Weekender Cut-Crease with Sugarpill and Glamour Doll Eyes

Hey guys!!

I got a few of my orders in after the holiday and I wanted to dive right in and play with them! I filmed a haul video so that will be up some time as well. I also wanted to do something a little more fun and dramatic. I hope you guys enjoy what I came up with!!

Toxic Valentine

Hey guys!

I finally got around to filming a tutorial, just in time for Valentine's Day.  Right when I sat down to film, I got my Glamour Doll Eyes OTM package (it was adorbs!!) and the color is Toxic Grape (such a gorgeous purple!!!).  I also got a gift from a friend at work (too sweet) and I wanted to play around with that.  The look I came up with was a real sultry purple smokey eye.  I also recently purchased, and received, my Sigma brushes!!!  I have been wanting these brushes for FOREVER and let me tell you, they are amaze-balls!  I am a Sigma affiliate, although I have never had enough products to use and recommend, but I have provided links to everything I purchased.


Performance Eyes Kit

Synthetic Precision Kit

F80 Flat Kabuki

Biker Chic Imitation

Hey guys!

I'm back with a quick-ish tutorial!  I've been trying to improve my lighting so I can film later in the day (which is when I'm completely awake lol).  I've been using an Ottlite bulb for a long time now and I wanted to purchase another one but I wanted to have a softbox so the light was evenly dispersed.  After watching a few DIY videos I made my own softbox.  It's definitely not the sturdiest thing in the world, but as long as I don't move it too much it should do the job.  I wanted to film a video to see how it translated from camera to iMovie to YouTube.  Here is the look I came up with and the products I used to achieve this look:

Twisted Christmas: Collaboration with AliciaD372

Hey guys!  The gorgeous Alicia from AliciaD372 asked me if I wanted to do this collaboration with her and of course I said YES!!  I am honored that she asked me to be part of this with her.  Our collaboration "Twisted Christmas"  because so many people do "Naughty/Nice" collabs.  We went with the same concept though, Alicia did a more "nice" look and I did a darker "naughty" look.

Here is Alicia's look.  Click here to jump to her blog post!!

Check out Alicia's Look here:

GDE, Fyrinnae, Sugarpill: Calypso, Biker Chic and @#$%!

I don't really know where the inspiration from this look came from.  I purchased the limited edition eyeshadow from Sugarpill (I don't remember when they had it on sale but it was only a few days) and wanted to use it with my GDE pigment "Calypso" from the blogger collection.  I ended up doing this combo for Halloween but I didn't like how the video came out.  It had been so long since I had recorded that I was stumbling all over the place and I was rushing because I still had to get the kids ready.  Anywho, today I decided to try the combo again but in a different way and at a more relaxed pace.

Let me also just say that even though the eyeshadow I used from Sugarpill was limited edition, you can always substitute it with something else.  I don't own this color but I feel like MakeupGeek's "Razzleberry" would be quite similar.  All other Sugarpill eyeshadows can be purchases separately from their website, not just in the palettes.  I buy the palettes because you are essentially getting a whole eyeshadow for free!  Now, on to the look:

Fall Smokey Eye and Lip

I have been so excited with the change in the weather here in the midwest.  It has been swelteringly hot for far too long and we finally have had a break.  It was so beautiful the day I filmed this tutorial and I felt like I should take advantage of the clear sky.  I had a few products in mind that I wanted to use to create this look, including the lip.  I am a big fan of a dark, vampy lip and I rarely do a dark lip on myself though.  I had to with this look to tie together the fall feeling.

After I filmed this look, I realized it was quite similar to AliciaD372's most recent look on her YouTube channel.  I used different products, but the eye look and the lip look so similar to me and I did it unintentionally.  I was going to post this video in a couple of weeks, but I have been sick for the past week and unable to film a new look in it's place. Check out Alicia's channel and her videos!  She does wonderful makeup looks and reviews! :)  

Smokey Calypso feat. Sugarpill and Glamour Doll Eyes

I know it has been a LONG time since I have uploaded a tutorial.  I haven't been wearing makeup as much because it's been so hot and humid in the midwest!  For some reason my skin has been more oily and I just don't like the fact that I HAVE to touch up my makeup at work.  It's easier to just wipe my face with a wet rag or something.  And work has been so stressful and busy that I haven't had the energy to do makeup on my days off.  I really wish I could get on some sort of regular uploading schedule!  I would do photo tutorials on my blog but I don't have a point-and-shoot camera, just a big honkin' Nikon and it's takes me forever to take a decent close-up picture!  Anywho...on to the look :)

My birthday was a little over a week ago and the lovely AliciaD372 sent me an eyeshadow as a present!! <3