Soft, Mushy, and Ooey-Gooey (for NTMS)

The challenge this week in, the Facebook group, Never Too Much Sparkle was to do either a pro-Valentine's Day look or an anti-Valentine's Day look. 

I chose to do a soft, mushy, oooey-gooey Valentine's day look.  I think that I look terrible in just about every pink, so I decided to do a look based on shades of purples. 

I used the Wet n' Wild Lust Palette.  I think I used just about every color in it.  Then, I lightly sprinkled Broken Glass from Detrivore Cosmetics over the whole thing to give it a little sparkle. (Not that you can see that in the pic...but in real life it looked quite pretty) 

I don't often do soft and delicate makeup.  It's just not me...but I kind of liked this.  And Jeff really liked it.  I was really surprised because he usually prefers when I do bright, bold looks.

 (I haphazardly threw on some Sephora lip gloss in Pin-up Pink that I received as a free sample with one of my recent orders)

Addy was playing with her makeup (basically all the makeup that I either don't want or don't use anymore) the other day and she made a Valentine's Day themed look.  When she heard about the challenge...she wanted me to post it.

Her homage to Silhouette Screams...she spends a lot of time reading blogs with me :-)

So....Valentine's Day....yes or no?

What I'm Loving Right Now (Fall Edition)

I've really been rather suck-ish at keeping up with my favorites lists.  But somewhere between classes, clinicals at the hospital, work, kids and pretty much life in general...I've managed to still assemble a little collection of new (new to me, anyway) stuff that has quickly become my go-to stuff for the moment.

OHWTO's BLACK MAGIC SOAP
I was so excited to get my OHWTO order that I didn't take pictures of anything.  This soap totally lives up to all it's hype.  After just a few uses, I could definitely see a difference in my skin.  Even Jeff noticed!  He looked at me, fresh out of the shower, and he told me that my face looked brighter, cleaner, and fresher looking.  And I LOVE the way it smells.  If you purchase anything from OHWTO, it should be this!  www.ohwto.com

URBAN DECAY LIQUID LINER IN RADIUM
I love the color of this!  I've been using this a lot when I need to do a simple look.  Just throw some of this on...do some nice thick, winged liner and my basic face makeup...and I'm good to go.

 WET N' WILD LIPSTICK IN 522A
I still have a love/hate relationship with lip products.  I love how they look, I love how they pull together my look, I hate how they feel on my lips.  But Rite Aid was having a 60% off sale and I got a bunch of lipsticks for 49 cents!  This is my favorite of the bunch.  It makes me feel fierce!

 Taken on my way out to dinner with Jeff and the kids.  I look kind of smarmy or something but the pic shows the lipstick off pretty well :)

HARD CANDY GLOSSAHOLIC GLOSS IN FABULOUS
I suppose this gloss is pretty pointless...because I keep eating it!  I think it tastes delicious.  Aside from that, I like the extra large doe-foot applicator and the sparkly flakies. 

 Blurry gloss pic for the win!

 Very pretty!

COLORED CLIP IN HAIR PIECES
I don't have a problem putting colored streaks in my hair.  However, it isn't appropriate for school.  One of my Facebook friends suggested that I try some clip-ins.  I bought a purple set and a blue set.  I've been getting lots of compliments on them.  They've quickly become my new favorite accessory.

I like them a lot.  Eyes done with the Kat Von D Metal Orchestra palette.  I'm still on the fence about that product.

What are your favorites lately?

More Hits and Misses

This is just a hodge podge of looks that I've done over the last little while. 

Some of them I've liked and others were just meh.

Here goes!

This one was inspired by Robyn's (Stay Beautiful) cut crease that was inspired by Kevin from the Disney Movie "Up".  Mine hardly comes close...I am not skilled at the cut crease :)

I used the Sugarpill Burning Heart Palette

This one really didn't turn out like I wanted it to...oh well...here it is anyway!

For this one I used a sample that I got from Shiro whose name escapes me at the moment and Bulletproof from Sugarpill

These are my "five minute eyes".  I've been doing this quite often when I'm feeling lazy...but not so lazy that I'm willing to go barefaced.

 This is just eyeliner smudged out with the really dark blue from the Wet n' Wild Blue Had Me at Hello Palette

This is my version of the 'gradient rainbow eyeliner' look that was featured on Makeup Bee.  I wore this to school.  I got a couple of nice compliments...but I don't know how I feel about it.  I used my 120 Palette for the whole thing.

This last one I really liked!  I was inspired by Jangsara's latest tutorial.  I really should have been working on my homework yesterday...but instead I blasted my stereo and played with my makeups!  I used Sugarpill Poison Plum, Afterparty, Tako, and Goldilux.  I also used My Pretty Zombie's Bride for the first time--it makes an awesome highlight/inner corner shade!

Well that's it for now.  Any color combos or suggestions of things that I could try?

August Favorites

It's that time again.  Time to take a peek into my makeup stash and see what items I've been using the most!

URBAN DECAY EYESHADOW TRANSFORMATION POTION

That's a mighty long name for a product! (Did I even get it right? I'm totally guessing!)  I know there are plenty of different techniques and products out there that are used for applying eyeshadow as eyeliner.  I also know that I haven't tried any of them.  Except this one.  I really love the brush--I wish all liquid eyeliner had this brush.  I think my winged liner comes out far better when I use this stuff.  Plus there's the novelty factor of being able to have almost any color eyeliner I want without having to go out and buy them!  The best part was that I bought it on sale for $5!

996 (EYESHADOW) FROM MY PRETTY ZOMBIE

I have a review in the works for My Pretty Zombie but I haven't had a chance to test drive all my stuff yet.  However....this eyeshadow was love at first sight.  I'm a sucker for blue and I'm not ever afraid to wear it.  This is one of the brightest, boldest, most awesome blues that I own.  Yesterday, I wore it using the UD Transformation Potion and did some majorly bold winged-out liner.  It. was. awesome.

Speaking of blues....

BOTH DARK BLUES FROM WnW'S 'BLUE HAD ME AT HELLO' PALETTE

I know I featured the whole palette as a favorite previously, but I have new admiration for the dark blues in this palette (maybe the sparkly black that's in there too....).  Every blue look I've done lately has featured those darker blues in the crease.

Which brings me to this photo:

 This is the above mentioned 996 paired with the WnW dark blues....LOVE this!

and last but not least....

MILANI 3-D GLITZY GLAMOUR GLOSS IN STARSHINE
(phew! Another long name!)

(The gloss in question is the first one on the left in the bottom row)

Lip products are so not my thing.  I want them to be.  I've bought many products hoping that they'd be the miracle product that I would want to put on my lips every day.  This isn't that miracle either--but it's SUPER DUPER SPARKLY!!!! And I can't resist sparkles and glitter.  I've worn it over other colors and it gives them that little somethin' extra, but mostly I've been wearing it alone because...honestly...I'm just too lazy.  I rarely even wear lip stuff unless it's a really special occasion, but I've been finding myself wearing this one for just any old time.  Must be the sparkles.  Sparkles, like bacon, make everything better. (Or is that just me?)

What have you guys been loving lately?

A "Pretty" good week :)

Just doing a quick catch up on a few looks that I've done lately but haven't had a chance to post.  Usually, I do make up once or twice a week (usually when I'm going out for the day or for school on Friday night) but this past week, I've set a little time aside during my day to play around.  Even though I really had no where to go and nothing in particular to do, I've been having a lot of fun doing it anyway.

This first one was inspired by this tutorial.  I really like trying to copy my favorite looks from other people, using the products I own.  I like the challenge :)  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right???

I used:
120 Palette the darkest bright pink

Sugarpill Poison Plum

Wet n' Wild Blue Had Me at Hello--the navy-ish blue on the right hand side

NYX JEP Milk

 The next one I didn't really "copy" anyone exactly.  But I was inspired by MUG's Flower Challenge.  I thought of pansies and came up with this.

I used:
Concrete Minerals UnitySugarpill Poison PlumSugarpill Buttercupcake

Sugarpill Tako

 This one, below, is my favorite of the past week.  Most likely because I really love blues.  April is Autism Awareness Month and, just like last year (holy guacamole...my little blog is a year old!!!! Where did the time go???) I did a blue look to celebrate.  For those of you who may not know, my 8 year old son, Ian-Thayer (we call him Bear), is on the Autism Spectrum.  My close up shots came out pretty crappy but I do have a couple full face pics that I thought were pretty decent!

This one was pretty simple and I used Fyrinnae FuturisticGlamrock and Sugarpill Afterparty, Lips are Urban Decay lip gloss in Naked:

That's it for this time.  Hope everyone has a really great weekend!

March Favorites

These are the products I've been finding myself turning to again and again lately.  There's nothing new or overly exciting on the list, but I thought I'd share with you guys anyway :)

1. SUGARPILL!!! 

I use the Cold Heart Palette for something just about everyday!  Bulletproof and Tako are my go-to black and white e/s.  Poison Plum is an amazing purple!  I'm glad that I got my hands on one of these before they were sold out :)  And Goldilux?  I don't even have words to describe just how awesome it is!

2.  EPICALLY EPIC'S YELLOW CAKE HYDRATING MIST

I just did a review on this.  It's a seriously great product.  Not only do I wonder how I lived without it, I (almost) never want to smell like anything other than Yellow Cake!

3.  HELLO KITTY PERFUME

I am sooo sorry for the incredibly blurry picture!  If I'm not smelling like Yellow Cake, then I'm wearing this.  I love the smell and the packaging is adorable.  The only downside is that it makes me sneeze....I always sneeze at least 5-7 times after putting it on, but it's worth it to smell this nice :)

 4.  WET N' WILD 'BLUE HAD ME AT HELLO' PALETTE

I only just picked this up at Walmart on Thursday but I'm head over heels in love with these blues.  So much, in fact, that the only e/s I've worn since Thursday has come from this palette.  I even did my makeup for work today (I rarely wear makeup to work) just so I could play with these some more!  The eyelid shade on the right hand side has got to be one of my favorite blue shades ever.

My Wet n' Wild Friday LOTD:

What are some products that you guys are loving right now??