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Monday, August 30, 2010

Blue & Purple Makeup look with Sugarpill + Amatuer Night Club Pics!

My hubby and I went out dancing last night. I just received my Sugarpill order on Friday and wanted to try it out so I did a blue and purple look. I got all 9 pressed shadows by ordering the Burning Heart palette, The Sweetheart palette and the bullet proof pressed shadow. So I saved $28 by getting the 2 palettes instead of getting the colours individually! That's a sweet deal!  I didn't get any loose shadows as I don't know where the heck I would put them right now. Seriously if you saw the makeup lair, you'd understand. I'll do a post on that soon...

Anyway, I originally wanted to do something simple. Just a basic smokey purple look using only Poison Plum and Tako to highlight under my brow. But part way through, I added blue and then decided to do glitter liner...cuz you know I love glitter! I also didn't wear false lashes because I didn't feel like putting them on for some reason.
I took these pics in the car on our way to meet up with friends so sorry I don't have as many pictures as normal and sorry they aren't that great! The sunroof was open so my hair was blowing around...
Eyes (all applied in this order):
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Detrivore Eye Primer (applied all around the eye, rubbing in gently with ring finger) 
Sugarpill - Tako (applied under brow with MAC 217 by patting, sweeping and blending downward)
Sugarpill -  Poison Plum (applied to outer 2/3 of of lid, crease and lower lash line with MAC 239 by patting/sweeping)
Sugarpill - Afterparty (applied to inner V with MAC 228 by patting and sweeping outward) 
Sugarpill - Tako (applied to tear duct with MAC 28 by patting)
Graftobian GlitterGlam Liquid Skin Sparkle Clear Mixing Base (mixed with My Stuff black & purple glitter and applied using MAC 210 to upper lash line and extending out)
NYX Jumbo Pencil in White (applied to water line with MAC 210)
CoverGirl Volume exact mascara in Very Black

Lips: Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss in Fashion Diva

Face: Skin MD Shielding lotion
AL Viole' Foundation Powder in 2CL (applied with a flat top buffer brush)
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder in Translucent Light (applied using AL flocked sponge by patting then blending) 
AL You're a Doll! Gothic Lolita Rouge in Corset (applied to cheeks with a small angled blush brush)
 


Now onto the club pics!
So the reason I called this amateur night was because the odd mix of people and the funny dancing they all brought with them. I'm not normally the type to make fun of someone's dancing because I love it when someone is a bad dancer and they don't care and just want to get out there and dance...but sometimes, people are obviously doing the craziest nonsense for attention and they are asking for it!
my outfit of the night. :-)

ha! I look funny! "take the damn picture already!"

me and Jason

Jeff and Jason

Jeff and his sweet friend we just met. I think her name was Monica.

hee hee

Aw...

Jeff wanted to take more pics of us

This is what I really look like!

Jeff making a funny face and Jason in mid blink

David!

Not sure if I have ever introduced you all to crutch lady. She scares me. She dances with her crutch by swinging it around in the air like a sword and then slamming it into the ground. Seriously I try to stay off the dance floor whenever she's on it. 

David, Jeff and Jason. Has! Jason is pointing at Jeff's crotch!

So yeah, check out the dude with that horrid bright red wig. HE is worse than crutch lady. Besides his gross Marilyn Manson outfit (looked like it needed to be washed about 15 years ago!), he danced with the weird crosses, would lay on the floor and hump them. Um...that's just messed up!

dancy time

Nope, not taking a picture of the girl with the cool boots. Still focused on the guy with the crosses...

Umm....

WTF? He got out of the head stand by hoisting himself up and landing in the splits, then immediately jumped up and started "dancing". 

Me and my honeybunny

Jas fixing his hat "I gotta look good for my wife."

We were both sitting on stools and I was resting back on him. Totally could have gone to sleep!

Awesome picture! Weee!

Sunset on our way to the club. Wish I could get more/better pictures but that was the best I could do from the car. Looked like the Rocky Mountains were on fire!

That's all folks! I'm running on less than 5 hours of sleep since we went out on a Sunday and I still got my butt outta bed at 6:30 am. Yes, I'm tired, but I'll live.

I hope you all had a great weekend!
BLIX

Saturday, August 28, 2010

*CLOSED* HUGE GIVEAWAY!

This is my first contest giveaway. I wanted to show you all how much I appreciate you by doing this. You all are so awesome! I really appreciate all the comments and warm, friendly people I have met over the past few months. Thank you for your support!

There will be FIVE lucky winners for this contest! All of these are mainly Aromaleigh. If you are not from the states and did not have a chance to get some of these things before the restriction went in place, now's your chance!


Here's what the winnings are:

1st place winner will receive:
The entire sample collection of Aromaleigh's Ciao Italia
The entire sample collection of Aromaleigh's Lost in Faerie
5 baggies containing 1/2 teaspoon of eye safe glitter in Ocean Blue, Black Magic, Purple Punch, Hologram and Fairy Dust. All of these are awesome when added in lipgloss too!
To help you apply the glitter, I've included Sally Girl Glitter Glue!
NYX False lashes #144 (comes with lash glue)
Feather Hair Clip made by moi (attaches to hair with a snap clip)


2nd place will receive:
The entire sample collection of Aromaleigh's Les Papillions
3 baggies of 1/2 teaspoon of glitter in Hologram, Purple Punch and Ocean Blue
Sally Girl Glitter Glue for you to play with the glitter!

3rd place winner will receive:
The entire sample collection of Aromaleigh's Pure Eyes Frost
2 baggies with 1/2 teaspoon of eye safe glitter in Hologram and Purple Punch
Sally Girl Glitter Glue for you to play with the glitter!

 4th place winner will receive:
Aromaleigh's 2009 Valentine sample collection

5th place will receive:
The entire Aromaleigh Pure Drama sample collection


I have other goodies not pictured to include in each lot. This contest is open internationally so everyone is welcome!

Rules:
1. You must be a follower of my blog through Google Friend Connect which I have labeled "Sparkle Addicts".

2. You must post a comment in this post about what you like about my blog or would like to see more of.

3. You must include your email address in your comment so I may contact you if you win. Example: blix at blogger dot com

4. You must post about this giveaway in your blog if you have one. If you don't have one, don't worry about it. But if you do have one, just a simple post linking to this giveaway post or my blog is fine.

The contest will start today August 28th and will end Saturday September 11th. Winners will be announced on September 12th.

Winners will be picked at random. :-)

Thanks and good luck!
BLIX

KittenMittens is giving away FREE stuff!

Go check out KittenMittens blog for a super cool giveaway!

Who likes to win FREE STUFF?!?!?

Simple look: Dark Blue Glitter Liner + Dark Plum Lips

So I dunno why my camera made me look all tan. I'm not! I might try this look again at another time in natural light to see if it shows up the way it should. But anyway. I've seen a lot of blogs with pictures of gals with their mouths parted. I think it looks cute and sort of sexy. But I feel like a huge dork when I do it! What do you think?
I also bought some OCC lip tars to make my own lip colours. I'm not going to swatch them since everyone and their grandma already has.
I made this colour using Demure, NSFW and a tiny bit of RX to make a dark plum colour. I really like these lip tars! They are extremely opaque, comfortable to wear and easy to apply and you only need a teeny tiny amount. I love how they give that wet, juicy look.
I read a lot about people having trouble with bleeding. I didn't at all with mine because I first applied Avon Plump Pout lipgloss in Nude Pout, blotted it, then applied a tiny amount of the lip tar mixture with a lip brush. NO bleeding at all! I also ordered some clear lip liner from Avon and I will see how it works with the lip tars when I get it.
Anyway, here's the look. It photographed so weird. Made me have this sort of dark yellow look and made the eyeshadow look really WEIRD too. It's like an ethereal glowing blue shadow. Has sort of a yellow tinge here when it really doesn't. I feel like I look sick or something. Meh.

Eyes (all applied in this order):
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Cottage Cheese (applied all around the eye, rubbing in gently with ring finger)
TKB - Echo (applied all the way around the eye with MAC 239 by patting/sweeping)
Graftobian GlitterGlam Liquid Skin Clear Base mixed with My Stuff glitter, which is black and blue glitter (applied the mixture with MAC 210)
Ardell lashes #113

Lips: Avon Plump Pout lipgloss in nude pout
OCC lip tar mixture of Demure, NSFW and a tiny bit of RX

Face: Skin MD Shielding lotion
AL Viole' Foundation Powder in 2CL (applied with a flat top buffer brush)
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder in Translucent Light (applied using AL flocked sponge by patting then blending) 
 
I finally have all the stuff I wanted to do a giveaway! Yay! So I will be working on that today and have it posted soon. I've never done one before so I'm still not sure how to go about doing it. I'll figure something out though! If you have any ideas or suggestions, PLEASE let me know!
Where can I find a good randomizer? 

Thanks!
BLIX

Friday, August 27, 2010

Blue and Purple glitter look with Morgana Minerals

Glitter! Woot!
Eyes (all applied in this order):
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Detrivore Eye Primer (applied all around the eye, rubbing in gently with ring finger)
Morgana - Broomstick (applied to outer V and crease with Coastal Scents Stiff Tapered Blending brush by patting/sweeping)
Morgana - Transylvania Twist (applied to outer half of lower lash line with MAC 228 by patting/sweeping)
Morgana - Zombie Ambrosia (applied to inner half of lower lash line with MAC 228 by patting/sweeping)
Morgana - Nightmare (applied to inner corner/tear duct with MAC 228 by patting)
Simply Natural's - Flesh (applied under brow with MAC 217 by patting, sweeping and blending)
Graftobian GlitterGlam Liquid Skin Sparkle in Sapphire Sky (applied to upper lid to crease with a stiff brush)
Morgana glitter - Berryful (applied to upper lid with a stiff brush by pressing the glitter on)
Kryolan Aqua color Liner - black (applied wet with water, using MAC 210 on upper lash line and extending out)
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Flipside (applied to water line)
CoverGirl Volume exact mascara in Very Black (lower lashes)
Ardell lashes #118

Lips: mark. glow baby glow luxe lipgloss in orchid

Face: Skin MD Shielding lotion
AL Viole' Foundation Powder in 2CL (applied with a flat top buffer brush)
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder in Translucent Light (applied using AL flocked sponge by patting then blending) 
AL Luminesce Divine Mineral Finishing Powder in Angel (applied with Jumbo Flat Top brush)
AL You're a Doll! Gothic Lolita Rouge in Corset (applied to cheeks with a small angled blush brush)
 

Exercise for 8-26-10 Biking

Originally I was planning on doing weights for a workout but I really wanted to get out of the house as did my hubby. We live in Colorado near TONS of walking/biking trails. So we hopped on our bikes and road for around 45 minutes for 7.5 miles on medium trails. The path I chose was fairly rugged terrain with a few steep inclines and many bumps.  We had some serious butt/thigh burning going on. It felt so good but I also had a headache so the bumps made it much worse for a while and then it went away.
The trail also had some wild life like bunnies, prairie dogs, other little rodents and a cow. I started laughing when I saw the cow because he clearly got out of his fenced in area some how.  So I started yelling "MOOO!" at him as we road past and he actually turned around and looked at us. Jason said, "Stop it! He'll chase after us!". Hee hee. Well even if he didn't think it was funny, I did. Cuz I'm a dork like that. :-)

~BLIX

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Silver and Teal look with Morgana Minerals

Don't have time to type much here as I want to reply to comments and read your bloggies this morning! :-D
Here's the look! I made zee jewelry.

Eyes (all applied in this order):
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Pts & Pans (applied all around the eye, rubbing in gently with ring finger)
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Cottage Cheese (applied under brow and blended in gently with ring finger)
Morgana - Shining Armor (applied to upper lid with MAC 239 by patting)
Morgana -  Lady of the Lake (applied to outer V and crease with MAC 217 by patting/sweeping)
Morgana - Bewitches (applied to crease using Coastal Scents pink crease brush by patting/sweeping, then applied to lower lash line with MAC 228 by patting)
Graftobian GlitterGlam Liquid Skin Sparkle Clear Mixing Base (applied to inner corner/tearduct with a tiny stiff brush)
Morgana glitter - Blue Ice (applied to inner corner with MAC 228 by pressing it on)
Kryolan Aqua color Liner - black (applied wet with water, using MAC 210 on upper lash line and extending out)
NYX Jumbo Pencil in white (applied to water line with MAC 210)

CoverGirl Volume exact mascara in Very Black
Ardell lashes #113

Lips: Avon Glimmersticks lip liner in Perfect Plum
Morgana Vegan Lipstick in Shrieking Violet
mark. lots of lacquer lipgloss in wild

Face: Skin MD Shielding lotion
AL Viole' Foundation Powder in 2CL (applied with a flat top buffer brush)
Physicians Formula Healthy Wear SPF 50 Powder in Translucent Light (applied using AL flocked sponge by patting then blending) 
AL rocks! sonic rouge in candy-o (applied to cheeks with a small angled blush brush)
AL You're a Doll! Gothic Lolita mineral shimmer in Nightbright (applied to cheeks with a powder brush)