Purple Pinup

The end of a busy week. A lot of thinking about homework, independent projects, aaaand... Battlestar Galactica. My roommate got me into it and now I'm hooked. That's why I need to get out of the house tonight; so that I can do something more productive like socialize.







Flash

Baden-Württemberg

One of the reasons why I really like going to Germany, aside from the people and language is for the food. When I was in Tübingen there were all sorts of wonderful desserts to be had. Of course when I came back here and tried to cook it, it didn't quite pan out as well as what you can get there. And let's not talk about the real black forest ham... it makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

Nordrhein-Westfallen

Well I promised some people that I'd put up pictures from my trip to Germany this summer on the blog. If you follow this blog for makeup, sorry about all of the vacation pics. For those who want to see pics of Germany, this is not the most scenic part of the vacation, but there were still some good shots. Hope you enjoy!

My Fabulous Feline

I thought I'd just post a look inspired by Temptalia's most recent user submission theme. Of course MAC has the new Fabulous Felines collection and seemed interesting when the preliminary information came out, but when you get down to it, this collection doesn't seem like it even holds a match up to things like Dare to Wear. But still working on looks that reminiscent of your favorite feline are always fun.

You've all seen Zorro, the wonderful tuxedo'd cat:


She's quite a princess so I thought that I'd do something that looks as high maintenance as she is. I decided to go for black with bright highlights in white, gold, and white-gold. I tried to do pink lips, but I should have used a lip liner for a fuller color. I didn't want to do a cat eye because I'm sure that's what everyone thinks of when they do feline inspired makeup. Not the best, but it was still fun to do.

Gearing up for fall

Well I am back from my trip which was a very nice one indeed. I just thought I'd put up a picture from yesterday. I liked the look a lot, but I didn't like any of the lighting for taking pictures. Finally I found a way to use Jardin Aires in a way that I like.

Summer Greens

It has been a very busy summer and it's about to get busier. This time I'm going to be out of the country for a bit so I won't be updating at all. I just wanted to try out Sassy Grass with some old favorites like Eyepopping and Big T (among others).







Gratuitous cat photo:

Dare to Wear

Today I went to MAC to look at the brand new "Dare to Wear" collection. I must say that C-shock can eat its heart out. I love the fact that most of the eyeshadows which are featured in this collection are bright matte colors. There have just been too many times when I'm creating a look with greens or blues and only wished that I could have more matte colors to blend into the crease. While the Color-Pop collection satisfied my desire for matte blue shadows, there was still a gap in my collection with green.

The lip glosses which came out with this collection are also kickin'. They are hands down better than Dazzleglass as the payoff is so much better and can be sheered down if needed. Unfortunately I've had way too much glitter overload. Thanks MAC for releasing so many glittery lip products at once. The best colors from this collection are: Ban This! (deep violet), Bold and Brash (raspberry red), and Gimmie That (fuchsia).

All in all, I only got Sassy Grass (emerald green) from this collection. :)