Follow Your Nose

Hola peeps! So I entered yet ANOTHER MakeUp Bee contest, this time Inglot is hosting a tropical theme. Initially I wanted to do a look based on all of the awesome flowers I had seen on my trips to Ecuador and Costa Rica.

I had such high hopes! :(

Alas, my first attempt at that had disastrous results (in my opinion) and I decided I needed to go another route. I decided to find another means on inspiration, and being that I am an animal lover, that's the way I went. First I was gonna go with a fish, but then I decided on a toucan. Since my name is Sam, why not base my look on Toucan Sam, the mascot of Froot Loops? So I googled pictures of toucans and pick out an awesome one to gather inspiration from. And here goes a pretty much step-by-step of how it went:

• Slather my eyes with e.l.f. primer and NYX eyeshadow base with my finger. My face is also covered in Hard Candy bronzer, I figured if it's tropical, you gotta be tan and golden (bronzed, if you will). My lips are left over from the first look, and by the time I finished my makeup the second time, I decided not to changed them. Initially I was going to paint them black. This is Maybelline's Coral Crush with a bit of MAC's Magenta Madness pigment (which i then accidentally spilled all over myself and my bed) in the middle

• With my MUFE Flash palette, add yellow detailing across my upper eyelid, then went over it with Sugarpill's Buttercupcake and another yellow from the BH Cosmetics' 120 palette, 1st edition.

• I then went in and added the rest of the colors: Sugarpill's Asylum, NYX's Jade Pearl and Baby Blue Pearl. As you can see I applied it really messy, I was only careful with the edges where the colors met.

• I then went in with my Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner pen and UD's Perversion and added black details/eyeliner to make it look more like a toucan. I think it was at this point that I forgot so take more step by step pictures. Whoops! I also took the black from the flash palette and drew a black line down the middle of my lips. Then I just added mascara and cleaned up the edges with a makeup wipe! TADA, I'm done!

Don't the plants just scream "TROPICAL!" ? Instead of "my front yard!"

I hope you guys like this look! If you do and you're on Makeup Bee, go vote for me!!! https://www.makeupbee.com/look.php?look_id=49073

HASTA LUEGO!

Happy Fourth

So, this is a few days late, but I decided to share my Independence Day look with everyone. No pix of me doing it, but I'm thinking of revisiting it soon for a night out in the near future, and maybe a few tweaks on the execution. Hope you guys enjoy!

Products Used:
Sugarpill Cosmetics shadows in Tako, Velocity, Love+, and Royal Sugar
UDPP
MAC lipstick in Ruby Woo
Maybelline Masterprecise eyeliner
pixi eyeliner in No 1 Black
NYX eyeshadow base in White

And here are the results!!!

My nails got into the act!

My mom saw my in this makeup and my sky high blue suede heels and commented that I was my own Lady Gaga... While I was marveling at the fact that she knew who that was, she went on to say that I looked crazy, hahaha!!! Oh well, everyone's a critic.

Hasta Luego!!!

Let Them Eat Cake

Yo peeps! It's been a while, but as I start to unwind from my difficult week, it seemed to be the perfect opportunuty to head to my local hookah bar and pop out a blog or two. This one is gonna be about the MakeUp Bee/Lime Crime contest I entered. With the release of their newest D'Antoinette collection, Lime Crime decided to host a contest. They wanted whimsical looks based upon the life and style of Marie Antoinette. I was really excited about this contest, especially since I had played Marie Antoinette in a class project. I had it made until I was "beheaded" during our reenactment of the French Revolution.

After researching her more carefully and looking at tons of painting of her, I decided to go with a wild child modern day look. I had a lot of fun with this and hope you guys enjoy it too. I didn't take any pictures during application, but I took tons of picture afterward for everyone to see. I call this look 'Cake Eater', although it is not believed that she ever told anyone "Let them eat cake."

Here's my official entry pic:

I figured I would go with an extremely girly color scheme: pink, white, and silver. Fortunately the white wasn't too much of a stark contrast against my skin, I guess I'm getting better at my blending, YAY! :)

Products Used (most of them):
 Sugarpill shadows in Dollipop, Tako, Love+, and (accidentally) Bulletproof.
Wet N Wild palette in Spoiled Brat
Mac pigment in Fuchsia


I also did my nails for this and thought they looked awesome, which is why I made sure to include a pic of them. Here are some others as well...

A picture of my nails close up

This is before I added the hat,

And here with the hat, which I love!!!!

For this one I was going for "My head's about to be cut off"

Until next time,


HASTA LUEGO!

MAC Ruby Woo vs. Maybelline Red Revival

So while watching Youtube, I came across a red lipstick that was lauded as "the best red for lipstick for dark skin". This color was none other than MAC's retro matte lipstick, 'Ruby Woo'. As I had never bought anything from MAC before, I was not sure I was willing to part with $14.50 plus tax just to try it out. I have plenty of different drugstore reds that I hadn't been happy with before, so I didn't want to waste money to endure more disappointment. By searching dozens of videos, I came across a video that suggested Maybelline's Color Sensational in 'Red Revival' as a dupe for Ruby Woo. With a price of $5.50 plus tax at my local Walmart, it was hard to pass up. I bought Red Revival and did a few swatches, and while I loved the color, I wanted a totally matte color. Red Revival has a bit of a shine, and also it seemed like it would transfer fairly easily, something I detest! On a trip to the mall to collect my birthday Beauty Insider gift from Sephora, I decided on a whim to splurge and pick up Ruby Woo. I swatched it in store and it seemed perfect. So far I am liking both colors, but I'll leave it up to you guys to decide which it best...

(Left: Ruby Woo, Right: Red Revival)

Stats:

Ruby Woo, $14.50 plus tax for 3g/0.1 OZ

Red Revival, $5.50 plus tax for 4.2g/0.15 OZ

(Top: RR, Bottom: RW- Direct Sun)

Natural light

Left: RR, Right: RW no flash

with flash

Left: RW, Right: RR

One thing that I LOOOVVVEEE about Ruby Woo is that there is little to no transfer of the color, unfortunately it is also more drying, as is true of most matte lipsticks.

Either way, both colors are great. So give one or both a try. If you're balling or just balling on a budget, there's no reason why a girl can't have some Rocking RED lips!!!

HASTA LUEGO! :)