Love You Back
I know I've talked the whole 'OMG I'm turning 30' thing to the ground on this blog, but as each of my friends turns 30 one by one, I get a little emotional and puffed up with pride. Last weekend, my friends and I got together to celebrate another 30th and I remember looking around the table at all these smart & vibrant individuals thinking -
we have seriously got it going on! None of us are severely rich, so I don't mean this in a monetary sense, I mean that we've all managed to grow up into responsible, respectful, hard-working adults and every one's positive transformation was contagious. We've had a positive influence on one another for sure.
One of my dearest friends (the nail savvy one I mentioned two posts ago, actually) shared a link to her latest photo album of pictures taken this weekend at the latest dirty30. Lots of fun. Lots of good makeup, too. Excuse the shine, as most of these were taken post-party!
Check those nails!
PLEASE NOTE: I took the picture below like this on purpose so you could see my eyeshadow. I LOOOOOOVE this shade. and I was NOOOOOOOOOOOOOT this faded!
Eyes: Too Faced eyeshadow, Label Whore // MAC#7 lashes
Face: NARS blush, Sin
Friend's Eyes:
Stila Smudge Pot
Friend's Nails: OPI X Sephora, Le Beau
Labels: MAC, Nars, Opi, Stila, Too Faced
My Annual Mani/Pedi
ugh ... I feel like a total trend whore admitting this, but the color I chose for my mani/pedi on Saturday was OPI's You Don't Know Jacques. GAH!!! I wanted something that would photograph well and my very nail-savvy friend advised me to go dark. I'm embarrassed I succumbed to the "it" status of this shade ... but my friend's right, this DOES photograph quite well:
Labels: Opi
Weekend Prep
This weekend I get to help my friend with a SUPER exciting new project. She asked me to model (so flattered!!!) for a vintage clothing website she's launching in a few weeks. You can get a sneak peak at a few of the items and close-ups of patterns here:
http://goldengrey.tumblr.com/
And though I'm digging the non-retouched trend taking over the glossies (a la Jessica Simpson's Marie Claire cover & spread), I'm planning to beg her to photoshop the hell out of my stomach. Unless I can figure out a solution by the photoshoot on Sunday. Akkkkk! Do you sassy ladies know of any de-bloating tricks?
On a lighter note, I might consider getting a mani/pedi in preparation for the shoot. The last one I had was in August of last year, so it's been a while. It's probably necessary at this point. Currently, my tosies are done up in OPI x Sephora's Under My Trenchcoat, wonder if this color is too dark for the shoot? Shoot, shoot, shoot - I can't say that word enough! I'm so excited!
On another lighter note, I finally saved up enough MAC to do a trade-in. I chose a Dazzleglass Creme - Soft Dazzle. What do you think? Since gloss tends to get everywhere fast, I probably won't bring this to the ... shoot ... but it just seemed like a color that needed to become a part of my collection.
Labels: MAC, Opi, Sephora
Under My Trenchcoat
On Valentine's Day, I picked up my first bottle of OPI x Sephora polish in
Under My Trenchcoat. It's a shame that I don't actually own a trenchcoat, because this post could've been A LOT more fun, if ya catch my drift ;) Instead you'll have to settle for these attempts to take UNDERcover pictures of my nails ...
while in a meeting.
en route to the gym.
and on the platform waiting for my train.
It's a cool khaki grey color with little bits of gold shimmer. Kinda fun, but I think I'd like it better on my toes. Given that open-toe shoe season feels months and months away, I'll have to save that for another post.
Labels: Nail Polish, Opi, Sephora
