How to: Smokey Eye

Hello pretty! I created a video a while back featuring one of my go to eye shadow looks. Which is the classic smokey eye. Because of the contrast in the white- black I also call it my yin/yang look, the contrast between the two colors creates a beautiful and dramatic eye.

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Soft Cut Crease Video Tutorial

Hey there pretty! Today I have a video tutorial of a soft cut crease eye make up look. It's a look I tend to go to when I am in a rush, it's super easy and very beautiful. What I love most is how you can alter this to be as dramatic or as subtle as you like. I hope you enjoy. If you have any questions or comments leave them here!

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink: Strawberry Lemonade Eye Shadow Tutorial

Hello beautiful! I've decided to pay tribute to one of my favorite chick flicks ever, "Mean Girls" by dedicating Wednesdays to the color pink. I hope you remember the infamous line "On Wednesdays we wear pink!" if not you must leave the rock you've been hiding under and go rent this movie ASAP.

 To start this segment off I created a Strawberry Lemonade eye makeup look, it's very pretty and makes yellow a wearable color! I wore this out after I created the video and received a lot of compliments on it! I can get nervous about wearing bright colors out for fear of looking like a clown, but the more I venture out of my comfort zone the more I am beginning to love it! I hope you enjoy the video!

Here is a picture and a link to a Strawberry Lemonade recipe

mybakingaddiction has a great recipe here.

Colors used:

Yellow shadow (Calypso Minerals in "Bandana")

Raspberry shadow (Calypso Minerals "Razzle Dazzle")

Soft pink shadow (Calypso Minerals "Tickle Pink")

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What's Hot: Hair Chalking

 

Trend Alert! Have you heard of hair chalking? It's one of the newest and hippest ways to instantly update your drab hairstyle and add pops of color to your tresses. It's super easy, although quite messy and creates a fun little art project for the day. As you can probably tell I have dark hair with red undertones so anyone with dark hair that thinks it won't show up.... SURPRISE it does! Below are the supplies needed for this look.

Note: this definitely dried out my hair however upon washing it out I used a heavy conditioner and let it sit for a while and it felt back to normal in no time.

Supplies:

Step 1: Take a strand of hair and wet with the spray bottle (if you have blonde hair this is optional, with dark hair it's necessary to achieve a rich colorful look)

Step 2: Take your soft pastel (color of your choice) and rub in a downward motion on the strand of wet hair. Do NOT rub up and down it will fray your hair. Some bloggers suggest twisting the strand prior to applying chalk I found this to cause a knot in my naturally curly hair. Apply as much or as little color as desired.

REPEAT STEP 1 AND 2 ON ALL OF THE CHUNKS YOU WANT TO CHALK

Step 3: Allow hair to dry

Step 4: Using a curling iron or hair straightener apply heat to the colored strands. This helps to "set the color" (please note that color will come off on your tool, use rubbing alcohol to remove)

On my dark hair I noticed the best colors that showed up were baby blue and a light pink. I played with these two colors applied the blue then applied the pink on the same strand to create a pretty purple.

You can apply color to the entire strand, I chose to stick with the middle and work my way down.

I love this because you can add some punk to your look and try something new without losing your job!

 

What do you think of this look? Love or hate? Would you at least try it? If you have tried it share your pictures on our facebook page or leave a comment here with your experiences!

Tip: This is super messy, wear an old T-Shirt you don't mind getting dirty and gloves are suggested! It gets everywhere!