DAMN Where have I been??

OK I know I havent posted in forever and I havent even done that many tutorials.... But life is totally different in the new house.

We had both TVs in the living room from when we first moved into the house and everyone was happy about it BUT me. Everyone could play two different video games or watch TV on one and video on the other. However, it wasnt working for me and the 2nd TV was on my brand new desk that I got for xmas.

SO while my DH was out - I took it upon myself to move the TV into our bedroom where it belonged. Here comes the problem. MY vanity is now in the bedroom and now my DH never leaves the room but to smoke or eat. And neither happens often or long enough for me to put on my MU let alone do a talking tutorial.

So now fast forward a month - and finally MAYBE my DH will have a job but it will be in SC (3.5hrs away). He will stay there during the work week and come home on the weekends to spend them with us. It will be lonely without him BUT I can get the house back into some sort of order.

We will find out next wk if its a GO or not....

Anyways, a fellow YT buddy is holding a contest and she asked me to participate.
Here is her video:



I really like her concept and have already picked out my inspiration picture.


and I practiced a look already to see how it would come out. BUT, man, I really wish I had a GOOD YELLOW EYESHADOW!!!


Ignore the thick liner side cause I was trying to figure that out too today. LOL



Well, I was also tagged today from someone else. I already recorded this today too - but have to edit it before posting on YT.

I have blabbed on enough now. Nite peeps

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Using loose pigments...

I have had ppl ask me this question a few times so I finally got around to making a tut about it. I was really inspired by the traditional Asian bridal makeup. So here is the videos.





Breakdown

FACE
Revlon ColorStay Fndt
NARS Silvana blush
NYC Browser in Brunette

EYES
UDPP
MAC Bare Study pp (on one eye only)
MAC Blonde's Gold (foiled on one - reg on the other)
MAC Heritage Rouge
L'Oreal HiP Cream liner in Blk
XXL Mascara in blk

LIPS
Clinique Creamy Nude l/s
over ULTA Nude l/l










Here the eye was foiled and you can see it already started to crease.


This was just applied over a cream base and didnt look at metallic but lasted much better.


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MAC TEAL SMOKY EYE - Another picture tutorial!!

FIRST I want to say that I posted my werewolf look in the BeautyChoice.com contest. I think I posted too late to really have a chance to win though.

OK Well, DD was taking a bath and so I played with my MU and did this random eye because I LOVE TEAL pigment. Hope you guys enjoy!!

ok there it is... hope there is enough detail!

My first attempt to wear matte e/s

OK I do not like frosty e/s or ones with tons of fallout but I am also afraid of matte eyeshadows. The bright colors are especially frightening. But during one of my thebodyneeds.com hauls I purchased a matte green pigment, MAC Landscape Green.

I always love the looks from the Specktra with the matte white and bright eye combinations. And today was my turn to figure out how to make it work for me. I used a NYX jumbo eye pencil in Cottage Cheese and it was a mistake because its shimmery and Jane Hip Bone e/s needs a bit of build up to become opaque. But overall I enjoyed the look.