A Very Berry Holidays

This Holiday Season the Berries are in! Makeup wise that is.....
Who knew a deep berry eyeliner and some gorgeous blackberry lipgloss could do so much to brighten up that dull winter skin? Courage ladies! You know im always trying to get you to try new things. If you arent a fan of purples Im just gonna have to change your mind.

Fav 5 Lipsticks for Winter

These top 5 lipsticks are my favorite this Winter Season. Whether for curling up by the fire with a cup of Hot cocoa or nudging people out of the way while you are Christmas shopping; You are sure to love one of these :)

Baby Lips by Maybeline in PEACH KISS

I wear this almost every day! It's my go-to Lipstick of the season.
Viva Glam 11 by M.A.C

The Perfect Red.
Viva Glam 1 by M.A.C

Remember this Beauty? The Lipstick that changed my life :) I love this Deep Berry color. I had to Buy it!
GASH by Urban Decay

November 1ST

Hi Guys! I am so excited to be back and have the blog up and running after the past two weeks of crazyness. I have everything back up and running so Im excited for all the new November posts that are coming up. I LOVE Halloween but I am so glad October is over and November is here. Now I just have to take down all the Halloween decorations......Can you hear me groaning? If you havent seen my post of my Closet Cleaning excursion a few months ago check it out here. Ive been fall shopping the past few weeks and I have been so excited to put away all my Summer clothes and take out all my Fall & Winter clothes. I have forced myself not to pull any of it out until at least November 1st. I know it is snowing in Colorado but here in Good old Arizona the weather is just starting to cool down and starbucks has just barely brought out their Caramel Apple Cider. If you havent ever tried this.. YOU MUST!  It is the best Fall drink..oh Yummy... my mouth is watering. I cant wait to have my first of the season.
So organizing my closet is what I will be doing today.  I already organized my closet a few months ago but there is no need to have swimsuits and summer dresses taking up space in my closet when they wont be used much during the next 5 months or so. Thanks again for your thoughtful notes! Bye Friends!

Barrett isn't quite as Happy about Winter clothes as Mommy

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! It was a long but fun night. I did my neice and 7 of her friends makeup for Halloween last night. 3 hours later and they looked like Marionette Dolls. They were Gorgeous and it was so fun. The hubby kept Barrett entertained on the driveway while all the trick or treaters came by and then we got to watch some cartoons and head to bed. Im not sure how it happened butI managed to not eat a single piece of candy. It was a Halloween miracle :)

Homemade matching Halloween ties. They looked so Handsome at church.

Barrett wanted to be Daddy for Halloween. He was the cutest little Football player Ive ever seen :)

We had a Halloween Party and Me and the Hubby went as ourselves...just sixty years from now :)

Cowboys & Indians Halloween Makeup Tutorial

Don't forget to turn off Music on Bottom page of my Blog so you can hear tutorial.

Candy Corn Halloween Makeup Look

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BARBIE Halloween Makeup Look

Barbie..How I envy you. Perfect body, Perfect hair, You have every material possesion you could ever want, a Pink corvette and the Hunkiest boyfriend Ken.  Do you remember what little girls would do with the Ken doll when they were playing Barbies? I remember. You'd grab Ken and be like "ken is going to work now" and you'd chuck him under the bed. He would not appear again until Barbie decided she needed to go on a date or have a baby. Ahh..

.. My husband would say that the whole Barbie experience explains a lot about Women :) haha

Thanks for watching....

On a side note, I couldn't get these lashes to look right. I had never used this brand before and they were really bothering me because one looked so different from the other. I realized once i took them off that they were both for the left eye. There is supposed to be one for left , one for right in each package but somehow they made a mistake so there you go! :)

PRODUCTS USED:

The POREfessional primer by Benefit
Makeup Forever HD Foundation
Erase Paste by Benefit
Makeup Forever HD Powder
Eyeshadows from Sephora Kit:
Light frosty pink
Medium Pink
Hot Pink
Grape Purple shimmer
Matte white
Frosty White
Urban Decay eyeliner in Zero
Maybeline Liquid Eyeliner Pen
NYX cream blush in Hot Pink
Blush/Bronzer in Hot Flash by LORAC
Mascara by M.A.C in Haute & Naughty
Fake Lashes by EyeLure #202

Halloween Revealed

Be a Dear and excuse the fact that I have not a stitch of Makeup on in this video below....

DONT FORGET TO TURN THE MUSIC OFF ON THE BOTTOM OF MY BLOG TO HEAR THE VIDEO

Exciting New Things coming this next Week

A Silent Photo Film for my Creative Thought Process on this Next week's posts for the Blog...

What to do..What to do... What do these people want from me?!

....the Weather sure has been nice this week......

They couldnt possibly want to know about that could they?

OOOH! Now there's an idea

By Golly I think Ive got it!

Confidence..Yes!

Now it's time to get busy :)

When in doubt go OMBRE!

So I took the Plunge! Yesterday I went to one of my good friends Christina Delgado and she dyed my hair Ombre. If you havent heard of ombre the best way of explaining it is that it a gradient of color going from a darker color up top to getting lighter and lighter towards the bottom until you reach the ends where it is lightest of all. I LOVE IT!! Now I know how it feels to be a brunette and a blonde at the same time :) I had the bayalage style done a few months ago which is similar..think lauren conrad and it was awesome but I really wanted to go darker for fall. The Hubby likes it, my baby still recognizes me, and I feel ready for Fall. Good times..Good times..

Christina has been doing my hair for the past 5 years or so. She works in the Gilbert area so if you are interested in giving her a call Ill get you the info. She is Amazing at Color and everything else :)

Wicked Cheap Thursday

Hey guys! It's that Time again.. Wicked Cheap Thursdays. You wont want to miss this weeks episode.

Is it just my computer or am I talking faster than the sound is coming out? Sorry if the words and actions dont seem to match up. Ill have to figure out why my computer is doing that :)

Green with Envy

I found out about London Butter Nail Polish the past year and have been in LOVE ever since. It is the smoothest long lasting nail polish I have ever tried. I found this color last month and have been so excited for Fall so I could wear it. It's called British Racing Green. (They would know since the creators are British). I love wearing dark short nails in the fall and wintertime. This is a great alternative to wearing a black nail polish if you don't like going so dark.

Butter British Racing Green 

Jennifer Aniston Makeup Look

Jennifer Aniston..Sigh.
The hair, the face, the body, the age (she is in her 40's and can make 20 yr olds jealous). What's not to Love? My first real haircut as a teenager was totally the Jennifer Aniston "Friends" Haircut. I was just reading in a magazine that her haircut from that show is still to this day the most requested haircut at a salon. Well I decided to do a makeup look from this gorgeous picture of her. Her look is always a great tan, shimmery eyes, and a flushed cheeks. The perfect Girl next door.

First start out with a moisturized face. Any facial moisturizer will do. I Love Philosophies line. But I am trying out Benefits Triple Performing facial emulsion with SPF today. 

Next apply a primer. I got this great sample and figured today was the perfect time to use it. (samples are great when deciding if you want to buy a product or not). Jennifer has that great bronzy skin and Stilas One Step Primecolor in Bronze babe is perfect. It gave my skin a healthy tan glow and prepped it for foundation.

Now apply a Foundation. Jennifer has gorgeous skin and it always looks like she has such a dewy flawless face. I Love M.A.C's Studio Moisture tint with spf because it covers up imperfections but it is such a lightweight foundation. It is basically lotion and foundation mixed :)

Next I apply an eyelid primer. I think it's important to always wear primer. It makes your eye makeup last, not smudge, and it really brings out the color of the eyeshadow. Urban Decay's eye primer potion is a cult favorite.

Now I apply my shadow. I am wearing Bermuda Sand by ULTA on my eyelid, Blanc Type by M.A.C on my brow bone, and Nude by Smashbox and Bamboo by M.A.C in my crease.

Next apply a Black eyeliner on top and bottom of your eyelids and smudge so there is not a defined line. Im using Urban Decays eyeliner in Zero

Now curl your eyelashes and apply mascara on top and bottom. Im wearing Voluminous Carbon Black by Loreal. 

Jennifer has full natural brows so I filled my in with Benefits Browzings brow shaping kit.

Now for her tan sunkissed complexion I use a Bronzer from M.A.C  in Refined Gold. Apply to temples, around jawline, top of cheek bone and forehead.

For those gorgeous summer flushed cheeks I love Nars Blush in orgasm. It is a pretty salmon color with loads of bronze shimmer. GORGEOUS! It looks great on everyone.

Next apply some highlights to your face. I use M.A.C's cream colour base in Luna. It is a frosty cream color that just highlights wherever you put it. I apply it down the center of the nose and high cheek bones.

The look would not be complete without those gorgeous full Pink lips. Im using Nars lipgloss in Super Orgasm. It is a beautiful Salmon pink color with loads of shimmer. I already have pink lips so im not using a lipstick but if you want a more pronounced lip just use a lipstick then a gloss.

                                     

                                        And that about does it folks :) try something new today!