Today's Look

Pigments are back! Yesterday I remembered why I bought as many pigments as I have. I stopped using them for many months and I am so excited about them once again!!

Stay tuned for a list of products used...

October Looks

I haven't blogged in FOREVER, some of that has to do with the fact that I moved and went to see a dermatologist for acne. I got that situation resolved and then I got into a little slump. I am back now I have some pics of some different looks I had for the last couple of months. I don't really remember what all I was wearing on my eyes but I figured I would just go ahead and post them.

Neutrals - with Coastal Scents and E.L.F:

I would like to say that the above is an example of poor eyelash execution. I was just playing around with some $1 falsies I purchased.  I could never get them on right then I didn't take any time to use gel or liquid liner to try to had the band. I wasn't going anywhere so I just left it. I also created a tutorial for this look. Unfortunately it proved to be too difficult for me to piece it all together. So I am going to just leave that alone.

 For the look below I have no idea what I had on. I am thinking I was trying to recreate the above or maybe it was my first use of the Urban Decay Naked Palette. But who know?

This is either something blue shadow I got from a Body Shop sale or...

...something from my Urban Decay Book of Shadows III.. I think the above is the Body Shop eyeshadow and the below is the Book of Shadows.

The Red Lip

You know, normally, I am not a fan of the "Red Lip" however today I was playing around and I figured I would see what I could see. I bought this magic marker type thingy from MAC. Just checked on the name Pro Longwear Lip Stain - in Tomorrow's Coral. I was instructed to put clear Lip Glass on it, but of course I had to go extra with it. SO, I had some Pro Longwear Lip Colour in ??, and then I put the clear stuff that comes with that on top.

It all started with me trying to perfect making my skin flawless without looking powdery, greasy or cakey..Still working on that. I thought I might be going out, but when I realized I wasn't I decided to go in experiment mode. I am thinking that Red might be something for me to wear from time to time to mix it up.


We'll see...


Oh and an update on the Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland palette I have been crying over. Urban Decay is selling it in a bundle on their website, for freakin' $211.. With a whole bunch of other bogus stuff I don't want or need. It was $52 originally, but $211, that made me mad, so I am over it..lol.. I was going to ask someone to gift that to me, but I would rather spend $200 on a whole bunch of stuff I would actually use.

Most of what I am wearing is Mac, with a little Sephora & Loreal eyeshadow in there. But once I decided on the red lip, I tried to cover up the Gold Sephora Eyeshadow with the taupe Loral Eyeshad on my lower lid.

I also started to put on the lashes, but truly I was not going anywhere and I didn't feel like putting on Mascara and lashes knowing full well they were coming off 10 minutes later.

One more thing...

I was Youtube video watching today..and I came upon the dreaded review of Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland palette. That thing came out in January and sold out almost immediately.  I missed it and I am STILL pining away..I went on ebay and those things were selling for like $125!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I should have just jumped on it in March when they were $75 on ebay, I think the original price was like $35 or $45 [correction $52].. Sniff...

I really shouldn't still be this upset about it...lol...but I AM!

Dang you Alice!
(sigh)

Slacking off!

I haven't posted in a while... I moved to a new city...not adjusting well I am afraid..

Oh and what is worse, I had a serious breakout that I have been covering up for months. It just got really bad, one of my friends said i looked like someone burned my face with a cigarette. Needless to, I wasn't in my new city but 2 weeks before I had an appointment with a dermatologist. That was before I even found an apartment.. priorities.

So that was the end of February. For 2 whole months, I wore NO makeup...I think that attributed to my not adjusting well, because I didn't feel like going anywhere...lol.. Anyway now I am happy to say...that today I don't have one active acne pimple. I have these little heat bump looking things on my forehead. I am going to make an appointment to figure out what is going on with that. But no pimples and the scarring has gone away to the point where if I am not concerned about perfection, I don't need concealer...I am so happy.

So stay tuned for new posts.. its going to require me to get up a 1/2 hour earlier to take pics and make sure everything is straight..so that is a little challenge. Oh here is pic of me yesterday.. kind of crazy pic, I know... I was trying to only take a pic of my eye lashes so I could show a friend of mine and I haven't mastered my new camera stand and setup at my new place...lol..

Oh and you can see only remnants of my battle with acne.. I am only wearing MAC mineralize powder and MAC natural skin finish for foundation.













I am going to get my act together...so stay tuned!

Inspiration: Blue!

I with I had something deep to say about my inspiration today, but basically, I tried something yesterday I was feeling like I wanted to do a blue smokey type something and it went VERY VERY wrong. No pics on that. I fixed it so I didn't look like I got punched in both of my eyes, but I was pretty unhappy with the results. Someone (God bless her) in my office said it still looked good, but it was not my best work. Let me also say that my look was supposed to be based on me using a pigment "Deep Blue Green" that I got from the MAC Christmas Collection '09 - Cool Capers mini pigments. But I couldn't find it yesterday. It was hiding. So once that was set in my head, I wasn't able to appropriately recover even with all the other makeup I had. Oh well..

Anyway today is a new day and I found it! Yay! So we begin again. So like I said, I just wanted to use that pigment. It's not deep... I wasn't feeling blue or thinking of the ocean or anything..lol.. Welll let me say that part of it is that I am planning on getting some new pigments (can't wait) and its sort of hard to justify new ones, if I am not using my existing ones. So that  is where my inspiration came from for today..

My Look:

My Inspiration:

~Pigment is on the far left~~

I jotted down (most of ) what I used on my eyes & cheeks..

Base:	MAC Paint Pot	Groundsworks
Bottom half of Lid (inner):	MAC Pigment	Reflects Transparent Blue
Bottom half of Lid (outer):	MAC Pigment	Deep Blue Green
Crease:	MAC Eyeshadow	Black Tied
Middle Lid:	MAC Eyeshadow	Rule/Red Brick/Plumage
Under Brow:	MAC Eyeshadow	Tete a Tint
Bottom Liner:	MAC Kohl Pencil	Smoulder
Mascara:	Covergirl Lashblash	Very Black
Blush:	Body Shop Blush	Roseflower 02
Eyebrow (enhancement):	MAC Brow Pencil	Spiked

Inspiration: Glamazon!

Sometimes inspiration is as simple as looking at an eyeshadow color in my collection and building from there. I decided I would try something instead of just MAC today, so I opened my Too Faced Glamour Revolution palette (see left). I got this set at Sephora around Christmas 2008. The palette was limited addition and was good bang for the buck. Some of the colors you can still get..maybe even in a different palette.

So I saw the Glamazon and the color is pretty..glittery though (so be careful lest you look like a disco ball). But I couldn't get the word out of my head...GLAMAZON.. I thought.."That's what I will be today...a Glamazon!" (although I am not tall - it's a state of being)..lol.. Anyway I love it! And that is where my inspiration came from for today..

  ~Photo courtesy of pursebuzz.com~~

My Look:

My Inspiration:

~Photo courtesy of Too Faced Cosmetics~~

I jotted down (most of ) what I used on my eyes & cheeks..

Base:	MAC Paint Pot	Indianwood
Bottom half of Lid (inner):	Too Faced Eyeshadow	Glamazon
Bottom half of Lid (outer):	MAC Eyeshadow	Saddle
Crease:	MAC Eyeshadow	Embark
Middle Lid:	MAC Eyeshadow	Tete a Tint/Saddle
Under Brow:	Too Faced Eyeshadow	Glamazon
Top & Bottom Liner:	MAC Fluidline	Blacktrack
Mascara:	Covergirl Lashblash	Very Black
Blush:	Body Shop Cheek Bloom	Desert Rose
Eyebrow (enhancement):	MAC Brow Pencil	Spiked

Inspiration: Spring Colour 2 Forecast

Today my inspiration is still following the same theme of the MAC Colour Forecast collection. Next week I am definitely going to check it out at the very least. Today it was Spring Colour 2 Forecast: Find your passion with Coral. I will tell you that MAC Coppering is one of my favorite colors and it is the one I wear most often.. So that is where my inspiration came from for today..

My Look:

 

My Inspiration:

~Photos courtesy of MAC Cosmetics~~

I jotted down (most of ) what I used on my eyes & cheeks..

Base:	MAC paint pot	Artifact
Bottom half of Lid (inner):	MAC eyeshadow	Coppering
Bottom half of Lid (outer):	MAC eyeshadow	Red Brick
Crease:	MAC eyeshadow	Embark
Middle Lid:	MAC eyeshadow	Tete a Tint
Inner Corner:	MAC pigment	Melon
Under Brow:	MAC eyeshadow	RicePaper
Top & Bottom Liner:	MAC Fluidline	Blitz and Glitz
Mascara:	Maybelline Stilleto	Very Black
Blush:	MAC Mineralize Blush	Superduper Natural
Eyebrow (enhancement):	Smashbox Brow Tech	Brunette

Why Blot Powder is a MUST have

One more post for today..
This morning, I fell in love with Blot powder. I have a lot of love in my heart and had no trouble making room for it. I will show you why...



I just noticed that I missed a spot right above my right eyebrow, but whatever.. I am standing in the same spot with the same camera....no tricks here.

AMAZING - from greasy face to normal face in a matter of like 3 minutes!

I have very dry skin, so I have to put a lot of moisturizer on and wait 15 minutes for it to sink into my skin and then I can look like anything from an oil slick to "dewy" after I put on my foundation. Blot powder fixes all that..

Inspiration: Spring Colour 1 & 3 Forecast

I have finally decided to do a blog that is just about makeup (mostly). Maybe there will be some rants about some other things...we will see. But I will try to remain focused. So just jumping right into it..

I am inspired by so many different things that I see in the world. The last couple of days I have been thinking about the new MAC Colour Forecast collection, which looks AMAZING (online). I have been getting emails everyday from MAC, I even got a snail mail invite from my favorite MAC counter to their Colour Forecast event...Resistance is FUTILE! Anyway this is where my inspiration came from for today..

My Look:


My Inspiration:

~~Photos courtesy of MAC Cosmetics~~

I jotted down what I used on my eyes & cheeks..

Base: MAC Paint Pot - Groundworks
Bottom of Lid: MAC Pigment - Fuschia (used Fix+ to make it stick)
Inner Corner: MAC Eyeshadow - (didn't write it down..have to check)
Crease: MAC Eyeshadow - Cobolt
Middle Lid: MAC Eyeshadow -Saddle & Tete a Tint
Under Brow: MAC Eyeshadow -Yogurt
Top & Bottom Liner: MAC Fluidline - Blacktrack
Mascara: Covergirl Lashblash - Very Black
Blush: MAC Mineralize Blush - Superduper Natural