SORRY!!!!!!

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry I've been lacking on updates. I have been really busy with school and things going on in my personal life, but I'm back now (hopefully). I have some reviews that I'm currently working and I'm hoping to get some of those up soon.

I went to Ulta last night and I picked up 3 of Nicki Minaj's new nail polishes and I'm going to do a review very, very soon about them.

Also, I have a nail trend post coming up, but I'm actually having a lot of difficulty getting my hands on said nail trend..... We'll see how it turns out.

Sorry again for being MIA! Hopefully I'll be able to do some looks this weekend, too.

Pink Friday and sparkly nails,

Catie

Killer Klowns From Outer Space Meets Captain Spaulding

You probably think that I'm obsessed with Halloween... That would be correct. I don't think Halloween makeup should be hidden away until October. It's all year round over in Catie-Land.

This is a look that I've tried doing so many times but decided that I hated the way it was turning out and then ripped it out. Actually, that is sort of a lie. I just wanted to do the mouth thing. The clown idea came from my mommy. She's a great sport. I walked in to her room after I finished this and said, "Mom... I don't think I'm going to make any friends in college..." and she looked at me and said, "Why?" and I said, "Are you kidding?! Look at me!" And she shrugged and said, "So?"

My mommy supports my hobby.

Anyway, I'm not going to go in to all the details, but basically, I built up the mouth pieces with latex and tissues (latex is not my friend today), and I ended up with about 5 or 6 layers. Then I used Mehron 3-D Gel to smooth out the edges. I used Mehron Clown White all over my face and set it with Graftobian Face Powder. Then I used Ben Nye cream paints to shade and color the mouth. For the cheeks, I used Urban Decay's Quickie cream blush. For the eyes, I used the Coastal Scents 88 palette. Lashes are Andrea Lashes #33.

The blood I used was Ben Nye, I think. Be very careful when applying it. It drips on clothes.... I learned this the hard way. I guess this is my new painting shirt....

Clowns and huge lashes,

Catie

P.S., also be careful when covering your eyebrows if you choose to. Normally, I would have put them up much higher, but my glue and latex ripped. That's why they're all messed up looking.

Just for fun....

I have some pretty great insomnia and sometimes, my pretty great insomnia leads to pretty great makeup ideas. I got this look from watching the Lady Gaga Born This Way video. It took me a couple of hours to do because I kept getting severely distracted.

First, I started off covering my face with Ben Nye's Clown White face paint. Then, I used a black eyeliner pencil and placed the basic outlines and shapes. I did the rest of the detailing and filling in with a black cream liner on a synthetic brush. For this, I believe I used L'Oreal HIP eyeliner in Black. I was pretty happy with how this look turned out. I took it with me to show the admissions director at the makeup school that I have been looking at for quite sometime now. She wanted to keep it on file for when I apply.

Skeletons and Gaga-love,

Catie

New Year Haul?

Today, I made a few purchases. I bought 2 pairs of fake eyelashes and one set of permalashes. I'll be very interested in trying them out! I also picked up a few different eyeliners and the L'Oreal Lash Serum. I am really excited to try this out. I will post reviews in a few weeks for all these products!