So here they are on all of theyr glory: Homecoming 2015 pictures! As this was my last homecoming, I went to all the highs and did everything I could to make this year the beast homecoming, and I think I won!
So here's a rundown of everything
Makeup:
I did everything I could to recreate the 20's without looking too much like a costume. And if you're wondering I used both the sugar plum fairy and my new fav lipstick, cherry bomb by Wet N Wild.
Eyebrows on Fleek!
Hie: I honestly can't tell you how i did this, but just enjoy it.
It was just experimental. Lots of bobby pins!
And here is my group of friends looking beautiful! (and Handsome)
So I know, you haven't seen me lately, but a lot has happened lately. In that list of things, school has started...Ugh. I am super busy, but still want to be able to blog for you all. So on Friday I learned that my homecoming theme this year is going to be Gatsby
Gatsby? What Gatsby?
And I am not sure if I've mentioned this, but I love everything vintage and retro, so this is straight up my alley.
So here's the plan:
Makeup:
This is one of my most favorite makeup youtubers that I actually found through this series of historically accurate makeup tutorials about a year or two ago and have been watching her religiously ever since. Now obviously she has a lot of hinged products that I don't have, but there is a makeup palette by wet and wild out now that I don't know the name of, but I plan on getting it for the eye shadow part. I also have a pair of ELF eyelashes that will do the job, I just need to get better lash glue, which will probably just get duo lash. For the lips,there is a number of colors I am thinkg about and I want some opinions, so here are the options:
Miloni Black Cherry
Wet N Wild Cherry Bomb
Revlon Black Cherry
and Wet N Wild Sugar Plum fairy
The Two Wet N Wild lipsticks will apply more matte, and the others will be shinier. I am leaning more towards sugar plum fairy, but it might be kind of hard to find, so i need to figure out which one I want to get.
I probably won't be doing the while cupid's now lip shape thing because i don't want to look costume. This is homecoming of my senior year, it has to look really good this year! As well as thee way I apply blush and my eyebrow filler, I don't want to look crazy.
Hair:
Now, if you don't know, I have extremely long and extremely red hair at the moment.I plan on redying my hair with my FAVORITE hair dye(R57 Cherry Crush by L'Oreal Feria power reds)
SO now that you know what my hair looks like, I would like to take a second to explain how opposite the trends were in the 1920s.
In the 1920s, hair was revolutionary in the way that women were now cutting their hair super short instead of veing traditional and keeping it as long as mine is now or possibly even longer.So the challenge for me is, I want to make my hair fit into the time period without giving myself a costumeish faux-bob type look.
So I'm thinking this
I did this for a dance a few years ago that I had a 20's vibe for, but this was different, so I couldn't look as sultry as I wan tot go this time. So I want to do this hairstyle oer with the same feather jeweled headband and instead of making it looked polished and pretty, I want to make it loser and curlier allover the sides and the tops of the head. (Also I apologize for the poor makeup application in this picture. Oh the eyebrows are so bad!!!!!!)
I also found some inspiration from these pictures online too
Dress:
Even before i knew the theme, I decided I would be wearing the dress I wore my freshman year to homecoming Simpy because I hate most of the dresses in the stores this year and I have so many, there is no need to buy another one. So let's look at little Allison for the dress
Accessories:
Instead of the shrug I am wearing in the picture on the left is not god enough is it, no it isn't little 14 year old Allison. So I am going to borrow a little mess beaded shawl with tassels that looks very sensual and classic, without being too costumeish.
As far as shoes go,I originally wore some sparkly silver heels with this dress, but this time I am wearing the satin shoes with silver sparkly jewel details on them that I wore with my first 20s dress. I don't have a picture of them, but they are four inch heels with straps that buckle on the side. They aren't super 20s, but they will work and make the outfit look a bit more modern.
I have a retro clutch that I borrow from my mom every time I need a black clutch for homecomings/dances.
I am planning on going to Charming Charli to get some kind of long necklace to wear to complete the look. I might get new earrings as well, but if not, I can wear the earrings I borrowed from my mom pictured in the picture of my hair from the first 20s outfit.
Thta took a long time to write,did I miss anything?
If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment and tell me your thoughts especiallyon hair and makeup because I am kind of not really 100% on it all yet.
Today's manicure Monday is a super cool combination tat I created when I had realized that when I painted my nails yellow with the Wet N Wild wild shine polish that I had touched something (my phone) and smudged them like crazy on my right hand. Now I am not saying this is an acceptable way to fix it and by all means you should probably just redo the ones you messed up, but I am lazy and took the shortcut to nice looking nails. I painted over the yellow with my black sparkle crackle paint from Funky fingers.
In some lights the black polish looks green over top of the yellow. I don't know why, I'm not a scientist. Also I discovered if your nails hip on the ends, it kind of adds a cool grungy effect and makes it look even cooler. I like stuff like this and have really been enjoying this polish.
One of my favorite brands of eye shadow of all time for some reason is Wet N Wild. And if you for some reason have not tried one of their palettes yet, You should. Don't be fooled by the price, because you will be surprised at the amazing pigmentation and staying power of these shadows. Really, they are amazing.
I purchased this palette in the fall before homecoming because I wanted to do the forbidden thing of letting my eye shadow match the color of my dress. So I searched high and wide, and found that the crease shade of pink in this set was the closest.I paid a whopping $4.99 for the set and was so please to see how the eye shadows turned out.
I will admit I don't wear these colors every day because of how bright they are, but if you have a special outfit or costume to wear, this is the palette for you!
(Sorry, I'm to pale for you to see the first pink shade)
The picture on the left is from homecoming and I used the lid shade on my lid and the crease shade in my crease and I was very happy how this turned out. On the right is me dressed up as a pink lady and I used the same idea as the homecoming makeup but brought it out further and also added the brow bone shade on the brow bone and the inner corner.I also used the blue crease shade along with the bright green from the I Dream of Greenie palette to create a school spirit look for my homecoming football game.
You can seriously create all kinds of looks with this and considering you get 8 shadows for 5 bucks, that's pretty amazing if you ask me.
I'm a little late this month putting together my June Wants because... my wishlist isn't really that long!! It feel so weird to say that but it's so true. I've got pretty much everything I want at the moment but just through this together with some stuff I've had my eye on.
I've been meaning to pick up the popular Wet N' Wild eye shadow trio in Walking on Eggshells, which is a Holy Grail drugstore item, so I've heard.
I also learned yesterday that the Milani Easy Brow pencils with the spoolie on the end are great dupes for the Anastasia brow wiz pencils so obviously I need one of those. I love my ELF eyebrow kit but I'm always up for trying new products.
I also want a stipple brush, some nice thick concealer for under my eyes, and the rose gold eye shadow from Scaredy Cat Cosmetics. I have GOT to put an order in with them BUT I just placed another Shiro order so I'm waiting a few weeks before giving myself the green light to order mo' makeups.
All right, this post is mostly so I could take pictures of the new "vase" in my apartment, which is actually a cider bottle from Blue Bee Cider in Richmond, VA. I'm in love with their cider and in love with their label on the bottle so I asked Pete if we could keep it as an addition to our (very) minimally decorated apartment. He said yes and I got to buy a couple sets of fake flowers from the Dollar Tree yesterday to make this cute addition to our little apartment.
It's usually on our kitchen table but he's playing Borderlands at the table (no room for a desk in our little apartment...) so I had to move the "vase" to get a picture. I placed it on my red stool that my friends and I pulled/rescued from the bottom of the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg when I was a teenager. With a little paint, this thing was a good as new and a nice display for my new craft project.
I also dug through my makeup and found some eyeliners that corresponded with the color palette of the label a bit because this is a makeup blog. Just following the theme...
As most of you probably know by now, I'm a HUGE liquid eyeliner addict. I cannot get any other eyeliner right. Ever. So I always use liquid. I can get that crisp clean line I like and a perfect point on my everyday cat eye liner with it.
I usually stick with black but every now and then I go a little crazy and get colorful (or very sparkly). Here are three of my very fun liquid eyeliners that I use.
The teal Wet n Wild Mega Liner is one of my favorites (it also doesn't match the bottle as much as I'd planned but... it's fine). It's super cheap, bright, and fun. I used to wear it daily to spice up my work makeup when I worked retail and would get tons of compliments because it's fun and bright without looking too crazy.
The middle color is Elf Liquid Eyeliner in Copper. I actually bought a three pack of Elf liners at Christmastime in Big Lots just to get this liner. It's perfect for a New Year's look or a little sparkle and layers really well over black liquid liner.
The bottom line is Lush liquid liner/eye shadow in Fantasy. I bought this over Christmas when I went to visit Pete and his family in Bath, UK. I only went in for bath bombs and left with... well... bath bombs and some gold liquid liner. The sales girl really hooked me in and, honestly, this eyeliner was SOOOOOO worth the money. It's so beautiful and shiny, great for parties, and I love to go half gold, half black eyeliner just to add a little sparkle to my everyday look sometimes. The only problem is that it doesn't last as long as my other liquid liners so I do have to retouch it when going from day to night.
.jpg)
