Iron Man III Tribute FOTD

A day or two ago I went to the movies with my hubby and mom-in-law to see Iron Man III.  It. Was. Awesome!  The Avengers is still my all-time favorite comic-movie adaptation, but IMIII was tons of fun to watch.  The day after, I had a jones to wear red and black eye shadow.  I kind of wish I had thought to wear this to the theater, but that's the way things go, I guess.


(iPad pictures aren't so great in low light-sorry, guys.)



Whenever I curl my eye lashes, they look invisible when I close my eyes...

Anyway, here is the list of
Beauty Stuffs:

Face:
Nivea Creme (my fave moisturizer-I have super-dry skin)
Meow Cosmetics Pampered Puss powder foundation in Sleek Siamese

Brows:
Black brow mascara
Detrivore loose eye shadow in Abyss

Eyes:
Wet N Wild Fergie Take On the Day eye shadow primer (review coming soon)
Detrivore loose eye shadows in Vitriol (lid) and Abyss (outer V)
L'Oreal Infallible Lacquer gel liner in Blackest Black (thin line on upper lid, medium line smudged pretty far down on lower lash line, plus tight-lining)
L'Oreal Voluminous Original mascara in Blackest Black (on curled lashes)

No blush or lippie, I ran out of time!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a fantastic day!

Gloomy Blues FOTD

Hi all,
Today I was inspired by the hail and snow outside to do a look with gray and blue...it turned out a bit brighter than I expected, but I still like it.

Beauty Stuffs:

Face: Meow Cosmetics Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Siamese
Hard Candy Blush Crush Baked Blush in 127 Honeymoon

Brows: Detrivore loose eye shadow in Fortress

Eyes: Detrivore Original eye shadow primer
Detrivore eye shadows in Test Tube (Light blue, on lid), BSoD (Bright blue in inner crease), and Apparatus (soft gray in outer crease)
Detrivore Pallor Mortis white face powder to blend and highlight
Milani Runway Eyes eye shadow in 02 Black Out (as liner)
L'Oreal Voluminous Power Volume 24H mascara in 681 Blackest Black (review coming soon!)

Lips: Revlon Color Burst lip gloss in 008 Peony

By the way, I just finished performing in a production of Così fan tutte at NAU, and my hubby brought me some lovely orchids I just had to share.

Aren't they pretty?  Anyway, thanks for stopping by, and have a wonder-filled day!

Drugstore Makeup

This review is not sponsored in any way.  All products were bought with my own funds.

I love researching and ogling all the beautiful independent, alternatively inclined makeup companies online.  I think the sites are cool, the color names inspired, and...well, basically I'm a teensy bit obsessed.  However, due to a domino-like succession of shipping issues with my very first indie makeup purchase, I had to visit my local drugstore cosmetics aisle to make sure I didn't have to leave the house in blonde eyebrows and eyelashes (which look extremely weird with my bottle-black hair).  Therefore, I've been researching all my fave cosmetics-geared websites (MakeupAlley, Toxid-Lotus, etc.) for the best inexpensive mascara and eyeliners.  I wanted to try gel/cream eyeliner since I have been in the rut of 99 cent Wet-n-Wild pencils for the past year or so, and Jordana, I was told, puts out a fantastically black $3 mascara.  Today at Walgreens (the only store in my area that carries Jordana) I picked up a tube of the mascara and two L'Oreal Infallible gel eyeliners, navy and black.

    

The pot I took home was literally the last black L'Oreal gel liner left in the entire store, and I got the blue because there was a buy 1 get 1 half price sale on L'Oreal things.  To sum up:  gel eyeliner is cool, the blue was still dark enough that I felt comfortable wearing it, the black was good and dark, and I will never pay $10 for a mascara again.  Seriously, it's good stuff.

Pics are from target.com and jordanacosmetics.com, respectively
All opinions are my own, and I was not solicited to do this review.