Memoirs of My Journey to Make-Up Perfection

Ok,

So I'm going to deviate from my usual posts on make-up and fashion to bring a shameless plug for these AMAZING cupcakes that tastes like an orgasm in your mouth. The first time I tasted them was at my friends house while we chit chatted about the nonsense that had occured in her day. I took one bite and instantly her voice faded to a background whisper. In other words, I have no idea what she was saying. The flavours in my mouth had me speechless. I have never tasted a cup cake this good in my life.

The Bakery is located in Toronto at 1034 St. Clair Ave W. Toronto, Ontario

And they have a website!! http://www.thecupcakeryto.com/home.php

If you live in Toronto, please drop in and taste the goodness wrapped up in a cupcake! I promise you, you will want to buy the whole store. Tell them I sent you :)

Enjoy!

Hello Dolls!!

I have a pigment swatch for you today! To contiue on my theme of wearing bright colours against darker skin I have taken a colour swatch of some of my favorite bright pigments from MAC. I especially like these pigments because tsome look like a completely different colour on your skin then in its container. These colours are perfect for a night out on the town with your girls, going clubbing or when you just want to spice up your look with a pop of glittery shimmer. The choice is yours Dolls! Its your world! Who says you cant add a little pop of shimmer to your eye shadow for a little after work dinner, or cocktail party. Be bold! Be daring! Enjoy :)

The colours I will be showing were bought from a MAC invite only event and I went a little bit craxy with my pigments. I bought the brightest colours I could get my hands on while they disappeared in other girls baskets! That being said not all of them have cute names to them. Instead they say what they do which is reflecting different colours. 

From left to right:

Rose (purchased at a MAC Store), Golden Lemon (purchased at a MAC store), Reflects Red (purchased at the invite only sale), Reflects Bronze (also purchased at the event), Reflects Antique Gold (also purchased at the event).

Hello Dolls!!

I'd like to bring you a review on The Beyond Cleavage Bra by La Senza and  the Hello Sugar by La Senza.

I live in Canada and recently, I went on a trip to Montreal and stopped into their La Senza for a little bra shopping. Well I ended up purchasing a few bra's and matching panties from their Beyond Cleavage by La Senza Collection and a bra from the Hello Sugar by La Senza collection. I've worn them both to work and to after work social activities and I gotta tell ya I am in love (and so were the men whose eyes were on my blouse!). I was pleasantly surprised at how awesome these bra's are so I'm here to rave about them to you all and let you know how great I think they are.

Beyond Cleavage by la Senza

My Review:

This is the description on the site and I found in my experience that this was the case for me. I wear a 34B and it pushes my girls up and brings them together to  rounded perfection. It definitely gives you cleavage and makes your breasts look really good underneath your blouses. A good bra underneath your blouse can take you from not looking your best to improving your posture and making your breasts look their round, perky and symmetrical under your blouses, and dresses. AKA they stand up a little higher and have an improved shape. I recommend a good bra fitting session so you can assess what bra is good for your figure and cup size. The good thing about these sessions is it what will help you find a bra that will help you achieve your best look while your wearing your best.

Hello Sugar by La Senza




Double Push Up Lace Bra(214001-151)

Calling all knockouts! La Senza's first ever Double Push-Up Bra, a totally intense, high level push-up that instantly takes you up two cups! Lightweight foam padding gives you the extreme cleavage you crave in a bra that doubles your cup size! All over lace cups with underwire support. Deep plunge with ring detail at center gore. Twinned adjustable straps can be worn classic, crossed or halter. 84% polyamide / 16% elastane. Imported.

Unit Price $39.50

My Review:

Umm....let me tell you. I need a break for a second before I continue because this bra will bring tears to a grown man's eyes when he sees you in THIS piece! Ladies, this bra brings the Voom in va-va-voom and tops it off with a little extra Ummpf! I wore this one out one night and it doubled my cleavage and sent my girls right under my chin! lol For a night out at the club it definitely said, "buy me a drink and if you really like em consider leaving your credit card and pin beside the drink too". lol. I don't think I need to say more about what it does. This is definitely the type of bra you wear to push them up, together and bring em out. LOL. I love this bra. She is my best kept weapon in my arsenal!

Hope this review was helpful ladies and let me know if you have these bra's or what your favorite La Senza bra's are. Have a great day :)

Hello Dolls!

Whats under your make-up??

Hello dolls, I'm coming at you with a quick review on face primers!

I have oily skin and I think I have tried almost everything under the sun!

From putting milk of magnesium (this has worked for some but for me I looked like I was trying out for a mime play but decided last second to put my NC50 powder over it-not cute!) on my face, letting it dry then putting on my make up, to using Mac prep & Prime, to oilive oil (oh yes I did...), castor oil (tried this too), MAC oil control lotion, then finally MAC matte to finally Urban Decay's all night stay lotion. The only thing I have found that actually works is MAC Matte.

This is what I do in my foundation routine that has worked wonders for keeping that oil at bay!

1. Wash my face with a soup and rag to make sure all my make up and oil is removed
2. Pat my face dry and apply MAC Matte and smooth it evenly all over my face
3. Apply MAC concealor in NC50 and use either a buffer brush (99% of the time) or my fingers and smooth it all over my face with even circular motions.
4. Use my MAC 90 brush and apply MAC Mineralizer in Deep all over my face in a circular motion
5. Then set it all with MAC Finisher powerd (white poweder that dries clear and matt)

Et Voila! My face stays Matte for 60 % of the day, I do a quick brush over with my 90 brush either dry or with some MAC Mineralize then I'm good till home time at 5 pm.

This has been theonly thing that has helped keep my face Matte. I have tried everything else with this same routine and by 9 am I am shineier then a new penny! Not cute! Its my rule of thuumb to always look my best aka amazing at the oe office because I am my own brand! If you want to learn more about branding and how you can use it to your advantage check out my blog called Power of Femininity. The link is in my profile :)

The day MAC discontinues this product I will fall crying on my knees in frontof my make up table! LOL

Hope this helped you oily ladies out there!

Ciao bellas :)

Good day ladies.

I'm coming to you with a review on quick weaves, specifically quick weave systems with Remy Hair

Recently, my local beauty supply store (BSS) had a series of sales on Remy hair that I quickly took advantage of and over a period of about 2 month (I guess they had a overstock and needed the room), I amassed quite a collection of hair ranging from 10 inches to 14. I was quite pleased with myself and decided to make a quick weave system like the one xxislandbeautyxx made on youtube over a series of 4 tutorial videos which she later took down (she is now selling the systems). Well, I watched those videos like it was an exam and made my own out of cheap BSS synthetic hybrid human hair that looked so good that I had requests to make some of other people.

Materials used:

3 packs of the cheapie hair (human/synthetic mix)

Weaving needle and thread

A wig cap (specifically for making wigs you can get it at the BSS for about $4.99)

A white eyeliner pencil

Foam wig head

Patience…lots of it

Method to the Madness:

Place the wig cap on the foam head with the side tabs at the ear of the mannequin. Make sure its centered. Draw a line for your part on the wig cap with the white pencil

I turned the wig cap inside out and sewed hair along the inside perimeter of the cap then flipped it right side out and started sewing the hair on the cap from the bottom to the top as if you are installing a normal weave.

Since I already mapped out where my part will be I weave up to the horseshoe u-shaped part I made as if I was weaving on a real person, the u-shape being the leave out hair.

Once I'm done sewing the weave on, I cut the u-shape part of the cap off leaving the weave cap system free.

Then I corn row my hair down. The pattern I used was a corn rowed an anchoring braid up the side of my head, around my leave out then down the other side and down to the back. Everything else (except the leave out) is corn rowed straight back.

Then I sew down the weave system around the leave out (which is why we sewn the hair on the cap up to the u-shape part line) then down the sides of the cap.

The result? A natural looking weave that can be taken off, wash your hair then sew back on without the hours of sitting at a salon. Its that simple, elegant and stylish

Janet Collection Indian Remy Prestige Hair

I'm reviewing the Janet Collection Prestige Remy hair which is what I used in my 2^nd quick weave system.

Pros:

Hair is soft, tangle free and thick. This is my 3^rd time using the hair and it looks just as good as the first time I took it out the pck. It doesn't tangle and form a nest at the back of my head, flat irons nicely and blends in with MY hair.

Now, I'm natural but my hair texture when curly is course, but straightened matches the remy hair perfectly. I don't know why but this is how my hair is. When straightened it mimics silky remy hair.

Cons:

Might not blend with all course hair types, very thick and doesn't hold a curl for very long. Requires curling iron, curlers and possibly a overnight set in order to have curls the nest day but they will fall by the end of the day to very loose waves/curls.

To see a few tutorials on how to make this weave system check these links out (she did it exactly how I did). Sorry I didn't take pictures while I made it because I didn't know how it would turn out (aka, a big uh oh!).

If you have any questions leave a comment below J

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPkeRrUsV38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g7_8AVe_nE

Thanks ladies J