finally catching up!

sorry i've been sort of absent lately. i've been working on perfecting my makeup skills.. the last picture i posted was the very first time i've ever tried to play with eyeshadow. i don't think i did too bad! haha. here are some more pics since then.. i have also dramatically shaped my eyebrows for the better and got them all fixed up! so some of the pics, they were in that "in-between" stage, and look funky. it takes months to fix years of plucking them the wrong way!

this first pic is my first attempt at a smokey eye look. :) i used my coastal scents 88 shimmer palette. i really love that palette a lot! the matte palette is great, as well. but the shimmer is my fav. i have also purchased an urban decay palette with 10 shadows. it came with a bottle of UDPP, which seems to work well. well, it has been up until about 2 days ago. it seems like everything has been creasing really bad the past couple of days. i don't know what i'm doing wrong. haha.

this second picture is a pinkish-purple look that i did. as you can see, my eyebrows have greatly improved! this was taken a few days ago. these colors were, again, from my coastal scents 88-shimmer palette.

the next picture is a rainbow look i did, just messing around.. i used all mac colors. colors used were: passionate, chrome yellow, clarity, and vibrant grape from the style warriors collection. i should have concealed my eyebrows for this look, but i did not know how to do that at this point. ( i have learned, since then.)

as you can see, i have been messing around a lot with different looks and shades. i have mastered a natural brown look, and the smokey eye look. my favorite highlighter is dazzlelight. it's the best color ever! to the left, i'm posting a pic of the yellow/green look i did in august, using the coastal scents 88-matte palette!

today, i had a job interview and because it was at a salon, wasn't sure how to present myself. salons are all about creating art. creating an image.. so i didn't want to be WOW!, but didn't want to be mehhh... either. you know? so this is the look i went for... to the right. i used just my neutral browns, but added a set of wispies to make my eyes pop. turned out quite nice! it looks a lot like the first pic i posted of the black smokey eye look, except its got a brown/bronzey kind of look.

last but definately not least, i wanted to post a pic of the look i created last week, using RED eyeshadow, which i have NEVER done! haha. i received a package from Beauty From The Earth (http://beautyfromtheearth.blogspot.com) for winning a contest.. crystal sent me 3 multi-purpose minerals. i received the colors addicted, diamonds, and pewter. i LOVE their colors! however, i did notice while putting it on that it was very easy to fly around. i tried making a tutorial of the look on the left, using the 3 colors, but i get very self-concious about my videos, therefore, it never got uploaded.

well, that's it for tonight! hope you all have a great night. :)