a couple new years eve makeup tips: me on fox news

I start talking around 1 min 45sec i think...before that they talk about nail and hair NYE trends.

Clock Strikes Beautiful: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

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products used:

• eyes:
  
  • no base
  • mac eyeshadow - electric eel, all over lid and whole eye area
  • mac eyeshadow - moon's reflection, layered over top electric eel on highlight area only
  • mac fluidline blacktrack
  • mac plushlash in black
• skin
  
  • clarins instant light complexion perfecter
  • mac studio sculpt foundation in nc25
  • mac mineralize skinfinish in light-medium
  • mac glimmershimmer in sweet and shy for highlight
  • mac hyper real pressed powder in extra light under eyes and over highlight
  • mac blush taupe to contoure
  • mac blush tenderling
• lips
  
  • mac lip pencil dervish
  • mac lipstick snob and saint germain layered (this was to duplicate viva gaga lipstick)

this is not a look i'd wear out unless i was going to a super fun party

enjoy

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MAC GIVE AWAY!!! Freeeee makeup contest!

*i WILL ship worldwide!!*


Are you ready for my first and fabulous free MAC give away?!


The PRIZE:

Prize consists of :

• one Plush Lash in Plush Black Mascara, 
• one Glitter Eye Liner in Pewterpink, 
• one Dare To Wear Lipglass in Gimme That!, 
• and one Eyeshadow in Violet Trance. 

These are all Limited products except the mascara. All things come brand new in the box, never used or swatched!


The RULES are simple...

1. You must be subscribed to this blog
2. Tell your friends to subscribe, and when they do, they must comment on this blog post with your username so that you can get the credit. *guests that comment saying you referred them will be discredited if they are not a subscriber to this page*
3. Whoever gets the most friends to subscribe by Jan 20th wins!
4. Your friends can play too by sending their friends!

click here for official rules.

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smokey purple

products used:

• eyes
  
  • mac select cover up concealer nw20 as a base
  • mac shadows:
    
    • parfait amour - lid and under eye
    • thunder - outer lid, outer under eye
    • carbon - crease
  • mac fluidline - blacktrack
• skin
  
  • mac studio sculpt foundation nc25
  • mac mineralize skinfinish medium
  • mac blush emote to contour
  • mac blush eversun
• lips
  
• mac cremestick liner gingerroot
• mac lipglass easy lounger

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It's almost Christmas...and we found out the sex of the new baby.

Seeing as how I was finished my Christmas shopping in October and had my decorations up the weekend before Thanksgiving, I'm definitely ready. Normally the month before Christmas seems to drag on for me, but this year it's been really fast. That must be the magic of having 2 kids, soon to be 3.

We found out yesterday that we're having another...GIRL! We're going to name her Zoey...She's due in the beginning of June. Yay!

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First Tutorial!

I've had people asking me to do tutorials for about a year now...I had been wanting to this whole time, but I finally just got a new computer that will actually allow me to do them!

I shot this first tutorial using my old camera. The audio on that camera is really bad, so that's why you won't hear me talking and instead I've just put in captions. The first 2-3 videos will be structured in a similar way until I get my new and improved camera :)

enjoy! And please subscribe!!

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Black/Magenta/Gold dramatic eye look

This was a special request from someone who wanted to see a New Years Eve look using black, gold, and magenta/plum

I hope this is what she was going for ;/

If my skin/foundation doesn't look as good today, read the products to see why...

Products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC select cover up nw15 as a base
  • MAC fluidline in blacktrack as a base on outercorner and to line
  • MAC cream colour base in Magenta as a base in middle of lid and under eye
  • MAC shadows:
    • Nylon (highlight)
    • Goldmine (inner corner)
    • Hepcat (middle of lid and under eye)
    • Carbon (outer lid)
  • Zoom fash last black
• skin:
  • Arbonne Face Primer
  • Arbonne Foundation in Buff
  • Arbonne Translucent Loose Powder
  • MAC shadow "hepcat" used as a blush
• lips:
  • MAC lip pencil "plum"
  • MAC lipstick "pink plaid"
  • MAC dazzleglass 'funtabulous'

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Pregnancy Update -- 15 weeks

Hey guys. So I'm 15 weeks and a few days today. I'm hopefully finding out the gender of the baby next week at my next appointment!

The baby is about 4.5 inches long and weighs 2 oz. The baby is constantly moving and doing flips. Most of the baby's vital organs are working at this point, and it even already has some hair on its head and its own set of fingerprints.

Here's my tummy at 15 weeks and 111 lbs...starting to get a little bump, hehe :)

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lululemon

I'm doing body painting for a fitness clothing company called Lululemon. They're opening a new store here and want to have body painted acrobatics performing at the grand opening party...i'll post pics later tonight!



update*
I was working with Mehron's cake products. Their new formula really sucks, so if you can find their older formula, DO IT. The difference is night and day.

If you don't know, Lululemon is a higher-end athletic apparel company that started in Canada, but it's trendy and cute designs have made it very popular in the US. The bags they use in their store have this design on them, which was the theme of the body painting:

This project took WAY longer than planned. We had 2 models, and 3-4 artists. My partner for my model had to leave an hour into the project, so I pretty much did the entire thing...some pics:

and there's me in the back...hehe

I know it looks orange...but it's actually very red..lol. On her eyes I used Ricepaper shadow, Smut Shadow, Blacktrack fluidline, on her cheeks i used Smut shadow to contour, on her lips I used: Grape lip pencil, and purple lipmix. It looked 10 times better in person..

We didn't paint their whole bodies because lululemon wanted them to be wearing some of their clothes. So when the performers got to lululemon, they changed, and probably looked way better

the product i used:
http://www.mehron.com/Paradise_Makeup_AQ_30_Color_Palette_p/802-30.htm

I also HIGHLY recommend using mehron's "barrier spray". Without it, the product will rub off on contact. I airbrushed the barrier spray on, but it took forever. You can just put the product into a spray bottle and spray it on faster and thicker...but you're pumping finger will hurt after a while :)

xoxo LC

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love these lips :)

products used:

• eyes
  • MAC studio finish concealer nw15 as a base and highlight
  • MAC shadows:
    • deckchair (lid)
    • brown down (crease)
    • charcoal brown (crease, brows)
  • zoomlash in black
• skin
  • PRESCRIPTIVES all skins mineral powder foundation level 2 warm light
  • MAC bronzer matte bronze
  • MAC mineralize skinfinish new vegas to highlight
• lips
  • MAC lip pencil trimmed in pink
  • MAC lipstick impassioned
  • MAC cremesheen glass do it up

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holiday party fotd part 3

products used:

• eyes
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw20 as a base
  • MAC shadows:
    • electra (inner corner)
    • typography (outer corner and crease)
    • no highlight, just the concealer
  • MAC fluidline blacktrack
  • MAC zoomlash in black
• skin
  • MAC studio fix fluid nc25
  • MAC mineralize skinfinish medium and light
  • MAC blush taupe to contour and for brows
  • MAC blush tenderling
• lips
  • MAC lip pencil lure
  • MAC lipsticks "hug me" and "hot tahiti"

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holiday party fotd part 2

products used:

• eyes
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw20 as a base
  • MAC fluidline silverstroke as a base on lid
  • MAC shadows:
    • idol eyes (lid and under eye)
    • crystal avalanche (crease)
    • vapour (highlight)
    • sifted silver glitter all over lid
  • MAC zoomlash in black
  • MAC fluidline blacktrack
• skin
  • MAC studio fix fluid nc25
  • MAC mineralize skinfinish light and medium
  • MAC blush mocha
  • MAC blush taupe to contour and for brows
• lips
  • MAC lip pencil grape
  • MAC lipstick violetta
  • MAC lip mix purple

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holiday party fotd part 1

Will post a more dramatic holiday party fotd tomorrow...

If you're going for the cutesy innocent girl holiday party look, this is what I've concocted for you:

Products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw20 as a base
  • MAC shadows:
    • Cloudbound (sub vanilla pigment) for highlight and lid and under eyes
    • Goldmine on outer lid and into crease
    • Ochre style in crease
    • "reflects gold" mac glitter all over lid and highlight and under eyes
  • MAC liquidlast liner in point black
  • for brows: MAC shadow espresso
  • zoomlash in black
• face:
  • MAC moisturegleam before foundation (sub Clarins instant light complexion perfecter in champagne shimmer)
  • MAC studio sculpt foundation nc25
  • MAC mineralize skinfinish natural in medium
  • MAC blush "Garb" (sub tenderling or eversun)
  • MAC blush "Taupe" for contour
  • MAC glitter "reflects gold" for highlight
• lips:
  • MAC lip pencil "redd'
  • MAC lipstick "poppyhop"

 

 

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Managed to get 3 of my FAVORITE discontinued moisturizers at the cco last night: moisturelush. SO excited. I also got blue peep fluidline, and 2 diff shades of Prescriptives mineral makeup that I love that I guess they're discontinuing...

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MAC Haul

I am so excited that I was able to get some kit staples while i've been here in maryland. So far I've been in the emergency room, and the next day had the flu, so my trip hasn't been so great so far....but getting all these goodies makes me happy :)

my mac haul:

what i got:
plushlash in black, zoom fast black lash, careblends oil, bulk wipes, saddle eyeshadow. charcoal brown shadow, studio finish concealers nc15, nw15, and nw45, studio sticks in nc25 and nc42, studio sculpt foundations in: nw25 nw40 and nw45, mineralize skinfinish naturals in light, medium and medium-plus, lipglass in easy lounger, plushglass in cushy white, cremestick liner in gingerroot, brush cleanser, face and body foundation in n7


yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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In Case You Missed It...

If you're following me on Facebook or Twitter, you've seen these already, but just in case...

My friend Karen from Makeup and Beauty Blog asked me to provide some guest posts while she vacationed in Hawaii (ah, jealous!) and I was thrilled to help out!

Here are all of my posts from the last couple of weeks - enjoy :)

• Three Fun Makeup Sets to Add to Your Christmas Wish List
• Black Friday Deals: Have You Tried These Makeup Brands Before?
• My Favorite Travel Makeup Bag May Come as a Surprise
• 6 Fast Fixes for Makeup Boo Boos
• Going Behind the Scenes: A Makeup Artist�s Take on a Magazine Fashion Shoot

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I'm in Baltimore

I am not in a good mood....ugh.

So yesterday I flew with the kids from Phoenix to Baltimore, a 4 hour flight. My 6 month old baby, Cora, is just the sweetest baby I've ever known. She doesn't cry at all unless she's hungry or tired. She's always happy and smiling...Well on the plane was a different story. She fussed almost the whole time...and took a poop, and I changed her, and as I'm changing her, it just kept coming out and out and out...so it got all over her outfit and her, and I didn't have a change of clothes (something I meant to have but forgot :( ) So she was wearing a diaper, and a little jacket...ugh. The last  hour of the trip went ok. Then at night she woke up every hour. She normally sleeps through the night. So I got the worst night's sleep I've had since she was first born. Today I'm super sore, my uterus is cramping, and I don't know if I can go to the doctor because of my out of state insurance. Lastly, I'm staying at my parents' house, and they have zero things to eat. Don't they know I'm pregnant!?!?

Sorry no FOTDs this week since I'm out of town...

xo LC

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christmas cookies....SO good

Yesterday and the day before my 5 year old daughter and I made Christmas cookies -- Snickerdoodles, Sugar Cookies, and Chocolate Chip Cookies.

It was fun -- time consuming, but fun. They seriously are SO yummy too! I really wanted to share the recipes

Sugar Cookies:

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

• Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
  3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.
  
  
  Snickerdoodle Cookies:
  
  

  Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

  • Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
    2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
    3. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
    4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.
    
    
    Chocolate Chip Cookies:
    Ingredients

    • 1 cup butter, softened
    • 1/2 cup white sugar
    • 1 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 3 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 2 teaspoons hot water
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

    • Directions

      1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
      2. Cream together the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, chocolate chips, and nuts. Drop by large spoonfuls onto ungreased pans.
      3. Bake for about 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are nicely browned.
      
      
      Enjoy! I've already eaten 3 for breakfast so far :)
      
      
      xo LC

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tutoriallssss!!!!!

guys, you don't even know how excited I am about this. This has been something I've been wanting and trying to do for about a year now.

In mid december I'm buying a new computer and video gear that will help me be able to put on tutorials for you since everyone has been wanting them!

tutorials will be my main focus and I plan on putting out at least one a week. I'll be taking suggestions on what you want to see, so just let me know :)

xoxox
LC

ps...will start posting the tutorials on jan 1st :)

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christmastime!!

we just bought and put up our christmas tree today. it's an 8 footer woohoo! Here's a pic of it before we put on all of the ornaments:

I love Christmastime, but what I love most this year is that I finished my christmas shopping back in october, so I don't have to worry about rushing around finding parking spots and being in a crazy mall!

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bluuuuee fotd

products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw15
  • MAC shadows:
    • vanilla (highlight)
    • sky blue (middle of lid)
    • atlantic blue (inner and outer of lid and crease)
  • MAC Plushlash in black
  • MAC fluidline in royal wink
• skin:
  • MAC studio stick nc30 + nc27 mixed with MAC Careblends oils
  • MAC hyper real pressed powder in medium
  • MAC irridescent pressed powder in "delicacy"
  • MAC beauty powder blush "tippy"
  • MAC blush "emote" for contour
• lips:
  • cant remember!

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thanksgiving fotd

Hi...this was my festive Thanksgiving look. I pretty much only did it for the blog, I'm not sure I'd go to a family function like this...maybe

products used:

• eyes:
  • no base
  • MAC shadows:
    • sour lemon (inner crease)
    • fab and flashy (outer crease & transition)
    • orange (outer lid)
    • folie (outer crease and under eye)
    • cloudbound (highlight)
    • brule (inner lid)
  • MAC eye kohl "Teddy" (under eye, smudged with folie shadow)
  • MAC plushlash mascara "brownette"
  • for brows: Mac shadow "folie"
• skin:
  • MAC studio sculpt foundation  nc25
  • MAC mineralized skin finish natural light medium
  • MAC blush taupe to contour
  • NARS blush "orgasm"
  • MAC strobe cream (before foundation)
• lips:
  • MAC tinted lip conditioner smoothly beige

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smokey fotd

products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw15 as a base
  • MAC fluidline blacktract as a base on lid and under eye and to line eyes
  • MAC shadows:
    • blacktied (lid)
    • banshee (crease) sub paradisco
    • nylon + ricepaper (highlight)
    • wedge (brows)
  • MAC zoomlash mascara in black
• skin:
  • MAC moisturegleam cream under foundation
  • MAC studio stick foundation nc30
  • MAC beauty powder blush eversun
  • MAC blush taupe to contour
  • MAC moisturegleam to hightlight
• lips:
  • mac lip pencil subculter
  • MAC lipglass underage

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