Product Review : Merle Norman Nude Inner Eyeliner and OPI Glitter Off

Last week and this week I hinted at that I acquired some new product to try out.

First from my instagram I tried out the new Merle Norman inner eyeliner in nude. I had gone in looking for a new lip pencil plus in a lighter nude than what I already have and this was suggested because its a mechanical liner.

• I normally hate mechanical liners, they seem to dry out faster because they don't have the wood around keeping in the moisture, but this one so far is super creamy.
• It went along my waterline really well. I didn't have to go back and forth to get that colour going through.
• Its more natural looking rather than a white.

The only con was offering this as a replacement for a lipstick, it will be awesome for blanking out my lip line to draw a new one on but its so small it would take too much to 
fill my lips.

a clearer view of the makeup

The Next Product was OPI's glitter off base coat. It works as a stretchy base coat that you can peel off from underneath so you don't have to struggle filing and using a ton of nail polish remover to get those sparkles off.

I also had wanted to try doing some butterfly nail art, so I used some different glitters(small pieces, large pieces, thick and thinner ones) on my toes. Once again when I first try stuff, I shouldn't be watching a movie at the same time(this time it was the Watchmen).

So that's the outcome with the OPI glitter off. 

• The glitter off goes on white but dries clear.
• when you do peel it off it doesn't pull your nail with it.
• most pieces come off in big chunks, not that messy.

The only con is that it takes a while to dry, probably a extra minute.

 xoxox Scotia-leigh.

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Playing Dress Up

Over the last few weeks I have just been going full out dressing up to leave the house, for no actual reason, maybe just one is due to my shopping addiction of dresses. 
So here's just a quick what I've been doing with my style lately, which if you follow me on my instagram or facebook then you've already seen them.

The day I had to go do a wedding cake tasting and make reno plans at home depot, I wanted to wear a new dress(not shown) which is a retro style halter dress that has a vintage circus print on it. I paired my Johnny Cash cardigan with it. 
I have actually never done my hair up all in rolls before, and I was totally out of hairspray. I think it turned out really good. 
All neutral makeup minus my "Pink to be" Lime Crime lipstick. 
Which usually I find it a bit hard to wear cause its sooo pink but it works good with this retro, neutral look.

Then yesterday I decided that I wanted to be Freddy Krueger. I went out to friend's business' downtown to ask for shag prizes. 

I wore my new wig from pleasure wigs(though I always end up cutting the bangs). 

For coverage surprisingly all I used was some Merle Norman loose mineral powder and some matte cover girl mouse foundation on my lips: as I don't have a super nude lipstick (well I do now.. keep an eye out for my review) I used a dark brown, black, darkest purple and the darkest red eye shaddows to blend out on the outer corner.

The socks are from halloween town, I found the sweater, fedora and the little vest harness at value village. And of course I didn't wear out my Freddy glove, but it is a numbered special edition replica.  

I also used the Marc Jacob's silver nail polish I grabbed from Sephora.

The necklace is from Hot Topic(6 years ago)

and Unfortunately I wasn't with anyone who could of taken a pic of me with my Elm Street sign: yes I live on Elm street!

 

Another dress (up) that I did was my new R2D2 dress and (you can't see it in the pic) I wore with it my galaxy leggings. Lipstick is "Mint to be" by Lime Crime












Last but not least, for the drag show of my friend Fantasia 10 year anniversary of doing drag, I dressed up with inspiration from Sharron Needles though everyone thought I was Lady Gaga. Both are acceptable.

Lady Gaga :World Icon. not a drag queen(technically)

Sharon Needles: World Champion Drag queen

Either way Needles or Gagging on Gaga: people at the show wanted to take pics with me, which was a first. I was very flattered by that. It probably also helped that other than the other Drag Queens I was the only one super dressed up.

. xoxox Scotia-leigh.

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Happy St Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I know I'm a day late but at least I remembered.  Well that's no true, I got all dressed up and posted on instagram.

Though I am not Irish, obviously from my name you know I'm Scottish. but no one likes the Scot's.. as Groundskeeper Willie says:

So that's why there isn't a national Scottish holiday where everyone drinks more, and fights more, and eats haggis. As we know it would be called Scotchoberfest! But I grew up pretty much only wearing plaid so I  dressed up and made Kyle a awesome Irish dinner for the day: of course Steak and Potatoes.

 boots are from :  Gypsy Dharma

skirt is Lip Service

Shirt is from last years St. Patty's Dropkick Murphies tour

Wig: ginger from Pleasure Wigs

I tired to make a little clover on my nails, which already had OPI "man with the golden gun" 18k gold flake topcoat on them.

 For the Eyes I used from my coastal sense  palette  I started mid lid with the lighter green, shaded the outer eye with the darker green and in the corner I used a mix of the gold with a more sparkely gold that I have from Annabelle.

Just to finish my rant about being Scottish and proud, I got this tattooed on my right thigh @ high tide tattoo

Scotchoberfest : let's make it happen!

xoxox Scotia-leigh.

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Grabs from Online, Sephora and ESP

Earlier today I posted on instagram  a new toy I got, a giant chrome gun. I asked what do you think it is and everyone got it right: its a hair dryer! 

This was my online grab I got this week. I have seen this on pinterest a million times and keep looking for it to get cheaper on ebay.  I couldn't help myself to this 1980's Jedoran .375 Magnum Gun hair dryer this time I looked at ebay. it was about 200-300$ but it still works and is just awesome to own. I don't want to actually use it on my hair, just have something so unique. 


My Sephora grabs were some makeup forever black chrome lip gloss, Sugar Rose tinted lip balm, Urban Decay Naked skin "ultra definition pressed finishing powder" and "weightless ultra definition liquid makeup", Marc Jacobs "Stone Jungle" polish, Nails INC leather and Ciate gold nail studs.

The makeup forever  lip gloss, isn't as thick as I thought it should be, it's black and might look better if I had a matte black base of lipstick.

A few years ago, at my 1st time I ever went to Sephora, I went for my birthday and I got a small sample of this Sugar rose tinted lip balm. I loved it so much I bought it again! Original Post here

Next I got the Urban Decay Naked foundations. I know how popular this line is, especially the eye shadow pallets that I decided that I didn't want to get at this time.

The weightless ultra definition liquid makeup has many many claims:

"100% of participants had a measurable improvement in the appearance of skin imperfections. 96% had a measurable improvement in skin radiance and 93% had measurable improvement in the appearance of fine lines"

left side of photo has Naked weightless liquid Ultra Definition foundation on it

Because it is so fine and thin for a liquid it feels amazing to have on your skin. it keeps good colour and even with a thin layer: it does cover most imperfections.

As my key word was MOST, if you have dry skin and haven't ex foliated, or for many dry sensitive skin people, you will need a primer or at least a moisturiser. otherwise as you can in the photos my flaky skin peaking through.

The Naked Skin Ultra Definition pressed finishing powder is all pros! it goes on really light, fills in imperfect spots and you can't even feel it!

I already posted also on instagam the pedicure I gave myself with my new Marc Jacobs "Stone Jungle" chrome nail polish. It goes on matte, but when you add a top coat it looks super shiny and like real chrome.

I tested out the nails INC leather and the Ciate gold studs together because I love the punk/metal look.

The leather polish dries super fast but you can't use a top coat with it. It even feels like leather!!! The studs I just glued on, and I think they'd work better with a gel top coat, I don't think they'll last every long just glued, because they are flat and nails are curved.

At ESP I got a LCN halloween and winter gel colour kits for fun. This 02 multicolour stars. I hate to admit it but it took me till today to ever use gel colour and I love it! Goes so so smoothly and I love this colour!

Super excited now for tomorrow I am off to Las Vegas! I hope to bring back another group of new products to try!

xoxox Mamma S.

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For the Day to Day

I haven't done just a simple makeup or really a full makeup walk through in a while and seeing as my students are just finishing up with this at school, I figured it be a good time to post this.

To start off... be warned... this is what my face looks like without makeup! Hold your breath!

just kidding its not so bad!  I have a pretty decent skin tone, especially when I am currently super sick. just a bit red which comes with being fair skinned(also the red in my hair brings it out a bit more). You can click on all photos to make them bigger which might help.

I did start off as well with putting my day cream on and had some Vaseline on my lips as they are dry from being sick.

Highlighting & Contouring:

I changed the lighting in the 1st picture so you could see it better.

So I take a highlighter colour and go around my eyes, above my brow, down the middle of my nose, on my cupid's bow(above my lips) and along the bottom of my lips. 

my contour(darker shade than my foundation..coming next) I go all the way around the end of my nose( I think its a bit bulbousy), going along the top of my hairline and then the edge of my jaw line and under my chin.

Done with foundation, stippling it with a foundation brush over the contoured and highlighted areas to blend it better vs. but covering all the work I did. Finalized it with a dusting of loose mineral powder.

Shaping imperfect eyebrows:

I have horrible eyebrows, they have a scar that runs through the right one so its all wavy, they are getting sparser as they used to be, also (no offense to any of my students) but I let them practice on me so they aren't exactly the shape I'd like or the thickness has been taken down so they can learn how to do thinner ones.

I don't do any of the super fancy sculpted eyebrows for a every day look.

I just use a angled brush with a darker red/brown brow shadow and follow my natural shape, filling in spots and creating a bit of a more defined look. I also lengthen them a bit more.

Just a simple daytime smokey (well blended) eye and my average black eyeliner with some just voluminous mascara(not my super dark, super length, super thick mascara)

My Final Look

just added some dark pink lipstick and a touch of light pink blush.

Feelin' Better Already. 

If you have any questions about what I did, used, or questions about how you can do or fix your own makeup feel free to comment here, facebook, email, instagram!

xoxox Mamma S.

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Styling Sister

So since my gastric bypass I have lost close to 150lbs. My sister and I are starting to look more and more alike. especially when she dyed her hair red too.
so now that we are about the same weight range she's ever so lucky that she can come and steal my clothes.

She wanted to go out dancing the other night so she came over to get some makeup tips and look through my clothes.  I ended up just styling her myself!

Clothes:
She had already brought a black pencil skirt with her so I just went with it and decided that she was going in a retro look. 

I paired her up with a nice red shirt(that my hair is way to bright red to go with, just ends up clashing... she on the other hand has a darker, more natural red colour) that has a squared off sweetheart neckline. 
she wore some nice black pumps with fishnet stockings and found a small black thin belt.

Hair:
maybe as you can see, my sister has thin hair, and its at that kinda short, kinda medium length that is sometimes hard to style.
I've tried fully backcombing it before but it deflates pretty fast and is easy to see through.
so we tried wetting and re-blow drying it so it was warm enough to put some rollers in. 
we used the smaller sizes so she could get more of a curl at the ends and not have it so big.
it turned out really well and she was so surprised with it! I just used some finishing spray to keep it in place and it did stay all night.

Makeup:
so going for a retro look, she brought her carol baker palette with her. we did her foundation and a lighter blush. just did a neutral eye shadow with the classic black cat eye eyeliner. I also filled in her brows, which were also a bit thin with a similar colour to her new red hair.
we topped it off with a nice pinky red lipstick and some gloss.


we had a blast and she got many a look at her sexy retro ways!

xoxo Mamma S.

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Xmas Party Look

This was my xmas work party look. My actual hair was looking crappy so I used and styled my red wig instead. I lightened my eyebrows as well to match my wig. My wig is  the "Aubrey" Pleasure Wig from my business connection Karen @ Dolls With Toys

I really do like these wigs, its synthetic hair but it doesn't fall out very much, you can brush and set it with hair spray and its not like cheap synthetic like halloween wigs are!

 Of course I used my Red Earth Perfect Definition foundation, #2 Porcelain. I really like this bottle, it has the applicator spatula built into the lid. Easy to clean and not sticking your fingers into the container and contaminating it! I always switch to this foundation in the winter; I'm Scottish and go white like a ghost.

Eyes:

Coastal Sense palette

my Red Earth brown hair eyebrow kit

1. first I used the 1. light wash for my full eye, right up to the eye brow and just a touch under the outside corner of my eyes.
2. I then covered my lid with this darker netural colour 2.
3. on the outside side of my lids I blended in the 3. gold colour into 2. I made sure to put a few good coats of it away from the blended area to make sure the gold would pop and stay put.
4. I then took my edge liner brush and took some liquid white eye shadow(Merle Norman) and lined the bottom inner waterline halfway up in a diagonal line.
5. Then took my black and gold Merle Norman eyeliner and did my cat eyes
6. My eyebrows, as I mentioned before, I lightened to match my lighter red wig. Out of the 3 colours, I usually use the darker brown but I chose the lighter one on the left. The other lighter one on the right is a brow wax instead to keep the hairs in place.

Lips:

I used Trucco dark red lipstick. I'm not usually a fan of dark red lipsticks on myself, but I thought seeing as everything else was pretty neutral and lighter shades that I would try it. 

I loved it!!!!!

Next up: velcro  rollers tutorial

xoxo Mamma S.

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