I was really happy with the way this turned out and how easy it was to do. This is the first time I've used these Meow colors. I love being able to try so many colors by ordering samples.

Eyes: all Meow unless noted
Base Nude Frost
Lids: ScandalEyes Nicole S (beigy pink, very shimmery)
Crease: ScandalEyes Prissy (deep green)
Outer corners and lined under eye: IdealEyes Mischievous Purrl (light green)
Lined top and lower: Sephora bright teal, flashy blue
Mascara: Stiletto
Concealer: Dior skinflash

Primer: Sheer Cover
Foundation: Lancome mineral,Ivory 10, topped with Lancome mineral powder, then my sparkly mix
Blush: Meow Masterpiece The Kiss, pink
Lips: Popster tinted lip conditioner, rimmed with Beauté Paramour

Anyway, I loved it! How about you?

I hope you had a great day!

Karin

Originally posted 2009-04-19 23:01:07.

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I always like a good beauty quote, and Andrea Claire had a few good ones in her interview with Makeup Junkie. You can read the full interview and learn more about Claire's makeup, hair and style career here at MJ's blog. You can also see some of Claire's print work. I'm glad MJ is back online posting again.

Here are some highlights:

Fall 2009 Beauty Trends
Claire feels smokey eyes, matte red lips, and 80s revival will be the top trends this fall. This was confirmed in the MAC videos I posted earlier.

Advice to women of a certain age
Avoid trends such as 80s revival, if you already lived it once. Makes sense to me.

...if you had been there done that and bought the lime green shadow you cannot do that again! Besides, it is very much a 'must have young skin' to pull it off. Bold colour blocking with eye shadows can age you and have you looking like you are stuck in a time warp. This look is only carried off if you are an adolescent so if you are 21 and under I say rock it, over 21 opt for another trend of the season.

Claire gives the following makeup tricks:
Smokey Eyes

*layer carbon/charcoal shadows with metallic colour. [You notice that I have done this, as it works better for my eyes.]
*If you find shadows are difficult to blend with your dark base then layer MAC's Smolder pencil with a Lise Watier's Metallic Eye shine pencil, smudge together with a Q-Tip. [Or use the MAC smudger brush as I have done. And use a lighter base. MAC's Smolder moved on me and made a mess. Blackgraph stays put. They are two different formulas. Smolder would likely smudge better.]

Matte Red lips

*apply the lip liner after the lipstick so it doesn't appear to[o] geometric.
*dot a smidge of vitamin e on top - not to add gloss but just a little moisture -- if matte is too drying for you.

What I really loved is her beauty mantra:

Be realistic. Be real... Beauty is not serious - beauty is a moment in your day that can convey confidence, flirtiness, calm. What I mean is, all women 'take 5' in their day by touching up here and there ... Beauty is a moment in time that is forever changing. Embrace those little moments but don't be those moments just live in them.... HA! Life is short - enjoy it - have fun with it. That's what beauty and fashion is all about; ... A form of expression that can change day to day, season to season - enjoy the trends but remember to enjoy life too. Andrea Claire at Makeup Junkie

Be sure to look at Makeup Junkie's blog.

Karin --I do wear the lime shadow, just judiciously.
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don't steal my posts -- you know who you are!

Originally posted 2009-08-27 19:21:47.

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I felt like bright turquoise today, and that made me think immediately of the colors that Aromaleigh has.

Eyes: all Aromaleigh, except where noted:
Crease: caribe, pure hue
Outer corners: aqua nightmare, gothic lolita
Inner corners: endless sea, rocks! sonic eyes
Drylined upper and lower: moonagedaydream, rocks! sonic eyes
Tight Lined upper and wet lined lower: Jordana Sterling Blue
Brows: Clinique soft blonde pencil
Mascara: Guerlain Le2 (double sided with small brush for lower lashes)

Foundation: Lancome minerals -- still trying to figure out how -- and how much -- to use; see how funky my nose looks here? I saw it in sunlight and took care of it. Generally I leave everything off my nose for this reason.
Powder: Lancome minerals
Highlight: AL magnolia blossom
Blush: AL english rose (a powder, not a blush, that didn't show up, so used it across my face, lightly)
Blush: Meow Masterpiece Water Lilies

Lips:
NYX Lips Hebe -- this one doesn't migrate. It's got a lovely sheen to it, doesn't feel slippery -- and it doesn't move into liplines around the mouth.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-02 16:27:29.

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I've had a couple of palettes hanging around that I basically never used. It helps sometimes to analyze why something isn't working. I bought this one (Crystal Ball Color Kit) because it has a really cool sparkly gloss in it (Starshine.) I figured I could use the other colors. Shadows: Pink Charm -- light pink; Illusion -- light brown, Shadow -- charcoal-black. Powder/Blush: Fairy Dust (peachy -- not quite enough for blush, a little too dark for me for powder or highlighting.) Lippies: Dream (peachy), Flirt (medium pink), Max (deeper red/burgundy.)

Eyes:
Lids: pink; Crease: brown, then the charcoal; Outer corners: brown.

Basically the reason the shadows don't work really well for me is that they are too light or too dark. The pink hardly shows up against my skin. The brown isn't dramatic enough, and the black is too harsh with these colors.

I got the idea to add
Drylined top and lower: AL heartofglass -- great color that pops it
Tightlined top, wetlined bottom with Venomous gel liner -- the one that BookGirl likes so well on me -- and I do too, now that I know to apply it with the back end of the liner brush! Who knew...but it makes it more smudgy and covers the waterline well.

Then my eyes were OK.

Powder: my sparkly, then from the palette. As I said, the color isn't strong enough for blush or is too much for highlighting. I added too much fooling with it.
Blush: MAC Dollymix

Lips Loved the lips today! It helps to know how to rim.
Flirt on one lip; Starshine on the other; smooshed; rimmed with MAC Dazzlepuss and a little up the middle.

All the rest is the same as yesterday.

What do you think?
Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-23 09:43:39.

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Wild Lashes by aiibeauty.com
These are really weird lashes (Halloween again) and they bothered me all day because I felt self-conscious about them. No one remarked negatively about them, but I felt negative. The silver doesn't show up from a distance, so it looks like half your lashes fell out, LOL!

They are too long for my own lashes, but I don't want to trim them back. My 14 yo liked them, even though they are long.

The interesting, way cool part is that underneath the silver picks up the color of the outfit you wear (so they might pick up the color of your hair on top.) In the sun with the shirt I was wearing, they were a gorgeous, iridescent, radiant copper from below.

I loved the Aromaleigh shadows. I especially loved Orinoco! I didn't take the pictures until evening, so it is more muted than it began as my hands were up by my eyes fiddling with the lashes.

Dragon: Fascinating green, muted in tone but with a smoked base and pearl luster.
Orinoco: Soft peach lustre that reveals a satiny borealis iridescence.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

Originally posted 2009-12-01 20:12:08.

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Still using some Chanel colors.
Primer: Chanel blue liquid
Dual: Sea Gray/Petal -- soft blue/gray; petal is a soft almost pink peach
Blue in the crease; the pink above the crease, not to the brow
Drylined top and lower: the blue from Chanel Sea Mist (trio)
Pencil lined: Chanel light and dark blue pencil, discontinued but my favorite blue
Brows: La Prairie pencil
Mascara: Arbonne 2 step
Concealer: Arbonne

Makeup the same as yesterday. Except Primer is Arbonne. YSL Blush, used also for bronzer, is # 19. It comes in a pot with a sponge on the top, very easy to apply by dabbing wherever you wish.

Lips: NYX Rhea + MAC Popster lipconditioner, rimmed and a touch on the bottom lip of Beauté Allure.

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, if you don't have a representative, go here.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-06-17 11:42:53.

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Arbonne's eye sets
Arbonne has two eye looks that they recommend in sets. To tell you the truth, until I saw The Audrey Eye Look in the the Travel Palette Shadow Case [the colors shown in this link are not the eye sets] and on Shari, I wasn't convinced they would work for me, but I loved the look especially of The Smokey Eye Look on the model in the catalog. Honestly, the pictures in the catalog of the products do not do justice to the look in the case and how the colors work together.

Here is a picture of Smokey Eyes. I think this look is especially pretty. I tried to imagine it on my brown eyes minus the red hair. And, of course, I'd like to look like the model! She reminds me of Amy Adams. To look at Inkling in the catalog, it looks like very, very dark almost black navy. But in RL it is not nearly that dark. It is a color that I would enjoy wearing as it has some vibrancy to it.

And here is The Audrey Eye Look that Shari was wearing yesterday, when she came to Book Girl's Arbonne party. Wow! it was gorgeous, neutral, and rich looking. She had added in the case the two recommended blushes: Promise (I have that one, it is softly pink) and Savvy (softly apricot.) Also, she added two more recommended colors (these are fairly new colors): Illume (shimmery white) and Mystery (very dark black.) That filled up the shadow case. Seen in the case, it is just super pretty.

Here's what Arbonne says about their shadows:

... pressed eye shadow in a range of 34 moisturizing shades that won't flake or smudge

which is important to know when working with as dark a color as Mystery, and it becomes doubly important when working with another brand, as I did today, then had to put up with smudging! That is definitely a reason to buy an Arbonne color of something you think you already have.

Anyway, we had a blast, and Joann and I both tried the Audrey Eye Look which Shari brought with her. I put mine over the top of what I already had on, which was very neutral, and it still lasted well. I'd love to try it alone, which I will when my next order comes in. I'm definitely going to get this color combo. And I regret to say I forgot to take a picture. I really liked Savvy Blush on me. It is a perfect apricot shade. I only have my earlier fotd, which I haven't posted yet.

Here's Joann after the Audrey Eye look. She is wearing Nectar lipstick; Savvy blush;FYI Light Tinted Moisturizer. She's been using RE9 for about 2-3 weeks now and her skin is feeling much more hydrated. There are also nice changes in the appearance of the surface of her skin. We have some before and after pix that I might post if I have some time.

Caution: if you are looking at the info in the paper catalog, they have reversed the product info on liner between the two looks. Smokey Eyes uses eye pencil. Audrey Eyes uses liquid liner.

Later the girls had a mask party. They decided to try Arbonne Sea Mud Face and Body Mask $45.

The detoxifying actions of sea mud and bentonite clay help draw out impurities as they absorb excess oil from the skin. Also suited for oily skin to help prevent clogged pores, blackheads and blemishes. Helps detoxify and condition the skin’s surface. It wraps you in comfort and leaves your skin glowing.

Key Ingredients:

Botanical sea extract complex of spirulina, sea kelp, sea lettuce, bladderwrack; Atoligomer® sea salt; sunflower and safflower oils, bentonite and ginger root extract.

*Atoligomer is a registered trademark of CODIF Reserche & Nature, St. Malo, France.

Let me know if you'd like Book Girl to order anything for you! Book Girl is wearing the Arbonne spa white robe.

To buy Arbonne from Bookgirl, if you don't have a representative, just ask.

Karin

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Originally posted 2009-07-27 12:07:33.

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I did this look yesterday, but I didn't have time to post it. I was very pleased with how it turned out and felt I looked great all day. All my pictures turned out well too, so it is difficult to pick the ones to show! I have no idea what I'm going to do with my eyes yet for today.

Eyes:
Brand New Mary Kay Spring 2009 Luminous Color Blue, Brown, Green in single square pan $15 This isn't even in their online catalog yet!
Cost for compact if you want one $18
Lime green on lid
Brown in crease and on outer corners -- pretty, fairly light shade

Lined eyes:
Turquoise Blue as bright liner on top and outside of the MAC pencils on the bottom
Bottom Lined: MAC graphblack on waterline; earthline below that
Top lined at edge of waterline from underneath Sephora bright turquoise waterproof flashy liner pencil

Mascara: Stiletto on top; Lancome on bottom.

Brows: Merle Norman powder. You can see how well it covers. It's a great shade!

Lips: NYX Round Gloss Queen of Africa

Blush:
I tried a really fun thing for the first time. I have a multitude of lip pencils that I rarely use. I decided to take one of them and use it as a blush. I used Jordana Magenta. This is a very inexpensive pencil I bought at the drug store several years ago. I just don't wear such strong magentas as lippies for the most part any more, so it sits unused.

Technique: I drew a fairly good sized swatch on the end of my index finger. I added one tiny drop of moisturizer and smooshed it together with my other index finger. I then applied this on my cheek bones.

I love the color and will definitely do this again and with other colors.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-03-10 09:22:43.

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Life in the fast lane with end of year school projects (for the mom!) and etc. are putting me behind in posting my FOTDs. It helps to have lovely makeup to make you feel and look your best!

Eyes: I really loved these colors together. They made me happy!
They are both beautiful on their own.
Base: Nude Frost
Crease: Fyrinnae Kitten in Heels
Lids: Fyrinnae Faerie Glamour
Tight lined top and wet lined lower: Venomous gel liner -- a pretty purple - using back end of brush
Mascara: top Lancome Oscillation; lower: Guerlain LE2 (lower lash side only)
Brows: Merle Norman powder
Concealer: Mary Kay #2

Primer: MUFE
Foundation: Chanel, discontinued
Rouge under powder: Maybelline Rose Petal mousse blush
Powder: my sparkly mix, then Guerlain meteorites as bronzer
Blush over powder: Lancome Petticoat Pink cream

Lips: Fyrinnae Glitter Kittiez rimmed with Beauté Allure

Do you have any of these colors?
They are some of my favorites.

Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-18 09:47:00.

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The Smoky Eye look is one of two eye sets that Arbonne has put together. Judging from how beautiful it looks on the model and how beautiful the Audrey Eye look is in the travel palette and on Shari, I wanted to try this sight unseen. Shari has a palette set up in it, but didn't think to bring it when Book Girl had her last party.

When my palettes arrive, I'll take photos of the sets in the palettes then post the pictures here, on yesterday's FOTD, and in a new post.

You can see the Smoky Eyes on a model here. Aren't they lush!

This set repeats the brown shade (matte) from the Audrey Eye look, but adds a bronzy shade (shimmery) to go with it. If I hadn't seen it on the model, I likely would not have ordered this shade because I wouldn't have thought it would work on me, but it does. It is very pretty combined with the brown, and will be beautiful alone also.

I applied this without looking at the recommended order of colors. Next time I will remember to do it the other way. One change: wetline, not tightline. The other: use the shimmery bronze (Charade) just over the pupil of the eye. Inkling is a beautiful color. It is not as black a navy as it appears; it is a true navy. I applied

Lids: linen, then smudge with inkling, adding Charade a bit over all
Drylined top and lower: Inkling I wanted to bring out the blue
Tight lined top and lower: Eclipse, smudged with smudger on the pencil
Inner corners: Illume. shimmery white
Mascara: Guerlain
Brows: La Prairie pencil

Primer
Foundation: Revlon Age Defying (one side) Revlon Spa (other side)
Highlight:
Rouge under powder: MK stick
Powder: Guerlain meteorites
Blush: Arbonne Savvy, the soft apricot shade

Lips:
Arbonne Illusion + Legend 1/2 and 1/2, 1 on each lip, smooshed; then blended well with a lip brush, because it looked like light lipstick with dark liner.

I loved the lip color on the model. I'm going to try this right now, just to see, since my earlier color is gone. Illusion looks quite brown in the tube, not the soft apricot on her lips. Stay tuned for a LOTD post.

What do you think?

I think this will be very pretty for fall -- and I'm feeling like fall, even though the temps have not broken. It's still hot, hot, hot here.

If you'd like to order any of these Arbonne products and do not have a consultant, Book Girl would be happy to help you.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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