Girls Night Out

Hey Dolls!

Last Saturday my sisters were going out for a little Girls Night Out. I gave each of them 4 different Looks! My sister, Niqua doesn't really care for netural colors, like gold and browns but she let me do whatever I wanted. So I used a bronzey orange color on her lids and she loved it. It matched her earrings perfectly. My sister, Semi is totally different. She doesn't like wearing bright colors on her eyes, only neutral colors. So, I told her I wanted to do something different on her but I promised it would look soft, so I used a bright hot pink. My sis, Breshia doesn't wear makeup at all so I decided to keep it neutral. And my sister, Shan wears any color, so I knew what colors I picked she would like.


Products used:
FACE
CG Queen Collection Liquid Foundation in Spicy Brown 745
MAC MSF in Deep Dark

EYES
MAC Antiqued e/s (lid)
MAC Handwritten e/s and Embark e/s (crease)
MAC Sketch e/s (outer v)
MAC Arena e/s (highlight)
Lashes: i-envy by KISS in Au Naturale 03

LIPS
NYX LipLiner in Hot Cocoa
Sephora Lipgloss in Pink Ballerina


Products used:
FACE
CG Queen Collection Liquid Foundation in Warm Caramel Q730
MAC Studio Fix in NW45
MAC Blush in Loverush and Fever

EYES
MAC Shadestick in Crimsonaire
MAC Pigment in Bright Fuchsia
MAC Handwritten e/s (crease)
MAC Sketch e/s (outer v)
MAC Arena e/s (highlight)
Red Cherry lashes #48

LIPS
MAC Lipglass in Mad Cap


Products used:
FACE
CG Queen Collection Liquid Foundation in Classic Bronze Q710
MAC MSF in Dark
MAC Blush in Pinch me

EYES
MAC AmberLights e/s andd Honey Lust e/s (lid)
MAC Swiss Chocolate e/s (crease)
MAC Brule e/s (highlight)
Brows-MAC penci in spiked and MAC embark e/s

LIPS
MAC Lipglass in Mouthwatering and Love Nectar


Products used:
FACE
CG Queen Collection Liquid Foundation in Spicy Brown Q745
MAC MSF in Deep Dark
MAC Blush in Raizin

EYES
MAC Silver Ring e/s (lid)
MAC Carbon e/s (outer v)
MAC Arena e/s (highlight)
Red Cherry lashes #79
Brows-MAC pencil in Spiked and MAC embark e/s

LIPS
MAC Lipglass in Love Nectar

Hope you enjoyed the Looks!

'til next time Dolls!

Review: CoverGirl Queen Collection Natural Hue Liquid Foundation

Hey Dolls!

Today I’m going to do a product review on CoverGirl Queen Collection Liquid Foundation.

"Finally, a beautiful new makeup from CoverGirl with shades that match up to 97% of skin tone from Rich Sand to True Ebony" "Because every woman is a Queen"
from www.covergirl.com/queen

The Good
-It’s super easy to color match
-It’s very smooth and light weight, feels like your not wearing foundation
-Its very photo friendy, looks great for flash photography
-Very blendable and easy to apply and blend
-Doesn't take up much room, comes in a very small container
-Inexpensive $6.29 @ Target

The Bad
-There really aren’t any!

Where can I purchase it? Target or www.COVERGIRL.com/QueenCollection

How much is it? $6.99

Overall:
I started using this last year on myself and I really loved it. So, I started testing it out on my four sisters and they loved it too. My sisters use to never wear any kind of liquid or cream foundation, or even foundation at all but now you can’t even get them to put this product down! We all liked the smooth finish and how it feels like your not wearing foundation at all, but what I also loved was how easy it was to color match. Usually when Women Of Color try on foundation its either to dark, to light or too red, but not the Queen Collection Liquid Foundation. You get it right the first time! It was so easy to color match people when applying their makeup. So, in my opinion it’s a great product for Women of Color to have. What I also enjoy about the product is it has a range of colors for not only African American Women but Hispanic and Asian Women as well.

Here are the 5 colors I currently have right now:

From Left to Right: Classic Bronze Q710, Golden Honey Q725, Warm Caramel Q730, Spicy Brown Q745, and Rich Minx Q750

Here are the color swatches of the liquid foundation:

From Left to Right:Classic Bronze Q710, Golden Honey Q725, Warm Caramel Q730, Spicy Brown Q745, and Rich Minx Q750


If you tried CG Queen Collection Natural Hue Liquid Foundation let me know what you thought about it?

So, I hope you Dolls enjoyed my first product review. There is more to come!

'till next time Dolls

My 1st Makeup Workshop

Hey Dolls!

Well Last year in June I went to my first makeup workshop because since I decided I want to branch out and start doing makeup for Women Of Color I decided I needed to see if I had all the basics down. Well, to first start off I didn't to much enjoy the workshop but I was very grateful for the instructors time. I feel I didn't learn more than I already knew. I already know the applying process I really just wanted to learn more about eyeshadow placement, colors to combine, and bridal makeup. I basically wanted to learn what I paid for and I didn't. But I have to omit I had a lot of fun in the process. I took my sister, Shan as my model and she was great and very supportive. After the workshop the instructor said I did a great job and I'm very observant and I was proud of myself that I did a good job because I've never had any formal training. For right now, I am currently in the process of researching makeup schools because my goal for 2010 is to attend makeup school and become a better makeup artist.

Here's my finish look after the workshop:


FACE
RCMA Foundation
MAC Studio Fix NW43
MAC Blush in Raizin

EYES
MAC Woodwinked e/s (lid)
MAC Handwritten e/s (crease)
MAC Liquidliner in Blackboot
MAC Fluidline in Blacktack
Brows- MAC eyepencil in stud and MAC embark e/s
Red Cherry lashes #43

LIPS
"no-name" brand pink lipgloss (used from the school)

So, I would love to know what your thoughts, questions, or comments on my work from my workshop!

'till next time Dolls

Blue High Heels Inspired Makeup

Hey Dolls!

I'm back with another post. I've been posting all of my makeup looks I've done in the past most of them are from last year 2009 but I'm going to post some more recent ones soon and well this is another post I'm doing on makeup looks I did on my sisters. They were going out clubbing and they were wearing black dresses and both of my sisters have similar style so they both purchased blue high heel shoes. So, I came up with two looks to complement there blue high heel shoes.

Semi’s Look:


Here are the products I used:
FACE
CoverGirl Queen Collection Natural Hue Foundation in Warm Caramel Q730
MAC MSF in Deep Dark
MAC Blush in Raizin

EYES
MAC Plumage e/s (lid)
MAC Handwritten e/s (crease)
MAC Carbon e/s (outer v)
MAC Arena e/s (highlight)
Brows- MAC eyepencil in Stud and MAC Espresso e/s

LIPS
Sephora Lipgloss in Pink Ballerina

Shan’s Look:


Here are the products I used:

FACE
CoverGirl Queen Collection Natural Hue Foundation in Spicy Brown Q745
MAC MSF in Deep Dark
MAC Blush in Raizin and Blunt

EYES
MAC Idol Eyes e/s (inner corner)
MAC Plumage e/s (outer corner)
MAC Carbon e/s (outer v)
Maybelline Liquid eyeliner in Black
Red Cherry Lashes

LIPS
Sephora Lipgloss in Pink Ballerina

Have you ever heard Ray J's song Blue High Heels? I love that song!



'til next time dolls

Makeover: Sexy Silver Eyes

Hey Dolls!

Every one who knows me knows I love makeover shows, like What not to wear, Style her famous, and Look-A-Like. So, I decided to give my god-sister Breshia a makeover. I was reading Seventeen Magazine as usual and saw they had a new trend called Sexy Silver Eyes. In the magazine they stated silver eyeshadow was in. They had a picture of Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson wearing silver eyeshadow and they looked so elegant and beautiful. So, I thought for my sister’s makeover I would try the Alicia Keys look on her. I found a cute little top for her and some cute earrings at Forever 21. I first began the makeover by of course taking a before picture of her, then I began to curl her hair. Which took almost 2 hours to curl. (gosh that girl has so much hair!) After her hair was all curled I began to do her makeup.

Here’s a picture of Alicia Keys Look:


Here’s Breshia’s Before and After:



And here’s her final look:



Here are the products used:

FACE
CoverGirl Queen Collection Natural Hue Foundaton in Classic Bronze Q710
MAC MSF in Dark
MAC Cream Blush in Brit Wit and MAC powder Blush in Blushbaby

EYES
MAC Shadestick in Beige-ing
MAC Silver Ring e/s (lid)
MAC Saddle e/s (crease)
MAC Brule e/s (highlight)
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
Brows- MAC eye pencil in Spiked and MAC embark e/c

LIPS
MAC Lipglass in Cultured
Sephora Lipgloss in Pink Ballerina

'til next time Dolls!

Camille's Prom

Hey Dolls!

This was my first time doing prom makeup and Camille was my first actual client. I know Camille from church, we attend the same church and she asked me to do her makeup for prom. I was flattered and nervous at the same time. I was flattered because she said she like the way I do my makeup and I was nervous because I’ve never done anyone’s makeup besides my sisters. I told her of course I would do it. I asked her to come by my house the week before and bring a picture of the dress so we can try a couple of looks. Camille and her family came over and we talked about what she wanted and I practiced two looks on her. She liked the first look because it was a lot lighter and softer than the second look. Camille is not really a makeup person so she wanted her cheeks and lip color to be very light.



Here’s the final Look:


FACE
MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation NW45
MAC MSF in Deep Dark
MAC Blush in Gingerly

EYES
Goldmine e/s (Lid)
Handwritten e/s (crease)
Shroom e/s (highlight)
MAC Lquidliner in BlackBoot
"no-name" brand False lashes

LIPS
MAC Lipglass in Love Nectar

‘till next time Dolls!

Welcome Dolls!!!

Hello Dolls!

This is my very first post! I was inspired to make a beauty blog for two reasons. The first reason was because I've always been passionate about makeup. But when I was in high school it was very difficult for me to find out how to chose a foundation, how to find my right shade of foundation, or what eyeshadow colors I should be wearing. Women in my family didn't wear makeup at the time and when I went to cosmetic counters to seek help there was no one with my skin complexion or no one with a similar complexion to help me. So, I took it upon myself to research and study to find the best makeup products that work for me and other Women Of Color.

So, I'm made this beauty blog because after reading and studying cosmetic companies, cosmetic books, websites and other blogs, applying makeup to myself, and practice, practice, practice, I now have the knowledge and desire to help other Women Of Color!

To give a background of myself. I've always been into makeup ever since I was 15 years old.

What started my passion for makeup?
My grandma gave me a cosmetics book for my 15Th birthday called Fine Beauty by Sam Fine. I fell in love right aways. I also learned how to do makeup from Seventeen magazine. I'll still to this very day get Seventeen magazines and that's mostly where I get my beauty tips from. For 4 years I've always done makeup on myself, my mom, and my sisters but in April 2009 I decided I needed to branch out and practice on other Women Of Color.

So, on my beauty blog I like to share with beauty tips and products reviews for women of color to help you along the way on your makeup journey to finding the right products that work for you. So be ready for lots of pictures, helpful tips, product reviews, tutorials, and hauls.

'til next time Dolls!