New Years Purple EOTD

Even though my New Years Eve wasn't crazy or filled with parties and drinking because I worked the next morning, I did want to bring in the new year with some glitter, and well purpleness! I used part of my naked 3 palette and then some of my MUFE Eye shadows, I think it came out pretty and I had to share it with you guys.

What looks did you wear for new years?

 

Plus Size OOTD - When in doubt, wear a Misfits shirt.

I love wearing band tee's. Ever since I was a teen. But over the years I learned how to dress them up a bit. Even if its as simple as a scarf and cardigan. Today I had a few errands to run and then met my boyfriend at work to grab some dinner, so I just wanted something comfty but I didn't want to look like I just rolled out of bed. So thats when I head for my trust band tee draw and pair it with a cardi and scarf. I am seriously so in love with this scarf you may see it a lot in the next few months.  This misfits tee I have had forever and is one of the few I haven't cut up and sewed yet so I just through a red cardigan and boom, easy outfit!

Green Arrow Makeup Look

I have been behind on the Halloween makeup lately guys and I am sorry, in the next two days there will be more up, first is the easy one, since I was asked to do a super hero look, so here we go with Green Arrow, this is based off of the tv show Arrow. Hope you guys enjoyed this look!

Decaying Zombie Halloween 2013 Makeup Tutorial.

My first Halloween tutorial this year is another part of my zombie series, last year I did a basic zombie, this time around is a bit more gore-tastic, but not so over the top. Sharing some basic skills and a few different techniques, including liquid latex, scar wax, and gelatin, to make zombie wounds, decaying skin and gross bites.

If you want to know how to do this zombie look, please watch my video!

FX Makeup: Torn Face

I am working on things for halloween, getting some practice in and prepping myself to do some tutorials for some youtube tutorials. Today I sat infront of the mirror and just kind of let this happen, no plan at all and just sort of, went with it. I find the best idea come from this. I love how this came out, sort of the "pretty" and "not so pretty" side of it. Would you guys like a tutorial on this? Let me know!

-Ashley

FOTD: Bold Bright eyes and natural lips

today I felt like playing with my Bright Eyeshadows. Maybe its because summer is coming to an end, but I was feeling in a bright and bold kind of mood.

there is everything from MUFE, Kat Von D and Urban Decay.  I love the color combo of pink and yellow, and the pop of cobalt blue. Because my eyes were so bold I went soft with everything else, even leaving my brows pretty tame. 

Hope you guys enjoyed this FOTD! And enjoy your holiday weekend!

-Ashley

Too early for Halloween makeup? NEVER!

Warning this post may contain pictures "too gorey" for someone with a sensitive stumnache.



As most of you know not only am I a blogger but I'm also a MUA, tho I love beauty makeup my passion for makeup started as a kid with FX and doing a lot of halloween makeup. This year things started a bit early.....here are a few examples of what I have been playing around with. Maybe some tutorials to come?

Before doing something on my face I practice on my hand, ive been a bit rusty since I haven't done it in a while, this was purely for fun and to get myself in the mood for the halloween season. what do you guys think? let me know!

ashley

FOTD: Blue Eyeshadow, Classy or Trashy?

We all know the stereotypical, almost 80's style blue eyeshadow. I remember as a kid my mom telling me "never wear blue eyeshadow its trashy" I am sure some of you have heard some of that in your lifetime.  Sure when you watch 80's movies and you see Joan Cusack with her wash of baby blue eyeshadow smeared over her eyes, it gives you a little cringe, but don't be afraid of it, you can rock it and make it look nice, not trashy or straight from the 80's.

First off, don't just smear blue all over your eyes and call it a day. Mix it up with another color (like black or dark purple) and so a smokey eye and add a little baby blue in the corner to brighten up the eye. If thats too much? Then so a little blue liner on your top or bottom lashes, but you don't have to be afraid of blue eyeshadow just because the 80's scared us away from it.

This face of the day turned into a ramble, but oh well! Hope you all enjoyed it, and let me know, do you rock blue shadow?

-ashley

Wet n Wild Pop Art Craze Collection

Since I just picked these up today, and haven't had a chance to try them all out, I will call this a first impressions post. But I was so excited I had to share.

I can say I am very proud of myself here, I went into CVS purely to buy a card and decided to check out the makeup section and boom, the wet N wild pop art collection finally. Now why am I proud of myself? I limited myself to only three, the three that I found I either didn't have anything like this, or one that really perked my interest. This collection is a very bold and bright collection with 6 trios, so I resisted temptation and only got half.

With just playing with a few colors (the onlys that really perked my interest) I created a look, and here it is.

the red and orange is the main reason I bought the first and last trios. a red for a drug store makeup is very rare, and tho some brands so orange, not a lot do one that is bright and packs a punch. The blended very well and with some help from NYX's milk they really pop on the eyes. So far, so good. Then again I am normally not disappointed in wet n wilds eyeshadows. 

I will have a full review with swatches and all that good stuff once I really try these bad boys out, but so far, they seem like they are going to be great, for only $2.99 I don't mind having to use a white base, most high end BRIGHT shadows you still need a base for.