Foxy Voxy's Academic Beauty Collective

Voxy: In general I think that using a trend color as an eyeliner is the easiest way to alter/update an otherwise classic look. I am going to try to post some looks tomorrow.

a biologist: That sounds really pretty! I have tried a little purple eyeshadow but it wasn't really doing much. Basically my eyelids are already pinky-purple so the light application of eyeshadow just blended in and didn't look like I was wearing shadow at all. I need to get some sort [...]

chaosbydesign: Maybe just use a little bit of plum, rather than trying to create a whole 'look' with it? I tried to do that with the LORAC Private Affair palette this morning. I put Creamy Beige over TFSI as a base (from lashline up to eyebrows), then used a *very* small [...]

a biologist: I am seeing that "Plum" is a big color for makeup this fall, but all the looks I am seeing are not really appropriate for day or the kind of evening activities I attend--they'd be great if I were a vampire hipster but alas, no. Voxy, I know you [...]

Susan Alexis: I wish I had more time to devote to this wonderful site! I do read (and appreciate) all of your email updates. Haha, well, I'm 5'3" and middle-aged so I never was and never will be supermodel material. ;) I was just struck by how "faded" I looked as opposed to [...]