NTMS: Video Games

Never Too Much Sparkle Facebook Group Challenge:
Theme: Video Games

 For Challenges I'm not going to list off products used. It will just be a photo entry for the most part and how I was influenced by the challenge. If you are curious about a particular item I used, please feel free to comment below and I'll do my best to answer!

My influence: Diablo III. I first played Diablo on the Playstation. (In fact I still have that disc laying around here somewhere). Its a hack and slash / dungeon crawler style RPG.I've waited 11 long years for this 3rd installment of Diablo to be released and so I stayed up on the night of May 15th 2012 for its launch. . . Say hello to my friend error 37. I continued to be bugged for the remainder of the 15th. I think I got all of about 20 mins of gameplay. But it seems to be working fine now. :D I wanted my look to be dark and demonic. I think I've achieved that. BTW.. My photos are not "shopped", I just rolled my eyes back and snapped a pic. I think it looks uber freaky. Enjoy.

Saved my favorite photo for last! :D So.... what do you think? I'd love to do more game inspired looks. I had SO many ideas for this weeks challenge.

05.20.12 EOTD

Good News Everyone! A new EOTD!

Hi there! I've been kinda lacking on showing you guys my EOTD lately. Partially because my husband just started a new job, so we are hardcore budgeting, so I'm barely leaving the house! LoL.. This means less makeup wearing and more house cleaning, haha! I'm sure we've all been here right? The other reason is that I just keep finding myself drawn to those shifting taupes and Im basically doing the same eye over and over again. SO instead of boring you with the same thing all the time. I decided I would do something different, even if it was just a midnight jaunt to Walmart.

What I used:
Moi Minerals: 2nd Chance - lid
BFTE: Starstruck - high crease area & inner lower lash line
Moi Minerals: Master of Puppets  - crease & outer lower lash line
BFTE Cosmetics: Butt Naked - Highlight
Maybelline The Falsies Volum Express Mascara: Black Drama
Milani Infinite Liquid Eye Liner: 05 Everlast - liner & wing
Milani Liquif'eye Metallic Eye Liner Pencil: 01 Black - waterline

Lips: Philosophy angel kiss lip gloss : be sweet

gah! the flash is washing out all the rich beautiful color here, and drowning all the sparkle! I need to learn how to take better photos!

Hope everyone is doing well! I hope to be doing some more challenges and stuff just to be able to have things to post for you guys! I'm sure we've all gotten into color mantras. Doing the same look over and over again while our other colors sit around collecting dust. Today's EOTD question is :  What do you do to get yourself out of the rut and back into color inspiration town again?  Comment below and give me some ideas! Thanks!

NTMS: All the Taupes

Never Too Much Sparkle Facebook Group Challenge:
Theme:ALL THE TAUPES

 For Challenges I'm not going to list off products used. It will just be a photo entry for the most part and how I was influenced by the challenge. If you are curious about a particular item I used, please feel free to comment below and I'll do my best to answer!

My influence: I call this look  Fire the Taupe-edos! or Taupe Gun! LoL.. I could go on an on with these taupe puns.. so my influence was just the awesome taupes I have! I've been doing this look or something similar as my go to look lately. It can be pretty much worn anywhere and with my glasses on, I appear to just look put together.


I don't have a ton of taupes, yet..  I'm slowly getting more & more. I love their versatility. And with the amazing taupes with color shifts and duochromes the indie companies keep revealing.. it not only keeps things more interesting to a color fiend like me.. but to be completely honest... I don't even know if I would have ever touched a neutral without their wonderful mad scientistry.. .. so that's pretty cool! :D okay okay. without further babbling .. Here's my look!

Indoor light with Flash

Natural indoor light

You can see what it looks more like IRL here. The pretty blue/green duo & sparkles this taupe has. I LOVE it. 

 Ok.. Well.. that's it from me today. If you guys like this taupe look I'll post more. I take photos of all my "plain" or "neutral" hurry up and go looks like this, but figured you'd be bored of seeing all the versions of this same look I have. Just let me know if you'd like to see more! Have a great day!