1950's pinup

Instead of resting up today because I'm sick, I joined Sabrina's 1950's pinup look contest. I couldn't help it, I was bored so I just did my best! I even tried to curl my hair but...alas, teh hair would not cooperate. :/ Pff.

I used:

Face The Face Shop makeup primer in green, Ellana intense coverage foundation in hazelnut latte, Ellana finishing powder in espresso con panna, Ellana blush in lust, ELF blush in glow, Aziza blush duo for highlight

Eyes PAC palette (gold, brown and black), MAC Bagatelle e/s, Elianto shimmer e/s in Ivory, Aido shimmer/glitter powder in gold, ELF brightening eyeliner in black, Elianto stay-on eyeliner in black, no-brand false eyelashes, Aido eye putty (for lash glue), Cinema Secrets mascara

Lips Revlon lipstick in Copperglaze Brown

Please ignore the splotchiness of my skin, it's my skin asthma acting up.

I know the blush looks uneven here, but I swear it's because I had a lamp coming from the other side so it caught the shimmer and made the pink disappear. O_O

Why yes, I did dress up for this!

Look, falsies! I'm so proud of myself, it only took me one try this time!! I'm starting to love falsies...I think I'm gonna get more. :D

Here I tried a few pinup poses but they didn't really work out -- hey, it's hard to take pictures on tripod you know! Plus it was so hot, I was sweating my makeup off! Not to mention I'm sick.

I know, I need to lose some weight :(

I hope you liked it! :D I had fun.

I had loads of fun! :D (Hangout + Makeup)

My eye hurts--not because I poked myself with brush or eyeliner or anything (I got past that)... it's just that I was wearing my glasses and playing with the puppy...and she hit my glasses and bam! The nosepiece hit my eye and I was wincing and tearing up like a maniac. Sighhhh, accidents, accidents. Bleh!

I had so so so much fun today! Class was okay, not so boring but we were really challenged to think. And I didn't really mind so much--I didn't think political science would be anything but boring but maybe I was wrong. Who knows, maybe I really can achieve my dream of a 4.0 QPI (aka GPA) this summer term.

Anyway, today Kaila came over for our hang out and stuff and it was way fun--I totally missed her! We were bonding over old memories and talking about life in general, watching Enchanted and Mr. Bean while we (well I) played around with makeup... I'm jealous of her, she's got good skin. x.x Mine sucks like whoa.

First I did a neutral look on her--omg finally a neutral look from me! Haha. It seems that ever since I got my CS palette I couldn't stop playing with colors. Here are pictures:

I used: The Face Shop makeup primer in green, Ellana mineral foundation in toffee mocha, Ellana blush in fulfillment, ELF blush in glow, CS 88 palette, MAC Bagatelle e/s, Elianto stay-on eyeliner, Cinema Secrets mascara

Isn't she pretty? :D

And of course, I had to do my own makeup (I think I might make a tutorial on this later...or make it another entry for a contest, idk! Maybe tomorrow...). Kaila was playing around with my camera and she took a shot of me while I was doing my face... you can see how messy my room is! XD

Why yes I do have a couch setup in my bedroom! XD

And this is what came out of my playing around with makeup on myself:

I used: TFS makeup primer in green, Ellana mineral foundie in hazelnut latte + finishing powder in espresso con panna, generic blush, Maybelline concealer+purple lipgloss on lips for nude effect, Eyes: PAC e/s in blue, coastal scents palette, elianto stay-on eyeliner, Cinema Secrets mascara.

Of course we had to have a picture together...

Then Kaila also wanted a rainbow look on her (I don't really think I did that well :() So I did my best! Here is the outcome: I used VOV e/s and my coastal scents 88 palette--we just erased her neutral e/s. Didn't wanna bother with putting foundation all over her face again. Haha.

Excuse the poor quality, I forgot to mess with the settings and take another picture--wth Chrissy? D:

And of course, more girl bonding + camwhoring! Messy hair is due to electric fan pointed directly at us.

I'm really glad I got to hang out with an old friend today. :) How did you spend your day?

On a sidenote--Cheysser I will do the random 7 things tomorrow! I don't have room for it in this post. XD <3

I joined a video contest!

So I was looking around on youtube tonight, and I realized that a way for me to practice and play around with makeup is to join contests! Of course I don't really expect to win, but I hope to, so I decided after looking around to try one specific contest because it seemed really fun.

I joined BrushingOnBeauty's April makeup contest on youtube.

She had an inspiration picture, and she basically said to take it and do whatever look you wanted. Here is the inspiration picture:

Here is my entry:

I bet you're getting uber tired of seeing my red headband!

I tried to use all the colors I saw in the pictures, and I think I did it pretty well. It's a bit crazy but oh well, I had looooaaads of fun.

And of course I made a video for it--but I only made a slideshow since it's really late and I was totally too lazy to be talking XD

For what I used:

FACE Ellana Mineral Foundation in Hazelnut Latte, Ellana Finishing Powder in Espresso Con Panna, Ellana Mineral Blush in Lust, Aziza duo brush for highlight, Physician's Formula bronzer for contour

EYES artdeco eyeshadow base, PAC shimmer palette, Coastal Scents 88 palette, Elianto single shimmer e/s in Ivory, Elianto stay-on eyeliner, VOV eyeshadows, Cinema Secrets glamour eyes mascara

LIPS Cinema secrets rip roaring red 32, the color workshop lipgloss on top

What about you, what's the craziest look you've ever done?

I so totally had fun with this, and I really hope you like it! Until next time. :)

It's time for my first ever video post!

So today I decided I would spend my time making a nice video tutorial. I always wanted to do one, and so I finally did make one, and even though I made many bloopers/mistakes (sorry!) I think it's okay enough for others to watch. So I'm uploading it as I am typing this, so for now, I'm going to write about my fingernails!

I really love what I did to them yesterday--after inspiration from Ate Nikki I decided to do gradient nails with baby pink and cotton blue. I also put rhine stones (salvaged from an old shirt) on my fingernails and coated them with a glittery top coat--I actually put the rhinestones there to hide the bad gradient job (but shhh). I hope someday I'll be as good as Ate Nikki at nail art.

I used all local products (polishes, base/top coat etc).

Here is a picture, sorry I couldn't take one more zoomed in than that.

Youtube has been really hard to work with today, but it's all going to be worth it because I finally managed to upload my first video, and here it is:

Anyway, sorry for the bloopers and mistakes I made--this was my first time making a video. I'll get used to it soon, though! I hope you liked my video tutorial.

Also: I'm currently looking at how to contour and highlight faces--and I think I might be investing in the CS contour palette. Does anyone have any experience with it?

Now I'm gonna go read other blogs and start lemming over stuff again (thanks Gia T-T). Until tomorrow, everyone! :D

I sorely missed the point.

My friend Kat asked me to do a natural look for her, but a mistake led to me doing a smoky eye with browns, golds and black instead. XD It was a stupid mistake really. Oh well. Anyway--I'll do her neutral FOTD tomorrow.

For now, I'm posting the result of an hour's worth of fooling around with makeup.

Products used: 

(As always click on images to enlarge)

FACE The Face Shop primer (green), Maybelline instant age rewind cream foundation in sandy beige, Ellana intense coverage foundation in hazelnut latte, Ellana blush in lust, ELF blush in glow, Max Factor pan stik concealer in noveau beige (NOT MY SHADE D:)

EYES ARTDECO eye primer, Princess Livia neutral quad, PAC shimmer palette, MAC Bagatelle, Cinema Secrets mascara in black, ELF pencil eyeliner, Elianto stay-on liquid eyeliner

LIPS Cinema Secrets Lips for Love Scenes (Rip roaring red-32)

Mini tutorial for e/s: after finishing with the face, apply eye primer, then pat on base color (neutral, close to skin shade) all over eyelids. Choose a shimmery gold and pat over lid, smoothing to even out the color. Choose a complementing brown and apply on outer V and blend, sweep toward crease. Apply MAC Bagatelle or similar gold e/s in frost or white e/s for highlight. Apply pencil eyeliner over upper lid and waterline, smudge with a sponge or an e/s brush. Apply liquid eyeliner over pencil on upper lid. Apply mascara.

I totally look way older in these pics. :x But yeah, anyway. I tried to pull off "sexy", I don't think it really worked.

Close up of eyes--of course the camera did not capture shimmer/frost properly...

Also, notice my new hair? :D I was in the parlor today (nothing special, just got mah hair colored to even it out).

IN OTHER NEWS:

I MADE THE DEAN'S LIST! I don't even know how. Haha. But wth--first time ever. Yay!