Casual Makeup Lookbook & Product review

My Museum Makeup Look 

On Saturday March 28th I attended the Osoyoos Museum Society Spring Open House as a British Columbia Ambassador Candidate. Here are the products I used to achieve this look! 

Pre-Makeup 

Firstly I used Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief

Followed by some Even Better Skin Tone Correcting Moisturizer with SPF 20

FACE

For the base of my Face I used my handy dandy Jane Iredale Starter Kit in Porcelain (Most Similar Product)

I used the PurePressed® Base SPF 20 in Ivory

As well as using the Circle\Delete® Concealer #2 - Peach

For blush I used My beloved Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in Peach (amazon) similar products Maybelline Offer are dream bouncy blush in Peach Satin or FACE STUDIO MASTER GLAZE™ IN JUST-PINCHED PINK

Eyes 

For my eyes  I started out with combing my eye lashes out with an old Mascara Wands

First I used the wand on the Left to brush out my Lashes pre-mascara - Rimmel London LASH ACCELERATOR ENDLESS Mascara buy it here 

Secondly after I applied Mascara I brushed my lashes out with the wand on the right - Rimmell London ScandalEyes Show Off Mascara  - Buy here 

The Mascara I used on my eye lashes was Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black

To apply my Eye Shadow I used my Joe Fresh Brand Eye Shadow Brushes 














 For my eye Shadow I choose my favourite Jane Iredale PurePressed Eye Shadow in 
Triple Brown Sugar

As you can see it's a really nice trio with Golden tones and Brownie (is that a word?) coloured Purples and Dark Purple. It is perfect for a Smokey day look or used with other products to make a Smoking Hot Smokey Eye for Night time Glam! 

 Lips 

To start I used a Jane Iredale Lip Plumper which is actually double sided and also has a Brown Sugar Exfoliator. As you can see the color is fairly similar to my Lip Plumper Sample in LA from my Starter Kit! 

I really love Jane Iredale because they are very good about listing the Ingredients in their products. I really feel like there are a lot less chemicals in this Lip Plumper than some of the other ones I have tried. Mostly because the Stinging or tingling sensation doesn't last for as long as some of the other products I have tried!  

Next as a sort of Lip Liner I used my Clinique Chubby Stick Intense in Heftiest Hibiscus 04

I really love the Chubby Sticks because they feel soft and silky like a fancy lip balm. I also like them because unlike a normal Lip Liner the color doesn't last as long. I am not so skilled with applying lip liner so a Nice gentle and soft color for the afternoon was perfect - especially if I made a mistake it doesn't last forever! 

 For my Main lipstick I choose my L'oreal Paris Colour Riche® Lipcolour in Classic Wine 752

For my Lip gloss I choose my  Rimmel London Stay Glossy 3D in Popcorn for 2 - 113 (Buy Here)
 I really like this lip gloss because it's sparkly and fairly sheer in color so it's pretty versatile. The thing I like about Stay Glossy 3D Lipgloss is the fact that it isn't all that sticky or tacky. 

For touch ups I brought along my Stay Glossy 3D lip gloss 

 And for a touch up color I actually brought my Chubby Stick Baby Tint Lip Colour Balm in Flowering Freesia 04
I took this one along because it's such a light colour that I could confidently apply it like a lip balm and not need a mirror for precise application. 

Thanks for reading this makeup review & Look guide :) 

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Jamin' In March with Jamberry

Jamberry Nails 

For my first big Makeup Blog posts I have decided that in the month of March I am going to call it Jamin' in March as I will be reviewing Jamberry Nail wraps. During these blogs I will post application methods I will try and talk about my over all thoughts on the product. 

In the fall my Cousin discovered Jamberry Nails when she was introduced to them through her friend Jen who is a Jamberry Consultant. 

(you can see her website here JAMMING BUG (Jen)'s Jamberry Site)  

For Christmas my cousin introduced myself to Jamberry by giving me a  little Jamberry themed Christmas Gift. Which you can see a picture of down below. 

Included in my gift was:

• Jamberry Nail wraps Moon glass (In package) 
• Jamberry Nail Wraps Date Night (Shown outside package) 
• 2 mini Christmas themed Nail files 
• One (medium) Jamberry Nail file 

Jen our Jamberry Nail consultant hosts  usual in person parties & ONLINE JAMBERRY PARTIES (SERIOUSLY SO MUCH FUN!!) 
 Current Online Jamberry Party
The online parties are held on Facebook through Facebook events & are super easy to participate in. The more you engage in the party the better your chances are to win Jamberry Prizes & the more people participate & make purchases the better the benefits for the person who has decided to host a Jamberry Party. 

Events within the Parties typically revolve around Picture themed games & can include games such as 

• battle of the Jams (pick your favorite from 2 Jam wraps) 
• Style this Outfit (Pick a Jam wrap for a photo of a full outfit) 
• Guess the movie

I have won twice since taking part in Several of Jen's Online parties held on facebook. This month (February) I won a Prize for guessing the most Oscar Winners during an Online Oscar Party which was a free Jamberry Wrap! 

In January I won the Valentines themed Door Prize which held lot's of Jamberry products & other Valentines Day goodies! (Shown Below) 

 Products Listed:
1 set of Jamberry Nail wraps - Joyful Celebration*
1 Jamberry rubber  cuticle pusher

1 Jamberry Buffer Block
1 Jamberry Pen
1 Lindt Amour Chocolate
1 Revlon Nail File  (Similar to the one in the link)
1 Avon Skin so Soft Signature Silk Hand Lotion Size 45 mL/1.5fl oz  (Similar to one in link)

  

Jamberry Nail Wraps

Joyful Celebration - Jamberry Wraps**

 

 Moonglass - Jamberry Nail Wraps  ***

Date night - Jamberry Wraps

*The wrap I won and isn't shown - Heart Health Awareness
**Joyfuly Celebration is no longer available
*** Moonglass is soon to be discontinued

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My Makeup Journey

It's sort of odd to think of connecting the words Makeup, journey, and life changing and use them in a sentence. However I am going to do just that. Makeup has become a big part of my life Journey both as a Hobby, form of therapy and as a creative outlet - to say it's been life changing would be an understatement. ****TRIGGER WARNING - POST TALKS ABOUT SELF HARM****

When I think back on it, I started using Makeup as an Outlet for when I was stressed out/depressed/or dealing with some kind of life event, back when I was a teenager. I don't know why but I find Makeup & putting it on to be quite soothing/relaxing (at times.) However it wasn't until 2012 that makeup became something vastly different for me - it became a coping tool & a form of therapy.

I unfortunately struggle with Self Harm. I say struggle because I think that as an Addiction it will always be a part of your life, whether you are currently struggling with it whether it's the act it's self, dealing with cravings. I think in some way you will always be in a state of coping with addictions & you should focus on healthy coping methods & strategies.

This is also why I say struggle in current tense because I feel like if I put too much emphasis in Recovery ---> Recovered & struggle --> struggled
I myself seem to fall into a deep depression each time I relapse.

Back in 2012  I had started Self Harm again and was actively seeking ways to try to find healthy coping methods. I was dealing with a lot of stuff at the time and incredibly messed up & miserable. To give myself credit I did do all the right things like actively seeking help. I got assessed and referred to mental health & was able to have an intake assessment with a Psychiatrist who due to patient load over whelming said he was only taking on Critical patients. I did  see  a counselor through Mental health too but frankly I just didn't click with her and wasn't getting anything out of it.

I also saw a Grief & Guidance counselor through services offered by a Local Women in need society. However I just couldn't commit to sessions with her since I was holding down a Nannying job at the time. So  I then started looking around for ways I could do self therapy & learn new coping techniques.

Around Halloween I discovered Special FX Makeup tutorials on Youtube and it peaked my interest. After finding some really stellar How to videos and coming across one teaching me how to make my own liquid adhesive & use materials from home to make really real looking wounds An idea formed - the next time I want to cut, let's try doing some special fx makeup instead. Let's see if by creating some "real looking wounds" that would quiet the urge to make them real.

So alas my Makeup Journey began - these are the pictures of my very first time applying Special FX makeup

Since 2012 I have not self harmed in the form of Cutting and since 2013 I have not burned myself either. Last year I did have a bit of a mental break down where I totally lost it & ended up scratching (Like physically started clawing at my face) and ended up doing some bad damage. However, that's okay shit happens. Otherwise really the only thing I have done in the way of Self harm has been Wrist banging (or bruising) and I think of this as the very least damaging of ways to self harm and I haven't done it in Months!

I have continued to do Special Fx Makeup and as I have done so I have continued to improve. Every look I create I use it from my handy dandy Adhesive recipe and use only materials I find at home to create the wound (Like cotton from swabs & makeup pads, various materials  like Tin foil & things like  toilet paper, paper towels & Scotty hand towels (because for some reason they make wicked texture.) The only exception is stuff like face paint/grease paint/blood.

One of the coolest things I have done is make Bones using cut up drinking straws, and then using Spirit gum (eventually using Glue Gun) to shape them and covering them up in various materials - coffee filters, tissue paper etc. Then painting them using grease paints. And then creating a compound wound fracture on my arm! Here are some pictures of the creating the bone & applying it!

Instead I've continued down this crazy journey that blossomed from an Idea. To date the past 2 Halloweens I came up with this idea of challenging myself by searching out Makeup Contests & creating as many looks as possible to submit to as many contests as I could manage to enter!  Last year I entered more (But had more time to do so) and won a prize  too - a Home made Makeup bag filled with home made earrings, brush belt, and filled with $50 in Maybeline products!

Last year I started messing around with Full Facial Special FX here are two of my favorite looks!

The last three photos  directly above were the Prize Winning looks!

 This year I entered something like 31 and won a Prize - a book! However it was not for Special Fx Makeup but rather a Beauty type look! So here are those pictures - I was going for a Marie Antoinette look. Also please note I didn't make the neck thing, it was a necklace!

Lastly here is my most recent and in my honest opinion my best Special Fx Makeup from 2014!

So alas I have now created a blog as a new & different way to Show case my work & perhaps in the future add Makeup Step by step guides! I will also use this blog as a way to sort of centralize my makeup and what not. Add all my makeup links and stories and what not!