Glamour Check!

i really love the new starflash collection, that's probably why they called it Love that Look! the texture of the shadows is amazingly smooth, and the color payoff incredible. i'm wearing Grand Entrance and Glamour Check!, with my favorite lashes the #3. i love glitter eyeliners, so the pearlglide eyeliners are my new best friend (sorry gio, u have been replaced j/k), they wear so amazingly, i use them as a base for my powder shadows or just as an eyeshadow themselves. i don't know about u but, Beauty Marked is not a favorite on my list, that is until now, oh my gracious, Rave pearlglide with Beauty Marked on top is to die for. AMAZING, so hot. Black Russian up to and faded at the crease, with a little Stars and Rockets only in the inner corners, jeez, it's cool. can't forget to give a shout out to two of my fave brushes, 239 and 217! without u i'd be lost, trying to blend and carve with my fingers. love ya!

MELi

romantic roses!

oh, so much fun dressing up. pretending to be from another time or place, or just a different person altogether. a sort of escape from my everyday, and same 'ol same 'ol. everything from the inspiration to the preparation, the execution to the strutting your stuff. you feel elevated, confident, on another level. no one can put u down cause u know u look good, or at least u know u feel good and nothing else matters.

i was going for a classic look, maybe a 1950's pin-up style. the night before i set my hair in pin curls, slightly tighter for an extra curly look in the back, and regular on top for that large loose curl in the bang area. when i woke, i took it all down, and massaged my scalp to loosen the curls. after it was all big and voluptuous, i took my bobby pins and placed the hair toward the back, sort of with a modern faux-hawk touch, except curly and fabulous. i took the loose curls on top and kept it in a loose pin-curl, to add some style. i then added two gorgeous purple roses in the front right side of my head, cause i feel my "good side" is my left, so i try not to cover it.

the make-up was cool, subtle pinks and purples, with some roses drawn by hand. it was fun for sure. and of course, no look is truly fab without adding some false eyelashes, yum. i even found some time to make the same rose pattern on my arm throughout the day, gosh i love my job. seeing art on my forearm makes me crave getting the tattoos that i've always wanted. but, that is a whole other post.

the entire day i walked tall, and all of my customers were in love with the look, some people on the street were like, o-k, but who cares, they just are not used to it. especially cause i took the baby for a walk in sugarland town square plaza, and the folks out there are kinda conservative. the hubbs is used to it and just smiles and tells me i look nice, and fancy.

i had a great time with this look for sure, and now with the baby it will take a bit more planning to make it happen, but i promise the world and myself to get dressed up at least once or twice a week. so look i forward to writing about my adventures in dress-up land.

Lashes!

I am in love. With who you might ask, or with what? Lower lashes! I freaking can't get enough of 'em. They make any look super exquisite. Fabulous, engaging, and beautiful. I just wish there were more events and ocassions to wear them to. But with baby on the way (17 days and counting) there is no room or real appetite to do anything. So, work will be my outlet (as usual) for visual expression.

Inspiration. Admiration.

for this look:
hush CCB- all over underneath eyeshadow: 252 brush
romping(hello kitty: too dolly)-center of eyelidA: 252 brush
climate blue(dame edna: royal tour)- inner and outer corner, lower outer half: 219 brush
feline kohl power- lower lashline, and waterline
stars 'n' rockets- lower inner corner: 219 brush
plushlash and splashproof mascara

a new year!

Alas, a new year, ready to be taken and transformed into whatever you want it to be. just like every day should be taken into consideration, as a new beginning, a whole new year to grow and learn is really exiting. not only will i become a mother this year, but i plan on finally endeavoring the world of massage therapy. never a dull moment for us, there are approximately nine weeks until the welcoming of baby Mateo, so much love awaits this child, there is no room for fear or anxiety. i am so ready for this. my husband is so ready for this. everyone i speak with can't wait to meet the little bugger, and if he turns out to be a perfect blend of the two of us, we are in for quite an adventure here. oh, life is grand.