LOTD 10/15/2011 BBC1

Today was a makeup challenge from Beauty by Charlie. She is having a sigma contest going on right now. Im not exactly sure how she is doing it. I do know that she is posting these cute little eye drawings for it. Im not really entering her contest I just really respect her skills as a Mad Makeup Artist. So I figure I can always learn something from her by attempting to recreate these drawings on myself. I had a lot of fun doing this, also I figure I can build up to some of her more complex draws. So without further ado here is the Charlies drawing:

As you can see its simple but beautiful. I dont have blue eyes but I do have light hazel eyes that really pop with red near them. Here is my attempt at it:



I kept my face simple because the eyes are a bit bold. A close up of the eye:

Products used:

         Face:

Neutrogena Healthy skin enhancer (fair to light)

Maybelline Blush (seashell pink)

         Eyes:

Wet n' Wild liner (mink brown)

Hard Candy Take me out liner (abyss)

Hot Topic Liner (red)

Jordana Easyliner (sterling blue)

MAC eyeshadow (mylar)

         Lips:

Elf Minty Lipgloss (Houston)

Until next time...

Nympette's Calendar Challenge Oct. 14, 2011

Todays Nympette Calendar Challenge was Vampire. Great holloween look, and pretty popular if you ask me. This is my look:

Full face.

  Products used:
         Face:
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer (fair to light)
Covergirl Continuous Wear (Ivory)
Milani Bronzer (pecan)
         Eyes:
Elf eye primer
Hot topic liner (red)
Mary Kay Eyeshadow (Exotic Purple)
L'Oreal Eyeshadow single (lush raven)
Mary Kay Eyeshadow (pink opal)
MAC Eyeshadow (Gesso)
Maybelline the Flasies mascara (black drama)
         Lips:
Wet n' Wild Color icon liner (amethyst)
Hot Topic liner (red)      

Close up of open eye

Close up of full lid

 I loved do this look, even tho I had the sun in my eyes most of the time because of where I do my makeup. I think I'll do a tutorial for this but at a better time of day.

Until next time...

Revlon Double Twist Mascara Review

So this is a simple review. I really like this mascara and I dont like it. First of all here is what Revlon says about this mascara:
   Massive Volume, Remarkable Definition
   Revolutionary 2-in-1 brush
   Thickining Brush + Separating Comb = The Ultimate lash look



A picture of the wand and and after pic of my lashes.

Pros:
My lashes felt full.
False lash effect.
Quick Dry formula
Cons:
hard to apply to bottom lashes

I really liked the formula. I felt it dried fast enough so I wouldnt get mascara on my lid when I did the other side. I was able to get the full effect in a couple of swipes of mascara. I would purchase agian but I would want another mascara for lower lashes.

Haul from 10/12/2011

So after school the other day I felt like doing a little shopping. I'm almost out of my Maybelline The Falsies mascara in Black Drama, so I figured I'd look around and see if there was any mascara on sale. I found out that Walgreens is have a huge BOGO 1/2 sale on most cosmetics. I was so happy I wished I'd have enough money to buy one of everything... But I settled on to mascaras and a revlon lip gloss.
 So I have been on this whole natural makeup kick now, what I mean by this that I really like being able to pronounce the ingrediants as well as I can find them anywhere. I love a lot of the smaller indie companies, I love being able to contact the owner and talking bout their products and getting the one on one that you cant get in a big company. When I saw this mascara I thought, "hmm, natural? Ok you have my attention. Now how much? half off 7.50? Ok why not?" Then I saw below it a mascara that I had tried before and really liked it.

This mascara I have tried before but in the orignal. This one in particular is suppose to hydrate your lashes to keep them from breaking or feeling stiff. I figured I'd give it a shot.

I have read a lot of reviews on this lip gloss and have been wanting to try them for a few months now. When I saw that they were on sale I couldn't help but grab one. I wanted to grab one of each color they were all so pretty. Instead I grab this one which is Papaya. Orange is really big this fall season for lips, and I have no orange lipstick or gloss. So this is really stepping out of the box for me. I tried it just to see what the color would look like on me. I don't like it on me. I know I cant wear orange and I thought that a coral whould be ok but I was wrong. Well at least I have a new gloss for when I do shoots!

It looks pink but I promise its coral.




Swatch in natural light

 


Tried to capture the little bit of sparkle in it.











Until next time...

LOTD 10/12/2011


Today was a late day. Meaning I rolled out of bed about an hour before I needed to leave. So with a quick shower, I only had about 35 mins to do my hair and makeup. I have naturally wavy hair so I just gave it a quick shake to break it up a little so it would have a more ringlette affect (I promise I have ringlettes they just like to hide behind my ears). Then I put on a little tinted moisturizer to help cover the uneven skin I have due to horomones, a simple 2 toned eye using mary kay's oyster shell and whipped cocoa, with a bit of Wet n' Wild brown liner and the faslies mascara in Black Drama to complete my eyes. Then a light layer of Wet n' Wild lipstick in 528A with elf's minty lip gloss in Houston rubbed in the middle of my lip.

Simple everyday look, very neutral



Please don't mind the frizz it's from lighting my hair.



Close up of the eye. It's sort of like a cut crease but not dramatic.

Until next time...

Mellow Yellow by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear(27)

So this post has been a long time coming. Ive applied this polish three times now because I forget to write down my thoughts on it as I wear it. Ugh, I'm such a nut. Anywho, I've had this polish for a while now. I really didn't have a good cream yellow and when I was looking around for a good one, I saw a bunch of good reviews. Lets just say I'm slightly disappointed. I thought this was goin to be a lot brighter but in reality its a pale/medium toned yellow. I still very much like the color but it didn't meet up to my original reason for buying it.

Review  4/10

Dry Speed: 1 point- I felt like it dried at a normal speed nothing fancy.

Application: 0 points- This came out really streaky and I had a hard time getting rid of them with a normal coat. I applied a little heavy the first time to get it nice and smooth.

Price:2 points- I got this on a BOGO sale so it was free. Can never go wrong with that.

Wear: 0 points: It chipped in the first 24 hrs, NOT GOOD. I was able to chip the polish off in one day.

Opaque: 1 point- You can tell its yellow, but I just couldn't over look the streaks.

Breast Cancer Awareness.

October is one month that can really get to a woman. Its Breast Cancer awareness month. Susan G. Kolman foundation is all over the place. And pink is color of every person who has been touched by this disease. I love pink,  I also lost my grandmother to cancer not breast cancer but the effect of her not being here still hits me every day. I feel what they feel, and so in my support of them I did a look. Also a blogger I follow had asked her followers to create a look for Breast Cancer Awareness, to give a great big show of support. Snarky P. here is my contribution to the group. http://networkedblogs.com/objyp This is a dramatic look. I call cancer the Black monster. So of course I included black in the look.

I felt that the emotion needed to be expressed in a bit of dramatic makeup. I kept everything else simple and PINK!

Until next time...