Look of the Day: Poison Ivy

Today i had every intention of keeping my make up simple. I had to work today so i was thinking a little pop of color on the lid with a neutral in the crease and we'll call it done. As you can see that is not what happened. Somewhere in the process i stopped paying attention to what i was doing and let my creative side take over. It wasnt the neutral look i was planning on but i'm happy with how it turned out. With all the green it made me think of Poison Ivy from Batman but thanks to the purple eye liner i used more people have guessed the Hulk. Either way i wont complain.

Stila from Haute Look

So a few weeks back i posted about Stila going on sale on Haute Look. I was really excited about most of the products available but i decided to keep my purchase small as i have been spending so much money on make up recently. For $26, not including shipping, i got the Sheer Tinted Moisturizer in Light, One Step Foundation in Fair, an Eye Shadow Pan in Mimosa, and a Single Eye Shadow Compact to put it in. Overall i am really happy with my purchase. It really was a steal.

Tip of the Day

Up until recently i failed at winging out my eyeliner. That was before i discovered these easy tricks.

Using a white eyeliner or eye shadow draw a line extending from the lower lash line following the angle of your eye. If you dont feel comfortable drawing the line free hand you can use a folded tissue as a guide. Start applying your eyeliner to the lid first making your line thinner towards the inner corner of the eye and thicker towards the outer corner once you are happy with how the liner looks on the lid move on to the wing. Following your guide draw a line out from the eye. Connect the line on your lid to the line you drew and make it taper out towards the end.

Hope that was helpful :)

Halloween

My friend Sarah asked my to do her make up for Halloween. She wanted to do the Psycho Doll look by Letzmakeup. After a trial run and some crazy eyebrows that in hindsight i should have taken a picture of here is the final look we came up with.

Rainbow Eyes

So I know i'm not the first and i know i wont be the last but this is probably one of my favorite make up looks to do. It seemed only right that it should be the first look i post. I love to wear it out or to work just to see people's reactions. They either think i'm crazy or crazy cool and i can deal with being a little bit of both. Also it matches my earrings, silly i know but i like to take joy from the little things. Along with taking about a million pictures of this look i recorded a tutorial. No promises on when that will be up but i'll get it just as soon as i can edit it. Here's some of the pictures i took and i'll put a list of everything used at the end. Enjoy :)

Tip of the Day

    Eye shadow primer is a must to make your shadow stay all day without creasing or smudging. Also, a good primer will also make your colors more vibrant. My favorite primer so far is L'Oreal De-crease which can be purchased at just about any drug store for around $8.00.
     If you don't have an eye shadow primer and don't feel like purchasing one you can use a small amount of foundation in its place. Just be sure to set it with a translucent powder before applying your eyeshadow. I used to use a little bit of NYC Cover Stick Concealer in Light. To set it i would just use whatever face powder i was using at the time.