Beauty Tid Bit Thursday: Full Face and Green Smokey Eye Tutorial

Thursday I did a look inspired by Victoria Donelda,click here to go watch the video it's stunning! If you'd like to watch my Get Ready With Me on Periscope (click the links) Part 1 and Part 2. I will list and link all products I used. 

*I am not affiliated with any of these companies.*

*Face*

*First off start with a clean fresh face.

*Then moisturizer: Pond's Rejuveness Anti-Wrinkle Cream. Let your moisturizer soak in for about 15mins before applying any other products.

*Primer: Smashbox Photo Finish

*Foundation: Maybelline Matte and Poreless in shade 222 True Beige with a damp beauty blender.

*Concealer: Hard Candy Glamoflauge in shade light apply with a small flat brush under eyes, down the nose, triangle on the forehead, and chin. Blend out with a beauty blender.

Small Flat Concealer Brush

*Powder: Elf HD Powder in shade sheer. I do a light bake under the eye and set T-zone. I do not dust off till I am finished with my eyeshadow. 

*Eyes*

*Eye primer: Elf Eye Primer I do not use or recommend the sealer end of this duo. Blender out with your ring finger.

*Set with an eyeshadow for a base color close to your skin color. I used my Makeup Revolutions Affirmation Palette shade Vow with an Eco Tools Full Eye Shadow Brush.

Eco Tools Full Eye Shadow Brush

Makeup Revolution Affirmation Pallete (Vow) 

*From the same Affirmation palette I use Hope to start in my crease. To deepen it up some I also used Time. I used a l.a.b 2 Just Blending in Brush to apply both colors. Blend blend blend! To blend I use my Morphe M330.

Makeup Revolution Affirmation Palette (Hope)

l.a.b.2 Just Blending in Brush

Makeup Revolution Affirmation Palette (Time)

Morphe M330

*Now for the fun! I used my Morphe 35S palette. Applied the shimmer green all over my lid. With a no name flat shadow brush. Blend out with Morphe M330.

Morphe 35S

No Name Flat Eye Shadow  Brush

*In the crease with the l.a.b 2 blending brush I used my Morphe 35B palette. Blend blend blend. 

Morphe 35B

* With a small dome no name brush use the black from the 35B palette and dab a little in the outer v. Now blend like your life depends on it. (hahaha) 

Morphe 35B

No Name Dome Brush

*Add a brow bone color. I used Positive from the Affirmation palette.

Makeup Revoltion Affirmation Palette (Positive)

*Eyeliner: Elf Precision Liquid Eyeliner

*Mascara: Too Faced Better Than Sex

*Lashes: Kiss in style Shy. I also use their lash glue.

*Face*

*Wipe away any bake and fall out.

*Bronzer: Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer applied with Sigma f84 Angled Kabuki

*Blush:Makeup Revolution in New Rules (this blush is so pigmented you only need a tiny bit.) I use my Morphe M510 barely swiped across the blush. 

*Highlighter: No. 7 Skin Illuminator (pink) dab on the high points of cheek bones, nose, above the eyebrow, and cupids bow. A tip I learned from Victoria Donelda use your beauty blender to blend your highlighter in and it melts into the skin to leave such a beautiful glow! To top it off just because I love a little extra glow. I also use City Color Contour Effects 2 the highlight from that palette. I use the same Morphe M510 brush to apply. 

*Now for a little tip I picked up from Wayne Goss. Use a blending face brush (I use Real Techniques Face brush)

and pick up a tiny bit of powder and start buffing it all over your face. This locks in your makeup. It doesn't leave you looking cakey. If you will swirl in one direction and back the other direction (I hope that makes since) it also fills in your pores to leave you looking flawless. 

*Lips*

*Lip Exfoliator: Elf Lip Exfoliator

*Lipstick: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in shade Naked

Waalaa! All finished! 

I hope you enjoyed this beauty tid bit. If you have any questions or would like for me to help you with a one on one please feel free to email me anytime at notyourordinarybombshell@gmail.com.

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Newsflash....I'm fat!

I'm not really sure how to start this blog off. So I'm just gonna start. I am currently writing this from my hospital room! Whawhawha.....Monday I struggled to breathe all day, so I came to the er. Long story short I was admitted. Woohoo! NOT!!! I seriously have the best nurses in the world, though. And I absolutely love this hospital!So it's kinda fitting that I had wanted to write about this and now I am being admitted for it. But anyways on with the story.  This is gonna be a long one so go grab a drink and a snack sit back and relax. 

Ps. I apologize now if some of this doesn't make 100% sense. I am having serious brain fog from lack of oxygen all day. I am going to try my best to reread this several times. 

I will start off by saying I am in no way writing this for sympathy. I am purely writing this for awareness purposes. And for that little twerp on Periscope. And to all the little twerps that like to hate on me. 

Yes, I'm fat, I know this! You don't have to tell me this every day. I can see myself in the mirror. It's no surprise to me. Not to mention you feel the need to tell me every time you see me, I got the hint! You say you want to me, ummm hello, news flash you calling me fat telling me I'm fat and I need to lose weight does not help me!

1st let me say this I have always been a big girl. I will ALWAYS be a big girl. Yes, I would like to loose the weight but I by no means want to do it to "look good" I want to loose it to be healthy. Even though I am fat I am happy and I still LOVE MYSELF. I am still BEAUTIFUL! I have been working on losing the weight but it's not an easy process when you have my health problems. 

I fight every day to breathe. I I also have severe asthma, Copd, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. I am constantly on steroids to open my airways. Unfortunately, steroids caused me to have steroid induced Cushing's syndrome. Here is a snippet from a Cushing Website. Click the links if you'd like to read more.

What is Cushings? Cushing’s syndrome occurs when the body’s tissues are exposed to excessive levels of cortisol for long periods of time. Many people suffer the symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome because they take glucocorticoid hormones such as prednisone for asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other inflammatory diseases, or for immunosuppression after transplantation.

Others develop Cushing’s syndrome because of overproduction of cortisol by the body. Normally, the production of cortisol follows a precise chain of events. First, the hypothalamus, a part of the brain which is about the size of a small sugar cube, sends corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) to the pituitary gland. CRH causes the pituitary to secrete ACTH (adrenocorticotropin), a hormone that stimulates the adrenal glands. When the adrenals, which are located just above the kidneys, receive the ACTH, they respond by releasing cortisol into the bloodstream.

Cortisol performs vital tasks in the body. It helps maintain blood pressure and cardiovascular function, reduces the immune system’s inflammatory response, balances the effects of insulin in breaking down sugar for energy, and regulates the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. One of cortisol’s most important jobs is to help the body respond to stress. For this reason, women in their last 3 months of pregnancy and highly trained athletes normally have high levels of the hormone. People suffering from depression, alcoholism, malnutrition and panic disorders also have increased cortisol levels.

When the amount of cortisol in the blood is adequate, the hypothalamus and pituitary release less CRH and ACTH. This ensures that the amount of cortisol released by the adrenal glands is precisely balanced to meet the body’s daily needs. However, if something goes wrong with the adrenals or their regulating switches in the pituitary gland or the hypothalamus, cortisol production can go awry.

Cushing's has caused a host of other problems. I now have adrenal insufficiency (or “Addisonian crisis”). It is the inability to maintain a blood pressure (“shock”), dehydration, and electrolyte (sodium and potassium) abnormalities.  It may also be much more subtle, with nothing more than fatigue. This is why I have to keep myself stress-free as much as possible. Cushings has also caused early onset of Osteoporosis. Therefore I wake up every day in horrible pain. I have to be care and watch what I do so I don't hurt or damage myself in any way. 

So yes going and doing workouts would be great but right now it is nearly impossible. I do try to walk some but that's about as much as I can do right now.  I have cut back on what I eat and trying to eat Ketogenic Diet as closely as I can. Which, by the way, has helped as I have lost a few pounds! Woohoo!!!  

So yes, "Why don't I just lose the weight?" It's not the simple for me. Even though I know you'll never read this I hope you find it in your heart to be nicer to people who are fat! Because maybe just maybe they aren't fat because they are lazy and eat to much maybe just maybe its out of their control. You also asked me "Why do I spend more time on myself putting on makeup instead of losing the weight?" Well, as you've hopefully read I am working on it and it is a very slow process. And the main reason why I spend time on myself is because ummm I'm an adult and I can! But for real though it is my meditation time. My time to relax. I enjoy makeup. I make me feel better and when I feel better then I want to get up and get out and work on myself. Yes, I'm fat but I don't have to look frumpy and fat. I try to have some class and wearing makeup makes me feel pretty and put together. 

I try to be pretty positive and don't let those that are rude online get to me, but for some reason or another, I couldn't shake this one. My main focus for this blog post is to bring awareness to invisible illnesses. I have more than my fair share of them. Bring awareness to body shaming. Bring awareness to bullying. Please stop the hate. Not just to me but to everyone. Kind words go some much further than negative words. 

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30 Beauty Tag Questions You've Always Wanted to Know About Me

Hey, Bombshells, How are y'all today? Well, I hope. I am doing pretty good. Today is pretty boring around here on the home front. So I've been looking around on good ole Google trying to find topics to talk about and I stumbled upon several tags so I saved several and choose this one today. I thought y'all would like to know a little bit more about me. Since I haven't talked about beauty much I thought this was very fitting. 

1. Do you remember your first makeup item? 

Hummm that is a tough one but it was prob eye shadow or lip gloss

 2. Describe your perfect mascara. Have you found one that fits your specifications? 

Volume and lengthening. My holy grail is Too Faced Better Than Sex. I really like Lancome Hypnose but the smell is very strong, which is a downfall for me. 

3. What kind of coverage do you prefer from foundation?

medium to full coverage

4. Favorite high-end brand?

Too Faced

5. What cosmetic brands have you always wanted to try but still haven’t? 

Urban Decay, Kat Von D, And I really want to try Estée Lauder Double wear foundation! 

6. Favorite drugstore brand?

Elf, NYX and Makeup Revolution

7. Do you wear fake eyelashes?

Oh lord yes! Almost never leave home without a pair on. 

 8. Is there any kind of makeup you can’t leave the house without?

A lip product. Usually my Vaseline lip care and whatever lipstick I put on.

9. What is your most cherished beauty product?

Hummmm.....They are all cherished to me.

10. How often do you shop for makeup? Do you like to pick up an item here and there or get lots of goodies at once? 

I don't shop that often. I usually only shop if I am out of something. 

11. Do you have a “beauty budget” or you spend freely? 

Haha yeah right! I wish! 

12. Do you utilize coupons, rewards cards, and sales when you shop for cosmetics?

Yes, At least I try too.

13. What type of product do you buy the most of? 

Skincare only because it runs out quicker than any of my makeup. 

 14. Is there a brand that you absolutely can’t stand?

Nope, not really.

15. Do you avoid certain ingredients in cosmetics like parabens or sulfates?

Not in my makeup. I do in my shampoo because I am allergic to it. If it's not in my makeup its a bonus but I don't typically search it out. If I am deciding between 2 products I will go for one the one that doesn't. 

16. Do you have a favorite place to shop for makeup? 

I've never been in Ulta or Sephora because of personal mental reasons I really need to get the hell over but ya know I'm a big girl and hate going into stores like that judge you. I've heard too many horror stories of their customer service!  But I love shopping from them online. 

 17. Do you like trying new skincare products or do you keep a certain routine?

Absolutely! I love testing products. I love doing reviews. A lot of the time I find my new love product, I would have never known about. 

18. Favorite bath and body brand?

Bath and Body works! Been a fan since I was a wee little one! (haha) My mom and sister would buy it all the time. Country Apple I think was the name. Holy moly that stuff smelled so good, now it brings back memories at the same time it makes me wanna puke! I got so sick of that smell! 

19.  If you could only buy from one brand, which brand would you choose?

Ohhhh.... This is a tough one! Prob NYX or Maybelline. 

20. What brand do you think has the best packaging?

Urban Decay, The Balm, or Too Faced

21. Which celebrity always has great makeup?

Gwen Stefani for more dramatic looks and Julia Roberts for more natural looks

22. Do you belong to any online makeup communities?

6543,Two, One, Makeup and several other Facebook groups.

Recommend some of your communities?  Leave me a comment!

 23. 5 Favorite Beauty Gurus

These are ones I never miss an episode. Beauty or not these are my top 5. 

Victoria Donelda, Vintage or Tacky, Cherry Dollface, Grav3yardgirl, Glam & Gore

Tell me what your top 5 YouTubers are in the comments.

24. Do you like multifunctional products like lip and cheek stains?

No! To me, that just kinda grosses me out.

25. Are you clumsy in putting on makeup?

OMG yes! If you ever watch any of my get ready with me's on Periscope you learn real fast me and mascara have a love hate relationship!

26. Do you use makeup base/primer for the eyes?

YES!!! Right now I am using Smashbox photo finish.

27. How many hair products do you use on a typical day?

Maybe 2

28. What do you apply first, concealer or foundation?

Foundation

29. Do you ever consider taking makeup classes?

I have thought several times about going to Cosmetology school. 

30. What do you love about makeup?

Everything. I love that it highlights my good assets and hides the bad ones. It makes me feel pretty and put together. It makes me take some me time, it's my form of meditation. It has given me an outlet to find new people and a way to make some amazing life long friends!I love that you can meet a stranger and spark a conversion over a lipstick and you instantly have a bond with someone you would've never talked to. 

I think that's it. That was fun! Hopefully, you learned a little bit more about me. If you want me to do a Q&A or if you have any other topic ideas let me know in the comments.


*UPDATE* I forgot to tag some friends! 

Nikki and Shannon

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