FOTD - Bronze Flare

Here's a look I wore for a date night with the husband. I tried winging out my eyeshadow more than usual to create a more dramatic eye. Hope you don't mind the messy hair, I hadn't gotten started on that!

FACE

Korres face primer

Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation in "I'm so Glamber"/Amber

MAC Pro-longwear Concealer in NW35

MAC blush in Coppertone

Laura Mercier shimmer bloc in Golden Mosaic

MAC Fix+ spray

EYES

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze

Swagger Cosmetics in Tranny Chaser

Too Faced Glamour to Go Fairy Edition palette (bronze golden color)

Inglot eyeshadows in 335 (dark matte rust-orange), 325 (deep violet)

MAC Trax, Soft Brown, Ricepaper

MAC Brun for eyebrows

MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

Elf shimmer eyeliner pencil in Bronze

Avon glimmerstick in Sugar Plum
Urban Decay eyeliner in Zero

theBalm mascara in Cheater!

LIPS 

ELF lipstick in Classy

-Claudia

FOTD - Golden Yellow Eye

I decided to go all out with a yellow eye look today. I had been wanting to try this look out for quite some time after I saw a model with a similar look on Sephora. I think the liner should've been way more dramatic, but I'm still learning how to apply it!

FACE

Maybelline Dream Fresh beauty balm in Medium/Deep

Laura Mercier Shimmer bloc in Golden Mosaic

MAC Pro-longwear concealer in NW35

Benefit Highbeam

MAC blush in Sunbasque and Desert Rose

EYES

Urban Decay primer potion in Original

NYX Jumbo eye pencil in Milk

MAC Soft Brown and Ricepaper

Inglot 60 (a very subtly shimmery, bright golden yellow)

MAC fluidline in Blacktrack

theBalm mascara in Cheater!

MAC Brun for eyebrows

LIPS

MAC Studio Sculpt concealer in NW30

MAC Honeylove

MAC Lustreglass in Love Nectar

****These lips are too light for the look, but I didn't realize that until afterward. I tan so easily. This color does not work on me right now, haha.

Hope you guys enjoyed the eye look as much as I did! Here it is from a different sun angle.


-Claudia

FOTD - Sweet Gold

Here's a look I wore for going out with my hubby. I decided to put a spin on my usual goldy look by adding some cranberry to it. I didn't take pictures until much later on in the day, so the pictures don't quite do it justice. I may redo this one down the line, because I loved how it turned out. :)

FACE

Korres Face primer

Mac Pro-longwear concealer in NW35

Benefit Hellow Flawless Oxygen Wow foundation in "I'm So Glamber"/Amber

Benefit Highbeam highlighter

MAC blush in Desert Rose and Sweet as Cocoa

Laura Mercier shimmer bloc in Golden Mosaic

Urban Decay All-nighter setting spray

EYES

Urban Decay primer potion in Original

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Gold Shimmer

MAC Patina, Woodwinked, Mulch, Antiqued, Swiss Chocolate, Ricepaper, and Soft Brown

Urban Decay Hustle

theBalm mineral eyeshadow in You Buy, I'll Fly

MAC fluidline in Blacktrack

theBalm mascara in Cheater!

MAC Brun for eyebrows

LIPS

MAC Lustreglass in Love Nectar

Here's a picture of my cat, Logan and I. He doesn't care too much for pictures.

-Claudia

FOTD & Graduation 2012

Exciting news! Yesterday, I graduated from college! Although I've had my Associates degree for a few months, I decided to go back for the ceremony for my mom. I wasn't sure about it, because most of my classmates participated in last year's Spring ceremony, but I am so glad I did. Seeing my mom watching in the stands made me tear up. Although she was not supportive of my desire to go into Psychology, I know in the end she will be proud once I walk across the stage for my Bachelors and eventually Masters degrees.

Here are some pictures. :)

Face:

Korres Face Primer
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in B50, Beige
Mary kay Concealer in Beige
MAC mineralized blush in Earth to Earth
NARS blush in Orgasm

Eyes: 

Urban Decay primer in Greed
Urban Decay Buck
MAC Expensive Pink
MAC Mulch
MAC Ricepaper
Urban Decay Demolition
All-Belle eyelashes - Yellow Haunt, Natural soft
MAC fluidline in Blacktrack
MAC Zoom Fast Black Lash mascara

Lips:

NYX lipliner in Natural
Sonia Kashuk Sheer Bronzey Nude

-Claudia

FOTD - Shopping with Sister

My pictures aren't consistent at all, haha. My skin is a bit lighter than usual due to Winter and lighting. My hair isn't black, though I did dye it--but the same color as before. I think I just need to figure out a good lighting setup to take better pictures. It doesn't help that I switch from camera to phone to computer haha. Oh well.

Here's a quick look I did today for going to the mall with my sister.

Face

Rimmel London Fix & Perfect Primer
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua in Beige
MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW30
MAC Cream Blush in Pleasureful
MAC Sunbasque
MAC Fix+
 
Eyes
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
MAC Brun (eyebrows)

Lips

Sonia Kashuk Sheer Bronzey Nude

-Claudia

Got Some Gel Eyeliner Today

It looks like March, for me, is going to bring a lot of changes. I'll be halfway through school, ending my first year as a teacher's aide and looking for a new job, learning how to drive and getting my own car, and just making better choices for myself in general.
I know last time I posted I was super excited about going to IMATS, but I've decided that this year is not the year for it. While I would love, oh so much, to just up and run off to the other side of the country, I'm going to have to settle for midway. That's right, I'm planning and plotting away a new trip. So, no to makeup glory, but hopefully yes to a different kind of, but still personally enlightening and fun, trip. Which I'll be posting about in a few months when it actually happens. :)
In other news, I went down to the MAC store today (since I officially decided to wait on IMATS, my no-makeup till June ban was off!) and bought myself a Fluidline in Blacktrack. I've always been interested in the different consistency eyeliners. What better way to break my ban than to get something I can practice and play with?
So, I asked one of the artists about how to make these winged eye things with the Fluidline. Really, I'm not so great at articulating what I'm looking for sometimes. I figured she would just give me some tips and set me on my way. She actually took quite a bit of time to show me the motions on how to apply and then had me apply it myself. I was pretty self-conscious about this--applying makeup badly in front of a makeup artist??--but it helped a lot more than if I had just watched and tried to reapply later.

Here is attempt #1:

Also, I apologize for the terrible blinds behind me and the bad lighting! I currently don't have a camera and I'm using my computer for now.