Make Your Face Up

A darling friend of mine, Alicia is a Make-up Artist. She has done my face in all of the Vorpal Images shoots I have done. She has a crazy encyclopedia type brain when it comes to things make-up related and she sent me this today:

She says this is a major deal. So if you are in need of make-up I highly recommend it. She always uses Lorac on me when we do our shoots, and it looks AMAZING. Plus, this stuff is usually insanely expensive, so I am pretty excited for this deal. To get to the Lorac Jet Setter Collection, CLICK HERE!

Bat your eyes

Lets get serious for a second. Long Big Eyelashes are hot. They are adorable, lovely, and a bundle of fun. They are a small speck of glam in a run of the mill day.

I have been wanting to get some False Eyelashes for some time now, so I consulted my Make-up Artist friend, Alicia, to give me some tips on a good buy. She recommended Elise Eyelashes, from the people who make M.A.C. eyelashes, for an extremely reasonable price! She sent me this website Madame Madeline to buy them and I could not believe how inexpensive they were!
I bought the 2-pack of Half Sized eyelashes, for $3.50! What a steal, I grabbed a couple pairs. I am looking forward to their arrival!

To give you a quick example of how impressive they can make your eyes look, see this shot of me by Vorpal Images

(click to enlarge)

So try some out and add a little glamour to your life, and if you need help making a 40s face for yourself, HERE is a wonderful basic article on how to apply 40s style make-up with false lashes!

Saw Red

Image courtesy Misteraitch on Flickr

In the case of the missing Besame Red lipstick. I tried emailing, I tried leaving blog comments.

To no avail, I never received a response.

I just tried to open a paypal dispute, and for some reason, paypal wont allow it. I think because its too old.

I tried to give the person the benefit of the doubt that shipping just took a long time, but now its been well over a month.

I feel silly being angry, as its only $6.00, but its the principal. I paid for something. I want to bloody receive it.

ARGH!

Question for the public.

Hi dames, quick question:
have any of you tried Pin-Up Cosmetics? Good or Bad?
The quality looks so-so to me, but with Free shipping, I may give it a whirl. But I was hoping one of you lovely ladies had tried it already and could offer some insight.

Oh, Cruella!

I somehow misplaced my "go-to" red lipstick, MAC's Russian Red. Which, is not entirely a loss, as it may have been contaminated with someones cold sore virus, which I hope to never catch.
So this weekend I headed to Oregon. Washington Square Mall in Hillsboro has the largest Sephora in the area plus a number of other fantastic make-up counters.
I tried a few things on, but was instantly drawn to the NARS counter.I tried on this darling "velvet matte lip pencil" in the scarlet shade of "Cruella"
Its a lip liner and lipstick in one, and goes on so creamy smooth, and finishes with a perfect matte appearance.
I promptly purchased the $24 lipstick. And came home to take some pictures.



Here, I am modeling with my lovely non-vintage styled hair (it rained BUCKETS today!) and my darling daughter.


It wears well, and keeps my lips feeling mostly soft all day. It kisses off like the dickens though, so watch out for your fella!