There I was without a brush in the world….okay so maybe two that were in my kit. I was in NEED of some serious makeup and had become SO reliant on those beautiful brushes of mine that I didn’t know WHAT to do!!! As most of you know we moved in to our new house not more than a month ago (I sweat just thinking about it) and wanted to have a housewarming party. The day came and we were almost done with at least five projects and the cleaning was going reeaally well. I LOVE a nicely polished home!!! The party was fantastic, the food good the company GREAT! Not a week later and our newly cleaned home was tarnished……..TARNISHED I tell you!!!!!! Along with every single room, all draperies, home decor, clothes…oh just EvErYtHiNg, my brushes were also among the dusty dusties that were our belongings. This happened Saturday, it is now Wednesday night and I am STILL cleaning *sigh*. I even had to clean my wall ladies!!! Anyhoo, out of this experience came a few great things. One being that if my husband were to see a $250 AC bill then he wouldn’t care since he would pay DOUBLE that rather than clean up the way we had to. Second, it was kind of fun to be a little inventive! = ) You really can see what you are made of in these kinds of situations. Enough of my ranting and raving…ENJOY this silly albeit applicable tutorial ; D.
As some of you know our family has been SO busy this summer with vacations, missionary homecomings, swim lessons, soccer, birthday parties and one more…oh yeah BUILDING A HOME AND MOVING!!!!! Some of you have been gracious enough to share with me your favorite tutorials so that I might re-post them. Well cute Emily sent me her fav and it’s a more recent one so some of you may have seen it. The Sultry Smokey Eye? Ring any bells? Well, I know that I LoVeD this one as well and got lots of nice compliments from the hubs ; ). Who doesn’t LOVE that??? Well enjoy it and know that I really am coming back to play with makeup once the school year starts. Both boys in school = a LOT more time =D!!!
So I found this little ditty I had done a few weeks ago just WAITING to be edited. Can you beLIEVE it?!?!? I was SO excited amongst all the building trauma to bring you something =). I had a request for this picture AND another request to do a smokey eye using the Coastal Scents 88 Palette. Here is ONE tutorial to satisfy BOTH requests. I love being efficient ; ). Don’t forget to send me a note saying which tutorial from the whole blog is your fav and why =). I’ll post them and we’ll all laugh/learn together as we go down memory lane =).
Okay so y’all know I am in LOVE with the Coastal Scents Blush Palette right?!?!? Well if NOT…now ya know! I use this bad boy every single day and just keep finding more ways to use it. I figured why not do a look where almost eVeRyThInG comes form it? I know lots of ladies are way into the Naked Palette and having that be their travel companion but I would MUCH rather take this palette. I can use the brown to contour AND fill in my brows, the blush can be used for shadow, cheek color (obviously) AND lip stain…betcha didn’t see that one comin! In this tutorial you’ll see how to use this versatile palette to create a soft, romantic everyday look AND learn how to turn blush into lip color. Hope you enjoy it!!!