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Apr 11, 2013

Kat Von D True Romance Eye Palette Ludwig Tutorial

April 11, 2013 By Carleenp Leave a Comment

Here is a Kat Von D tutorial on achieving a soft “saint” look using the Kat Von D True Romance Ludwig Eye Palette. I love the Kat Von D eye shadow palettes. They have very nice choices in shades and the makeup quality is quite good. I also find them to be a pretty good value as far as palettes go. This video also features a different use of Kat Von D Tattoo Concealer, where she uses it as a regular makeup concealer under her eyes.

Here is a transcript of the video:

As a woman you should have the right to look however you want whenever you want. The Saint look, as far as makeup goes, definitely brings out the softer side.

I think the Tattoo Concealer definitely helps out with the saint look. Once we developed this formula which I'm in love with, I realized that it wasn't just for tattoos. I think the best form of application for this tattoo concealer would have to be the Tattoo Concealer Brush to cover up dark circles or blemishes.

For the Saint look, I’m definitely going to be using the Ludwig palette. It’s the first palette that I ever put together and it’s still my number one favorite. I like to start using the color Leather, it’s the darkest brown color of the palette. I’m just blending a little on the outer edges of the eye, and it works as a good beginning point.

The next step, I would want to use the color Baroque. This is actually my favorite color in the entire line for me. This will also create a lot of depth using it in the crease of the eyelid.

Once we’re done with that I’ll jump into the highlight and using Tequila I think is a great choice, especially with this palette. One of my favorite tricks is to go back in and use the color Clay to blend all of it together.

I think for the saint look, using the Tattoo Liner would be the best way to do it, and I’m going to use the color Trooper. Using High Frequency Mascara in Lucifer I think makes a really good match.

A good new lipstick to use would be either Love Craft or Ritual. I think the perfect way to finish the saint look is the Lightening Liplgoss Hustler. I think it makes a perfect sparkly combination.

The beauty really is derived from just the naturalness of the look.

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Jan 8, 2013

Makeup Wars, Beauty Resolutions

January 8, 2013 By Carleenp 10 Comments

What do beauty bloggers do for new year resolutions? Find out in this edition of Makeup Wars!

I usually am pretty good with resolutions, at least for a few weeks, lol! Let’s see if I can stick with these this year.

(1) Take Better Care of My Nails

I love nail polish, and when my nails look like the photo below, I am happy. But more often than not, I have broken and damaged nails. Typing all the time doesn’t help them either. So, I need to do more to work on applying nail strengthening products and generally keeping my nails looking nicer. I am still deciding on what products to use (I would love suggestions!), but I am kind of eyeing the Strong Nail System, which includes cuticle conditioning as well. I also might wear more glitter polish. the glitter seems to help protect the nail to some extent, and it wears longer for me, although it is a bit of a pain to remove.

(2) Do Regular Glycolic Peels

I have oily acne prone skin, along with some melasma. I always see huge improvements in my skin when I do regular home peels twice each week, yet I have been bad about dong them recently. So, I plan to go back to twice per week treatments with either Kate Somerville Resurfacing Pads or the Brazilian Peel, which are my two products of choice that I have seen good results with. When I use either of those regularly, I usually get compliments that my skin is looking good. I also am going to return to doing twice weekly or sulfur masks with DDF, which also tends to keep my acne at bay. You can read my review of that here: DDF mask review.

(3) Try New Makeup Shades

You would think this would be easy for a beauty blogger who is always testing products, but I tend to get in a rut of wearing the same neutral shades over and over. I recently experimented with more colorful eye shadow shades and liked it as long as I avoid too much shimmer or glitter (that makes my wrinkles show up too much). I plan to do more experimenting and also try darker or brighter lip shades than I normally wear. I might try the Kat Von D Star Kissed Lipstick Set below for a variety of shades to try. I might also dig out some of my bright MAC lipstick shades.

(4) Finish My Home Laser Hair Removal

Way back, I tested the Tria Laser on my lower legs and saw good results after about 9 months or so, even with somewhat inconsistent use. But I didn’t use it anywhere else because I wanted to have hair for testing other products. Now I wish I had done the full legs, or at least my bikini area and underarms. So, I am going to go back now and do those areas! I already own the Tria and love it, but if starting over, I would consider the Silk’n Flash and Go since it is cheaper and can be used on the face. For a comparison of the two products, see here: Tria v. Flash and Go.

(5) Run 5 Days Per Week and Improve My Overall Condition.

I already run marathons and half marathons on 4 days per week of training, but I want to run a 4:20:00 (or maybe even 4:15:00) marathon this summer at the Missoula Marathon, and I need to increase my mileage in order to do so. So, I am going to add another day of running and also add an extra strength training session. Hopefully that will do the trick! Plus, as I get older, the pounds tend to stay put, so I could use that extra conditioning in general. Related to this is that I want to get my neglected running blog, Run Gadget back up and going again!

Want to see more beauty blogger’s new year resolutions? Click on through the links below!

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Jul 13, 2011

Kat Von D True Romance Angeles Palette Swatches

July 13, 2011 By Carleenp Leave a Comment

I ordered the Kat Von D Angeles Eye Shadow Palette from Sephora since I thought the colors looked up my alley and I had been wanting to try some Kat Von D products. I do like the shades in this quite a bit, but unfortunately, my palette arrived with broken shadow, so I have to return it. On the good side, Sephora always is great about returns and have free return shipping. Anyway, I decided to go ahead and make swatches first since things were not so muddied up in the breakage to prevent me from doing that. But I didn’t try actually wearing the shadow. The Kat Von D reviews on the Sephora website are excellent though, with people reporting great pigmentation and wear.

Below are Kat Von D True Romance Angeles Swatches: From right to left are the shades Morphine (cream), Venus, Leather, Specimen, Rehab, Peggy, Bukowski, and Bellbottom. Note that in the photo of the palette, the cream shade Morphine is at the far right. I moved it to the far left when I swatched because I was running out of room on my arm. Everything else is in order

The cream shade in this set is particularly nice, as are the browns. Everything had good pigment. The blues were what had broken, so that made getting swatches of them without mixing shades a bit challenging, but I think the photo is true to color.

Buy the True Romance Angeles Palette.