October Favorites

My favorites for TV this month is Once Upon A Time on Netflix. I am not up to date with the series. I went some time without watching it. I think that season 7 is on TV, and 6 is on Netflix. I'm in season 5 where the gang is in the Underworld and battling Hades' antics. I don't know why, but I just like this show. It keeps me entertained when I am eating lunch for a few moments. I have always liked fairy tales, and I guess that hasn't gone away with age.

This is the book I read for this month. It was so good. It takes place in the 1700-1800's. At first you get to know Mr. Whitaker and a little bit of his life, but that is just the beginning. The main character is his daughter, Alma. She is a botanist, and her life is fascinating. You get to learn about her and the people she meets up until her old age. I read this for my book club, and I was surprised to learn that about half of the people in the club liked the book, and half didn't like the book. There are some sexual situations in the book that offended people. It didn't bother me, but I can see how some people might be disturbed. I thought the book was really well written, and it seemed so real to me. I felt like I was really taken to a different time and place. I like it when a book can do that.

My favorite singer for the month is Jeremy Camp. He is a Christian singer I got to see him in concert. This is the first Christian concert I have ever been to. I wasn't sure how I would like it. I wondered if maybe the music wouldn't be as good as you hear on the radio. I know that for some famous singers that is the case. They look good, but they aren't very good singers. Well, Jeremy Camp is very talented. And his is the real deal. He has a powerful voice. I was surprised at all the songs I knew of his. He has done a lot of good songs. It felt like a worship service. The concert was held in a church. And Jeremy started out his career with leading worship for churches. He spoke to and it was all inspired by God. It was like a church service only tons more people than attend a regular church.

Face of the Day: Fall Everyday Glam

I like my makeup for today. I thought I would share with you. It was really easy. I will tell you what makeup I used and then say a little description of the color so if you want to try out this look using the makeup you have in your collection you can do so.

1. Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette in Puree in the crease. It's a medium caramel-brown with warm, reddish tones and a matte finish.

2. Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette in Salted Caramel, crease. This color is warm-toned, medium orange with hints of brown and a matte finish.

3. Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette in Puddin', outer crease. This color is a warm taupe with a matte finish.

4. Kat Von D Monarch Palette in Shadow Box, outer lid and outer crease. This is a deep, dark brown with warm, red undertones and a matte finish.

5. Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette in Puree, lid

6. Blend it all out

7. Kat Von D Monarch Palette in Shadow Box, upper lash line, wing

8. Puree, lower lash line

9. Shadow Box, lower lash line

10. Too Faced Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette in Butter Pecan, tear ducts. This color is a warm gold with metallic finish.

11. Nude Lip Liner, line and fill in lips

12. Lip Gloss on top

Face of the Day with Wet 'n Wild Coral Lipstick

Here is my look for today. I copied Kathleen Light's tutorial...

I used the Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette for the eyes. For blush Hard Candy Fox in a Box and for lips Wet 'n Wild Mega Last Liquid Catsuit Lipstick in Coral Corruption.

Here are the steps of what I did to create my look. The same steps Kathleen did...

1. Georgia, fluffy blending brush into the crease

2. Puree, outer 1/3 of lid and crease

3. Luscious, entire lid with a flat shader brush

4. Summer Yum, outer 1/3 of lid and crease

5. Georgia to blend all of it out

6. White Peach, highlight under brows

7. Luscious and White Peach, tear ducts

8. Face Primer

9. Foundation

10. Concealer

11. Powder

12. Brown Eye Liner, tightline and waterline

13. Summer Yum, lower lash line with a pencil brush

14. Brown Liquid Liner, upper lash line, wing

15. Mascara

16. Contour

17. Hard Candy Fox in a Box Blush

18. Highlight top of cheekbones, around eyes, above eyebrows, down the nose, cupid's bow

19. Setting Spray

20. Coral lips, Wet 'n Wild MegaLast Liquid Catsuit Lipstick in Coral Corruption

Here is the video of me putting on the look...

Face of the Day with Wet 'n Wild's New Eye Liner

This is my look for today. My eye liner went on really well and it was the inexpensive one by Wet 'n Wild. It is also cruelty-free! It's called On Edge Longwearing Eye Pencil in the color You're the Yin. It went on like a dream in my waterline, and it stayed on too! I got mine from Walgreens.

I used these three palettes for the eye look. To the left is Lorac Pro Palette, to the north east is Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette, and to the south east is Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette. 

Here are the steps I took to create my look:

1. Face Primer

2. Foundation

3. Concealer (Wet 'n Wild Photo Focus)

4. Eye Primer (Milani Eye Shadow Primer)

5. Powder (Rimmel Stay Matte Powder)

6. Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette in Salted Caramel in the crease

7. Urban Decay Naked 3 in Nooner on the lid

8. Clean big fluffy brush to blend out the edges

9. Lorac Pro Palette in Taupe, to blend out in the crease

10. Lorac Pro, Cream, under the brow

11. Lorac Pro, Espresso and Black colors mixed together onto the upper lash line

12. Mascara

13. Urban Decay Naked 3, Nooner, with a flat eyeliner brush close to the roots of the lashes

14. Used a pencil brush and Lorac Pro Palette in Taupe to blend out the lower lash line

15. Lorac Pro, Espresso and Black shadows on the outer 2/3 of lower lash line

16. Wet 'n Wild Black Eye Liner in the waterline

17. Benefit Hoola Bronzer to contour my cheeks, the top of forehead, and my nose

18. Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso 

19. The Balm Mary Lou Manizer as my highlighter

20. Nude Lip Liner

21. Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle, It was worn off by the time I took the picture. But this isn't available anymore anyway.

You can imagine what kind of lip would look good with my eyes. I think a nudey pink looks good.

I had a good day today. I hope you did too. We need to end our days counting our blessings. That way we can sleep good at night, instead of being up worrying about our life or what is happening in the world around us.

Getting ready to go to Oregon Ducks Football Game!!!!!

I have never been to a college football game before. I don't know what it will be like. I imagine there will be tons of people there. The game is the Ducks vs. a Washington team. I'm guessing a swarm of Washtonians will be coming down to Eugene, OR. There will be lots of people, and it will be very loud. I don't know where we will be seated. The people I'm going with I don't know very well. They go to my church, and they seem like really nice people. To be honest I am a bit nervous, but I'm trying to look at it as being excited.

This is my makeup look. I drew on my lower lashes! It looks really natural doesn't it? I used Physicians Formula Brown Liquid Liner. My tear ducts I have Stila's Kitten. My blush is Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso. And my lipstick is Maybelline Almond Rose #565.

Sweet Peach Palette for Fair Skin and Red Hair

Today I did a look by Summer Mckeen. She is a young Youtuber that is also from Oregon.

These are the steps I to create this look...

1. Using the Too Faced Sweet Peach Palette take Candied Peach and Summer Yum on the lid.

2. Summer Yum, lower lash line

3. Nectar in the tearduct. You can use your pinkie finger.

4. Just Peachy and Bellini in the middle of the lid

5. Charmed, I'm Sure, crease

6. Georgia, top of crease/browbone

For blush Summer used Benefit Rockateur. My dupe is Milani Baked Blush in Berry Amour.

First day of October manicure

I treated myself today by giving myself a manicure.

The polish I used was Essie Romper Room. The color is pink, I wanted a calming color, and we were getting ready to visit the neighbors and give the little girl there a t-shirt we bought her from the beach, so I thought the name was fitting. I like the nest hanging on our garage that's why I included it in the background.

I hope you all have a warm, peaceful or exciting (depending on what you want/need) for the month of October.