The Earrings

I forgot to add that I don't have a particular seller that I go to on ebay. I just type in what I want and see who and what pops up at a price I'm willing to pay. :) Good search starting points are:
Plastic Earrings
Feather Earrings
Cowrie Shell Earrings
Peruvian Thread Earrings
__________ Hoops (put in a color or something like bamboo hoops)

Have fun!!!!

Since Nobody Likes a Picture less post

Check out this fabulousity! Do I look like Dame Edna LOL

Just a little update

Hey gang!
Thanks for all the comments and feedback I have been getting lately! It really inspires me to update this think pad more.

Now if only I can get around to doing youtube videos again….

This will be long but I promise to entertain you somewhat. :)
I will hopefully get to do a post highlighting the Milani Quads that I have and showing all of them in pictures and swatches this evening. I left my camera over the auntie’s house on Saturday and I just got it back Monday evening thus the reason for no pics.
Also yesterday I started feeling like crap! I really do not want to bring in the New Year sick!!! I’m hanging in there alright but I kind of feel the weakness in my eyes if that makes any sense. Does anybody else have an ole skool person in their life that says ‘you look a little peaked’? I think it kind of shows in the FOTD’s I took this morning.
*EDIT* Why is everyone saying I look nice today when I feel like I look like shit warmed over? Must be the Nars Orgasm blush…….
On Saturday I wore the Milani Sedona Sunset and Monday and today I wore the famous Dream Baby quad. I love that thing!!! Unfortunately mine is cracked like the pavement in BMore (actually Shelia is working on that isn’t she), but my favorite two colors are intact. I tried to hunt one down at my local CVS so that I could have a backup, but I haven’t been able to find one yet.

Question/Answer time!
I was asked in the shout box about what I wash my hair with and the answer is still whatever is in the house. Uhhhhh Friday night it was Le Suave shampoo in the delectable sent sensation of the mild cucumber and fruity overtones of the melon. LOL!
At this point of my loced hair’s life I really don’t feel like products make any difference in how it looks or feels other than if it sucks as a twisting agent then my retwists will come undone sooner. I was chatting with Amina about shampoo soaps because it just appeals to me, but I don’t feel like my hair needs anything in particular. They seem soft to me even though I only put conditioner in them once in a while. The only thing I can say is that I may go back to brushing my locs again with a soft brush and only finger twist the new growth. I have been palm rolling maybe the first 5 or so inches from the scalp her lately and I feel like my locs are not a luscious and plump as they wore before. They are becoming more condensed and less chunky, which a lot of people prefer actually, but I like my chunky locs. Maybe it’s seeing all the fluffy new locs that have been cropping up lately. I tell you ladies…..enjoy your fuzz!!!!!!!! Please for me mmkay?

Did I like the Dermablend? How did it feel?
Well I have never been a full coverage foundation kind of girl so it didn’t feel bad, but that kind of perfection just isn’t for me. Photo shoots yes, everyday no. But this is coming from somebody who really doesn’t wear foundation anyway. When I break out the MAC Studio Tech I’m always diluting it with lotion. I only do one layer when I apply mineral makeup. The Dermablend did not feel heavy and I didn’t get that funny ‘stuff is crawling on my face’ feeling I get with MAC liquids and some other mineral companies. I am in the market for a good primer however, and I’m thinking about getting MAC’s blot powder. I ordered a sample of sericite mica from Buff’d so that maybe able to take the place of the blot powder but I like that blot powder can travel with me though. I have smashbox and monistat for primers but I don’t like how my they make my face feels and I think they make me breakout. Maybe my face cream is too heavy underneath it…..just bouncing some ideas off.

Amina had asked about my earrings and most of them I get from ebay or this thrift shop/accessories shop called Blessed Treasures of the Earth (really cool people by the way) in my area.

Hmph look at all this I have wrote….I need to draft more posts at work LOL!

So what's on your face?

Beats the hell out of me! I knew I should have taken notes LOL




















Picture courtesy of Suzie @ Facepaint101
At this point in the evening I think this might be Deep Pink which is a pro color, So In Love which I guess you can find at a CCO if you are lucky and So Ceylon. This could also be Dollymix because I think one cheek was Deep Pink and the other cheek was Dollymix. I'm leaning more towards Deep Pink though. I know goofy!





The lovely Kia and I'm looking like someone has slipped me some happy juice!


At this point Nikkia had made up my face with Dermablend and I think the cheek stuff was Dollymix and Light flush. Nikkia is that right? Please correct me if you remember things differently. LOL
Again I know I should have taken notes!!!!
Anybody close to a Pro store willing to pick up some stuff for LOL....no really I'm serious :)

Christmas Purple FOTD

Everyone has been wearing their purples these days! Of course I'm eying that MUFE 92 after seeing so many beautiful FOTD's featuring it, but I decided to see what I can do with what I had on hand. I could have blending that highlight color a little better, but all in all it's ok. Please excuse all the camera whoring.....I really like this this look LOL!

Face:
Mac Petticoat as a highlight
Jane Blushing Cheeks in Wine/Petal

Eyes:
UDPP
MAC MSFN in Medium Dark on entire eye area (cause I didn't know what I wanted to do)
NYX Purple Trio (Prune the color on the left on lid)
Milani Dream Baby quad mid tone matte brown which is said to be a dupe for MAC Wedge on crease
MAC Fertile on outer v and crease
MAC Carbon in the outer v
Highlight color in Milani Dream Baby quad which is said to be a dupe for MAC Naked Launch on browbone.
MAC Smolder liner on upper lash line, UD 24/7 Liner in Zero on waterline
L'oreal Voluminous

Lips:
MAC Lip Conditioner

Next week is another short work week for me of only three days, but I thought I would spice up the FOTD's with themes. I will be featuring all the Milani quads that I own (6) starting with the look I do for later on today for my aunt's 70th surprise birthday party! So stay tuned for that look and a follow up post for the details of my Milani challenge for myself.

Tag ME!!!!!

I started Amina's open ended tag and then was actually tagged by Kia I think....I saved it in draft and sort of forgot LOL so forgive me if I got the facts wrong.

where is your cell phone? right beside me!

where is your significant other? don't have one :(

your hair color? dusty brown/red with blond on the a few of the tips

your mother? Deceased

your father? On the East side of B-More!

your favorite thing? hmmm.....chocolate..my laptop....my camera....

your dream last night? I hardly dream these days :(

your dream/goal? I'm figuring it out.....

the room you're in? My Boudoir

your hobby? sewing and drawing

your fear? drowning or dying in a fire. I really don't like roller coasters either, but I'm alright with heights. Being that old spinster alone with my 30 cats after the girls grow up.

where do you want to be in 6 years? happier and more fulfilled then I am now. Maybe making money with my sewing or painting.

where were you last night? home

what you're not? Naive like I was before

one of your wish list items? MAC Blushes...particularly Stark Naked, Feeling, and Peachtwist

where you grew up? Baltimore....yup that's it.

the last thing you did? Talked to my auntie on the phone :)

what are you wearing?LOL Two tops and my bloomers LOL

your tv? I don't have one in my room

your pet? I have two kittens that act like my children :)

your computer? on like 24/7 right beside my bed

your mood? Thankful

missing someone? yeah but I shouldn't

your car? Only in a Jeep!

something you're not wearing? socks :p

favorite store? Amazon dot com, MAC, and Joanns.

your summer? Working.........blah

love someone? What the world needs now is love sweet love..............

your favorite color? RED!!!!!!

when is the last time you laughed? today...Suzie and I cut up on daily bases about something.

last time you cried? Maybe the day before yesterday

are you a b*tch? Naw I'm never mean for no reason or heartless in my objectives.


favorite past time?being on the computer

are you a hater or a lover? A lover

are you genuine or fake? Genuine I'm too lazy to be fake

any vices? shopping..... I love to spend a dollar.

pro life or wire hanger? pro-life

mccain or obama? Michelle :D

pro plastic or natural? Pro plastic and Natural.....do what makes you happy!

dream job? A billionare

Work FOTD's for the week of 12/22

This week was a short work week of only three days.

MONDAY





Face
Nothing

Eyes
UDPP
Brow Shader in MAC Maple/Soft Charcoal
MAC Gorgeous on Lid from Holiday Smokey Eyes Palette
Matte mid toned brown in Milani Dream Baby Quad on crease
MAC Ambiance on outer lid and crease from Holiday Smokey Eyes Palette
MAC Carbon on outer V.
UD 24/7 Zero Liner
Loreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips
MAC Lip Conditioner


TUESDAY
Finally used one of the L'Oreal Metallic Shadow Duos





Face
Nothing

Eyes
UDPP
Brow Shader in MAC Maple/Soft Charcoal
Light side of L'Oreal HIP Metallic Shadow Duo in Gunmetal on lid
Matte mid toned brown in Milani Dream Baby Quad on crease
Dark Side fo L'Oreal Hip Metallic Shadow Duo in Gunmetal on outer v and crease.
UD 24/7 Zero Liner
Loreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips
MAC Lip Conditioner

The dark green makes me think of a pretty Christmas green in the pan with it's sparkle but it doesn't quite translate into that on my lid.

WEDNESDAY
A very simple day because I didn't want to wear green again and I think the looked I wore the day before would have looked better with the sweater I wore this day, but oh well. Today Blacktrack fluid line and I got along really well which is funny because we usually don't. I don't know why the pictures are so crappy this day.







Face
MAC Fafi Hippness blush
MAC Petticoat as highlight

Eyes
UDPP
MSF Natural in Medium Dark all over lid
Matte mid toned brown in Milani Dream Baby Quad on crease
Frosty highlight color in the Milani Dream Baby Quad on brow bone
MAC Blacktrack fluidline with angle brush
Loreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips
MAC Lip Conditioner

I don't think I applied enough blush. I was so afraid of looking clownish since I don't have much experience with it that I am kind of timid with it.

I'll be going out to a couple of festivities this weekend so I will be sure to update y'all on the looks!

Christmas Kittens

There goes trouble.....I think trouble should be his name instead of Fluffy


Ohh the brotherly love




This is were trouble maker usually ends up.....somewhere on me and my other trouble maker just happened to be in the picture too :D




Hope Santa was good to all of you today!!!

I'm so behind FOTD's

So I started my new job last Tuesday and I made a vow that I would actually utilize my makeup collection. I have been a good girl and put on my makeup everyday since I started.

Tuesday
Tuesday was a repeat of Thanksgiving but just a little darker.

FACE:
Nothing that day

EYES
Brow Shader in MAC Maple/Soft Charcoal
UDPP
Bon Fête(Lid)
Feast (outer corner and crease)
Deep Feelings (Outer corner)
UD 24/7 Liner in Zero
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips
NYX Lipstick Perfect

I didn't take pictures that day other than this one because it creased sooooo bad. I think I started applying the shadows too soon after applying the UDPP

Wednesday

Face
Nothing

Eyes
UDPP
Brow Shader in MAC Maple/Soft Charcoal
MAC Hey (Fafi) (Lid)
Matte mid toned brown in Milani Dream Baby Quad on crease
MAC Howzat (Fafi) for the crease and outer v
UD 24/7 Zero Liner
Loreal Volumnious Mascara

Lips
MAC Trifle Lip Gloss

Thursday

This day was the office Christmas Party. This was CoC Spiced Chocolate Look. (You know that had to make an appearance) This was the first time I used brash as the lid color. This was a big hit at the office.

Face
Nothing

Eyes
UDPP
Brow Shader in MAC Maple/Soft Charcoal
MAC Brash
Matte mid toned brown in Milani Dream Baby Quad on crease
MAC Spiced Chocolate
UD 24/7 Zero Liner
Loreal Volumnious Mascara

Lips
MAC Rich N Ripe

Friday

Face
Nothing

Eyes
UDPP
Brow Shader in MAC Maple/Soft Charcoal
MAC tete-a-tint on lid
Matte mid toned brown in Milani Dream Baby Quad on crease
MAC Brown Down
UD 24/7 Zero Liner
Loreal Volumnious Mascara

Lips
MAC So Scarlet

I was killin them with the So Scarlet!!!!! Anywhooooo!

Tomorrow is the last day of my work week, and so far the Smokey eye palette has made an appearance, but in a different way from what you have seen and I finally used one of those HIP Metallic Shadows I got my last CVS Bogo. Stay tuned!

Hope y'all have a safe Holiday!!!

hmmmm on the title?

I really don't know what to call this one, it's Thanksgiving and cats, tattoos and kiddies.....general hodgepodge of stuff that has happened in the past week or so.

The girls on Thanksgiving!
My look for Thanksgiving using the new MAC holiday cool eyes palette. It's all the colors on the left side of the palette. NYX Lipstick in Perfect Can you tell I'm lazy today:)




Yeah life is good for a cat



Yeah um this thing is huge!!!

It's still healing at the top but most of the scabs have come off and I no longer give a hell and sleep on that side. Yesterday I had the "imma be 90 with this big ole thing on the side of my head!"thought. LOL I still love it though and at least its not something silly like Mickey Mouse or something.....no offense to Mickey :)

So I think I have a job! I have to get a reference letter over to them before I get a start date, but it seems promising:) Thanks to Suzie for being my buddy through all my complaining joblessness LOL I'm sure I was getting pitiful LOL.

Thanks for all the nice comments on the tattoo post, and the Go Mommy Go post that Kia was so nice to feature me on.

Also if you are an eclectic sister into a lil bit of everything as far woman's health, astrology, and religion is concerned check out my friend Dina from Detroit at Oshun's Corner. She's just getting started but she already has quite a few podcasts and post up on a verity of subjects.

I have some sewing projects in the works. I'm jumping on the Simplicity 2427 bandwagon and have about 3 dresses I plan on making from that pattern. I still got to put the lining in the Kasia and hem it, hopefully that will be done this weekend.

Peace love and hair grease peoples!!!