Look of the Day // Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween my dears!!

a teeney pumpkin!

Well it is officially Halloween-and may I say, having it on a Friday is the coolest thing ever!! (We don't have any exciting plans tonight, BUT the thought that we have the option to stay out and party late into the night on actual Halloween night is SUPER cool!)

Since we can't dress up in a costume for work, I knew I wanted my look to AT LEAST be Halloween-themed themed!

I wanted to share with you the look I created for today!


Here it is : 

Products Used:

Eyes:

In the crease: 

Naturally Pretty Palate shadows: Soft Light, Mocha, Sunset, and Noir // It Cosmetics

On the lid: 

Eye shadow Pigment: Vegas Lights // Makeup Geek

On the brow bone: 

Single eye shadow: Nylon // MAC

On lower lash line and water line: 

Soft Kohl eye pencil: Jet Black // Rimmell London

Lashes: 

Mascara: Perversion // Urban Decay

Cheeks:

Blush: Terra Cotta // NYX

Blush: Luminoso // Milani 

Lips: 

Lip liner pencil: Expresso // NYX

Fergie Lipstick: Ferguson Crest Cabernet // Wet n' Wild

Wore a fun, orange scarf from Mandee over a black 3/4 sleeved flowy top
(and yes I take a lot of my selfies at work when I'm not terribly busy) 

Hope you guys liked this one :) And I PROMISE I will have my MAC lipstick collection up by Sunday. Sorry, I lied in my last post about having it up by today... :(
(There are a lot of photos to take!)

I also will try to take a couple photos of whatever we decide to dress Maxxie in for tonight.
(He HATES having anything on him but his fur and collar..so we will see how it goes)

Whatever your plans are tonight and this weekend, be safe and have fun!!!

xo Dane

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 

**Side Note:

How flipping cute is this photo Greg managed to catch of Mr. Max guarding the yard?!

He is SO super cuteeeee!! and kudos to Greg for this amazing picture!

Halloween Weekend- Who, What, Where!

Hey guys! Hope you all had a fun, safe, Halloween weekend!
Sorry it took me so darn long to get this post up. Been super busy with work stuff for the past 2 days.
Here we go with my Halloween themed Weekend-Who, What, Where!!

So, Halloween is this Friday, but I figure a lot of people had their Halloween parties this past weekend as opposed to this coming.. (I mean aside from actual Halloween Friday Night.)
It has always seemed weird to me to dress up for Halloween after October 31st..like once November 1st hits, its time to prepare for Thanksgiving for me! (Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays of them all.)

So, this year, as you might know from my previous post...I dressed up as a Minion from Despicable Me. I wanted to show you guys how it all turned out in this "Weekend" post.. I really love how it turned out..it was super comfortable, I felt super cute, and it was a hit at the party (and on Facebook where I posted about 5 photos-lol)

MY COSTUME

MY MAKEUP

Products Used:

Eyes:

Single Eyeshadow in "STFU" // NYX

Infallible Eye Shadow in "Timeless Blue Spark" // L'Oreal

Eye Studio Gel Liner in "Blackest Black" // Maybelline

i-ENVY lashes in "Au Naturale" // Kiss  (got these in my most recent Ipsy bag.. Thanks Ipsy!!)

Lips:

Macaron Lippie in "Citron"  // NYX 

GREG'S COSTUME

Wayne's World! Wayne's World! Party Time! Excellent!!
(Party on Garth. Party on Wayne!)

(He made a GREAT Garth!)

An interesting pair to say the least!

MY GIRLS

Daisy Dukes, Rosie the Riveter, and a Minion!

Ashley, Me, and Sylver 

FOOTBALL GAMES


Greg and I took a bus trip to Metlife Stadium on Sunday to see the New York Jets play the Buffalo Bills. Now as you might know, I am a Giant's fan, not a Jets' fan, BUT both teams share the same home field. (They are sometimes even referred to as "brothers" since they share the same "home") So I had no problem taking full advantage of the discounted game tickets that included breakfast, transportation, and tailgate food.

Unfortunately, the Jets' lost TERRIBLY to the Bills, but it was still so fun to be there. Greg had never been to the stadium before, and I had only been there once but not with him, so it was super fun to experience it all together. He LOVED it!
(It sure woulda been a bit more enjoyable if the stadium was decorated in Giants' Blue, instead of the Jets' Green, but we will get to a Giants' game sometime soon :) )

Halloween themed Metlife Sign! 

Rocked my Giants' Sweater at the game!

Greg LOVED the stadium!

Our seats were SUPER high up, but we still were able to see a
great deal of the happenings on the field

I am planning on getting my MAC lipstick collection post up on Thursday or Friday of this week..Keep an eye out for it! 

Hope you guys enjoyed the post, and I hope you have a wonderful Halloween week!!

xo Dane 

Monday Look of the Day / MAC Rocky Horror Lipstick Review

Well, Happy Monday everybody!! (Did you get my intense sarcasm there? No? Darn, I was really going for it.) Anywhooo.. I do hope everyone had a nice Monday. It is Monday night now for me.

I had a great weekend..aside from being sick, that is. Relaxed a bunch with my man and my doggie, my Giants won, annnnd I ate a lot of tasty food! Hope your weekend was superb as well!


Wanted to share, with you, my look of the day...
Wore a navy blue/black 3/4 sleeve shirt and paired it with a navy blue smokey eye and a red lip! :)

This look was different for me, I almost always use a light, matte brown or gray toned color in the crease, never a color. I slept at Greg's house all weekend so I only had some of my makeup, so sometimes I find I do my most unique looks when I am at Greg's house.

After I shower in the morning, I go into the spare room where all of my stuff is strewn everywhere, put some PJs back on, and set myself up at Greg's dining room table- yes, the dining room table.

See, Greg has this huge mirror in his dining room that is at the perfect height for me to stand and do my makeup and I work best when the mirror is very close in front of my face. I am sure this is mostly due to the fact that I am pretty heavily nearsighted, but I also just feel most comfortable applying makeup when I am like 8 inches from the mirror. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!


So I spread all of makeup on a place mat at the table and get to work. I bring the bare minimum when I go to Greg's house so as to not pack unnecessarily when I stay there. (Now to me the bare minimum is probably more than the average girl, but maybe I can do a separate post for that.. ;) )

One eye shadow palate that I almost always bring with me is the It Cosmetic's Naturally Pretty palate. This palate comes with 14 matte, beautifully pigmented, shadows, and one shimmery, champagne shadow. I personally, only use the matte shadows, I am not a huge fan of the shimmery one (Transforming Pearl is the name of that one)

I used Sheer Joy and Midnight in this look - Palate is available at ulta.com

For this look, I ventured away from my normal cool toned browns and grays in the palate, and went to one of the darkest shades in the palate, Midnight.
This is an amazing Navy blue. It is SUPER pigmented, and blends so well when used with a light hand and a great blending brush. I worked this color (very lightly) into the crease until I was comfortable, then I used the color Sheer Joy all over the lid. I feel this pinky-toned, white shade really made my eyes pop and complimented the darker color in the crease. I blended more with Midnight until I was fully satisfied and I finished by smoking out my lower lash line with my tried and true Rimmel Scandalize Eye Pencil in brown. Little bit of foundation, blush, and mascara and I was good to go.







Intentional Fish Face

Now for the lips...

I, my friends, am a lipstick hoarder....and not just any lipstick... MAC lipstick. Yes, I am one of those.. and I LOVE it. I specifically, and religiously, collect limited edition MAC lipsticks. (That will definitely be another blog post) I recently ordered from a brand new, limited edition collection from MAC: The Rocky Horror Collection! Now, the movie itself freaked me the heck out...I don't even think I really enjoyed it. (I liked the Glee episode more..) BUT, this lipstick on the other hand is my cup of tea. There were 4 different colors to chose from in the collection, and I went with one of the red shades: Strange Journey.




Strange Journey is an Orange-toned, matte red shade. I really like the matte lipsticks from MAC so I did have high hopes for this one. The packaging is not the normal, satin-finished tube you are used to seeing with a MAC lipstick. This one is the same black color, but it has a shiny, glossy finish with the famous Rocky Horror lips on the front.


A quick swatch of Strange Journey

Strange Journey has a Matte finish

Packaging does not disappoint!

The Famous Lips!

Tim Curry!

I really do love the color, it glided on really nicely, and I felt like it really complimented my eyes shadow look well. I was a bit worried since I did a darker smokey eye than usual, but I think because I used the white shadow on the lid, it balanced everything out.









I adore the packaging of this lipstick as well. My favorite thing about the limited edition MAC lipsticks is that they usually make special packaging for each collection. Some changes may be more obvious than others in different collections, but I get flipping excited about anything that is new at MAC. My only semi-negative thing I would say about this lipstick would be the scent/taste of it. I cant quite put my finger on it, but when I put it on my lips today, I felt like it tasted distinctly like something other than how MAC lipstick usually tastes. Perhaps it comes off a bit more artificial than some of the other shades I have. However, I do not buy a lipstick for its taste or smell.. I buy it for it color payoff (and awesome packaging), and for that, this lipstick DID NOT disappoint.



I am sorry to say that all 4 of the lipsticks from this collection sold out on the MAC website about 24 hours after it was released...BUT I know for a fact that you would be able to find any of the 4 new shades through eBay. They will be more expensive than if bought when the collection was first released, but if you collect or if you really love the shade, it is 100% worth it in my opinion.

I, for one, have purchased quite a few limited edition babies off of eBay, and I have not been disappointed once. (just make sure you are buying them New and not Used! EWWWW!!)


Thanks for reading guys!! Off to bed for me.

Sleep tight! Don't let them bed buggies bite!
xo Dane

Side note: Maxxie enjoyed having mommy home-sick this weekend, I think...

I ended up being the perfect-sized bed for nap time!

Look of the Day // a little bit more about me :)

A random post for today, my friends.

A little bit about my YouTube makeup guru obsession, my makeup obsession in general, and my daily routine. Enjoy!

Before I go to bed, I usually watch around 3-4 makeup YouTube videos. Some of these videos may be skin care routines, hauls, or fashion posts, however the videos I enjoy watching the most are tutorials. Watching a makeup tutorial gets my creative juices flowing and makes me legitimately excited for the next morning when I go to apply my makeup. Some tutorials are a touch out of my league or a bit too dramatic for an everyday work day, but others are right in my realm of understanding.

After I turn my iPad off, call Greg to say goodnight, place my glasses on my side table, and turn my light off, my mind begins reeling over ideas for my makeup and/or outfit for the next day. (Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I’m just so darn tired, I don’t think about a thing, I just fall asleep) Once I have a broad idea in my mind of what I want to do the next day, I find that I quickly fall asleep.

I always set my alarm for an earlier time than I know my body will allow me to fully wake up. If I want to be out of bed by 7AM, I will set an alarm for 6:45 and 6:50 AM. This process usually has me up and at ‘em by 7:15AM. (always later than I plan for) Most mornings I drag myself out of bed, walk into the kitchen and start the coffee maker, (I love smelling fresh brewed coffee when I open the bathroom door after my shower) I straighten out the living room from whatever may have befallen it from the night before, and I go and turn my shower on. (Let it be known, the shower in my apartment needs AT LEAST 1 full minute to get from bitterly cold to a comfortably hot temperature. ESPECIALLY in the winter…ahh the wonders of a cheap apartment.. but I digress.)

While in the shower, depending how awake I am by that point,  I think about what the day has in store for me, what I might want to do after work, what a dream I may have had the night before means, and what outfit I plan to wear.

By the time I sit down at my makeup table, I usually have a pretty good idea of what kind of look I’m going for. Some days I feel like doing something simple and quick so I just throw a matte brown in the crease and a shimmery champagne color on my lid, slap on some mascara and be done. Most days, however, I have a full on creative fun fest at my makeup table. Sometimes I whip out a pigment or a bright Infallible shadow to play with, sometimes I use 3-4 different shadows all over my eye to create a fun, new look. No matter what I do on my eyes, I always enjoy the entire process of applying my makeup. I do not dread getting ready, I don’t find myself wanting to rush through application, I genuinely find that it relaxes and excites me at the same time.

I woke up this morning knowing that I wanted to do something with green shadow. (I love wearing green shadow as I feel it truly brings out the best in my eye color.) I decided to pair my dramatic, green smokey eye with one of my favorite blazers, which also happens to be bright green.

Here’s the look !

Early morning selfie in the car to show off my eye shadow 

my FAVE green blazer

Shadows used:

It Cosmetics Naturally Pretty Palate – Soft Light and Mocha in the crease

Milani Bella Eyes Gel Powder – Bella Emerald all over the lid and inner half of lower lash line

L’Oreal Infallible Shadow - Bronzed Taupe in outer half of lower lash line


Thanks for reading guys! Have a great rest of the day :) :)

xo Dane

    Side note: Here is Maxxie looking super duper cuters.. <3 <3 

The Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone Palate Challenge

Hello all!~

Sorry it took me a bit longer than I initially wanted to get this post up here, but here it is!

I nominated myself to do what I am calling "The Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone Palate Challenge". I have not seen a lot of looks created with this Drug store palate in my many months of YouTube and Pinterest Makeup perusing, and I thought that this would be a fun and easy way to incorporate this palate into my eye shadow usage regimen.
I created 5 different looks with the 8 earthy-toned, shimmery shades, all a bit different from the next.
The 5th look I did was my "Friday-night" inspired look, so this one is a bit more dramatic as you will see.

Too Faced - Shadow Insurance

For all of the looks, I used my tried and true Too Faced Shadow Insurance as my eye shadow primer. I literally live by this stuff. I use it every single day, whether I am wearing eye makeup or not, and I see amazing results every day. My eye shadow lasts ALL day, no matter how much I have on, and it brings out the best pigmentation in each shadow I use.
I have been using this guy for over a year and he is probably still half full. I use about half-of-a-pea-sized amount for both of my eyes and it just does wonders every single time. I LOVE IT.

I did all of my blending with a MAC - 217 brush and my lid shading with a Rite Aid - Domed Shader brush. (unfortunately, this brush has no official name) In all of my looks I used the Rimmel Scandalize Brown Kohl Eye Liner to smoke out my lower lash line. 




Here are swatches of all 8 colors on the back side of my arm. (photos taken WITH primer and WITH OUT flash)
I have also numbed each color as I reference them in each of the 5 looks.

Look 1: Wednesday

Casual - Smokey

Shadow #3 in the crease,
Shadow #8 in outer half of crease and outer V
Shadow #2 all over lid (applied color twice to get pigmentation I was looking for)
Shadow #8 again to deepen outer V
Shadow #1 to highlight brow bone and inner tear duct

Look #2: Thursday

Flirty and Bright

This was my favorite look so here is a full on selfie :)

#6 in crease (light handed to keep the color controlled) (this is my FAVORITE shadow in the palate - I LOVE it!)
#8 in second half of crease and outer V
#5 all over lid (applied color twice to get pigmentation I was looking for)
#8 again to deepen outer V
#1 to highlight brow bone and inner tear duct

Look #3: Friday

Simple and Classic 

#3 all over crease
#5 all over lid
#1 to highlight brow bone and inner tear duct

Look #4: Saturday (morning)

Weekend Glamour

#6 all over crease (concentrating most in the outer crease)
#3 in outer crease over #6 to create a gradient from green to brown
#2 all over lid (second application with finger over top- I use my finger to make the color appear more pigmented. I don't know why, but it always works for me!)
#4 in outer V

Look #5: Saturday (night)

Sultry and Fun

#8 all over crease (this is my 2nd favorite shadow in the palate)
#5 all over lid
#7 in outer V
#5 blended under my lower lash line
#1 to highlight brow bone and inner tear duct
(I added a tiny winged liner using the Maybelline Eye Studio Gel Liner. I also lined my upper and lower waterline with a black kohl liner to make it look a bit more dramatic.)

Well, guys, that's it! I am so glad I stuck with this and found so many different ways to use this palate. I enjoyed some looks more than others, and I, unfortunatley, did not have the best lighting or camera to work with for the photos, but I hope this post gets the point across that these Wet 'n' Wild palates are NO JOKE! They are absolutely worth the $5.00, and when combined differently, the shades can create very different and unique looks.

Hope you enjoyed!! Thanks for reading :)

xo Dana



To order Wet 'n' Wild - Comfort Zone :
 http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-detail/Wet-N-Wild-Eyeshadow-Collection-Comfort-Zone-738?skuId=854619

To order Too Faced - Shadow Insurance : 
http://www.amazon.com/Too-Faced-Cosmetics-Shadow-Insurance/dp/B0013CSGBE/ref=sr_1_1/192-3636107-3543634?ie=UTF8&qid=1412090115&sr=8-1&keywords=too+face+shadow+insurance

To order Rimmel - Scandal'Eyes Waterproof Eye Liner : 
http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-detail/Rimmel-ScandalEyes-Waterproof-Kohl-Eyeliner-Brown?skuId=908044