Bold Lips: A Few Of My Faves

Happy New Year, everyone! I know it's been months since I last posted but I do hope you all are doing well. :) Also, if any of you are on Instagram, follow me! I post almost daily, I'm addicted! My username is lani12j. I created a beauty photo-a-day for my Instagram followers and thought it would be a good way to start blogging again. :) I didn't realize I put eyebrows twice lol but it's Okay, I Love eyebrows. Day four is bold lips. So here are a few of my faves: From left to right: Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense in #37, MAC Outrageously Fun, NYX Xtreme Lip Cream in Strawberry Jam, MAC Dear Diary & Wet N Wild Pinkerbell. :) What are some of your favorite bold lipsticks?

NBA Playoffs Makeup Series: San Antonio Spurs

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Hello Dolls! ;)

Today's look is for the San Antonio Spurs and their colors are black, silver & white. I think this would've been great with false lashes but I need to buy more lol. I should get some in bulk on ebay so I don't need to worry for a while. I went a little heavy on the contouring because I just wanted to use a light bronzer in place of blush. Hope you all enjoy it. ;)

NBA Playoffs Makeup Series: Miami Heat

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Hello my lovely ladies!

So it's on, my Celtics VS. Heat! So excited! Here is my look for the Miami Heat. Like my Celtics look, I opted not to use false lashes because I used an orange/coral liner on top of the black shadow. I made the liner by wetting my angled brush with MAC Fix+ and dipping it into Splash Cosmetics loose eyeshadow in Sunkiss Gold. Don't be afraid to experiment with the things you already have. I wasn't about to go and buy an orange liner just for this look, so I had to improvise. Remember that there are no limits when it comes to makeup so just experiment and have fun! :)

NBA Playoffs Makeup Series: Boston Celtics

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Hello my lovely ladies!

I know the playoffs already started but better late than never, right? My favorite team is the Boston Celtics and I'm hoping that they'll be able to bring home banner #18. Since they are my favorite, I thought I'd do the first look for them and I hope you like it. I chose not to add false lashes for this look, only because I used gold liner on top of the black liner, and I didn't want it to be overpowered by huge lashes. On another note, tonight is 31-cent scoop night at Baskin Robbins so if you love ice cream, head on over there until 10pm. :)

Milani's Blue My Mind Eyeshadow & FOTN

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Hello my gorgeous Dolls! ;)

Just wanted to share my makeup from last night. I had dinner with my other half. ;) I recently purchased Milani's Blue My Mind Metallic Baked Eyeshadow. The color of this shadow is a bright electric blue. It can be used wet or dry, but the pigmentation when used dry is almost as good as using it wet. I've always been a fan of Milani Cosmetics and this eyeshadow hasn't disappointed me one bit. Okay, well the little applicator is useless but other than that, it's great! My FOTN photo does not do this eyeshadow any justice! It's very true to the color in the pan. ;)

Haul & Review: NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams

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Hello Dolls! I hope you all are having a great start to a fabulous weekend! ;)

Ever since I first heard about the new line from NYX Cosmetics, I knew I just had to have those Soft Matte Lip Creams. For those who don't already know, I am a huge matte-finish fan. Whether it be lipsticks, eyeshadows, blush, you name it, I love it matte! It's by far my most favorite finish. All I could do was stare in awe at swatches on blogs and youtube videos until I could catch them on sale. Thankfully it wasn't too long before Ulta had NYX items on sale, including these Soft Matte Lip Creams! I got these when they were 40% off. Regular price was 5.99 but I got them for about 3.59. I was too late at the time for Addis Ababa, which is the one color that I knew I needed lol. But right now Ulta is having a buy 2, get 1 free promo for these Lip Creams. So hurry on over there to pick these up if you're interested. I just placed my order for Addis Ababa, Antwerp & London and I can't wait to get them! I love how ulta always has coupons to use online and in-store. We don't have Ulta here in Hawaii so I'm glad to have been able to use their online coupon codes. I also like how you can choose 3 different samples with your order and they also threw in a catalog. :)

Inspired Makeup: Illamasqua 2009 Sirens Collection

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Hello my gorgeous bloggeristas! ;)

I've really been inspired by Illamasqua's collection photos. In fact, I'm falling in love with Illamasqua even though I don't anything from their line-yet lol. I've seen this photo in the gallery on their website and I've been wanting to re-create this look from the moment I laid eyes on it. I had a lot of fun doing this and I hope you all enjoy it. ;)

Cutting The Crease With MAC's Fresh Cut Palette

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Hello my lovely ladies! ;)

I actually got all 3 of my kids to nap all at the same time! (that's rare lol) So of course, I wanted to play around with my makeup. I wanted to practice a cut crease look and experiment with a multi-dimensional/gradient lip and this is what I came up with. I'm happy with how it turned out. This was my first time using this palette so I was more than happy to break it in. I purchased this at a CCO while in Boston visiting my sister. Unfortunately we don't have CCOs here in Hawaii so you can imagine my excitement when I stepped into one lol. Hope you all enjoy it. ;)

My First Giveaway honoring my 200 Followers!

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Hello dolls! I'm so excited to announce my very first giveaway to celebrate my 200 followers. I started this blog for my own leisure and to get to know other beauty enthusiasts like myself, and I am so glad that I've been able to keep in touch with all of you and share our love for makeup with each other. So I finally put together my giveaway items and I hope you all will enter! ;)

Purple & Blue Makeup

Hello dolls! I had some time to play with makeup today and I wanted to incorporate purple and blue together and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it! ;)

Inspired Makeup: Illamasqua's Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

Hello dolls! I'm back with another inspired makeup look. I loved the promo pictures for Illamasqua's Spring/Summer 2011 Collection so I thought I'd take a stab at it. To be quite honest, I don't own any Illamasqua Cosmetics so I did have to improvise on this one. This was a fun look to do, something I haven't done before. Kinda modern doll-like/ganguro makeup. I used Red Cherry lashes and cut the 1/4 end off and used it for the lower eye area just to give it a little kick. Do any of you own Illamasqua Cosmetics? If so, how do you like them? Any favorites you'd like to share? Hope you all enjoy this. Til next time!

Rasta Makeup

Alooooooooooooooha!

First of all, I would just like to apologize for the lack of updates, yet again. However, a big thank you to YOU for taking the time out of your day to visit my blog. I appreciate each and every one of you. I hope that you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year! ;)

Back in December, I was contacted by Stephanie from maximumlash.com to do a review on their product. Unforunately I had conjuctivitis for a while so I was steering clear of makeup. However, please stay tuned for my review on this product as I will be giving (4) weekly blog updates with a final YouTube video review. Thank you Stephanie!

Here is a fun look that I was able to do today. I was inspired the rasta colors, red, yellow, and green. I'm not wearing any foundation here, just concealer where needed and I also forgot to put on some blush! I know, how could I? lol. I hope you all enjoy this! ;)

    

Kat Von D Inspired

Hello everyone! I'm back with an inspired makeup post. This is actually supposed to be a contest entry for YouTube. I haven't uploaded the video yet. It was raining and cloudy all day so I'm not sure if the lighting was good.

Red Velvet

Hello everyone! Hope you all are enjoying your weekend, or, what's left of it. :)

Here is a look I did the other day. Just the classic Marilyn Monroe/Pin-up look. I used the Wet N Wild Mega Last Matte Lipsticks-which I love! I love matte anything though-lipsticks, blush, eyeshadow. My favorite finish.

This is one of my most favorite makeup looks because it's so simple and easy to do and it's very classy and elegant. I believe every woman can rock red lipstick. :)

Cleopatra-esque

Howdy fellow bloggers & guests! It's been another hot minute since I last posted! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones. ;)

I've been wanting to film another makeup tutorial but unfortunately I always seem to get distracted by the little ones. =T

I don't normally use black eyeshadow to fill in my brows, nor do I fill them in this way, but it was best for this particular look. The lip color is more accurate in the first photo and wasn't frosty and bright like the second one. I'm a little rusty in cutting the crease. I need to work on that a little more, I think I went a little too high with the crease.

Fab & Flashy Look & I'm Back on YouTube

Aloha! =) I've been slacking lately. But I hope you all are doing well! I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of my followers and anyone who happens to stumble upon my little blog. So, "Thank You!" ;)

Out of boredom the other day, I came up with this look. I figured it was time to break in my Fab & Flashy eyeshadow. It was calling out to me saying, "Show me some love!" lol.

It's Been A Hot Minute...

Howdy ya'll!

It's been a hot minute since I updated this blog so I understand if no one comes here anymore lol.

I gave birth to my 3rd child on April 25th. Her name is Alani Joy. She is getting so big so fast! ;)

Here is a look I did today, just wanted to play around with my 120 palette. I haven't done a rainbow look in foreverrr!

Products Used:

FACE:

Maybelline Age Rewind Double Face Perfector in Medium

Nars Makeup Primer

Hard Candy Sheer Envy Tinted Moisturizer w/SPF 15

Milani (I think it was Mango Tango) blush

e.l.f. studio face powder in coco for contour

EYES:

Smashbox Photofinish Lid Primer

120 palette

MAC Spiked eyebrow pencil

Maybelline Eye Studio Gel liner in blackest black

falsies (forgot what kind)

LIPS:

NYX Rose lip pencil (outlined lips & filled in)

Lancome Juicy Tubes Jelly in Miracle

and here I am on facebook with my Baking Life game in the background. lol.

I hope you all are doing well. Til next time. xoxo. ;)

NYX Girls Nail Polish Haul + Glittery Cheetah Nails

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been hauling lol. I wanted to share some of the NYX Girls Nail Polishes that I got from a local grocery store here in Hawaii (Don Quijote). I got these on sale (of course), the original price was $1.49 but I got them for $1.19. Not much of a difference but I saved some change nonetheless lol.

NYX Girls Nail Polishes

1. #118 in 'Second Skin'

2. #167 in 'Dreamy Glitter'

3. #115 in 'Milano'

4. #166 in 'Grand Royal'

5. #113 in 'Chocolate Taupe'

6. #105 in 'Algae'

Let me just say that I'm not much of a nail polish hoarder as I am a makeup hoarder. I don't always paint my nails and do anything fancy with them. Once in a while when I feel like playing around with them, I will. But I am not constantly changing up my tips or worrying about having naked nails. So I honestly don't like to shell out much for a nail polish. I only have a couple of OPI & Essie polishes which of course I got on sale. I just can't seem to justify paying 8 or 9 dollars for a bottle of nail paint so I usually like to snag polishes on sale if I spot some shades that are calling my name. I saw the one in Chocolate Taupe and immediately thought of it as being a dupe for Sephora by OPI's 'Metro Chic', which has been a very popular shade.

I had just dropped off my daughter to school this morning and since my son is spending some time at grandma's, I decided to play around with a couple of these polishes. For those who do not know, I absolutely love animal print! The cheetah print fabric that you see in all of my pictures is actually a top that I can't fit in at the moment due to being pregnant lol. Please excuse my dry cuticles. =T Oh and I used 3 coats of Chocolate Taupe.

Products Used:

1. Milani Nail Lacquer in 'Whitest White'

2. NYX Girls #166 in 'Grand Royal'

3. NYX Girls #113 in 'Chocolate Taupe'

4. L.A. Colors ArtDeco in 'Black'

5. Wet N' Wild Mega Last Quick Dry Ultra Gloss Top Coat (not pictured)

I would like to do a makeup tutorial but I can't decide on what look to do. Any ideas? Let me know.