time for a change. for real!

i've been a lazy ass all weekend. i did, however, make a trip to mac in the zoo of a mall yesterday. what a nightmare. i picked up a couple of things for myself (sketch! bare study p/p!) and a couple of things for a friend. also, i've been contemplating on a hair idea and i finally did it last night. it's growing on me! but the hair dye smell is getting on my nerves today. here we go:

face:

st. ives collagen elastin moisturizer
prep+prime face
mac matte
mac face & body 'c2'
mac studio fix powder 'nc30'
nars blush 'orgasm'
mac mineralized skinfinish 'so ceylon'
mac sheersheen powder 'silver aura'

eyes:

udpp
sugar sugarfix concealer
benefit 'erase paste' #2
mac p/p 'bare study'
mac e/s 'mylar'
mac e/s 'shroom'
mac e/s 'nylon'
mufe e/s '#92'
mac pigment 'bright fuchsia'
mac e/s 'romping'
mac pigment 'entremauve'
mac e/s 'steamy'
mac e/k 'minted'
mac p/p e/l 'engrave'
l'oreal telescopic clean definition mascara 'blackest black'
mac brow finisher 'brunette'
nyc browsers 'brunette'

lips:

dr. pepper lipgloss
mac l/s 'kinda sexy'
mac l/s 'O'
mac l/s 'high top'

unloved old gold

is old gold supposed to be for neutral looks or what? because any time i decide to use old gold it always comes out neutral-ish looking. blah on neutral. i'm probably going to be one of those old ladies with crazy eye shadow like the kind my mom hates. whatever. here we go:

face:

st. ives collagen elastin moisturizer
prep+prime face
mac matte
mac face & body 'c2'
mac studio fix powder 'nc30'
mac b/c blush 'maidenchant'
mac blush 'blooming'
jane blush 'blushing baby doll' (for contour)
mac sheersheen powder 'silver aura'

eyes:

udpp
sugar sugarfix concealer
benefit 'erase paste' #2
mac pigment 'white gold'
mac p/p 'painterly'
mac pigment 'blue brown'
mac e/s 'club'
mac e/s 'carbon'
mac s/s 'corn'
mac pigment 'old gold'
mac e/s 'bronze' & 'brown down' (lower lid)
mac p/p e/l 'engrave'
l'oreal telescopic clean definition mascara 'blackest black'
mac brow finisher 'brunette'
nyc browsers 'brunette'

lips:

dr. pepper lipgloss
mac l/s 'kinda sexy'
mac l/s 'O'

something i threw together

tilt was feeling a little unloved lately. the only thing i hate is that i applied this too late in the day and i'm not even doing anything really special. oh well:

face:

st. ives collagen elastin moisturizer
prep+prime face
mac matte
mac face & body 'c2'
mac studio fix powder 'nc30'
mac msf 'petticoat'
mac msf 'so ceylon'
mac sheersheen powder 'silver aura'

eyes:

udpp
sugar sugarfix concealer
benefit 'erase paste' #2
mac e/s 'phloof!'
mac p/p 'painterly'
mac p/p 'greenstroke'
mac pigment 'pink pearl'
mac e/s 'romping'
mac pigment 'entremauve'
mac e/s 'blue noir'
mac e/s 'tilt'
mac pigment 'vanilla'
mac p/p e/l 'engrave'
mac e/k 'fly-by-blue'
l'oreal telescopic clean definition mascara 'blackest black'
mac brow finisher 'brunette'
nyc browsers 'brunette'

lips:

dr. pepper lipgloss
mac l/s 'melrose mood'
mac l/s 'high top'
mac d/g 'date night'

metal urge face chart copy

even though today was mostly an errand running day, i decided to copy a face chart from the upcoming metal urge collection this week using very little of what's listed on it. i got some of the stuff from last year's metal-x collection so i'm probably skipping the metal urge collection this year. but i looove this look!

this is the face chart:


face:

st. ives collagen elastin moisturizer
prep+prime face
mac matte
mac face & body 'c2'
mac studio fix powder 'nc30'
mac blush 'fever'
mac msf 'so ceylon'
mac sheersheen powder 'silver aura'

eyes:

udpp
sugar sugarfix concealer
benefit 'erase paste' #2
mac e/s 'orb'
mac p/p 'painterly'
mac pigment 'rose'
mac e/s 'brown script'
mac e/s 'coppering'
mac e/s 'embark'
mac e/s 'mylar'
mac p/p e/l 'engrave'
mac f/l e/l 'blacktrack'
mac e/s 'humid'
l'oreal telescopic clean definition mascara 'blackest black'
mac brow finisher 'brunette'
nyc browsers 'brunette'

lips:

dr. pepper lipgloss
teeny bit of mac l/s 'dubonnet'

can i tell you how much i love mac face & body??

geez, ok yeah for sure i'm convinced that i need the sb-600 flash. these pics are not cutting it without that flash on my camera! anyway, i promise this looks better in real life! (excuse the on-board washed out flash):

face:

st. ives collagen elastin moisturizer
prep+prime face
mac matte
mac face & body 'c2'
mac studio fix powder 'nc30'
mac blush 'blooming'
mac msf 'petticoat'
mac msf 'so ceylon'
mac sheersheen powder 'silver aura'

eyes:

udpp
sugar sugarfix concealer
benefit 'erase paste' #2
mac e/k 'fascinating'
mac e/s 'baby petals'
mac p/p 'rubenesque'
mac pigment 'bright fuchsia'
mac pigment 'blue brown'
mac p/p 'greenstroke'
mac e/s 'bottle green'
mac e/s 'carbon'
mac e/s the darker side of 'ocean 2'
mac pigment 'white gold'
mac p/p e/l 'engrave'
mac f/l e/l 'blacktrack'
mac pg e/l 'bankroll'
rimmel 'extra super lash' mascara
mac brow finisher 'brunette'
nyc browsers 'brunette'

lips:

dr. pepper lipgloss
mac l/s 'melrose mood'
mac l/s 'O'