Feather Painting

~Kaitlin

Plum and gold eye shadow

I love the color purple, and every variation of the color. My dorm is purple, (pictures to follow) many of my shirts and dresses are purple, a large amount of my jewelry, etc. Another fact about me is that my eyes are brown. Eh, not that exciting of information perhaps, but I promise these two facts go together. Purple makes brown eyed girls' eyes POP! It actually is quite amazing. So for this look I did a very natural goldish brown with a nice accent of plum. You can find this color in Smashbox's eyeshadow quad labeled "Charm" It's the darkest color in that quad. The goldy brown color is actually just a cheap pallet from Forever 21. This is definitely a new favorite look for me :) comment with any questions or tips!

 

~Kaitlin

Teal feather nails

The other night I had my best friend Katie come over and ask if I could paint her nails. She then went on about how she really liked feathers and wanted me to try it. Now it has been years since I've painted anyone's nails but my own, but I gave it a shot! Turns out she loved it :)

I used

teal nail polish (even though it looks green in the picture)
black detailing polish
silver sparkle detailing polish
Clear polish

1. Paint nails with two even coats of the teal. Let dry

2. With one long stroke begin the feather. This will be the "stem". Then starting from the bottom of that stem, make short, thin even strokes to make the feather complete.

3. Accent the base of the feather with the silver glitter

4. Finish with a clear top coat!

~Kaitlin

Smokey eye shadow

Everyone loves a good smokey eye and I believe I have found a way to achieve this desired look! You'll need

An angled eye shadow brush
A wide eye shadow brush
black eyeliner pencil
brown eye shadow
pale shimmery skin colored eye shadow

1. Line top lash line thickly with eye shadow, being exact isn't necessary.
2. With your angled brush sweep liner out to create and extended cat-eye look.
3. If need be, add more eye liner, and with the angled brush, sweep evenly upwards so it is covering the eyelid
4. With your wide eye shadow brush, sweep your brown eye shadow in your crease and work upwards.
5. Apply the light shimmery eyeshadow on the brow bone.
6. Add eyeliner on the water line of the lower lashes, and a good coat of mascara!

 

~Kaitlin

Purple glitter nails

This look has caught my attention so I thought I might try it! I used:

Dark purple nail polish
White nail polish
Coarse purple craft glitter
Clear nail polish

1. First I combined the two nail polish colors

 

2. I applied a nice even layer on all the nails.

3. While the polish was still wet, I applied the coarse glitter on the fourth finger. Applied a clear coat to make it more sticky, and repeated until the glitter was fully covering the nail.

4. Apply a clear coat on the rest of your nails!

 

  

~Kaitlin

Rainbow Nails

First paint your nails with a clear base coat. This will ensure the polish will stay much longer. After this dries apply a white coat of paint. Pick several colors of paint and drop little drops of the color on the nail. With a straw, blow some air to allow the color to disperse. Run your nails quickly under hot water for the color to mix and combine. Apply a clear coat on top!

   

 

~Kaitlin

Renovated Frames!

So years ago I bought several plain white frames from IKEA. I put them under my bed and forgot about them! Just recently I pulled them out and thought to myself "These need an update to match my dorm..." SO here is what I used!!

Acrylic Paint
Painters tape (for the teal frame)
A stencil (for the purple frame)
Black Puff Paint
Make up sponge (for the purple frame.

  

One frame I taped off sections to make little triangles. I painted of the exposed area with teal paint. Let dry then peal the tape off. Cover rough edges with black puffy paint!

For the next frame I placed a stencil over it, and with the make up sponge, sponge on the purple paint. Let dry, and trace edges with the black puff paint!

 

 

~Kaitlin