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ooooh look! Pretty:
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this is katy perry's nails. Apparently the look was created using a base coat of cnd silver chrome nail polish. She then attached swarovski crystals using gem glue and a toothpick. There are 76 crystals on the thumb alone!! To make sure she didn't inhibit the effect, she did not add any form of top coat.

Do. Want.

that is insane
 
^Yeah, I think it looks great but I could NEVER pull anything like that off!

Sporky, you are radiant in blue.

Maybe you'll be able to answer my next question, to that end or it will help you too.= What eye colors honestly look good on blue-eyed people besides neutrals?

This answer suggests something with a pink or red base

... which might not do well with my ruddy skin. I see my aunts wearing HORRENDOUS makeup all the time with similar skin and eyes.

My eyes are ice blue with hazel flecks. Known good colors are medium lavender and all shades of bronze-pink except the darkest (moving toward fuschia).

Someone suggested ice blue itself? How would I make such a thing work? Apologies to the brown-eyed goddesses for my recessive genes. My hair is not naturally at all red, it's dishwater blonde (hence why I enhance it ;)), my skin is ruddy, eyebrows and lashes very light, and I should probably just see a makeup artist... but any suggestions for those of us who are walking recessive traits?
 
I have a few tips to share mari! I've seen brown, brown-black, or gray eye liner work really well with super blue eyes like yours. Also, a more detailed but sure fire way to make blue eyes pop is to uses a shimmery gold eye-shadow, dark brown eye-liner (smudge it into your lash line), and black mascara. You should downplay your lips and make it a neutral colour gloss so that people focus on your beautiful blue eyes.
You can also play around with shimmery silvers and browns and even use smudgey black around your eyes to smoke them up and make them shine. :)

HTH!
 
^I've had my eyelashes dyed blue-black before and it looked really good.

I have allergies and sensitive skin, so I have to be careful. I'm in the mood to play around with beauty stuff at the moment, but you wouldn't want to see the embarrassment I made out of my eye. I think I need to fly you to SF to teach me how to doitrite.

This is one of the eyes in question, makeup free. My lashes really need to be dyed to stick out. What you can see of the coloring of my skin is that the ruddiness and the lightness of the eyebrows really stick out. I am not sure it is possible for me to do any dramatic eye look, and I go around with just powder and gloss normally. I'd love, love, love to be proven wrong!

I added NSFW tags to the photo of my eye because it was huge. It's work safe.

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I love that colour. You're so lucky! :)

Have you ever thought about going into a department store and having a consultant play around with your eyes? You'd be surprised how eager they are to help once they know you're interested in combating a beauty dilemma! I've done this and haven't had to buy a thing; although I ended up buying stuff anyway. :p
The staff at the MAC counters are always friendly and extremely knowledgeable in my experience. Plus, they will generally show you how to apply correct colours to your eyes for free!

I highly recommend it. :)
 
^So you can shoop a beard onto it? :D

It's been seen on BL before. I have my reasons for requiring some semblance of anonymity.

COTB, my best friend in HS worked for Clinique our last 2 years of HS, so I have had makeup skillfully applied before. I have a steadier hand than I used to and better brushes, so I think I'll invest in some cheap but good pigments in a kit like this one. And I will probably get my lashes dyed again. Mascara makes me look like a juggalette. :D
 
^You should try the smoky eyes, I do it occasionally for special occasions and it makes my eyes pop out like whoa! For normal days I do tend to stick to pinks as was suggested or whites.
 
Mariposa- I'd go with eiither brown or black liner (liquid- which will define the shape of your eye more since you do have plae thin lashes) and maybe a moonstone color on the lower lid, a mushroom color on the mid and a dark blue or a light chocolate for your crease and the outside corner-
OR same liner, with a purple grey on the lower lid, a darker shade of that for the crease and outer corner and a brownish grey for the mid lid????
but I do think liner would be awesome on you........
 
yo this thread should not b on the second page, im bumpin it yall.....

also mariposa u said u got better brushes but when I first read ur post, i thought u was also lookin to buy brushes so i wrote out this longass post for u. but Im sure theres plenty of ladies on here who is looking for info about brushes...So here is my post , Ima school yall, read on and hopefully u will get some good info outta it. :)

IMO, you aint gotta spend mad dough on the Sephora and MAC brushes and shit like that, becuz sure i aint tried every brand all over the world, but from the ones ive tried some of the best and very affordable makeup brushes around are Posh brushes. their lil motto is "you can buy a more expensive brush...but not a better one" and Ima def. co-sign that.i use em, they are the fuckn shit...U kno Im serious about my brushes, not every brush can draw a eyebrow on right girl so u already kno ;).....

I had this set (the pic below) but it was almost 2 years ago and i lost or let ppl borrow alot of the brushes cuz at the time i didnt appreciate how good they were i was too busy shooting dope in the beauty school bathroom but this set is a OK starter, dependin wat u need if u just want small&portable to mess with but I think a better set is the one I got now it got more different types of brushes.

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Buuut, they charge fuckn 40 dolllars on the Posh site, Fuck no I bought the one i had at Harmon's for 16 dollars and it came with the lil suede carrying pouch too.

This is the set i got now and use everyday it covers the day to day shit
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$30 on the Posh site, $10 at Harmons...

I use this brush with the little ones from the mini set too. they got a couple sizes offered dependin on wat brush it is - "mini", "purse size" (which is more like just a slightly smaller n more convenient version of the fullsize brush, it aint mini by no means the wood part is like 6 inches long plus the brush tip). the "full size" is just the a little bigger brush tip and long-ass handle that u would leave on ur table at home. anyways, the one i got is the purse size model, and i like havin it cuz the only thing that aint perfect about that mini kit is that the powder brush is so small it can take a long time if ur in a rush. i didnt notice that tho, until i got the bigger powder brush.so even if the mini kit is all u got u aint gonna be unsatisfied with it.

anyways, that "purse size" powder brush is $28 on the posh site, and the full sise one is $30 i think. But I never seen them cost that much in any store, definately do not order nothin off the posh site its a ripoff. every store that carry them is like half the prices on the site. dont pay no mind to the prices on the site cuz u will not be paying that unless u live somewhere crazy isolated.

I kno for sure that all Harmons stores carry them, but thats only in NY, NJ, and CT (store locator here ). from lookin around online, looks like some walgreens, K-marts, bed bath and beyonds, and sams club stores also has them. Sallys Beauty is a good bet, I never actually checked mine when I went in since I got Harmons to buy em at, but they would most likely carry them Im guessin, and sallys is more of a national chain than harmons is, so im sure most ppl in the US could find one near by them.

Anyways, if any of yall lookin to get some brushes and u lucky and got a harmons near u, u should definately go over there and check out the lil area where they got the holiday gift sets of different beauty product things. theres 2 kits that i seen at my local one , one of em got a handful of eyeshadow brushes and a lil kabuki brush like this one
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but the other one got a awesome selection of brushes, and its a good ass price. If you dont got any brushes at all, and want to get yourself a great basic set that would cover all the needs u would have for doin your own makeup, and also a little extra if you like to mess around and try and do more makeup-artist, glamor/beauty makeup type ish, u should try and pick urself up one of these ASAP if you can find it. Ima try n get it as soon as i got a lil extra dough in my pocket cuz i dont want to miss out n have the set get sold out before i get around to it.

Anyways, here is all the brushes that is included in this kit that I want so bad. I put the prices on the posh site, and at harmons (which is prob. similar to wat they would cost at sallys, walgreens, or watever other store) so u could know how much they costed seperately if you did not find the gift set. this would be a more than basic set for someone who is just doin everyday makeup. with these brushes u can get into the more complex, photo-shoot type of makeup, artistic and glamor or fantasy stuff, professional makeup artist practice or watever. Ill put a * by the ones that would just be the bare basics for somebody just startin out, that way if u had to only choose a couple to start with and didnt really kno wat ur doin, u would have a kind of guide. :) Anyways:

#1* -
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foundation brush (posh:$20, harmons:$10.49 )

#2 -
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angled blush brush (posh:$14, harmons:$6.29)

#3* -
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powder brush (posh:$30, harmons:$12.49)

#4 -
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round blush brush (posh: $14, harmons: $12.49) (I think they listed the wrong price on harmons site becuz all the prices are mad cheaper and this one is only a buck less, idk)

#5 -
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wide dome eyeshadow brush (posh:$10, harmons:$4.79)

#6* -
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angle eyeshadow brush (posh:$10, harmons:$4.79)

#7 -
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smokey eye brush (posh:$10, harmons:$4.79)

#8* -
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eyeliner brush (kit has one or the other of these, i dont remember, it dont have both, im pretty sure it has the longer brush on the right) posh:$10, harmons:$7.49

#9* -
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<--- Its this brow brush in the kit, comes w/out the stencils obviously...
Posh:Brow brush w/stencils:$12, brow brush and foam smudge brush duo(not pictured) :$8 , harmons(brow brush only, no double ended smudge/brow combo or stencils) $4.79. The kit itself, has the individual brow brush, and a seperate foam smudge brush. so like this pic just 2 seperate pieces instead of a 2-in-1.
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Concealer brush - the pic is different from the one that is included in the kit that im talkin about, the pic shows the double ended brush. there aint a pic on the site of the exact one in the kit so i can only put this pic instead. but its just a single one with the longer concealer brush on the right) Anyways the price on this one is $14, and $7.29 at harmons to give u a general idea

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Retractable lip brush (posh:$8, harmons:$3.69)

#12 -
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eye groomer duo (pic shows trio, but the one included in the kit is just the 2 top tools attached to a regular brush handle with no liner brush at the bottom) posh:$10, harmons $3.69

#13 - AAAAANNNDDD it comes with a red satin , zipperd, carrying case...(no pic that i could find, but its a long cylinder-shape bag with the zipper on the top) It looks just like this, but red satin (obviously) insted of that nazty mustard color patent leather shit, and those brushes aint posh, its just some random ass brand that i found when i was looking for a similar pic to give yall a example of wat it looked like)
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All those brushes I listed....which if u bought on the Posh site would cost u a grand total of $146.

and even on the much cheaper harmon site it would come out to
$83....

But the reason I am so hype about this damn gift set is cuz at harmons...It costs....$19.99! lol as u can see im a lil excited about that but jus damn, if ur into makeup how could u not be. How can they even charge that much, its fuckn nutz, straight up. i hope there is still some left when i go again becuz that shit is priced so good its unreal. I mean damn its $125 off the manufacturer price and $63 off the price of buyin em seperate.

well I been writin mad amounts but I hope this post helped somebody, i tried to put as much info as i can and give a guide to the girls who might not really kno where to begin at when they start messin with brushes since i kno alot of us started out using our fingers, or those shitty lil makeup sponges, or the lame little cheapy applicator wands that come in eyeshadows, or just puttin on lipstick direct on the lips straight from the tube. Let me tell u tho, when u start using brushes, its just crazy the difference of how much better your makeup comes out, u dont realize it til u switch and be like damn, this is how they get the girls in magazine ads to look the way they do.

so i really hope that I aint wasted my time and didnt just typed up a storm for nobody to read cuz my meds (adderall and methadone) seems to mix together into the perfect combo for explaining stuff and gets me on some teacher-style, educate-the-internet shit lol. Anyways Ill wrap this shit up since i just got a feeling like i wasted a good amount of time just now so i better get my azz off the internet lol. shit, i dont hardly go online at all no more so spending a hour typin up a reply nowadays feels like i just did the most ridiculous shit for no reason. but hopefully it aint for no reason and somebody gets some help from my post if not at least im hoping its informative for ppl to read and catch a lil knowledge ...
 
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yea chrissie thats a good idea but idk how to do all that ebay stuff. Good thinkin tho. also now i kno at least 2 ppl read my post so i dont feel so bad ;)

PI, u kno wat, thats only kind of true, I just really get into my make up and hair/nail stuff. ever since i went to school for it i found out how much i like it becuz its just another form of art. and doin art has always been my 'thing' so i really like doin it becuz for me it aint like "lookin pretty" its bein creative and creating new styles and usin makeup to make something new, idk its hard to explain. but outside of hair nails and make up i really dont like that girly shit much, the movies, the magazines, the clothes, naaa no thanks. but sure i do share the one girly thing in common when it comes to beauty/cosmetology/nails related stuff.

BTW Here is some pics of my nails that I just did last week. i jus copped a hot-ass new red baby phat purse at Burlingtons and a nice Ecko Red jacket that goes with it(its white black red and gold and the purse has red with gold details) so i did my nails to match.

i decided to try out Marbling on the tips, instead of doin a regular french i did the bottom part of the nail plate one color and the tips marbled to try somethin new.

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these pics = mad shitty quality obviously. the colors is all fucked up and out of balance, like its all red tinted and my skin looks red like the nail polish stained my cuticles or somethin but it aint really like that, IRL the skin is not all red like that and on the nails, the colors of polish is much brighter and stronger not all washed out n dull like it looks here. It aint that big of a deal but im just bitchin about it cuz yall know i aint conceited but I can honestly say this shit looks hot, im real happy with how they came out and im mad that these pics dont do em justice.

I borrowed a digital camera tho and took a couple pics with it, so when I get the pics off there I can actually post the good ones that show how my nails realy look . thers a big difference between the 2 sets of pics , ull see wat i mean when i get the other ones posted.

there is 2 ways to marble i tried both of them but the way i did it here comes out much better. also it depends on the look that u want becuz the other way gives a different type of marbling but if anyone wants me to ill explain how to do it both ways if ur interested in tryin it out urself.:)
 
Nah I meant the right amount of girlie girl. I don't like the other kind.

My husband cuts hair and keeps himself looking well. Some might call him a fag...not to his face. He would bust your lip open. I call him an artist ;)
I WISH he would get into make-up for purely selfish reasons.

PS I scanned your long ass post. My attention span is too short. Thank gawd for pics.

So what did you do with your cosmetology education?
 
got kicked out at 450 hours and lost my financial aid never to return cuz there aint no way i can afford to pay for it without financial aid, which i cant get anymore cuz my convictions makes me ineligible
 
Wow lacey, awesome info! Thanks!

LOVE your nails as well, love the marbled effect! %)
 
got kicked out at 450 hours and lost my financial aid never to return cuz there aint no way i can afford to pay for it without financial aid, which i cant get anymore cuz my convictions makes me ineligible
wah wah this sucks
How long until you become eligible?
Are you back to getting yourself back together?
<3 this is me caring and supporting not accusing
 
Lacey I would love it if you explained how to do the marbling! I can kind of see, just by looking at it, what you do, but I'd love to know the instructions for both ways.
 
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