Eye Candy

Hey everyone~

In the past few months I have been accumulating quite a bit of makeup.  As a blogger of course, I try to take pictures of new products before actually using them so that I have a clean product to show you guys.  Unfortunately, the makeup is piling up and the blog posts most definitely have not been being written.  I thought I'd try to shame myself by gathering all the BRAND NEW IN BOX (unopened and sealed) products I had purchased in the last few months and take pictures in hopes that I will remind myself how much stuff I have.  Here are the results:

Terrifying yet glorious at the same time, right?  The plan completely backfired.  I got more excited about the new goodies I had to play with and only feel ever so slightly ashamed.  Problematic.

In case you guys were wondering, some of the products are for my kit, some are products that I need, some I'm not sure if I want to keep, but all of it was acquired to satisfy my sick lust for makeup.

And let's not even go through the brand new, unboxed makeup I have lying around.

FOTD: Flashback

Since I've purchased by last foundation, I have spent a whole lot of time in the sun: a week in Los Angeles, a day Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, a day in Davis, a day in wine country, and let's not even count the time I spend outside just because.  Needless to say, my complexion has gotten just a wee bit darker.  I thought I could still pull off using a lighter foundation by putting extra bronzer on....and obviously I was wrong.  This is what I get for not doing regular FOTD posts and seeing how my makeup really looks on camera.

Sorry for the lack of closeups.  I took some on my DSLR but the SD card got corrupted somehow and I lost a lot of pictures :(

Face
-Bare Minerals Prime Time
-MAC Matchmaster foundation in 2.0
-Eve Pearl HD Dual foundation in light
-Ben Nye Luxury Powder in Buff
-Soliel Tan de Chanel
-The Balm Bahama Mama bronzer
-NARS Blusher in Deep Throat

Eyes
-MAC Painterly paint pot
-Lancome Color Design eyeshadow in After Dusk (DC)
-Aromaleigh eyeshadow in cloudburst (LE)
-UD 15th Anniversary Palette: Evidence, Junkshow, Vanilla, Flow
-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven
-Benefit eyeliner in Steel Her Date (LE)
-Inglot 77 Grl Liner
-Cover Girl Lash Blast 24HR

Lips
-Lancome Cover Fever lipstick in Rose Tempest (LE)

Anyhoo, I guess it's back to using my MUFE HD Foundation which was a little too dark for me in the first place!

What do you guys do when you find your foundation no longer matches you?

Midnight Therapy: Cut Crease and Ombre Lips

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FOTD: Test shots

So I acquired a new camera recently.  I have yet to do an official post about it because I'm still waiting for a few things to come in first before I do so.  But that doesn't mean I can't put it to use!  With the lens I currently have, the angle isn't wide enough so that I can get my entire face in frame when I attempt to take pictures of myself at arm's length.  The camera's previous owner suggested I take pictures of myself in the mirror until I get a proper lens.  And that's what I did here:

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-MUFE HD Foundation in N123

-Eve Pearl HD Dual Foundation in Light

-MUFE HD Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-MAC Painterly Paintpot

-Too Faced Natural Eye Palette: Honey Pot, Silk Teddy, Velvet Revolver, and Heaven

-Sugarpill eyeshadow in Bulletproof

-Urban Decay 24/7 Liners in Midnight Cowboy and Bourbon

-Inglot Gel liner 77

-Cover Girl Waterproof Lash Blast Volume mascara

Lips:

-Lancome l'absolu creme de mat in Prune Elixir

Stay tuned as I continue to experiment with this monster!  Until next time!

Welcome to My Afterparty

I found these pictures in my good old point and shoot whilst clearing out my memory card about a week ago.  I can't believe I haven't posted this look!  It's definitely one of my recent favorites.  

Tried the look with a different lipstick.  Just for funzies.

Eyes:

-MAC Painterly paintpot

-Sugarpill pressed shadows in Afterparty, Dollipop, Tako, and Bulletproof

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume mascara

-Urban Decay 24/7 liners in Zero and Psychadelic Sister

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-Ben Nye Luxury Powder in Buff

-NARS Laguna bronzer

-Illamasqua blusher in Thrust

-NARS Multiple in Copacabana

Lips:

-Inglot lipstick #264 (1st look)

-Lancome l'absolut rouge lipstick in Blush Classique

When I feel like I need some color, I always fall back on Sugarpill.  How about you guys?

FOTD: Royal Sugar Dollipops

My brain is slightly fried but I'm determined to get this post up because this is one of my favorite looks that I've done in a long time and I really want to share it with y'all.

One of my former classmates recruited me to do makeup for a photoshoot of hers to promote her business.  Part of her business was promoting local artists, such as myself.  I was told I would be interviewed and filmed so I wanted to do something a little special with my makeup.  I love love love my brights so I had to pull out some Sugarpill eyeshadows.

Face:
-Smashbox Photofinish Face Primer
-Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Foundation in Bisque 4
-Laura Mercier Pressed Setting Powder
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Sleek Blusher in Pixie Pink
-Eve Pearl Dual HD Foundation in Light

Eyes:
-MAC Painterly Paintpot
-MAC eyeshadow in Night Manouvres
-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
-Sugarpill Chromalust shadow in Royal Sugar
-Sugarpill pressed shadows in Bulletproof and Dollipop
-Micabella eyeshadow in Sunshine
-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven
-Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Zero
-Inglot Gel Liner 77
-Cover Girl Waterproof Lashblast Volume Mascara
-Duo Lashes

Everytime I wear Royal Sugar, I get tons of compliments on how gorgeous the blue is.  I guess I better bust it out more often, eh?  What about you guys? How often do you Sugarpill lovers bust out them brights?

FOTD: The Evidence of Pea Soup at the Junk Show

Hello fellow beauty lovers~

I took my sister and mother shopping at a new outlet that opened a few months ago (Paragon Outlets in Livermore if you're in the area).  My mom, who knows nothing about makeup, needed to pick up some high end makeup for gifts so I took her to the closest Cosmetic Company Store.  I may or may not have found a loophole in my beauty buying ban but more about that later.

I had plenty of time to do my makeup so I really took my time and played with some colors.  This is something I really enjoy, and I most definitely haven't had a chance to do it very often since I've moved back in with my folks.  I am super bummed that the pictures didn't showcase the makeup the way I see it when I look into the mirror.  Here are the few that are worth showing:

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Foundation in Bisque 4

-Eve Pearl Dual HD Foundation in Light

-Laura Mercier Pressed Translucent Powder

-NARS Lagina Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-MAC Painterly Paintpot

-MAC eyeshadow in Night Manouevres

-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy

-Spellbound by Jynx eyeshadow in Pea Soup (This eyeshadow stains....use with caution)

-Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Palette: Junkshow, Blackout, and Evidence

-MicaBella eyeshadow in Sunshine

-Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencil in Sin

-Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners in Zero, Covet, and Binge

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven

-Cover Girl Waterproof Lashblast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-MAC lipstick in Syrup

I know I say this a lot, but I find that a lot of my looks are kind of mellow and boring.  I'd like to be able to wear bright fun colors everyday, but as you see from all my FOTD posts, there are certain styles and colors that I tend to gravitate back towards.  I'm doing a combination of checking out more beauty blogs and digging through my loose eyeshadow drawer for look ideas.  

What do you do when you're in a makeup rut?  Blindly reach into your eyeshadow drawer?  Call upon friends for back up?  Let me know!

FOTD: Job hunting makeup & "OOTD"

I earned my California Cosmetology license three months ago, but I've been too chicken to apply to too many salons for fear of being rejected.  Last Friday I finally kicked myself in the butt and forced myself to print out my resume and pass them out at salons in the business district of the small town I live in.  I was going for a slightly dramatic, but neutral toned look.  The look turned out well considering I looked like a mermaid raccoon at one point (There was bright teal eyeshadow on one of the brushes I used that gave my lids a hint of green.  Then I tried to blend it out with some brown and ended up looking like a raccoon.).

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Foundation in Bisque 4 (discontinued)

-Eve Pearl HD Dual Foundation in Light

-Laura Mercier Pressed Translucent Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-MAC Painterly Paintpot

-MAC eyeshadow in Night Manoeuvres (LE)

-NARS eyeshadow duo in Dogon

-Too Faced Natural Eye Palette (Heaven and Silk Teddy)

-Yves Rocher Intense Eye Pencil in Vert Marine

-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide  On Shadow Pencil in Sin

-Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Zero

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-Cover Girl Waterproof Lash Blast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-YSL Golden Gloss #14

Meanwhile, I was joking with a friend that I was going to wear a toga while I drop off my resumes, and quickly snapped this picture to show him.  I was laughing because he thought I meant a real toga.

There you have it.  Toga, jeggings, and bright pink bra.  For the record I wore a peacoat style jacket over it so you couldn't tell I was wearing a toga.  I chose to dress entirely in black to look professional.  But I also tried to spice it up a little so that it looked somewhat fashionable.  I'm not too good with fashion so putting together feminine looking outfits is quite a feat for me.  

Well there you have it!  I hope you enjoyed my mermaid-raccoon-toga post!  I'll continue dropping off resumes in different areas so I may be doing more of these types of posts.  Those of you already in the industry, let me know if you have any tips and suggestions for me.  Thanks, guys!

FOTD: Pickings from pan porn

After taking pictures for my pan porn post (lol, an alliteration!), it only made sense for me to do a look using some of the products.  While I'm not extremely happy with how the look turned out, you could at least see how makeup performs.

Mind you, these are some "I just got home from work" pictures.

Face:

-Neutrogena Daily Moisturizer with SPF 50

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Face Primer

-Smashbox Healthy FX Foundation in Light 3

-Eve Pearl HD Dual Foundation in Light

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Sleek Blusher in Pixie Pink

-Laura Mercier Pressed Translucent Powder

Eyes:

-MAC Paintpot in Painterly

-Too Faced Smoky Eye Palette (discontinued)

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-Cover Girl Waterproof LashBlast Mascara

Lips:

-MAC lipstick in Syrup

Makeup Hoarding: Single Eyeshadows + FOTD

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a fantabulous holiday!  I spent a good bit of mine freaking out over how much makeup I own, since I had time to finally sit down and clean up/organize my stash.  My drawer of single and duo eyeshadows I was freaking out over especially because it was then that I realized how much freaking makeup I have and do not use.  And yet I am continuously buying more stuff.  Shame on me.

Here is said drawer:

As you can see, I have some brand new in box items, and some eyeshadows visibly collecting dust.

This is only one of the drawers I am distressing over.  I have too much!  I can't believe I'm saying this!  Too much makeup!  I already cleaned out my stash considerably last year and already I have accumulated so much more.  Of course being the hoarder I am, I can't part with anything yet.  So I have vowed to to use at least two rarely used items every time I do makeup for the rest of the year at the very least!  Lately I've been rushing my makeup and working out of the same palette (Too Faced Natural Eye Palette) for who knows how long .

So here is today's look:

Haha, I look like a kid in this one.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are the "new" items I have incorporated in the look.

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-Laura Mercier Translucent Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-NARS blusher in Deep Throat*

Eyes:

-UDPP in Sin

-Stila eyeshadow in Kitten*

-MAC Pro Longwear eyeshadow in Make Your Mark*

-UD 24/7 Liners in Electric* and Zero

-Sugarpill eyeshadow in Bulletproof

-Inglot eyeshadow in 101R*

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-Lancome eyeshadow in Best Dressed (discontinued)*

-UD Shadow Pencil in Sin

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-Quo lipgloss in Pout

I guess I did pretty good on using new products, huh?  Let's see if I can keep this up!

FOTD: Smokes and Green (and contact lenses help please!)

I went out for dinner and drinks with some friends last night, and it's been so long that I've been on a girl date that I didn't know what type of makeup to do.  A friend suggested I do smoky eyes and incorporate some green in there.  By the time he sent that text to me, I had already slapped Chanel's Mirifique all over my eyelids so I threw the green in the lower lashline.

Face:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4
-Annabelle BB stick concealer in Medium
-Laura Mercier Translucent Powder
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:
-UDPP in Eden
-Chanel Illusion d'Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Mirifique
-Too Faced Natural Eye palette: Sexpresso and Heaven
-Inglot Gel Liner 77
-UD 24/7 Liner in Zero and Covet
-MicaBella Shimmer Powder in Luck O'the Irish
-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBluast Volume Mascara
-Daiso lashes

Lips: 
-Lancome Color Fever Lipstick in Rose Tempest

So as you can all probably see, my eyes are pretty red.  They really do not like contact lenses, neither do they like lashes, and the two together give my eyes misery.  With contacts in general (I use acuvae oasis for astigmatism), they tend to dry out my eyes no matter how often I use eyedrops or take them out completely and wash them.  Anyone have some contact lens wisdom they could give me?  I would super appreciate it.

FOTD: Blogger Beauty

I truly hate how my eyes are so uneven.  I've noticed that this is a common trait amongst us, Asians: our right eye tends to be slightly hooded while our left eye is "normal," making our right eyes seem smaller than the left.  It really screws me over when I do my makeup.  And what's more frustrating is that I don't see how different my makeup looks on each eye until I take pictures and check it out myself.  This is probably because I'm too busy squinting at the mirror without my glasses.  Argh.

In any case, I find my eye makeup very very boring.  Always have.  When I'm in a rush, it's always so much easier to throw on something natural that I know will work.  I had a bit of extra time today so I threw on some colors I tend not to reach for: pink, yellow, and orange.

I originally wanted to do a bright pink look, but I thought orange and yellow would go well with the pink so I threw that into the mix as well.  I made an attempt at a cut crease which ended up being very sloppy, but ah well.  I will do better next time!

Face:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4
-Cover FX Setting Powder in Light
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-NARS Blusher in Deep Throat

Eyes:
-UDPP in Eden
-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
-Fyrinnae e/s in Blogger Beauty
-Sugarpill Burning Heart Palette: Flamepoint and Buttercupcake
-UD e/s in Blackout
-UD 24/7 Liner in Zero
-Inglot Gel Liner 77
-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume

Lips:
-Inglot 150

This will probably be my last post for a little while.  I have finals this week and my Cosmetology state board exam on Thursday.  Wish me luck!

FOTD: Decency

Hey everyone!

I want to post a super duper quick FOTD from yesterday.  I had to make sure I looked presentable for a certain meeting I had to have with someone I don't get along with.  So of course, I had to look halfway decent without looking like I was trying too hard. Haha!  Here it is!  Yup, baby blue managed to sneak into the look somehow.

Face:

-Bare Escentuals Face Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-CoverFX Setting Powder in Light

-Annabelle BB Skin Perfect Concealer in Medium

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

Eyes: 

-UDPP in Eden

-UD Naked 2 Palette: Foxy, Bootycall, Tease, YDK, Busted, Blackout

-Milani Liquifeye Pencil in Black

-Inglot Gel Liner 77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume Mascara

Lips:

-CoverGirl Lip Perfection Lipstick in Divine

Enjoy!

FOTD: Familiarity

Hey everyone!  It's me, Janny.  No excuses for my lack of posts whatsoever.  Yes, I have been super busy and lacking motivation lately.  Which is why I'm trying to go back to what I know and what makes sense to me--blogging.

If that didn't make sense, what I mean is, I have been working so much and worrying about so many other things that I have stopped reading blogs all together.  I miss constantly being inspired, and sharing ideas with fellow bloggers and beauty junkies about what moves me.  My career path is uncertain right now which is keeping me disoriented, so I'm coming back to what I do know: that I love makeup as an art and I love to share with other people who love it.

So here is a look I did during my short, but much needed Thanksgiving break.  Look familiar?  I've never done this color combination exactly like this before but it seems like whenever I try to do something fun and colorful, I always incorporate a bright baby blue in the mix.

Do ignore that smidge of mascara on my right (your left) eye.

Face:
-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer
-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in B4
-CoverFX Setting Powder in Light
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:
-UDPP in Eden
-Inglot e/s in AMC 70 on the lid, DS 477 on the crease, AMC Shine 27 in the inner corner, AMC 73 and 441 P on the lower lashline
-Wet n Wild e/s in Creme Brulee
-UD e/s in Blackout
-UD 24/7 Liner in Asphyxia
-Inglot Gel liner in 77
-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume

Lips:
-Lancome Cover Fever lipstick in Rose Tempest (d/c)
-Quo lip gloss in Lust

I really have to challenge myself to stop using baby blue.