Mama Rae's Beauty Spot: June 2012

Sunday, June 3, 2012

May ICC Goodies

For the month of May, I received a goody bag of five pigments and two lip products from the stupendous Honey of I-Candy Couture. You can check her out at: facebook (https://www.facebook.com/icandycouture), follow her on twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/honeygirlk), subscribe to her on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/icandycoutureICC), and check out the store (http://www.i-candycouture.com/)- don't forget to mention that Rae sent you when you visit.

The five pigments I received were: Lollipop Lovin', Cotton Candy Cutie, Hawaii Maiden, Mermaid Serenade, and Trax. The two lip products were: Marilyn and Cherry Truffle.

I absolutely LOVE all of the pigments and was most surprised with Lollipop Lovin', the second matte pigment available (the first was New Moon of the Twilight Saga Collection). The appearance of this lavender purple in its container does not do it any justice. The pigmentation when applied is AMAZING!! So far, its favorite color to apply in the crease. when you layer a darker color over it and blend, that tinge of purple just visible behind the deeper color just makes the look absolutely beautiful.

Here are swatches of the pigments. The photo on the left is with flash and the photo on the right is without flash. The are (from left to right, starting with the top row): Hawaii Maiden, Cotton Candy Cutie, Mermaid Serenade, Trax, and Lollipop Lovin'.

I can't rave enough about how amazing the colors are! For a more detailed description watch my YouTube video (on the right, or click here). Hawaii Maiden is from the Aloha Kitty Collection which was inspired by the ever popular Hello Kitty and Trax is part of the Urban Kitty Collection also inspired by the 'other' side of Hello Kitty. Cotton Candy Cutie and Lollipop Lovin' are part of Spring Collection, and Mermaid Serenade is part of the A Child At Heart Collection inspired by popular Disney Movies.

So you'll probably wondering how all these amazing colors came together in one look right? Well, here's what I came up with...
I was really happy with my little creation and can't wait to use these beauties in future looks and on clients.

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The Belle of the Reunion

This isn't the first time I've done another persons makeup but, it's the first time where I looked at it from a professionals point of view. My girlfriend had asked me almost a month ago if I would be able to do her makeup for her 10 year class reunion and of course I said yes. I mean, she's such a sweetheart I couldn't say 'no'.

After accepting the task at hand I went about and asked my usual questions:

1. What are you wearing?

2. How is your hair going to be?

3. What type of look are you going for?

Then it hit me: I've never done makeup for a class reunion. I've never even been to a class reunion...I'm only 25 years old so mines hasn't come around yet. I thought to myself what's the point of a reunion? To look better than you did in highschool? To look as if you haven't aged a day since then? I finally came to the conclusion that it's a combination of the two.

Here's a picture of what she looked like without makeup on. I think she's absolutely gorgeous without the makeup!

Beautiful right! Here's the after photos:

I don't think she looks like it's been 10 years since high school. For the look I used mainly I-Candy Couture products: Hawaii Maiden, Trax, Lollipop Lovin', and Desire. This was a great experience and I'm not only proud and happy with the final results but, that she really liked it.Thanks sweety! Wanna get your hands on some of the products I used? Head on over to www.i-candycouture.com (click here). Don't forget to mention that Rae sent you at checkout!