of my shadows, except NYX’s Africa (this great shimmery orange that looks better on my cheeks than it does on my eyes! more on that later, though).

again, forgive the gratuitous cropping (spent all day working in the sun and my poor face has been suffering for it) and bad webcam quality - I can’t wait to get a new and proper camera…

PRIMER: L’oreal HiP creme shadow in Secretive.
OUTER V and HIGHLIGHT: Sunrise by NYX (the red).
INNER V and UNDER THE EYES: Sun Goddess by Milani.
BLENDER: Flare by Milani.
LINER: Prestige liquid liner in black.
MASCARA: Benefit Bad Gal Lash

*note: I forgot to wash this makeup off before I went to the gym - let it be known that this primer + eyeshadow + liner combo makes it through 30 minutes of cardio/15 minutes of strength training!