Pink Hair & Hearts

Keeping in the spirit of Valentine's Day, I present my very pink haired, and uber smokey purple eyes girl. :)

Ta - dah! :D



I'm not a graphic designer (but very envious of you that are) but I am an artist. My first major in college was art... I had a scholarship...but after a few semesters, I didn't feel that was the path for me at the time. I enjoy drawing and painting on a regular basis though. I think being an artist is what helps with my makeup application, choosing color combos, etc (and lots of practice!)... Anyways, since I didn't take any graphics classes, I try to practice on a regular basis with my Wacom tablet...drawing my girls...

I would love to be graphic designer ...

I love my job I have now though :) So I will just practice and learn what I can on my own.

Thank you lovelies!

Anna aka Snooglerat

A Different Perspective

My EOTD a few weeks ago. I was traveling to Tennessee to be the photographer for my best friend's wedding. This was an eight hour trip. Therefore, I took pics of random things while my Sweety was driving.

I just liked this one. Not sure as to why....Just did.... :)



I used my Coastal Scents 88 Warm Palette & Hard Candy loose glitter on the lid. I used BFTECosmetics Mix & Fix to make the glitter stick.

Very Dramtic....

I did this awhile back for a makeup contest. I just now realize that I never posted it here...

Crazy looooong lashes :)

Merle Norman Fall Colors

I have a friend that works for Merle Norman. It is always to good to be in the know with makeup retailers. :) She told me Merle Norman's new fall colors were out. Of course I had to go take a look!

This is a look I did using Gold Digger eyeshadow on the lid & Charcoal Green in crease. Do my eyes look different? I applied them on my good friend Meggie :)




And here are some swatches of all the new colors, including lipsticks.




What fall products are you loving/wanting right now?

Swatches of BFTE Greens

A friend of mine, and fellow BFTE lover, Jenn asked for a comparison swatch of two different colors. Since I had the two she asked about and a few other greens from BFTE, I decided to swatch them for everyone.

These are swatched over Urban Decay Primer Potion, on my Sweety's back. Good husbands, will let a makeup obsessed wife, do those kind of things. Ha ha :)


This is direct flash


This is with the flash bounced off the ceiling


I did a few at odd angles. Minerals are so vibrant & sparkly. One pic can't show how awesome they are, so I'm adding these.




A close up of each









Thanks for looking everyone!

EDIT/UPDATE : BFTE no longer carries Sage or Shamrock. The colors By Golly, Ying Yang, and Glimpse all seem to be very close dupes to me. If I order these colors in the future I will update this post again.

Disclaimer: All products listed in this post were purchased by the author. No samples were provided for review.

Super Brights BFTE Contest Look

This was a fun, I fell into super bright paint, I am trying to blind you look!
BFTECosmetics is having a contest. They posted a pic of two prom dresses for inspiration. This is the one the look is based on....

How awesome is that! Who could resist the bright, fun colors in that dress? Certainly not me. :)

Here is my look inspired by the rivers of flowy fabric of silky awesomeness...













Eye Products Used

1. Urban Decay Primer Potion
2. MUFE no 2 (yellow) crease
3. MUFE no 99 (red) crease
4. MUFE no 92 (purple) crease
5. Coastal Scents 88 Palette, the hottest pink in it, crease
6. Coastal Scents 88 Palette, white, brow highlight
7. BFTE Whisper, inner corner highlight
8. BFTE Lemon, eyelid
9. BFTE Green Apple, eyelid
10. BFTE Grape, eyelid
11. Urban Decay 24/7 Liner, Electric, waterline & cat eye wing
12. BFTE Peacock on top of Electric, waterline & cat eye wing
13. Maybelline Gel Eyeliner, top liner
14. Estee Lauder Sumptuous Mascara

I'm adding this so everyone can see color placement


Wow! It isn't every day I use that many colors! I had fun doing this look and I have received some nice compliments so far. :) I also was planning to visit Sephora on the day I wore this. I had so much fun talking to everyone! The customers and employees were great!

To Be Reviewed ...

While browsing around in Ulta, I came across the new Maybelline Gel Eyeliner...



I've read mixed reviews from various bloggers, so I went ahead a decided to try it for myself. I like to wear products several times before I make a judgment call.

After a trial run I'll update my thoughts.

Laters :)

PS... Leave me a comment with the name of your favorite eyeliner! Liquid? Pencil? Gel?

New Coastal Scents Metal Mania 88 Palette

I just received this in the mail yesterday. This is the newest 88 palette from Coastal Scents. I love the colors. All of the eyeshadow colors seem to be shimmery so far. And like the rest of the 88 palettes, the pigments are very bright! Can't wait to try this out. :)



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The shades are best described as being a nice combination of the 88 Warm Palette and the 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette. The 88 Metal Mania Palette seems to fit nicely between the two.

I've put them side by side for comparison.



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That's all for now. If anyone else buys the new palette, let me know what you think about it. :)

No products or compensation were provided for this blog post. Everything shown was purchased by the author.

Bright Spring with BFTE

Hello Everyone!

Long time, no post, eh? Well I am going to remedy that now. So, lets get on with the pics & products!

BFTECosmetics asked, on their fan page, to post pics of everyone's eyeshadow collection from BFTE. Well here is my collection :)



So, since I had all my shadows out, I wanted to do a very springish, bright, everything is blooming now, pretty, look. The following pics show what I came up with. Products will be listed after the pics.

Also, I would like to give a special thanks to my husband for helping me take these photos. Thanks Sweety :)


















!!! :) !!!
I really like how this turned out! I hope everyone else does as well.

Eyes (top)
-Urban Decay Primer Potion Sin all over lid.
-Urban Decay 24/7 Liner, color Electric all over lid, blended just above the crease.
-BFTECosmetics eyeshadow color Gem on inner 1/2 of lid
-BFTECosmetics eyeshadow color Sage on outer 1/2 of lid.
~blend the two colors together where they meet in center of lid
-MUFE 92 for the crease and blended into brow highlight color
-BFTECosmetics eyeshadow color Blacklisted, used wet, in the inner most part of the crease (I used BFTE Mix & Fix)
-Estee Lauder eyeshadow color Ivory Box as a brow bone highlight
-Eye liner, Coastal Scents Gel Liner, True Black
-Estee Lauder Sumptuous Mascara

Eyes (bottom)

-Urban Decay 24/7 liner Lust used as a liner under the eye
-BFTECosmetics shadow, Blacklisted used on top of Lust
-BFTECosmetics shadow, Gem used for inner 1/3 under the eye


Brows
- Ulta eye liner pencil, color Bronze


Lips
-Lip stick, Urban Decay, color Naked


Cheeks
-Nars Blush, color Orgasm blended with
-Merle Norman Blush, color Razzle Dazzle

Face
-Smashbox Primer
-Estee Lauder Double Wear Liquid Foundation, color Ecru
-Estee Lauder Double Matte Oil Control Powder color Light/Medium
-BFTE Loose Mineral Foundation Powder, color Light Beige
-Rimmel Bronzer color Sun Light

No products or compensation were provided for the use of any makeup used for this look. Everything used was purchased by the author.

New Orleans Saints Team Colors Inspiration

My Sweety and I were getting ready to watch the Saints game and I was inspired to do an eyeshadow look based on the team colors: Black & Gold. I thought this would be a challenge considering I was fairly certain I didn't have any gold eyeshadow. But as luck would have it, I had forgotten about my BFTE loose mineral shadow in Antique. This is a perfect gold color. For black I used Ulta's pressed shadow Galaxy. I love the teeny tiny sparkly flecks throughout it. For inner corner highlight, and fade into gold color I used Platinum. This color is also a pressed shadow from Ulta. My eyebrow pencil is actually an eyeliner from Ulta in the color Bronze.



To make the sharp black crease I used Urban Decay's 24/7 liner in Zero. I took an eyeliner brush, rubbed the pencil on it, and drew the crease. I put Galaxy on top of that and faded up. This method also works well to make sharp "cat eye" wings on the the inner and outer corners of the eye.

The lip liner is an off brand drugstore pencil in color Auburn. I used an Estee Lauder gloss in the color Ginger.









Lip picture was taken indoors... That is why I suddenly have a tan! :)




I did not get a full face picture that I really liked. So here is me and my "niece" Jocelyn. She is a very good friend's daughter. I was taking Halloween pictures for her today.