I looove this song! Well at least I did, until it was played out. Hah! Anyway… I thought it would be cool to recreate Kelly’s makeup from the video, but never got around to doing it. Then I started getting requests at the beginning of June, and still have been getting them up until now. When I searched for the video I saw that someone beat me to it, but I don’t care! I decided to do it anyway.

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Misty Maven is back! This time with a faux entry to the contest I’m having.
All details relating to the contest are 2 posts down; or just click this link.

I pulled my inspiration from the buildings meeting with the sky in the upper left hand corner of the [inspirational] photo. The colors instantly stood out to me so I went with it.
The hair reminds me of the beach, wavy/messy from being wet and in the wind all day.
Then to top it off, I added bold colorful flowers for that little Hawaiian flair.

Since I’m sure I will get asked somewhere, this video took 60 minutes to record. All around it was about 90 minutes from start to finish.

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Gluttony, gluttony, gluttony.

Usually gluttony is shown as being gross, sloppy, and a pig. Instead of going gross, I’m keeping it classic and doing a bold lip instead. Big isn’t always gross, it can also be beautiful!
Inspired by a traditional pin-up, (think classic Vargas Girl meets modern Banker Chic) you can wear this look with a nude lip, & no wing on the liner for your day to day activities. After work throw on a bolder colored lipstick/gloss, add more to the liner and you’re set to party all night!

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Woo finally, the contest is here.

Before we say anything else, a BIG BIG thank you to Amy for sponsoring this contest and supplying the prizes!! Make sure you check out her ebay page to see all the amazing Kryolan products she carries.
Don’t forget to check out her Etsy too if you want some cute clothes to go with your new makeup!!

So here are the Rules!
Create a look based off of this photo:

credit: Vincent Khoury Tylor site

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Back from vacation, so why not come back with a mini bang?!

The short wig is a synthetic wig I cut and styled before doing this tutorial.. The long wig is human hair, again cut and styled by me before the tutorial… Both are from the many wigs I own from random wig shops. That aside, I’ll skip all the other talk and jump right into everything!

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Everybody knows that the bird is the word!!!

I asked everyone on twitter to send me pictures to use as inspiration, and Tsunimee sent me a collage of pictures I couldn’t resist using at least one. I decided to use the photo of the bird as inspiration this time, and based my look off of the colors in the photo.

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I was lucky to try this eye shadow about a month ago to see if it was cool or not. The first time i swatched it on my hand, I loved it! Now Amy is selling them on her ebay page so you can fall in love with it too! (for cheap!)

The eye shadow starts out a light yellow-jade color, then transforms into a darker and darker green with friction. The more you rub, the darker the color gets! How awesome is that?!

swatches on Amy’s hand:

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Hungry?

Well this isn’t the sorbet you think! In 2004 I took a little sponge tip applicator and applied makeup to my face for the first time. Just to go and show we all start somewhere, I decided to recreate the look. Mainly its to show how you can take the same idea from YEARS ago, and make it something 500 times better.

Spooky, right?!

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I was going through the files on my external hard drive, and came across all my old face charts, and this video about lashes on a face chart. Decided to upload all of  the charts to share a few, and uploaded the video to my other channel for everyone to see. Since lashes seem to be the trouble maker for most people when it comes to chats, & you have to get the approval from a trainer in order to put lashes on your own face charts this might be very helpful to some!

If everyone likes this whole face chart how to dealio, I’ll do more of them. I will also spotlight other peoples face charts, and face chart videos that I think would help a lot of people. So let me know what you think!!

a few more of my favorite face charts (that i did) after the jump.
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