A little GREEN... and a little PLUM:)

My cute friend Bethany sent me some pics of her trying on some new eye colors. Way to go girl! I'm posting them to share with everyone, because I think she did a fantastic job! She normally wears neutrals but stepped out with some green and plum. check out her look... :) She has gorgeous features- her eyes are set perfect, and the liner she put around them makes them POP! Her cheeks are highlighted just enough to give a sweet peachy glow, and her lips are softly colored to accent the entire look. As seen in the photo to the right she used PLUM on the inner to mid eye and used the GREEN in the crease, with a HIGHLIGHT color on the brow bone. Bethany, I LOVE your hair how silky smooth it looks, and this over all look is a 10! Thanks for sending me the photo's- it's fun to see what you came up with. :)

So, Bethany and I were talking about being brave with color, and I showed a look using blue and green. I don't wear too much purple, so I thought I would give it a try. I posted a "before" pic of me, so you all can see what I look like with out doing my makeup...scary I know. :) So here is my color line up-

Foundation- Jane Iredale in Satin, set with POMMIST

Eyebase- Merle Norman Automatic shadow

e/s Earth Angel (crease and outer corner)

Eyegloss- Jane iredale- champagne silk

e/l NARS Night Breed (e/s shadow) outer corner

Liquid liner- Jane Iredale in Copper- inner 1/3

Mascara- Mabelline Define a lash in Very Black

Cream Cheek- Mary Kay in rosewood

VS blush contour

Highlighter- Merle Norman Body glitter

l/l Mary Kay in Burgundy

l/s Mary Key in Mocha Freeze

If there is a color you tried and want me to Blog about it, shoot me an email and I will post your pic's on here. let me know the details of your look and they will be shared. :) Everyone LOVE'S a new look to try, I know I do!

Love- AL

Kat VonD

I LOVE Kat, she is an icon for beauty. I know she has tattoo's all over but she has a natural beauty that is enhanced by her artwork. :) Tattoo's are in some cases considered still 'taboo', but despite all of that; I find most of them attractive when done tastefully. Kat's work is beautiful, and her portraits are amazing! I were to get a tattoo, I would want her to do it! Not because she is "FAMOUS", but because she does great work. :) I am a fan of her show LA Ink, my husband and I watch it all the time! On one of her past episodes, where she is trying to break the record for the most tattoo's in a 24 hr period, it shows her makeup closet. I was amazed. I couldn't find a photo from the episode so I took it with my camera from the TV (you can tell it's a

TV photo! ) lol. In the simplest form possible I am super jealous of her closet! For one, it's organized, AND there is TONZ of products. :) I am really excited to try her color pallettes, Sephora was out when I went the last time. BUMMER, although I had already spent my limit. I was chatting with my Hubby about all this and he laughed at me about it, but agreed that in the end I will eventually have a closet like hers, only filled with my FAV products! Every girl who LOVES makeup and all things girlie needs a closet like this!

Love- Al

MAC and SEPHORA

I went shopping to try some new products from MAC and Sephora. So far I have had tons of fun with the MAC paints I purchased and the new EYE LINERS from Sephora. Here is a photo of the MAC green paint I used with L'Oreal HIP Shadow Duo in Showey 224. I was really nervous using the blues, but I think they turned out fantastic!

Jane Iredale pressed powder-Natural- all over, set with POMMISST
Merle Norman body sparkle in Bronze for cheeks
MAC Paints-Chartru- inner 1/2 of eye
MAC Paint Pot-Bare Study- on outer1/2 of eye
e/s HIP -Shadowy (seablue)- in crease and blend really well
e/s HIP-Shadowy (dkblue)- as liner
Mascara DEFINE a Lash-VeryBlack- top lashes (I don't like doing the bottom lashes very often)
Merle Norman lip gloss in Pink Cadillac

The other things I bought were 2 liners from Sephora small liner in color 203, it's an olive color and small fat pencil in 501, it's a burnt orange color. 2 colors great for fall and winter, I am looking forward to doing a fall look with them. :) so keep watching for the upcoming look! Keep Creating and looking beautiful Naturally.

Al

Shoes shoes shoes... whats your favorite?

So I did a blog about Shoes and if there was such a number to say "you have too many shoes!". (my husband thinks so, but he doesn't have a specific number, just when the shoe basket starts to over flow he's thinking that) Anywho, I wasn't able to post some pictures of the shoes I liked and I'm really new to this whole thing so I got a little ahead of my self and was rambling more than providing info on the shoe party thing. :)





Ok, here is a little history. MY sister in law Sara and her best buddy Sami had a shoe party of their own 2 yrs ago. They thought it was the coolest idea ever! "Shoe shopping from my very own house...pretty awesome!" So they both worked full time and wanted to do a little something on the side, so they started having shoe parties. (http://www.4theloveofshoes.com/) They wanted to do maybe 3-4 parties a week to come out a head and make it worth while. Well.... with in 3 mo of them advertising and doing shows they were booked 6 days a week doing 7 parties 2-3 months in advance! Theses days they are booking 6 months out, with a long cancellation list. ( book a date in 6 mo and get on the cancellation list for an earlier date.) What a fantastic business boom!





Hosting a party is pretty easy and laid back. It's more a mingle than a presentation. We show up, set up our shoe display, you browse and decide what you would like to try on, we head out to the trailer we tow and bring in your sizes. :) You then purchase right there the ones you LOVE and have to take home. ( which usually is more than 1 pair ) :)


Our shoes are more conservative and classic with a little flare. The inventory changes by the week, they are always getting in new styles and colors. Some times they only get 1 shipment of a certain shoe and it's gone and they can't reorder more from the wholesaler or manufacture. They just got back from the WSA Shoe Convention where they picked out the latest styles for the Fall Collection for this year. ( I will be posting photo's and info about WSA later) I have seen some of the shoes they are coming out with and they are pretty HOT. :) So look forward to some fun boots and heels with a mix of flats that come in all shapes and sizes.

Check them out, I have a link on my left hand side and I posted the address in this blog (its up a few paragraphs). If you have nay shoes you absolutely LOVE I'd Love to see them, you can email me and send me photo's. :) Until next time...

Al

*photo's at www.4theloveofshoes.com