Check out OCC’s newest sets that include a full size lip brush! OCC’s Lip Tar Set offerings:

Passionately Pink: This collection of pinks runs the gamut from pastel pink to deep fuchsia and everything in between! It includes Lip Tars in Tone, Narcissus, Pageant, Pretty Boy and Strumpet, along side a full-sized OCC Precision Lip Brush #010, a retail value of over $83.00 US available now for only $49.50.

Ornamental Orange: A diverse and imminently wearable collection of tangerine tones, from pastel to coral, to neon and vivid fire engine red! It includes Lip Tars in Divine, Cha Cha, Banjee, Trollop and Reverb, and also includes a full-sized OCC Precision Lip Brush #010, a retail value of over $83.00 US available now for only $49.50.

Added to the roster of super stars in the industry that will be at IMATS 2012 is Kabuki!! Are you excited?  I am!!

Hello Kitty Intense Bling Roller Girl Perfume ($22, Sephora) tickled my fancy on first sniff.  The original Hello Kitty was nice, but a tad familiar with fragrances like Coach Poppy and Britney Spears Fantasy already in my fragrance wardrobe.  Yes,  a typical fruity floral fragrance.   The intense version gave the scent some purpose and finally won me over. I had to have it.  (Neither the original, nor the intense version are as heavy as Coach Poppy.)  Now days with enough full bottles of perfume going unused, I opt for roller balls/travel sizes of perfume unless I’m head over heels with it and comes in a gift set.  When I spotted my favorite HK Intense version in this blinged out roller ball, I heard Christmas bells ringing! So cute!

In the package is a container with .33 oz of juice.  The top is a plastic, silver HK head and the bottle is bejeweled with rhinestones and roller ball applicator.  Not sure if the bottle is one that I want to carry in my purse, more so for the durability than the size.  My second time pulling the perfume out of the box, I lost a jewel. 

Notes: Currant leaves and buds sorbet, green apple, Italian mandarin, magnolia, freesia, orange blossom, tonka, vanilla and musk.  Intense has more concentrated notes than the original.

While I don’t like to indulge in a full bottle (1.7 oz, $69), this bottle is so precious.  I wasn’t wild about the original, but this darker bottle with black atomizer is a winner.  I love almost any bottle with ball (and hose) atomizer!  HEAR THAT PERUME COMPANIES??  I need to start decanting my perfumes, best of both worlds. 

Great stocking stuffer for the HK lover in your life!

Have you tried this?  What do you think?

Just wanted to share a couple things because it’s been a minute… If you follow my blog via Facebook, you probably have heard about and seen some of this stuff!

First let me show you my favorite purple, sparkly polish right now…. Milani Purple Gleam.  PG is the jewel purple tone from the one coat glitter formula of polishes.  It took a bit more than one coat to get an even  application, but it’s ok.  (This design was based with OPI’s Midnight in Moscow.) The dense glitter makes me happy when the sun or candle/moonlight hits my nails!  I’m always on the hunt for an awesome purple glitter and I’ve found a few… I’ve been meaning to do a post on that very subject!  This particular glitter brightened my day since Revlon’s Facets of Fuchsia didn’t strike my fancy much back when I tried it.  It was very murky as the glitters were swamped in the black base. Instead of having ruby slippers to click, I feel like I have amethyst tips to … idk, stare at!

Next, I have an FOTD I did when I was going out that I liked alot.  Wish I had recorded a tutorial video to go along with it. By the way,  how are you guys liking the youtube channel?  Are the vids helpful?  Enhance the blog?  Let me know!  Anyhoo…  I was excited about going out because it was part of my plan to ‘See and be seen’.  You can’t meet people and have fun if you don’t go out, right? Meh…

(Remember my Nneka Saran purse I got a while back? It’s my first time wearing it …0_o)

My colors of the night were black and gold.  For an easy ‘glam-night-out’ look I pulled out the trusty old Guilt By Association mineralize eyeshadow by MAC that I mentioned in the October Favorites Vid.  My other favorite product that I should mention is my L.A. Splash glitter liner in Gold.  Love it!  Some times you need a little sparkle to set off a look and the glitter liner was to the rescue!  I use it in my inner corner, bottom lash line and on my lips!  Chunky glitter …. I’m all over it!  Fragrance: Gucci Guilty.. it was the black and gold packaging! LOL Nice fragrance, overall.


=( I will start doing my foundation first, lol

Here’s a similar outfit to the one I wore that night:

Rachel Gilbert mini cocktail dress, $640
Emilio Pucci blazer, $915
Promiscuous pantyhose tight, $32
Supertrash platform booties, €250
Citrine By The Stones gold citrine ring, €77
ASOS metal jewelry, $18
Givenchy enamel earrings, $45
Bobbi Brown Lip Gloss Trio, $40

Now I’m all excited and want to Polyvore some New Year’s outfits!!

I wanted to do a look not using my regular neutrals; I wanted color. I wanted to use blue to match my nails and green in honor of my friend who loves the color green! She recently got married and green was the color of her special day! Not quite in love with this look, but glad I did it.This gave me a chance to use unused or seldom used products in my stash.  This was my first time using Mighty Aphrodite Wonder Woman blush. I got this because it was said to be similar to having Nars Orgasm and MAC’s Bite of an Apple blush in one pan. I didn’t have either so this was a win for me. Wondergrass wasn’t getting any love, but now it should feel a little special, lol.  Check out the look!

Products used (All MAC unless stated otherwise):
FACE
NW30 concealer
Medium Dark Studio Careblend Powder
Give Me Sun Mineralize Skinfinish Powder
Black Radiance Pressed Powder in Creamy Beige

EYES
Nubile paint pot
lightest shade (Fire In Her Eyes)  in the Smoke and Mirrors smoky eye palette (LE Holiday 2009)
Wondergrass eye shadow
Sea and Sky (deep blue side) mineralize eye shadow
Revlon liquid liner, black
Maybelline Falsies mascara in black
LA Splash green glitter liner

CHEEKS
Mighty Aphrodite (LE Wonder Woman Collection)

LIPS
1N lipglass (LE)

Tips on how to choose a concealer!
1. Decide the coverage you need:
Need a ‘wake me up’?
Dark circles?

2. Decide the look you are going for:
Even skin tone under eyes?
Highlighted look a la Kim K?

For just enough coverage and even skin tone under the eyes, choose a concealer close to your skin tone or one to two shades lighter.  Too bright? Add a bit of your foundation to mellow the color a bit.
Product recommendations: Maybelline Fit Me Concealer, CoverGirl Queen Collection Concealer, MAC Select Cover Up Concealer or MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer if you have dry skin type or mature skin.

For dark circles and need a bit more coverage, follow steps above for even skin tone under the eyes but use a fuller coverage concealer and/or add a corrector!  If needed, on top of your foundation add corrector then concealer.  People have different preferences on how and what order to apply concealer and corrector.  Just use it! LOL
Product recommendations: Eve Pearl Salmon Concealer, MAC Studio Finish Concealer, Bobbi Brown (peach) Corrector, Victoria Secret Pro Concealer Palette (it includes a peach and green for various correction issues)

For a highlighted look, use a concealer or foundation two shades lighter than your skin tone (and corrector if needed).  Apply concealer under the eye from bottom lash line to tops of the cheek bones. BLEND well!! Make a seamless finish between concealer and foundation

To make your concealer last:  Look for long wear formulas like MAC’s Pro Longwear  concealer.  Be sure to set your concealer with a translucent powder!


Here’s how I apply my concealer (and foundation).
Take it from my sis (but don’t highlight your brows as she does please! lol)

(photo credit: blackwomennaturalhairstyles.com)

Yup… a regular ol’ bun.  This one is a touch fancy as it’s not spread around from the center.  I reached my goal of a ponytail, now I want a bun.  I may be done with hair goals after I reach a bun… well I never got my red velvet cake hair………….. hmmmm.

While I have these length goals, I’m pretty partial to locs that are right above the shoulder or at the shoulder length. They are short, but long enough.  I think my hair is actually getting a bit long for my style/lifestyle =p  I totally understand why alot of women who cut their locs off, keep a short, boy cut.

Here are some cool loc updo’s and  how-to’s from youtube:
TheNaturallYou
Pecadora99
Shawnta715