KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix Tutorial #1

As mentioned in my previous post, I do have a KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix tutorial! I used mostly the greens and blues from that palette for this look. If you are interested in seeing swatches and my thoughts on it, please check out my Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette swatches. I am loving this palette, I think I’ll try to do more looks with this palette in the future.

I do have 2 other posts lining up to be published, but since this palette was highly anticipated, I’ve decided to publish this look first. I’m going to try to publish the other 2 posts next week, so don’t forget to subscribe to my blog (subscription box is on the right side bar) so you can get an update as soon as I publish it! I’ll try to get back into regular blogging – 3x/week again.

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Products used

Eyes

  • Primer – Urban Decay Primer Potion “Original”
  • Base – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Moulder”
  • Crease – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Hyperballad”
  • Outer V – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Lemy”
  • Middle lid – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Misfit”
  • Inner corner – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Vinly”
  • Lower lid – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Synth” (inner half); KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Dark Wave” (outer half)
  • Lower lash line – KVD Mi Vida Loca Remix “Black Metal”
  • Winged liner & Star – Kat Von D Tattoo Liner “Trooper”
  • Waterline – L’oreal Voluminous Smoldering eyeliner
  • Brows – Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz “Taupe”; Kat Von D Tattoo Brow “Medium Brown”
  • Mascara – Lancome “Hypnose Drama”
  • Lashes – Ardell “Demi Wispies”

kat von d mi vida loca remix palette makeup look

Face

  • Primer – Bobbi Brown “Vitamin Enriched Face Base”
  • Foundation – MAC Waterweight foundation “NC30”
  • Concealer – MAC Studio Finish concealer “NC30”
  • Setting powder – CoverFX translucent setting powder

Cheeks

  • Contour – Kat Von D Shade + Light contour palette
  • Blush – Smashbox Halo Blush powder “In Bloom”
  • Highlight – Becca Shimmering Perfector “Champagne Pop”

Lips

  • Gloss – YSL Glossy Stain in Pêche Cerra-Cola

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Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix Palette Swatches

I think everyone is super excited about this palette, so here is my Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix palette swatches! I will not be breaking it down like I usually do on my reviews, since I just got this palette. I’ve only used it once, so I can’t really say much about it. For reviews, I prefer to use the product several times first before actually posting a review. However, since a lot of my fellow beauty bloggers are as excited as I am to see this palette and its swatches, I’m posting this as a “First Impression” instead of a review.

*This palette is no longer on the Sephora website at the moment I’m writing this (Sept 17, 2015). Once it goes back up on the website, I will update this post with the link and KVD official description of all the shades. Currently, the description of the shades are based on my own opinion and experience.*

*Update (Sept 18, 2015): It’s back online in Sephora! Grab it while it lasts!*

Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix reviewI’m not sure if you know this, but Kat Von D has released a Mi Vida Loca palette a while back if I’m not wrong. Her original Mi Vida Loca palette was part of her True Romance series collection and was way smaller (8 shades). This new palette, called the Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca REMIX palette, is a lot bigger with a whole loads of new shades (24 to be exact).

This Mi Vida Loca Remix palette has a gorgeous art cover. Most of Kat Von D’s products have beautiful packaging, but this palette has a breathtaking art cover. The palette also comes with an insert containing 3 looks you can replicate using the shadows from the palette. Since this palette was inspired by a vintage vinyl, the packaging comes in a sleeve-type cover, not her usual lid case.

Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix review

The palette comes with an amazing array of shades from neutral to colors, from matte to shimmers. A lot of people are having issues with the placement of the eyeshadows in this palette. Apparently because of the awkward placement of the inner circles in relation to the outer circles. The eyeshadow pans of the inner circle don’t match the ones on the outer circle! I don’t really mind it, for me what’s important is the quality of the eyshadows, so the misaligned circles don’t really bother me much.

As I’ve mentioned before, this palette comes with a whopping 24 shades of eyeshadows, 7 of which are neutral shades and the rest are colorful bright shades. The only 2 eyeshadow pans that align are Moulder (inner) and Rewind (outer), so on the list, I’m going to start from those 2 shades going clockwise (or up the circle). The description of the shades and finishes here are NOT the official description from Sephora/Kat Von D. Update – descriptions below are from Sephora’s website description box)

Neutral shades:

  • Moulderbutter yellow
  • Vox chocolate brown 
  • Struttertaupe 
  • Lyric white pearl
  • Black Metalmatte black
  • Skulls iridescent pearl
  • Noblenude

Technicolor Vibrant shades:

  • Rewind aubergine
  • Destroyerbright strawberry
  • Swoonfuchsia
  • Loveshimmery rose
  • Anthem purple
  • Muselilac purple
  • Echopurple glitter
  • Dark Wavedeep navy
  • Synthelectric blue
  • Hyperballadsea blue
  • Lemmygrass green
  • Misfitkelly green
  • Vinyl neon green
  • Legendgolden yellow
  • Frandeep mustard yellow
  • Analogueburnt orange
  • Harpsichordmetallic bronze

*This palette is no longer on the Sephora website at the moment I’m writing this (Sept 17, 2015). Once it goes back up on the website, I will update this post with the link and KVD official description of all the shades. Currently, the description of the shades are based on my own opinion and experience.*

*Update (Sept 18, 2015): It’s back online in Sephora! Grab it while it lasts!*

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Obviously, everyone wears primer on their eyelids nowadays! However, I still want to show you how the swatches look with and without primer. On the  “with primer” pictures, I used Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original. Also, just FYI, I applied the eyeshadows on my arm using a flat eyeshadow brush (MAC 242) – 1 swipe from the left and 1 swipe from the right. The reason why I used a brush to do my swatches is because I use a brush when applying my eyeshadow on the eyes, so this is the best representation of what I normally do on my eyes. Please keep in mind that my eyelids are lighter in shade than my arms.

Without a doubt, the primer allows the eyeshadows to be more intense and deeper in color. The one color that does not show much difference whether you use primer or not is “Lemy”. It’s very intense, dark and very metallic on its own. The shade “Echo” has glitters in them, but I can’t even see the glitters when doing the swatches. However, it might show up differently once I apply it on my eyes, so we’ll see.

I do have a tutorial coming up using some shades from this palette, mostly the blues and greens. I posted the look on Instagram, but I will post the pictorial soon, probably this weekend! If you want to know when the tutorial will be up, please subscribe to my blog (subscription box is on the right side bar) and follow me on Instagram!

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In conclusion, I obviously love this palette. So bright and colorful, so much fun! I also light the fact that it has some neutral shades thrown in there for highlight/contour/liner. I wish it has more shimmers and metallics than the mattes, but I’m ok with it!

This palette is part of Kat Von D holiday palette, it is limited edition! I bought it from Sephora Canada for CA$71. It’s no longer on the website, I’m not sure why. It’s not even on the Kat Von D website for some reason! Hopefully the palettes will be back up soon!