Music mania!!!

Happy happy Monday!!  I hope everyone had a great weekend.  We sure did.  The weather couldn't of been better...My kind..Hot!!   Loved it.  Not sure if you all know but I am a music nut..Loved it since I was a kid and it has just grown immensly..Right now I am in a mix of dance/trance, indie, electronica...love dance music.  Who wants to go clubbin with me..Sounds fun right?  I have been reading Nylon Magazine. Oh man I am in love.  Everything about it.  Music has been a big thing in the magazine for me and I have heard some great bands that have been written in the mag.  So, I want to share what I am loving at this time.  Let me know what you think.....

Adele....Set Fire To The Rain

Kyla La Grange....Walk Through Walls

Jennifer Lopez-PitBull..On The Floor

My Gold look!!!

Well, this morning I was browsing thru my favorite magazine for the hundreth time...Nylon magazine.  I came across a look I really wanted to do.  The colors they featured of course I didn't have so I improvised with what I had and I feel I did quite a good job for what I wanted to achieve.  Maybelline shadow trio in Bronze Haze are the colors for the eyes that I wanted to use...combo of gold, copper and chocolate...simply divine.  Gold lips I passed on and used pink instead.  My own take on the look....Check out Nylon Magazine April edition online.  Awesome mag out there...the look is actually a Spring 11 Rodarte look...
My look is as follows:

Eyes
Benefit Stay don't stray primer
Detrivor primer
Lid Orglamix Expresso
Crease Hi Fi Covet Retribution
Highlight Hi Fi Glass Memories
Upper lash line ELF cream liner in midnight
Lower lash line Detrivore prime and then ran Glass Memories along the lash line and inner corners of eyes and tear ducts
YSL Burgundy mascara

Face
Mac Studiofix powder foundation
Elf concealer
Cheeks Orglamix Paprika
Nose, cheeks and forhead Benefit Get Even powder

Lips
Burts Bee's chapstick
Lime Crime lipstick in Great Pink Planet
Mac Dazzleglass in Baby Sparks...


Love this...I want to face chart this look to save.  Very easy look and such pretty colors....Great inspiration I found today....

Some new Mac from the CCO

Yesterday my husband went to the outlet mall and he always stops in the makeup store for me.  He goes thru the limited edition stuff for me so I leave it up to him and he picked out Give Me Liberty of London eyeshadow and a lip set from the Tartan collection which is pink and I love it...Here is how I used everything today..

Eyes
Benefit Stay don't stray primer
Detrivore primer
inner half of lid Mac Give Me Liberty of London..matte shadow
Outer half Mac Creme De Violet Frost
Crease Hi Fi Things that cannot speak
Over that Fyrinnae Sennyo
Highlight Mac Pollinator Frost
Under brow Fyrinnae Nijiro and down to tear duct
blended like heck....
The Fyrinnae you have to pat so you don't blend the color away..
upper lash line Loreal Hip black cream liner
bottom lash line Detrivore primer outer half Things that cannot speak, middle Sennyo, inner Pollinator
Water lline Wet n Wild white liner
YSL Burgundy Mascara

Face
Mac Studiofix powder foundation
ELF concealer
Mac skinfinish on cheeks in Pink Porcelain

Cheeks
Mac Peachykeen

Finishing powder that is blue to set face

Lips
Burt's Bees chapstick
Mac In Synch lip liner all over lips
Mac Mellow Mood lipstick
Mac Dazzleglass in Baby Sparks

Whew...that does it....I feel the color choices turned out rather lovely...I checked on Fyrinnae's website about that face primer and it isn't available.  Did they stop making it...Any other recs?  Does anyone else have these Mac colors?

Elf Cosmetics Brights Collection

Yesterday while I was in Target I decided to scan the makeup aisle.  Well, I came across the ELF products and decided to pick up a few things.  For 4.99 I got this brights collection with 32 colors...Colors I myself would use quite a bit since I am a bright girl.  My complaint is that the packaging is crap or I am just a moron.  I can not get this palette open for anything.  My husband has to do it.  Such a pain.  Obviously there are no color names so I will just tell you what I used....

Eyes
Benefit stay don't stray primer
Detrivore primer
On lid Bright green in the second row and the dark green right next to it on the outer lid
Crease Gold Glittery color right next to the dark green
I went over the lid with a pale gold color that is the first color on the top row
Highlighted with gold 5th color in top row
Lined upper lash line with Elf Midnight cream eyeliner with a bent liner brush from Elf
Water line UD Gunmetal
Bottom lashline primer the gold glittery color and some of the light green
YSL Burgundy mascara

Face
Benefit You Rebel tinted moisturizer
Benefit Get Even Powder
Elf concealer in beige
Cheeks Lorac blush in hot and spice

Lips
Revlon colorstay mineral lipglaze in Perrenial Pink

After all day the shadows stayed pretty darn nice.  Surprising for a drugstore brand.  No creasing either.  The lipcolor seems to last quite a while to but it does stink.  So, all and all money worth spending.  I am happy with these items.  Anyone else tried any ELF recently?

Soft and lovely

So, for today's look I wanted pink and bronze...Believe it or not I don't have a whole lot of pink...but leave it to my Aromaleigh colors to lead the way..This look turned out so pretty in real life I just loved it.  So read along to see what I used for the entire look...

Eyes
Benefit Stay don't stray primer
Detrivore primer over top of that
Aromaleigh Edie on lid
Aromaleigh ooops! pretty brownish color in the crease
Aromaleigh ooops! another pinkinish brown color to blend and highlight
Aromaleigh Orchideous from the spells collection I ran under brow bone to tear duct
Top lash line I applied Loreal Hip cream eyeliner in black
Lower lashline I applied Detrivore primer with a brush and then went over lash line with the brown ooops and ran some Edie to tear duct and under the ooops color
Water line I used UD Gunmetal
YSL mascara in plum or burgundy..

Face
Dior Airflash spray foundation
Benefit Get Even Powder
Mac concealer under eyes
Blush Dior Rose Brazilia

Lips
Rosebud salve
Lime Crime lipstick in Great Pink Planet
Beaute lip gloss in Skin Trade

I have to say I really love the Hip cream liner.  It stays put and you need such a tiny bit to do the whole lash line.  All and All I am happy with how this turned out today...

Thinking about a face primer.  I feel I need one but don't want to spend the 28.00 on Benefits...so I am on the hunt for one that controls oil and priced reasonably. Lip primer too...What does everyone wear and what type of pink do you like to wear if any?

Look using colors from a couple of my UD Book of Shadows....

Well,,,,not such a perfect day today.  My youngest is home sick with a wicked fever and she is miserable.  Poor baby.  Her cheeks are so red I feel for her.  Anyway, I did have time to do a look and I am very pleased with how it turned out.  So, pretty.  I saw a similar look on makeupgeek and got the idea from that.  I didn't have the same colors but I used some that are similar.  Keep reading to see what I used..


Eyes
Benefit Stay Don't Stray Eye Primer
Lid Alice from The Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows
Crease Queen from The Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows
Highlight Uzi and on inner corner of lid from the UD loves NYC Book of Shadows
Lined upper lash line with UD Zero liner
Bottom lash line applied Stay Don't Stray primer and lined with Queen.  Inner corner I used Uzi
YSL Burgundy mascara

Face
Benefit You Rebel tinted moisturizer applied with foundation brush then went back over with a sponge
over that I dusted Benefit Get Even pressed powder
Mac concealer under the eyes and blended down

Cheeks
Ulta Infatuation
Ulta Karma on apples of cheeks

Lips
Rosebud salve
Mac B Babe lipstick
Mac Petite Indulgence Cremesheen Glass

Whoolah!!!  I am really turning into a Benefit lover.  I really love the primer.  My shadows applied smoothly and blended really easy.  Nice product..

The tinted foundation seems to cover really well.  The color is darker than you think it would be.  A tiny bit goes a long way.

Get Even powder gives you a nice even finish.  I like it.  It seems to control shine pretty good.

I want to get the Dr. Feelgood concealer balm but it is 28.00.  Ouch....I need a primer that will control oil and I guess that one does. We will have to wait.  I picked up Loreal Hip cream eyeliner.  Never tried before and am interested in seeing how well it works....Has anyone used any of these products?
I used my new little canon camera too.  Takes some nice pictures and is so easy to use.  My other one you have to get the dock out and plug everything in and takes forever.  This one I just plug into the computer and done...
Have a great day!!!!

Something quick

Today was eyebrow day...I also wanted to find a new foundation..Getting tired of my powder foundation.  After some discussing with Nikki at Ulta who does my brows we decided on these products...

You Rebel tinted moisturizer, Get Even powder both by Benefit.  She cleansed my face and we tried two different kinds of foundation one on each side of my face...One was a stick foundation and we decided against it because I have olive skin and I do darken quite a bit in the summer and Yes I do use tons of sunscreen.  The tinted moisturizer I can use for quite a while.

Nikki applied Dr. FeelGood face primer first.  Very nice product but I am waiting to buy that when my skin gets a little oilier.  Benefit's products are a bit pricey also I am sure you all know that...Everything is at least 30.00.  Yikes....A gift with purchase was available too and I got a free shower cap, reusable one but I will not be photographing that...(think not) and a nice sample of Stay Don't Stray eye shadow primer...

I will show a picture of me after getting my brows done.  Please keep in mind this was the end of the day, I have 2 different types of foundation on my face and she filled in my brows which I never do so It looks different to me...I really look pissed off...I am not...Just tired and the brow color makes me look different...

Let me know if you have tried any of these products and or if you have used Benefit products before....Have a good night....