Green-Eyed

I finally did some eye makeup! I'm going to start posting looks again. I'm excited. :)   

 

products used:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance all over the eye area.
Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy over TFSI.
Darling Girl Cosmetics Die, Die My Darling over
Inglot AMC 57 in the crease. Die, Die My Darling on the outer lower lashline.
Aromaleigh Zephyr's Breeze on the lid. Also used in the middle of the lower lashline.
Persephone Minerals Jupiter Crystal Power in the center of the lid.
Darling Girl Cosmetics Mint Julep in the inner corner. Also used on the inner part of the lower lashline.
Persephone Minerals Sugar Coated over
Inglot Matte 351 to highlight and blend.
Inglot gel liner 77 on the top lid.
Inglot gel liner 85 on the lower waterline.
Sugarpill Love+ over Smashbox brown brow powder.

The last picture is taken in natural light. In order to have all the awesome sparkles show up on camera, I had to use flash. I've been using my iPhone for pictures lately and I've been pretty impressed. Until I start having quality issues, I'll probably continue to use it.

Pumpkin Martini

From time to time I'll probably post snippets of stuff from work, where I'm a bartender and cocktail waitress. We're a corporately owned restaurant and bar, so there's sometimes limits to what we can make.

BUT I made this awesome martini for one of my guests the other night and I had a couple of people ask for it tonight. It's nothing groundbreaking, but it's good for autumn to satisfy the pumpkin kick. :)

2 oz of vodka (use pumpkin vodka if you want to/have it. We don't. I have a feeling vanilla vodka would also be good.)
.75 oz of pumpkin liqueur
.5 of butterscotch Schnapps 

Shake with ice, serve in a cinnamon sugar rimmed martini glass, and garnish with a pinch of nutmeg. (I'll add a picture if I make another one. There wasn't any time in the rush to snap a photo.)

Furbabies

As a welcome to my new blog, I wanted to introduce everyone to my little furbabies - my chinchillas. I've been a chinchilla parent for a little over a month. My boyfriend and I share the responsibilities for two small females, Ginny and Sophie.

Sophie climbing on her house.

Ginny jumping into my lap.

I'm in love with both my chinchillas. My boyfriend and I originally got them for my birthday a month ago. There were two little chinchillas at the pet store, a tiny one and a bigger one that had been at the store for a while. My boyfriend fell in love with the little one and we took her home. Even then, we felt bad leaving the other one behind, but when our little chinchilla cried for her other half all night, we felt even worse.

Eventually we all warmed up to each other and I wouldn't have it any other way. Coming home to my little fluffy butts jumping all over me is the highlight of my day. They have brought out a new, more affectionate side to my boyfriend and I am loving it.The next night when I got back from work, I wanted to put my little girl in the bathroom to play. But I couldn't seem to coax her out of the cage like I had been able to the night before. It turns out that there were now two female chinchillas in the cage because my boyfriend and his brother had gone to the pet store earlier that day.

Now we had a pair of chinchillas. At first, I was unsure about having both of them, mostly because the second one, Ginny, was not as responsive to being touched and held. But they were happy together in their cage and while playing. Happier than I'd imagine they would be alone.

Sophie climbing on Shaun.

Ginny sitting on my knee.

New Blog

I wanted to get a fresh start and write up a new blog. Since my passion is no longer just makeup and beauty related, I wanted to stretch the new blog to new boundaries. This new blog is around to share my new interests, as well as makeup looks and possibly swatches and reviews.

To start off with, I'll probably introduce my furbabies and then my boyfriend. Eventually I'm going to talk about my job, writing projects such as NaNoWriMo, and my tattoos. Along the way, I'm going to sprinkle in my makeup looks.