Eyeliner time!

So a lot of things have happened since my last blog...mainly that I bought a new computer!! I convinced myself that a large purchase was completely warranted because I started a blog (I can pretty much convince myself to make large purchases for any reason). This blog entry will be my first on my super cute new MacBook, with an equally super cute teal cover of course!

I had a lot of thoughts about what this next blog post would be about (thanks to Trello  (organization website recommended by my boss, try it out!), I now can keep ideas all in one place that I have for my blog!) But thanks to a personal request, I have decided to write on one thing that I know quite a bit about - eyeliner! If I were stuck on a deserted island, I would totally have eyeliner be one of the things that I brought with me (maybe if this were a real scenario I might change my mind!) The most essential part of putting on good eyeliner is starting off with a good product - I personally like to use Revlon ColorStay liquid and pencil eyeliner. The best part about the pencil eyeliner is that it has a built in sharpener on the end, I LOVE a dual product, it's kind of like I won at the casino :-) I've used MAC liquid eyeliner for a long time, but I decided that I didn't want to spend so much of my hard earned money on just a liquid eyeliner (kind of like how you hate spending money on essentials, like toilet paper or paper towels). I tried out the Revlon ColorStay liquid eyeliner (it happened to be in a very similar bottle to MAC's liquid eyeliner) and I loved it!



So here are the steps I take when I'm putting on my eyeliner:
1. I put on all of my eye makeup before I do my eyeliner
2. Use the pencil eyeliner to line the lid as close to the lash line as possible (you can gently pull on the corner of your eyes to get a more even line)
3. Then I like to use the liquid eyeliner on the very edge and give myself a little cat eye (nothing too crazy, but it actually makes your eyelashes look longer and more beautiful!)
4. Then voila! You are all set!

I normally don't ever do eyeliner of my bottom lids because I don't like the way it looks on me but if you like that look, I suggest using the pencil eyeliner on your bottom lid right under the eyelashes and make sure to keep it a thin line (you don't want to look like you're walking down Broadway!) Sometimes a fun thing to do for a night out on the town is take an angled brush and wet it just a little and then dip in your favorite fun eyeshadow color and line the bottom of your lashes with that!

That's all for now my big hair and caked on makeup friends, feel free to let me know of ideas for future blogs (all done on my super cute new MacBook of course!)

SPOILER ALERT: In the coming week, I will have a guest blogger with a post entitled, "Soaps & Scents With a Sassy Sicilian" .... I would be waiting on the edge of my seat for this one ;-)

The beginnings of Big Hair and Caked On Makeup

So, I get asked all of the time, "How do you get your hair so big?!" "Is that a bump-it in your hair?" "Can I feel it?" Based on that, I felt that it is time to start a blog so that I can share with you how I get my hair so darn big! This is the first time that I've ever done a blog, and thanks to some help from my bestie, Whitney Hubert (the blogging diva herself), I have started this one! I want to share insight into my larger than life hairstyles and some makeup tips too! I'm pretty sure that if I didn't become a speech-language pathologist, that my second calling in life would have been to be a beautician and beautify people every day (minus dirty people, that would be kind of gross...so pretty much just beautifying my friends every day is what I'm thinking of!). You might be wondering what makes me such an expert on hair and makeup and the answer is absolutely nothing! I just happen to LOVE wearing my hair as large as it can go and after living in a sorority, I became the go-to girl for helping with "poofing" (teasing) hair. And come to think of it, I'm still teasing my friends' hair even three years later! Now when it comes to makeup, I'm definitely not claiming to know a lot, all I know is that I really really really like doing my own makeup and other peoples'! When I get new makeup, I literally cannot wait to get out of the bed the next morning and try it out!

So...the first thing that I decided I would share with you is what helps me to get my hair so big and also something that people ask me all of the time - what kind of hairspray do I use? Let me start by telling you that I've (or more so my mother) been using hairspray and curlers since I can remember! It definitely helps having a mother who likes big hair and makeup as much as I do (I will be referring to her a lot!). So after lots of trials with all different kinds of hair spray, my favorite has to be Aussie Instant Freeze


My hair can have issues staying poofed (hard to believe I know! haha) and this stuff always does the trick! It's my first line of defense in keeping my hair large and in charge!

Bonus Tip: Keep a little hairspray in your purse or in your desk. I don't think that Aussie Instant Freeze has a travel size, but you can really use anything - it helps fight against those fly away bangs or mid-afternoon hair slump!

Until next time my large hair and caked on makeup friends!!