Loosely Titled...Shark Skin

For some reason, this combination of purples and blues made me think of sharks...I have a small obsession with them, as well as other dwellers of the deep. (Jellyfish...duh...). Actually, this isn't what I had planned to do at all when I got my makeup out...this is just...what happened. In the pictures, I can see many spots where it needs to be blended more...so forgive me that. Whenever I use the Wolfe Bro's base...I have to remember that stuff doesn't necessarily blend so well on top...and that I should just stick with my NYX jumbo pencils for looks like this. The Wolfe Bro's definitely lasts much longer, but I generally don't do looks like this for any serious occasion. This was to go to my parent's house, do laundry and play cards with my sisters. I'm sure they don't care if I crease up a bit.

Anyhow, as I had a giant honking pimple on my lip, I did my entire face. I will list everything I used...most of it hasn't changed, but on the off chance it has...here you go!

Revlon Colorstay - 220 Natural Beige

Cody Powder - Translucent

Mehron Setting Powder - Translucent/white

e.l.f. Studio Blush - Tickled Pink

Two Faced Shadow Insurance

Wolfe Bro's Water Activated Color - white

Sugarpill shadow - Tako (inner corner and brow highlight)

Inglot shadow - 379M & 388M (middle of lid and crease "wing")

NYX shadow - Marine Blue (outer third and outer crease)

Jordana pen liner - black

Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara - Extreme Black

Maybelline The Falsies Mascara - Black

Nom Nom Balm - Sour Strawberry, the superior flavor.

Here's a full face shot, so you can see the rest:

Let me know what you think! As always, if you want to see something special, leave it in the comments below! I would love to take on your requests!

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Um...yeah...hello?

Hey everyone! And a super special hello to my new followers. I'm sorry I haven't been around much...but the weather has been so nice...and I've recently become addicted to actually doing things instead of sitting on my ass! It's so much easier to do stuff when you aren't so fat. I'm having a ball! I hope you all can forgive me! <3

I have a TON of stuff to show you all. But for right now, I'm just going to give you some teaser pictures of what's to come.

I have to have THE most awesome friends in the world. Today's pictures are brought to you courtesy of them. The first one is a picture of the brand new MTCoffinz makeup line. The colours are bright, nasty and lovely to work with. Check out the link in the name!

Doesn't this make you just want to squee!?!

And the second picture is of some of my new Zombify colours. I know you know how much I love Marycakes and her ability to make super awesome makeup! This is from the new Gothic collection. You can buy it in her Etsy store...the link is in the name.

Like I said, these are just teasers...so I'm not going into what I've used and all that rot. Really, this is just scratching the surface...I will have many many more posts about these two fabulous makeup companies. I have many many more colors to go through.

If you guys own any of it, let me know what you think! If you want to see something specific...or ideas using the colors you own, let me know! I would LOVE some requests.

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Random FOTD's

First off...Hello to the new subscribers!!! There have been a few in the last couple of weeks and I wanted to say welcome...enjoy the makup, crochet, and randomosity that my blog contains...and pardon my French.

Second...I know. I've been a bit lazy. I was doing SO WELL posting fairly regularly, but life is so in my way right now. My one dream is to not to have to work so I can create things all the time and fotz around on the internet. I promise I would be really good and use some of that spare time to go to the gym every day. Maybe twice! I really think Marilyn Monroe had it right when she decided that she was only attracted to rich men. = / If only I looked like her! (Dear Women's Libbers that are probably not reading this, Yes, I firmly believe in setting us as women back 50 years. Hate me. Love, Me.)

Anyhow, onto the FOTD's. These are just a couple I collected. I really do take pictures every day...often times they are sitting on my camera for ages so I have no idea when they are from.

Purple Haze:

This is one of those "forever ago" pictures...so I'm guessing what I used. It's more than likely correct.

Lids: Wet n Wild Brule

Crease: Sugarpill Poisoned Plum

             Sugarpill Bulletproof

This was a really simple look...super easy to do. I put the Brule all over the eye; that makes the purple super easy to blend. Then I used a small crease brush (probably the e.l.f. Studio one) to put in the purple, and the black just to darken up the crease. Here's the rest of the face, although I don't think I did anything special there.

This looks like some e.l.f. Peachy Keen blush and probably Carmex. I have been wearing a fair bit more lipstick lately, so I promise my lips will get more interesting.

This next look was inspired by a new Youtube subscription...SharonMakeupArtist. She did a video using neon and acid colors as a trend for spring, and as I was feeling particularly spring-ey yesterday (either that or I'm just so sick of this winter), I went out like this:

On the face I have NYX Pinky blush and on the lips it's a mix of Sephora's nasty tasting lipgloss in something Princess and Mary Kay's shimmery lip thingey in some flower name. I'm only being vague because I was sad I didn't have a nice bright pink...if only I had bought that Lady Gaga Viva Glam...(it's ok, I have the new VG on the way). You can ALMOST see my new rose plugs from the lovely Glamasaurus! Check out her shop...I will try to get better pictures of them in the future.

On the eyes:
TFSI
Acid Green from the 88 matte palette - This color is most decidedly a dupe for MAC's Bitter. If I ever order the larget Hot Pots from Coastal Scents...I'm definitely getting one of this color. It's awesome.
I have Zombify's Wasabi in the center of the lid...it's hard to see because my eye was all hooded but it's a great bright green and I wanted a touch of shimmer. On second reflection, I should have gone with Zombify's Pikachu...it would have looked much better.
Highlight is Wet n Wild's Brulee. As usual.

So there it is. I would love to hear comments and suggestions as always! Let me know what you want to see! If you have a picture or a video you'd like me to recreate...feel free to pass it along!

e.l.f. Sale!

Hello everyone!

Pardon the lack of posts...I was doing so well. Sunday was my birthday so I was a bit tied up, then directly after that...I got the sickness. Yes, I believe I am down with it. This is the first day that I can actually even sit up for more than five minutes.

Anyhow, I thought I'd share with you one of the sales that's going on at the e.l.f. website. If your order $25 or more (which is kind of hard to do because everything is so cheap) you can either pick free shipping, or 10 free mineral eyeshadows. As the mineral eyeshadows are $3 each normally...I went with the 10 free. Awesome deal right? I've found that for the most part, e.l.f. makeup is really awesome quality for the price, so why not give those a shot too? They had some really beautiful colors that I can definitely get some use out of.

Here's what I got:

Endless Eyes Pro Eyeshadow Palette - I've been wanting this since they released it around Christmas time. $10 for 100 eyeshadows...yes please! Plus, it's getting pretty good reviews all around.

Minty Lip Gloss - in the color Nashville.

Lip Stain - in the color Heartbreaker.

Studio Blush - in the colors Peachy Keen and Berry Merry

Angled Contour Brush - I love these brushes. The studio line is really great quality and the regular line is excellent for having a bunch of extra brushes on hand. (Hmmm, that's weird...I can't find the link for this one.)

Mineral Eyeshadows - Here are the colors I chose for my 10 free:
Elegant
Socialite
Earthy
Wild
Seductive
Innocent
Outdoorsy (This is the one I'm most excited about.)
Dreamy
Beachy
Smoldering

So, go check it out. If you've never ordered from e.l.f. before...definitely give them a try! They are great for makup novices because the prices are sooooo low but the quality is so great. Let me know what you think if you do!

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Quickie: FOTD

Hello my lovelies! I did a bit of FOTD picturing this morning so I thought I'd share it with you!

This is a bit more than I usually wear every day...the eyes are around the same, but I felt like wearing lipstick today. As you all know well, I usually just rock the Carmex. I do OWN an inordinate amount of lip colors...I just never wear them.

Here's what I used:

Face:
Revlon Photo Finish Foundation in Shell
Mehron's professional concealer wheel
A mix of COTY powder and Mehron setting powder

Cheeks:
A pink from my Coastal Scents blush palette

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Wet n Wild Color Icon shadow in Brulee
Jordanna pen eyeliner...black of course
Rimmel's Sexy Curves mascara topped with Maybelline's Falsies mascara

Lips:
Carmex...duh.
M.A.C.'s lip pencil in Whirl
Rimmel's Moisture Renew lipstick in Vintage Pink

What do you think??

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Doodles...

Doodles are what I do when I'm in the bathroom surrounded by my makeup with only minutes left before I slather myself with Noxema and take it all off. It's random...I pick something and play with it. It's usually over top of whatever makeup I had been wearing for the day. I have a few of these on my camera...I try to take pictures whenever I do it. They don't really warrent a full blog post...but I'll turn them into little quickies.

Here's one from tonight:

This was something I came up with because I wanted to try a trick that one of my favorite Youtuber's, Emily Noel, mentioned: using the e.l.f. bronzer as eyeshadow.

Here's what I used:

Primer: Urban Decay's Eden...I use it every day when I don't want to do my eyeshadow...I just slap some eyeliner on and call it a day. (You can see the remnants of my eyeliner wings in this picture.)
Brown: e.l.f.'s Blush and Bronzer duo...the bronzer. I placed that in the crease area and blended it in with the black. I also swiped it under the eye after I lined my waterline.
Base: Believe it or not...that's Hot Topic's gel liner...I had this on for a while, and it didn't crease at all.
Black: Sugarpill's Bulletproof. There is no other black.
Gold: The bottom color in the Wet n Wild trio, "I'm Getting Sunburned". I put that just in the corners and a little under the eye to brighten it up.
Mascara: Same old cocktail as always.
Eyeliner: As I said, I had the wings on...and then I just put some black liner in the waterline.
Brow Highlight: Face powder. It's great for taming things when you've gone a little too far. As I usually do *giggle*.


Well I hoped you all enjoyed that little doodle! I'll have more...and don't judge me on my eyebrows!!

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ToxiKaNdY's Midnight Sunset

So, in my WELCOME BACK ME post from this morning...I said I was going to use ToxiKaNdY's Midnight Sunset look today. Here's the link to the >video<, in case you didn't get a chance to see it earlier. Subscribe to her! She's super talented...and way cute. She doesn't do videos too much anymore...but there's a ton of them that she's already posted.

Here's my version:

Here's what I used:

Eyes:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Wolfe Bro's white water activated color
Black: I think it's a Jesse's Girl...it looks just like the Cinderfella with the silver sparkles but it's no where near as nice. It was basically a "light black" or...you know...grey. Whatever.
Middle: I used the same Trucco palette that she uses...which was a little difficult for me to find. Coastal Scents sells those duochrome colors by the GIANT JAR for like $4 each.
Light Pink: I used the top left color in the Wet n Wild Lust palette. It's pretty much a dupe for the Yogurt that she uses...as near as I can tell.
Dark Pink: Sugarpill's Dollipop. Best. Pink. Ever.
Purple: This is also from the Lust palette. This is a confirmed dupe of Beautymarked.
Eyeliner: The same Jordanna pen eyeliner I always use with the Black grease paint stick in my waterline (though it's mostly worn out in that picture...it usually lasts longer than any other pencil I've used).
Mascara: Rimmell Sexy Curves (of course) with a topping of Maybelline's Falsies for good measure.
Face:
Revlon's PhotoReady foundation in Shell
Powder: A mix of Coty Powder in Translucent and Mehron's Setting Powder.
Cheeks:
e.l.f.'s blush and bronzer duo: the bronzer topped with their liquid face highlighter in some pink color.
Lips: What else...Carmex.


Here's the full face view:

As always, I look so pleased with life. Pardon my giant pimple. They just love to come out when I want to take pictures.

And the gratuitous artsy shot.

Let me know what you think! As always, if there's anything you'd like to see me do, leave me a comment!

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All Systems Are GO!

So...I have a new computer. For now. This one is on extended loan from my best friend's girlfriend. She just got a new one and so they gave me this one until I can get another. (THANK YOU DIANNA!!!!!!!!) Mostly it's because they want me to play WoW again...which I am. Whatever small amount of a life I'd been able to carve out whilst my computer was dead...is gone. I have spent exactly one hour this morning watching Youtube videos and considering whether or not I can get a level in before I have to leave to get my laundry done.

I have a look I want to copy from ToxiKaNdY's Youtube. I'll have those up either later tonight or tomorrow hopefully.

Anywho, until later. <3!

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Randomosity

Like that title word? I made it up...just now. Yeah...I'm like that.

Anyhow, I popped over here the other day to check on some things and I noticed that I'm up to 86 followers! Hello to all the new people! Thanks for following my blog, I really appreciate it! I'm going to have to cook up another good giveaway soon!

This post is going to be a little bit of what I purchased whilst I was staying with my brother (he loved shopping for makeup...I know he did...'cos he left the store about 20 minutes in lol) and a little bit of a random look I found lurking on my camera's memory card. I apologize in advance that I don't have product pictures. I hate the way they look when I take them so I am just going to give you links to each item so you can see the colors...and you know...this way...I can enable you to purchase your own. Gee, it's a good thing we aren't talking about drugs here...eh kids?

First off...some crazy thing I did one night. I was just playing around so excuse the woefully unkempt eyebrows and lack of concealer on my ever so pink complexion.

To be honest, I'm not even sure what I used...I know the purple and the white are two of the baked eyeshadows from Hot Topic...the yellow looks like Buttercupcake from Sugarpill...the black is likely Bulletproof from Sugarpill, I rarely use another. The lashes are Red Cherry F-001. I love the way fake lashes look...but I'm never satisfied with how I apply them. I've tried all kinds of methods and I always see a gap between my lash line and the band of the fake ones.

I really love that frontal wing. This is not the best execution but the style itself can be just so pretty.

On to the goodies!!! Here are all the things I got from the HUUUUUGE Sephora that was in Westchester.

NARS
Blush in Luster
Eyeshadow in Night Porter

I have been searching and searching for a good blush. My first instinct was to check out the Orgasm line by NARS...it's supposed to be flattering to everyone. Well...not me. I put it on and it has such an odd pink cast on my skin...I skipped it and went for Luster instead. This peachy gold looks great on my skin without being too shimmery or too orange. I wear it almost every day.
Night Porter is amazing. It is a very beautifully soft and easily blendable black with the most perfect green shimmer (they call it "pearls"). Over a black base, this shade is stunning. It also works very well in the crease with a pale green or olive on the lid. I did both of those looks while I was away and of course I didn't have my camera with me.

DuWop
Eyecatcher Shadow in Green Eye Intesnifier

I originally picked this shadow duo up because I liked the burgundy color in it. It was a whim, I admit. What I found when I actually played with them is a super velvety, very richly pigmented couple of shadows. The green of the duo has a gold and a sage running through it that mix with the mint base color and turn the whole shadow into a very bright shimmery olive. The burgundy, to my delight is deep and absolutely beautiful. I was tempted to get the other two duos that they offer, but though I wasn't really impressed by the others...I do recommend this one.

Urban Decay
Eyeshadow in YDK

I love Urban Decay. There isn't anything about their stuff that I don't like, really. Some of the shadows have too much glitter and not enough pigment...but they aren't anything I'd buy full pots of. Most of them come in their awesome palettes...so chock full of the aforementioned awesomeness that it really doesn't matter. This shadow I picked up because it's an all around great gold/brown...perfect for inner corner highlights and a nice shimmery lid. In retrospect, I would have done better with a color like Maui Wowie...which would have done the same duty as YDK and also been suitable for a brow highlight. As it stands, I'm sure I can find room in my life for both...and I won't even have to try too hard.

MAKE UP FOR EVER
Eyeshadow in #167
Diamond Shadow in #302

I have been on a blue kick lately. #167 is the most beautiful blue of them all. Seriously. It's literally my most favorite shade of blue ever...ever. If you know me at all, you also know that I'm a sucker for a pretty turquoise...#302 is just that. It's like a giant pressed version of Glittersniffer's Liar...which I love but don't always have time to use. It's a pigment, and I'm clumsy when I'm not rushing...so when I am...it's messy.
I don't have a ton to say about MAKE UP FOR EVER. It's awesome. The best. I will mention that I skipped the #92 (probably the most notable purple eyeshadow of all time) because I have Sugerpill's Poison Plum...but I might just order it anyhow. It's sitting in my cart on Sephora.com waiting.

As usual, I've been overly verbose but I hope you all enjoyed it anyhow. If there's anything you'd like to know about the stuff I posted here...I've used it all a ton so feel free to ask.

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Hellooooooo! or Random Looks

Hello kids! I've been collecting pictures for a bit and I thought I'd post some while I had a few minutes. Today is my niece's birthday (yes we call her Yankee Doodle) and I'm waiting for my sister to come and pick me up for the festivities.

This first look is something I wore out a few weeks ago before my surgery, hence the rocker hair. I wish I had gotten a better picture of the style because, while it wasn't my best attempt, I was proud of it nonetheless.

The gold is Goldilux, silver is Tiara and the black is Bulletproof...all Sugarpill. This is sort of a copy of Xsparkage's Fierce Friday look Black & Gold Glamor. If you have never checked her out, please do. She is one of the first gurus I watched on Youtube and she has taught me an amazing amount.

More gratuitous vanity:

This second look is what I am wearing today. While I was at my brother's house recovering, I did a fair bit of hauling. I also took advantage of the Cherry Culture 30% off sale and grabbed me a bunch of new NYX single eyeshadows.

Look at how happy I am. Notice the lovely mottle my skin has...aren't you envious?
Anyhow...this is Azur Sky and Blue Marine along with some Sugarpill Bulletproof and Tako. It is a bit dramatic for a 9 year old's birthday party...but what the hell. My family thinks I'm nuts...might as well perpetuate it.

So I promise to have some more posts dealing with the nifty stuff I got whilst I was away. The mall near my brother's house had a HUGE Sephora...and as I don't have one near me...I splurged. I also got my sister-in-law to get a bunch of stuff and we had a little lesson on how to apply it all. It was quite a bit of fun. But for now...

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So....

So my friend Adam is going to be competing in the Miss Prime Time, a Drag Pageant in my hometown. Guess who he asked to do his makeup??


This girl...


I'm so freakin' excited. I can't wait to see what outfits he has picked out so I can think up ideas.

Don't worry, I'm going to make him let me take a hojillion pictures. A HOJILLION!

Tutorial Ideas

I am going to do my first picture tutorial in the next couple of days.

What would you like to see? Was there a look that you would like me to recreate step by step? Do you have a picture you want me to try to copy?


Comment away!!

Question - comments needed!

Would you guys like to see picture tutorials for some of my make-up/nail looks? If there is enough interest, I will do them.

Let me know what you think!

Blog Love - ToxiKaNdY's Paridise

Please go follow this girl...she is amazing!!!

Here's her blog.

And her Youtube.

DO IT!

Some housekeeping notes...

So, I hate to be elitist like this, especially since this is a fairly small blog, but I had to change the settings to allow only followers to comment. I'm tired of the spam. Nothing is worse than looking at my dashboard and seeing that there are comments there, getting all excited, and then realizing it's an ad for penis enlarger. Nothing. Not even dead puppies. (Ok, maybe dead puppies but you get the idea.) Anyhow, let me know if any of the changes cause any problems with regular commenting. You can send an email to concertina@vaccarino.com.

And now for some good news. Seeing as everyone else is doing Concertina Shop giveaways...I thought I would like to do one myself, however, I need a proper reason. As of today, I have 41 followers on this blog. If I make it to 50, I will do my own giveaway! There will be some goodies from The Concertina Shop, and since this blog is mostly about makeup and nail polish, I am going to cook up something in that vein as well. So get started pimping me out kids!

<3

A Love Letter to Glittersniffer Cosmetics

I am quite sure I have written one before. I have probably entitled it the same thing...but Lela over at Glittersniffer rocks my world so hard that here is another. And there will probably be more...and more and, well you get the idea.
A couple of entries back I swatched my latest order for you. I did two looks using (almost) only Glittersniffer, one cool, and one warm. I have since adopted Silk Sheets into my everyday brown look...that's how amazing it is.

First, the cool look.

I took Unicorn into the inner half of my lid and just under my lower lash line. I also slapped it around the inner corner. Then, I took Button and did the outer half of my lid and brought it all the way up, almost to my brow bone. Now, the star of the show, Ruthless...I used in the outer corner and crease area as well as a bit under my lower lash line. For a brow highlight and general blending purposes I used Blow (best white ever). My normal black eyeliner and mascara finished it off.

 

This look had just the right amount of sea-green mermaidyness to it. I can't even begin to tell you how great all of the shadows blend together. 

Next up, the warm look.

Yeah, I know I'm kind of a one trick pony when it comes to this type of look. I just love that combination of purple and red because it brings out the green in my eyes. Here I used Silk Sheets on the lid and blended it up a tiny bit into the crease and under the lower lash line. Then I took Jennifer Nazi and swished it above the crease and down around the outer corner. I used a tiny bit of Poisoned Plum by Sugarpill just to darken it up a bit and Blow as a highlight. Same old liner and mascara.

So there is some Glittersniffer love for you all. If you haven't tried any of her pigments out yet, you should. They are, quite simply, some of the most well made loose eye shadow pigments there are. She has the best and the brightest colors and superior customer service. I shall, most likely, have more looks from the last order, but I plan on doing some more makeup shopping soon (I just don't think my Glittersniffer drawer is full enough yet).

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Hot Topic makes good eyeshadow????

So I was at the Topic that is Hot the other day because I needed new tapers and I didn't want to wait for my online order to stretch my ears...I get impatient like that. I have that little club card that belies my inner emo (even though I hide it behind my Trade Secret card) and apparently they give you monies for your birthday. Not free monies mind you, you have to spend a certain amount. Long story short...since I had to throw on a few items to get my birthday monies, I decided to give these a try. I was pleasantly surprised.

Hot Topic Baked Eyeshadow: I picked up three.

Cobalt

Copper (I never wear these colors but for some reason I can't resist buying them...)

And Teal.

They were only each $2.99...as is all their other single pot eyeshadow I think. I have not been impressed before. They are super hard packed and they just have no real pigment to them. If you do manage to get something to show up, they don't stay on. And I'm the queen of getting my eyeshadow to stay on; I think my record is like 18 hours with no creasing...but I digress.

Here are the swatches:

The bottom bit is the color on it's own. The top bit is over Kryolan's Eye Shadow Base (which sucks if you have oily lids PS) and HOLY HELL!!! Look at how gorgeous they are!! Particularly note how metallic that Copper is! And the gold flecks in the Teal! My lord. (Please don't note my hairy Italian arms.) They are amazing. I haven't given them a proper use yet, but I will.

Sugarpill Looks #3 and #4

OK...so this is the last of my Sugarpill looks, for now. This blog will resume is regularly scheduled randomness directly following this post.

I'm posting these two together because I was sitting on babies from 10am to nearly 2am! It's alright though, I love spending time with my pseudo nieces and nephews.

First off, Sunday's look. I took my Sugarpill to meet the rest of the family. I wanted to use Midori, but couldn't think of what to pair it with so I broke out a little bit of the 88 shimmer palette and a Heavenly Naturals pigment.

 

Notice my lazy-ass attempt at blush (Pinky by NYX) and lipgloss. (That's the same pink that I've been wearing BTW...sadly I used the last of it yesterday. *sigh*)

 

The light green is from the 88 Shimmer palette and the dark green in the outer corners is Sea Dragon from Heavenly Naturals.

Here is today's look. Lots of pink and purple. In my first post using the Sugarpill shadows, I paired the Poisoned Plum  with the Afterparty. You can see how different it looks depending on what it's next to. It's such a fabulous purple, it really is.

 

I should note that both of these looks used Tako (the white shadow) as a highlight.

I think this makes my eyes look very blue. You can kinda see how the olive color shrinks towards the pupil. 

Janky lookin' eyebrows...

Well kids, this concludes my Sugarpill worship for now. I still haven't used the red...which was the color I was most excited about. Most matte reds I've gotten have a sort of brick-ish cast to them. As you can see in my swatch pictures, this one doesn't suffer the same fate. It almost pulls like a berry color on my skin. If I get up early enough tomorrow I might have another look for you guys. I also want to try out the yellow and blue together like the girl on the package. Ok...so I'm going to have two more...eventually.

Coming up, I have my Nfu-oh polish order to gush about. I also have a brand new package of Glittersniffer Cosmetics coming in the mail...plus some other random nifties to share. But for now...

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It's just too heavy for Superman to lift.

 I really love that song...it makes me so sad for some reason. (click the blue for some Flaming Lips goodness)

I've mentioned before that my days off are usually the times when I wear the craziest makeup I can think of. Just because. I don't usually have anywhere to be except occasionally playing cards with my mother...and she is as much amused by my cosmetic meanderings as I am. This week I decided I wanted to try to copy an old Xsparkage look from her Superhero Series. I try to pick looks that seem hard to me...that are just above my skill level...so that if I am able to nail them, I feel like I've learned something.

The original tutorial can be found >here<. The only thing I was able to keep the same between her look and mine was the blue from the Mehron Tropical Palette. Well, that and her and I share the same devotion to Too Faced Shadow Insurance. The rest was done with the Coastal Scents 88 Matte palette. 

I feel like my look is "chalker"...if that makes sense. Her's looks so much more velvety. I'm certain a lot of that has to do with the difference in the quality of product. The 88 palette is great...but it's not M.A.C.

Anyhow, on to the pictures.

That bit in the corner where the red and the yellow meet up could have been more blended...but I didn't want it to turn to orange. There was already enough going on without throwing another color into it.  If I did this again, I would also not use the yellow from the 88 palette. It sucked. The brightest blue also had some glitter in it, which was not ideal...but I knew it wouldn't show up really.

Since there would be no Superman without Clark Kent...I thought I'd take a glasses shot for posterity.

Thoughts?

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Quick FOTD Double Feature

OK...here are some quick FOTD's for you. It's late...I'm lazy...and I got a DVD all loaded up and ready to go...the only thing missing is me in my bed.

Whilst I was helping my friend grocery shop the other day (she has two little boys...so it's tough to shop alone), I forced her to go down the makeup isle. I rarely ever buy turquoise eye shadow because it's my favorite. I know that sounds counterintuitive but because I love it so, I have ended up with a hojillion of them. I couldn't pass this up though...I really tried! I put it back like four times!

Maybelline's Sea Glass duo:

I look pissed in this picture for some reason. I think I was really tired...
Lipstick is Crush by Rimmel.
And here in the close up you can see that this was also my attempt at cutting my crease...


This next one here is today's machination. I'm labeling it "Black Sunset" because I like to come up with pretentious names for my looks...no, I'm not being sarcastic...it's the truth!


The black is called Toothache by Glittersniffer over a Wolfe Brothers base. The reds, oranges and yellows are from the Crazy 88 palette.


I'm really liking this profile picture...but I still looked pissed.


Edit: I forget which YouTuber I picked this trick up from...but the easiest way I found to make that cat eye line on the edge there is using a baby wipe. Put your shadow on normal...then just put a baby wipe over your pointer finger and wipe it up to your eyebrow. Super simple... since I can't put tape on my face (I break out REALLY easily...notice my little spots right now...). Now I can have that nice crisp line without going through all the mess.

The end!