Happy September!!!

Long time no see!  I've been sooooo busy with work and very little time to blog.  :(   My blog has always been for my own relaxation and pleasure though, so though I may post a little few and far between it's ok.

I decided to break out some of my MAC stuff today and do a LOTD.  It was fun!  I have a few pics for you.

All products are MAC unless otherwise stated.
EYES:

UDPP in Original
Delft paint pot on lid
Partylicious pigment applied wet to lid with Fix +
Vapour on browbone
Smoulder on upper lashline and lower waterline
Desert Cloud Crushed Metallic Pigment from the Butterfly Party Pigment Stack in crease
Undercurrent Pearlglide at lower lashline topped with Partylicious pigment dry
UD Supercurl Mascara

FACE:

ELF Undereye concealer in light
UD Pore Perfecting Complexion Primer
Studio Fix Powder Foundation in NC25
UD 24/7 Concealer Pencil in NSA
Blot Powder
ELF Studio Blush in Blushing Rose
Blonde MSF to highlight
Fix + to set

LIPS:

Oak Liner
Blankety Lipstick
Like Venus Dazzleglass

I've recently gone back to Weight Watchers.  I had some minor illnesses that got me off track and I got pretty much back to square one.  In just over 2 months I've lost nearly 20 lbs!  This time I'm sticking with it.  If you are tired of starting over, then STOP QUITTING!!!! That's my mantra!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day!

Yesterday's MAC look....New Pigments!

So yesterday I decided to do a deep taupe eye.  Yep, again, neutrals!  WOW I've been wearing them a lot recently!  I got a lot of complements on it and loved the way it turned out!

One of my favorite MAC pigments is Blue/Brown.  It's a duochrome and it changes in SO MANY ways depending on what bases you use with it!  I used it in my crease and over my lower liner, and I used the new Daphne Guinness pigment in Nebula on my lid.  Here it is!

All products are MAC except where indicated.

Eyes:

UDPP in Eden
Bare Study Paint Pot all over
Nebula pigment on lid
Vapour on browbone
Spiked on brows
Blacktrack to line
Blue/Brown pigment in crease and over lower liner
Mary Kay Ultimate Mascara

FACE:

Hourglass mineral primer
Mary Kay mattifier on T zone
Studio Fix Fluid in NC20
Studio Fix Powder in NC25
Mineralized Skin Finish Natural in Medium
Buff Blush

Lips:

Oak liner
Honeylove matte lipstick
Lusterwhite Lustreglass

Sorry about the picture quality, my cameraphone is hit or miss and I still don't have a new digital camera.  Sigh....

Happy New Year Look.....

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I did a look today for New Years even though We're just staying home as a family.  It was fun; a glittery look and I found some more of my MAC that I thought was long gone that I used too!

ALL MAC unless otherwise noted
Eyes:
UDPP in Eden
Painterly on browbone
Blackground on lid
Retrospeck on inner 1/2 of lid and dry over lower liner
Vex on outer 1/2 of lid blended
Too Faced Glitter Glue on lid
Morgana Dragon Glitter on lid
Vapour on browbone
Black Tied in crease
Mary Kay Black eyeliner at lower lashline
Blacktrack at upper lashline
Mary Kay ultimate mascara in black

Face:

Fix + as moisturizer
Clinique Tzone Shine Control as primer
Studio Fix Fluid NC20
Painterly under eye area
Select Moisturecover NW20 to conceal everywhere needed
Studio Fix Powder Foundation NC25
Mineralized Skin Finish Natural in Light/Medium
Dame Blush

Lips:

Painterly
Oak Liner
High Tea Lipstick
Runway Fave Lipglass

And just so you can see the length my hair has gotten recently better....even though the lighting SUCKED....

It's getting there!

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!

Thursday's UD Look....Dramatic PINKS and a new Foundation.....

This was my FAVE look of this week!

My foundation is different too.  I bought a small Sephora haul this week, but this was prior to that.  I had a sample of Too Faced Amazing Face SPF 15 Powder foundation that I hadn't tried yet, and used it on this day.  I'm planning a comparison post to compare it to NARS powder foundation.

Eyes:

UDPP in Eden
Indelible Cream Shadow in Bare Necessity on browbone
Indelible Cream Shadow in Carbon on lid
UD Blackout on lid
UD Vanilla on browbone
UD 24/7 liquid liner in Perversion
UD Junkshow in crease
ELF Volumizing/Lengthening Mascara

Face:

Hourglass Mineral Infused Primer
Meow Equilibrium Powder
Too Faced Amazing Face Powder foundation in Warm Vanilla
MAC Dame Blush

Lips:

Shiseido Lipstick in Almond Pink
Shiseido Gloss in Cafe Creme

I got lots of complements this day on my makeup and my hair which was funny...I've been debating on going a little darker again, and asked about 10 people if I should and to a person they said "NO STAY BLONDE!!"  I even got some extra complements from people who I didn't ask that volunteered that I should remain blonde.  SO Blonde it is for awhile I guess!!! LOL.....

Be sure to look for my haul post from Sephora as well as my foundation comparisons!  I'm going to try to get them up by tomorrow but it may have to wait for next week.  Have a FABULOUS SATURDAY!!!

Wednesday's UD Look.....TEAL....

This was Wednesday's Look.....LOVED it!!!

Eyes:

UDPP in Eden
Indelible Cream Shadow in Bare Necessity on browbone
Indelible Cream Shadow in Manhunt on Lid
UD Ace applied damp on lid
UD Vanilla on browbone
UD 24/7 Liquid Liner in Siren on upper lashline
UD 24/7 Zero on lower lashline and waterline
UD Deep End in crease and damp over lower liner
ELF Volumizing/Lengthening Mascara

Face:

Smashbox Prep and Prime Light
Meow Equilibrium
NARS Powder foundation in Fiji
NARS Orgasm Blush

Lips:

Smashbox The Nude Lip Pencil in Light
Shiseido Shimmering Rouge Lipstick in Alabaster

I was up in the air on the Siren liner.  I think it will work better with paler colors on the lid than this, but I still liked this look!

Tuesday's Urban Decay Look....Neutrals

This was my look on Tuesday.  LOVING these shadows!!

Eyes:

UDPP in Eden
Indelible Cream Shadow in Bare Necessity
UD MIA on Lid
UD Midnight 15 on browbone
UD Deeper in crease
UD 24/7 Liquid Liner in Perversion
ELF cream liner in Black at lower waterline
ELF Volumizing/Lengthening Mascara

Face:

Meow Equilibrium Powder
NARS Powder foundation in Fiji
NARS Orgasm Blush

Lips:

Morgana Cryptoria 1920's Lipstick in Speakeasy

I wanted a more neutral look so I could wear a more dramatic lip.  Speakeasy was an easy choice...it's a GORGEOUS color!

Monday's Look 8/8/11

This was my first Urban Decay look this week!  The shadows in the Anniversary Palette are INCREDIBLE!  And the 24/7 Liquid liners stay put like they should!

Eyes:
UDPP in Eden
Indelible Cream Shadow in Bare Necessity on browbone
Indelible Cream Shadow in Manhunt on lid
UD Half Truth applied damp to lid
UD Vanilla on browbone
UD Retrograde 24/7 Liquid Liner
ELF cream liner in black at lower waterline
UD Omen in crease and dry over lower liner
ELF Volumizing/Lengthening mascara

Face:
Meow Equilibrium Powder
NARS Powder Foundation in Fiji
NARS Orgasm Blush

Lips:

Too Faced Lipstick in Totally Nude
Shiseido Gloss in Cool

I'm in LOVE with the new 24/7 Liquid liners and the Anniversary Palette!!!

Anniversary Haul...

My 16th Anniversary was Yesterday!! :D  But last Weekend I went shopping for a haul for my gift.  I chose some Urban Decay things because well...it's their anniversary too, though theirs is their 15th!

Here's my anniversary haul.  The 15th anniversary eyeshadow palette and three of the new 24/7 liquid liners....Retrograde (purple with purple glitter), Perversion (deep black) and Siren (TEAL) and I'm thrilled with these....I can't use the 24/7 pencil liners anymore due to the gluten in them, but these are gluten free!!!!  And they're GORGEOUS....I already have a number more on my list!

The eyeshadows pull out of the box, and underneath is a purple velvet keepsake box!  The silver gunmetal top fits over it too, and it all fits down in the protective velvet outer box.

Here are the colors!!

First row, top to bottom:  Midnight Rodeo, Midnight 15, Vanilla, Flow, Chase
Midlle row, top to bottom:  Tainted, Junkshow, Omen, Evidence, Deep End
Last Row, Top to Bottom:  Deeper, MIA, Ace, Blackout, and Half Truth

These swatches are in the same order they are in the palette.

This weeks theme was my new Urban Decay eyeshadows!  I didn't get pics of Friday's look though....ARGH....Forgot as I was in a hurry to get out the door.

Have you tried any new Urban Decay products recently?

New Stuff Week.....Irridescent Spectrum Colors....

This was my look on Monday!

Eyes:
UDPP in Eden
Indelible Cream Shadow in Bare Necessity on browbone
Indelible Cream Shadow in Manhunt on lid
Spectrum Cosmetics Irridescent Shadow in Nebula on inner 1/2 of lid
Spectrum Cosmetics Irridescent Shadow in Hydra on outer 1/2 of lid and over liner
Spectrum Tiny Bubbles on Browbone
ELF Cream Liner in black to line
Spectrum Peacock in crease
ELF Volumizing/Lengthening Waterproof Mascara in Black

Face:

Meow Equilibrium powder
Meow Pampered Puss in Frisky Abyssinian
Meow Equilibrium
Spectrum Coral as blush

Lips:

Spectrum Coral mixed with Burts Bees Raspberry Gloss

I LOVE the spectrum colors!  The Coral was lovely as both blush and a lippie.  The irridescent colors are going to be very fun to use!!!

I've got the Christmas in July Blues Look....

This is the last Christmas look this week!  But BOY I have some fun looks planned coming up...my Spectrum Cosmetics order came!

Here's the look I came up with for today....BLUES with a pop of Purple.

Eyes:

UDPP in Eden
Meow Snowangels applied damp with ELF Mist and Set spray
Meow Snowballs on browbone
Meow Blustery in crease
ELF cream liner in black
Meow Avalance in upper crease
Meow Fa-La-La in outer corner and blended into inner 2/3 of crease then applied damp over liner
ELF Waterproof Volumizing/Lengthening Mascara

Face:

Meow Equilibrium Powder
Meow Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Abyssinian
Meow Equilibrium Powder
Meow Primadonna Blush

Lips:

Silk Naturals XXX
Silk Naturals Cultured

It was fun doing the Christmas Theme!  I have something in mind for this week coming as well.  Have a great weekend!

Christmas in July look....Blackened Christmas Gold

I absolutely loved how this look turned out!

Eyes:

TFSI all over
ELF Cream liner in ivory on browbone
Shiseido hydra cream shadow in glistening sand on lid
Urban Decay Half Baked on inner 1/3 of lid
Sugarpill Goldilux all over lid
Urban Decay Black Palette: Cobra in crease
ELF Black cream liner
TFSI Glitter glue on lid and under eye area
Morgana Glitter in Christmas Gold on lid and under eyes
Maybelline Great Lash Big Blackest Black

Face:

SN Blur
SN Medium Ivory Custom Foundation in my mix
SN Blur
ELF Warm Bronzer:  Darkest shade to contour, Medium shade as blush, and a little bit of a mix all over

Lips:

Morgana Vegan Lipstick in Raspberry
ELF Mineral lipgloss in Daring

HAHAHA I just realized where the placement of my blog title on the one pic is....I could've sworn I moved it.
Oh well.

I thought for a minute I had deleted these pics and was furious with myself but I found them.  YAY!

On a good note:  Both my hauls are now on their way as is a number of goodies from Blix:  I won the Morgana and jewelry giveaway!!!! YAY!!!!!!

Have a great Hump Day!

Monday's Look.....

Well, this week it seems I was in the mood for Urban Decay/Too Faced/Nars Looks.  I think I did them all week long!

So this was Monday.  I worked an hour and a half one way from home all week.  So I collected pics to post this weekend.  Hopefully I'll get them all posted and catch up on my comments.

Eyes:
TFSI
TFSI Glitter Glue on lid
UD Kiddie Pool on lid
UD Uzi on browbone
UD Sabbath in crease
ELF Gunmetal Cream Liner top lashline
ELF Black Shadow/Liner stick lower lashline
ELF Volumizing/Lengthening mascara in black

Face:

ELF HD Powder
Nars Powder Foundation in Fiji
ELF HD powder
NARS Orgasm Blush

Lips:

Too Faced Centerfold
NARS Gloss in Striptease

One thing I love about the Too Faced Lipsticks is the formula is so thick that I don't feel a need to use any lipliner with them.  That's a pro for me, but may be a con for others.  What do you think about that?  Do you like taking a break from liner occasionally?

Friday Haulin'

Today I went shopping at Sephora to pick up a few things that were on my list.  I've got a number of high end on ground companies I can purchase from now, as well as online companies and mineral companies, so I've got plenty of choices!  :D  Choices are good when you're a makeup junkie like I am.

So anyway, I got a few more things from Too Faced and Urban Decay.

These are from Too Faced:  Lip of Luxury Lipstick in Centerfold and Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue.

Here's a lip swatch of Centerfold.

I'm excited to try the Glitter Glue!  I still have issues with fallout a lot, even when I use TFSI or UDPP or my Smashbox Photo Finish.  It's kinda annoying.  The closest I've gotten to perfection is Stick 'Em from Silk Naturals.  I really wanted to test this with the two most difficult shadows I have to work with....both are NARS shadows.....the Purple shade from Eurydice, which has GORGEOUS blue reflects in real life that don't show up EVER on the skin, and Tropic which is matte teal with some silver glitter that falls out.

Here are swatches of them over the glitter glue.

OMG you can see the reflects in the Eurydice finally!!!!  The swatch for Tropic didn't turn out so well, but the glitter stuck to it MUCH better than usual.  I'm planning on using them very soon in a look to test them out.  I'll probably apply the Eurydice with my finger, as I tried it already with a brush patting it on with no luck.

Next up:  Urban Decay.

I got the Black Palette, which has six blackened shades of shadow in it, as well as a zero 24/7 liner.  It also came with a mini Eden SI.  The lone shadow is Shattered.

Here are all the shadows.  L to R, top row:  Black Dog, Barracuda, Jet.  L to R, Bottom Row:  Sabbath, Cobra, and Libertine.  I didn't know if I'd like Cobra or not, but swatched it's GORGEOUS and I'm planning on using it very soon.

Here are the swatches.  Top L to R:  Black Dog, Barracuda, Jet.  On the Far Right is Shattered.  The bottom row L to R is Sabbath, Cobra, and Libertine.  It's the same order as the palette itself.

I can't wait to do some things with these!!!!

Second full Urban Decay/Too Faced Look.....

I will very soon be posting a haul that I got at Sephora today.  It's more Too Faced and Urban Decay products. Here's a look I put together with the stuff I've gotten recently.

Eyes:

TFSI all over
Indelible Cream Shadow in Bare Necessity on browbone
Indelible Cream Shadow in Carbon on lid
Too Faced Shadow Insurance Glitter Glue (TFSIGG) on lid
Urban Decay Black Palette in Libertine on lid
Too Faced Eye Love Palette in Heaven on browbone
Urban Decay Sustainable Palette in Flipside tightly in crease

Wet N Wild Cream Liner in black on lower lashline and waterline

Too Faced Metal Eyed liner in Blackout on upper lashline

Urban Decay Shattered in crease and dry over lower liner
TFSIGG on lid and lower lashline
Morgana glitter in Mysterious on lid and over lower liner
Maybelline Great Lash Big Mascara in Blackest Black

Face:

Too Faced Primed and Poreless Primer
Too Faced Amazing Face Oil Free Foundation in Warm Vanilla
Too Faced Amazing Face Powder Foundation in Warm Vanilla
NARS Orgasm

Lips:

Too Faced Borderliner in Clear
Too Faced Lip of Luxury Lipstick in Centerfold

I'm loving everything I have from both Too Faced and Urban Decay!  It gives me more options.

I'll try to post that haul post very soon.  DH is on his way home with dinner for me...PF Chang.  YUMMY Gluten free Mongolian beef!!  The kids come home tonight too.  Still feeling a little under the weather but much better.

And alas....my other look pics (not todays but last weeks) didn't turn out.  So it's onward from here.  Oh well....