Lipstick Jungle: Great Makeup

I was just catching up on my weekly tv shows online (I hardly ever watch tv on tv anymore) and I noticed that I can never keep my eyes off the women in Lipstick Jungle's makeup! It is always impeccable and brilliant. The show is sponsored by Mabelline New York but I don't know how they get the makeup to look so professional. I am sure it would look a bit much off screen but I love the shading and contouring the artist does. Each character has there own sort of style and the makeup always goes perfectly with them. I love Nico's makeup the best, her eyes are always so perfectly highlighted and beautiful and her cheekbones are gorgeously shaded. Victory's are usually more dramatic, with lots more black eyeliner, which fits her fashionista character perfectly. And Wendy is the most subtle of the three, doing the more natural beauty look with such grace and easy as only Brook Shields can do. So check out the show if you haven't already and be wowed by the beautiful makeup!

Watch Lovely!

Brighten Up!

Ah, the three day weekend is over and boy am I tired. It was full of good times and all I know is I'm glad that the work week is only 4 days! I went out every night this weekend, drank wine, hung out with old friends and new, and even danced a bit. Lots of fun, but it wreaked havoc on my skin.

On Sunday I couldn't get the dark shadows under my eyes to go away... until I remembered my latest drugstore purchase from a lunch break last week. Rite-Aid was have a BOGO deal on Maybelline, so I finally bought Dream Mousse Shadow in Vanilla Veil. It is a bit tricky to put on. I can't see how you would use anything but your finger, and it wasn't as smooth as I wanted it to be. The color is a white with gold shimmer, very pretty and helps open up my eyes a bit. I'll use it as a base for other eyes shadow, but alone I would fear it creasing.

What really impressed me and took care of that darkness around my eyes after so little sleep was the Cool Effect Cooling Shadow/Liner gel pencil I got as part of the deal (for free! I love bargains, can't you tell?!). I got it in Peach Daiquiri, a bright shimmer peachy color (looks nothing like the swatch on the website!). When I line under my eyes and a bit on the upper inside lash line, my eyes instantly open up. It looks like I had 8 hours, instead of 4! Beautiful!

Brighten Lovely!