Finally! A post with pictures! And not just any pictures... SOME MAKEUP PICTURES!

I'm just posting up some looks I did. Sorry they're not all full face shots. After the tykes knock out on the weekends, I just get the urge to get eye fancy and nothing else. I don't remember what I used in each one, but I have been using my 88-Piece Palette (Shimmer) and the 28-Piece Neutral Palette from Coastal Scents lately and well as my new boatload of MAC pigment samples. I'll try to recall the best I can.

#1

This is my normal everyday wear:

Buff'd Concealing Foundation in Caramel, STILA Brow Set, UDPP, MAC Painterly/Layin' Low Paint Pot, Maybelline's The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara, MAC blush, and a choice of NYX Lipstick (this one is Champagne - big hearts for this one!).



#2

MAC Cash Flow Paint Pot (base), MAC Golden Lemon Pigment (foiled on lid, inner lower lashline), Pink from CS Palette (outer lid, outer lower lashline), MAC Rose Pigment (crease), MAC Signed, Sealed (outer crease), MAC Carbon (outer crease), MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (upper lashline), MAC Graphblack Technakohl (waterline - not staying well anymore), Red Cherry lashes







#3

MAC Delft Paint Pot, Teal, Blue, and Lime Green from CS 88-Piece Palette.





#4

MAC Layin' Low Paint Pot (base), MAC Golden Lemon Pigment (lid, inner lower lashline), MAC Melon Pigment (outer lid, crease, middle lower lashline), Brown with gold shimmer from CS Neutral Palette (outer crease, outer lower lashline), Soft Black from CS Neutral Palette (outer crease, outer lower lashline), MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (upper, lower lashline, waterline)





#5

28-Piece Neutral Palette from CS - love, love, LOVE this palette!!







#6

MAC Rubenesque Paint Pot (base), Gold and Pink from CS 88-Piece Shimmer Palette (lid, outer lid, inner lower lashline), MAC Mauvement Pigment (crease, middle lower lashline), Dark Purple from CS 88-Piece Shimmer Palette (outer crease, outer lower lashline)





#7

This one is simple, simple, SIMPLE!!

MAC Layin' Low Paint Pot (base), MAC Club e/s (lid), muted brown and dark brown from CS Neutral Palette (crease, outer crease), NYX B52 Lipstick












#8

And last but not least... another CS Neutral Palette look. Can you tell I'm in love with this palette??? And the lips are courtesy of NYX B52 and NYX Mauve.









Same look under different lighting conditions!!


Hope you guys enjoyed the looks. You can tell which ones are the office looks since I don't have time to put eyeliner on, hah. If you need more details on one or want me to recreate the look but in a full face version, just let me know.

Happy Friday folks! We made it...

Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne

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EOTN: A Bit of the Originals At Work

Seems like Christmas was rockin' this year for everyone. I mostly got money from the family for the family, a pair of Crocs slippers (cushion, cushion, cushion!!), and MAC giftcards. Hubbo and I didn't even exchange gifts because... well, I guess we're just feeling aged and phasing out that tradition, lol. Plus, our 2 year wedding anniversary is coming up at the end of the month. If we're lucky enough to just have dinner (probably not by ourselves, lol) then that's all good with me.

Anyhow, here are some Christmas moments:

I was FINALLY able to score a decent shot with him since he's always moving.

We just woke up and the other one is sleepy already, lol.



Looks like an innocent toy, right?



Here's what that innocent toy belongs to!



Later that night, we went to this one neighborhood that has the houses at the end of the cul-de-sac filled with lights and outdone in decorations. One of the houses has this tree in the front made out of Heineken bottles with lights that correspond to the rhythm of the music. Yes, they even have music playing throughout the block. Soooo cool. And not only that, they serve hot chocolate and marshmallows to the people that come by, a guestbook to log the crowd, and a lady in a green apron handing out candy canes.



They also have another tree made of Bud Light bottles.



I didn't do my makeup for Christmas (shame, shame) because we just stayed home and celebrated with Hubbo's parents. I miss the family get-togethers around the holidays, but being so far from everyone a quiet holiday isn't so bad either.

A few days ago, I did an EOTN using colors from the Originals. Parrot is very similar to Shimmermoss but a bit more on the blue side whereas Shimmermoss is more on the green side. I used 5 out of the 7 eyeshadows I got. Not bad, huh?

Anyhow, glad to hear and see that your Christmas' were eventful. Less than a week and we'll be celebrating a new year. Are you ready??

Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne

(all MAC unless stated otherwise)

EYES
UDPP
Bare Canvas Paint (lid - 242)
Parrot e/s (lid - 239)
Ochre Style e/s (inner V - 219)
Clue e/s (crease - 217)
Charred e/s (outer V, crease - 222, 217)
Alum e/s (highlight - 239)
Moonflower e/s (inner lower lashline - 219)
Jewel Blue e/s (outer lower lashline - 219)
Graphblack Technakohl (waterline)
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

You probably can't tell unless you are very meticulous, but I added Transparent Teal Reflects Glitter on the lid and lower lashline.

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EOTN: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

One of my good friends back home was telling me how she liked the C-Shock FOTD done by Verdge. C-Shock is one of those collections that I wish was part of my collection. And the only way to get my paws on that now would be through a swap (but since I have nothing to "swap" that doesn't work too well for me), eBay, or a dupe set. My gal Vanessa found a really good dupe of C-Shock. And speak of the devil, as I just went to her site to link her, she just posted pictures of the shadows she bought of C-Shock, lol! I remember going into MAC during that promotion but I was so new to MAC that my friends Intimidation and Hesitation told me not to get it. Looking back, I should have listened to my friend Gut instead.

This is nowhere near the vibrancy of the C-Shock colors nor C-Shock looking, but I guess just thinking of how the collection was comprised of different bright colors inspired me to grab a color from each color of the rainbow (except orange) and just play. And I thought I'd try out my NYX Glitter Pallet. I'm not really impressed with it. A MAC Glitterliner would work waaay better. The pallet is not creamy whatsoever and in the pallet, the glitter looks like its laying on top of a sheet of glue.

Anyhow, I just put this on quickly so please try to look beyond the sloppy application. I was in a hurry to take a shower before it got any later, hah.

Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne

(all MAC unless stated otherwise)

EYES
UDPP
Delft Paint Pot (lid - 242)
Steamy e/s (lid - 239)
Chrome Yellow e/s (inner V - 219)
Blue Jewel e/s (inner crease - 217)
Deep Truth e/s (outer V, crease - 217)
Vibrant Grape e/s (crease - 222)
Red of Mi'Lady MES (lower lashline - 219)
Blacktrack f/l (upper/lower lashline - 208)
NYX Cream Glitter over Blacktrack (upper lashline - 266)
L'Oreal Double Extend Base & Voluminous Mascara

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EOTN: At It Again!!!

The following look was inspired by Snowkei. This girl is hands down THE MOST creative and skilled makeup artist I've come across. She takes makeup to a whole other level from natural to contrasting to daring and wild looks. If anyone can be inspiring, it is her. To my Specktra gals, you folks know what I'm talking about!!

The link to this inspired look is here. I really hope I at least did a good job and didn't butcher such a flawless masterpiece *bites lip*. I didn't have the same colors except Carbon, so I had to do a little improvising. Fab 'n Flashy definitely would have looked waaay better than the Chrome Yellow/Gorgeous Gold combo that I used, but had to make due with what I got in my goody bag.

If you're having trouble viewing the link, it's most likely because you're not a Specktra member. All you have to do is join. The information there is priceless.

I only have eye shots because I only did one eye. It was an impulse look in which I quickly wiped off my Silversmith FOTD in order to have a bare canvas to work with, no pun intended, lol.

Hope you folks are sleeping soundly. I know I should be too, hah!!

Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne

(all MAC unless stated otherwise)

EYES
UDPP
Shimmermoss e/s (outer lid - 217)
Carbon e/s (outer V, lower lashline - 219)
Chrome Yellow e/s (inner lid - 239)
Gorgeous Gold e/s (inner lid - 239)
Blacktrack f/l (upper/lower lashline - 208)
Uppity f/l (inner lower lashline, inner V - 266)
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

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