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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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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Getting Ready for Xmas

By which I mean I really want to watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

This isn't a full nail art tribute or anything, but just the inspiration for why I did these nails. I also wanted to try a different technique, but it failed.

I first did a base coat of Seporah "What's a Tire Jack?" and on the ring finger did my base coat of Julep's "Kate".
Now the technique I wanted to try was making stripes using tape. I didn't end up taking a pic because the lines were weird and not straight and the black Silk Line nail art polish got underneath. The photo below is of the other hand where I hand bombed the lines and they turned out way better. 

I put the OPI "Man With the Golden Gun" gold flake top coat over top later on because I just like it so much over black.

I think for my next nails, and for  our staff xmas parties I will do a deep red with  a gold touch.

Pics and VLOGs to come!

-xoxo Mamma S.

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Battle of the Magnetics

 So look what came in the mail! My New Julep Maven Box, and I had been waiting so long to get try a magnetic nail polish that I already went and bought one by Nails Inc. at Sephora. So now I get to test and compare both magnetics! The Maven box also came with 2 other colours and a pedi creme.

  The Nails Inc colour is called "Trafalgar Square" and the Julep colours are; "Ashley"(the gold), "Parker"(the copper) and "Kylie"(the magnetic purple).

 So let's start the battle!

 So obviously you can see the winner already: nails inc. wins! I had tried the "Kylie" before and the lines showed up more so then this time, I don't know what happened. I followed the instructions as directed: apply 1st coat and let set, then apply a generous 2nd coat and then quickly hold magnet over nail for 10-15 seconds. I kinda got one line on each nail, but they are very faint.

The  "Trafalgar Square" polish goes on nicely, this is 1 coat in the pic. I held the magnet over for 30 seconds and got super thin, defined lines. This magnet is attached into the cap and has a little edge on it so you can press it to your finger and not touch your nail, which is better then the Julep wand as I have very shaky hands when I do my own polish. I had held it on before on a 1st try of it and got thicker ones because I only held it over for 10 seconds.   The lines move around like those "3D" photos you can get where they transform into something else: they move up and get thicker and thinner depending on the angle you are looking at them. 

The "Ashley" and "Parker" were nice, the pic is a bit crappy, I just did 1 quick coat on my nails to see the colours. I'm never a big fan of orange but I do like the yellow, I would like to put some darker gold, maybe the gold from last month's Julep Maven box over and see how it looks.

And finally I tried "The best Pedi Creme Ever!"  and it really is! it has cucumber in it and is very nice smelling, it soaks in pretty quickly and has a very awesome cooling sensation. I'm used to using foot creams that heat up because my feet always hurt, but this is a nice switch up.

Well 'till next post: Mike and Sonya's Shag

I hope someone enjoys the shag prize I donated to them!

-xoxox Mamma S.

Happy Birthday Sugar from Sephora

When I went to Sephora in Winnipeg, I got a birthday gift as well. It's Lip Duo called "Sugar Kisses".

I really like these, I already have about 3 other types of lip chap around the house, purse and car but I always find myself walking over to where these are and using them. They aren't like a regular lip balm where they go on and taste kinda funny. Nor are they like the uber glossy ones I also have that stay glossy, taste good but I find they do dry out my lips if I don't re-apply throughout the day.

The box says to use both, but unfortunately they do not say which one goes on first. I would like to assume that the brown tube, which is the non coloured one would go on first. But to assume makes a ass out of you and me. Either way they feel great and I do sometimes forget that you are supposed to use both and just use one and its fine.

What a nice little gift!

-xoxox Mamma S.

Sephora Mascara

So another Sephora item I got when I was in Winnipeg. I got the Outrageous Volume black mascara. I think because it's called 'outrageous' they make the case look like a leathery poop haha.

The first set of photos are what my natural lashes look like. I do admit that I have a decent set(when I was a little girl everyone called them cow lashes).

 

The wand is a very different type of wand, its plastic and has very short bristles. The product itself isn't as gooey as I thought it might be, but it does thin out very easily so it spreads way better.  It also double's up nicely on itself as well without getting clumpy.

The only complaint that I do have is that its not waterproof, at all. I hurt my back in the car and by the time I drove over to the hospital I looked like a cartoon runny makeup lady. Though on the plus side of this : it didn't burn my eyes like other brands.

Now to go give some black butterfly kisses!

-xoxox Mamma S.

High Tide Arrrniversay Show

So On Friday Night I did Jess' pin up hair again for High Tide Tattoo Parlour's ARRRniversay @ Crocks Bar.

I decided to do some faux bangs and victory rolls with the rest ringlet-ed. Her hair takes curls so well and backcombs nicely as well. It doesn't fall for a long time and stays in place.

I think she looked really cute. And I obviously got jealous of how I did her hair and also wanted some pin up hair for myself. I also thought it would be the best night to try on my new Make Up Forever faux eyelashes.

As you can see, they looked awesome(even though I'm making a hideous face), they are very long and because it was my first use I didn't need to use any mascara on mine or the faux ones.  For my eye shadow I tried this Poison look I found on my pintrest boards but replaced the pink with the neon green from my Costal Sense palette. My lipstick is a Merle Norman lip pencil plus "Sincerely".

 I also tried the one big roll in my bangs and tried to get the black streaks separated from the rest of the red so it added to my Tim Burton-esque look.

In the end I had a super fun night with the High Tide Crew at my favorite bar: Crocks. The bands were great and everyone had a lot fun getting so many free prizes!

me and Micro- my tattoo artist/shop owner

Looking forward to many more years guys & and also covering up more of my pale skin!
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-xoxoxo Mamma. S