Makeup Monday! A video tutorial

Hiya everyone! Well a bit back when i asked for suggestions on what everyone wants to see on my blog... i got a big response to BRING MAKEUP MONDAYS BACK! I know i've posted some other makeup videos randomly, but i'm going to try to have one for you every monday. I'm sure i'll slip up now and then and i'll try to make up for it... get it? Make Up? hehehe. Ok, i'm a cheeseball.

In any case, here is a video tutorial using the new-ish Notoriety Quad by MAC. You dont have to have this quad to do this look. They are great fall colors, but you could substitute any colors you would like. :)

I have some other tutorials in the works and one video that focuses on my favorite brushes. But if there is something you'd like to see, leave me a comment and I'll try to get it worked out for ya!

Here's the video... and a little FYI, it's uploaded quite large so you can see the detail. Click on the video if it's too big for your screen and it will open it up to full view. :)

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Are you ready to get made up?

Yep, it's time for another makeup video. At the request of many, i'm going to try to do more of these and I will post them on here as well as my makeup blog. Now i do post some other things (like photos of projects i'm working on, some product reviews, etc) and I wont double post everything, but I will double post a lot of the YouTube videos so those that are really only interested in those dont have to subscribe to both blogs. :) Another tip, on the left hand side of THIS blog, i have a running list of the latest posts to the makeup blog. So when you are checking out a post here, you can always peek and see if there is a new post you missed (if you are interested that is!)

OK - onto the VIDEO! This is a very very basic video. It's all about getting your face prepped and primed for the colors of makeup. So it takes you from a fresh faced no makeup at all me (SCARY) thru primer, foundation, concealer, powder, etc. I tell you my favorite products that I use regularly so it's worth a lookie. :)

Have a wonderful sunday!

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Makeup Monday

Well today was certainly a much longer day that i thought it would be! I woke up this morning to a phone call from a bride who wanted to meet me TODAY! I'm actually doing her wedding later this month but she lives about an 3.5 hours from here (she's from my city which is why she's getting married here) but was visiting family. So i got up, showered, and cleaned my house because it had been pent up for a week and i didnt exactly make it sparkly clean before i left it! After that was done baby gabe just did NOT want to be put down today. The rest of th day was just looooooong. So i never did get pictures taken but i still know the little trick i wanted to teach you for this week. Next week when holiday life is over i'll have a video tutorial.

I got my hair cut on saturday and overall i'm pretty pleased with it. I still desperately want to color it! Then i'll be much happier i'm sure. My hubby LOVES it so thats good. But the tricky thing with new hair cuts is that your hair still remembers how it used to lay, which makes styling a little difficult at home for a bit. Did you know you can train your hair? Because you can. Just the same as your hair seems to remember it's normal "part". Now i have bangs and i'd like for them to sidesweep but right now they want to part more towards the middle and fall in my face. The easiest way to train them is to 1, create the part you want with your new hair cut when your hair is wet and just out of the shower, and 2 pin it in the direction you want to go before you go to sleep. I'm doing a bit of a double whammy tonight in that i just took another shower (2 in 1 day, holy crap!) and i'll pin my bangs to the side i want before i hit the hay. If you pin you hair before bed a few nights in a row, it'll start to remember it on it's own. :)

*sigh* the baby is crying again, so off i go! I'll post my coloring tutorial tomorrow! :)

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Makeup Monday

It's coming! I promise! I had plans to do it this morning, but i just found out of a prayer vigil for a friend of mine (she has been on a roller coaster with health issues this year and is going to be traveling soon to go to her parents in Ohio for some true healing time). And gasp - her prayer vigil is in 45 minutes, and it will take me a good 25 minutes to get there and i've got to get a 2.5 year old, a 3 month old and myself ready to get there. Needless to say, i cant possibly get makeup monday done beforehand, but i think this is a little more important.

SO - i'll leave you with this very important tip for just for now, but i'll get a good makeup tutorial going a little later today. It'll make up for last week!

AND my important tip is....

How often do you wash your face before you go to bed? Regardless of whether or not you have makeup on?

Did you know that every time you do not wash your face, it ages 17 days more than your freshly washed face would have?

Yep, it's true. Think of it this way... your skin has everyday dirt and grime (and maybe makeup mixed in) just sitting on top of it. And then you lay your head on your pillow to sleep. But as you move in the night, you are just rubbing that dirt and grime into your skin kind of like sandpaper to your delecate skin. Not good! I'm just as guilty about the lazy bedtime routine. If you are a lazy one too... why not get some of those rinse free skin wipes or makeup removers. So when you just cant bring yourself to wash your face, you can at least give it a wipe down. :)

Ok, off to pray! :)

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Smoky Eye Tutorial

Ok gals, here it is. It's a little ghetto. But i couldnt figure out how to get my camera set up to get a good shot of the eye all the while myself being able to see what i was doing, so i tried it out using my webcam which of course doesnt give as sharp as a picture as i'd like. I'll probably try to figure out a better method for the next tutorial but after the day i've had, i couldnt even manage to think of a better idea! (ps. while getting the makeup i wanted to use out of my kit, jack came into my craft room and dumped 6 vials of microfine glitter all over the carpet. I will be quite sparkly for awhile as you know that stuff is a pain in the you know what to get out!)

Ok, so i hope this isnt too crazy ghetto for you and you dont just laugh at my very very mild attempts to do a video tutorial of makeup! I promise, they will get better!

Eye 1


Eye 2 (just skip over if you think you got it well enough the first time)



finishing the look


Don't you think the overall look is fabulous with my white tshirt and pony tail. Ah, the life of a mom. :)

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