Sat. night party look!

Happy Saturday!

Unfortunately, i'll be spending my Sat. night slaving away in the library,

creating 36 lesson plans/activities and planning a 30 min lesson to teach.

fml.

Anyway,

for those of you going out- this look is for you!

I saw this look on Pinterest the other day,

so it's by no means my own creation.

I HAVE modified it a bit, though.

* fluorescent light

Sorry this is grainy, but it really shows the sparkle of the gold.

I used:

Too Faced's Shadow Insurance

Urban Decay's 'Midnight Cowgirl' as base

UD's 'Midnight Cowboy' glitter eyeliner over base shadow

UD's 'Ransom' on brow bone/crease

Too Faced's Lasgasm Mascara

So I thought the colors and placement was the interesting part of this look.

I normally don't wear my shadows so much on the browbone.

I've heard of people using UD's glittere eyeliner all over the eyelid instantly of just using it as an eyeliner, so that was what I attempted here. Even with giving it ample time to dry,

you can still tell there was some creasing.

ALSO- weird fact- it burned the crap out of my eyelids.

When I initially tried this look, I didn't use the base shadow, so I attributed the burning to the eyeliner being directly on my eyelid. 

I used a base shadow today, but it STILL burnt which was pretty odd... it went away gradually, though :/

Anyway,

there's that.

I'm feeling indifferent to it.

What do you guys think?

an earthy look

hey everyoneeeeeeee.

So 'im kind of disappointed about tonight's post. I really wish I had a better camera... because, though I love the one I have, it just doesn't always cut it.

The look I did today used some great earthy shades, but they came off as 2 shades in the pictures and look dull as all get out.

:(

hmph.

Regardless of that, I decided to post them anyway.

Here's what's SUPPOSED to be a nice, earthy, nighttime look.

*outside light- shade

*inside, with flash

okay so, does this look like I just used gold & black to you?....

I thought so.

:/

Here's the swatches of what I used:

(all Urban Decay form BoS 2)

*From L to R: 'Midnight Cowboy', 'Baked', 'Cobra', & 'Bender'

(sorry this is blurry; couldn't get a steady pic of them for the life of me today)

I feel like 'Midnight Cowboy' is clearly visible, but 'Baked' less so... though in the second picture I feel like you can see it then.

I was really disappointed with how 'Cobra' & 'Bender ' looked. Granted, I used very little of the latter, but 'Cobra' definitely should not appear black since it's a dark green/brown with gold shimmer.

so WTF.

I guess the fact that 'Bender' didn't show up better is on me since I used so little... I'll just have to use more next time :)

This was my first time using 'Cobra' & 'Bender' so I wasn't too sure what to expect.

I'm excited to use 'Bender' again soon since it's practically invisible here.

purple & gold :)

Hey guys :)

First off, just wanted to say hello and 'thank you!' to my new (& existing!!) followers. This whole blogging thing is still very new to me, but it's nice to get affirmation that i'm not posting to myself, haha.

so welcome!

Okay so, tonight's post is my first post with my new palette & i'm pretty happy with what I came up with...

(trying to get different angles)

Voila!

I can't remember ever wearing gold or purple together, so I thought I'd give it a go!

I used Urban Decay's 'Midnight Cowboy' on the inner portions of my lid and 'Gravity' on the outer. It's been a hot minute since I've gotten to use 'Midnight Cowboy' because I used up what I had a lonnnng time ago, so i'd forgotten how awesome it is! It's a fantastic vanilla shade with some light glitter.

'Gravity' is a plum-y purple with a wonderful glittery, shimmer to it. I have several of UD's purples & figured I'd pretty much seen it all from them (so stupid of me), but 'Gravity' surprised me yet again! It's gorgeous and different than any of the others.

So there you have it.

What do you think?!

I follow tons of bloggers who are crazy good/amazing/phenomenal with make up & do some miraculous things... and though I'd love to know how to do that, I like that fact that (at least to me) most of the looks I do are something any of you could do. I don't use 245235 products and (at the most) they take me 10 minutes to do. I pride myself on that just mayyyyyybe I'm a bit more relatable :)

Thanks for reading, guys!!

everything new years!

Happy 2012, everyone!
Our last year to enjoy life before humanity is wiped off the face of the earth, right?! Woo!
;p

I rang in the new year with some great friends at a GREAT show in Nashville with a great band- Moon Taxi.

I usually never do new years resolutions, but I actually have come up with a few this year:

1. DRINK MORE WATER

Besides obvious health reasons, I really need to increase my water intake for my daughter so that my milk supply increases, also. TMI? perhaps, but still an important resolution nonetheless.

2. TAKE BETTER CARE OF MY FACE

Not only do I forget to wash off my makeup before bed on a regular basis, but i'm also way too harsh on my skin. When I DO take off my make-up (referring to eyes here) I wipe outwards under my eye instead of INWARDS. this can result in early aging/wrinkling- which i'm not too keen on. My eyes already have dark circles under them half the time (mostly due to my infant daughter, bless her) & removing make-up the wrong way isn't helping!

3. STOP BITING MY NAILS

Though I technically began this resolution a month or two ago, it's been something i've struggled with doing for years & i'm finally determined to quit. 

4. FACE EVERY OPPORTUNITY/DECISION WITH FACTS AND AN OBJECTIVE (or as objective as can be) PERSPECTIVE.

Follow my mind & what's right for my daughter and myself- not my heart... this may entail some difficult choices in this upcoming year, but I will do what needs to be done & do it with the upmost confidence and certainty!

5. REGAIN MY SCHOLARSHIP/MAINTAIN GPA

I had it when I began college, then messed around for a couple years & lost it. Now, with a child, it's even more pertinent that I get it back. Im very close to doing so. Also, I've maintained either at 4.0 or 3.5 since transferring to my current college & would like to keep it that way:)

Anyway,

enough of the boring, sentimental stuff.

ONWARDS, TO THE THINGS YOU ACTUALLY CARE TO READ ABOUT! 

:)

I'm by no means a fashionista, but I loved my new years outfit so much that I had to put it up here.

i wore this tank...

under this blazer.

I cinched it with a belt very similar to this (mine didn't have the rhinestones),

and paired it with thick, black leggings.

I also wore these:

which surprised even me. First of all, I don't usually like wedges. Second of all, though I don't mind this print on clothing- having it on my shoes in such an out there way isn't something i'm usually game for. But for whatever reason, whilst browsing in the shoe store these called out to me. I was halfway embarrassed to even be seen trying them on. But lo & behold I rocked them new years eve! Although I was wanting to cut my feet off by the end of the night due to standing/dancing in them for 5+ hours, I'm quite glad I went out on a limb & purchased them.

To get back to my beauty roots, I went out & purchased a little something special just to pair with this outfit:

Urban Decay's 'Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner' in 'Midnight Cowboy', coincidentally one of my favorite shadows. I used to associate glitter eyeliner with cheap, make-up looks (perhaps an unjustified comparison, but my thinking nonetheless), but boy did this change my mind. I LOVE this stuff. Though you do have to give it a few seconds to dry lest you get random glitter adhered to your eyelids, I experienced nothing but good things from this eyeliner. I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised since it IS urban decay, but still :) It definitely gave my eyes the pop I was looking for with my otherwise very dark eye shadow. Something I'd definitely recommend.

I also did 'new years' nails, but I didn't get a picture of them :( I used China Glaze's 'Tinsel Town' and 'Blonde Bombshell', & they were ridiculously fun.

What do you guys think about everything? Have you ever tried the eyeliner? And any new years resolutions?? :)

Thanks for readingggggg!