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Look: Sorta

Heather — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:39:13 +0000

Meh, not a great look this time. I think I needed liner on the bottom or something… It’s just light, and doesn’t do it for me, but hey, maybe it’s more someone else’s style? :-)

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPP (primer), Yaby Lt. Pink (base), Grand Entrance (inner lid), Style Snob (middle lid), Strike a Pose (outer lid & crease), Solar White (highlight), Laura Geller Blueberry baked cake (liner), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: X-Rocks
Lips: Chignon l/s + Snowscene l/g

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Look: Kat Von D Ludwig Bronzes

Heather — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:27:21 +0000

Here’s a look using the Kat Von D Ludwig Palette. It’s not perfect, and it didn’t wow me, but it was alright. I like the look of the Peacock eyeliner, but it was too thin on the outer corner. I should have made it thicker – but of course I didn’t see that before taking the pictures. I swear, pictures are totally unforgiving! :-) So do we like the bronzes? If you like more browns and earthy tones, I definitely recommend this palette!!!

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Bare Study PP (base), Kat Von D Ludwig Palette: Downtown (inner), Baroque (middle), Leather (outer & crease), Clay (highlight), Kat Von D Proud Peacock liquid liner (upper lashline), Jealous Kohl Power (waterline), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: Earth to Earth Mineralized blush duo
Lips: Bobbi Brown Beige Gold metalic lip color + Oh Baby lipglass

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Look & Review: Dior Amber Design Quint

Heather — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:48:47 +0000

I’m not a huge fan of Dior quints only because their pigmentation is usually too weak for my taste. The quality is great, but most of the time the colors muddy together on my lid.

That being said, I have very mixed feelings about this particular “quint” which I wouldn’t even say is a quint because it only has 4 eyeshadow colors, and one of those is only a “shine” color. In place of the 5th color is a brown gel (I think) liner. To be honest, I felt jipped! I have a ton of brown eyeliners! Ah well, I do see the value in having everything all together in one place I suppose, and to give it credit, the liner was very nice and dark, so it worked well with the palette.

The shadow colors themselves, are pretty nice. They’re not incredibly unique, but they’re very pretty. I love golds and coral colors and browns. It creates a nice soft look, which is great, but not what I’m all about, you know? The shadows are soft and go on smoothly. And on a side note…I’m really liking this lip combo! :-)

What are your thoughts?

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Dior Amber Design quint (as suggested – including liner), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: Cheek & Cheerful mineralized blush
Lips: Bobbi Brown Brown Metalic lip color + Nice Mix Up tri-color lipgloss

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Look: My Cousin’s Wedding

Heather — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:05:27 +0000

My little cousin Mallory got married in the little town of Abilene, TX. I was in her “House Party” which means pretty much nothing, but I got to walk down the isle with a wrist flower and be special for a night because we’re related, which was really nice. It was a freaking beautiful wedding. Parts of it were simple, and parts of it were exquisite. I was asked to wear a black dress, so this is the makeup I decided to wear with the black dress, evening, 450 people attending wedding. Simple, matte, neutral eyes and dark lips. At first I went with a dark silvery lipstick (Chantecaille’s Luna), but my husband said it looked like it was for a funeral. So I switched to the YSL #41, which I felt was too bright. So thank goodness I brought that black gloss – it was so perfect to darken up the lip color! As my mom said,” Who would’a thunk?!” She even wanted to try some on top of her mauve lipstick! Haha!

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Bobbi Brown Nude Palette, Bobbi Brown Black Ink liner, Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: Eversun BPB
Lips: YSL Rouge Pur #41 l/s + Lancome Pila Black lipgloss

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Look: It’s Picture Day & I Don’t Want to Pick Colors

Heather — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:25:12 +0000

:-( I had one of those days…the kind where you just don’t want to get ready. Yep, didn’t feel like doing my makeup this particular day. Have you ever had those? I wasn’t sure what to wear and I didn’t want to pick out shadow colors. I’m not sure why this happened to me, and I hope it’s gone from my system soon!! I was wining to my husband, and he said “so don’t get ready.” I laughed. That’s not an option. For me, that would be like going to school naked or something! Seriously, the only downside to doing my makeup in full-looks everyday is that THIS is what I look like to people. Anything would look…well…strange, different. It’s expected that I look like this. *Sigh* It’s ok though – I like what I do…just having a stressful week I suppose :-) So this look is pretty basic and simple. Care to try it yourself?

Ok, and that being said – I LOVE this look, really. My picture came out awesome (as school pictures go you know). Who knew huh? So simple :-)

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPP (primer), Layin’ Low PP (base), Bisque (inner lid), Innuendo (middle lid), Clue (outer lid), Carbon (crease), Fresco (highlight), Smolder Kohl (liner), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: Enough Said BPB
Lips: Chanel Sirocco lipstick

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How’s that for a school picture eh?

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Look: For Denny’s Birthday!

Heather — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:44:15 +0000

Happy Birthday Eve, Denny! Tomorrow is Denny (one of my loyal reader/commenter’s) birthday! She sent me a message asking for a special look just for her, and here is what I decided on :-) For you Denny, nothing but the best! Dior on the eyes, MAC on the cheeks, and Bobbi Brown on the lips. She likes darker colors on lips, so that’s what I went with, while still keeping the look simple and sophisticated (because while birthdays are fun, they still mean you’re getting older!).It’s a berry wine color that still somehow manages to look neutral, but made-up, you know? Oh, and I did a little contouring on the cheeks. I kept the majority of the cheek color to the back (near the hair line) and a little below the cheek bone, then highlighted the top of the cheek bonewith a highlighting color to bring it out. I hope you like it Denny! :-)

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Dior Smokey Jazz Club #01 Palette (includes the liner), Graphblack Technakohl (waterline), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: Fad-Dabulous Mineralized blush + Shell Pearl Irredescent Beauty Powder (higlight)
Lips: Bobbi Brown Kir Metalic Lip Color

BTW – when’s everyone else’s birthday? I think we should make a habit of getting to know each other – feel free to make a special request for YOUR birthday too :-) Ok, now on to more pictures!

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Look: Bobbi Brown Nude Palette

Heather — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:28:55 +0000

No one does nudes like Bobbi Brown. No one. All of you know that my heart belongs to MAC for the most part, and I love what they do. They do what they do very well. But nude shades…those belong to Bobbi!

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Bobbi Brown Nudes Palette: Navajo (inner lid), Chino (middle lid), Caviar (outer lid & crease), Bobbi Brown Caviar Ink (liner), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: True Romantic BPB
Lips: Guerlain Cashmere Velvet Matte #01 Gloss

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Look: 4th of July with Red Lips

Heather — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:33:58 +0000

It was one of the best 4th of July’s I’ve had in a long time. We went over to our friend’s place around 1pm and stayed until after 1 in the morning! We ate bbq, chips & dip, drank some wine and beer, played poker, hung out at the spa, played Apples to Apples, and watched fireworks. Of course there was also a lot of laughter and good conversation too. Today’s my friend Marie’s birthday, so I gotta give her a shout out – Happy Birthday Marie! Ok now on to what I wore…

It was a toss up between wearing a blue shirt and doing bright blue eyes or wearing a red shirt and doing red lips. I threw both around for a while because I like the red shirt better, but red lips is hard to keep up with all day long! In the end, I decided to go with the shirt that I felt was more flattering, and decided to keep up with the red lips, and it worked! Thank you YSL!

So what did you all do makeup-wise for the 4th??

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Bare Study PP (base), Bobbi Brown Nudes Palette: Pebble (inner lid), Maple Sugar (middle lid), Caviar (outer lid & crease), Beige Linen (highlight), Smolder Kohl (liner), Plushlash mascara
Cheeks: Bobbi Brown Flame Shimmer Blush + Bobbi Brown Nude Shimmer Brick
Lips: Brick lipliner + YSL Rouge Velupte #18

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Look: Melon

Heather — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:02:08 +0000

I don’t use Melon pigment much, but I think I should :-) I know it’s one of Temptalia‘s favorite pigment bases, and for good reason! It’s got great shimmer!!

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Rubenesque PP (base), Melon Pigment (all over lid), Bronze (outer lid & crease), Illusion (inner lid), Sugarshot (highlight), Bobbi Brown Black Ink (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
Cheeks: Springsheen blush + Refined MSF
Lips: Ravishing Creamsheen l/s + Spice l/l + She’s a Star lipglass

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Look: Don’t Scare the Newbies

Heather — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:32:46 +0000

The day I did this look was the first day of a week-long training that makes me want to pull my hair out. Seriously, it’s way below me, but they pay me to go, so I go. Unfortunately for them, I wear my thoughts on my face…and I really can’t hide how I feel. Apparently I’m hilarious to sit across from because I constantly roll my eyes or make faces when I don’t approve which makes others who know me laugh like crazy! It’s pretty subconscious, and something I need to work on for sure!

Anyway, so being the first day of a training, I figured I wouldn’t go OTT with the color, so as not to scare the newbies who don’t wear makeup (but SOOOO SHOULD!). It’s pretty much the same as my look with the glasses, but sleeker. Amazing what some liner on the waterline will do :-)

For this look I used:

Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Bare Study PP (base), Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette, Bobbi Brown Black Ink (upper lashline), UD 24/7 Zero (waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
Cheeks: Honey Light + Margin blush
Lips: Chantecaille Luna l/s + Bobbi Brown Glacier Shimmer l/g

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