my first make up blog

who would've ever thought the girl who barely wears any makeup would do a blog about makeup? hahaha!! although, i hardly get made up, i do own a little collection and thankfully know how to put it on. it used to crack me up when my boyfriend at the time would tell me, "damn, can you please help that girl!" b/c i rarely put make up on. to be honest with you, it flattered me that he or anyone thought i put make up on well...when i did. and if you seen me at work, you probably would think that all i owned was mascara and lipgloss, if that.

honestly, i put make up on so rarely, that i've owned the same bronzer since i was in college in santa barbara (i'm starting to see the bottom of the tin just now), i've never finished a lipstick, and i've only bought 1 refill color for my palette and i think it's only b/c it broke (but it was running low).

so what on earth would inspire ME, of all people, to write a blog about makeup? A GOOD ASS DEAL ON LIPSTICK!

i really like the way red, FIERY RED, lipsticks look on girls. gwen stefani's infamous, classic red lips always come to mind when i think of look i'm going for. but i always had a hard time finding a red that worked for me. i'm a little darker, olive tone i guess, so finding a red that worked for me was a little bit of a task. what looked red on others, tended to look a little orange on me. NO BUENO!

so i gave up my search on reds for awhile and ventured into pinks. and i'm sooo glad i did. i found a lot of pink tones that i thought worked will with my skin and it added so much more pop to a look. what i was looking for in reds...i accomplished in pinks. but i still had that longing for a nice red look.

then my cousin, Charrie aka BeBellaArtisty, my favorite make up artist (ok i know i'm biased, but she knows what she's doing and i always get compliments when she does it for me), and now make up artist to the stars came out with this review:



and i thought to myself, "why not try those colors out, it's wet n wild and only about 2 bucks, if i don't like it, at least i didn't waste $12" so on a trip to walgreens, i ventured over to the wet n wild section and found the matte line she was talking about. SCORREEEEE!!! they were 50% off which came out to $1.62 annnnddd one of them had a manufacturer's coupon for $1.00 off, so i got that one for a whopping 62 CENTS! (i looked for others with the coupons, but couldn't find anymore...boo hoo!)

so here's what really inspired to write this blog...THE TEST! saturday night, mae and i went out for her bday. at her request, i dressed it up a little and figured why not try out one of the new colors i got. so of course, i wanted to try out the red. woo hoo for me, the red looked red and i loved the way it looked. $1.62 and it looks great! YEESSSSS! i had a couple of drinks and of course had to make a trip to the ladies room. but when i looked in the mirror as i washed my hands, my lipstick was still on and as bright as it was when i first applied it. DEFINITELY IMPRESSED. i had more drinks and chopped it up with my friends and then hauled ass to another party, where i had more drinks. when i finally made my way to the bano and peaked in the mirror, my lipstick was still there. all those drinks the whole night, and i never had to reapply. I'M SOLD!!!

the color i used was 918D - Cherry Bomb

you can find Charrie on youtube as "bebellaartistry" or follow her on twitter @BeBELLZartistry here's her blog: http://bebellaartistry.wordpress.com/

here's a picture of THE RED for me (oh and yes that is mayer hawthorne):