Archive for June, 2010

  • SmokeyBrightGreenLook

    Smokey Bright Green Look

    This is a fun and dramatic green look I wore to a local Art and Wine Festival yesterday. I kept my cheeks and lips light to keep the focus on my eyeshadow. I only contoured and highlighted my cheeks (no blush), and I used a pinkish-nude color on my lips. Read more...
  • NeutralGrayLook

    Neutral Gray Look

    This is an everyday gray look that you can wear to give your usual natural brown looks a break during the week. The beached blonde "Retrospeck" MAC eyeshadow helps soften the darker gray color on the outer V (if you are not yet familiar with this term, take a look at my eye makeup map!). Read more...
  • GraduationDress

    Fashion Friday: Episode 18 + My Graduation!

    This is my graduation dress that I wore underneath my cap and gown during the day and to my graduation dinner party that night. This dress is called "Palenque Halter Dress" from Anthropologie. It has raw-edged tiers of black voile that are split at the center to reveal a panel of intricate, Meso-embroidery. As promised, here are some pictures from my graduation ceremony and party as well! Read more...
  • WyceeGradMakeupHair

    Graduation Makeup and Hair

    Here are some tips for those of you who are wondering what to do with your makeup and hair for graduation. Apply makeup that you've done before, like your everyday natural makeup. Most likely, you'll be nervous and excited in the morning, and it'll be easier to get ready if you already have a good idea of what makeup you want to wear and how it will look like. For your hair, it's easiest to keep you hair down while not adding extra volume to the top of your head. Your cap will stay on easier and will look nicer in pictures if you keep the top as flat as possible and pin the cap down with a few bobby pins. Read more...
  • PinkAndBrownLook

    Pink and Brown Look

    This is a makeup look that you can wear to work or school, and it will still look nice out to dinner or hanging out with friends in the evening without having to touch it up. Read more...