2 posts tagged “aromaleigh”

My dad bought a new truck this week! It's a dark grey Ford Ranger. I took him to the dealership yesterday to pick it up. They had just gotten in a new shipment of Saleen Mustangs...drool! It's a beautiful truck w/extended cab. He got it to replace his 14 y/o Ranger that he calls his "faithful burro." I'm excited for him. He still hasn't taken me for a ride in it.

Mom got back from SC on Saturday. Nephew is fully recovered from his ear surgery, yay! Mom's got to go have her car fixed where the basketball goal fell on it. There's a minor dent near the top of the windshield. Thank goodness no windows were broken.

I need a haircut this week! Split ends everywhere! I think I'm going to go shorter with the layers around my face. I've contemplated some long-ish bangs that I could sweep to the side, but I think that I'll go with shorter layers first, then progress to bangs if I want to (and if I'm brave enough).

Currently, I'm lusting after the new AL lipsticks. I'm trying to limit myself to one order per month, but I might have to make an exception for the new lippies, hehe.

I also can't wait to place an order with I Kick Shins! I've got my eye on some of the curly falls in green & some Manic Panic streaks in red & purple. One of the lovely ladies at the AL forum introduced me to this site.

I got my most recent AL order on Thursday but didn't really get to play with it until today. I got a bunch of Pure Rouges, Perle powders, and samples of the eyeshadows that are being discontinued. :( The finishing spray was on sale, so I went ahead and picked that up. I really like it so far; it sets the minerals nicely and smells divine. I use it after applying my foundation, finishing powder, blush, and eyeshadow but before liner & mascara. I also bought the tapered cheek brush. It was a little smaller than I expected (I read the measurements on the site, I guess I'm just used to a bigger, fluffier blush brush). It's a little bigger than the large blender e/s brush, same texture. It's been good for blush so far, it picks up & holds the minerals very well. I have the AL fiber optic blush brush w/the silver handle (which they've since replaced with a different f/o brush) which is great for intense shades like the rocks! rouges and shades that are dark compared to my complexion, but I wanted a bit fuller coverage & heavier application for the lighter Pure Rouges & Pure Blushes.

I couldn't sleep last night, and in my internet wanderings, I stumbled across these awesome hairdo how-to videos on youtube. This lady has gorgeous hair, and she does some amazing retro/pin-up hairstyles. Fun fun. I got all inspired to go play with my hair even though it was probably close to 1:30AM. Ahhh, delayed sleep phase syndrome. I guess I got carried away because I did a makeup look to go with the hairdo. Makeup was inspired by the Pin-up/Retro Fantasy m/u thread on the Aromaleigh forum. Here are the end results.

I love red lipgloss.

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Spit curls!

Here's one of the back part of my hair.

Hurr

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The flash made the bobby pins very obvious.
























For the hair, I basically followed the technique as demonstrated by Iris in her youtube video. I took a section of hair from the front of my head (the part of the hair that would be bangs if I had bangs) and twisted & rolled it up into a big curl & bobby-pinned it in place on top of my head. I did the same with 2 more sections of hair from the right & left sides of my head. Once the curls were pinned in place, I made spit curls out of the whispy baby hairs that grow right by my ears (you know, the ones that never stay in place and stick straight out to the side at random). I took all the little whispies & wet them with gel, formed them into curls and plastered them to my cheeks with hairspray. I sprayed the h/s directly on my finger and patted it onto the curl, which cemented it to my cheek. I even put in my fake red rose.

M/u products used are all Aromaleigh except where indicated.

Face

• My personal foundation blend, an equal mix of Glissade X (Ghost white), 00 (Alabaster), and 1YL
• Lite cream concealer under eyes
  
• Cherry Blossom finishing powder all over

Cheeks

• Several layers of Pure Blush in Pink

Eyes

• Primer
• Champagne Pure Blush all over eye area
• Wheat matte e/s from lashes to crease
• Umber matte e/s in crease
• rocks! Rockbottom e/s over Umber in crease & on vee
• Fiona lustre e/s under brow
• Blackout gel liner
• Salon Perfect false eyelashes (I forgot which # style)
• Umber matte e/s applied in brows with an angle brush

Lips

• Bedevil gloss