Goodbye

Here's a silly rant on things that I am sad to say goodbye to =). Happy Monday!

Day 34: old eotd

Day 34: I had no opportunity to formulate a post today so I'm just posting an old eye look :) This is the look I referred to recently, the one I was trying to recreate. I've actually tried a few times and failed, lol. It was so pretty but the nuances didn't show up well on camera, so I wanted to do it again and get better pictures but for some reason I can't do it grr >.<

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Day 33: Orange, Blue, Pink EOTD

Day 33! Today I wanted to use the color orange since it's this week's theme for the NTMS makeup challenge; this look was inspired by this color scheme from Design Seeds. It's a stunning mixture of bright oranges, bold blues, and a hint of pale pink<3

PLEASE! Click the pics for full effect..

 Products:

-TFSI Candlelight

-NYX Milk

-Sugarpill Flamepoint pressed eyeshadow (matte orange on lid)

BFTE Cosmetics shadows in:

-Blue Bird (blue on outer edge)

-Spring Fever (pale pink on inner lid)

-Kou (sparkly yellow-orange on crease and center of lid)

-Glitz (sparkly icy blue above Blue Bird)

-Way Up High (matte white w/ gold sheen on browbone/tearduct)

-Wildfire (light shimmery orange patted over Flamepoint)

-Beautiful (pale yellow w/ pink sheen as highlight)

-Loreal Carbon Black and Wet N' Wild Mega Liner in Black

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

-Sephora white pencil (on waterline)

-Ardell black demi wispies

-brown shadow from 88 palette (on brow)

sparkles!

Whenever I think of orange makeup, I think of Flamepoint. It's my favorite of the 5 Sugarpill pressed shades I own. I love using it, it's so pigmented and blends so well.<3

For this look I tried to be a little different in terms of shape and placement. I hope you liked the result! ;)

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 *Disclaimer: Some or all images were LIGHTLY edited using Aperture and/or Photoshop; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.

What a WONDERFUL Week And a Giveaway!!!

Mother's Day (ish) Post since we are getting close to the big day! Hope you don't mind this is more on the personal side of my life...
As you guys know...since I told you {giggle}...my mom was in town this last week and I couldn't have been MORE excited!!! I talk to her on a weekly basis, if not daily sometimes but we haven't lived in the same state my whole married life and I don't get back to Cali as much as I would love. Well this past week we went to a women's conference that was just PaCkEd full of fun, uplifting thoughts and good ole service (one of my most favorite things!). I was so glad that I could share it with her and now I want to share some highlights with YOU of the trip! Yeah, get ready for a SLEW of photos!!!

When I picked her up at the airport in Salt Lake I whisked her over to the lavish Grand America Hotel for tea. We were struck by how beautiful the hotel was and how we felt the need to speak in English accents upon entering the lounge. We refrained and were escorted to our seats for our scheduled afternoon tea. Due to religion we don't drink most teas but there were MANY wonderful ones that were within standard =). We both decided Very Berry would be our drink of choice and sat waiting, admiring the view and the table itself.

Our server came and asked for our orders and explained that the wine glass in the middle was our centerpiece. That the little ball that was at the bottom would slowly transform as we sat and ate. It was so cool to see it "grow" into something so unusual and pretty =). 

Our yummy scones were paired with clotted cream (SO yummy and ALL kinds of fattening), lemon jelly and raspberry jam. Then there were an assortment of sandwiches including: salmon, egg, crab, cucumber, and olive.

Here's Mamma giving me her best Downton Abbey face LOL.

So elegant....but I forgot to put up my pinky ; ).
About the time we finished with our food we started to sit up straighter to give our tummies more room and to relax a bit. I knew that maybe my eyes had been a bit bigger than my stomach but I just LOVE good food and can't see anything left to waste. We were commenting to each other how perfect everything was and how we were very satisfied and even going to leave early! I run a tight ship and surprising the boys at their school was next on the list. To our utter shock and horror, our server comes and so sweetly says,"I'm so sorry dessert is taking so long but it should be out shortly."
Insert me and my mom looking at each other with eyes as wide as dinner plates. I think polite oh yes, thank yous were offered but as soon as she left we burst out laughing and tears came streaming down as we imagined even one more bite. Oh how I love my mom. We are the same and we were both in fits of terribly contained giggles as the dessert tray came out loaded with gems of goodness. Needless to say we boxed them up for Kevin and the boys and rolled ourselves out of there. Here are a few of the treats. They also had assorted cakes, jellies and marshmallow creams. Just heavenly!

After we picked up the boys from school, went out to see the progress on the new home and packed me up we were off to Provo to go to the conference. The men in my life dropped us off at the dorms (we were going collegiate) and we were officially without children and husbands! There was something called instant choir that got up at the ugly side of dawn to practice then perform the very first morning of Women's Conference. My mom and I, being eager, of course signed up so we had a quick dinner then straight to bed. The ugly side of dawn did indeed rear it's head early! We were up and walking to the large conference center before being fully awake. We got settled in our seats and then became the poster children for the altos =). Look at that cute lil worker bee.

Classes were great fun and I took SO many notes!!! Mostly on how to be a better mommy and wife to my darlings. The FOOD is what did us in and we were happy to be "done" LOL. It was buffet style every night where we would divide and conquer, bring back the spoils and share everything mmmmmmmmm...

Then came the concert where we heard many artists (my FAV being Hilary Weeks, below, who also hosted) and where we heard some inspiring stories from many different people in many different situations being the best women they can be.

One woman from Christchurch, NZ came to speak about all the earthquakes they have been having and how they, as members of our faith, are spreading relief and aid to all those around them. These two gals I got to meet while I was doing makeup for the 50's photo shoot I told you about (post coming soon). They were hiLARIOUS and ended up being one of the groups featured at the concert. SO fun =D. Their blog sistasinzion is quite fantastic!
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After two days of wonderfulness and SO much food we were again picked up by my hubby and two boys who had a rose for both me and their grandma (aww!). We hit my son's soccer game, played board games, made dinner together, she met my friends and we just had a great time. Here she is with Mr. B playing Guess Who against K-Diddy = ).

I love you Mom and miss you already! Do you have a super special relationship with your mom? Leave me a comment here and your mom could receive a special Mother's Day gift in the mail. You must be a follower and leave me a comment on why your mom is so special to you. Don't forget to tell her to stop by and see your comment so that she can cry and give you a big hug =D. I'd love to send your mom:

- hand lotion for all the service she does with her hands (B&B Wild Honeysuckle)

- my favorite recipes for all the meals she cooks & probably ate cold (Jambalaya, Cream of Pumpkin Soup!)

- Coconut Lip Butter for all the hurt she has kissed better (the Body Shop) &

- a $25 gift card to a store of her choice

One mom will be lucky enough to win and will be chosen on Wed May 9th at 10pm MST. Please let me know what store you think she would love to shop at and I can send it off before Mother's Day. Good luck to all and I can't WAIT to read your entries!!!

Day 32: NYX "Baby Blue" JEP swatch

 Day 32: It's my Mom's birthday today and we spent the day hanging out with her, so tonight's post is just a quickie: here's a few pics of NYX Jumbo Eye pencil in Baby Blue! My friend V. over at Gone2rehabBRB was recently professing her love for baby blue as an accent color in eye looks, and I have to agree with her sentiments! Baby blue is a color I love to use on my inner corner or lower lashline especially, but it can be hard to make the color really pop. I've wanted this pencil for a while since I don't have any baby blue bases  I thought this pencil would make a good base for a baby blue shadow as an accent :D

(Click the picture to see the true color.) You can see it's a pale, almost silvery baby blue color with a little frostiness to it. Very pretty and delicate color. :)

I wish it was matte but hey, beggars can't be choosers ;P
Thanks for reading and enjoy the pics ;)

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Day 31: Bright EOTD by Singinferyoo

Day 31: tonight I bring you a look by my youngest sister Abby. She graciously agreed to let me post it on my blog after I told her how much I loved it! PLEASE click it so you can see fully how beautiful the colors are!

Products:

-NYX Milk

BFTE shadows in:

-Illusion

-Marina

-Seafoam

-Wildfire

-Tangerine

-Harvest

-Addicted

-Very Vanilla

-Truffle (on brow)

-Physician's Formula black liquid liner (with the serum stuff in it)

-Wet N' Wild Fantasy Makers teal glitter liner

-NYX Candy Glitter Liner in Aqua

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

What do you think? I just love the combination of the flaming oranges with the bright turquoise<3

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Day 30: "Dreams" EOTD with BFTE

It's Day 30 woohoo! I'm two-thirds along with this 90 day challenge! I didn't plan it but I have something nice for you today ;)

It's a look I did yesterday and it's based off of my sister Becky's brand new drawing!

The drawing is called Dreams and she made it for a contest. (Check out her Facebook page for her art, she's so talented!)

I thought this picture was just beautiful and I wanted to do a look using the colors. I immediately knew exactly which colors to use.

Please click to view full-size!

sparkles!

Products: 

-UDPP

-NYX Milk

BFTE shadows in:

-Mint (inner lid/lower lashline/tearduct)

-Illusion (outer lid/lower lashline)

-Atomic Teal (outer edge/crease/lower lashline)

-Grape (outer crease/lower lashline)

-Starstruck (inner crease/lower lashline)

 -Whisper (inner corner)

-Moonlight (browbone)

-7 Seas and Illusion (brow)

-Urban Decay "Ransom" pencil (lower lashline)

-Urban Decay "Zero" pencil (upper lashline)

-Wet N' Wild teal pencil (brow)

-Sephora white pencil (designs)

-NYX "Crystal" Candy Glitter Liner dipped in NYX "Snow" loose glitter (designs)

-Cover Girl Lash Perfection mascara

-Ardell #136 lashes

-Duo lash glue

The lashes didn't want to stick lol, you can probably see them coming off in one spot. :c I also had a little trouble with the purples since they can be sheer, I couldn't get them to apply the way I wanted but I think the look still turned out okay. I hope you enjoyed it too :3 Please check out my sister's page!

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*Disclaimer: Some or all images were LIGHTLY edited using Aperture; for details, please read the photo editing disclosure widget at the bottom of my right-side bar.