Lashe Extensions Beauty

I also do lash extensions and I figured it'd be a nice treat to show you all an application in process.

Note, these aren't the kind that will last you months - these will give you "beautifully full" or "betty boop long" lashes for about 2 weeks:).


Here I'm in the process of applying the second eye. You can definitely see the difference in the look. Even though she has her own set of nice length lashes, the extensions definitely bring more attention to her eye.







Here is a close up of her eye after all the extensions have been applied.

And here she is with both eyes all done. Beautiful!

Makeup Look of the Day!

Today's look is inspired by my green dress:).

It's very simple with three main players - Slice Shimmer, Smilee Blush, and Cotton Candy Shimmer for my lips.

I first applied my foundation - Yoli. I've been enjoying applying it with my favorite moisturizer these days. It's really for practical reasons - I can apply it fast without having to worry about sweating in a bathroom still full of steam from my shower:). (When applying powders, it's best to wait until the skin is dry - they adhere much better this way).

The technique - Put a few pearl size dabs of moisturizer in your hand. Tap a bit of your foundation over it. Gently shake out what doesn't cling to the moisturizer back into your foundation jar. Mix this up in your hand and then apply it to your face - just like a tinted moisturizer. For more coverage - just use more foundation. You can also go back and buff powder foundation in for spot areas after the moisturizer has absorbed into your skin a bit.

Next, I applied Slice to my eyelids. Here is a picture of the application before I blended in the upper lash line. What I want to show here is how I took the shimmer up my brow bone and arched it over without filling in the middle part of the lid area too much. This creates a nice lift effect when the eye is open.

For the upper lash line, I just blended out the pockets of pigmentation and drew them lightly up the sides of my eyes, again to give lift and definition.

For my cheeks I applied Smilee just to my apples (the place that is most noticeable when you smile).

For my lips, I took my lip gloss and dipped it into Cotton Candy. I mixed it together on the back of my hand and applied with a Q-tip.

I set everything with a light dust of Finishing Powder and I was ready to go:).

Cotton Candy - What Can You Do With It?

Today I was in a bit of a hurry so I decided to give myself a bit of drama with the least amount of effort. How do you do this? Use a dramatic color as a thick eyeliner of course! I chose Cotton Candy because it has a nice shimmer effect and shows a nice pink without playing up any redness in the skin or overexposed veins around the eyes.

What I did was very simple - I took my soft angled brush, dabbed it in a bit of water and then into my shimmer pot. That got a nice amount onto my brush and then I basically just drew out my line, pulling it slightly up on the end at the top lashline. For the lower lashline I used the same angled brush with the remaining shimmer left on it.

I started with a thin line as close to underneath my lower lashes as I could possible get and built out from there. I built out because I didn't want to end up with too thick a line on the bottom. That's a sure way to end up looking unpleasantly bruised.



It's a really simple look to do and works with all the shimmers. All you need is your favorite color, an angled brush (which I will have available on the site soon!), and a bit of water.



You should try it!



Cotton Candy Shimmer

Makeup Look of the Day!

A lot of ladies have been asking me what to buy and the best way to apply Etniq. So to help answer some of these questions and spark your own creativity, I'm going to post makeup looks using me as the model! I'll post a few every week and let you know exactly what I used.



Here are my eyes for today:)

Over my entire lower eyelid, I used the shimmer Luminesque as a good daytime base. In the crease of my eye I used my current favorite shimmer, Cocoa Grounds, to give my deep set eyes even more definition. Then to bring them out more, I used the shadow/liner Midnight Comes:

(look out for this to be available for purchase soon!) on the outer edges of my eyes. These 3 alone brought out my eyes so much that I didn't need mascara at all.

Here's another view: