makeup + ashley

I knew Ashley when she was a baby. Her mom used to teach my friends and I how to dance the latest moves when we were little. She taught us the infamous "Dirty Dancing" dance that Baby and Johnny did in the final scenes, with the lifts and all! ...and today, I did her hair and makeup for her high school graduation pics. (Oh man, did I just date myself? =/)

I wanted to give her a fresh, natural look (which is also what she wanted) so I played up the apples of her cheeks and her youthful skin.


Here's a shot of her before hair and makeup...

And here is her after shot...

Products used:


MUFE Face and Body Foundation (mixed with moisturizer for sheer coverage)
Cover Fx Loose Setting Powder
MAC Expensive Pink e/s
MAC Rice Paper e/s
MAC Espresso e/s
Urban Decay Buck e/s
L'Oreal eyeliner in brown
Maybelline the Falsies Volum'Express mascara in Brownish Black
Nars Orgasm Blush

Smashbox artificial light hilighter
Maybelline moisture extreme lipstick in Naturally Petal
MAC Lip Glass





Thanks for trusting me with your face Ash! :)

love at first lipstick

The warm brownish red color, creamy texture and lustrous look - Revlon's Toast of New York was my very first lipstick and encounter with makeup. 

It started off with just lipstick and lip liner, then eyeliner, then eyeshadows. Before I knew it, I was into it all, from face primers to eyelash curlers. There was no denying it, it was love.

If you're anything like me, with any relationship, you talk the ears off your friends and family. You share it all!! From your first dates, to first kisses, all the way to the breakups. I'm the type of person who usually needs to 'talk about it' and for fear of sounding like a crazy person rambling on and on about how the Maybelline Falsies Volum'Express mascara works wonders on my 4 eyelashes, this blog would serve as my creative outlet to talk about my love affair with makeup. 

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Thus, therefore, consequently, shablooozy (don’t ask)… MY BLOG!!  I didn’t create it with the hopes of getting tons of followers, really. Besides the obvious purpose of expressing myself creatively like I said before, I was pretty darn inspired from watching Oprah’s last episode (but really now, who wasn’t??!). She said, “Everyone has a platform. Mine is a stage in a studio. Yours is wherever you are, with your own reach.” So this blog is my platform. If I just so happen to connect to one person about their love for makeup, or empower someone to find their personal platform, then this blog will have served its purpose.

tracy