Katie has been begging to do my makeup for awhile now so I finally let her today. She didn’t do too badly and I only had to touch it up a bit. I did have Nude Honey HydraMatte lips at the start but that was like 5 hours ago.
Lilac ShadowSense Mermaid Shimmer ShadowSense Smoked Topaz ShadowSense brows Rose Duo BlushSense
Owen has a band solo ensemble this morning—half an hour away plus he plays first at 8am and we’re supposed to be there 45 minutes prior. So my alarm went off at 5:30. I’m already looking forward to my nap this afternoon. 😂
Candlelight ShadowSense Rose Shimmer ShadowSense Plasma Pink Shimmer ShadowSense Napa x 2 and Peacock Pearl Tahitian Pearl gloss
Trying out a fairy eye look for Halloween! I started by attempting something I found on Google but that quickly went south so I improvised and came up with this!
It was really easy because there wasn’t much blending at all—just a touch so it looked like I put forth some effort.
And I think the Violet Volt lipstick looks amazing with it!
We were up early this morning to hit the Ukrainian Museum Archives in Cleveland. Surprisingly the bathroom lighting was pretty good—I love Hampton Inn!
I bought a new necklace there (because I broke my necklace on the way here).
With my mom at the museum.
Then it was off to State Meats and eating lunch at Mama Maria’s Ukrainian Kitchen!
Pierogi, potato pancake, and a slaw.
Then we visited a Ukrainian cathedral (to see the gold spires in the sun), grabbed a donut across the street, and then some ice cream at the Honey Hut!
Then it was back to the hotel to grab our stuff to setup for the event!
OMG all the “naked eggs” for sale… Typically you’d have to blow them all out yourself and it’s not complicated but it is a lot of work. These were already blown out and cleaned! And on sale! For less than it would cost to even buy them in the store! Turns out the vendor was getting out of the egg business and just wanted them gone. Stay tuned to see just how many I ended up buying!!!
And then I bought my Christmas present! A goose egg from Pysanky Master Lorrie Popow! It’s absolutely stunning. I couldn’t take my eyes off of it!
I asked her how she could even see to do that and she said “When my eyes were younger!” I eventually looked through her Facebook page to see if I could find it to see when she did it…and it was 2012!!
A few months ago my mom asked me if I’d go with her to a 4-day Pysanky Retreat in northern Ohio. I jumped at the chance—I think I said yes even before she finished asking! I’ve long been wanting to get back into Pysanky—and I never get to spend any alone time with my mom—so it was a no-brainer!
So this morning I was in the car and on the road by 9am (in a super quick and easy road trip look) to Middleburg Heights/Berea!
Tom always does the driving so it kinda stunk not being able to work while on the road, but I did listen to an audiobook (which eventually made me sooo tired I took to eating popcorn to stay awake)! But I made it!
After we got settled and visited for a bit it was off to find dinner. I found a local Chinese place with really great Yelp reviews (Little Hong Kong) about a mile away…where we had some of the best General Tso’s chicken I’ve ever had. Highly recommend!
Then it was back to the hotel to make 65 goodie bags for the event…
I was challenged to do a clown Halloween look…and as fate would have it, we just watched Killing Eve last night and a character played a clown! So this is the look I decided to recreate! Unfortunately I didn’t have a clown nose and the makeup looked silly…so I changed course and did my own thing.
I’m not even sure I’ve worn this color in a picture before! It’s lighter than my normal colors so I probably put it on without much makeup and said NAH, NOT FOR ME.
But today? I’m LOVING it! It’s definitely a neutral for me.
I’m also loving wearing black pencil on the top and the new gray pencil on the bottom! It looks smudged out without actually having to do that!
These are the two LipSense colors I tried today. I started with Dark Pink because honestly it’s not my favorite… But I ended up liking the resulting photo better than Velvet!!
That just goes to show you that even when you think you don’t like a color, it can totally surprise you. So try the colors you aren’t sure of and you just might find a winner!
I’m moving slow today…my back hurts for some unknown reason (guessing it’s just one of those “I’m old” things since I didn’t do anything to aggravate it) and it was all I could do to get out of bed. It feels like my back is going to go out at any moment so I’m moving extra cautiously because I. DO. NOT. WANT. THAT.
Anyhoo, I decided to do some of my fave natural earth tone shadows today (Sandstone Pearl Shimmer and Copper Rose Shimmer) so that obviously called for Broadway Bronze LipSense (out of stock Limited Edition, but I still have some). It’s one of my all-time faves.
Kiss My Sass should totally be MY color because the name is TOTALLY me. I mean if you know me, you get what I’m saying. (My business is named Living Lippy after all — because I’m sassy aka lippy!)
But in full transparency, I know this isn’t my best color…but I can still wear it and feel okay in it! And now that I’ve redone the photo, it’s out of the way and I won’t need to do it again!
Omgggg it’s sooooo much better than I remembered! I guess that’s the problem with personally owning about 40 colors and having access to all the other ones!
This might be my new favorite color… but stay tuned, because I’m going through and redoing all my LipSense photos and I’m sure to find other favorites I’ve forgotten about.
So today is my daughter’s 10th birthday which means a pool party at our local community pool this afternoon…so you bet your ass I put on a full face of makeup!
Why?
Because in addition to looking fabulous for the party, I can honestly say I’ve never gotten sunburn on my face wearing this skincare and makeup! (And y’all know I hate wearing additional sunscreen, so when I plan to stay out of the sun, I just rely on my makeup to protect me. If I’m actually PLANNING to stay in the sun, I’ll add our sunscreen!)
And then this happened while I was taking my selfies… Hubby photobombed me with Olive.
