NAKED Palette and Trench Vest

Today, I got a compliment on my eye make-up and was asked how I did the look I was rockin'! (seen below) I explained how I did it and the young woman said she still wasn't sure if she could do it. I kind of felt the urge to whip out some brushes and show her. She was already beautiful and like famous make-up artist Carmindy says, "Make-up is just the icing on the cake". But it sure is fun to apply the icing! My degree is in English/Journalism, but I have kicked around the idea of maybe becoming a freelance make-up artist.

Of course, I used my Urban Decay NAKED palette that I love so much. Naked, Half-Baked and Dark horse were my shades of choice.

NAKED 2 is out now, but I have yet to hit pan on any of my shadows, so I want to wait a while. I pretty much have a signature look. Either a bold lip or a bold eye. And the rest of the face, kind of natural like they do in France!

 When Pinky and the Brain are not trying to take over the world, they are guarding my palette!

Also wanted to show you my new vest from Forever 21! I wanted something like this for a long time. It has a million styling options, but for now I just chucked it over jeans and a tee, added a leopard clutch. Done and done! I love that it can be worn open as well. I really love vests.

If your F21 doesn't have this vest, here's a similar option from Old Navy...

The Eyes Have It

I usually never buy high-end eye products (besides eyeshadow) since I switch my mascara up every three months or so. I went into Sephora looking for the NAKED palette and they were sold out. I have had mixed thoughts about buying this since so many of the shadows looked shimmery to me, but I am succumbing to the hype and I am going to get it eventually, maybe on Beauty.com.

Instead, I decided to at least buy some eye products like the Urban Decay Primer Potion once and for all! My L'oreal Decrease was helping me out, but it's already running out! I only swatched the UD Primer Potion on my hand and wow, it was pretty fabulous, it wouldn't budge. Also a very long, long time ago, when I was 20 or so I mean :) I bought some Lancome creme blush and got a gift with purchase. In it was a Definicils mascara. It was so tiny, but I loved that little thing to death. I decided to try the Lancome Defincils Precious Cells. Woah. My eyelashes were literally touching my lids it worked so well. The Sephora salesgirl threw in a bunch of free samples too. Philosphy Miracle Worker creme, Bosca night creme etc... I love free samples. 






What's the one eye make-up product you can't live without? 

Back on the Train Case

I go through phases where I want all my make-up in one place or I want stuff in smaller bags. So I decided to go back to putting everything in one place. I dug up my empty train case from the closet and decided to organize. There are so many too choose from from a million different places such as Target, Sephora, Walmart. I bought this at Kmart. Initally I was going to get a plain one, but this colorful, quirky one seemed more fun.

As you can see I have fallen in love with Revlon lipglosses. The four middle ones are the most used. A bright pink, gold, coral and soft pink. Very versatile colors that go with a lot of looks.

Here I have my eyeshadows,  lipsticks and mascaras. I usually don't buy eyeshadow palletes because I like to chose colors indiviudally. Although the Urban Decay NAKED pallete that is so popular was tempting me when I bought my UD Ransom shadow. Maybe next time.

On the bottom is the ELF eyeshadow pallete I do own that has a few workable shades. This train case has slots to hold brushes but to avoid a powdery mess, I decided to place a few brushes I use most often in a couple of zip-locs. Once they get messy, I can easily toss the bag.

What's your favorite way to organize your make-up?