just a (huge) pop of color.

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They (who’s they?) always say, ‘If you’re doing a dark lip or heavy blush keep eyes light…’ or ‘Nude lips with smokey eye’.

Elizabeth Olsen in Marie Claire December 2011via inspireme-now.blogspot.com

But how ’bout a deep blush and lip combo?

ELLE 2012 Genius Awards via elle.com

I’ve been enamored (enamored, not in love!) by the image above after stumbling upon it in ELLE

Well, I gave it the ‘ol’ college try’… did I succeed?

I’m not sure. I opted for similar colors on cheeks and lips… maybe that’s the problem. And obviously I cheated on the bare eyes.

Look, me without eye makeup would drive all of you away. (Yes, it looks that bad!)

Oh well… back the ‘drawing board’!

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the blur of spring.

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I so badly wanted to shoot outside for a ‘material goods’ post, amongst all the pretty flowers but have you been outside lately? It’s a pollen nightmare around here.

blush: tarte sunkissed; lipcolor: clinique black honey.

All this pollen has put me in a haze. And all I can do is pop a Zyrtec and pray for rain…

…hence you’re getting indoor pictures. And these photos pretty much represent how I feel.

Happy Spring… I’m off for a nap!

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thick vs thin brows.

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I’m going back and forth on thick and thin eyebrows. Now when I’m talking about thick eyebrows I’m referring to Arizona Muse…

via dressme-models.blogspot.com

or Jennifer Connelly.

via beautybets.com

But not Bambi Norwood Blyth.

via luuux.com

Sorry girl, those eyebrows are borderline werewolf to me.

While in India I usually get my brows threaded. And every time I have them done I usually get the reaction of, “Wow, such thick brows!”

via ehow.com

So, for years I’ve kept up my brows according to my eyebrow guru but recently after looking at an image of Arizona Muse…

I decided to fill in my brows and see how much it changes my look…

I lightly filled in underneath my brow with a soft black Rimmel eyeliner pencil.

Hmmm…

I likey my new brows.

Bye bye old brows below!

 Now I’ll just have to be careful when I visit India and my eyebrow guru!

sweater: H&M; radial necklace: Nervous System; ring: Wildfox via Karmaloop.

eyeliner: L’Oreal; brow pencil: Rimmel; lipcolor: MAC Velvet Teddy; nail color: OPI Got the Blues for Red.

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just another Manic Thursday…

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…or a brown woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown… take your pick.

Actually I came home to discover amazing light coming through the room and knew I had to document it somehow. Hence, this manic post.

And if today is Thursday… that means tomorrow is Friday! (Translation: tomorrow will be a happier post!)

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good vs evil.

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Remember my ‘degrees of smoke’ post? You don’t? Really? Has senility set in? Well, don’t feel bad, because I can barely remember it either.

I was looking over some old posts last week and decided to play around with makeup. I went with a

GOOD

vs

EVIL 

theme. I always love a traditional black smokey eye…

Excuse my rage please. I was having a Grace Jones moment after experiencing difficulty with my Nikon remote. Forgive me. Anywho, I love how a smokey eye can be both pretty and tough. One of the more pretty looks I’ve admired is Natasha Poly’s green smokey eye below -

- and I decided to have my hand at it but rather than a nude lip color, I opted for a bright orange…

Did I do it? Did I conquer the smokey eye?

Evil makeup: Diorshow Blackout mascara; L’Oreal Lineur Intense Brush Tip Liquid Eyeliner; L’Oreal Infallible 24 hr Eyeshadow in Eternal Black; Tarte Cheek Stain in Sunkissed; NARS lip color in Napoli; MAC Plushglass in Big Kiss. Scarf: shopbop.com

Good makeup: Diorshow Blackout mascara; L’Oreal Lineur Intense Brush Tip Liquid Eyeliner; L’Oreal Hip Studio Secrets eyeshadow in Flashy; Tarte Cheek Stain in Sunkissed; Make Up For Ever Professional Rouge Artist Intense in #40. Scarf: All Saints.

PS. With regard to copyright – all images belong to little ol’ me (the wasp) unless otherwise stated. Be kind and give credit where credit is due.