a change in progress...

So I tried to dye my hair yesterday and it did not end well!

I tried to get my blue hair back. I went through the whole process, I even bleached my hair. But of course the hair dye was too dark so the only thing blue is my damn scalp. I'm pretty pissed off about it but what can you do. Due to how gross my scalp looks I am postponing further makeup looks until I fix this issue.

And yes I know you're not supposed to let the dye touch your scalp but I had my best friend dye my hair and well, shit happens. I probably would have gotten dye on my whole head if it weren't for her, haha. I hated the outcome so much that I didn't go out in public without a scarf on my head. I didn't even let my best friend Deej see it, haha. I'm going to try again though but this time I really have to go all out to get the desired color.

Don't worry, I got this.

Which of these 3 colors should I dye my hair?

Let me know what you think!

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Ciao!

a gothic look

Hi everyone! Today I didn't have a clue as to what kind of look I wanted to do so I just started slapping on some eyeshadow and this is what I came up with:

I started out doing a cut crease with Sugarpill's "2 am" and then it turned into this! With my dark hair and deep red lips I just thought it turned out to be a very unique, sophisticated gothic-y look. 

Here are some more photos:

I decided not to go over the crease with too much color because I wanted the look extended out horizontally instead of the more traditional styles. It took me a little bit to get used to the shape I created on my eyes but I eventually just ran with it and thought, "Hey, this doesn't look half bad". 

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This look was just something different I tried and in the end I think it would make for a fantastic Halloween vampire look (or any other dark/gothic look). Would you give this look a try?

And that's it! I went to the mall right after I applied this makeup and I for sure thought I was going to get some weird looks but I didn't! I think it was me just being self consious because I've never played with this shape on my eyes before. I didn't even have any lipstick or eye lashes on at that time which made me feel like my makeup was underdone, haha. I had to wait until I got home to add those on for the pictures.

Speaking of eyelashes, I bought another pair today. I don't remember the name of the store I purchased them from because well, the Galleria Mall is freaking huge and who can remember all of those stores anyway? Anywho, the name of the brand is Baci Lingerie (weird, right?) and here is what they look like:

They actually had a pretty awesome selection of lashes to choose from. There was a bunch on display (I'm assuming because Halloween is coming up) and I decided to pick these gorgeous babies up!

Each box of lashes had a picture of what they looked like worn on the eyes. Here's what's on the opposite side of the box I bought:

How pretty! I think I'll be doing a look with these lashes for my next post. Maybe I'll finally do another colored brow as well :)

I also picked up this topcoat:

(Brand is Nails Alive. Sorry, I know it's a little hard to see.)

Have any of you ever tried this polish before? I really hope it does what it says and keeps my polish from chipping. I'll let you guys know how it works!

And I have one more thing to share with you. I picked this up from Hot Topic:

How freaking cute is that!? Hahahaha. I bought this one and two other ones (one for me, one for my friend Lena and the other for my friend Gabe). Lena will be leaving soon and I hardly see my friend Gabe so I thought these would be a cute token of our friendship, haha. Here's a photo of my Voodoo Doll outside the box.

They're so tiny but I love that, and mine has a little sword on her waist! Len's has crazy blonde pigtails and Gabe's has a hugeeeee heart on it's chest. I don't know what to name mine yet. I have another doll similar to this one that I got out of a candy machine for 50¢ (I named her Sally and clipped her to the side of my purse), but I don't know about this little gal yet. Any suggestions?

Well, that's all the nonsense I have for you today. 

What's some of your favorite unique looks?

What are some of your favorite candy machine toys?

Let me know!

Until next time everyone :D

Ciao!

Eyes: 

• Palladio eye primer
• Sugarpill Cosmetics pressed eyeshadow "2am"
• Bitch Slap! Cosmetics eyeshadows from the "Bitch Palette"
• L'oreal infallible eyeshadow "Eternal Black"
• 120 eyeshadow palette
• wetnwild H20 proof liquid eyeliner "Ultra Black"
• Urban Decay 24/7 glide on eye pencil "Perversion"
• Maybelline the falsies volume express flared mascara "Blackest Black"
• Ardell fashion lashes "120 Demi"

Cheeks: Nothing

Lips:

• Avon lipstick "Flambe"

Face:

• Almay smart shade foundation "light/medium"
• Bitch Slap! Cosmetics oil control blotting powder
• Avon magiX illuminator

Brows:

• Bitch Slap! Cosmetics brow quad "Dark"
• Avon glimmersticks brow definer "Soft Black"

Sugarpill "Heartbreaker" palette

Hey everyone! So today I did a look using all four colors from Sugarpill's "Heartbreaker" palette.  First, let me show you guys some color swatches.

                                            (From left to right: Acidberry, Velocity, 2am and Mochi)

Aren't they gorgeous? I think this is my favorite Sugarpill palette. The swatches were done after using a translucent primer.

Now let's see the look I did shall we?
As always, I will have all the products I used listed at the end :)

(Dress from Forever 21)

I love this palette because it just so happened to match my dress!

I wanted to do a colored brow so badly but there was already so much going on, haha. I think I'll do one for my next look.

That's it! What did you think? This look is so colorful and outgoing and I absolutely adore it. I felt extra awesome having my matching dress on too :D

Normally I don't post my blogs so late at night but today I was just taking my sweet ol' time.

Also, my friend Lena came up from Florida today! I haven't seen her in some months so I was pretty excited. She brought her baby girl here to spend some time with her dad (my best friend Deej) and his family.

Here's Lena walking to come say hello to me:

She caught me trying to take a picture from afar and was hiding her face the whole time. Camara shy but I still love her, haha.

And here's a tree I took a photo of when I was sitting on the porch earlier. I love the fall and this tree just made me so happy with it's beautiful changing leaves:

I couldn't get the damn camera to focus for anything but at least you can still see the colors nicely.

Another thing I wanted to share with you all is this wonderful poetry book:

I bought this book a while ago at Borders (a book store, now closed). I love thumbing through this every once in a while to get inspiration. I think I'm going to start posting more of my poems on here. If you like poetry then post some of your work in the comments section below. I'd love to read everyone's writing! And tell me what helps you get inspired to write a poem. I don't write that often but when I do I just let me emotions pour out. I write the best when I"m extremely angry or sad. I take those feelings and fuel passion to my pen (or keyboard) then write until I feel better.


Well, that's all I have for everyone today. Now I'm going to relax and watch Hell on Wheels (another favorite show of mine). Anyone else watch this show?

I love me some Bohannon, hahahahaha.

Alright, everyone have a good night.

Ciao!

Eyes: 

• NYX jumbo eye pencil "Milk"
• Sugarpill Cosmetics pressed eyeshadow "2am"
• Sugarpill Cosmetics pressed eyeshadow "Velocity"
• Sugarpill Cosmetics pressed eyeshadow "Mochi"
• Sugarpill Cosmetics pressed eyeshadow "Acidberry"
• MAC Cosmetics eyeshadow "Brule"
• wetnwild H20 proof liquid eyeliner "Ultra Black"
• Maybelline the falsies volume express mascara "Blackest Black"
• Ardell fashion lashes "120 Demi"

Cheeks:

• Mark cosmetics just pinched instant blush "Cheeky Pommette"

Lips:

• Kat Von D lipstick "Celebutard"
• NYX slim lip pencil "Rose"

Face:

• Bitch Slap! Cosmetics paramedical kamaflage foundation "Lite Olive Beige"
• Bitch Slap! Cosmetics oil control blotting powder
• Avon magiX illuminator

Brows:

• Bitch Slap! Cosmetics brow quad "Dark"
• Avon glimmersticks brow definer "Soft Black"

cat eye & purple brows

 This look was inspired by makeup artist Pat McGrath. I was flipping through my Glamour magazine (September 2012) and I came across this look:
             

So I grabbed a little inspiration and did my own look. I used black liner instead of blue and I didn't cover the entire lid with it as Pat does. Instead, I went about half way across the lid and did a double winged tip. It's pretty much just an edgy cat eye. On top of the liner I packed it with shimmery black eyeshadow. I'll post the products I used at the very end. This look is very simple but I have horrible sleeping patterns (hence me posting this at almost 5am, haha) and I just wanted to do something easy yet fun. 

I placed a small black dot a little ways below my lower lid. I placed it there for one main reason: 

My tiny wrinkles under my eyelid made it really hard (and annoying) to try and place a little dot underneath! I see these models and I swear they just have the best under eyes, haha. So to avoid it altogether I just moved my dot down further :)

Oh! And since I used black instead of blue, I wanted to add a pop of color so I did purple eyebrows. 

(Look at those under eye wrinkles and those bags! Oh well, aha, it happens to the best of us.)

(Sons of Anarchy plugs, heck yes!)

Ciao!

Eyes: 

• Avon magiX illuminator
• wetnwild H20 proof liquid liner "Ultra Black"
• L'oreal infallible eyeshadow "Eternal Black"
• Maybelline the falsies volume express mascara "Blackest Black"

Cheeks: Nothing

Lips: 

• NYX slim lip pencil "Hot Red", 
• Kat Von D lipstick "Whiskey Woman"

Face: 

• Almay smart shade foundation "light/medium"

Brows: 

• Sugarpill Cosmetics pressed eyeshadow "2am"