Smoke & Diamonds

Lately I have been using this color for SOO many looks!  It has definitely become one of my favorites!

The boyfriend and I and some friends had Tickets to the Miami Heat game down in Miami the other night, they were playing the Milwaukee Bucks!  Here is the look I did for the game!

 

::What I used for my Eyes::

(All MAC Products)

-Painterly Paint Pot

-Mylar e/s

-Nylon e/s

-Intriguing Scarlet: 6 Warm eyes Palette Sweet Joy e/s

-Smoke & Diamonds e/s

-Alum e/s

-Warming Trend e/s

-Fluid Line in Black Track

-Mac Technakhol Liner in Graph Black

-Maybelline Stiletto Lash

-Loreal Voluminous Mascara

 We had AMAZING seats at the game

We were only 13 rows up from the court!!

Unfortunately, they didn't win but we still had tons of fun!

Here are some pics we snapped....  <3 some D.Wade shots for the ladies LoL

 

 

I can't wait untill March 16th... when the Heat play PHILLY!!!!!  I'm not a Philly fan but I am a HUUUGE Iverson fan and I was so excited when I found out he was going back to Philly.
Courtney got me tickets for Xmas!! I can't wait to go!!

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LOTD: Valentine's Day Daytime Look

We alllllll know that Valentine’s day is fast approaching, as soon as the stores take down their masses of Christmas and New Years displays they quickly become flooded with Red and Pink!!!  Valentine’s Day is always special for me and the boyfriend; we usually try and do something different together every year.  Last year he made me this *Delicious* gourmet dinner at home, it was very romantic; he did all the shopping, cooking, and serving… it was the best!

This year Courtney and I have decided to take advantage of the AMAZING deal that’s going on over at DISNEY!!!  If you’re from Florida you already know that Disney has a 4day-4Parks Pass for $99!!!!  So this year were headed to O-town for a romantic weekend get away! I can’t wait!!

I was playing with a new eye shadow color today and did what could be a great day time look for V-Day.

:::Products Used:::

 Face

-Mac Select SPF 15 Foundation  NC20

-Mac MSF in Medium

-Mac Hello Kitty Beauty Powder in Pretty Baby

-Mac MSF in Refined

-Mac Beauty Powder Blush in Enough Said

Eyes

 -Mac Paint Pot in Painterly

-Mac e/s Mylar

-Mac e/s Nylon

-Mac e/s Purple Shower

-Mac e/s Bloomcycle (from Freshcut Palette)

-Mac Fluid Line in Blacktrack

-Mac Technakhol Liner in Graph Black

-Maybelline Stiletto Lash

-Loreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips

-Burts Bees Chapstick

-Mac Lipglass in Glamour for All (My new love!!!)

Hope ya like the look! :)  I like it because you can sooo easily add a dark pink or maroon to the crease to make this look more dramatic and transition into a night time look.

What is everyone doing for Valentines Day???

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Bang'n it Out

I've been sooooo bored of my hair laetly I finally made an apt. at Aveda to get the mop groomed....  I haven't colored my hair in about six months so I wanted a dark rich color with a hint of red undertones.... I havent had bangs in a while so I got the my side swept bangs back!   My stylists name was Katie too and she was AMAZING!  Anyways whatcha lovlies think?

I snapped these pics in the bathroom at the salon LoL (sucha dork)

Not a huge difference but I love it! :)

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Back on Track

Hello my lovelies!  I know it has been forever and a day since I have posted!  I have had so much going on in my life and have been trying to get my self organized!  Many of you already know that I have several jobs if you didn't let me run off my Martha Stuart list for ya all:  My 9-5 I am the office manager of a Doctors Office. I am also a Team leader with the Pampered Chef hoping to soon promote to Directorship, I coach kids soccer on Sundays, and have recently got into doing freelance makeup and working of building my kit.

Okay pause....Take a breath..... LoL thats what I have to go through when someone asks me what I do.

I haven't commented on any of my fav blogs in forever either but I still read everyones blogs religiously (usually when I am at work hehe)

Here are a few recent pics of me and the boyfriend

Take care Bellas!!

Ill be back with some new posts shortly!!

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Happy Haloweeeen!

Hello my loves! long time no Post!  I have been so busy and had VERY little time on my hinds lately (mostly to working alot more hours at work)  Anyways I'll get straight to the point...... for Haloween this year I was.......DRUMROLL.........

Race Car Driver Mrs Danica Patrick

I will post more pics soon of all the costumes my boyfriend and friends wore!

Including more of mine!! :)

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Luscious Lashes and FOTD

Hey Cocktail Smarties! Sorry it has been a while I have been working like 50hr work weeks lately which is okay because I LOVE the money! :)  Anyways I wanted to share what I have been doing lately for my eye lashes!!

How I got my luscious lashes:

For the past year I have been using the wonderful amazing product called REVITALASH!!!! Yes this is my big secret behind my long lashes.  I have been using Revitalash for almost a year now. It comes in a little tube that looks like liquid eyeliner. You apply it on your upper lash line every night before you go to bed.  I started to see results my self after about 8-9 weeks. after about 6 months though I got kinda lazy and only started applying it like once a week if that. If you go to the Revitalash site it costs like $100 and more I think but I got it on Amazon for only $60.  To this day I am STILL using the same tube... that goes to show you how long they last!  I now very rarely wear fake lashes... only on special occasions.

After growing my lashes nice and long I was on the quest for the *best* Mascara to enhance them even more. What I have noticed about having longer lashes is that CLUMPY mascara is 10 times more noticeable.  Here is what I have found to work best for me, and what I do on a daily basis.

FIRST I curl my eyelashes (which I always used to do last, but realize not that its better for your lashes to do first). 

Next I apply my mascara and since I have not yet found the BEST mascara to do everything I want it to do... I use TWO!

SECOND I apply Maybelline Stiletto Lash to the tips of my lashes... this mascara is an AMAZING separating and lengthening mascara!!  I only apply this to the tips because I will apply the second mascara on all of my lashes... and having the second coat only on the tips give your lashes the appearance of being longer.  I also use the Stiletto Lash to lengthen the corners of my lashes as well as my lashes on the lower lash line.

THIRD I apply Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara to all my lashes, root to tip.  This mascara is AMAZING at thickening your lashes and giving them that glamorous black look.  The only bad thing about this brush is that it is SO thick it isn't to great to get those inner lashes or bottom ones without getting it on your skin and making a mess or messing up your shadow.

That's why I think that these Mascaras are such a great combo... I know that using two may seem a little tedious but to me it is well worth it!

 Lastly here is a photo of the day from last weekend... I was supposed to go to downtown West Palm but ended up not going! I used the MAC Cinderfella with some color... I'm still so stuck on purple!
PS... I wasn't wearing that pink shirt to go out lol that was just a T-shirt I had on while getting ready! :)

PS. Excuse the pale dry lips! lol I hadn't put chap stick or a lippie on yet ;)

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NYX Jumbo Pencils

Collection & Swatches

Hello my lovely Cocktail Smarties!!  I thought I would share some swatches of the NYX Jumbo Pencil Collection and Swatches.  These things are GREAT and have so many uses.  I use one of these babies in almost every look I do... in one way or another!

You can use them for:

• A base before applying a dry e/s
• Eyeliner on water line or upper lash line
• By themself sumuged out

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Here is the whole collection

Here are what they all look like:

From Left to Right:

Milk, Black Bean, Dark Brown, Pots and Pans, Baby Blue, Strawberry Milk, Rust, Yellow, Orange, Cherry, Hot Pink, Bronze

From Left to Right:

French Fries, Gold, Yogurt, Oyster, Cottage Cheese, Horse Raddish, Iced Mocha, Slate, Pacific, Purple, Lavender, Lemon

I also Have the entire collection of NYX Liners... I was feeling kinda lazy to swatch all of these but If there is a color you see that you want swatched just let me know and I'll be glad to show ya!

***Best Deal on NYX Liners***

Most of you lovelies know about www.CherryCulture.com.

I purchased my jumbo liners on Ebay from seller Bubbles_n_Mocci for about $50 which is a way better deal than Cherry Culture because on Cherry Culture they are $3.00 each and from ebay I paid only $2.10 each.

I know that you have to be carefull with Ebay sellers if you guys have any sellers that you trust and love let me know!! :)

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