Take Me To Paradise
I’ve got something very special that I couldn’t be more excited to share with you guys. It’s been hard to keep it under wraps, but the day is finally here that I get to share it with you all! My girl Suzi from GurlGoneGreen.com and I had the amazing opportunity to create our own makeup collection for Root and it will debut at iBE next week! We were SO excited to collaborate on this and got right to it, sharing ideas and inspiration photos. Luckily we were on the same page the whole time and it didn’t take long before our collection, Island Oasis, was born.
We knew we wanted something fun for spring and summer and we also wanted it to be very wearable for anybody. We were both feeling those peaceful island vibes already, but when we saw this photo from the DVF spring runway, we knew exactly what we wanted.
We created a pale pink blush called Fiji, a light pink Pretty Balm called Paradise and four eyeshadows: Belize is a light, pastel sea-glass green, Blue Lagoon is a medium blue (that looks amazing as an eyeshadow as well!), Antigua is a jewel toned blue-green and St. Tropez is a bronzy shadow. I absolutely love how the collection turned out! It was so much fun to play with the colors and create different looks. And because you need more than just blush and eyeshadow to do a whole makeup look, Krista from Root surprised Suzi and I by sending us everything we could possibly need to create a makeup look. They have so many amazing products and I’m so glad I had the chance to try them- several have become a permanent part of my makeup routine. I’ll share all the products used at the end of the post, but let’s get to some of the looks! I feel the need to put the disclaimer that I’m horrible at taking photos of myself. I suffer from RBF, so I’m either cheesing hard or I look like I may kill someone. I have yet to master that pleasant, somewhat surprised face that so many bloggers can do.. They just stare out the window eyes wide like a happy little bunny just hopped across their lawn unexpectedly. Anyhow, here is the collection in action:
With this look I did bold black liner around my eyes and dusted some Blue Lagoon and Antigua around my eyes as well. On the top lid I put Belize all over and blended Blue Lagoon and a dab of St. Tropez into the outer corners.
This next look I kept it more simple with just a slight winged liner on top and a light dusting of Belize and Antigua over my lids.
And because SnapChat makes everything better and I didn’t have real flowers to make a flower crown..
You could also use St. Tropez alone to have a bronzed eye shadow look which is also very in for this summer. I didn’t snap pictures, but I also did a look using Blue Lagoon as eyeliner and loved it! There are so many possibilities with this collection!
As promised I will give you a run down of all the products used, but I wanted to quickly say that Root’s Mascara is like WOW. Total volume and no smudging. I’m also really loving their liner which stays all day and the Brow Pomade which has also blown me away!
Product list:
Pearl Powder Foundation (I’m a mix of N3 & W4)
Bronze Mineral Powder (Loved the shade of this. Not too copper/orange like some mineral bronzers)
Brow Pomade (I mixed Ash Brown and Deep Brown for the last set of photos, but I think just Ash Brown works best on me)
(**Some of the products on their site contain Phenoxyethanol which I typically avoid, but all of the products listed above have ingredients that I approve of)
You can find all of these products at Rootpretty.com! Don’t forget to look for our collection at iBE next week and on their website starting May 6th! xo
