Bare Escentuals has launched a new campaign where they want you to Rethink Going Bare in Public. If you read this blog regularly then you know I’m a really big fan of Bare Escentuals, I think the foundation gives me a soft natural look. So BE wants you to rethink your makeup routine and tell them what else you’re rethinking in your life and fill out a questionnaire at the link above or submit a picture to their Flick Group. Cute idea, I took the questionnaire and will probably submit a picture to the group. If you’re wondering, this year I’m rethinking what impossible means.
If you haven’t tried Bare Escentuals bareMinerals yet, you should! It really is a great product. Now on to the winners of my giveaway. Thanks to everyone who entered. I had a lot of entries but only ONE entry for Warm Deep (where are my brown girls?!).
And the winners are:
Golden Fair: Ali C.
Fairly Medium: Tina B.
Golden Tan: Kenesha W.
Warm Deep: Lyssa J.
I will send each of you an email to get your mailing address if I haven’t already. Thanks again!
Don’t forget, Valetine’s Day is around the corner! Check out my gift guide: The Lovely Guide for some great gift ideas.
Last week’s beauty challenge focused more on eyes than lips. I was really on an eyeliner kick last week and everyday I tried a different color liner paired with a softer lip.
Top to bottom from left to right:
I started off kind of light with just a shimmery brown shadow and purple/pink shimmer lipstick. It’s a Sephora Brand lipstick that goes on like a lip balm, one of my favorites.
I did do one bold lip this week with a Bare Escentauls Buxom lip in Shanghai. My Dad told me he liked my lipstick that day, a bold berry stain almost. He never mentions my makeup so I thought that was a pretty great compliment coming from him. I also lined my eyes in a deep purple liner that day too.
Black liner and pink lips. I tend to go darker on the liner when I know I’m wearing glasses.
I love this black chrome liner from L’Oreal. It glides on so smooth and is great if you want to line the inner rims of your eyes too. I paired it with the Sepohra lipstick again too.
I thought I’d toss in last week’s Naked photo. This is me without a stitch of makeup on!
This was my snow day chic look. I had to do a video about a favorite beauty look, so I glammed it up in all Bobbi Brown cosmetics and decided to play off of the dark blue sweater I was wearing and my jewels. I love a blue eye like and I smoked it out just slightly with a little Black Pearl Shimmering Cream Shadow and used my Pot Rouge in Raspberry to flush my cheeks. I kept the lips subtle with a bit of copper glitter lip balm. Definitely my favorite of the week.
Did you try anything new in your beauty routine last week? Let me know!
Friday, February 5, 2010 the snow started at about 11am. It didn’t stop until Saturday, February 6 around 6pm. I don’t know how many inches of snow this was but I know that it came above my knees. INSANITY!
Did I mention that we’re expecting more snow on Tuesday AND Wednesday (I’m mad because I was going to NYC Wednesday morning for a very cool event and I don’t think that will happen now)?! The roads are bad, the Metro isn’t fully functioning, the federal government is closed along with every school system surrounding the DC area (DC is not closed), and my back went out while I was getting cookies out of the oven (not because I was shoveling snow). Sigh…I think I’ll be in the house for a while.
It’s Friday and today I am at home snowed in with my husband. He’s working from home and I’m on Liberal Leave for the day due to the 14-24 inches of snow they’re anticipating the DC is about to get blanketed with. WOW. Didn’t we just go through this in December? It’s okay because I’ve got a fully stocked fridge, a few yummy recipes from Cooking Light and time on my hands.
So to start off, what am I happy about this Friday?
Snow Days: Yup, even though I’m an adult, there’s nothing better than not having to go to work because Mother Nature is having a field day on your city.
Breakfast Braids: This is a household favorite right now and by the time you read this post, I will have dug into mine already with a glass of early grey tea with milk. Yum!
FiOS TV/Internet: We recently switched over from DirecTV to FiOS in an effort to save some money (almost $300 saved when we bundled our cell phones, house phone, TV, and internet) and I don’t have to worry about my satellite going out in a snow storm. YAY!
The Lovely Guide: I’m happy that some of you will browse through the Lovely Guide while you’re snowed in and I’m happy that I’ve gotten such great feedback on it.
Okay, on to this week’s fabulousness! In honor of the cold and that Valentine’s Day is coming up, I thought I’d share something to up your kissability factor. I had been holding on to a Bliss gift card that my sister gave me for my birthday in August and I wanted a treat in December. So I splurged and used my gift card to buy La Mer The Balm. I wouldn’t really think of buying myself $45 lip balm, but when I have a gift card I figure, why not? I’ve had a La Mer manicure before, so I thought why not treat my lips. And treat I did.
I have to say, after using this balm nonstop for the last two and a half months, my lips feel pretty soft and kissable. I love the light mint tingle to it, it’s not overly greasy or shiny. It’s hydrating and not waxy at all. It’s pretty great. So perhaps the more expensive balms DO make a difference!
I’m back to enjoying my snow day. Feel free to tweet me today if you’re snowed in too. Oh and I’ll announce the winner of my Bare Escentuals giveaway on Monday.
Remember my Gift Guide in December? I featured a Necklush scarf. They’re fabric scarves that are made of multiple bands of fabric and can either be a scarf or a necklace. Sweet, huh? I adore the Necklush and would love to buy a Kelly green one but I am so on a budget that it’s not even going to happen anytime soon. So to my surprise, I came home to a box that had my own mint green Necklush-like scarf in it for me!
Salina, a reader and friend made me my own scarf after she read the Gift Guide. How cool is that?!
I heart green!
Of course I had to ask her how she made it so that I could do it myself. I HAD to know, it was just so fantastic! She made my scarf out of T-shirt/jersey fabric that (she sewed one end together so it was a continuous loop), but you can use a T-shirt. I suggest using a T-shirt that doesn’t have side seams, if you have two side seams you’ll have to cover two ends instead of just one.
The steps are pretty easy and I’ve got visuals (of course) to go along with it:
Cut 1 inch strips starting at the bottom of your shirt working your way up to the arms. I used a rotary cutter but you can use a really sharp pair of scissors or fabric scissors. You want the cuts to be clean and even. I lined my fabric up with a T-square before I cut…but I’m that anal.
Take each band of fabric and STRETCH! I would put one piece behind my neck and stretch it across my knees or even put it in the arch of my foot and stretch my leg out. You want to stretch it so the material curls up around the edges.
Keep doing that to all of your strips and then line them up with the seam(s) matching.
Take one of your bands of fabric that you’ve stretched and wrap it neatly around the seam(s).
Easy peasy! I was bored over the break and cleaning out my closet and I had a bunch of T-shirts from Target that were fading and I was going to get rid of, so instead of tossing them I made scarves! I sat in my bedroom and made six scarves and I ended up giving them away to my girlfriends. I loved it and I have been wearing my scarf constantly. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SALINA! {You’re a 5 star chick, LOL} Perhaps I’ll convince my girlfriends to send me a pic of them wearing their scarves so you can see my handiwork in action and send me your pics if you make one too {dwj@theartofaccessories.com}. Definitely a fun DIY project to do, and I know you’ve got a T-shirt or two at home waiting for this project.
I don’t mean to complain. I’m very happy that I’ve been losing weight, working out and eating healthy. Unfortunately, that means that a lot of my clothes are starting not to fit, specifically pants and jeans. I can get by on dresses and a few of my skirts I saved from skinnier days, but my small collection of jeans is starting to sag and bag in not cute places…sigh.
My favorite fit are the Calvin Klein Straight Skinny Fit Rinse Jeans, I own them in a {sagging} dark rinse and {sagging} dark black. I used to love tucking these into knee high or wearing with cute ballet flats for a work Friday. Now they sag around my boots and look slightly off. When they’re the right size, they fit me to perfection and make my butt look amazing.
I need a part-time job just to keep myself in clothes! I guess there could be worse dilemmas. Right?
Oh Naughty Monkey, why are your shoes so darn fun?
For a while I’ve been into the trend of folded over boots and I think the Naughty Monkey Hide Out is one of my favorites. I like the fold over ankle boot because you can really show it off and this pumpkin colored suede is perfection!
How would I wear it? You’ve got a couple of options:
With leggings: Something skinny and sleek to allow you to highlight such a cute boot.
With a dress and tights: I think We Love Colors Tights in Light Orange would match the color of these boots pretty well. Pair the tights and boots with a contrasting color palette like navy and cream and you’ve got a great pop of color to help brighten up your winter wardrobe.
These boots are not meant to be covered up, so I wouldn’t even think about covering them with pants – not an option. I so wish these were in my closet as of last week. Sigh…
Don’t forget you have until the end of the day tomorrow to enter to win 1 of 4 Bare Escentuals BareMinerals Foundations. Check out the post here for details. Hurry and enter now!
I'm DWJ and this is my style journal. I'll talk about how I accessorize with jewelry, handbags, shoes, and makeup Monday through Friday every single week. I'll also throw in a few posts about what I love in my everyday life. Thanks for stopping by and come back really soon.
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Bare Escentuals has launched a new campaign where they want you to Rethink Going Bare in Public. If you read this blog regularly then you know I’m a really big fan of Bare Escentuals, I think the foundation gives me a soft natural look. So BE wants you to rethink your makeup routine and tell them what else you’re rethinking in your life and fill out a questionnaire at the link above or submit a picture to their Flick Group. Cute idea, I took the questionnaire and will probably submit a picture to the group. If you’re wondering, this year I’m rethinking what impossible means. 
Don’t forget, Valetine’s Day is around the corner! Check out my gift guide: 
I had been holding on to a Bliss gift card that my sister gave me for my birthday in August and I wanted a treat in December. So I splurged and used my gift card to buy 
I don’t mean to complain. I’m very happy that I’ve been losing weight, working out and eating healthy. Unfortunately, that means that a lot of my clothes are starting not to fit, specifically pants and jeans. I can get by on dresses and a few of my skirts I saved from skinnier days, but my small collection of jeans is starting to sag and bag in not cute places…sigh.
Oh Naughty Monkey, why are your shoes so darn fun?
I'm DWJ and this is my style journal. I'll talk about how I accessorize with jewelry, handbags, shoes, and makeup Monday through Friday every single week. I'll also throw in a few posts about what I love in my everyday life. Thanks for stopping by and come back really soon.
P.S. You can also check out my YouTube