Tha Gabulous Lyfe

Hello All, Here is my latest makeup and beauty haul. I took advantage of some of the Black Friday sales and bought a few things. Read on for the deets! Nyx Eyeshadow Nyx had a really nice sale on their site last month. They had shadows for $1 and lip liners for $2. I have several eyeshadow palettes for my makeup kit but I wanted more neutral shades. I bought eight shadows all total, mostly neutrals and a few colorful shades for the kit. I also bought their taupe blush, I heard that it is a really good contour color for light and fair complexions. Swatches from left to right: Taupe blush, golden, irises, dark brown, hot pink, silk, hunter green, taupe e/s and walnut.  Mac Studio Conceal and Correct Palette I have also been needing a decent concealer palette for my makeup kit as well. I have individual concealers in darker colors but I needed some concealers in the medium range as well as color correctors. I chose to purchase the Mac medium/deep conceal and correc...

Hello Glamour Dolls! It has been some months since I posted, so much has been going on. I have done some traveling, still working full-time and I've been busy with my two side hustles. In the midst of everything, I have been keeping up with the beauty world, thanks to You Tube and Instagram. Recently, I did my first photo shoot last June and my second photo shoot I did a few weeks ago and it features...yours truly. Here is the makeup that I did on myself for the shoot. The actual pictures of the shoot are not available yet (these are the pics I took with my own camera), but when they are available; I'll post them. Eyes & Brows -Mac Spiked brow pencil -Mac Groundwork paintpot as eye base -Mac Arena e/s as highlight -Urban Decay Buck & Naked e/s as bridge color -Mac Tan pigment lid color -Mac Sketch e/s in crease -Maybelline Ultra eyeliner in black -Duo Adhesive Dark eyelash glue -Miss Adoro 600 lashes (Thanks AC for helping me with t...

This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending Alexandra Butler's A Beautiful Face makeup class. I met Alexandra the first time at The NYC Makeup show last May; before then I had been following her work since an interview she did on Erin Bailey's ( Scandalous Beauty ) beauty blog. Alex is a beautiful and amazingly talented freelance makeup artist who currently lives in Atlanta. She worked for Mac for a while and now she's professionally freelancing on her own. She has all kinds of clients from your every day women to celebrity clients. She has done makeup for cast members from Love and Hip Hop Atlanta and also Real Housewives of Atlanta TV shows. I've always admired her flawless face makeup, especially the way she sculpts and contours or as she would say "snatched up your face." Alex and I talking after class, even though I met her twice she talks to you just like a long time girlfriend :-) Alex has been hosting makeup shows in several states...

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In my last post I said that I was going to see if I could fit all of my makeup, tools and supplies into my Zuca backpack. There are lots of pics, I tried to create a collage for the pics but it wasn't working. Here are the results. Before These are the bags I was using before as my kit This is where most of my makeup was stored, in this train case. I had my brush belt, palettes, brush cleaner and misc items in my rolling case.  Beside the gray pouch are my sponges, disposable tools, mixing palette, lip rouge kits, removers and alcohol.  This gray pouch holds my foundations, concealers,  face primers,  powders, BB creams & tinted moisturizers. Brush belt, lip sticks, glosses, liners, pigments, glitters, cleaners, lashes and setting spray in this pile. After Everything fit! Yay!!! In my right side pocket, I have my wipes, setting spray and face primers. The inside holds everything so neatly. All of my...

Hey, Glamour Dolls I've mentioned before that I've wanted to revamp my professional makeup kit. I've been inspired by the makeup trade shows that I've been attending, plus   I've completely out grown my current makeup kit. I bought a new Zuca Artist Backpack to revamp my kit. If you haven't heard of Zuca , they're a company that makes carry all cases and luggage for just about everyone. Zuca has an artist series for makeup artists and hair stylists that make hauling around a kit so much easier and convenient. I really wanted to purchase the Zuca rolling bag with the four plastic organizing pouches in it but it costs over $300, even though my makeup artistry business is growing, it doesn't justify buying a $300 carryall. So, I decided to buy the more cost effective backpack which is $129. Here are the pictures! It's a backpack but it comes with a handle to carry in your hand.  Front part that zips up from top to bottom.  The ...