Halloween Series: Freaky Friday

Hello Pretty! It's October and this is my favorite month of the year. Apple picking, hot cocoa, jeans and hoodies AND Halloween. Halloween is my favorite holiday, it always has been, I love playing dress up! So every Friday in October I'm going to post ideas for Halloween! First up is Día de los Muertos or Day Of The Dead most often recognized by a decoration called sugar skulls.

Sugar Skulls are beautiful! So I decided to become one. I didn't do a video but I'll list the products used and any tips!

Face:
To lighten my face I used a face primer (to protect my skin from the many makeup items I will be using NOT meant for my face!) 

I then lightly applied NYX Eye Shadow base in white to my face to help lighten it. I wanted this to look like makeup not facepaint. You could certainly use face paint if you wanted!

 Because this is a cream product I then lightly applied powder to set the product.

Design:

To create the design I used a sharpened black eyeliner pencil to lightly trace on the design I wanted. One of the coolest parts of this costume is that there is no right or wrong, it's about unleashing your creativity. 

Color:

Sugar skills are beautiful and vibrant. Once the design was on the way I wanted it. I used my BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette to add color. Any colors could work for you, I stuck to purples and pinks and added glitter in a few spots to really accentuate the design. (unfortunately the glitter did not photograph well) I used my makeup brushes for this, I used small brushes like my concealer brush to give me more accuracy in the application of color.

The Lips:

I used a red lip pencil and filled in my entire lip with it, I wanted to maintain the matte look. I then used my MAC Fluid line in black track and a small angled eye liner brush to draw lines down my lips.


  

Stay tuned for the next part of this series which will be posted on 10/12/2012

Make Up Expiration Dates!

Expired make up can have serious consequences, they carry bacteria and can cause infection! These are my rules of thumb for make up!

First off did you know all make up is now required to have an expiration date on it? They aren't necessarily big but if you look closely on the bottle or the packaging it will have a little symbol that looks like this...

The number inside is the number of months recommended

 If you are a Glossy Gurl like me you have too much make up to possibly wear it and use it all up... here are my rules of thumb for expiring make up! So I take the recommended toss dates as a suggestion not a rule. My Urban Decay Naked Palette suggests it's tossed after 6 months... yeah right a $50- palette tossed after such a short time? If you take care of your instruments, brushes etc. you can totally extend the life of your products!

Here are my guidelines:

1. If you haven't seen it in months TOSS it (unless it's unopened, that has totally happened to me)

2. Trial size mascaras are the perfect buy because you SHOULD not use mascara past 3 months and who really uses an entire tube of mascara in 3 months? If you get any sort of eye infection, a stye, pink eye WHATEVER... TOSS IT.

3. Liquid Eye Liner is the same thing as mascara (see above)

4. Eye shadows can last up to 18 months... like with any product if the color starts to change or you see things growing in it... TOSS IT

5. Anything Pressed or Powdery can last 12-18 months (foundation, eyeshadow etc)

6. Lip stick up to 18 months but like with eye make up if you have any infection (cold sore etc) and you have worn this lip stick.. toss it!

7. Any cream products, foundation etc. can be used for around 12 months. If anything changes, smell, color etc. toss it.

Hope this helps

P.S NEVER SHARE EYE MAKEUP!