Hot Pink Eyes and Braided Hair

So today I chose to do both a makeup look and a small hair tutorial. Both looks are very simple to do. I LOVE pink eye shadow and braids are just simply beautiful.

For the eyes:

First, apply three shades of pink on the eye lid. Put the lightest color towards the inner eye lid, and the darkest towards the outer corner. In the picture below you will get an idea for the colors i chose. The first is an extremely pail pink, the second is a bright hot pink, and the third is a slightly purple pink.

The next step is to add your choice of browns for the contouring. I used a a brown that had an extremely, slight coppery undertone. Highlighter for the brown bone should be a color you feel fits comfortably with the other shades.

Just add your eyeliner, color your brows (if you do at all), and add mascara. Then voila! your eyes are complete. Just finish the rest of your face as you see fit. Here is my complete look below.

For the hair:

This is a style i have been into lately. It is super quick and I have gotten a million compliments (not to mention my friends making do their hair like this too). 

First, section of the hair you will use for the braid. Try your best to make the section equal on both sides. I like to stop the section right above my temple. Tie up the the rest of your hair to keep it out of the way.

Next, braid the hair as close to the scalp as you can. Be sure to pull towards the back of your head. Your hands have control of where the braid goes, so pulling back wile braiding will keep the braid from going forward or straight down. After all the hair close to your scalp pull back tighter to control the rest of the braid to go towards the back of your head. Do not secure the braid to your head just yet, but be sure to secure it loosely as shown below.

Next, in small sections, tease the hair on the top of your head. Then flip the hair back and smooth it out. Secure the braid to your scalp (make sure you hide it under a layer of teased hair). Give your hair a spritz of hair spray (or in my case freezing spray) to prevent any hair from shifting or revealing mangled hair in the tease.

And your finished! Try it out and see how many compliments you get!

Fall Trend:winged shadow

Lately the winged eyeliner look has been a hit, but winged shadow is an awesome way to put a twist on the winged trend. I originally seen StephBusta from YouTube create this look and quickly feel in love with it. So here is my interpretation of the winged shadow. Keep in mind, the eye is very bold. Therefore, a baby pink or nude lip would be best to balance out the look. Be careful not to drag out your blush too far (it may over do the look).

First, line the wing with a black liquid liner. Once it dries place black shadow at the point to the wing and drag it in. place a neutral brown in the middle you your line (be sure to blend it well with the black). Place a highlighter in the inner corner and blend it with the brown. There is so no need to out line your eye with eyeliner. The wing does enough on its own!

Au Natual!

I love color just as much as the next girl, but every now and then we need to keep it natural and just enhance our natural features a small bit. This is how I like to go Natural.


Now note that when I go natural I still like to go a little heavy on the eye liner...it's; just my thang!

Black and Blue

So I am a little iffy on this look. In the morning, when I applied this look I loved it. Though, the longer I wore it the more I just wanted to take it off (which I did by mid-day). Still, I decided to share it, so here it is!

Death in the Contest

At work we had a halloween costume contest. Regaurdless of not winning i think my infected zombie makeup was pretty awesome.

Teal and Berry

I have never done this look before. As i was getting ready I thought it out in my head and just went with it...AND I LOVE IT. Prob one of my fave looks I've done on myself.

For the eyes I used a teal color I have in an unnamed palette, used a dark black on the outer corner, and a gold on the inner corner. When finished with that, I took some of the gold used on the inner corner and patted it in the middle of my lid to brighten up the teal and create more dimension.  I also applied Hard Candy's Glitteratzi eye gel in "Sky" into the middle of the lid where I applied the gold over the teal. I also used a very light brown to blend all the colors to avoid harsh lines.

For the lips I wanted a berry color. I applied Maybeline's Color Sensational Lipstain in #15 "Wink of Pink." A light layer of Revlon's Colorstay in #350 "Smooth Nude" was applied next. To top it off I mixed two lip glosses; one light pink, and a pale nude for shine.

Pumpkin Season

My boyfriend and I recently went to the Circleville Pumpkin Festival. The pumpkins inspired me to create this look!