FOTD: Smokey Blues + Big Wavy Hair

While I was doing my makeup this morning, I realized that I've been unintentionally doing smokey eye looks since Monday. I initially thought of recreating and adding a twist to the smokey white/silver/black combo that I did on Monday, but I changed my mind and decided to play with other colors. I didn't take pictures of my FOTD on Monday coz I was in a rush when I did it. Besides, I don't think it turned out quite well. On Tuesday, I did a smokey purple look to match the dress that I wore to work. I know smokey eyes are for a night out, but because I don't work in a very conservative environment despite being a manager, I have a lot of freedom to do whatever I want with my eyes. Nobody says nothing about my eyes. I even get compliments on how I do them!

For this particular look, I used Cosmo, a metallic navy blue pigment, on the outer corner and crease. Cosmo is one of the mineral pigments I got from Bare Naturals. It's a very pretty shade that's perfect in doing smokey eyes. Then I used a royal blue shade from my 96palette and applied it on the center of my lids leaving the inner 1/3 of my eyes. I also blended the royal blue shade to Cosmo while packing the color on my lid. For the inner corner, I used a matte grayish/lilac-ky eyeshadow from the Covergirl Quad in Urban Basics. Blend all the colors together. After blending, I patted a bit of a silver eyeshadow just on the ball of my eyes. Then I used a black eyeshadow from my NYX Trio Eyeshadow in Ceramic to deepen the crease and outer V. To soften the edges, I applied a pale blue shade just above the crease. For highlight, I used a pale peach shade from the 96palette. (I pretty much use the same stuff on my face all the time, except that I opted for a different shade and formulation for my foundation today. Also, I put a bit of a pinky-peach blush just for a little more color)

And here's the final look! (I posted a lot of pictures)

Taken without flash by the window. I look so freaking pale.

As for my hair, I'm been getting really bored with it coz it's just too straight. I've tried curling it twice or thrice in the past two weeks, but my hair would straighten out in less than 30minutes, even with hairspray. I'm so frustrated and pissed coz I can't seem to do anything with my hair. Straight hair is fine if I want to look prim and polished, but it's not all the time that I want to look like an innocent young girl. Sometimes I want my hair messy and curly just because it makes me feel sexier; but messing my hair requires more effort on my part so I usually just leave my hair straight as it is on days when I don't feel like stressing out myself. On my last attempt of curling my hair, I did a really tight french braid before crashing last night, and loosed it right before I left for work. My hair looked amazing for the first half hour, and then... bam! Straight hair again. I think I really will have my hair permed pretty soon. The beloved has been telling me to have my hair permed since I started complaining on how stubborn my hair is that it won't let me do anything to it.

Anyway, here are the photos!

I took off my braids and, voila! Instant big hair a la Victoria's Secret!

I was simply camwhoring

This one's blurry coz my hands were shaking.

My favorite shot of all. I could totally use this as a profile photo.

The question is, to perm or not to perm? What do you think ladies?