A little more Mary Kay

Ok so I stayed kinda basic again today but I really like this look....Simple can be boring sometimes but sometimes it is elegant too...

Eyes:

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Lid Mary Kay Lemongrass

Crease Make Up For Ever #92 which is a very vivid matte purple

on top of the #92 I use Mary Kay Amber Blaze

Highlight Silky Caramel

Lined top lash line with Stila black eyeliner

lower lash line outer I used Make Up For Ever in #92

inner lash line Mary Kay Amber Blaze

Mary Kay Ultimate Mascara

Face:

Mac studio fix powder foundation

Mary Kay concealer

Pink Petals blush (Mary Kay)

Mary Kay Desert Sun bronzing powder

Lips:

Mary Kay Tinted Lip Balm in Blush

I loved the Amber Blaze over the purple...Made a very unique look and I really loved it. I will say that Make Up For Ever to me is not worth the money. It is a nice product but not to die for like I have read about. I had a high expectation and ended up not being so excited. It also doesn't seem to work so well with primer so you have to nix it...That is just my opinion.

I also had my second free facial on the weekend. Man it is great. I had a few pimples and they zapped them with a laser. It kills bacteria and helps them to go away faster. It really does work. I think I need a zapper!!!!

So then today I ended up going back to the spa to purchase the Clarisonic brush. I so love this brush. Very pricey but it feels amazing on the skin. It has to charge for a whole 24 hours so I won't be using it too soon...So what has everyone else been loving for products skincare or makeup?

Back to basics..

I know everyone loves the minerals...I have started using my go to Mary Kay again...I need some basics that I use and ended up getting a free gift so I played with the colors. So this is actually yesterdays look....

eyes:

too faced shadow insurance

lid Denim Frost

over that I applied Blue Metal

Crease Sienna

Highlight Silky Caramel

lined upper lash line and bottom with PencilMeIn Lapis liner then went over bottom lashline with Denim Frost and Blue Metal

Mary Kay Ultimate Mascara in Black

Face:

Mac Studio Fix Foundation

Cheeks Mary Kay Pink Petals

Over blush Mary Kay Mineral Bronzing powder in Desert Sun

Lips:

Mary Kay Tinted Lip Balm with Spf 15 in Blush

Mary Kay came out with pressed minerals awhile ago. I do like this formula better. The shadows seem to hold up well with the primer on the lids.

I really do love the tinted lip balms. I believe I am going to have to buy apricot in that formula. This product is not sticky and goes on so nice and stays on and has a really lovely smell too..

I use to be a consultant and I have used these products forever and they never seemed to fail me. I just love so many brands that I couldn't keep faithful. I get to bored and feel stuck. So I am enjoying my little bit of free product. Has anyone else ever use the Mary Kay brand and what do you think?

Feeling Lucky

I haven't been blogging much of late. I have been taking advantage of the hot weather so we have been outside. It has been around 95 for about 5 days and here in Illinois that is really hot. We have no pool. I live in a community where we can't have them but we can have small kiddie pools as long as they are emptied and stored by 8:00 at night. The 9.00 pool has been a blessing. Much cheaper than the public pool or water park and Jules just loves it. So that is what we have been doing. On to my look for the day. I acquired another hello kitty quad thru a sale on Makeupgeek.com. Good price and I really like this one. This one is Mac's Hello Kitty Lucky Tom Palette. The colors are Creme Royal, Paradisco, Stylin and Lucky Tom. I like this quad better than the Too Dolly quad. So here is how I used them. I used all 4 today...

Eyes:

Primer

Inner corner of lid Creme Royal

1/3 of lid Paradisco

Crease Stylin

Highlight Creme Royal

Outer vee into crease Lucky Tom

Lined top and bottom lash lines with Pencilmein eyeliner in boysenberry and smudged it out

Flirt Black Wink mascara

Face:

Mac studiofix + foundation powder

Cheeks Mac On a Mission

Lips:

Smashbox O Gloss

I thought I would love this quad from the moment I saw it and I was right on the money. I feel it goes well with my coloring.

I am really loving the PencilMein eyeliners that I read about on KraseyBeautiful. I purchased two of them and they are fantasic. I was in the heat and they never sweat off and they are so easy to work with. For more info on these liners head on over to www.pencilmeincosmetics to see all the colors. They run 6.99 a piece. Thanks for looking and have a great day!!!

Philosophy

I don't know how many of you have tried or use Philosophy. I really like their bath and body products. They have some really great scents out there. Their skincare is really nice too. So today I am sharing with you a Friends and Family coupon for 20% off from Philosophy. This coupon is good from today June 22 to June 28. Enter code sharethelove at checkout to receive your discount. Enjoy and have a great day!!!!

Happy Friday !!!

Happy Friday to all. I hope everyone had a halfway decent week. It has been a little blah because it has been hot, raining and storms so we stuck in the house. So I have been doing a lot of reading which I don't mind....So I knew today I wanted to use green. Wasn't sure what or how I was going to do this but as I was applying my green the doorbell rang and in came my Mac friends and family order. So I used those colors today. So here is my look for today!!!

Eyes:

Primer

Lid Lime Crime Lime Criminal

crease and outer vee is Mac Beauty Mark

right above that is Mac Dear Cupcake

Highlight is Mac Bisque

Lined upper and lower lashline with Urban Decay Electric eyeliner. I put lime criminal over that on the bottom lashline.

Flirt Black Wink Mascara

Face:

I went to grab Aromaleigh but grabbed Bare Minerals instead so I was upset but I had to use the Bare Minerals foundation

Bare Minerals Bisque

Mary Kay Pink Petals Blush

ColorScience mineral Sunscreen

Lips:

Smashbox O-Gloss. It is a clear gloss that adjusts to your lip color

I really love the intensity of Lime Criminal. It came off really vivid today. I just felt like a punch of color on the lid today and then less intensity for the rest of the lid. I really love all of these colors. I believe Lime Crime is having a sale on her makeup til July. They are really great. I only have two at the moment but eventually would like more.

Is anyone loving Green like me?

Brights!!!!

Hello everyone...I hope today is going good for all. It is nasty rainy and stormy in Illinois today and we have finally gotten hot, but better than they yucky cold and snow. I really hate snow....I know my looks have been on the subtle side so today I did something on the brighter side. I hope you like it!!!!

Eyes:

Primer

Lid Glamour doll in Electric Lemonade

Over the Electric Lemonade I applied About Face Monsters Mean Nothing (The She Space retired color from the Story People line....

Inner Crease is About Face Peggy Pushed Polly

Outer Crease is Dreamworld Minerals Never Night

Above the crease is Make Up For Ever No 3 which is an off white matte

Brow bone to highlight is About Face Kiss of Reality

Lined upper lashline with Stila Black eyeliner

Bottom lash line with Electric Lemonade

Flirt Black Wink Mascara

Face:

Aromaleigh Glissade Foundation

Aromaleigh Concealer

Mary Kay blush in Pink Petals

ColorScience mineral sunscreen

Lips

Face Front Lip Blush in Gossip

Smashbox O Gloss applied over that

I really love the yellow. Layering the two yellows made the coolest color. I tried it out on my hand last night and loved it so I went with it today. Do you use yellow and if so what is your favorite yellow? Glamour Doll Electric Lemonade is a fantastic yellow. It is very eclectic and it will become my staple for yellow.

My hair is wet in this photo so it looks kinda wild....

On the sunny side

Oh what a day today. I just have had time to post what shadows I wore today. I know everyone else has had a busy day today too. My shadows made my day though so let me share.

Eyes:

Primer

Lid to brow bone Mac Pollinator from the Naked Honey collection Mid tone warm reddened peach with pearl frost

Inner corner About Face Delicious Adventure retired color....coral color

Outer corner of lid and a little into crease Aromaleigh Velvetgoldmine from the Rocks Collection

Under browbone is Glamour Doll Disco White white with blue

Lined upper lash line with Stila black eyeliner

lower lashline with Velvetgoldmine

Flirt Black Wink mascara

Face:

Aromaleigh Glissade Foundation

Aromaleigh Mineral concealer

Mac On a Mission Blush

ColorScience mineral sunscreen

Mac Honey Light High Light Powder from the Naked Honey collection dusted on cheeks and forehead and bridge of nose Light Peachy gold with shimmer

Lips:

Mac Viva Glam Glam V lipstick

So I really love the products I purchased from the Naked Honey Collection. Pollinator is a pretty color but you need to use a lot of it because it is pretty light.

The highlight powder is just lovely. A real pretty color.

The three colors I used on the eye are pretty similar in color and I think it made a nice wash of color. Nothing really dramatic but they all blended in so well together. What do you think. I haven't done anything real dramatic lately. I will work on that. I have a bunch of items coming from Mac, Nars, Stila and eye liners from Pencilmein. I think that is it. I have plenty to work with I think. I took advantage of the Mac friends and family sale and picked up some basics and Nars had a summer duo I wanted to try and it was free fedex shipping and Sephora had the new Stila quad for 10.00 which it is a 28.00 quad. It is from the Indian Summer collection. Eye liners sound really interesting. I see alot of you have gotten some really awesome looking colors and can't wait to see all the looks....

Something I never thought I would see in my neighborhood

So yesterday we were leaving our house to go to my father in laws for dinner.  I couldn't believe what we saw.  Two houses down new people moved in.  I haven't seen much of them so they are quiet.  We live in a manufactured home community and years ago it started out basically as a place for senior retirement living but single family resident starting buying places and that changed.  So anyway, there are a lot of seniors who live in here and I think there are some grade school girls that live next to this new neighbor.  Any way this guy was mowing his lawn.  He has to be maybe in his 30's and he was wearing a speedo and tennis shoes.  I about died.  Mind you we live in the midwest in a little town in Illinois called Sandwich.  We are known for the big Sandwich Fair we have here every yr.  We see a lot of cornfields not speedos.  People just do not wear those here.  So please don't take offense if anyones spouses or etc. wear them.  I almost peed my pants.  There was nothing left to the imagination I am saying and I am sure the neighbors were just dying.  Men hear swim in swim trunks , swim shorts.  This man really put himself out there.  If I was thinking fast enough I should of snapped a photo with my phone but who knew?    Just had to share!!!!!

Yesterday's Look

Yesterday I really wanted to use Aromaleigh's Estranged.  Such a neat color.  I wanted to combine different brands with different textures to see how it would blend and I have to say blending was a snap.

Eyes:

Primer

Lid Aromaleigh Estranged

Crease purple color from the Smashbox trio Mirror Image

Outer vee into outer crease Mac Club

Highlight Make Up For Ever #3

Stila black liner on top lash line

Mac Club to line lower lash line

Flirt Black Wink mascara

Face:

Aromaleigh Glissade Foundation

Aromaleigh Concealer

Mac On A Mission Blush

ColorScience Mineral Sunscreen

Lips:

Beaute gloss Skintrade

I really liked this look.  It lasted nicely all day long without creasing.  I love the Estranged with purple.  Those two colors just blended nicely together and created a great look.  Not over the top but with just enough of a more powerful look.  I was so happy....

I did pick up a couple of products from the Mac Naked Honey collection so I will be using those this week I hope.  Til then I hope everyone is having a great time creating looks!!!

On the lighter side

I wanted to use something soft that would go with my style warrior colors from Mac.  So I went  with a couple Fyrinnae products.  I really love their shadows.  So nice and vivid colors.  The color combo worked out just perfect for me.

Eyes:

Primer

Lid Fyrinnae Rapunzel Had Extensions   (love this color)

Crease Mac Tempting

above that is Fyrinnae Glass Coffin and I used it in the outer part of the lid a little and into the crease

Highlight Make Up For Ever #3 which is a matte whitish beige

lined upper and lower lash line wet using Mac's charged water with Fyrinnae Dragonskin

right under brow I applied a little of Fyrinnae Liquor is Quicker

Flirt Black Wink Mascara

Face:

Aromaleigh Glissade foundation

Aromaleigh Concealer

Mac On A Mission Blush

ColorScience mineral sunscreen

Lips:

Beaute gloss in Skintrade

I love combing the mineral with the traditional.  It was very easy to work with.  The make up for ever mattes are great.  Blend very very easy.  They are expensive but well worth it.  I still am so in love with Fyrinnae.  Very magical.  What are your favorite Fyrinnae colors?  Have you tried Make Up For Ever, Fyrinnae?

Traditions

Today I got out my traditional shadows to play around with.  I haven't used some of these colors in quite a while.  It is fun to get out the items you haven't used in awhile and find out how much you really do love them.  I used Mac, Stila and Smashbox shadows today.  The look is as follows..

Eyes:

Primer

Lid Mac Chrome Yellow

Crease Stila Terracotta duo the red color

above that the brown color of the duo

highlight is Smashbox Mirror Image which is a beige yellow color

I took the Terracotta duo up to the outer part of the brow bone and blended everything together

lined upper lash line with Stila black liner and smudged it

Bottom lash line is the red on the outer and the brown inner from Stila

Flirt Black Wink Mascara

Face:

Bare Minerals foundation

Bare Minerals Bisque

Mac On A Mission cheeks

Color Science Mineral Sunscreen

Lips:

Mac Fresh Brew lipstick from the Hello Kitty Line

Estee Lauder Tender Lip Balm in Tender Berry

The eye colors look really different together.  I really like this look.  The Stila duo came out for the Holidays at Sephora so I snagged it.  It really has great pigment power and so silky.  Stila is also a very great traditional brand that I used to be totally committed too.  I am discovering that I love all products and just can't stick to one.  There is so many great cosmetics out there to try.  Even if it is one thing I just have to say that I have tried it.  It is great fun to see how you look one day to the next...Don't you think?

Simple but elegant

I can't believe this but I didn't really know what to use today...My heart isn't set on anything.  Maybe that means I need something new?  What do you think?  So anyway I had to use something nice but nothing spectacular and I actually like this look.

Eyes

Madminerals primer

entire eye Urban Decay Cherry

crease Aromaleigh bette noire in Mireille

in the highlight area I used some Aromaleigh Flaxen to blend things out.  It is a nice neutral matte shade and I love to use that to blend colors out.

Stila black liner top and bottom lashline

Flirt Black Wink Mascara

Face

Smashbox Primer

Revlon Colorstay foundation

Revlon Honey Bunch cheek color

Colorscience mineral sunscreen

Lips

Mac Creemsheen Petite Indulgence lip glass

I really like the combination.  Urban Decay has some great shades but you have to be careful of the glitter that gets everywhere.  I ordered two Urban Decay colors from allcosmeticswholesale.com for 7.99 and 5.99.  Some more neutral.  For the price you can't beat it.  

Mac also has a new line coming out on Thurs. called Naked Honey.  Looks like some nice product in that line.  I heard the best product to invest in is the lip balm.  Everything in the line is a neutral color.  Looks pretty though.  Hopefully I am going to get to our big Sephora and actual Mac Store in Oakbrook sometime soon.  It is more than an hour away but I really want to try Make Up For Ever and only the actually Sephora Stores carry it.  We have little Sephoras inside our JcPenney stores and they don't carry it.  I know a lot of people love and rave about Make Up For Ever so I would like to test it.  It is pretty pricey though.  So we will see.  What collections are you interested in at the moment?  Has anyone tried MUFE?

Gradutation

My oldest graduated from high school on May 21.  Yes high school.  We are having the big party next weekend.  I am having food catered and my friend is doing the cakes.  It was exciting and sad.  She is staying local for school so she will be around so it is ok.  I think she is going to help me out taking Jules back and forth to school.  Private schools don't provide transportation.  My daughter graduated from an all girls catholic college prep school.  Very hard so we are very proud she made it and it is going to help her so much with college which is a great feeling so I hope she realizes what a sacrifice we have made because it hasn't been easy.  Private schools are so expensive but the curriculum pays for it.  

The pictures are of Justine with my fatherinlaw and with my mom.  My dad passed away when Justine was 4 and my motherinlaw passed away when Jules was 1.  

Now Jules will be gone all day when school starts so I will be finding a little something to do.  I don't want to not be around for her because of a job.  Full time jobs got in the way with my oldest and she was at daycare all the time and we missed all her volley ball games and track meets.  This time around I want to be able to do those things.  If we have to go with out that is fine by me...kids are more important no matter how much they drive us crazy right?

My little dancer

Yesterday was the long awaited for dance recital.  It takes a whole year of dance to prepare for this big event.  It is a 2 day show but my daughter is in one class so her routine was on Sat.  This is a really big event for the kids and their is some amazing talent out there.  I love to watch the older girls do their hip hop and tap....they are the ones that do the competing and the dance troop wins a lot of times.  The show was 3 hrs. long and my daughter danced towards the end but she is a trooper.   They don't let you photo or video tape during the performance so these are a couple of shots before we left the house.  This was a mambo song they danced too.  This was her second year in creative dance now we move on to ballet beginning and tap beginning.  We are doing a combo class this summer of ballet and tap.  I am not sure if we are doing a recital show this following year or not being she is going to be in Kindergarten all day everyday this year we will see.

As a child my passion was dance.  I was in baton and I can still twirl and tap and jazz and acrobats.  I never did ballet.  I so loved it and I kept it up til we moved when I was 13.  I would of kept going if we hadn't of moved.  So in high school I did poms which I really loved.  I got to create our teams dances for the games.  We always seemed to use my dance routines the most which is an honor so I hope this youngest of mine will continue to dance.  I just love it....It is dedication and work but it pays off.  Also expensive...but what isn't....Did anyone out there dance...I hope you enjoy your day....

Great Contest...

Hey everyone head on over to Robyn's Nest Blog for a great contest she is having.  She has some really great prizes so enter yourself to win and have fun.  http://robynsnestblog.blogspot.com

Robyn has some really great information on the new Aromaleigh collection.  I saw some great colors that would be really fabulous so go check out her blog.

More Glamour

Today I used another color from my Glamour Doll shadows.  I always love purple so I thought I would use it today.  The Glamour Doll products seem to be very pigmented and easy to work with.  I am really liking these.

Glamour Doll Glam Girl

Mac Sushi Flower

Aromaleigh Flaxen

About Face Crisp White Shirt

Eyes:

Primer

Lid Sushi Flower.  This is from the pro palette colors.  I thought this gave off some really nice color.

Crease Glam Girl

Above crease Flaxen

Highlight Crisp White Shirt

lined upper lash line with Stila eyeliner

bottom lash line Glam Girl

Flirt black mascara

Face:

Bare Minerals Foundation

Bare Minerals Multi tasking bisque

Mac On a Mission Blush

Colorscience mineral sunscreen

Lips:

YSL Rouge Pur #22

So how do you like the purple?  I thought it came out pretty nice.  I so love purple.  How about you?

Favorite So Far

As the title says Favorite so Far this is my favorite look.  I really love this.  I think it is the combination of getting my skin on track which I am very happy with and these shadows today make a perfect combo.  Here is what I used.

Aromaleigh 14k  bright high sparkle gold

Glamour Doll Shamrock Vivid green

Aromaleigh Hemlock brown with green undertones

Aromaleigh Flaxen matte gold cream  I tend to use this color always.

Eyes:

Mad Minerals Primer

lid 14k

Crease Shamrock

above crease Hemlock

highlight Flaxen

lined top lash line with Stila eyeliner

bottom lash line with Hemlock and under Hemlock I used Flaxen

Flirt Black Wink mascara

Face:

Bare Minerals foundation

Bare Minerals Bisque

Mac On A Mission Blush

ColorScience mineral Sunscreen

Lips:

YSL Rouge Pur lipstick in #22 pink

Dermaquest skin care products.

I am proud of myself today.  I think I am getting better with the blending.  I have been using to crease colors.  I like to use a matte to blend things out so I need to purchase some more matte shadows.  I like the way the mattes finish the look.

I really love Shamrock from Glamour Doll.  Very nice color pay off and easy to blend.  I can't wait to try the rest.  I am impressed with this line and I am glad I placed an order from them.

What do you think of this look?  Do you like it as much as I do or am I just seeing things? Have you checked out Aromaleigh and Glamour Doll?  What are you waiting for?

More to play with soon

I hope everyone is having a great day.  I seem to be staying so busy my head hurts between dance recitals and signing the older one up for college classes.  Sometime being a human is hard work but I know there is a lot of joy in it too.

Yesterday I got my long awaited Glamour Doll shadows.  They are samples but I got them in the jars instead of the baggies.  Very cute packaging.  Nice bright colors.

Shamrock  A vibrant Green

Electric Lemonade  A very vivid Yellow

Disco White  White with Aqua Glitter

Glam Girl   True Bright Purple

I really like that the name of the product is on the lid so you don't have to flip the product over to see the name.  Really a nice touch.  I will try to test these out tomorrow.

I also got a lovely Smashbox shadow trio called Mirror Image (Green Gray, Fleshtone, Butter all shimmers).   The Green Gray color looks purple to me but oh well. Very lovely colors.  Sort of neutral  but just lovely on.  I am really loving Smashbox lately.  They really have some great items and the prices are not too bad either.

I have been having a great time using all these different products.  It is just so much fun to make your self feel pretty or sexy or an alter ego.  Makeup is a must in my life.  It seems to help keep me positive and it is my passion no matter how much you use it is still a joy.  How about any of you.  How does makeup make you feel?