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