#MOTD for Work

Greetings Show Off's,

The stars of the show for today's #motd are the Too Face Natural Eyes palette for my eyes and the NYX Correct, Conceal and Contour palette (a dupe of MAC's).  

I used the NYX Correct, Conceal and Contour palette for my eyebrow highlight and under eye highlight. I also used the brown shade located in the top right hand corner on my under eye area for concealing. I also used the deepest brown shade for contouring.  Lastly, I applied the color correct shade (reddish brown) on my chin area and on some other dark areas on my forehead. I did all of this before I applied my foundation (which was MAC's Prolongwear foundation in NW47).  After I applied the foundation I also used the Tyra Beauty contour stick, in order to go back over where I contoured before I applied my foundation. 

For the Too Faced Natural Eyes Palette, I used Cashmere Bunny in the Crease, Push up on the Lid, Erotica on the outer "V" of the lid and Heaven on the inner corner of my eye.  

I lined my eyes with Julep's Gel Eye Glider in Smoky Taupe Shimmer . 

I really love this liner because it is really creamy and shimmery.  It really does glide on so it is true to the name. 

This lipstick which is pictured above is Mary Kay's Redwood (very old). I lined my lips with Mary Kay's lip liner in dark brown.  

I used Younique's 3D Fiber Lash on my lashes. This mascara is really awesome. 

Let me know what you think. Which palette's do you reach for, for work makeup? 

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Wedding Makeup

Greetings Show Off's, 

Today I would like to share with you all the makeup products I used on myself for my wedding day. Yes, I did my own makeup (trying to save money) :) So, here is what I used:

Wedding Makeup by courtney-palmer-i featuring mac cosmetics

Beauty product
nyxcosmetics.com

Mac cosmetics makeup
maccosmetics.com

Mac cosmetics makeup
maccosmetics.com

Mac cosmetic
maccosmetics.com

Estée Lauder foundation
sephora.com

Mineral face powder
nyxcosmetics.com

MAC Cosmetics long false eyelash
$16 - selfridges.com

Estée Lauder estee lauder blush
sephora.com

MAC Cosmetics matte foundation
$33 - selfridges.com

MAC Cosmetics black face makeup
$26 - selfridges.com

Maybelline kohl eyeliner
amazon.com

Pink lips makeup
nyxcosmetics.com

I am happy that my makeup was the first thing I did before anything else the morning of my wedding, so that my makeup could set and all I had to do was minor touch ups right before the ceremony. 

One of the things I struggled to keep up with was my lip stick, which was MAC's Viva Glam II lipstick.  I left it in the dressing room before I left to go walk down the aisle.
I should have taken my lipstick with me down the aisle (since I did not have a make up artist to tend to my beckoned call). I should have held the lipstick in the same hand as my bouquet, where I could have hid it. Or I should have hid it in an unmentionable place :)

My other mistakes: I did received some photos back where the camera gave me a lot of white under eye circles where I believe this is called make up flash back. I believe the NYX Mineral Face Powder along with the MAC Pro Longwear concealer did this. 

I didn't get many close up's that I would care to share, however, I think that a lot of my looks in these pics came out really natural and not as dramatic as I thought :)

I received a lot of compliments and people asked me who did my makeup, where I would humbly reply "I did" :)

My husband and I have been married for almost 7 months now and have been having a great time thus far. I pray we have many more months/years. 

Special Thanks to Corey from Raw Aperture Photography (https://www.facebook.com/RawAperturePhotography?pnref=lhc) for taking such beautiful photos. All photo credit goes to him.  

Let me know if you have any questions as it pertains to my wedding makeup!

Hopefully, the mistakes I mentioned will help you at your future weddings or special occasions where you will be taking a lot of pictures.

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Five Item Make Up Challenge

Greeting Beauties!

I hope that everyone enjoyed the fight last night, if you received a chance to watch it. In honor of boxing, athletics and all things challenging, I have decided to challenge myself to create a make up look with only five items.

The real purpose of this challenge is to give myself an option to turn to when I am running late but still want to look made up :)

Here are my before shots.

And here are the items five (5) items.

(1) Women's Estee Lauder 'Double Wear' Stay-in-Place Liquid Makeup - 6w1 Sandalwood

(2) Jordana Powder Blush Touch of Pink

(3) NYX Cosmetics Collection Noir Kohl Kajal Black Liner

(4) Kiss I-ENVY Au Naturale Lashes

(5) Wet n Wild Megaslicks Lip Balm Stain - Coral of the Story 

I did do my brows before I used these products. Brows are a given for me :) See my eyebrow routine here. 

Here are the After Pics

Before and After

Which five make up items would you use if you were presented with this challenge?

Let me know.

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