Halloween

I spent so much time working on my kid's costumes and I never got around to putting thought into my own until the night before Halloween. I had bought a huge pair of gorgeous red and black wings from Joann last month so I knew I wanted my costume centered around them. I planned to do sort of a dark fairy. On the day of Halloween I opened the wings only to find out that they were cheap pieces of crap. They were super heavy so the elastic straps stretched making then hang weird and then they were only held together by a tiny piece of felt that started ripping when i tried them on. I was pretty pissed off. In the end I just wore a black and purple cape and called it a day. Because I was in a bad mood I feel like my makeup came out bad. Looking back at the pictures I see it looked good but it just was not what I envisioned.

I used my normal foundation with some white powder on top of it to give me a paler look. On my eyes I used Sugarpill Love + and Sugarpill Bulletproof. I did the feathery lines using a cheap NYC liquid liner. My eyelashes are Klean Color. I used Bling Spirit Natural Control glitter adhesive, Bling Spirit glitter in Black Diamond and 8 Bit Cosmetics Glitter in Container for Hearts for the feathery accent lines. I also used Container for Hearts on my eyebrows.

After I got home I washed that makeup off and decided to just do something quick and over the top. I personally would love to wear crazy loud makeup like this everyday. This is also the only picture of my husbands makeup I got of the day! In this pic I used Bling Spirit Natural Control and Bling Spirit Platinum Sparkles on my eyes. My lashes are Klean Color Catty Maria. I used Pretty Addictions Wild Thang for blush and my lips are Ben Nye Pink Tart. My husband is wearing all Halloween cream makeup.

I did minor makeup on all my kids and failed to take pictures of course. I did snap this one of the mermaid makeup I did on my middle daughter. I used Pretty Addictions Shipwrecked in Paradise collection as well as Shattered Pearls. I also used some lash glue and applied some jewels to her cheeks and her eyebrows are Bling Spirit in Pacific Blue.

Next year we are are all forgoing the glam and going for guts and gore. We are going to be a family of disgusting zombies. I am going to RAID the Ben Nye section here!! 

If you have links to your Halloween look comment below so I can check it out!!

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Pretty Addictions FOTD

Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX Jumbo Pencil In Milk
elf Concealer Stick
Urban Decay Skimp as a Highlighter
Klean Color Purple Eyeliner on Brows
Sugarpill Poison Plum on Brows
Jordana Fabuliner
Pretty Addictions Clown Fish Kiss
Tropical Sunset
Torrid
Hocus Pocus
True

Maybelline Dream Mousse Matte Foundation in Light #4
MAC Soft Sand Bronzer
Smashbox Photoset Pressed Powder
Benefit Porefessional
Pretty Addictions Shattered Pearls Highlighter
BH Blush Palette
Lips are a mix of MAC Fleshpot and Tarte Lipsurgence in Peaceful


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Pretty Addictions -Shipwrecked in Paradise Collection

             I recently won a contest on the Pretty Addictions fan page on Facebook and my prize was a sample size collection of my choice. I chose the Shipwrecked in Paradise collection. My prize arrived super fast and was packaged very well. I have ordered and received prizes from Pretty Addictions numerous times and every time has been perfect and shipped super fast.

Look at how cute the new labels are!

 

          This collection is limited edition. You can get the 6 pigments in 5 gram jars along with a discount code for Jujubeads for $21 or for $35 you get 6 gorgeous pigments in 5 gram jars,  a 3 gram jar of a new bronzer, 3 gram jar of a new blush called, Island Babe plus a piece of jewelry and a discount code to Jujubeads jewelry.

        I am in love with Clown Fish Kiss, Mint Spritzer and Tropical Sunset but Mystery Cove and High Tide are also awesome because I do not have any blues like them in my collection. Overall I love all of these colors. I have quite a few Pretty Addictions pigments and this collection is in the same category of quality. They apply smoothly, blend easily and are pretty opaque without a base.

Swatches with flash

Swatches in the sunlight

         I highly recommend Pretty Addictions. The products are gorgeous, the quality is top notch, the owner is a sweetheart, the pricing is fair and the shipping is lightening quick! Kas, the owner of Pretty Addictions is giving away a Shipwrecked in Paradise collection over on her blog! Go check it out and enter!!

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Pretty Addictions FOTD

              Pretty Addictions was having a contest and to enter you had to do a look using Pretty Addictions products . 3 winners were randomly picked and I was one of them! Yay!! I really enjoy the random contests because it takes the whole "popularity" aspect out and it also opens up the contest for people with all levels of makeup application skills. So THANK YOU KAS for the awesome contest!

              I did a full face using Pretty Addictions! I used Toxic, Tickled Mermaid, True, Vivid and Pina Colada on my eyes. Then I used some Royal Rebel on my brows to set them. I used The Big O on my cheeks and Shattered Pearls as a highlighter. For my lips I mixed Sex Kitten and some gloss!

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FOTD and Apologies

         The last couple of weeks have been very hectic for me and I have not had enough time to blog daily. The end of the school year combined with my husbands vacation so it has been BUSY!! We are preparing for our huge annual lemonade stand so I will be a bit slow for the next week but after that I will be back full force. I have lots of new products to share as well as some giveaways and a new hair cut will debut. I royally effed up my hair when bleaching. YIKES. I will also have a "battle of the purples" comparison review. So lots of good fun stuff next week!

           For the look above I used Pretty Addictions, 24 Karat Gold, Darkness and Obnoxious.

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Copy Cat

              So I did basically the same look I do all the time. Derp. I swear I am in a rut! This time I used Pretty Addictions. I used Pina Colada, Torrid, Royal Rebel, True and Vivid. My cheeks are Pink Swoon ( MAC) and my lips are a mix of Imagine This and Sweet Sunrise ( MAC).

              Later that night I decided the look needed to be amped up so I added a ton of loose glitter!!

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Pretty Addictions Haul

              I am so behind on product blogging. Ahhhhh!!! Pretty Addictions is one of my new favorite companies and last month I placed two orders. As usual my orders came with a few days and were packaged to perfection. I am in love with everything about this company!!For more Pretty Addiction swatches and full reviews click here

             There was a sale on 10 gram shadows so I grabbed a bunch along with some samples that I potted into 3 gram jars and two of the blushes that I have been pining over.

               I freaking LOVE True, Irrational, Toxic, Bloom and 24K. So pretty!!

Swatches in the sun

Swatches with flash

           Pretty Addictions makes some really amazing blushes and recently released a few new shades so I picked up Sex Kitten and The Big O.

Sex Kitten and The Big O

Sex Kitten and The Big O in the sunlight.

Heavily swatched and then blended out.

Sex Kitten and The Big O with flash

Heavily swatched and then blended out.

Sex Kitten and The Big O in the sunlight.

Heavily swatched and then blended out.

         

               I used 24 K and Hocus Pocus for this look.

Have you tried Pretty Addictions? If so what is your favorite product? I really would love to get a full collection!!

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Mad about Teal!!

    Madd Style Cosmetix really has some of the most amazing teals and aquas. I love them all so much!! For this look I used Brad and Bi-Winning from Madd Style along with a bit of Darkness from Pretty Addictions. My cheeks are a Sonia Kashuk blush in Sunset and my lips are.........GASP!!!!!!! Not Peaceful!!! But still a LipSurgence by Tarte. This time I used Sweet!

Do you know of a teal or aqua out there that is too die for??
If so let me know!!!

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Spotlight on Pretty Addictions

                   Next up in the spotlight is Pretty Addictions! Kassandra who runs Pretty Addictions sent some wonderful sample packages to be included in the gift bags during the holidays. Thank you so much Kas!!  I have already done an in depth review of Pretty Addictions and interviewed Kas which you can read here. Pretty Addictions is a fabulous company and is coming up on its 1 year anniversary in March!! Kas hosts awesome contests and other fun things on the Pretty Addictions facebook page. Check it out!! Kas also has a great blog which includes Pretty Addiction news plus she reviews other brands and companies.

            I placed my order, got the shipping notice within hours and my package was here 2 days later. It does not get any faster than that folks. My previous order also was in my hands within 2 days of ordering. Kas really has her shipping time down pat. That is something I really love about this company.

           Another thing I love is the great packaging. Kas really glams up each package. Everything is wrapped, sealed and glamified to perfection. My previous order was also packaged beautifully. I love this!!

             I paid $17 for this order. I chose a luminizer, 6 clamshell samples and I got a free 5 gram pot of Darkness because my order was over $15. Pretty Addictions always offers a free pot of pigment when your order is over $15. That is a very nice touch. I also received 6 samples baggies of some new colors.

              Pricing for pigments varies from $1.25 clamshell sample, $3.50 for a 5 gram pot and $5.50 for a 10 gram pot. That is a bargain!! Blush, Luminizer and Bronzer pricing also varies from $2.00 sample to $7.50 for a 20 gram jar. They are also now offering pressed shadows!!!!!!!! I seriously need to pick some of these up when I am not broke!!!

              Pretty Addictions currently offers over 60 different mineral pigments and has recently added jewelry to their product line. I have also seen on the facebook page they will be adding some hair accessories soon!

              I realized after swatching that I already own Obnoxious. Duh. Oh well, I love the teal so it will be put to good use. The colors that really caught my eye were Gossip, Tickled Mermaid and Royal Rebel. So pretty!!!

Swatches sunbathing <3

             I have been using Urban Decay Skimp as a highlighter/ luminzer on my face. It is a small size shadow and I love it for blending out the top edge of my eye makeup and right under my brow so I figured I should stop using it all over my face and save it for that. Kas has talked about Shattered Pearls here and there and said it is what she uses all the time. Her face looks amazing so I thought I would give it a try. I paid $7.50 for a 20 gram jar.

             I really like this so far.  I really can't get good pictures of things on my face for some reason . Any tips? Usually it just looks like my plain pale face when I am trying to take blush/bronzer/luminzer pics.

          My overall thoughts on this company are pretty much the same as my last review. IT ROCKS. Fabulous product, insane fast shipping time and it is run by a VERY generous girl. What more could you ask for!! If you have not placed an order with Pretty Addictions yet you are missing out!!! Get on it!! I would really love if my readers would help support the companies who donated and were so kind during the holidays with the gift bags.

Thanks so much for reading!!!