FOTD- Intrepid Old Gold

Ugh, so tired! Of course it's my own fault... if I could go to sleep at a decent hour I wouldn't be so exhausted. But my body seems to insist that days are 28 hours long instead of 24, so each night I want to stay up later and sleep later the next day. It doesn't hurt that I had like the worst Monday ever. I would say that two of the things people hate most is going to the dentist and going to a car dealership. Monday I did both. I woke up at the ass crack of early (aka 9 am, but early if you went to bed at 5 am) to go to the dentist. I got two fillings and two crowns. Cost me $1400 WITH insurance and I still need a crap ton of dental work to go. And apparently I got too much of the numbing crap so until 7pm that night it looked like I had a stroke because the left side of my face would not move. Which made for much merriment for my brother, whom I had to take to the car dealership to buy his first car. So not even a car for me. By this time I was nauseous from the numbing crap, having had 4 hours of sleep, and not having ate that day yet. And this whole time half my face was frozen like a victim of botched plastic surgery. We were at the dealership for 6 hours. I finally got home from the day from hell and fell asleep at the ridiculously early hour of 11:30 pm (I'm not being sarcastic. That is early for me).

So, this story has nothing to do with the makeup I'm going to show you, since I wore it last week, but I just wanted everyone to commiserate with me on my horrible day, haha.

My hair looks weird because it was wet!

Here is what I wore:

Eyes- MAC Old Gold pigment on the lid, L'Oreal HiP pigment in Intrepid, and Tarte Amazonian Clay eyeliner in Rich Green

Cheeks- Geek Chic blush in Strawberry Shortcake

Lips- Wet n Wild MegaLast lipstick 902C Bare It All and Kiss My Sass gloss in Caribbean Escape

I'm glad my facial paralysis was only temporary. Or I'd have to wear one of those half masks like the Phantom of the Opera guy.

FOTD- Poisoned Purple Orchids

I looooove purple eyeshadow. I like the way it looks with my green eyes and I just like it period. I have to force myself to wear other colors but purple. And now that I think about it I have more purple nail polishes than any other color as well, although I would probably say overall my favorite color is green. Anyway, I love purple eyeshadow and my favorite purple eyeshadow of them all is Two Faced Poison Orchid (see my blog post here). As I mention in my review I never buy single eyeshadows. And if I do I don't like to spend over around $8. Although this one costs $18, it was so worth it. What color of eyeshadow do you find yourself gravitating to?

This is Poison Orchid on the lid and lower lashline, Urban Decay Fishnet in the crease, and Essence holographic eyeshadow in Mystic Purple to highlight. On my lips is L'Oreal Colour Riche Caresse lipstick in Velvety Fuchsia.

This was way more sparkly in real life, but the flash only bounced off the sparkles on the from of my lid. Dumb flash. Look at the swatch picture here to get an idea of how sparkly it really is (I used a sticky base).

L'Oreal Colour Riche Caresse lipstick in Velvety Fuchsia

And just because, here is gratuitously cute picture of my pug.

EOTD- Shimmering Greens

Just a quick post while I wait for the 15 layers of polish on my nails dry enough so I can go to bed. My friend Christina took it upon herself to help me out of my makeup rut and formed a little challenge for us. Each week will we give each other a look to do and hopefully it will inspire us to be more creative. For this look she challenged me to use shimmery light and dark greens with brown liner. Here is what I came up with.

This is what I used- inner corner and highlight is a light green from a wet n wild palette, the lid is e.l.f. mineral eyeshadow in Earthy, the crease is e.l.f. mineral eyeshadow in Outdoorsy, under the lower lash line is L'Oreal HiP Pigment in Intrepid, and the liner is Urban Decay Corrupt.

This was really fun to to just play with makeup again for fun instead of HAVING to wear it for work. Of course I'm behind on the most recent challenge Christina gave me, but I'm looking forward to seeing what I can come up with!

Random EOTDs Part 5

Ugh. I don't know what's wrong with with me. I just can't get back into the swing of blogging. I've lost my mojo! And it's not just with blogging either. I'm just sort of passively letting the days go by, not accomplishing anything or really even doing anything at all. I still feel like I'm living in my life in limbo and just waiting for something to happen. What that something is I don't know anymore. Hrm. I'm curious what everyone else does when they find themselves stuck in these ruts. You know things are bad when I'm wearing really boring makeup. The makeup apathy is fairly new and I managed to do a few interesting things to my eyes before I devolved into just wearing ONE (gasp!) eyeshadow on my eyes nearly every day. Of course I don't remember any of the products I used, haha. I still haven't learned to write these things down.

Okay, editing these pictures made me want to go play with makeup again. Even though I just washed/moisturized my face, haha. The good news is that all my makeup and nail polish was just brought to me. To be honest I'm a bit overwhelmed by all that I have. I really need to go through it all and hopefully have a blog sale. I just don't know if I would have enough interest for it to be worth it. I have a $3000 estimate from the dentist to fix my teeth. And I need to get it done before I run out of insurance in a few months. Fun. So needless to say I need some money!

Random EOTDs Part 4

I was just poking around in the depths on my computer and found a folder of EOTDs from approximately one lifetime ago (about 10 months). They aren't too exciting, but I thought I would share them anyway. I'm sad because I think instead of improving my makeup skills have gone down! Haha. I still don't have 95% of my makeup with me, but hopefully that will be rectified soon. I've been promised anyway. But I've heard that before so we'll see. Looking at these I miss my gold liquid eyeliner! I hope it hasn't dried out by now because I certainly can't afford MAC these days. Of course after this long I have no idea what eyeshadows I used. Haha, I really should start writing it down as I don't even remember from the pictures I took last week. I have more faith in my memory than I should, haha

And the obligatory pug picture. She is in the act of one of her favorite activities, licking.

FOTD- Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Hey guys! I finally prettied up my blog a little! It had the same boring, ugly look since I first started blogging over a year ago. I know it is still amateur-ish looking, but I don't mind since I'm not trying to be professional here. I made my banner in a Paint-esque program. I have Photoshop, but I don't feel like learning it, haha. I opened it, clicked around for about 30 seconds, said "Fuck it" and went back to my cheapo program.

I don't have much to say so I'll just leave you some pictures of some makeup I wore last week. I'm becoming more comfortable with bolder lips. They're so much fun! (PS- The title is a line from one of my favorite poems. I'll post the poem at the end if anyone is interested. Poetry doesn't often resonate with me, but this one really does.)

I don't 'member everything I'm wearing; I'm so bad. The lips are Revlon lip butter in Lollipop with LORAC Tie Dye For Gloss in Shocking Twist over it. On my eyes the silver is a cream eyeshadow from Essence, the little bit of gold is a L'Oreal Infallible shadow, and I have Skinny Jeans cream eyeshadow from Benefit in my crease.

And here is the poem. My favorite part is bolded.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

The Day That Never Comes And Teal Liner For Work

I'm sorry guys; I haven't much felt like blogging lately. I'm starting to wonder if I still really love makeup and nail polish or if it's just me trying to force things. I'm still waiting to feel "normal" again, but it hasn't happened yet. I guess I need to redefine what normal is for me, but I don't want this to be my new normal. Still holding out hope for things to get better. I mean, I can't give up right? Just keep on truckin'. More out of habit than any real desire to do so.

I guess I'm just (understandably) questioning everything. Who am I really, what do I want, am I doing the right thing, etc? I guess I still do enjoy my pretty sparkly things. I had fun doing a neutral lid with a sparkly teal liner under my lower lashes for work a few days ago.

Eyes:

• Maybelline Color Tattoo in Tough as Taupe on lid
• Maybelline Color Tattoo in Edgy Emerald below lower lash line
• darker teal color from LA Colors palette in Water Lily (swatch here)
   over Edgy Emerald below lower lash line
• Urban Decay Shadow Pencil in Sin in inner corner
• Urban Decay Virgin to highlight
• Urban Decay eyeliner in Zero to line upper lash line and water line
• Revlon Grow Luscious mascara in Black on lashes
• Urban Decay Buck on eyebrows

Face:

• Estee Lauder BB Creme in Light
• Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation in Shell as concealer
• Physician's Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder Foundation in Translucent Light

Cheeks

• Milani blush in Luminous

Lips

• Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey

And just because I can and my doggies make me happy, here is a picture of my parents' beagle Layla sleeping on my bed.

FOTD: Binging on Purple Poppies

Ugh, I'm terrible with naming things! One time I had a Siberian Dwarf Hamster named Leonard Nimoy, but that's only because my boyfriend named him. So, when all else fails for FOTD post names, I just do a play on the names of the products I used. Urban Decay eyeliner in Binge and Kiss My Sass eyeshadow in Purple Poppy makes "Binging on Purple Poppies"! I used several eyeshadows, so I could have easily went with "Blizzard on a Victorian Night", but I'm a sucker for alliteration. My angst-y teenage poetry was pure alliteration.  It was terrible (Here is a sample I remember- "Shadows slide and slither across a dust-laden shrine.."), but with alliteration you can fool people into thinking you know what you're doing. Isn't that how to get ahead in life? Not actually being competent, but just fooling people into believing you are? Politicians build their whole lives around it! But, I digress. I'm not sure how I went from poppies to politicians (alliteration!) but I sure can ramble can't I? Ramble on! (Anything for a Led Zep reference!)

Eyes:

• Evil Shades eyeshadow in Victorian Nights on inner third of lid
• Detrivore eyeshadow in Saprophyte on out third of lid
• Kiss My Sass eyeshadow in Purple Poppies in crease and below lower lash line
• Detrivore eyeshadow in Blzzard to highlight and in inner corners of eyes
• Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Binge on water line and upper lash line
• A mix of CoverGirl Lashblast mascara and Wet n Wild MegaLash Clinical Mascara on lashes
• Physician's Formula Canyon Classic quad matte eyeshadow in brows (darkest shade)

Face:

• Physician's Formula CircleRx concealer in Fair Light under eyes
• CoverGirl Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in 205 also under eyes
• Physician's Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder Foundation in Translucent Light

Cheeks

• Detrivore blush in Concubine

Lips

• NYX Round lipstick in Spellbound
• Darling Girl lipgloss in So Sakura 

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

EOTD: Match Your Eye Color!

Sorry for two EOTD posts in a row, but I did this one yesterday for a Facebook group I'm in and love how it came out. We were supposed to do a look based on out eye color. I'm still sick so I didn't do a whole face look, but I do plan on recreating what I did sometime. I have faded-green eyes with a yellowish-gold ring around the pupil, so  I used those colors in the eyeshadow.

Everything I used-

• Benefit Creaseless Cream eyeshadow in Taupe-aztic
• Estee Lauder ShadowCreme in Precious Jade
• Wet n Wild Cream Shadow Pencil in Envy
• MAC Crushed Metallic Pigments in Surf the Ocean (gold color)
• elf Mineral Eyeshadow in Outdoorsy
• elf Mineral Eyeshadow in Earthy
• Urban Decay eyeshadow in Darkhorse
• Essence eyeshadow in White Hype
• Physician's Formula Gel CreamLiner for Green Eyes (black)
• Urban Decay eyeliner in Perversion

I started with a base of the cream shadows- Taupe-aztic on the lid, Precious Jade in the crease and above as well as below the lower lash line, and Envy just in the crease. I then covered everywhere I was placing color with Pixie Epoxy. I put the gold shadow on the lid, inner corner, and inner third of lower lash line. Then I put Outdoorsy in and slightly above the crease and used Earthy above Outdoorsy to blend it out. I used Darkhorse to darken the crease and used it over Precious Jade below my lower lash line.  I highlighted my brow bone with White Hype. Last, I used Perversion on my upper and lower waterlines and the black gel liner above my up upper lash line.

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

An EOTD With Pollen Cosmetics

I know I've expressed my love for the new company Pollen Cosmetics before, but I can't say it enough! And now is the perfect time to order if you haven't. Until November 5th enter the code GrandOpening to get 15% off your order.

Here is an EOTD from last week I did using 5 eyeshadows from Pollen Cosmetics.

Lid- Rare Find
Crease- Lily Jane
Upper Liner and below lower lash line- True To Form
Inner corner and below lower lash line- Kymmie Jo
Highlight- Future Sunrise

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

FOTD: Unashamed Visionary

Ugh, I'm sick. I'm pretty sure it's tonsillitis due to the fact that my right tonsil is swollen 3 times its normal size, but I refuse to go to the doctor. I guesssssss I'll go if I don't get better. My boyfriend had to be hospitalized when we were in high school because his tonsillitis was so severe. If I remember right he passed it on to me, too. Now it's my time to return the favor, MWAHAHA! Ow, the maniacal laughter hurt my throat. :(

Eyes:

•  Tarte emphasEYES cream eyeshadow in Shimmering Taupe on lids
• L'Oreal HiP pigment in Visionary on inner third of lid
• MAC Mauvement pigment on outer two thirds of lid
• L'Oreal HiP pigment in Unashamed in the crease and below lower lash line
• Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Corrupt on water line and upper lash line
• A mix of CoverGirl Lashblast mascara and Wet n Wild MegaLash Clinical Mascara on lashes
• Physician's Formula Canyon Classic quad matte eyeshadow in brows (darkest shade)

Face:

• Physician's Formula CircleRx concealer in Fair Light under eyes
• CoverGirl Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in 205 also under eyes
• Physician's Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder Foundation in Translucent Light

Cheeks

• Detrivore blush in Concubine

Lips

• Pixi Lip Twin in Coral Camellia
• Kiss My Sass lipgloss in Caribbean Escape

Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!

Random EOTDs

Ugh, I tried taking full face pictures of all of these looks but none of them turned out well. I just have to resign myself to the fact that I inherited the un-photogenic trait from my mother after all. Oh well!

For this I used all three neutrals from Urban Decay's Rollergirl palette.

This was L'Oreal's HiP duo in Charisma and a black gel liner from Physician's Formula.

This was Evil Shades' Skon blush on the lid, Concrete Minerals' Smut in the crease, and Too Faced Poison Orchid patted over Smut.

This was done with a few of L'Oreal's HiP pigments, but I forget which ones.

This is a base of Estee Lauder's ShadowStick Duo (only the pink side), Evil Shades' Phyrra's Fantasy on the lid, and Persephone Minerals' Mars Crystal Power above the lid.


Thank you for reading and have a great day/night/whatever!