Baby Showers...Boy it's alot of work!

Now this blog post is kinda random, and very old considering the topic is about a baby shower I planned was almost a year ago. The shower itself was March 13, 2010!

My girl friend here (the actual first person who was willing to meet and sit and chat with me when we first arrived in Germany) found out she was pregnant (which she and her husband were trying to do so).

Justin and McKenzie at the baby shower

Is it crazy to think that she was going to plan on her own baby shower for her little one?

Anyways long story short myself and another one of her friends (which is now my mutual friend) worked together to plan the event. There was a lot of going back and forth about this party as originally it was suppose to be just for her...then she wanted to do a double baby shower with another girl...and then it went to being just her baby shower. So needless to say it was a bit of a pain to figure out exact numbers for the party...but we finally did get all the taken care of! WOOT!

The other gal and myself each supplied different food for the party, while I also worked on making (at least my first attempt of) a diaper cake, and planned all the shower games. The shower games overall were pretty easy...I was just being quite anal and wanted to make sure they kept within the theme of the party.

If you ever need a really good website to figure out what type of baby shower games there are...besides the obvious and normal choices. Check out Baby Shower 101

If you are interested in knowing what different types of finger foods I supplied, they were originally the first recipes I showed on In the Kitchen with Lo.

HomeMade Chips

Egg and Cheese Puffs

Not only did I supply these yummy treats, but I made a nacho and salsa dip, veggie tray with dip and of course the diaper cake!

I watched a few videos on YouTube in attempt to learn how to make an acceptable Diaper cake. Overall, I thought it was okay for being my first one...however I wouldn't go into a business doing it! ha ha

As you can tell there are different layers to the cake. I tried to make it look like it had whip cream frosting..hence the usage of toilet paper around the diapers. And of course the extra additions to make it more girly with the pink flowers, ribbon and stuffing.

Gift Table with Diaper Cake and regular Cake

I was satisfied with how things came out...however after doing all the work for it...I have decided that being a party planner is just not my thing! ha ha!

Some Pics from the Baby Shower

FOTD: Christmas Party Look Using Sleek Make Up

So with December comes the buttload of holiday parties and get togethers that follow with the season. ha ha...if I was only that lucky!

This year there haven't been too many non work related events that I have had to go to, so when the opportunity arose to make myself pretty for Joe's Shop party I jumped at the chance.

First I recolored my hair, if you didn't already know. I dyed/bleached pieces of my hair back in May when I went black and red. So when the red washed out I ended up with bleached hair..that slowly as time wore on changed.

It got to the point where the bleached pieces were just too much for me...hence the change over to all black. Well I decided with the Christmas party I needed to touch up (as the bleached pieces were starting to look a nasty grey/green color...don't even know how that is possible).

So the party was on Friday, I colored my hair on Thursday. And as I tweeted that evening as I was waiting on the dye to process...my scalp was pretty itchy (and I did color my hair on dirty hair). However I did a no no and substituted Aquaphor to put around my hairline (verses vaseline..like I have heard people suggest). And I don't know if overall I'm more sensitive to products being there....but needless to say I had a nice little rash right about my hairline from the stuff! LOL

FOREWARNING...DON'T DO SOMETHING UNLESS YOU HAVE TESTED A SMALL AREA FIRST AND SEE FOR A REACTION. Even now, 2 weeks after the party and coloring my hair...my rash is just starting to clear up! :(

Anyways, so with hair done, I gave myself enough time that say to get ready..as I was going to have to leave from work and meet Joe at the Christmas party. Needless to say, I made sure to use all my Upper end products (just to make sure everything stayed nice until that evening).

I popped in my blue colored contacts...since I think light eyes is a huge contrast to dark hair.

The eyes themselves are just as dramatic closed as they are open! Well at least in my opinion

I literally put no shadow, eyeliner in or on the lower lash line or the water line. I have the experience that when I use my colored contacts and I start adding my product to the eye area.

1. I tend to have drier contacts.

2. My eyes are red because of the excess product

3. This was one of the few times I wanted my eyes to look naturally open/bright.

I reused a pair of Red Cherry #117 hence why there is a bit of lash glue visible...even though it states the glue is invisible...even with a good cleaning. I swear I can never get all of the glue off to use it again!!!

The shadows I used for this look were from the Sleek Storm Palette that I received from Cookie for my birthday last month. I have done a very similar look using silver and black (though I decided to make it a more grown up look by leaving out all the glitter).

My overall thoughts about the quality and vibrancy of Sleek Make Up Palettes is they are quite good. The Matte black that I used in the crease is very very comparable to MAC's Carbon Eyeshadow. Their shimmer silver and dark grey were quite pigmented and blended quite easily.

I personally want to create a few more looks with this palette before I give a review on the products as I think they are good to have in either a Make up Kit or personal collection. NO LIES, I'm very very happy that I received the palette as a gift!

To finish off the overall look I used a very light hand and applied Mac's Fever blush. With just a small swatch of Hard Candy's Baked Blush in Pin up as a highlight.

For lips I applied my Fall and Winter favorite, NYX Lipliner in Fuschia...filled in my lips and topped it off with some Glamour Gloss in Scene Queen from Glamour Doll Eyes. I really think the lipliner and gloss are just amazing together. Whenever I want to rock a pinky lip...that combination is what I have been reaching for.

Overall, I felt cute. I sadly dont have a picture of the outfit I ended up wearing to the Christmas Party...but I got to rock my Christmas Boots so I was totally happy about that!