tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83364920505729471012024-03-13T14:59:19.650-07:00featherCaitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12824054064025768175noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336492050572947101.post-34088276124808587782013-07-24T21:29:00.001-07:002013-07-24T21:29:57.688-07:00I moved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So, if you've been following me on instagram, Tumblr, etc. you've probably noticed that I've been in the process of moving! I just got settled in my new place in San Francisco! I now live with my boyfriend which, we've been wanting to do for so long!!!</div>
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Anyway, here are some pictures from our balcony/deck, it was a really nice sunny day here today, which is a little rare for San Francisco!</div>
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<br />Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12824054064025768175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336492050572947101.post-59683880137697658232013-04-29T16:01:00.003-07:002013-04-29T16:01:55.838-07:00FOTD + Swatches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Today was so hot, I decided to do a tropical inspired look! I have this e.l.f. eyeshadow palette that is huge and has so many cool colors, so it's about time I started using them more! The only color that is not from tat palette is the yellow, it's an eyeshadow from Illamasqua! I put blue mascara on my bottom lashes to enhance the blue eyeshadow under it!</div>
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I also picked up a few new makeup products today, I'll be doing more in depth reviews of them later, but I do have some swatches for you!<br />
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First is this Maybelline Color Whisper lip "balm" it's not really a lip stick or a gloss....<br />
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Below I swatched on the left, a few layers of it, and the right just one! I think it's such a pretty color it's called, Pink Possibilities<br />
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Then I got an eyebrow pencil from Rimmel in the color 004 Black Brown it's good because it's not a reddish brown!!<br />
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No swatch of the mascara but I'll do a review of it later!<br />
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It's really been starting to feel like summer around here. The area I live there is really only two seasons, Winter and Summer, so it's already pretty warm here! I recently ordered this Hand embroidered Mexican dress on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/madeintechnicolor">HERE</a> and have been patiently awaiting it's arrival!!! It finally came yesterday and I'm so excited to wear it!</div>
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I used to have one when I was young, when my Grandad lived in Mexico, and sent me one and they always reminded me of summer. They are so pretty and the shop on Etsy that I ordered it from is so neat because they make them by hand, and are sent from Mexico too!</div>
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I also got this candle today at Target. I always love getting a new scented candle for different seasons. This one's scent is so fresh and summery!!<br />
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Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12824054064025768175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336492050572947101.post-6174159585194623702013-04-22T15:47:00.001-07:002013-04-22T15:47:25.524-07:00Flower Nail Tutorial Here is a cute flower nail tutorial! I started a new youtube channel that will have better quality videos! I hope you go check it out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC34BS73Po8cNVLuYpBP3VFw?feature=watch">HERE</a> and subscribe for more fun stuff to come!<br />
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Today I went to my favorite art supply store, in Berkeley!!! It is so amazing and has so many great things, I could spend A LOT of time in there! Some of my paint brushes have started to wear down, and look a little abused....Sometimes I'm bad at taking care of my brushes!!! So I bout two new ones, one is a standard small brush, but then I got an extra tiny one which I'm sooooo excited to use!!!</div>
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I also bought some more of my favorite water color paper. It is so amazing, by far the best I've ever used!!!</div>
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I also bought a maybelline blush, I've really been wanting to try one of these, I'm sort of bored with my blushes and the powdery consistency, so I want to try more cream blushes and this one is cheap and fun to try before I invest in more expensive ones! I got the color Hot Tamale! I think it's a really pretty color for spring and summer.<br />
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Below is a swatch, I did two swatches, the one close to my wrist is weird so just ignore it! haha!<br />
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I'm so excited to show my new Moo business cards! I just got them in the mail today, and couldn't be any happier with how they turned out! If you've never heard of them before, got check them out <a href="http://us.moo.com/">HERE</a>!</div>
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I got 50, and 4 different illustrations in the whole pack! I can't wait to include these when I send items from my shop to my customers! Next thing I plan on getting from Moo are their stickers!!!!</div>
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I'm also keeping myself busy with custom portraits! I'm doing two at the moment, both were requested for wedding gifts! So since it's around the wedding season, go check out my<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittlePaperFriends?ref=si_shop"> etsy shop</a> to see my custom portraits, it would be a great gift for a special couple you know!!<br />
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Today I finally got a chance to wear this adorable new top!!!! It's by the brand Lazy Oaf, and my sister got it for me for my birthday!</div>
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It's really cute and comfortable, and I'll definitely be wearing it a lot this summer! Today I wore it with a bright pink, pleated skirt. I think in the summer it will be cute with other high waisted things too!!</div>
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Below, I'm wearing it with this shawl that I got from Target. It has a sort of ombre effect from light pink to neon pink! I'm really into shawls right now, I think they are perfect for spring! I'm hoping to collect more soon!!<br />
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I hope everyone had a great Easter! Mine was really nice! My mom always decorates the house really adorable for every holiday so I took some snaps around the house to show you! Also some yummy food shots! I hope you enjoy them!</div>
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So, here are a few shots I took with my new camera, you can probably tell it's a lot better quality than my other camera! It's a Canon EOS Rebel T3 by the way. </div>
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Anyway, on to the food, in our area we have a pretty well know pizza place called Zachary's Pizza and they have really good deep dish pizza. So my boyfriend and I decided to make our own! So I hope you enjoy this food post, and the new and improved photo quality!!!!</div>
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Below are some cacti and a succulent that my boyfriend got me! I planted them in there myself!! They are so cute!!!<br />
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Inside the deep dish pizza we put the following ingredients: Tuna, mushrooms, red onions, capers, olives, arugula and spinach mix, mozzarella cheese, and tomato sauce! Oh and of course dough for the crust!<br />
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This is my favorite beer! It's from San Francisco!<br />
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Sorry, below is a semi massacred piece because I forgot to take a picture when it was more photogenic! haha!<br />
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Sorry for the absence! It was my birthday last monday, and I got an amazing camera!!!!! I have to clean up my computer and get rid of stuff off of my hard drive so I can start blogging again! I've been having troubles with my computer and storage (it's not letting me do anything like upload photos or using photoshop!), so my boyfriend got me an external hard drive so I can free up some space! <br />
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Since I have a new camera I am so excited to start blogging again, having a high quality camera will make it so much more fun! I also will be able to make better youtube videos! I'm thinking of making a whole other youtube channel to start fresh and have quality videos! What do you guys think?<br />
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Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great start to their Spring season! And I can't wait to start blogging again!<br />
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If you'd like to see pictures from my birthday you can go <a href="http://elizabeth-mackey.blogspot.com/2013/03/caitlins-birthday-dinner-at-wayfare.html">HERE</a> to my mom's blog to see!<br />
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So, I've made another brooch for my Etsy shop! This is the first time using paper clay (which is what it is made of) I was using this sort of as a practice, before doing another pretty exciting project, but it actually turned out really cute! I hope you guys think so too! I hand painted all of the little details, and put a felt backing with a sewn on little pin. </div>
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Also lately, I've been working on a bunch of projects at once, I'm making a new header for my sister's blog, a custom portrait, and a secret project that I will reveal on here soon! It's so cute and I'm really excited about it!! I'll give you a hint, paper clay is involved!!<br />
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On my free time, I've been doing pretty lazy things...but today in the mail I got my guilty pleasure magazine (I don't always like mainstream magazines, but for some reason, I like this one!), and my favorite product ever, Moroccan Oil!!!!! I ran out a few days ago, so I was panicking that it wouldn't get here soon enough!! haha!<br />
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Also, I forgot to do a post about my previous nail art, but if you follow me on instagram, you may have seen that I had cute little kitties on my nails! I've obviously been cat obsessed recently! But I changed them again to these colors below, I thought theses colors looked interesting together. I've also been wearing my birthstone ring a lot lately, maybe because it's getting close to my birthday!?<br />
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I was really excited to do this makeup art inspiration this week because I chose one of my favorite paintings! I love all of John William Waterhouse's paintings, but this one I especially love, I even have a framed print of it in my room. The colors are so beautiful, and of course the focus is all about the mermaid, and who doesn't love mermaids?</div>
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For this makeup look, I took some of the grayish blues, mossy greens, silver from her scales, and some goldish color that I picked up from the rocks and her hair. I hope you enjoy this look!</div>
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Here she is! My newest brooch, a sweet little Russian doll that is a miniature, one of a kind, wearable piece of art! I just put her up on my Etsy shop, and I hope she finds a new home soon! Go check her out <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/125521059/handmade-russian-doll-brooch?">HERE</a></div>
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Hello everyone! I'm so excited to share a new idea I'm going to be doing on my blog! As you guys know I love art and am an "artist" myself, but I also love makeup! So, I've decided to combine them and do a new segment for my blog, I'm aiming to do it once a week!</div>
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I'm going to be doing makeup looks inspired and based on pieces of art! Anything from a painting, to a sculpture, and more! For my first attempt I picked a painting by Edgar Degas, he has done so many beautiful ballerina paintings, with gorgeous colors, so I picked this one below, called "L'etoile" The colors in the painting are so beautiful and warm!</div>
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From the painting I chose, burnt orange colors, browns, yellow, light pink, shades of whites, and deep purple. Tell me where you can spot all of these colors! The two products below are an Illamasqua eyeshadow in the color "Yes!" and a M.A.C. lipstick in the color "Dark Deeds" All of the other colors I used are from my e.l.f. and sephora palettes.<br />
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For the lips, the "Dark Deed" lipstick is not coming off as dark in this picture, than it does in real life. I also put some of the shimmery orange shadow on the center of my lips. If you looks closely at the man in the suit in the painting he is wearing a very dark shade and then there is a hint of orange lightly layered onto the darker color.<br />
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Let me start by saying, I am not a fanatic about having every item I own having to be organic, and natural! But lately I've just been thinking to myself, "why not?" why not buy natural products that work well and are beneficial to me and the environment?</div>
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Believe me, I used to think that natural products were only for hard core hippies, and that they didn't work at all! But after trying a few natural products and reading reviews on others, I think that a lot of companies have come a long way, and sometimes these natural products are even better than name brand ones with not so good ingredients in them! I still have a few name brand favorite makeup brands that I will still use every once in a while, but for my day to day routine, I would like to start switching over to more natural beauty products!</div>
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I've actually had a lot of fun researching some amazing organic, and natural cosmetic and skin care lines! And I'm really looking forward to trying them! Anyway, today I bought a few items that I'm really excited to try!! I got Yes cucumber facial wipes, some luscious smelling body soap, and a delicious lip balm from Alba!</div>
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By the way, my philosophy on using organic and natural products is similar to how I think of food... I usually only eat healthy and organic food, but every once in a while having candy or some other indulgent food is not going to kill you! So, I'm mostly going to use natural products but I will definitely make exceptions! (Because I love the items I have from M.A.C haha</div>
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So, as you probably already know, M.A.C. Archie's Girls collection just came out on the 7th and I was so excited!!!! First of all who doesn't love M.A.C. also the theme for this collection was so adorable I had to have at least one item from it! So I decided to get the Pearl Matte face powder in the color "Veronica's Blush"</div>
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The Pearl Matte face powder is not really a blush, but it can still be used as that. It is supposed to be used as a highlighter, all over powder for a nice pinky glow, or as a light blush! The reason why I picked the Pearl Matte face powder from the Veronica side is because I think my complexion fits better with her colors, in the collection. I really liked the Betty one(which was more coral) but I don't think it would be as good on my skin tone. </div>
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So below, you can see what it looks like, and that it's already been used haha! It's very interesting that this product can have three different color outcomes. The hearts on their own are very pink, the base color is very light and looks more like a highlighter color, and then when you swirl them altogether it's a nice pink that is a little lihgter than the hearts on their own.<br />
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(from left to right: base and hearts swirled together, middle is just the light base color, and then on the far right is just the hearts!)<br />
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Now here is a makeup look I tried to upload a few days ago, but my computer was giving me trouble. I think this pinkish, plum look would be a great Valentine's day look, what do you think? I'm not using the "Veronica's blush" in this look, by the way! Hope you guys like this look!<br />
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Today was somewhat of a work day for me. I've been working on a few new projects including my illustrations and crochet projects. So I thought I'd share some pictures from my day, so you can see what a typical day is like for me!</div>
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So, here is my breakfast, I've been loving oatmeal lately and putting different things in it! Today I put in bananas, walnuts and a sprinkle of mini chocolate chips! It's super good!!!</div>
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After this I went to the gym, but I don't think you want a picture of that haha!</div>
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Then I had a salad for lunch that I forgot to take a picture of, and went home!<br />
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Every day I've been working on this crochet project, which is a cape that looks like a little red riding hood one!! I got the pattern from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bonitapatterns">here</a>! This Etsy shop has amazing patterns and when I saw this one from her, I had to get it! I probably would have bee farther along by now but there was a delay because I could never find enough of the yarn I needed!! Every time I would go to the store there was only one or none of it!!! And this pattern needs 7 skeins! So I finally had to get a special order and now I have all of them, yay!<br />
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This is just a snap of what I looked like today, I haven't put any pictures of myself for a while, so here I am! haha also I wanted to show you guys these amazing earrings that my sister got me for Christmas, they are hand made by<a href="http://www.rositabonita.com/rositabonita/STORY.html"> this lady</a> , all of her jewelry is amazing and I'm really glad that I have a piece!<br />
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Also, if you guys haven't seen I've put up 2 new prints I made from my new printer! I've been having some troubles with it but these finally came out nice! So if you are interested, please have a look at my Etsy shop!<br />
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Remember this is <u>very limited</u>, and has a bit of a time constraint, so if you really want a unique and special portrait to give as a gift, don't put it off! After this offer I will be taking orders for custom portraits in this same format, but it won't have a Valentine's theme.<br />
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So, here is the finished product of the illustration I was working on a few posts ago! It's a graphic, watercolor illustration, that's sort of different than what I usually do. If you guys like it go check it out <a href="http://society6.com/CaitlinMackey">here</a> on my Society6 shop, and you can get it on different items or just a nice print too!</div>
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Hey guys! Look what's new in my Etsy shop! </div>
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I'm going to be making a few more, so if you don't get this one in time you still have a few more chances at getting a mini piece of art to carry around with you all the time!</div>
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This little guy was painted with watercolor, and it's an original, so no one else will have it but you!</div>
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Caitlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12824054064025768175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8336492050572947101.post-89705070973050438782013-01-06T20:38:00.002-08:002013-01-06T20:38:47.617-08:00Lazy SundayToday was a lazy Sunday for me. Cleaning and getting rid of stuff, painting and doing my nails.<br />
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I started a new illustration, if you follow me on instagram, you've probably already seen the progress I've made on it already! I was sketching in my sketch book(something I need to do more) and started drawing Native American inspired things, so I based my newest illustration on the sketch below on the left!<br />
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So, below are the beginnings of it, and you can see a little bit of my starting process. I'll post more of my progress soon too!<br />
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I also was using my new watercolors that I got for Christmas!!<br />
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I also had time to do my nails today, I used these new essie, sleek stick nail stickers! These were sort of like snake skin, and reflective! I got mine at Target incase you want to know.<br />
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On a side note, I forgot to show this delicious dinner I made(with help from my boyfriend) last week. It was from our new Jamie Oliver book, and we've made two dinners out of it so far, and both were delicious!<br />
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Happy New Year!!!! I hope everyone had a great New Year's Eve! I didn't take many pictures so I'll just show you what I wore, and a yummy dessert my mom made!</div>
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p.s. This dress is vintage, and my shoes are Jeffrey Campbell. And below is my new nail polish I got for Christmas. It's called "Be a dahlia, won't you" from O.P.I.<br />
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My mom made a delicious cassoulet, and these amazing profiteroles below!!!!<br />
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So, now time to talk about the new year. I never make any great New Year's resolutions, besides the typical, eat less, exercise more....well I probably need to do that too, but I have a few better ones that I've never done. This time they are more manageable hopefully!<br />
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~Finish projects.(I have a real problem with this, I have so many unfinished pieces of art!!! you have no idea!)<br />
~Maybe grow my bangs out, just to see if I can do it, I never can, but I really want to try just to challenge myself!<br />
~Be more organized and get rid of a lot of stuff(I have so many little nick nacks, and I seriously need to take a trip to the container store) even if that means I'll have to hide my little collectables.<br />
~And lastly......Post more!!!!!!!<br />
I know this year I was so awful about it and I went through an insane stage of switching blogs and all sorts of other things! But this time I think I know what I'll focus on more. My blog will be more of a life style blog and showing my art and updates on my Etsy shop. But, I'll also sprinkle in some outfits, beauty stuff, cooking, and any other random things. Because isn't that what a lifestyle blog is?<br />
Plus, I've come to the conclusion that I am not a fashion blogger. Don't get me wrong, I love clothes and everything about it, but I just cannot keep up with outfit posts!!! I think that's what I was struggling with a while back and I finally had to realize that, that just wasn't and isn't me! So, yes you will still see what I'm wearing and my makeup but...my blog is not a fashion blog or a makeup blog.<br />
I also want to thank people who still follow me. I know I've been kind of a crazy, unreliable blogger and even though I don't get a lot of comments, I see and know, that some are still following, and that really makes me happy. Also, I don't want to ramble but that was another thing I was struggling with, less comments, and why I started to doubt myself. But I'm okay with it now. I'm blogging because I want to look back and see all of the things I did, and if I get comments along the way I will appreciate them but I won't dwell over how many I get anymore. Not dwelling and worrying over things will be another resolution to work on haha!<br />
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Anyway, after all of that, here is my next crochet project!!!! I'm making a cat! Make sure to keep checking back to see how it's coming along!<br />
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Just to warn you, there are A LOT of pictures in this post so get ready for a lot of up close pictures of my eyes haha!<br />
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This is what you you'll need for this look:<br />
~Hair clip to pin hair away from face.<br />
~moisturizer for all over face and for priming the lids.<br />
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~Silver glitter eyeshadow, either loose or compact like mine.<br />
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~Liquid eyeliner<br />
~Gray eyeshadow(not pictured) I'm using Barracuda by Urban Decay.<br />
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~Eyebrow gel<br />
~Red Lipstick, mine is Russian Red by M.A.C.<br />
~A lipliner in red, mine is Brick by M.A.C.<br />
~And False eyelashes<br />
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First, apply your concealer and foundation. Then start penciling in your brows with your pencil, make sure they are more arched than usual, because this is more of a pin-up look.<br />
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Then set their shape with brow gel, or clear mascara.<br />
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Next use a thin layer of your moisturizer as an eyelid base, because when you put the glitter on top you want it to be sheer, and your skin to still be visible. If you use a thick eyeshadow base you won't get the right effect.<br />
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Now apply the glitter with a fluffy brush, apply it carefully, and don't swirl it, or else it will get everywhere! Apply it up to your brow bone.<br />
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Now use a dark, glittery gray shadow for your crease.<br />
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Lightly, start applying it just above your crease.<br />
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Stay above your crease, and start feathering it up toward your brow like below. Make sure you aren't too heavy handed, and don't forget to tap the excess off your brush!!<br />
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Now swipe more of the silver glitter over the gray, so it's not as dark.<br />
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Then bring a little gray under your bottom lashes.<br />
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Now time for blush!<br />
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Apply it like I am below, and sweep up toward your temples.<br />
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Next, put lash glue on your false lashes and wait a few seconds for it to get tacky.<br />
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Then apply them the best you can!!!<br />
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Curl you real and false lashes together! And put mascara on too!<br />
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Now start using your liquid liner to fill in any gaps between the lashes. If you want you can apply the liner before the lashes.<br />
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Then, start applying the liner above the lashes like below.<br />
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Now it's time for the wing. Draw a line from the corner of your eye, slanted up to the tip of your brow, but obviously don't go all the way to your brow!<br />
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Then from the top, tip of the wing, bring it back towards the middle of the top of your lashes.<br />
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Make adjustments to the wing until you're happy with it!<br />
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Then do tiny strokes with the liner under your bottom lashes to make them look naturally thick!<br />
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Now put a cute beauty mark under your left eye like Dita!<br />
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Start lining your lips, and fill them in.<br />
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Then apply your lipstick!<br />
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Ta-Da!<br />
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Even if you wear glasses, I think this look, looks adorable with them too!<br />
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XOXO,</div>
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