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Monday, October 8, 2018

Some Random Musings

I have been absent for quite some time, I know. I have begun a rather rigorous training and teaching schedule. That said, each and every blogger I used to follow has inspired me to be more active in my daily makeup looks. Students have taken notice, commenting that my eyeshadow always matches my clothing. While I can't get myself up early enough to create every day, I try to do so as often as I can.

Makeup helps me to feel prepared for the day. It is my form of "war paint" for those trivial little interactions that come up as bigger because they're new to students. I hope to embellish my classroom, teaching style, and lessons with the same je ne sais quoi that I approach makeup artistry with. Here lately, I match my eyeshadow to the clothing I choose to wear. It's a fun and easy way to structure a daily color. I'm in the process of determining what colors work best with students. They say that blue and green are calming, red is agitating (makes you want to move), yellow is happy, etc. That said, I've found that, regardless of the color, the care I take with that activity is noticed and appreciated.



It's rather weird that I find commonalities with students through these nonverbal codes, but it is what it is. Now, it's up to me to inspire them to focus on their work during class rather than the makeup - which can sometimes be a challenge.

I hope that once we get further along, we can have a discussion about some of the products used in makeup. The cosmetics industry in the United States is largely self-regulating compared to other nations. There are many materials that are used which don't have longitudinal studies. While the U.S. doesn't use skin whitening agents in their cosmetics, nor do they market and distribute wine-infused face masks in the general public (like soju infused masks in Korea, for instance), many of our regular-use cosmetics don't score well on skin deep's toxicity rating scale.

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I'm fairly certain the argument is that there are trace amounts of these substances in cosmetics, usually to prevent them from growing bacteria, to keep them longer, etc.
I'm interested to know:

  • a. What the toxicity rating is for these substances
  • b. What they're used for
  • c. Are they necessary for the desired effect of the product (ie for longer wear, less fall-out, etc)
  • d. Do you think that cruelty-free always means that no animals were tested on? In what instances might this be a false claim?
  • e. Does cruelty-free always mean it's organic?
  • f. Does organic mean that it's not toxic?
  • g. How long does mineral makeup last compared to regular makeup, assuming that it's in an airtight container and that you don't mix it with water?



Thursday, July 20, 2017

Hawaiian themed using my newly consolidated collection

 I used bifrost on the inner portion of the lid and under the eye.  Bitey was on the lid and sugar skulls in the crease. I used VS serenity to tighten the crease for a more smokey look.
 I wasn't sure if I should add mascara and liner... so I left it out. This is for a kickboxing fitness class event (with a live dj, woot) so I want to avoid anything running as I sweat. Oh yes, and that reminds me, I definitely used pixy epoxy.
 I just bought this new BB cream, and I'm pretty happy with it so far. Although, I haven't researched it much yet. Up to this point I've been pretty pleased with most Rimmel products, so I just went for the random purchase.

I also set the BB cream with L'oreal TrueMatch Mineral Powder in natural beige and bronzed with Neutrogena healthy skin blends in 20 pure.

15 minutes later ...sod it! I have to have my liner. It really finished the look.
I just used a small brush and Wet n' wild Carbon my reach black liner gel. And, last but not least the arbonne mascara. That stuff smells divine. It's so worth the money. If you want to get some arbonne stuff, let me know. My sister is a sales lady for them.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Yellow and Orange

I just saw this post from Make-upisMYwig in the awesome facebook group Never Too Much Sparkle. I'm really short on time nowadays and have been wanting to post some makeup bloggy goodness. When I saw this inspiration I had to do a look!

Here's my modification of Talia's yellow and orange look: All I used was concrete minerals primer, NYX #ES81 Chick, and Fyrinnae Electro-Koi Since I'm short on time and money I rarely use foundation, anymore. Follow the above link to see Talia's YouTube tutorial! ^_^

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Absent

Hello, all. Just an fyi. I will probably be absent from posting for a bit. My work just bumped me to full time, I'm attending school full time, and I try to do music at least a couple hours a day (pre-production = LOTS of practice, don't you know?). My MA level ethics class is about to start, but (thank goodness) I was given a thorough syllabus early. So... while I'll certainly ninja onto facebook and keep up with everyone else's awesome looks... I probably won't be posting many myself for a bit.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful New Year and I can't wait to see your awesome looks! ^_^

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

12.27.11 Busy Bee look


 <----My Awesome "Busy Bee" T-shirt!

I've already mentioned this, but my old roomie and bestie, Polly, got me this awesome "Busy Bee" shirt from a resale shop a while back. It's green with a yellow sparkly bee decal. Needless to say, I love it. I wear it as often as I can... and have done at least one other look inspired by it. ^_- Today is a holiday smokey eye hippie rocker chick look that it inspired. 



This is what I used:
e.l.f. - Mineral Eye Primer: nude
detrivore - primer
Venomous - Eyelash Viper
Fyrinnae - Dressed to Kill
Fyrinnae - Dragon's Wing
e.l.f. - Mineral Eye Liner: Black
Kat VonD - Puro Amor Mascara: Black

*I opted to not wear any foundation or blush, today. I tend to do that as often as I can, lately. I do music... maybe I'm just keeping in line with the rocker chick theme. That said, I will keep my lippie or gloss of choice handy (nothing for lips in the pics, but I'll probably bring e.l.f. trendsetter or trophy wife coupled with hempbalm). ^_^


p.s. I can't tell you how much I LOVE "Dressed to Kill". Anyone looking for an awesome, sparkly pigment for New Year's Eve should definitely consider it. ^_^

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve Look

Today's look used the following:
e.l.f. - Mineral Eye Primer: Sheer Nude
Detrivore - Eye Primer
NYX - Eyeshadow: Chick
GDE - Electric Lemonade
Aromaleigh - Rocks!: TaintedLove
GDE - Olivia Green
Kat VonD - Tattoo Chronicles Palette: DownTown
Kat VonD - Tattoo Chronicles Palette: Helsinki
Kat VonD - Puro Amor Mascara: Black
e.l.f. - Mineral Eye Liner: Black
Spell Cosmetics - Poison Apple

Meow - Skinny Dippers: Medium Himalayan
Meow - Pampered 0: Inquisitive Himalay





Regardless of what holiday you celebrate or not... I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!!! Thanks for stopping by. ^_^

Friday, December 23, 2011

Pink Eye... er... you know what I mean. ^_- 12.23.2011

Hello, all. Today, I decided to get UBERgirly and do a pink look! Here's what I used:


Fyrinnae - Princess of Darkness
Fyrinnae- Candy Coated
Shiro - Mew
Venomous Cosmetics - Pegasus
e.l.f. - Mineral Eye Liner: Black

Kat VonD - Puro Amor Mascara: Black

Meow - Shattered Equinox Blush: Rhetorical Ruin
Meow - Skinny Dippers: Medium Himalayan
Meow - Pampered 0: Inquisitive Himalayan

e.l.f. - Mineral Lip Liner: Peach
Spell - Lip Gloss: In Silence
Herbal Mineral - Natural Gloss Stick: Berry Pink




I also did a neat-o up-do. I just parted my hair down the middle (I generally like to do a more zig-zag style part... so I did) and reverse french braided each side to create two braided buns on either side. (Princess Leia style? Not quite... I have a better trick for THAT! ^_-)