Smashbox Smokebox for smokey prom eyes & spring break beach parties

 Hello Gorgeous!
Spring Break travel and prom nights are quickly heading our way! For me that means traveling for spring break and makeup gigs for prom.


I love the Smashbox Smokebox for traveling because I can get day/business/night/party looks in one palette and if you are doing your own prom makeup, this palette is worth the $39 at Ulta because it will give you your prom look as well as everyday occasions.

Here's a short video showing some of the shadow looks-note-my primer for the shadow in this video is a light violet creme eye shadow to hold the Smashbox Smokebox in place and provide a foot light behind the shadows.
Enjoy!

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Costume party how to video: Jessie J look !

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Hello Gorgeous! Are you getting your costume party looks together? I'm going with my son to his karate school costume party and I'm dressing up as Jessie J-on the party night, I think I'm going to pop on some fake lashes and also some Violent Lips lip tattoos, though I will be going from work to the party-so this video illustrates how to go to work looking like Jessie J light- and then add some drama for the party! Enjoy!


Makeup products used:
Skin: Tara Walker's Dream moisturizing cream
Foundation: Avon Extra Lasting in Creamy Natural
Eyeshadow: Everyday Minerals Floating Feathers and Smashbox Smokebox
Blush: Everyday Minerals blush in Pink ribbon
Mascara: Rimmel MAX Volume Flash ( don't like it! too thin!)
Lips: Everyday Minerals dusting of Pink Ribbon blush for day with lip balm, and then Milani Advanced Lip Color in Vivacious Fuschia.
Skindinavia Makeup Finishing Spray to seal the whole look for the day
Party lips-Violent Lips in Union Jack
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Hello Gorgeous!
It's October in Arizona! You know that means?
Everything! Finally the weather is under 100 degrees which means that many of us will be coming out of our air conditioned caves!

There are many amazing events going on right now -one such event is the Scottsdale Film Festival.
So why not put on some party makeup and head on out to see an international or independent film?
Lately, Hollywood only seems to be putting out remakes of remakes, another chapter in a sequel or prequel or another comic book movie. Don't get me wrong-I love a good action packed comic book character movie-but 4 in one summer? It's too much!

You can see in the photos that I am working through the new Smashbox Smokebox palette. It is as lovely as it looks! It's all the colors you need for a day time smokey eye or a night time smokey eye.
I also added lashes onto this look-which if you are going out to a film festival-why not glam it up a bit!
In these final photos you can see what the results look like-and I am going to give you a short step by step instruction, but you can also go to the how to
video on YouTube.
1. Put a light matte color on the brow bone
2. Put the shimmery color on your tear duct area and sweep it under the eye on the lower lashes. To make it vinyl looking-wet the brush and run through the corner of the shimmery shadow and and reapply.
3. Use the medium mushroom taupe color all over the lid-from the lash line to the crease of your eye.
4. Color the corner of you eye with the purple shade in a small triangle pattern and run it under the lower lashes so it mixes a bit with your shimmer.
5. Finish the eye with a small black contour stroke through the crease. Now line your eyes with black liner, do the waterline if you want and pop on lashes and mascara!
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Smashbox Smokebox for getting rock concert ready-how to apply a smokey eye

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Hello Gorgeous!
Some say the summer is concert series time-but it's too hot here in Arizona! Alas, when the temperatures drop to 100 and maybe even 98-it's concert time! There are many events to go to starting this weekend!
So before you go-check out this short how to makeup video on applying a rock concert smokey eye with the new Smashbox Smokebox palette!


Product details:
Eye shadow and eyebrows: Smashbox Smokebox palette
Mascara: L'Oreal Voluminous
Water line eyeliner Sante No. 3
Eyelashes: Ardell #111
Blush: Milani Baked Blush in Dolce Pink
Lips: Josie Maran ChaCha lip stain
Foundation: Sheer Cover Mineral Foundation in Nude
Lip gloss: YBF pink

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