Starting my natural hair journey

So I am beginning a natural hair journey. I plan to avoid heat straightening my hair, try more natural styles, and allot more conditioning in an effort to encourage hair growth. I think the hardest part will be reducing how much I dye my hair. My roots are so grown out already, its killing me! But I have to try.  I have been reading web sites and watching videos on you tube so you can expect to see my hair like this allot more.

For this look I used a green eye shadow for the inner lid and a blue on the outer lid then I blended brown and black through the crease I paired the colors with a nude lip and soft peach blush.

 

Let me know if you would like to hear more about my hair journey.

I hope you enjoyed
Smooches

Quick cut crease

This is my version of a quick cut crease, the line is defined but not sharp.

 

 

I put a matte white on the lid and green and black thru the crease.

Hope you enjoyed

Smooches

Peach flower LOTD

So I finally dicited to use one of the makeup forever shadows I got at the imats. I pulled the shadow from the palette and it doesn't have a number on it, Sorry.  I put a matte purple thru the crease and green shadow over a green cream liner on the lower water line.

Put on some lashes on and a nude lipstick

Hope you enjoyed
Smooches

Purple and green LOTD

So this is a look I did on a sunday morning and wore it to play baseball with some friends.

There are two shades of purple, with the darker one in the outter V. I used green liner thru

on my waterline. 

I took these pictures on the bleachers at the park so try to ignore the look of prison bars behind me

 

Hope you enjoyed

Smooches

I'm tired...

I am tired of saying sorry that I am missing in action but I was just sure that August would be a better month than July. But I have been just as busy, and I am sorry that I have not been updateing as I would like too. Yet I have been shopping and I have been wearing makeup, so I do have things to share with you.

Sorry there is so much sun in these pictures, I'm trying to get better light in my photos.

I created this look with my lime crime china doll palette. It needs little explanation black on the lid and green thru the crease. 

I Hope you enjoyed this post, and thanks for sticking with me...

Smooches

Flower

So here is a quick look I did a weekend ago, Like a flower green stem and all
Sorry I have no idea what I used on this look the cease is a hot pink from Ben Nye
The lid is a light pink, I have no idea about the liner.

I hope you enjoyed

Smooches

Green pigment LOTD

I have been getting back into taking pictures of the makeup I used and labeling them, I also figured that this would be a good way to introduce products got at the IMATS without doing a full haul. I can also add little updates of what I currently think about certain products.

 I Got this unii palette and Ben Nye shadows they are very pigmented. Yet one of my favorite products in this post is the Cailyn sugar, I mixed it with my NYX pigment in jade pearl. This pigment dose not usually show up too well on me, but mixed with the Cailyn sugar all my pigments take on a new life. I'm so excited to try them with this sugar. But anyway here are the pictures of the look I created..

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I went light with the blue through the crease it came out really nice and bendable

Also I purchased one of those clipless curling wands in the Fashion District nice, it was only $20. I know they typically cost alot more but I like the one I got. If anyone is interested in pictures or the brand let me know.

Hope you enjoyed
Smooches

Picnic lotd

I wore this super simple look to my nieces graduation picnic. It was simply a matte green on the lid and brown in the crease to blend it out so the color did not just drop off.

The rest of this post I am going to talk about the booths I plan to visit at the imats this weekend.
in order that I am going to go to them:

 Makeup forever
I want to try there foundation and purchase some of there eye shadows, I'll be heading to there booth first since I hear there line can be 2 hours long during the day

MAC pro
I want to try some of there pro products like airbrush foundation and mixing medium

Inglot
I wanted to try there foundation and possibly pick up some more eye shadows to fill my 40 palette

Obsessive compulsive cosmetics
I wanted to buy some of there new lip tar colors and check out there airbrush foundation as well

Dinair airbrush makeup
I bought there airbrush system last year, too bad I purchased the wrong shade foundation. I plan to fix that this year, and get an eyeliner stencils, and airbrush eyeliner

Parian Spirit
I bought there brush cleaner last year and am almost out, need I say any more.

Those are my first six booths, in order..
I also plan to visit

Coastal scents
NYX
Miss adoro eyelashes
One dollar eyelashes
Lime crime
Nigel beauty emporium
Mehron
Ben nye
Kryolan

My next post will include the classes I plan to attend as well as some makeup I did on a friend for her engagement party.

Hope you enjoyed
smooches

A's game makeup, and an apology

So I did my makeup for the A's game I did not have any green or gold shirts but I have makeup in just about every color. So I did this look

This is green and gold with a little brown to blend it together

With flash

Without flash

At the game

So sorry I have not been posting regularly, my camera has been on the fritz, so I am expecting a new one to be delivered today. I have been preoccupied with a friend who is getting married, working on her makeup. She said I could post her pictures on here so you will  see my Handy work eventually. Also I will be attending the imats next week so I am distracted by that as well. for any of you that don't know the LA area there is an area there called the fashion district. You can find lots of clothes and things very well priced so I am looking fwd to going there as well. I will be posting some pictures every evening of my days.

Hope you enjoyed

Smooches

New hair color

So I dyed my hair red,  I had an event at work and these are the pictures. I'm still on my glitter kick.

I used NYX crystal glitter and it was really nice

There was an awesome turtle that wanted to take a picture with me as well, I also took a picture with Dora the explorer, I had alot of fun

Hope you enjoyed

Smooches

Yellow + Blue = GREEN!

So I did this look with only blue and yellow shadow, And the illusion of green in the middle is just the two blended together, Awesome right?
There is a different shade on the brow bone, and brown to fade the edge

Hope you enjoyed
Smooches

Simple LOTD with bright liner

I used this new liner I got at target   

I also used the sleek au natural palette

Hope you enjoyed

Smooches