Fabulous Tip of the Day: Nude Eyeliner

Today's Fab Tip:

This is a great tip to make your eyes look more awake.

"Wake up sleepy eyes with a nude pencil. So you were up late-- no one needs to know you're running on fumes. For a wide-awake appearance, lighten your eyes' inner lower rims with a beige liner. Just stick to the area below the iris for a more natural look, says Chanel celeb makeup artist Kate Lee."
-- Taken from People Style Watch magazine, May 2015, page 151.

The one I use is Em Michelle Phan's Waterliner, since it's so easy to apply on the waterline. Even if you're not sleepy, this is a good way to make your eyes look bigger. With an extra coat of mascara fanning out the outer corners of your upper and lower lashes, it'll make your eyes doll-like and stand out.

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul

Makeup Inspiration of the Week: Michelle Phan's Grunge Look

This week's fabulous makeup tutorial pic is the Gunge Beauty look by Michelle Phan! This is a gorgeous look which showcases a great way to do very dark lips paired with not too bold eyes. I personally would prefer something more smudgy on the eyes, but that's just me. Smudgy kohl eye makeup is my go-to these days.




I just love this look so much. Today I'm wearing it paired with black jeggings, ankle boots, and my grey Nirvana sweatshirt, along with messy fishtail braids in my hair. It's definitely a look that's both comfortable and alt-chic.

What makeup look are you inspired by this week? Let me know in the comments!

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul

Fabulous Tip of the Day: Berry Blush

Today's Fab Tip:

"A berry blush livens up your whole face. Brush on the apples of cheeks; sweep out to the sides of your face."
-- Taken from Seventeen magazine, October 2013, Michelle Phan's Beauty Confidence Tricks on page 123.

Berry is great for a natural-looking flush, especially in fall, but be sure to choose a lip color that doesn't compete with it. You don't want your face to look too red, after all.

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul.

Fabulous Tip of the Day: Purple Shadow

Today's Fab Tip:

"Looking flirty always makes you feel more fun! A purple shadow is the perfect girly color to make dark features pop."
-- Taken from the Michelle Phan article in Seventeen magazine, October 2013, page 123.

Especially great for a purple smokey eye.

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul

Weekly Favorites: Thor: The Dark World and Loki Feels

Hey, everyone! Did you have a good week? These are the highlights of mine. This past week was Geek Week on YouTube, which itself is pretty exciting, but what was particularly fantastic was the new trailer for Thor: The Dark World. It's a long trailer and features more action and a lot more Loki than the teaser did, yay!


So awesome, right? November is going to be a great month for movies! Between Catching Fire and Thor, I'm going to be in fangirl heaven... while crying my eyes out, that is. But in the meantime, that trailer was perfect fuel for my Thorki feels. Yes, I absolutely ship Thorki. That means I ship Thor and Loki together, for those of you who don't speak fangirl, and since the trailer has come out, I've been looking up all sorts of fanart like this:

Picture from Deviant Art

So cute!! It was drawn by VanTheFirst.  I'm sure more fanart will be posted online as November draws near, and I am definitely looking forward to that.

Secondly, there is the song of the week, and this time what's played in my head most is Cherry Pie by Warrant. That one is going to be on loop for a while longer, I'm betting.

My nail color this week has been very pink and sparkly with OPI's liquid sand Pussy Galore from the Bond Girl collection with China Glaze's 3D glitter Material Girl as the accent nail. It's sweet and fun.

Picture from OPI

 

Picture from China Glaze

Finally, this week's chosen makeup tutorial is Waterproof Your Makeup by Michelle Phan. A few nights ago I was caught walking home in heavy rain without an umbrella, and I wish I'd used tips from this tutorial because my makeup was a complete mess by the time I got home.


I'm hoping this week will be good. Tomorrow will be, at least, since it's Moonday. Time for more fangirling!

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul.

Aurora's Weekly Favorites: Om Shanti Avengers

Hey, everyone! Some people call Sunday the beginning of the week while others consider it the very end. For the purposes of the Gossip Ghoul Blog, I'm considering Sunday the end with a recap of some weekly favorites. Not all of these are from this week or were put online this week, of course. These are just things that I've been loving this past week and want to share so that you can enjoy as well.

First off, I found this little gem from the San Diego Comic Con on Fashionably Geek. It's from the masquerade featuring a group of cosplayers performing Om Shanti Avengers. Yes, it is an Avengers and Bollywood crossover. The costumes are hilarious, and the dancing is very Bollywood-esque. It made me laugh a lot. Here is the video from the masquerade:



And here is a clip from the Bollywood film Om Shanti Om. It's an especially awesome movie if you understand even some of the self-referential insider jokes about the industry. Either way, watch, and your heart too may be filled with the pain of disco.



Yeah, not going to lie, but I love Bollywood and find that highly enjoyable.

Speaking of music, my song of the week has been Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue. It's been in my head all week, and now it can be in yours.

My nail polish of the week has been Noho by Nails Inc. from the leather effect line,  with China Glaze's Stone Cold from the Hunger Games collection as the accent nails.

Picture from Sephora.com

Aditionally, I plan to spotlight a great beauty tutorial from YouTube every week. Inspiration for different looks can come from anywhere. Today's video is the geekily fantastic Daenerys of Game of Thrones look by Michelle Phan.



Of course, there's more to life than makeup, as demonstrated in this list of five lessons about life learned from Cosmopolitan magazine. I've often been criticized for my love of Cosmo. Just yesterday at the bus stop a woman felt the need to rant at me about how the women in those pages aren't real because they're wearing makeup and have had their hair done professionally and how that's horrible for people to see because they can never look like that. Yes, I will never look as amazing as celebrities in glamorous red carpet photos, but there's so much more to Cosmo than that, and the list in this link really summarizes it well.

I hope you enjoyed the little things that have made me smile this week, and I hope we all have an enjoyable week ahead of us. Fingers crossed.

XOXO
Gossip Ghoul.