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Look for March 9, 2010
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010My take on a “professional, interview” look
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Trust me, I can be at a lost on how to do looks like this! I’m so use to bright colors and a dark, smoky look so I actually have to carefully think about my makeup when doing a professional look.
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Painterly applied as base. Omega applied over lid. Cork applied in crease and outer V. Espresso buffed into outer V and outer crease to darken. Crease blended out with Vanilla, and Orb used as a highlight. Zero applied lightly on lower waterline.
Overall matte, kind of dull look 
I used my liquid foundation as my skin has just been horrible lately, so I figured better coverage would be good. I have NO idea why I am breaking out like I am. I scarcely use my moisturizer, and I’ve been using my cleanser since November. So I am not sure what is happening. I don’t know if I’m breaking out because it’s so dry being winter? Ugh…
I also need new MUFE Lash Fibers like yesterday. Living so far away from a Sephora or MAC store sucks!!
Look for March 3, 2010
Friday, March 5th, 2010Once again running a bit behind… I’ve come down with a cold which SUCKS! First time all winter that I’ve been sick, so I’ve been hiding out in bed trying to get better.
I really like this look! Amber Lights and Cranberry blend effortlessly together and look gorgeous paired up!
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Painterly applied as a base. Amber Lights applied to inner half of eyelid with 239 brush. Cranberry applied to outer half of eyelid with 239 brush, and blended with Amber Lights. Satin Taupe applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Shroom used as a highlight. Zero applied on lower waterline.
Pictureless Look for March 2, 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Didn’t get any good pics… so ya’ll will have to go without!
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I do believe this is the first time I’ve ever used Tempting! Pan looked perfect, so that’s my guess. Simple look, but I’m not really loving it…
Look for February 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Posting up a little bit late…
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I am in desperate need of a new tube of MUFE Lash Fibers… but live 70 miles from the nearest Sephora 
Eek!!!
Look for February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Today’s look! I think this is the first time I’ve actually liked using 100 Strokes 
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Yesterday I did a look using MAC Satellite Dreams and MAC Sketch, but I did not take pictures.
Look for February 18, 2010
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Look for February 17, 2010
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Look for February 16, 2010
Thursday, February 18th, 2010(Gotta play a bit of catch up, as I’ve been lazy lately and not updating)
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A nice two shadow look!
Cool heat in the club…
Friday, February 12th, 2010This was posted today on specktra.net’s “Shop Your Stash Challenge” thread, and decided I’d try it out! I don’t think I’ve ever really used Cool Heat since I’ve bought it. Turned out well, a bit smoky and dark for a day look, but definitely something I’m not scared to try out again. A blue look I like?!
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Deflt makes a beautiful base for Cool Heat!
Something I didn’t think of until now, but I bet MAC Blue Brown pigment would also go well with this look. I’ve had that pigment since last fall and still haven’t gotten around to using it, so I might have to repeat this look with that pigment sometime soon.
Look for February 9, 2010
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Look for February 3, 2010
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Modified version of something that was on my list of eyeshadow combinations…
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Loathing Honey Lust…
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010The topic of MAC’s Honey Lust eyeshadow came up last night when I was formspringing my friend… realizing I haven’t used it in literally years (that I can remember), I decided I’d give it a try today. I really loathe that eyeshadow, I really do. It’s just about the only MAC eyeshadow I’ll flat out say I hate. And guess what? Still loathe it. I think I ended up with more fallout all over my face than I did with actual product on my lid… sucks, because it is a pretty color! It’s just a glitterbomb. I suppose I could try applying it wet, but is it worth that amount of effort?!
I paired it with Trax so I could have a look of what seems to be MAC’s two most hated eyeshadows according to people on the forums, heh. Now I do like Trax, so all hope wasn’t lost today!
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1 Minute Eyes
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Today I was in a rush, and didn’t have time to go through my usual makeup routine of multi eyeshadows, foundation, etc. So here’s my “1 Minute Eyes” look I came up with!
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Didn’t photograph too well, but it’s a simple and pretty pink-ish look. Just a bit of color to spice up an otherwise boring look! I was thinking how easy it’d be to take something like Contrast, and darken up the outer V, and transform the look, too.
Love discovering stuff on my memory card!
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010When I went to grab today’s look off of my camera, I discovered some pics of old looks!
So Ima post them up instead of deleting… details on what exactly was used is a bit hazy, please excuse that
Look for January 13, 2010
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Maybe MAC Ricepaper Eyeshadow for a highlight? Not totally sure…
Look for January 16, 2010
This is my revisit to the combination of MAC Hypnotizing Eyeshadow and MAC Mulch Eyeshadow. Unfortunately, I can’t remember what else I used I hate when this happens!
That’s my catch up post!!
Pictureless Post for Today!
Friday, January 22nd, 2010On another makeup free kick… UGH! I did wear some last week, but didn’t take pictures. I did another variety of my Hypnotizing with Mulch, a bit more smokier. Then just some neutral stuff.
I have no pictures for my look today (it just wasn’t that impressive), but I can give the rundown…
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Not the biggest fan of 100 Strokes… always comes out a muddy black color. Definitely one of those things that look a lot better in the pan!
I have my eye on Lucky Green eyeshadow that just got re-released. It was funny… people had theirs for sale for $40, and then MAC went and released the eyeshadow again. Sucks to be them! Since it’s out permanently now I have time to think about if I want it.
Whew, it’s a new year!
Monday, January 4th, 2010So I’ve been a bit behind on updating!! I have two looks to post… unfortunately I didn’t get pictures of my New Year’s Eve look… but it was just my typical smokey purple eye look, just a bit heavier than usual. Also did a few neutral looks without pictures…
Look for December 28, 2009
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Look for January 3, 2010
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Whew, all caught up with stuff I had on my camera!
Hypnotizing Look!
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Something quick I came up with today…
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Painterly applied as a base. Hypnotizing applied over whole lid, and inner half of lower lahses. Mulch applied in crease and outer V, and outer half of lower lashes. Naked Lunch applied above crease, and Retrospeck applied as a highlight. Grey Utility applied along upper lashes, and Zero applied on lower waterline.
Look for December 17, 2009
Friday, December 18th, 2009Soft/neutral look for this day! Still has a bit of purple though
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Painterly applied as a base. Trax applied all over lid with 239 brush. Haux applied to crease with 217 brush. Magnetic Fields used to darken outer V and crease with 217 brush. Photo Realism applied as a highlight with 272 brush. 1999 applied along upper lashes.
Time to go to the defense of Trax… what the heck is everyone’s problem with this shadow? It applies fine… sure, not as nice as a veluxe pearl finish one would, but it’s NOT that terrible. And it’s a pretty color? Yeah, I just don’t know. I have my faith in this shadow!
MAC Addict, meet Mary Kay…
Monday, December 14th, 2009I went to a holiday bazaar a few weeks ago, and entered a drawing at the Mary Kay booth… hell, who doesn’t like to win things, right? Well, for the first time in my life, I won something!! I won a $25 gift certificate. This morning I met up with the consultant, who demonstrated Mary Kay’s new sets of eyeshadows that are meant to compliment a person’s particular eye color.
Now, I’m not the biggest fan of makeup being applied to myself… I’ve only had mine done at MAC about 3 times, and only one of those times were my eyes. So of course I was nervous, being the makeup freak that I am.
The look was very neutral, but simple enough for day… because let’s face it… purple smokey eyes, regardless of how much I swear by them, are not appropriate for most “professional” environments.
I snapped a few pics when I got home. I can’t remember all the product names, so there will be a few missing details…
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Ooo, the dreaded full face! Usually I use concealer and some sort of brow product… so excuse the dark eye circles and messy brows!
I have a feeling the Eyesicles is going to start creasing on me… I actually own this product and it always creased as a base or by itself.
I’m liking the lip glosses, they make my lips feel soft. The foundation also gave good coverage, though seems a bit pale… I think this is only because my MAC foundation is now too dark for me since I haven’t gotten any sun in the past few months, so I’m not use to the correct foundation shade being used, oops.
Mary Kay is actually how I got into makeup… I use to only use black eyeliner and mascara until an old friend became a MK consultant. Then I got into eyeshadows and it snowballed from there. I actually have one of the “old school” MK palettes filled with shadows. I stopped using it soon after I got into MAC products. I keep meaning to pull it out and do some looks just for fun one of these days.
So now I gotta figure out what to spend my $25 on… There’s a travel roll up bag that is pretty nifty, but would I ever use it? Same goes for any makeup, as I’m already on MAC overload… I’m going to see if my mom sees anything she likes. It’s hard!
On other news… yesterday I did a blue look, and when I was going to get my camera, clumsy me knocked 3 of my 15-pan palettes off of the counter, and they hit the tile floor. My “highlights” one made it out fine, only some of the pans fell out because the magnets aren’t strong. In my “blue” palette Parrot shattered I ended up re-pressing it, and it turned out well for being my first time (I never did get a chance to do my pigments, and now I can’t find the empty pans I bought). My “silvers/black” palette got beat all to hell… half of Smoke & Diamonds just disintegrated into dust so I couldn’t scoop any of it back up for re-pressing. Half of Beauty Marked chipped off, so I did a quick “rubbing alcohol and finger” re-press, which I also had to do to Nehru. Not pretty looking at all… I use to hate looking at people’s palette pictures and all the shadows looking like battle ravaged warriors, but now I understand how it happens… gave me a heart attack though, and made a mess on the floor. Now I remember why I put the palettes in the sink!
Long story short, I never got pictures of the blue look, so I’ll have to repeat it. *sigh*
Well, that was my adventure for today… I’ll be searching for what to spend my $25 on!
On a neutral kick…
Monday, November 30th, 2009I have been doing a lot of neutral looks lately.. probably a good and a bad thing. Good because out there in the “real world,” usually neutral makeup is what’s acceptable; bad because I feel like I’m neglecting all my pretty, bright colors when I have the chance to use them.
So here is a soft neutral look I did for November 29, 2009. It didn’t photograph as well as I wanted it to unfortunately, but the point gets across.
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Painterly applied as a base. Solar White applied to inner corners with 219 brush, and as a highlight with 275 brush. All That Glitters applied over the rest of the lid with a 239 brush. Satin Taupe applied in crease and outer V with 217 brush. Corrupt applied along upper lash line and lower waterline.
It’s a very gentle that still brings some pop to the eyes, especially the Solar White in the inner corners.
And I’ll try to do a bright look soon, haha!
November 28, 2009
Saturday, November 28th, 2009I completely forgot that I had Star Violet! So I finally got around to using it today. It definitely is a unique color, had to classify into a color group really. I’ll have to get it depotted and into my palette soon…
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Painterly applied as a base. Beautiful Iris applied to inner corner of lid with 239 and 219 brushes. Star Violet applied over rest of the lid with 239 brush. Satin Taupe applied to crease with 219 brush. Vanilla used as a highlight with 272 brush. Zero applied to lower waterline.
Not dead, I swear!
Monday, November 23rd, 2009I’m finally moved and getting settled in, but with sketchy online access. But hopefully I can get back to updating! I took pictures of how I packed all of my makeup so I will make a post on my packing tips (all my stuff made the 1800 mile trip in a Uhaul safely!!), and then hopefully resume my looks of the day…
I can’t find my “normal” makeup camera, so I can’t post pictures of today’s look, but here’s a quick pictureless rundown:
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- MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
- MAC Studio Touch Up Stick concealer in NW20
- MAC Blonde Mineralize Skinfinish
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- MAC Painterly paint pot
- MAC Vex eyeshadow
- MAC Trax eyeshadow
- MAC Magnetic Fields eyeshadow
- MAC Shroom eyeshadow
- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
- MAC Brow Finisher in Blonde
- Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
- Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara
Painterly used as a base. Vex applied all over lid with 239 brush. Trax applied with a 217 brush in crease and outer corner. Magnetic Fields used to darken outer corner and outer half of crease, with a 217 brush. Shroom used as a highlight, 272 brush. Zero applied to lower waterline.
It was my first time using the “dreaded” Trax shadow… and I didn’t mind it! Takes effort to blend it, but it’s not the nightmare that people on the forums make it out to be. I have worse shadows… and it’s a pretty color to boot!
Anyways, this was just my quick “back from the dead” post. Hopefully I will have my desktop up and running soon and will be able to get some pictures up and resume fairly normal operations!
Neutral with a pop?
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009I guess this can be described as that! Just decided to do my makeup all up to make myself feel better today
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- MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
- MAC Studio Touch Up Stick concealer in NW20
- MAC Redhead Mineralize Skinfinish
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- MAC Painterly paint pot
- MAC Off The Page e/s
- MAC Satin Taupe e/s
- MAC Embark e/s
- MAC Vanilla e/s
- MAC Ricepaper e/s
- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
- MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
- Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
- Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara
Painterly applied as base. Off The Page applied to inner corner with a pencil brush. Satin Taupe swept over whole lid with 239 brush. Embark applied in the crease and outer V with a 239 and 222 brush. Vanilla used to blend out the crease, 272 brush. Ricepaper used to highlight, 272 brush. Zero applied on lower lash line. Off The Page and Satin Taupe applied under lower lashes.
A little interesting, eh? It was on my shadow combination list. Off The Page is gorgeous, I’m glad I picked it up when it was out.
Quick neutral look…
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Another from my list…
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- MAC Painterly paint pot
- MAC Woodwinked e/s
- MAC Copperplate e/s
- MAC Lucky Tom e/s
- MAC Vanilla e/s
- MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
- MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
- Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara
It was my first use of Copperplate and I was pleased with the color.
I might not be updating very much in the next few weeks, but I will try to when I can!