Red white and blue FOTN for fireworks

July 3rd - City Fireworks Night

Now the blogger is being stupid and won't load the pictures past July 4th on my google+ account.

This is the one from the Fourth. I also forgot my phone was on "sport" mode when I took this (boo) It was sooo pretty. I am going to re-create it for the makeupgeek weekly challenge. 

Random look of the day for Thursday (7/5) - Green with gold duo-chrome type idea with a gold sparkly eyeliner from ELF (it's actually the color copper but is more gold) - again "sport" mode

Benefit Hoola dupe

I need to go back to ulta so I'll get a swatch photo then. But when I was there when I swatches these two next to each other they were almost identical. they were unblended swatches. But is a match to NYX matte bronzer in 02 Medium. Thus was the only lower prices MATTE  bronzer I could find. I spent over an hour there. And managed to get a pretty much duplicate item.

I feel like the nyx is too warm/orangey for a contour.to me a contour should be cool and I find more eye shadows I would use as s contour. And the nyx has some shimmer note that I opened it. I commented to then asking why if us supposed to be matte. To me, matte has no shimmer, glitter or frost. I gaff the same issue with the 88 matte palette. I feel like its false advertising. O would have gotten a cheapEr one if I wanted shimmer and can't afford the Hoola. But even after searching the hoola its so a warm tone and does match ths nyx but it send different on you tube tutorials. Ugh. Why ifs it so difficult. I know nyx had a contour and high light compact but the contour looks so dark and ulta didn't have it so I can't swatch it on my pale skin. It might be better but now I don't have the money for it. And it looks like a cooler toned brown.

Ugh

FOTD

Yeah lol

I don't even really remember what I did....I think it was just a neutral eye with a darkened outer v.

I felt really pretty that day though..

Oh, yupp, that's what I did :)) 

June 2012 Birchbox

I will add pictures when I can get on pinterest. For some reason I can't get on there right now. Plus it's getting late and I want to go to bed. Predictions were right and I was totally overjoyed with this month. I think that was also in part to the fact that I refused to watch any previews or see what people got before me. My box ships out on the 10th which is the LAST day, so everyone has it before me. It ships fast and because the 10th was towards the beginning of the week (I think) I got mine within like 3 days or so.


Lifestyle Extras
Cynthia Rowley Edition Band-Aides

 Preview for Birchbox Man - John Varvatos Star Scent - I actually liked this scent, gave it right to the fiance without smelling it. He likes it too. Who knows if he will actually wear it because it doesn't have a spray and I feel like men won't take the time to carefully pull the little top out and use it...it would have been a lot better if it was a little sprayer. Oh, and it's a larger size than any other perfume sample I've gotten.

I hate being sick ugh..myglam ans birchbox came

I'll update again whem im feeling better. Have been sick for days and my soon had been sick for a week. Nothing is clean. I have no energy. And I have eyeliner pen all over my hands because I got one in each box.

Random looks of the moment feat. Kat Von D True Love

first look its more day time and then brought it into night with a darker and more intense creasefor the second look. the third wad just a fun one that's extremely intense and even too much for night. I've also  included swatches and will do what I think of each. The looks do not have anything besides the eyeshadow and were created using only two brushes from Target and ELF mineral eyer primer in Rose.
ugh, sorry the pictures don't upload in order and have that grid on them. I'll of course upload the right way later but I still can't figure out how to make it work. Its it better than nothing? Or should I just not? I like doing it because at least it's something and will force meet to fix it later on.

peanut, benji, rebekah, lucifer, cholita, shiba, babe, missy

peanut, benji (Cream Liner), rebekah, lucifer

rebekah, lucifer, cholita, shiba

shiba, babe, missy

Look Number One - day time/low key (ish) - it's not really all that low key...

Bathroom Lighting - colors were off

Bathroom lighting again

Bedroom Lighting - still not catching the brightness of the purple

Look Number Two - 

darkening the crease and outer V to make a more night time look, also darkened the purple on the lid

Look Number 3 - 

extremely dark look that probably wouldn't be good to wear out anywhere but was fun to do

My phone takes nice quality but it's been so gloomy out that it makes the colors look so blah. 

Preview for my random looks of the moment..

I'll post the good pictures tomorrow as I am doing this from my phone. I did three looks plus swatches using this......and only two brushes and the ELF mineral eye primer..