FOTD: The Graduate

Last night was a big night for me.  I finally graduated from nursing school! 

It was a lot of hard work and studying (and much more to come if I decide to continue on...I think I will...but I'm going to take some time off first).  It's hard to believe that it's over. 

I wore a dark purple dress and black heels.  I didn't do anything new or exciting to my hair...just wore it in it's usual style.  I wanted to wear makeup that would be suitable for work or a semi-formal occasion.  Although, I couldn't resist a pop of purple to make things a little more fun.  This is what I came up with:

 Eyes
Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer
Wet n' Wild Vanity Palette
(I used the lightest shimmery color on the lid, the darkest shimmery color in the crease, and the matte dark brown to deepen the crease.  I used the lightest matte shade to blend out the highlight area)
Fyrinnae Sequined Master (Lower lash line)
My Pretty Zombie Bride (Inner corners and highlight)
Physician's Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner
Maybelline Define-a-line eyeliner soft black (water line)

 Full face pic in the car...I was running late

Lips were Wet n' Wild something...I can't remember at the moment.

I took a few days off from work to celebrate.  However...my celebrating is probably going to only consist of lazing about the house and catching up on some reading :-)

LOTD: My Blix Remix for NTMS

This week, in the Facebook group Never To Much Sparkle, the challenge was to do a Blix Remix.  In other words, take a look from the amazing talented Blix and try to recreate it. 

Blix has more talent in her little pinky toe than I have in ALL my parts but I gave it a try just the same!

(I sincerely hope that I can get a decent camera soon.  My camera washed these colors out soooo much.  This is way brighter in person.)

 Eyes
E.L.F. Eyeshadow Primer
Sugarpill Poison Plum (Crease/Lower Lashline)
Sugarpill Bulletproof (Crease)
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy (On lid/inner corner/Lower Lashline)
NYX Purple Glitter

My Pretty Zombie 996 (Inner Corner/Lower Lashline)
Physician's Formula Eye Booster eyeliner
Maybelline Define-a-Line eyeliner in Soft BlackMaybelline Lots of Lashes Mascara
Wet N' Wild Lust Palette (Lightest Highlight Color)

(Goofy Face Pic!)

Overall, I was pretty happy with how this turned out. 

Have a great week!

And The Party Doesn't Stop....

I really loved my birthday look.

I loved it so much that I thought about what I could do to make it even better. 

And the answer was obvious.......

MAKE IT BLUE!!!!

After all, blue is my favorite color for eyeshadow--ever.  I've never met a blue that I didn't like.  Okay, that's not entirely true.  I have a love/hate relationship with Sugarpill's Afterparty--it just doesn't work for me.  But aside from that, I have a blind obsession admiration for most blues.

I like this look better than my birthday look.  I feel fabulous and fierce!

I used:
Concrete Minerals Electric Eye Primer
Wet N' Wild Blue Had Me at Hello Palette (I mixed the two dark blues for the crease and put the bright teal on my lower lashline)

Urban Decay Oil Slick (to deepen the crease...I could have used the sparkly black from the Blue palette just as easily)

Sugarpill Tako (blending, highlight)

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk(Inner corners, brow bone)

My Pretty Zombie Unicorn Pee(inner corners, highlight--applied over Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy)

NYX Cosmetic Glitter in Blue (on lid)
(applied over Pixie Epoxy)

Physician's Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner, Black
Maybelline Define-a-line eyeliner, Black
Maybelline Great Lash Mascara, Black

Wow!  I blogged two days in a row...this could be the start of something productive.  Or not. :)

Shopping Fool

I recently had a chance to go on somewhat of a shopping spree.  I went a little crazy (for me) buying things that I've been wanting for a while.

A pic of most of my haul...please ignore the dollar store makeup wipes in the background :)

My sister and I hit Sephora on Valentine's Day.  She and I both bought a Hello Kitty roll-on perfume and I bought a sample bottle of Urban Decay All-nighter spray.  I couldn't bring myself to spring for the Stila blush with the hearts on it (yes, I am THAT lazy not to go and look up it's proper name), so I ran across the hall to CVS and got the Physician's Formula version.

I'm not especially skilled at the whole blush thing and I'm not sure if this is the right one for me.  It is awfully cute though and I really like how it smells :)  I also picked up the PF eyeliner set for green eyes.

I'd been wanting to place another order with Epically Epic Soap Co. I loved everything that I had ordered last time.  I picked up some soaps (a lilac one for me and a lavender one for Addy) and a yellow cake scented hydrating mist.  Yellow Cake is just about the best smelling anything ever!! 

Then I got some solids lotions--LOVE them!  I bought one in Oatmeal, Milk and Honey because that's my favorite scent (so far).  I also picked up one in Basmati Rice and Midnight.  The last one was originally for Addy but once she smelled it she was unimpressed.  She combed the Etsy site for what seemed like an hour, reading all the descriptions before she settled on Midnight.  It doesn't smell bad (quite the opposite), it's just not a smell for a 9-year old girl and she decided that she really didn't want it.  I'm thinking about keeping it aside for a giveaway :)

We also got some lip balm.  I got Turkish Coffee and Addy got Shamrock Shake.  I've said in the past that I'm not a fan of mint.  Addy is and she LOVES this lip balm!

And my major purchase in all this shopping spree madness?  I got my first SUGARPILL!!!!!  Of course, I posted pictures, because you haven't seen enough of them everywhere else :)

 

I am such a dork.  I've done just one look with them so far and I practically had to force myself to break into the palette.  They are just SO PRETTY and I'm having trouble actually using them because I don't want to mess them up.

This is going to be the last makeup and stuff I buy for a while...but I think it's enough--for now.