Dizzy With Priviledge

Awww my sister is blogging!! So excited! After much nagging she finally caved! I couldnt be more excited. At this point in my life all I really want is to be surrounded by my family. They keep me so grounded and so sane! (Heres a link to her blog if youre interested: http://dizzywithprivilege.blogspot.com/) Speaking of family, I got to do my mother's makeup today! Ive actually never done her makeup before so this was kind of exciting. Here's my mom Celeste (I promised I wouldnt put up the before picture)

On her face I used Revlon Colorstay in golden caramel. On her cheeks I used Korres monoi oil bronzing powder in sunglow warm (love!) and R&R blush in lust. On her eyes I used Becca's Avalon palette (love! I'll be reviewing it later.) and Bobbi Brown long-wear gel eyeliner in chocolate shimmer. And on her lips shes wearing Korres cherry lip gloss in light purple (mom has very pigmented lips, thats where I get it from). Overall I am happy with the look. This being the first time I made her over I wanted something soft and simple. Mom used to be a diva back in the day. She'd do such an amazing job with her makeup (with the help of Victoria Principal) but unfortunetly she has lost her skills. The most makeup she wears is tinted moisturizer and a copper mac fluidline. She loved this look and already put in a request for the next one! I leave you now with one of my favorite quotes:

"Families are like fudge, mostly sweet with a few nuts". And I couldnt imagine my life without them :)

Hair Extensions and Sangrias!

So like I mentioned before, my little sister is getting married in November. So the bridal party (just girls) decided to get together and have dinner. We were supposed to go into the city for tapas but alas, they did not find out reservations (ugh!) so we decided to hang in Astoria instead. We ended up in a little tex mex place called Mojave. Besides our waiter being reeeally bad ( I order a Sangrita and I get a sangria and my friend who ordered a diet coke gets a margarita on the rocks..) the place was very nice and the food was pretty good. We ended up having more fun than discussing the wedding but it was a time much needed for all us girls. Life is rough. Sometimes you just need to have fun with the people you love and forget reality for a bit.

And to make the night better, the jessica simpson hair extensions I got from hautelook arrived that day! I was so excited to try this. I got it for an awesome price. They are usually like $75-99 and I got it for $30! Buying hair online is a gamble because you dont know if the color is going to match yours. I purchased chestnut which was pretty close to mine only a little lighter. It was a little longer than I wouldve liked (25 in) but I'm over all happy. I think it looks pretty good. Its a clip on cap. You part your hair in two and clip the piece to the bottom half of the hair. It stayed in pretty well. I worked this day so the makeup isnt fresh so Im not gonna comment on it :)

I really like this extension!

(shirt is from rainbow, earrings are from neiman marcus)

Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions,
the discharge of our oppressions, the sanctuary to our calamities,
the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds....

Makeup Party!

So a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine and myself had a makeover party. We invited a bunch of our friends and made them over. It was fun! This was this the first time I made anyone over besides my sisters. I wasnt 100% happy with the results but I think the girls liked it. I dont remember what I used on everyone but I mostly used coastal scents 88 palette, UD Naked palette and UD NYC palette. I asked the girls to bring their own foundation because I dont have all shades just yet.

(me!)

First up is my cousin. She requested Mila Kunis from the cosmopolitan cover:

I mostly used the warm side of the 88 coastal scents palette. She pretty much has mila's eye shape and eye color so all I did was create a bronzy crease and used lots of black gel liner finished with a nude lip.

Next is my sister. She wanted a smokey look. I mostly used the UD naked palette on her.

Now we have my soon to be sister in law. she wanted something katy perry inspired so I came up with this

On her I also used the UD naked palette. And her lips I combined colors but nars schiap would work

Last up I have my sister's maid of honor. She didnt have a look in mind so I did a look inspired by this UD photo.

I mostly used the UD Alice palette (flash is amazing!)

Like I said I'm not completely satisfied but this is the first time I did like 8 makeovers back to back. We are having another party soon and I think I'll be way more prepared!