Makeup Mondays~

Well, well, well, what do you know...the lil' diva got crafty over the weekend! Um, yeah, I got cutesy with the eye looks. Hope these inspire you! (Disclaimer: Some of these application pics may be a bit disturbing, LOL.)


For my Thanksgiving look, I used all MAC products, excluding the mascara. I started out applying Rubenesque paint pot (not pictured) and followed up with Honey Lust...hmmm, I feel like I have Deja Vu from last week...


I then applied Ground Brown mixed with Nehru to the outer corner and into and slightly above the crease.


I rimmed the lower lashline with Nehru.


I completed the look with some Bobbi Brown Espresso Gel Ink liner and mascara...De Guerlain, I think...(By the way, Gel Ink is THE BEST!!..It absolutely will not smudge...very good liner for those nights you don't come home...you'll wake up with the same gorgeous eyes you fell asleep with. ;-O )


And voila! Look complete!


This next look was inspired by my friend Sam's sister-in-law on Thanksgiving day...her eyes looked so beautiful, I had to try my own version before going out the following evening.


I only used two colors for this look, MAC's Hepcat and Mystical Mist.


I applied a little Hepcat just above the lashline...


and blended the oh so magical Mystical Mist around it, and lined the lower lashline with Hepcat.

Makeup Mondays~

First, I want to apologize for abandoning you for like two whole weeks, but I have been so very BUSY!! ...So...it came to my attention a long time ago that I have (and continue to collect) way more makeup than I can actually use to my advantage at once; therefore, I decided to go through my treasure trove of face paint and create an eye look with colors that I've never really used before. The base I used for the look was MAC paint pot 'Rubenesque'. I went on to utilize a combination of matte and shimmer shadows (pro and regular) from MAC starting with a color called 'red brick' from lashline to crease; then, I used 'honeylust' as a highlighter and on my lower lashline (please pardon the brows--I'm in a grow-out phase); and finally, I used 'ground brown' blended just beneath the highlight and from the outer corner of my eye blended into the middle of my lid. Oh, I almost forgot, I used one of my fave mascaras, De Guerlain in noir 2 noir to finish off the look. Whaddaya think?

...And I'm sorry to do this to you...but I got to playing around one night about two weeks ago with some shadows and created some banging smokey-eye looks after visiting one of my favorite beauty blogs...and I don't exactly remember what colors I used...but hopefully this will be inspiration for you to work on your very own 'art of the smokey-eye', LOL. It certainly helped me up the ante on mine!

Makeup Mondays~

Shimmering Nudes Palette


Lip and Eye Palette



Moon Rock Palette



Palette created by Moi

Happy Monday, all!! I don't have a lot of time to review these products today (I have a pedicure appointment...getting ready for the opera tonight!), so there may be a part 2 to this one next Monday. Anywho, I took a little trip to the Bobbi Brown makeup counter recently, and came away with LOTS of goodies...those women at Neiman's really know how to work it, LOL...j/k...actually, I went in kind of knowing I was in for trouble from reading other online reviews. I purchased SEVERAL palettes (one of which is not pictured {the Velvet Plum Eye Palette}), and even made one of my own, so here are a couple of pics to wet your palette until next week! Tudaloo!