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Prettypackages

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i know really! i thought last week for sure there was going to be no more warm weather, and today was all sunshine and summery!

i had a pretty light and lazy makeup day today...resort kohl liner, blue opulash mascara, excite blush and viva glam vi. c'est tout!

oh i made a list of audacious. i know this is theoretically the wrong thread to talk about it, but i just don't want to subscribe to that thread right now...

anyway, i may or may not start with janet and leslie...
Do IT!! Subscribe!!! LOL

I did my look today. It didn't work out well at all. I don't think I like At Dusk blush. It didn't do anything for me, and Physical IT, is way to sparkly for me. I almost don't like the All Woman Quad. LOL
On the other hand, I do love NV.

I'm trying to think of something for tomorrow.
 

sagehen

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Do IT!!  Subscribe!!! LOL    I did my look today. It didn't work out well at all.  I don't think I like At Dusk blush. It didn't do anything for me, and Physical IT, is way to sparkly for me. I almost don't like the All Woman Quad. LOL  On the other hand, I do love NV.  I'm trying to think of something for tomorrow. 
Did you wear a liner / gloss with NV? Details!
 

meka72

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Hey ladies! I hope you've all had a good day. I put on too much foundation this morning because I dipped the brush in the sale container. I was BUSTED y'all. I have for to redeem myself tomorrow. I wore liquid foundation today but will wear powder foundation for the foreseeable future. At least until my hormones get regulated and my face doesn't look like a damn chocolate chip cookie. On the up side, I wore a hot pink blouse under my navy and white striped jacket coupled with a navy skirt and navy pumps. @Sage, You and Medgal have such varied makeup stashes. Y'all are going to keep me broke. Lol. Also, I have BMD and would love to honor the Specktrette by wearing the lipstick whenever you do. Just let me know when. @AWS, I love the lipstick that you've worn this month. I see I need to take notes. Lol. @Dominique, love your pink lips and your pink kicks! @Aradhana, it sounds like you had a lazy but cute day. Did you wear Illamasqua Excite blush? If so, I have it too and love it! @PP, ot sounds like you went for a nice neutral look today. I'm sure you're being too hard on yourself. I KNOW you didn't look like a mummy the way yours truly did. Lol.
 

aradhana

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Awesome Sage----and yes, all shades of pink and in the pink family count. I have a different smokey eye that I love. I found it by accident on You Tube. You put a white e/s on the first 2/3 of the lid. Then you put black diagonally from the outer 1/3 of the lid & slightly over the white. Then you blend those like crazy. Next you use a matte dark brown like MAC's Embark in the crease. The same white that you use on the lid goes to highlight the brow. To deepen the crease you smudge just a bit of black---I use Carbon into the outer vee. You finish the look w/white or buff eyeliner to the water line. It sounds awful but I get so many compliment when I wear this look. On occasion I substitute a light pink for the white.

You know gang, we should have a Smokey Eye Week sometime???? We can share smokey eye looks!!!
i am going to try this look tomorrow. i know it's not smokey eye week yet, but i'm afraid i can't wait. i'll still do the pink blush and or lipstick to keep with bcam though...
 

awickedshape

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Hey ladies! I hope you've all had a good day. I put on too much foundation this morning because I dipped the brush in the sale container. I was BUSTED y'all. I have for to redeem myself tomorrow. I wore liquid foundation today but will wear powder foundation for the foreseeable future. At least until my hormones get regulated and my face doesn't look like a damn chocolate chip cookie. On the up side, I wore a hot pink blouse under my navy and white striped jacket coupled with a navy skirt and navy pumps. @Sage, You and Medgal have such varied makeup stashes. Y'all are going to keep me broke. Lol. Also, I have BMD and would love to honor the Specktrette by wearing the lipstick whenever you do. Just let me know when. @AWS, I love the lipstick that you've worn this month. I see I need to take notes. Lol. @Dominique, love your pink lips and your pink kicks! @Aradhana, it sounds like you had a lazy but cute day. Did you wear Illamasqua Excite blush? If so, I have it too and love it! @PP, ot sounds like you went for a nice neutral look today. I'm sure you're being too hard on yourself. I KNOW you didn't look like a mummy the way yours truly did. Lol.
:-D I'm kinda bummed that Sephora.com no longer carries Illamasqua blushes; I like Lover a lot.
 

Dominique33

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Hey ladies! I hope you've all had a good day. I put on too much foundation this morning because I dipped the brush in the sale container. I was BUSTED y'all. I have for to redeem myself tomorrow. I wore liquid foundation today but will wear powder foundation for the foreseeable future. At least until my hormones get regulated and my face doesn't look like a damn chocolate chip cookie. On the up side, I wore a hot pink blouse under my navy and white striped jacket coupled with a navy skirt and navy pumps. @Sage, You and Medgal have such varied makeup stashes. Y'all are going to keep me broke. Lol. Also, I have BMD and would love to honor the Specktrette by wearing the lipstick whenever you do. Just let me know when. @AWS, I love the lipstick that you've worn this month. I see I need to take notes. Lol. @Dominique, love your pink lips and your pink kicks! @Aradhana, it sounds like you had a lazy but cute day. Did you wear Illamasqua Excite blush? If so, I have it too and love it! @PP, ot sounds like you went for a nice neutral look today. I'm sure you're being too hard on yourself. I KNOW you didn't look like a mummy the way yours truly did. Lol.
Thank you Meka
 

sagehen

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ha!! no way josé! :pooh: is physical IT the purple/pink fluid line? i kinda like that one, though it's a bit too 'natural' as a liner on me. but as an all over lid colour it looks purdy with a dark blue or purple liner.... what's NV? gee i'm out of the loop! i am going to try this look tomorrow. i know it's not smokey eye week yet, but i'm afraid i can't wait. i'll still do the pink blush and or lipstick to keep with bcam though...
Smokey Eyes won't wait!!! Tee hee! Today is our first REAL fall day, so please forgive me y'all, here is my face (my nails are pink though - Sinful Colors Southern Belle): FACE: Boots No. 7 Beautifully Matte primer ELDW, Rich Ginger NYX HD Concealer, Chestnut Silica powder in t-zone and to set concealer under eyes EL Double Matte pressed powder, Deep MAC Mystic Blush (a lovely sheer, but pigmented coppery orange shade - it's what I always wanted Raizin to be) EYES: WnW Fergie primer, Shimmer (on a mission to use this up - a little goes such a long way) MAC Brooke Shields palette (very glad I got this palette - it's great for various "wear to work" looks): Pretty on inner 1/3 of lid, Luscious on outer 2/3, Antiqued in crease, Persuade blended in outer crease Pixi liner, Black Cocoa Maybelline One by One mascara, Very Black LIPS: MAC Vino OCC Black Dahlia (working my way to BMD, maybe Sunday)
 

aradhana

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is this a new shade or an old one?

your last post about black metal dahlia has me intrigued by that lip tar. i'm not sure i can get it here unless i order online, but i'm going to check. i'd rather buy in person and save the shipping!!
 

MissTT

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One day this month, I am going to wear OCC Black Metal Dahlia lip tar. A member of Specktra, who was lost to breast cancer, recommended it to me. I came across it today, and I plan to wear it in her honor. That is all. I am not trying to threadjack.
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I was Googling something a while back and saw her. She's missed.
 

sagehen

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is this a new shade or an old one? your last post about black metal dahlia has me intrigued by that lip tar. i'm not sure i can get it here unless i order online, but i'm going to check. i'd rather buy in person and save the shipping!!
a very, very old shade. I can't even remember which collection it came out with. I have a better description than my previous one: it's as if Variety and Raizin had a baby. ETA: OMG, apparently it came out in late 2004. I got it from the CCO, so it must have been early-mid 2005. I feel some kind of way about that.
 

MissTT

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your last post about black metal dahlia has me intrigued by that lip tar. i'm not sure i can get it here unless i order online, but i'm going to check. i'd rather buy in person and save the shipping!!
People trip over themselves trying to compliment me when I wear BMD. It is definitely a shade you should get. When it wears off it just gets a little lighter and loses some of it's shimmer, but it is still a beautiful shade. It wears extremely well. I've pretty much given up on lip tars except this shade. Pairing it with Nightmoth gives me the most complimentary result, but I picked up Vino last week so I'm excited to try it with that.
 

meka72

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Hey ladies! I hope you've had a good day. I only worked a half day because I had a dr appointment. So my day was extra good! And I got a nap in too? Great day! This what I wore today: Primer: Elta MD UV clear sunscreen Concealer: Nars creamy concealer in ginger applied to undereye and cafe applied to PIH Foundation: Bare Minerals Powder foundation in ??? Blush: Mac Sunset Beach pink ombré blush Highlighter: EL Shimmering Sands to cheekbones Eyeshadow: Coastal Scents Revealed 2 palette: shimmery dark pink shade to lid, cranberry matte shade to outer "V" and into crease and matte dark brown matte shade in crease (I'm a one trick pony) Liner: CoverGirl/Revlon gel liner Mascara: none as usual Lips: Revlon ColorStay lipgloss in Bordeaux
 

aradhana

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People trip over themselves trying to compliment me when I wear BMD. It is definitely a shade you should get. When it wears off it just gets a little lighter and loses some of it's shimmer, but it is still a beautiful shade. It wears extremely well. I've pretty much given up on lip tars except this shade. Pairing it with Nightmoth gives me the most complimentary result, but I picked up Vino last week so I'm excited to try it with that.
missTT!!! long time no see! how've you been?

you ladies have me sold on BMD. especially with the visual of people tripping all around you trying to compliment you on your lips...kind of like those old tv adverts for impulse body spray....
 

aradhana

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Another lazy makeup day for me...well, the eyes i did the black/white smokey eye using a l'oreal colour riche quad in 'incredible grey'.

I didn't really have any frosty whites i thought would do the trick so i picked up this quad yesterday at the drugstore. for $7, it's A-ok. The black shadow could be a little more pigmented, but i was able to do a sufficiently smokey look, and combined it with spiced chocolate from the cult of cherry quad as a transition colour.

The sponge applicator has to go however. It's been a while since I used one of those! I kind of just did it for old times sake!

Anyway I also used hibiscus kiss for blush, and a l'oreal serum lipstick in light chocolate. For BCAM I came home and tried on my new greta nars audacious lipstick. Yep. Just like that. I succumbed.
 

meka72

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Another lazy makeup day for me...well, the eyes i did the black/white smokey eye using a l'oreal colour riche quad in 'incredible grey'. I didn't really have any frosty whites i thought would do the trick so i picked up this quad yesterday at the drugstore. for $7, it's A-ok. The black shadow could be a little more pigmented, but i was able to do a sufficiently smokey look, and combined it with spiced chocolate from the cult of cherry quad as a transition colour. The sponge applicator has to go however. It's been a while since I used one of those! I kind of just did it for old times sake! Anyway I also used hibiscus kiss for blush, and a l'oreal serum lipstick in light chocolate. For BCAM I came home and tried on my new greta nars audacious lipstick. Yep. Just like that. I succumbed.
I'm hopping on the Nars Audacious train this weekend. I have no clue which color to buy though. Probably a red. Can't go wrong with red lipstick.
 

aradhana

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Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (aka dark spots resulting from pimples, scratches, etc). It is the story of my life these days since I stopped taking birth control pills and my skin has freaked out.
Oh. I get those dark spots too whenever I have a break out or any kind of skin abrasion. My skin is basically like a map of my entire history of scarring... My acne scars tend to fade over time, but on certain bad skin days they seem more apparent for some reason!
 
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