And the Winner Is.......

Jen's Britney Look

Here is one of my subscribers Jen doing the Britney tutorial. I LOVE the soft colored lip and the shape you did on your eyes is amazing. What colors did you use? Was it the Elf brand? What mascara too? Tell us, tell us!!!!! =)

DOLLAR SHADOWS!!!!!

Jen has brought to my attention that ELF makeup is only a buck-a-shadow!!! I did some looking and you can buy these at Big Lots...go figure, Target, and Big Kmart stores. I will be going out next week to get some and using the UDPP and some MAC paintpots to see how well they stay. If you go to their website (that I have posted on the side) you can see the many colors that they offer and at only a BUCK.... how can you go wrong??? They also have brushes that I will do a review on as well. =)

Makeup Bargain Alert!!!!!

All hail to Kelie!!!!! She has found a KILLER deal at Kohls for a limited time makeup set. It is $25 for the whole thing and has quite a few colors. Kelie brings up a common problem:

Jen,
I have been following your blog for a month or so now and I love it. I have tried a few of the tutorials and I really like it, my only problem is the whole color issue. I don't have a whole lot of them in any brand so I have been using what I have. It is still fun. I found a little secret that I am going to check out and most likely buy. It is at Kohls so people can buy in the store or online. I thought it might help you with telling us what colors to use or even so more of us will have the colors you use. I love your blog and hope this will help.

Go get it ladies!!!! This is a steal and will give you many of the colors you need for tutorials and is a great way to start or enhance your makeup collection on a budget!!!!

Contest Update!!!!!

Okay, because Halloween is on Friday and our contest is a Halloween look start submitting!!!!! Let it begin =). The first Classy Cosmetics Contest...say that five times fast....whew!!! Now those of you that know me know that I take things too hard when my expectations get the better of me. In other words, it will REALLY make me sad if I don't get any entries. I am just bubbling with excitement so send your pictures OR videos to sisternartker@yahoo.com by Thursday and we will announce our winner on Halloween!!!!! By giving me your picture, just know that it may be posted for others to enjoy. Voting is based on scientific methods, which means my 3 year old will decide....J/K. Get going, send them in, and the winner will get MAC shadows!!!!!!!!! Any Questions? =) I'm excited.

Just Wondering

Most of you have voted for a Halloween look for our contest. Unless something DRASTIC happens, that will probably be our theme..THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!!!!! Just wondering though, how many of you will actually SUBMIT a look? Picture me with my skeptical face cuz I'm a wearin it =). To submit, have a picture of your scariest, funniest, most wacky, or original Halloween face sent to sisternartker@yahoo.com. Voting will then commence, and a winner will be named!!! Leave your contact info in the email so that I can call you to get your fav colors and I will award you with three MAC colors!!!!! When we get bigger as a blog we will have other companies donating prizes. Asking again.....who will submit??? =)

I MET MAXINE!!!!

So remember that I LOVE craft store paint brushes? Remember how I have encouraged you ALL to go out and get Maxine's Mop? Remember how Maxine is a friend of my Mother-In-Law's? Okay, enough of the remembers...I MET HER!!!!!! Let me just say that she is spunky, fun and FaBuLoUs!!!!! She was teaching a painting workshop out where my M-I-L also teaches so I went out there...and maybe I was a geek and got her to sign my brushes....and I was able to tell her about the blog and how we all love her brushes. I made sure to only use her brushes that morning too...I really am a nerd =). She was absolutely tickled and will be visiting the blog =). Isn't she lovely?

Easy Everyday Looks

Here are some every day, I don't have a ton of time looks. They are great for blue and green eyes and will pop on dark skin as well. Enjoy!!! I look like I'm saying, "Oh BOY!!!!!"

Colors Used:
- Rust Color
- Peach Pigment
- Cream (brow bone)
- Bronze Cream Base

Britney Spears' Slave Video Tutorial

Colors Used:
- Black
- Shimmery Teal
- Shimmery Blue
- White (brow bone)

Chanel Mascara Review

My friend Codi just sent me samples of mascaras and I started with the Chanel Intense Volume and Curl Mascara. I LOVE it!!!!! It will run you $28 so it is pricey but I am happy to say that I was able to try the trial size and will be using every OUNCE that I can. The next review will be on Lancome Volume Mascara. The search continues.....

Something New

So, I know that all of you don't buy MAC or have some of the colors. I have been building up my collection for YEARS!!!! I have some literally that date back to 1998, so please don't think that I have all the money in the world to buy them =). Something new that I decided to do for you is that at the start of each post I have put the generic colors that I used i.e pink, deep blue. That way you can pull out any brand color that you have and use it =). Hope this helps ladies!!!

Green Orchid Tutorial

Shadow Colors Used:
- Lime Green
- Wine/Plum
- Brown
- Creamy White (brow bone)

I don't care WHO you are or what eye color you have DO THIS TUTORIAL!!!!!!! I want to hear from you on this one because it is SO my fav now!!!!! I have NEVER worn a look two days in a row and this one is going on THREE. I LOOOOOVE IT!!!!!! =) The video just doesn't even do it justice. You don't have to use all MAC products but the color combo really is the key. SO pretty!!!

So the voice over cut me off right before I gave a vital detail to the look. On the brow bone all over is a touch of Vanilla but right at the arch use a couple pats of a white color to give it a pop!!! =) I used White Avalanche by MAC.

Isn't this cake gorgeous?!?!?

Getting Perfect Skin

So, no I do NOT have perfect skin but this is how I go from AAAAAAAHHHH to, okay, not too bad.

Makeup Organization

Here is what I am going to start using to hold all of my pigments and 5 gram jars. It is a nail polish wall mount and you can mount it any where you do your makeup!!!! How hot and organized is that?????

Has anyone else's child started the "fake" cry/whine? Kayson uses it ALL the time now, so this is me getting just a bit annoyed with him using it for the 17th time that day =). He's laying and lamenting under my chair.

CONTEST!!!!!

So what do you guys think about a contest with the prize being free makeup? Should it be a Halloween theme? Doing your own take on one of the tutorials? Craziest, funniest or best makeup? Let's put it to a vote. I think that it would be SO fun so I vote YES!!!!!! =) What would you guys like to do? If you have done the looks email me pictures!!!!!! Take pictures of what you have gotten and give a review and I'll post you on here. Let's get everybody involved here ladies =). Have a great day!!!!!

Eyebrows

I know I look scary =) and it's taken me a while to get this one done but here it is, after many requests...eyebrows...hope you're not disappointed =).

Happy Fall!!!!!

This is my FaVoRiTe time of year and I am SO excited for all of the leaves, decorations, smells, weather and the overall feeling of fall. I am still wondering what to be for Halloween but I know that one year, at least, I want to incorporate something like this mask. How awesome would it be to create this look and have something romantic, whispy, feathery, fringy, or frilly and soft to go with it? What are your thoughts and ideas?

REALLY?!?!?

Okay, could you not???? No one wants to look like this or more impotantly AT this. Sometimes I get sad that I don't fit into the sizes that I used to. Even at a non teeny-bopper store I'll pick up the size that I am accustomed to wearing only to find it extremely snug (if I can even get them on). I know it shouldn't make me sad to go up a size but sometimes it does. Well now I have a treatise on this up sizing effect (as it will now be known)......I AM OKAY, I AM STILL PRETTY and by golly if I have to go up a size just to make it look that much better on my body I WILL!!!!! Let's just say it over and over to ourselves when we're having trouble. Who cares what size you wear right? It's all about how flattering it makes your body look. And who cares if something is in or out of style, if it looks good on you and you can pull it off then ROCK IT!!!!!!!! Sorry, this picture seemed to have brought up some unresolved conflicts in my mind. =) You guys are BeAuTiFuL!!!!!!!

Pictures, Pictures!!!

If you guys do any of the looks, try some of the tricks or want to show us what you bought (i.e brushes) and what you think, send me pictures at sisternartker@yahoo.com and I will post your "look" or review of whatever you got!!!!! Maybe soon we will do a contest and the prize will be free makeup!!!! What do you think?