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Urban Decay Halloween Eyes, Rated PG (Purple and Gold)

October 30th, 2009 by Karen 29 Comments

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Fo’ reals, it’s physically impossible to take pictures of yourself wearing purple and gold striped eyeshadow without making a cra-zaaay face! 🙂

I was feeling adventurous yesterday, so I decided to try another potential Halloween look, this one inspired by this face chart from Urban Decay.

All of the makeup for my lips and eyes is from UD, namely the 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils in Eldorado (from the Super Stash kit) and Ransom, Heavy Metal Glitter Liner in Midnight Cowboy, Deluxe Eyeshadows in Frigid and Freakshow, Skyscraper Mascara, 24-7 Glide-On Lip Pencil in Wallflower and Lipstick in Naked.

On my cheeks I’m wearing Benefit Dallas blush…

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Addicted to Love and Makeup: A Halloween Look

October 28th, 2009 by Karen 78 Comments

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Procrastinators, unite!

No need to worry. There’s still plenty of time to come up with a costume for Halloween. Here’s one idea…

Remember the pseudo backup band from the video for Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love?

I felt like trying the black smokey eye/shiny red lip combo the ladies in the video made famous and used a mix of makeup, including the NARS Modern Love Palette, Urban Decay Book of Shadows Volume II, NARS Mounia Blush and the red lippie and gloss from Estee Lauder’s Ultimate Red.

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MAC Smokey Eye Tutorial: Halloween Flashback

November 6th, 2008 by Karen 38 Comments

Hey, ladies! On Halloween some of you asked for a tutorial describing the MAC Smokey Eyes look I wore to dinner.

I was in the mood for MAC today, so I thought I’d give it a try. It’s heavy on MAC products, but you could definitely use similar products from other brands.

Eye Products I Used

MAC Nice Vice Paint Pot
MAC Smolder Eye Kohl
MAC Dark Soul Pigment
MAC Smoke Signal Pigment
MAC Your Ladyship Pigment
MAC Silver Fog Pigment
MAC Plushblack Plush Lash Mascara
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Cheek Products I Used

MAC Blushbaby Powder Blush

Lip Products I Used

Chanel Pretty Pink Lip Definer
MAC Modesty Cremesheen lipstick
Chanel Astral Glossimer

How I Did the Eyes

First, to improve the staying power of my eye makeup, I prepped my lids with a thin layer of Too Faced Shadow Insurance.

Then, with a MAC 249 synthetic shader brush, I patted a layer of Nice Vice Paint Pot onto the lid and into the crease.

With Smolder Eye Kohl, I drew a very thick line on my lids and along my upper lash and water lines…

…and then along the lower lash and water lines, doing my best to really get the pencil between the root of each lash (darkening the skin between the lashes to enhance the desired effect).

Knowing I was going to smudge pigment on top of the liner, I didn’t worry about messy lines.
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BOO! My MAC Smokey Eyes for Halloween

October 31st, 2008 by Karen 61 Comments

Hey, ghouls! I’m on my way to a pet costume Halloween parade (insert collective “Awww…”) before dinner but wanted to say another quick hi. Here’s my look for tonight. I didn’t feel up to one of those deluxe MAC Halloween looks, and, since we’re just going out to dinner, opted instead for this moderately scary smokey eye with false lashes and pink lips.

I used MAC false lashes and a bunch of pigments to get this eye look, including Dark Soul, Smoke Signal and Your Ladyship from last year’s Smoke Signals collection.

Send me some pictures (karen_at_www.makeupandbeautyblog.com) of your Halloween look, okay? Be safe and sane tonight!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

YOU MUST CHOOSE: The Halloween Edition

October 31st, 2008 by Karen 12 Comments

1. Trick or treat!

With whom would you have the most fun trick or treating with: Paris Hilton, Tina Fey or Mariah Carey (when she was going through her crazy phase)?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

2. Pumpkin dilemma

Would you rather spend the day wearing a huge, human-sized pumpkin shell (it’s heavy, hot and slimy with pumpkin guts — ewwwww…) or be stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic after having eaten three pumpkin-bran muffins for breakfast?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

3. Your horror film debut…

A rich Hollywood producer offers you $100,000 to star in a remake of one of the following horror films: The Blair Witch Project, The Shining or Scream. Which movie do you grace with your screen presence?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

4. Dress up time

Seal and Heidi Klum invite you and a friend to their big Halloween party! What will your costumes be?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

5. Face your fears

What’s scarier: Alec Baldwin doing a strip tease dance for you and your parents (Oh, snap! He’s getting buck nekkid!) or being chased by a gang of toothless vampires?
YOU MUST CHOOSE!

Happy Halloween, girls! Are you ready to play? Just copy the list below and paste it with your answers in the comments. 🙂

1. Paris, Tina or crazy Mariah?
2. Wear the pumpkin or eat the pumpkin-bran muffins?
3. Star in The Shining, The Blair Witch Project or Scream?
4. Costumes for Heidi and Seal’s Halloween party?
5. Alec Baldwin getting buck nekkid or toothless vampire gang?

Have fun tonight!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Face of the Day (FOTD) and Just for Fun: My Halloween Costume – Amy Winehouse

October 31st, 2007 by Karen 22 Comments

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Trick or Treat! This year I’m the short, brown, non-alcoholic version of AMY WINEHOUSE.
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Here’s what I used to get the look:

Eyes:
MAC Blacktrack Fluidline (LOTS AND LOTS OF IT!)
MAC Plushlash in Plushblack
MAC Shadow in Woodwinked all over lid
MAC Concrete in brows
MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer

Cheeks:
MAC Mocha blush
MAC Dollymix blush

Lips:
MAC Cremestick liner in Red Enriched
MAC Lipstick in Dubonnet

Hair:
Garnier Fructis Full Control Hairspray
Streekers Instant Liquid Hairclolor in Yellow

I haven’t done big hair in about 15 years so I hope this massive bird’s nest on the top of my head stays put for the rest of the day.

What did you dress up as? Whatever it is I hope it’s cute!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. I gotta give some blog love to my husband (aka El Hub), who, in an ironic twist of fate, is at the dentist having his first cavities drilled today! Be strong, baby!