Saturday's Look

Saturday's look just sort of happened... I didn't go into it with any plans, but it turned out pretty pin-up-esque. I've been practicing my winged-liner technique lately, and after applying my foundation thought I'd give it another go, but with brown instead of the normal black. After that was done and I finished applying my mascara, I decided on a red lip and this is how it turned out. After I saw my completed makeup, I did purposely do my hair in this  fashion to give it more of the 40's style, while keeping it modern.

I don't remember all of the products I used, but I know some of the brands were E.L.F. lipstick and bronzer, Rimmel mascara, Too Faced Blush, Smashbox highlighter, CoverGirl & Maybelline concealers, and an old brown liner I have that the brand has rubbed off of.

Jelly Belly Factory & Belated Thanksgiving Photos

The week of Thanksgiving, I had two paid holidays, so I decided to take the extra 3 days with vacation to have the entire week off. My boyfriend had a week of vacation that he had to use before the end of the year, so he decided to take it of as well. I can say that it definitely did not last long enough, but it was nice to sleep in past 5am more than 2 days in a row :)

During our time off, we didn't do a whole lot (which was the plan), but we did manage to make it to Fairfield to take a tour of the Jelly Bell Factory. This is something we had talked about doing for a while, but we wanted to go during the week so that the factory would actually be running, and this was the perfect opportunity!

They offer free tours every 20 minutes or so and you get free samples! Jelly Bellys are my favorite type jelly bean, always have been (and it made them a million times cooler to me when they started producing Bertie Botts Every Flavored Bean - Harry Potter reference for you - but that's off topic). We had a quick lunch in the cafe and waited in line for our tour.

Due to health regulations, you have to wear a hate when inside the factory, so they provide you with these silly paper hats (better than hair nets I guess!). My hair is so long that I'm not sure wearing a hat did much anyway. Also, that yellow wall is ghastly for photos!


Here are some more photos from the factory

Harry Potter of course!

Front of the building all decorated for Christmas. To the right was a giant Christmas tree!

 Thanksgiving was at my grandparent's house this year, which was nice for us since we only had to travel about 45 minutes instead of the hour and a half (give or take) through winding roads to my parent's house in the Bay Area.

I went for a more natural look. I don't think my grandparents would have been ready for bright greens or dark greys.

NYX FOTD

I recently won a giveaway for the NYX The "All I've Ever Wanted" Box from Mini Penny and was able to try out the palette. I also took advantage of Ulta's one day sale on Too Faced Shadow Insurance and picked up my first tube for only $9. So today I was trying out 2 products for the first time. I really liked both! My eyeshadow stayed fresh and crease free for nearly 12 hours and I love the variety of colors in the palette. The colors aren't quite as great in the photos as in person, but I hope you get the idea :)

Outdoor lighting, no flash

Indoor lighting, no flash

With and without Flash

 

I didn't realize until after I took the photo of the items used that I forgot a few things, but I've listed them below. These are indicated below with * 

Face: 

Ulta Professional UV Foundation Primer

Covergirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in #205- Very Light

CoverGirl True Blend Liquid Foundation in #1-405 - Ivory

Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Luminous Matte Pressed Powder in #1002-05 - Light*

Blush and Bronzer from the NYX palette

E.L.F. Essential Tone Correcting Concealer in Ivory*

Eyes: 

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

NYX The "All I've Ever Wanted" Box - 4 shadows used

Tarte Lights, Camera, Lashes! Mascara in black

E.L.F. Studio Eyebrow Kit in Light

E.L.F. Eye Widener in Pearl White*

Lips: Estee Lauder Pure Color Lon Lasting Lipstick in #182 - Pinkberry*

E.L.F. Plumping Lip Glaze in Fire Coral*

I also used a brown eye liner that I've had for a very long time and don't remember what brand it is. The markings have all worn off.

FOTD - 8/24/2011

My face of the day for August 24, 2011 using the Wet n Wild Color Icon eye shadow trio in Sweet As Candy.

No flash/flash

Face: Covergirl & Olay Simply Ageless Eye Concealer in #205- Very Light

         Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Luminous Matte Pressed Powder in #1002-05 - Light
         E.L.F. Bronzer in Golden
         Wet n Wild Color Icon Blusher in #831E - Pearlescent Pink

Eyes: Ulta Eye Shadow Base

         Wet n Wild Color Icon eye shadow trio #381B- Sweet As Candy

         E.L.F. Essential Waterproof Eyeliner Pen in Purple

         Rimmel London Lash Accelerator Mascara in #001 - black

         E.L.F. Studio Eyebrow Kit in Light

Lips: Estee Lauder Pure Color Lon Lasting Lipstick in #182 - Pinkberry