A QUICK POST: ORANGE SODA

just a really quick post to show you how NYX' Orange Soda lipstick looks on me...

indoors in natural lighting...

yay! I look so tan here....

indoors with flash...

pale face... boooooo!!

I wasn't gonna add this last one coz you can't really see how it looks like here but I thought might as well add an outdoors shot...

hahaha... please excuse the crappy face...

a lot of people were asking for swatches on the lipsticks that I bought from my last NYX lipstick haul, but since I know I really won't have time to swatch all of them & put them all in one post, I decided I'll just post them as I wear them one at a time... 

I wore this one first coz this is the color I was most curious & excited about... but I was just ehh, not worth all the excitement.. but that was just first impression... of course I will give it another chance, and maybe another one & another one... 

TEA ROSE, FIG, FRAPPUCINO, ELECTRA & ETCETERA

if I were to pick quality lipsticks other than MAC, YSL & all the other high end brands that offer really good quality, I would pick NYX round lipsticks in a heart beat.... for something that has such a low price tag, the quality is ah-mazingggg!! I already have quite a few in my NYX l/s collection but I've been wanting more for quite some time now... sooo... I finally got some of the colors that have been on my drool list....

I got my set from eBay, where everything is cheaper!!! yay!! donchu just love eBay??? 

the lipsticks were very neatly packed in these little boxes...

I got the 12 lipstick lot... they end up to be less than $2 a piece....

here are the shades I got...

& this is what they look like in the tube...

B52 

CIRCE 

ELECTRA 

FEMME

FIG 

FIRE 

FRAPPUCINO 

LOUISIANA 

ORANGE SODA 

PARIS 

SPELL BOUND 

TEA ROSE 

everything came in good shape except for some nicks on a couple of the lipsticks

Electra

Frappucino

which is not really that big of a deal.... for the price that I paid for these babies, I can't really complain....

the shipping was really fast & the seller is great! she responds to messages really quickly... so if you want the name of the seller that I got this lot from, let me know...

my fave from the ones that I already have are Thalia, Spoiled, Eros & surprisingly Power...

based on the swatches I've seen, I think Tea Rose, Orange Soda, Femme & Electra are gonna be my new favorites... 

can't wait to try 'em out & create new looks with them.... 

how about choo, have you tried NYX' round lipsticks?? how do you like them?? what are your top 5 favorite colors??

EOTD: I'M GETTING SUNBURNED

this was a look that I did a few weeks ago I just never got around to posting it as I was sooooper busy on a lot of things... you've probably seen a little sneak peek of this look in this post... 

PRODUCTS USED:

~face~

Monistat chafing powder-gel as primer

MAC studio fix fluid - NC30

Maybelline instant age rewind concealer - Light Medium

NYC loose face powder - Translucent

MAC blush - Blunt

MAC mineralized blush - Warm Soul

Evian facial spray

~eyes~

MAC paint pot - Painterly

NYX jumbo eye pencil - Honey

Wet n Wild coloricon tri e/s palette - I'm Getting Sunburned

Wet n Wild coloricon palette - Pride (used only the white as brow highlight)

MAC fluidline - Blacktrack

Maybelline the falsies volum' express - Very Black

Illamasqua eye brow cake - Thunder

Diorshow brow fixing gel - 000

Ardell accents lashes - #305

~lips~

EOS lip balm - Summer Fruit

NYX round lipstick - Thalia 

& here are some pix...

then tried the same look with a different lip color - Barry M #52 Shocking Pink 

topped with NYX Very Clear lipgloss... 

I just had to try this animated GIF thing.... I think it's pretty cool how it kind of diminishes the look of too much cam whorin... LOL

hope you all liked this look.... HAPPY FRIDAY everyone!!

CLIENT: MICHELLE - MAKEUP TRIAL 03262011

I've just kind of signed a partnership deal with Fotog_Republic(mentioned in this blog entry) & I've started doing makeup on some of their clients last week... my first client is Michelle, no not my friend Michelle (also mentioned in my previous post), but her co-worker Michelle....

indoors, no flash 

 

I chose a nude lipstick to match with the heavy eye makeup, but later on, she decided she wanted to try a bolder lip color, which she settled for...  

PRODUCTS USED:

-face-

Clinique dramatically different moisturizing gel

MUFE HD primer - #6

Revlon ColorStay foundation - Rich Tan

Mary K corrector (this was the client's so I don't know what shade it was... she had asked me to try it on her so she knows how to use it)

Benefit bronzer - Hoola

NARS blush - Orgasm

Maybelline NY Dream Matte powder - Medium 3-4 / Honey

Urban Decay setting spray - All Nighter

-eyes-

Urban Decay primer potion

NYX jumbo eye pencil - Milk

88 eyeshadow shimmer palette

88 eyeshadow matte palette (used different shades of lilacs & purples)

MAC fluidline - Blacktrack

CoverGirl LashBlast mascara - Very Black

Wet n Wild ultimate brow kit - Ash Brown

-lips-

Carmex lip balm

NYX round lipstick - Thalia

MAC lipglass - Viva Glam V

MAC lipstick - Petals & Peacocks

additional notes on the client:

- Michelle has really smooth skin with a few redness & very little blemishes.. the foundation application was really easy...

- I was gonna put falsies on her but didn't need to, as she has thick & long lashes after applying the  mascara

- she has nice full lips, it was cool putting lipstick on her.. dang! I wish my lips are full like hers... =(

- Michelle was color matched as a NC42 shade at MAC but said she looks orange with the foundation she has.... I used Revlon ColorStay foundation (for Oily/Combination skin) in Rich Tan on her... I was so scared the foundations I have with me won't match her but luckily, the Rich tan did... the client called a couple of days later asking what foundation I used on her...  she thinks it matched her skin perfectly... yay!!!! that made me so happy!! =)

- Michelle is also featured on Fotog_Republic's blog HERE & HERE

thanks Michelle(client) for letting me do your makeup & for letting us get 'before & after' shots of you... hope you liked my work...

some behind-the-scenes shots... 

can you see the Kat Von D poster behind us?? she has another one on the other side of the room, it was huuuge!!!! too bad I forgot to take a picture of it... ugh! I want one!!

excuse my crappy ass face, this was at 7:30 to 9:30 in the morning... yikes!!

I just had to throw this one in there even though I look like a dork! hahaha.... I just thought this pic was funny... I forgot what I was laughing about but I decided that this is def goin on my blog... awww... memory of my very first gig that I know I will go back to, a few years from now.... 

so what do you all think of my very first makeup gig as a freelancer???

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thanks Michelle & Chuck for helping me get this thing started.... 

thanks Michelle for believing in me... luv ya betch!!