Winner of Small December Giveaway

First wanted to say Thank You to everyone who took the moment to stop by my blog and enter the most recent small giveaway that I had running on here.

So I am going to keep this blog entry, short and straight to the point. I took a few pictures with my phone of the website I used to get the winners name.

I only have three people enter...but you know what...I totally dont mind, just means it's a higher chance of someone who actually takes the time to read my blog will be a winner. 

And now to announce the winner!!!

Congrats to DREAMER!!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered this small giveaway...I will be having another one just around the corner, considering Christmas is just around the corner..and I think it will be for a "higher" named brand!!!

XOXO

Time for Another Giveaway!!!!!

Another time gap of me being MIA for a bit again! However, I'm back...I'm going to try to blog at least twice a week with random updates, thoughts, and a review here and there.

Anyways with Thanksgiving finally behind us, I figure it was time to do a small giveaway here on my blog...since sharing is caring..and everybody has to be thankful for something.

So before I go into the rules and what is up for grabs for this giveaway, I figure I share a little bit of what I am thankful for this year 2011.

My Top 5 Things I am Thankful for 2011

1. I am thankful for my loving family (which includes my immediate as well as extended). It is because of them I am the person I am today.
2. I am thankful for my awesome and amazing friends (both those near and far)...especially those who are my best friends...as they have touched my heart and forever left their imprint on it. I have learned so many lessons from my friends. I have so many wonderful memories of great moments that make me smile even on the hardest of days.
3. I am thankful for the opportunity to have experienced life both as a military dependent and a civilian. I have got to travel to different countries and experience different ways of life, because of being a military wife. I have a greater appreciation to military persons, for what they do...considering I got to experience that lifestyle.
4. I am thankful for having a job, considering having just recently relocated back to the states. I know that times are hard and that I am very lucky to have income coming in, especially with so many bills. I only hope that I can find my nitch in professional life. 
5. I am thankful for my health, I only hope that I can get in better shape this upcoming year.

Time for Giveaway

Dates of Giveaway: Monday, November 28, 2011 until Sunday, December 11, 2011 8 Pm PST.

Date winner will be announced: Monday, December 12, 2011

Rules:

• Must be a subscriber to this blog
• Must enter on this blog entry a total of Two times!!
• The proper way to enter this blog giveaway, you must tell me what You are Thankful for.

Now here are pics of what is up for grabs....mind you this is a small giveaway. I think starting off 2012, will be a bigger giveaway prize...or at least more lusted after brand.

Single Revlon Matte eyeshadow (reminds me of Mac's Blanc Type)

La Colors Wildflowers 5 eyeshadow palette

pair of Select Lash S99 lashes in black

Palmer's Coco Lip Butter in Dark Chocolate & Cherry

Small things, like I said nothing major...but as my motto goes...sharing is caring. And I hope that someone will give these small pieces a nice home!!!

Good luck to anyone that enters this small giveaway...and I will be blogging some more soon!!!

XOXO

My First Halloween back in the States

Picture from Halloween Party went to last week

So if you are wondering how I spent my Halloween Night, I chilled at home with my parents, mister and herd of dogs passing out Halloween Candy and attempting to upload pics to my personal Facebook from the past two weeks.

Considering I normally get right on top of getting pictures up on my personal Facebook..I have been a bit lazy recently. So in the midst of hearing the doorbell ring and the echoing of Trick or Treaters..my overall Halloween evening was pretty tame.

I slightly wish I had decided to get the motivation to go out....but my mister was too busy watching Monday Night Football (my biggest issue with living back in the states...now Joe can watch football games because we have cable. If you are wondering how I was lucky enough not to have to worry about that is the fact that we weren't willing to pay an arm and leg for cable to watch the shows and whatnot in the states. We figured if we liked it enough we would download it to our external harddrive and watch it on the computer). 

The first trick or treaters arrive shortly after 630 PST and the door rang the last time about 830 PST. Which towards the last hour or so it was the older kids who were trying to score candy. My costume consisted of pj pants and an Amsterdam t-shirt...the lazy bum! ha ha

I did go to a Halloween Party two weekends ago and decided to do something different and dressed up as Lady Gaga from her Born This Way video (when she was a dead skeleton). All I really had to get for the costume is get the wig and then the bow tie as I had a suit I used and some boots...my make up was a first run for doing something like that. Plus I only did it in a little over an hour...so the details of it aren't that great. I did come up second for best women's costume.

As you can see, my mister was the Killer from Scream, kinfe and all! So needless to say I think we looked like a pretty odd pair it totally worked. Plus he actually tied for first place for best dressed man in costume! Though he actually won $20 bucks while I only got a round of applause...no biggie though.

Overall had a good time at that party..I only wish I had more time to play with my costume make up so that I could give more to my YouTube channel. Will probably add some looks just randomly later on when I have the time.

Totally other side note:

My family dresses up their dogs for Halloween this year!!!!

Derek the Hairy Pumpkin and Reckless the Devil

DJ the Convict

Ginger the BumbleBee

Hope everyone else had a memorable Halloween...I wish I had more fun stuff to report...guess there is always next year!!!

Happy Halloween

I'm back

Lo...WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN???

                                   Hello out there...is anyone still reading my blog???

Well, if you have then you know everything beauty related for me came to a huge stand still about mid September...and I prefer to give more of the update here on my blog...verses going into it on my YT channel. So I might direct those who are wanting to know the who, what, where, how, when and why...but for those of you who actually pay attention you will know before everyone else!!!

                   SO HERE'S THE QUESTION: WHERE THE HECK HAVE I BEEN????

Alright, so as everyone knew...I was in Germany with my mister who was Active Duty Military...well all of that has changed. AND NO, I'm still with my mister...we are just no longer military persons.

That's right, my mister separated from the military late last month...which means I am NO LONGER a Military Spouse or Dependent. I am NO LONGER living in Germany...I am NO LONGER a stay at home housewife.....Boy that was a mouthful.

                           QUESTION: WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

Me and the Mister are currently living in southern California...with my family at the moment. So, if you know where my home town is...then you know where I am at. 

                          QUESTION: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?

I actually just started a job, October 24th...as an Administrative Assistant/Receptionist for a local Sheet Metal Company that does alot of jobs with NASSCO (military related company) and Solar Turbines (another large company).  I see there being alot of potential for professional growth, plus it allows me the time to get back in touch with my roots. Also a huge perk is it's a Monday through Friday job, which means I will still have the weekends and evenings to do my own thing (whether it;s YouTube videos, freelancing still with my Make Up Artistry, or hanging out with my mister, family and friends).

                         QUESTION: ARE YOU STILL GOING TO BE DOING YOUTUBE?

Of course I still plan on doing videos..and blog postings. I'm trying to get into a routine of things...and with getting off of work before 5 pm it will make it nice to have some "me" time. Although I do need to figure out a work out schedule as well, considering I really am not a fan of trying to fight people at the gym for cardio machines...as I am SO NEEDING the gym! Coming back and trying to find a job was pretty stressful and I really didn't get to the gym as much as I liked. 

                         QUESTION: WHAT'S IT LIKE LIVING BACK AT YOUR PARENT'S PLACE?

Needless to say it's been interesting trying to adjust to being back in my parents place...as I really haven't lived here longer than 3 months (when I was a student...as I went away to college) or 2 weeks (as an adult...living on my own or being married to my mister). With five different personalities in a house...plus 4 dogs...Yup, Reckless has buddies to hang out with now. And 1 cat...it's been alot going on. Plus trying to figure out chores, dinner schedules and actual space/privacy as been sooooo fun to deal with...hence why it has taken me so long to finally get a video recorded and uploaded to my YouTube channel. 

No matter what though, I am very thankful that my family has been here for my mister and I....it's been a very rough transition going from military life to civilian life...and it's good that someone has our backs. 

         QUESTION: WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES TO YOUR YOUTUBE WITH RELOCATION?

Of course, things always need to change up..so that things do not get boring. I am very sad that we have left Germany...as I won't be able to properly finish my Living in Germany Series...nor In the Bar with my bestie..Chrissy...My lovely Jew. But I will try to come up with some fresh ideas of what people might be looking for. I'm thinking of doing more blogging in regards to what it's been like trying to adjust with life out of the military...cause it is strange. 

                 QUESTION: HOW IS JOE DOING? WILL HE BE MAKING APPEARANCES STILL?

Considering Joe had put in 7.5 years in the military...he is taking a bit longer to get adjusted to things. Plus he is doing alot of classes offered by California's EDD to help him prepare for job searching, resume working, interviews..etc. Had I not been lucky and got hired..I more than likely would be joining in with those classes. But someone has to bring in the bacon, so I'm taking care of my family.

But yes, I think he will still make an appearance in a video every now and then...more than likely my younger brother might be doing so as well. Considering he is another YouTuber...and likes to do extreme costuming and characters...so perhaps my channel  will be in for a treat.

              QUESTION: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN?

Not certain yet, the other weekend Joe and myself went with my parents to a Halloween themed party at a local veterans office..I was Lady Gaga from her Born This Way video (yup skeleton face with a suit...I had quite a bit of interesting reactions with that outfit). I think Joe and I might end up passing out candy that night, as it's a week night. Don't know if we are going to dress up...and so far no other major party invites. Guess I'll have to keep you updated.

              QUESTION: WILL YOU STILL BE DOING FREELANCING IN THE STATES?

I honestly can not wait to do freelancing here in California...although I will have to do alot of TFP/TFC (Time for Print or Time for CD) to get my name out. Considering I had a handful of photographers who liked to use me for shoots, besides the random military wife who wanted make up lessons. 

                                                    PLANS FOR FUTURE

Going to do a small giveaway on my SoCalSwthrt1107 FaceBook Fan Page when I get to 50 likes...and another giveaway for a MAC Cosmetic's goodie when that page gets to 100 likes. Plus I will keep regular updates all related to my YouTube channel on that page.

I plan on doing a small giveaway for my YouTube channel  for my birthday, anniversary, Joe's birthday...as sharing is caring...details will be up soon for that.

And I will be hoping to do more reviews of products that I have been using faithfully since our move from Germany to the States. 

**Side Note**

If you at all wonder why my product selection for items for favorites, if and when I do tutorials, and reviews is somewhat limited is because I have had to condense and have mostly basics for my own personal make up collection. I know how is the world is a make up addict suppose to survive without her goodies or space to showcase all her goodies. Trust me, I have been slowly but surely having to deal with this. However on a good note I have been slowly and steadily using the products that I want to finish up (IE Project 2011 Finish what You Started). Considering most of the items I have had in my collection have been with me for a bit, plus they are drug store brands. I think it will make for interesting reviews.

Anyways, just wanted to give you the 411 on me...if you have any questions, comments or concerns...you can leave them in the comment section or send me a message on my Youtube channel. Facebook me...or tweet to me!!

XOXO

             

A Little Bit of Time with Elizabeth from Kiss My Sass

I love Indie Companies, and I have decided it was time to have a little Question and Answer with lovely owner of Kiss My Sass, Elizabeth.

I feel as a mineral junkie, it's not only the products that keep me purchasing. But the master mind behind the products, the customer service and overall presentation and reputation of the company. 

I have actually known of Kiss My Sass for about 9 months (or so), due to the lovely Phyrra. I have been following Elizabeth ever since, as I drooled over quite a few swatches of her products. 

 

What makes Elizabeth business savvy is not only does she make her own mineral make up, but she has a bath product line Suds N Sass. I'm hoping to place an order from her bath line and test out some of her products (I will keep you updated). 

Now that I have ran on a bit, let me get to the main point of this blog post!!!

Since Indie Companies are home-run company as a consumer (and mineral addict) my loyalty and love/lust for a company products really stems from how well I get to know the owner. So I felt it was time to get to know a little more about Elizabeth and Kiss My Sass. 

My Mini Interview with Elizabeth

Q. What made you decide to start your own business (in particular mineral cosmetics and soaps)?

A. After I had my daughter in 2006, I knew I wanted to be a stay-at-home Mom and raise her myself.  I also knew that I needed something to do from home to make a little bit of money to supplement my Hubby's income.  I tried mark/avon as well as Mary Kay and they just didn't do it for me.  Then I received a Melt & Pour soapmaking kit as a gift and I fell in love.  Not exactly with the quality of the product in the kit but with the idea of making my own products instead of selling someone elses.  I did quite a bit of research after that and in January 2008 Suds n Sass was born ; )

Q. What inspired you for your company's Name?

A. I had actually gone through quite a few names and my husband suggested Suds n Sass and I loved it!  My husband also came up with Kiss My Sass as name for our previous Lip Gloss which I also loved and thus carried it along to Kiss My Sass Cosmetics!

Q. What are your personal favorite products from your own line (type, color)?

A. This is very hard as I love alot but here are my top favs:

Blush: Sunday Morning & Innocent
Highlighter: Halo
Lip Gloss: J'adore, Purple Rain & Sweet Escape (I prefer the Gloss over the Glaze)
Lip Mixer: Divine Diva & Downtown Brown mixed w/ Nude Attitude
Shadows: Boogieman (Halloween 2011), Reign Over Me, Boardwalk, and so many others it's hard to choose!

Q. What are your top 3 sellers in eyeshadows? Lipglazes/glosses? Cheek products?

A. Shadows: Reign Over Me, Sleepy Hollow, Spellbound
Glosses/Glazes:Plastic Princess, Purple Rain, Innocence

Cheeks: Glisten, Suntan, Raspberry Snow Cone

Q. You originally sold both cosmetics and soaps...what made you decide to change to mostly cosmetics?

A. At that time, I was running out of space for two growing companies and I had decided to close Suds n Sass & open Kiss My Sass Cosmetics for makeup sales only.  Since then, I have moved everything to a much larger space and I am doing both Suds n Sass & Kiss My Sass Cosmetics : )

Q. Where do you get your inspiration for colors? names of colors?

A. Inspiration for colors comes from things in my daily life...my daughter, nature, makeup I saw someone wearing in one of my fav tv shows etc.  As for names, this is where I struggle and often times I ask my hubby or I ask my Twitter followers!

Q. What makes your products different than other make up brands or other indie companies?

A. I don't think there's anything specific that makes my products different from other indie companies but I do try to be original when creating colors and I try to have the best customer service possible!

Q. What are some of your personal favorite make up brands?

A. While I do love Kiss My Sass Cosmetics lol I also wear makeup from other brands (both high & low end brands) such as Urban Decay, MAC, Bare Escentuals, Hard Candy, Physicians Formula etc.

Q. What do we, as fellow make up lovers, get to look forward to with the fall season from your company?

A. I'm a bit late answering these questions, but I do have some Halloween/Fall themed items available on Suds n Sass and if the Halloween/Fall Goodies aren't on Kiss My Sass Cosmetics yet, they will be very soon!  Halloween is my favorite time of year to create both unique colors as well as unique fragrances!

Q. What is one of your goals you hope to achieve before the ending of 2011? (this can be company related or personal...whichever you want/feel comfortable answering). 

A. I was planning on Re-Launching Suds n Sass on October 1st BUT unfortunately, I had completely lost everything on the Kiss My Sass Cosmetics site : (  My goal for the rest of 2011 is to have both sites up, completely finished and running smoothly as well as maybe a Christmas/Winter/New Years Eve collection..

I want to Thank Elizabeth for taking the time to humor me and answer all my questions!!!

Hope you have enjoyed this little minute of getting to know a Savvy Indie Business Woman!!

Website/Store for Kiss my Sass

Website/Store for Suds & Sass

Twitter

At the Bar: Alaskan Barbi

Winner of the September Giveaway on YT

Congrats to the winner! 

Thank you to everyone who entered..especially fellow blog followers...as you guys are the smallest group in my social network! However your support is truly appreciated!!!!!

Swap to start of the School Year...if I was in school of course!!!

Amazingness!!!!

So the wonderful and amazing Victoria and I had discussed a few times throughout the summer of doing a swap, and just because of timing (and some crazy heat weather on her side of the world). We finally got to send our packages to each other! Needless to say I was very pleased, surprised and delighted to get all the awesome stuff she added to my collection!

Nails

As it appears I will never get away with not having enough nail polish...pray for me when I have to leave Germany (as the moving companies normally deny letting polishes be sent overseas..I know lame right?). I was very excited to actually get a first in my collection of OPI for Sephora, as I have always looked at the colors (when I have visited the states) but always believed they were out of my price range. I know Victoria is a HUGE polish ran....so I feel very honored she would be willing to share her love of pretty colors with me!

Body products

As I stated in my actual video for my YT channel, Victoria loves bath and beauty products...though she totally has a fetish (just kidding girl) for lotions and all different types of smell goods. So again I was pretty excited about getting some of these types of products, as I know she has good taste! I'm trusting she will have made (which she did because I love the lotion already) good choices for scents and usages for me!

Lips

Getting a new MAC lipglass is pretty exciting, considering I dont really have too many of them. However I honestly was just as excited for the Coral Reef Lipgloss from Revlon (as we are constantly sold out of that color at our military exchange at my base). I did feel like such a dork for not knowing that hot pink tube was a new fruit scent lip balm (or whatever) when I filmed the video! Totally means I am behind in regards to what products are available to purchase!

Eyes

I did request a decent amount of L'oreal HIP products, as I had personally never owned any (or ever used any). I feel with having such an extensive collection in mineral products, I felt my collection should also have different drug store brands. I'm looking forward to trying out the gel liner as well as the eyeshadow duo!!!!

Candy

YAY!

Random other goodies!!

Very cute earrings!!! Totally love them!!!

Overall, Victoria totally hooked me with and I'm so glad to have done this swap with her (especially since it's her first). Thank you girl...I totally appreciate it!!!

Here's the Video

Winner of Sharing is Caring

All the names who entered the August Sharing is Charing Blog Giveaway!!!

The Winner!!!

Congrats Sue on your win!!! Thank you to the few of you that entered this giveaway! I truly appreciate the support on my blog. Hope that I again can do another Blog giveaway soon!!!

To everyone who didn't win, don't worry there will be plenty of opportunities to win other awesome goodies!!!

At the Bar: Tres Amigos

My personal bartender is the best, and one thing I have learned is that I keep the Camcorder on hand just in case a new drink is made (cause if she has been drinking, she tends to forget). 

Hope you enjoy yet another drink made this past weekend!!!

Beer Moments

My friends and I have decided to take out my camcorder alot when we are out and about, drinking and what not.

Within our group is Kent (in this video Lorenzo) who actually is a bit of a beer connoisseur, thus I am getting little clippings from us hanging out. And him sharing his random tid bits with me!!

If these are entertaining and informative enough I was planning on putting them into a video on my YouTube

At the Bar: The Mexican

Another long weekend of silliness and debauchery, as my friends humored me and went along with a crazy theme night (will be posting pics later). 

However, one of the bigger goals was to film the Mexican (a mixed drink) for one of our buddies who is currently deployed in Spain. As he is part Mexican...but of course he likes Jack Daniels so the bartender had to work her magic to come up with something..good, strong, wet and sweet (like he likes it).

Watch how to make a Mexican 

Its about that time again!!!!!

September's GiveAway on the YouTube Channel

is for

 German Make up

Dates: September 1st til September 11, 2011 9 am PST

Check out the Video

Rules For YouTube Giveaway

• Must  Be Subscribed to my YouTube Channel
• Must be 18 and up or have parent permission
• Giveaway is OPEN INTERNATIONALLY
• Can make ONE comment entry on the YouTube Video, telling me your favorite thing about fall season

Additional Ways to earn an entry to the YouTube Giveaway

Twitter

• Follow me on Twitter
• Tweet the following statement "Hey @SoCalGrlNGerman fall is just around the corner, aren't you excited?"
• This can only be Tweeted ONCE for one additional entry

Blog

• Follow my Blog
• Comment on this blog entry, ONE time telling me what you are going to be for Halloween!!
• You can also tell me how you found the blog (YouTube, twitter, etc)

Overall you have a total of 3 different ways to enter this giveaway, however the most important one is that you enter first on the YouTube Channel!!!!

Good Luck

Winner will be announced on September 12th!!!!

FOTD: Using Kiss My Sass

The other day the mister and I decided to check out the family day at one of the many summer festivals here in our local area. Thus I decided to play in a little bit of my war paint to come up with something summery and essentially easy to apply and wear (because of how humid it had been that week).

Since I want to make sure I get as much proper wearability to my recent purchases, I decided I would try making a different look using products from Kiss My Sass.

 

Better Look at the eyes

Looking at just ONE eye





Products used for Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Yogurt (all over lid)
Kiss My Sass shadow in Tea Rose (all over lid)
Kiss My Sass shadow in Sahara (blended into crease)
Kiss My Sass shadow in Fiesty (blended into crease and lower lash line)
Kiss My Sass shadow in Drama Queen (brow bone and inner tear duct as eye brightener)
MAC Eye Kohl in Fascinating (water line)
P2 Automatic Eye Kahul in Dark Brown (upper lash line smudged)
Rimmel Glam Eyes Day 2 Night Mascara in black

The mister said the colors on the eyes reminded him of sorbet t ice cream!!!

Lips

 

Products used:

ELF Essential Lip Liner in Spice (outlined and filled in)

Kiss My Sass Lip Mixer in In the Buff (blended in)

Normally I don't like a majorly nude lip, but I thought it would be the perfect way to test out to the product. Plus I had such a loud shirt on (ie the design/ print) I needed something to draw less attention. 

For the rest of the face



Products used
ELF Studio Complete Concealer in Light
Sabrina Cosmetics Pressed Powder in 03
ELF Studio Bronzer and blush Duo (bronzer for contour)
Coastal Scents 10 blush palette (peachy pink matte color)
Kiss My Sass Highlighter in Glisten

Overall, I was pretty pleased with the look. By the end of the humid day the face make up pretty much melted off (stupid humidity), but the eye shadow looked fabulous!!!

I'm Including a few pics from the festival 

Me and the Mister riding the ferris wheel

Looking out into the distance from being on the ferris wheel

Mister and our nuts!!!!

In the Bar is Now added to the YouTube

As I do tend to go out quite a bit recently on the weekends with my friends, we have become more and more of Pregamers before heading off for the night. All meeting at my Jew's house, as she has an amazing bar and is a great mastermind and mixer of the drinks. 

As funny as this sounds, the drunker she is...the better the drinks taste!!!! 

If you aren't that much of a mixed drinker, you more than likely won't like this recipe...however it's just funny to watch!!! 

Day 22: I want to be better at it

Day 22: A picture of something you wish you were better at

I don't doubt someone will wonder why exactly I chose this photo for what I need to work on. Although it is perhaps quite agruable that I'm a pretty good wife, I still feel like there are things I need work on. I can cook, but I wish I knew more recipes of foods that the mister really enjoys (IE southern cooking). 

I wish I was able to bring in a bit more money to the household, as I tend to spend a decent amount of it! I wish I could motivate my mister a bit more to get into school. I wish there was more time in the day so that I could get all the extra projects that need to be done (or that I want to do) finished before the mister walks through the door.

Again, I know I am a good wife...but it never hurts to be a bit better!!!

Updates/ Addendum to my Posts on Luminessair Every Day Make Up Kit

I just wanted to note  a few things on this blog post that I did receive some clarification on (as I want to make sure I am sharing all proper facts and information with anyone who happens to read this blog).

• I had emailed the lovely Emily at Luminessair to find out the reasoning for the logo being a butterfly and she shared the following information with me.  "To answer your question about our logo, the reason the butterfly is our company logo is for multiple reasons :) The first is because the butterfly signifies the metamorphosis and the transformation of an individual who uses our product to Achieve a flawless look. The butterfly is also considered a sign of good luck in many cultures and takes flight through the "Air"."

•  I also did need to clarify that I was mistaken in my initial blog posting and haul video that is found on my YouTube channel about where Luminessair can send packages to. In both my blog and in my video I stated they were unable to send to my PO box because they could not send mail internationally. However that is not the case, Emily did let me know the following, " I did notice that you mentioned that we do not ship outside the U.S. and we actually do, but since we use FedEx we can not send to PO Boxes or APO addresses."  I did want everyone to know this information, as I want to be honest and through with any products that I receive for review purposes.

• Finally, I wanted to also point out that Emily does keep tabs on all blog posts, videos that are done by those who are reviewing the products of Luminessair as in my most recent email exchange with her she did comment, "I did notice that you prefer a more matte finish, and I would recommend setting your Luminess look with a translucent powder to finish off your look. :)". I am quite appreciative of the great tip that was not pointed out in the actual video guide (supplied with the kit). Thank you very much Emily, plus it let's me know that Luminessair (especially Emily) really make sure their customers (or reviewers in my case) are satisfied. 

 

I am again just sharing this information because I feel the need to make sure I am telling everyone the whole truth and nothing but the truth!!!

Review to be up this week of Luminess!!! 

Halloween: Elvira Mistress of the Dark

I tried my hand at a Halloween tutorial last year and decided to do Elvira Mistress of the Dark (because I was contemplating being her for Halloween...however I did go with a different costume all together). 

The make up itself isn't necessarily the greatest I can do...mind you I had been doing videos for 10 months when I tried my hand at this look. And although it was rough looking (at least in my opinion) it is decent.

I found the how to on her make up by looking it up on google and pretty much just followed the guideline.

Couple of pics of my rendition of the look 

Better look at the eyes 

Yeah I know I needed a better eye base and to darken the shadows a bit!!

 Elvira was known for her sexiness!!! MEOW

Overall, I did okay for attempting to recreat Elvira Mistress of the Night...I'm including the video I have on my YouTube channel...my intro and outro are totally silly! Apparently I decided I really wanted to stay in character!!!!

Day 21: I Wish...I Wish

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget

Having a bad experience at a Border Checkpoint!!!!

August Favorites

Book of the Month: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

I borrowed this book recently from my friend (who is deployed right now), considering the other week I watched the movie version based off of this novel (when I was babysitting..I know I know...crazy huh?). 

Me and Him had talked about this novel before, as I had noticed he had this one and the second one "Assholes Finish First" (which I'm borrowing now...so that will be my September book of the month).

Now this novel is not for the weak of stomach, conservative thinker, or sexually prudish. This book is a recollection of different drunken stories of debauchery by the author, Tucker Max. 

The only real thing I can say is that I laughed my ass off, true I do have a odd sense of humor. And no lies there were some stories where I was pretty grossed out...but what do you expect from a 20 something male? 

I could tell you some of my favorite stories...but needless to say....I think alot of my readers would be a bit disgusted!!! 

So if you are open minded, find drunk stories entertaining, and don't mind a man being an asshole...then I suggest checking this book out. I promise you...you won't be able to forget it!!