My Sister's Wedding
I had the honor of helping my little sister with her makeup on the biggest day of her life. Normally, this
would be an ENORMOUS pressure, but my sister was so far from bridezilla that at some points, I felt like geting all diva on everyone simply to fill the unnatural void that her happy-zen-ness left behind. My sis isn't big on heavy make-up, but she wanted to pop in her pictures. So we concentrated on her eyes, and on accenting the angles on her tiny face.
Here she is, au naturel and a little apprehensive (not of the wedding and the major committment she was about to make, but because of the amount of makeup I packed and spilled out in front of her).
Hard at work and havin fun. I'm so happy she trusted me to do this :)
Here she is with some of her eyes done. We used Urban Decay Sin Primer, Maybeline ColorStay Palette in Khaki, Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer, Maybeline Volum Express Mascara.
See how everyone around her is moving? And she's so calm and still? Happy-zen-ness.
Korres Eyeshadow in Plum, Ardell Lashes #102, NARS blush in Sin.
Buxom Lipgloss in Michelle.
The Love of her Life.
I'll never forget this day! I love my sis and my new brother in law so much ... hopefully they'll let me do their kid's makeup one day ...
Labels: Ardell, Buxom, Korres, Maybelline, Nars, Rimmel, Urban Decay
UD's Pony Palette: Perfect for Prom
Say that three times fast! And it's the truth. This palette from Urban Decay was perfect for my little sister's prom makeover. It comes with an eyeliner and a sample size of their primer potion, so we had 80% of what we needed all in this small package! Check out this cuteness:
I used three colors on her eyes: Painkiller (turquoise shimmer), Mildew (deep green) and Flash (electric purple) ... mostly Mildew :) I topped it off with
Ardell Lashes, #102. they're a dead knockoff for Mac #7's.
It was sort of surreal helping her get dolled up for the night. Hard to believe that this little glamazon was the same little terror that bugged me relentlessly while I struggled through homework (in the 7th - 12th grades!!!), who I caught fearlessly experimenting with my eyelash curler at age 5 (I didn't muster up the courage to really try one until I was like 20) and who went around the house routinely replacing pictures of me with pictures of herself in any photo frame she could get her hands on (I guess in retrospect, this DOES sound like a glamazon in-the-making).
The point is, she's all grown up. And even though she's little miss thang in her senior class, I hope that Saturday's makeup lesson was as special for her, as it was for me.
Labels: Ardell, Urban Decay
