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?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hi guys!  I'm running late but I threw on some green lips for 2 seconds and I wanted to show you guys!

This is MicaBella Luck O' The Irish over OCC Lip Tar in Chlorophyl.

Be safe tonight, everyone!

FOTD: NYE

Herro everyone!

I hope you guys all had a safe but fun filled New Year's Eve.  Mine was pretty calm and chill.  I went out to get drinks with my coworkers at around 8pm, and got back home at 11.  I wanted to avoid most of the drunkards out in public but not be confined to my house for the evening.  Didn't go too crazy with my makeup.  I sported a smoky eye without meaning to.  I'll explain after I show you the pictures.  This is, by the way, unofficially episode IV of my stash-shopping mission.  Go me!

Again, items marked with an asterisk (*) are the "new" items I used.

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Face Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-Smashbox Pressed Setting Powder in Light

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes: 

-MAC Painterly Paintpot*

-MAC Pro Long Wear eyeshadow in Make Your Mark

-Fyrinnae shadow in Callipygian*

-MicaBella eyeshadow in Sunshine*

-Sugarpill Loose Shadow in Tipsy*

-UD 24/7 Liner in Covet

-Inglot Gel Liner77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Volume mascara

-Too Faced eyeshadows in Silk Teddy and Heaven

Lips:

-Quo lipgloss in Pout

Here are the "new" items:

L-R: Fyrrinae Callipygian, MicaBella Sunshine, Sugarpill Tipsy, MAC Painterly

See that gorgeous color on the left?  I was expecting it to apply as a beautiful, deep blue green but that didn't quite happen.  Definitely need to put that Pixie Epoxy on next time.

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: Mega Metal Shadows

I don't buy from MAC too often.  I'm not quite sure why.  It could be because MAC never has sales and I'm a sucker for sales.  I did purchase some items at The Cosmetic Company Store a good while ago and never opened the boxes.  Coupled with my determination to use pink eyeshadow (which I am not particularly fond of) I threw together this look.  The soft pink and purple MAC eyeshadows were much too girly for my taste so I threw in some green in the lashline.

Face:

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Lancome Teint Idole Foundation in Bisque 4

-CoverFX Setting Powder in Light

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Illamasqua Blusher in Thrust

Eyes:

-MicaBella Eye Primer

-MAC Mega Metal Shadow in Mating Call and Noir Plum

-Sugarpill pressed eyeshadow in Bulletproof

-Too Faced Natural Eye Palette: Velvet Revolver and Heaven

-UD 24/7 Liner in Zero and Covet

-MicaBella eyeshadow in Luck O' The Irish

-Inglot gel liner 77

-CoverGirl Waterproof LashBlast Mascara

Lips:

-MAC lipstick in Syrup

In other news, I got my Cosmetology license on Thursday!  One of the most stressful things I've ever done in my life.  Thinking bout doing a post on that some time.  Would anyone be interested?

FOTD: Lisa Eldridge Metallic Smoky Eye

Hello everyone!  Happy Independence Day!  I hope everyone is having a safe, but fun filled day whether you celebrate this day or no.  My sister pulled me into doing a 5k mayor's race which ended up being 12k or so because we walked back home.  I then collapsed on my bed and slept for three hours.

I'm so very behind in posting.  I only have a couple of makeup-related events going on but it seems like a million when stacked on top of school and work.  And of course, I want to share everything with you guys.

I was invited to do makeup for one of the artists featured in June's RAW event.  Across the United States, RAW artist events are held and sponsored by local businesses to showcase artists in all shapes and form.  For more information, you can visit rawartists.org.  The artist I was doing makeup for was Tovah Perrin, creater of Le Petit Hat Company.  I will post more about this event later.  Tovah asked me to do some smoky eyes and red lips for her and her models.  I found my own versions of smoky eyes a little boring so I searched the interwebz for something more exciting.  I practiced this look on myself and one of my classmates (not pictured)  because this was my first fashion show and I REALLY wanted to do a good job.

My search led me to Lisa Eldridge's tutorial on metallic smoky eyes, which absolutely stunning on her model but quite dark and unrefined on me.

Face:
.....I don't remember T___T

Eyes:
-UDPP
-Inglot eyeshadows in 63M and DS 500
-Micabella loose eyeshadow in Bronze
-Sugarpill Loose eyeshadow in Goldilux
-Inglot AMC Gel Liner in 77
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:
-Inglot lipstick in 264

Here is the original tutorial if you were interested:

FOTD: Off Day

It's been kind of a weird day for me.  I was at home alone for most of the day and it gave me a lot of time to think about some of everything, none of which were very happy thoughts.  I played with some eyeshadows in the early afternoon.  By early evening I decided to finish my makeup, curl my hair, and went out....to walk my dog.

I've always thought one of my eyes were bigger than the other.  Today, I finally realized that my right eye is hooded, and my left eye is not.  I would much rather blame myself for poor makeup application than admit my eyes are so mismatched.  I also tested a few different application techniques today, which resulted in blotchy eyeshadow.  Today is not a good day.

Eyes:
-MicaBella Cosmetics Eyeshadow Primer
-Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy
-Home made mixing medium
-Spellbound eyeshadow in Hades
-Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadow in Asylum
-Fyrinnae eyeshadow in Damn Paladins
-Too Faced eyeshadow in Heaven
-Stila Smudgepot in Pomegranate
-Inglot AMC Gel liner in 77
-L'oreal Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Face:
-Eve Pearl HD Dual Foundation in Light
-Laura Mercier Setting Powder
-NARS Laguna Bronzer
-Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Natural Beauty

Lips:
-Lancome lipstick in Rose Tempest (D/C)

FOTD: Royal Hysterics

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!  Unfortunately this won't be a relevant FOTD.  That will come hopefully tomorrow :)

I had the luxury of time last night, in which I did not have to rush to get my makeup ready for work.  Of course I had to reach for my Sugarpill loose eyeshadows.  I have appreciated these more after I bought them because I really have nothing else like these babies in my collection.

Now you guys also have a glimpse of my newly shortened lengths.  I'm not completely happy with my hair, but at the same time I don't know what to do with it.  I wanted something more edgy.  Thoughts?

Face: 

-Laura Mercier Hydrating Primer

-Aveeno Tinted Moisturizer in Medium

-Cover FX Setting Powder in Light

-MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC20

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-NARS blush in Deep Throat

Eyes:

-UDPP

-MicaBella Eye Primer

-Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadow in Royal Sugar (lid), Hysteric (lower lashline), Tiara (Inner corner highlight and inner crease), and Stella (upper lashline)

-Lancome eyeshadow in After Dusk

-Too Faced eyeshadow in Silk Teddy

-UD 24/7 Liner in Perversion

-L'oreal Voluminous Waterproof Carbon Black Mascara

Lips:

-Buxom lipgloss

Now it's time to do another makeup look for work!  Green eyeshadow, here I come!

FOTD: Kelly Green Hysteria

Last night, I was desperately in need of a pick-me-up.  I was so stressed out from school and more school and finals and graduation and everything seemed to be going wrong.  I had an 8 page paper due pretty damn soon, but I was just so burnt out...I NEEDED something else.  So I spent a good hour experimenting, and then another hour and a half taking pictures, cropping, etc.  My mood was considerably better afterwards; it was like night and day.  Makeup really is an art, and for me, it can even be therapy.

So again, I thirsted for color and tried to put something wild together.  Although the look is more colorful than usual, they're actually quite tame, almost pastel colors.  There is no defined crease, so the look is actually quite light despite the presence of bright colors.  I think this is something I would wear out for fun.  To school?  I'd like to but I don't think I have the confidence for it.

I purposely took the picture at this angle so you can see how I deliberately made the
gold in the inner corner a bit messy.  

Hair fluffing fail.  Ended up looking like bedhead instead.

There's a funny story behind this one.  Keep reading down below.

So I was webcamming with my boyfriend while I was doing my makeup and taking pictures afterwards.  Here is the conversation that we had:

Me: *taking pictures of makeup*
Frank: Maybe you should do a wild one.
Me: *makes this face*
Frank: That's one possibility. But if this is for your blog, I would not recommend it.
Me: *laughs*
Frank: I was thinking more like "femme fatale in a jungle of men, tracking her prey". Not "angry dog at neighbors."
Me: *laughs hysterically*
Frank: Please, Janny, stay with me. I don't know what your chances are at a bar.

I seriously almost died laughing.  On a more serious note, I really would not be this far in pursuing my passion if not for his love and support.  So merci, mon François.

This was my best attempt at "femme fatale" after the laughing fest.
I was still on the verge of laughter.

STUFF I YOOZED:

Face:

-Smashbox Foundation in Light 3

-L'oreal TruMatch Foundation in N6

-Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder

-NARS Laguna Bronzer

-Dior NudeGlow in Aurora

-NARS Blush in Deep Throat

Eyes:

-UDPP

-MAC paintpot in Painterly

-NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Pure Gold

-Sugarpill Loose e/s in Hysteria

-MicaBella e/s in Kelly Green

-Naked e/s in Mother Nature #2

-L'oreal Lineur Intense liquid eyeliner

-UD 24/7 Liner in Zero

-L'oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Waterproof Mascara

-Korres e/s in 11M Base

Lips:

-Inglot l/s in 150 (applied and blotted)

-Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Iced Amethyst (on top)

I'm trying a new thing where I actually take a picture of the products I used, so you guys can see if you have something similar in your collection in case you wanted to recreate these looks.  I actually got this idea from Vulcan Butterfly who always takes pics of the equipment.  I hope you guys find this helpful!

Okay, back to slaving away.  My work is never done.  I'm pretty sick of school at this point.  Why do I want to be a teacher again?  I'm not sure.

Lotsa love,

Janny

[I have nothing to disclose.]