Aqua Eyes

Over this past weekend I went to the tanger outlets in riverhead and basically the only store I was super excited about was the cosmetics company store. I haven't been there in a while and found some really cool discounted items.  I picked up this eyeshadow from Mac called Aqua (limited edition shadow, got it for $10) it literally reminds me of mint candy apple nail polish from Essie, beautiful. Its def worth visitng for discounted cosmetics.

On my lid:

Mac Aqua

In the crease:

Mac showstopper

Liner:

Bobbie brown gel liner in chocolate shimmer ink







Chubby never looked so good!

As a Clinique employee and avid user for over 5 years I only thought it was necessary to talk about these amazing moisturizing chubby sticks. Sixteen shades in all and 8 new shades great for summer, (pudgy peony being my favorite) these are the ultimate lip tint/gloss for summer. These chubby sticks have mango and Shea butter for dry lips and you can mix and match them to create your very own color. Not sticky at all so your hair wont blow in the wind and stick to your lips!!

Come visit me at the Clinique counter to buy your chubby sticks or visit www.clinique.com

Have a great memorial day weekend everyone!!!

Middle Magic

Is there anything better than chocolate and cookies?!? I don't think so!! So for this creation I meshed the two together. When you serve these up your friends/family will thank you because they will be so surprised when they bite into a chocolaty cupcake and realize there is a ooey gooey cookie in the center. YUM!

For the cupcake:

use your favorite chocolate cake mix and add 1/2 cup miniature semi sweet chocolate chips to the batter. Fold chocolate chips in at the end of mixing the batter.

For the icing:

Use your favorite chocolate fudge icing.

For the cookie center:

Toll house mini chocolate chip cookie dough (I also baked a few so I can decorate the top of the cupcakes with them).  Make sure to use the mini cookie dough balls, they work better.

Once the batter is finished mixing I filled the cupcake liners 1/3 of the way. Drop the little ball of cookie dough right in the middle and cover it up with the rest of the batter. 

Bake in the oven according to what the box mix says.  Once they are done, cool and ice to your liking. Enjoy!!



All Day Wear

Happy Monday everyone!! Hope your all taking cover somewhere dry as this weather really took a turn after this beautiful weekend we just had.

I made a great discovery this past weekend, actually my friend Toniann made the great discovery. This is the MILANI LIQUID EYE LIQUID-LIKE EYE LINER. I was skeptical about trying it because eye liners whether they are waterproof or not never stay on my eyes, but I figured for $7 why not?!? I bought the aqua color which is so beautiful for summer and paired it with some bronze shadows. I was pleasantly surprised when this liner literally stayed on my eyes all day, no smudging or running down my face. It endured my tearing eyes which is a plus especially because of my allergies. It comes in 5 shades: black, silver, aqua, gold and brown. Try it and I think you'll love it just like I did!!!

Birthday Wishes

Whimsical Birthday Cupcakes For Patti!!!

In honor of my friend Patti's birthday yesterday, I decided to make some very girly,whimsical cupcakes. I came up with a candy land theme and just ran with it. I used lollipops, rainbow colored sprinkles, mini white chocolate mint chips and of course my sour belt rainbows!

For the cupcake:

Duncan Hines signature supreme strawberry cake mix.

I mixed in some of my own mini semi sweet chocolate chips.

For the frosting:

Pillsbury funfetti vanilla (my fav!)

*I also used some violet food coloring in the frosting to make a few rainbow cupcakes (seen in above photos)

Hope you all enjoy your weekend!!!

Over The Rainbow

This was the first cupcake I ever made and definitely one of my favorites as well as a favorite among my friends.  Its such a simple idea, but is the cutest little cupcake ever! Before I started making homemade cupcakes I would use the boxed mixes, which sometimes I still do and just add different ingredients to them to make them more my own. With this particular one I used the funfetti cake mix and pink vanilla icing both from pillsbury®.

I used rainbow sour belts and cut them into smaller pieces to use as rainbows. For the clouds on each side of the rainbow I used a decorating white frosting.

You can really decorate these rainbow cupcakes however you like, they are so much fun to make!! Enjoy!

Eyes To Kill

Happy Thursday everyone!!

Yesterday I bought the new Armani eyes to kill intense shadow. Everyone was raving about them so I had to try at least one color out to make sure they were right.  Boy, was I pleasantly surprised. Its like nothing I have ever tried before, because its a cross between a powder shadow and a cream shadow. They literally stay on your eyes for 24 hrs. I bought #21 obsidian grey, but they come in 4 colors, all of which look amazing. For $32 its a great deal, try it and I think you'll love it!

*Color shown in picture is #21 Obsidian grey

To buy go to: http://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com/

Pink Pistachio

I was super excited to try these cupcakes out because I am a big fan of pistachio ice cream, and wanted to see if I could get the same flavor into a cupcake that I get when I eat ice cream. To make the cupcakes even more fun I added hot pink food coloring to the icing. I think my mission was accomplished with these cupcakes, so yummy!

Cupcake:
1 cup shelled unsalted pistachios

1 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4-teaspoon salt
1/2 -cup milk
1/2-teaspoon vanilla
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
3/4-cup sugar
2 large eggs

-Preheat oven to 350.

-You want to pulse using a food processor the 1 cup of pistachios. Try n leave them with a little bite to them, don't pulse too much or you'll end up with a paste.  In a bowl, whisk together the ground pistachios, flour, baking powder and salt. Leave that to the side

-Combine the milk and vanilla in a measuring cup

-Using your electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until fluffy for about 2 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time until just combined. On low speed, alternately add the pistachio mixture and the milk in batches, starting and finishing with the flour.

-Bake for 12-14 minutes depending on your oven.

 Frosting:
1/3-cup unsalted butter, softened

2 cups confectioner’s sugar
1/2teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 Tablespoons milk

1/2 teaspoon pink food coloring

-Using your electric mixer, beat together all frosting ingredients.

-Ground up about about a large handful of pistachios to garnish the top of the cupcakes.

Day To Night

So what do you do when you wear a natural look for work but want to go out for happy hour cocktails after work with friends? Here's a few tips that are easy and quick when you want to look a little more done up for night. Well, for starters whatever eye shadow you are wearing (or not wearing) you always want to add a darker color in the crease to give the look more of a dramatic feel.  Secondly you want to thicken the eye liner and do a few more coats of mascara. That's really all it takes to make your eyes pop a little more for nighttime.

Day look:

1. On lid Orb from Mac

2. I added a highlight color No 70 Makeup Forever.

3. Medium taupe color in the crease, satin taupe from Mac and added a thin line of Bobbie Brown's gel liner in Chocolate shimmer ink.

Night look:

I added a darker brown to my crease called smokey from Mac and thickened the brown gel liner I already had on.

Whimsy

whim·sy/ˈ(h)wimzē/

Noun:

Playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor. Good Morning everyone!!! Today I give you something a little more whimsical and playful. Its really fun to do...but then again anything is more fun with sparkles! I decided to list the photos rather then put them all together so everyone can see the eye colors a little better. For my eyes I used: 1. In the upper crease: Desert cloud loose pigment from Mac 2.Highlight color (right under brow): young Venus 3.Lid color:Fresh green mix from Mac 4. I used two colors in the lower crease. First color is a lighter turquoise called moss garden (which I  brought this color down under my bottom lashes almost as a liner too.) I used a darker color for depth in my crease as well called Plumage, both colors from Mac.  5. Bobbie brown gel liner on top lid, Clinique's lash primer and high impact mascara. 6. Add a few sparkles for some fun.

 

Its Electric

Here is a step by step of a smokey eye using brighter colors. I didnt post my primer picture but I use Lime Crime's candy eyed eyeshadow primer (which can be found Here).

1.Base color in Gorgeous Gold from Mac.

2.Blending color in No 70 by makeup forever & highlight color Orb from Mac.

3. Crease color Plumage from mac and black ink gel liner from Bobbi Brown.

4.Lash primer under high impact mascara both from Clinique and brown down from mac to fill in my eyesbrows.