Shoppin My Stash: VS Sexy Vice and Beg Me.....

I felt like being " too much " today...Putting on alot makeup and stepping out in the world. I dug up VS Sexy eye shadow in Vice and VS Sexy lipstick in Beg Me....

I have no idea why I never used Vice. Its a matte dark purple. Fucking awesomery.:)
The lips are Beg Me. It goes on creamy with bit of shine but then it gets matte. I'm rocking every look with Beg Me this weekend. I guarantee my mother will want this lippie. Its right up her alley.

Jamie

Wishlist: Heidi Klum Eye Shadow Palette and Powder Gems....

I can't get my mind off Heidi Klum for Victoria's Secret Powder Gems and Eye Shadow Palette. I saw them two weeks ago at VS and fell crazy in love with both!!

The Powder Gems are gorgeous. I've never own anything like that even though various beauty companies have made something like this. Physician's Formula used to make a bronzer in that form that never got.

And this palette....Lord!

All I can say that the palette is only $24 for 5 shades ( pretty good deal, eh) Then, the black shade is like coal soot, it was so black when a swatched it. All the colors when crazy pigmented.... I probably can dupe them all but I want this.

Jamie

Diary of Nouveau Nappyhead: 20 weeks post relaxer...

Happy Monday!!!

So, I thought I would update on my transition out of my relaxer...yet again. This picture is 20 wks post relaxer with about 1 inch of relaxed ends cut off. Parts of my hair are fully natural now( my crown to almost my nape) . But, the top of my head, I have alot to go before I'm ready to cut off the ends. The nape is tricky. My hair at the back is a 3b texture, so I actually don't know what's relaxed and what's natural.
This how I prep my hair for my wig. I braid it in two 'plaits'. LOL!

ALSO, I have a Nu Gro review coming up....:)

I hope to cut those ends off and full natural by Jan 2010. I plan on still wearing a wig as a protective style til' at least March or April.

Jamie

Review:Santee Plus Palette in 03....

****I seriously didn't want these pictures THIS small BLOGGER...but I'm not going to reload them again.****

Okay, I picked this Santee Palette up about a month ago at the favorite hometown spot, Almost Pink. $3 they was......

In this look, I practicing my 'cut the crease'. Still on my makeup technique grind....learning and things of that nature...
They are all 'satins'. Wish that white and tan were mattes but that's what you get for $3, ya know.:)
I used my UrbanVibe liner in black and Nicka K NK HD shadow in #3021 to 'cut the crease'....
messy....still gotta work on it.....
Like the side view, though....thoughts, help?

Have great weekend!!!

Jamie

Rural Glamour Real Talk: Keeping Your Makeup On...

There is not a week they goes by that I get this question:

How do I keep my makeup on all day?

Wellllll....I could say, "Try XXX primer or XXX blotting paper... XXX foundation will hold it up" But truth of the matter is that if you want you makeup to last from the time you wake up in the morning til' you take it off at night....well, that fantasy's not going to happen.However, you can possibly get til' mid afternoon "all day makeup". Here's how, plain and simple....

STAY ON TOP OF IT

What I mean by that is... pack your blotting papers, translucent powder, compact mirror and lipgloss and check your face to see if its 'sliding'. If it is, then get to work on it. Blot,powder, gloss.

You have to stay on top of your makeup if you want it to last all day. Primers, long lasting lipsticks and glosses and foundations only give you so much time then you are on your own.

Just like your hair, if it looks out of place, you touch it up, don't you? Expect to do the same to your face.

You can check my current handbag on any given Friday and find 10 or more different lipglosses. Why? Because, I reapply gloss often. I also have two to three packs of blotting paper in there too. Why? Because after 1:00pm my face gets shiny, so I blot the oil off.

I have a friend who has dry skin and it looks like she is 'untouched' all day. I thought it was her dry skin that held her makeup on. Wrong. She carries a compact of translucent powder and Evian mini spritzer with her to touch up. She told me blot papers dry her out. So, she sprays, lets the water dry then reapplies the powder. She STAYS ON TOP OF HER MAKEUP.

So that's my magical answer to that question. Go ahead and buy the primers and foundations, pack it all on and hope for the best, if you don't believe me. But trust, you will have to touch ALL that up....

Jamie

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