Smokey Rose Eyes

Not much to say other than I love this makeup look! I was trying out a few new things this week when getting ready for work and got the idea for this after using Mushroom as my liner. At the time I didn't pair it with a warm shadow, but thought the contrast would be pretty, and voila!

I hope you enjoy!

 

Naked3 Swatches & Tutorial

Dun dun duuuuuuuun!

I'm back! And I'm the proud owner of the gorgeous, perfect Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. When I saw the teaser images for this palette, my little heart skipped a beat... 

I'm happy to say I'm absolutely in love with every single shade in the Naked 3 palette. Where the Naked palette was aimed at golds and warm neutrals, and Naked 2 was silvers and cool neutrals, the Naked 3 is all about rose gold! Every shade has a slight pink or mauve undertone to them, and I love the way it works with my skin tone. 

Here are the swatches! I took the descriptions from Urban Decay's site.

Strange: Pale, neutral pink matte-satin

Dust: Pale metallic pink shimmer w/ iridescent micro-glitter

Burnout: Light pinky-peach satin

Limit: Light dusty rose matte

Buzz: Metallic rose shimmer w/ silver micro-glitter

Trick: Light metallic pinky-copper shimmer w/ tonal micro-sparkle

Nooner: Medium pink-brown matte

Liar: Medium metallic mauve shimmer

Factory: Pinky-brown satin

Mugshot: Metallic taupe shimmer w/ slight pink shift

Darkside: Deep taupe-mauve satin

Blackheart: Smoky black matte w/ rosy red micro-sparkle

Like I said, I'm in love with every single color. They're all amazing quality, as is expected with Urban Decay shadows, and all of them are pretty accurate to their descriptions. Blackheart is a little misleading just because if apply the color normally, you really won't catch any of the red glitter in your look. It is pretty much invisible, even in a swatch, but may possibly stick out more if you use some kind of mixing medium or something like that. It's still a beautiful color, just don't expect to notice the glitter when your actually wearing it. 

I have been using this palette for the last few weeks as I've had all my other makeup boxed up for our move. We just bought a house (pictures to come eventually!) and I've had very little time for makeup, but have used this palette for my daily eye looks. It's very versatile and I've come up with a ton of beautiful new looks. I did a tutorial of one of my favorites!

Woo for silly face :)

Until next time!

XOXOXO

Top 5 Favorite Foundations for Pale Skin

I'm BACK!....(back-ish...)

Once again, a LOT has been up since my last post. After the wedding Steve and I got right to house hunting, which has pretty much taken over our lives since the end of September. 

We found a house, our offer has been accepted and (hopefully) we'll be moving in by the end of this month! This means busy busy busy and little time for filming, but I really wanted to get one done that I've been meaning to do for months now. 

I've attempted putting this video together a few times now and each time I've failed miserably for reasons unknown... I finally took the time to get it done right and voila! My Top 5 Foundations for Pale Skin vid! 

I know for me its always a challenge to find a foundation that actually suits my skin since I'm so damn pale, o I decided to put this together to show you my favorites for the shade/formula/finish/etc. For all you pasty girls out there, I hope this helps! Please don't forget to drop a comment and like the video! I'd love to know what foundations/products you love :) 

Enjoy!

 

A few more pics from the show~

Me and my model Mollie!

Lauren  and her model, doing an urban masquerade look.  She looked amazing!! She hand painted that mask! She won 2nd place in the fantasy category.

Tiffany and her model Mo. They won 1st place in fantasy! She had a tribal theme.

Again, it was a wonderful night and everyone did an awesome job! I (hopefully!) won't be in school for the next salon fair but I know I'll have to come watch it, it gets better every year!

Salon Fair Spring 2011

Sooo exhausted! Salon Fair was awesome, but now I'm pooped.

I didn't win but I still had a great time! Mollie looked great and so did everyone else!