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Product Review: Wet N Wild Blue Mega Liner

by Miss Style on Sunday, March 18, 2012

So let me preface this by saying I went to the Sushi Cafe the other day with my sissy bear, who was in town for the week. We went to this hole in the wall sushi place (it's my fave in the world and I needed her to experience it) and of course, everything was particularly amazing. My drink of choice, a Mai Tai (I'm a girl okay?) was the best I ever had. Not quoting Drake. Just saying. Our waitress, who was in short, a bitch  in all senses of the word, had on blue liquid eyeliner. Now, she wasn't wearing punky clothes or anything out of the ordinary to suggest that she was the type of person to wear that kind of thing, but she worked it. I complimented her, saying I don't think I could ever pull that off, and she waved it off. It got me to thinking though...could I pull off BLUE EYELINER? The answer is YES



Now I didn't go as drastic as she did, but I'm hoping to go a little bit more out of my comfort zone and try it thicker ASAP. It's just too fun not to! And I've found that it compliments brown eyes! What kind of liquid eyeliner did I use, you ask? I surprisingly found that Wet n Wild's 2.99 Mega Liner did the job just perfectly! I'm enamored with it so much that I'm considering branching out into other colors! The liner was so easy to apply and the brush was thin enough to make a perfect cat eye!



(picture above by "Vampy Varnish")

I HIGHLY recommend this product! Go out and get you some! 



What a Guy wants..

by Miss Style on Thursday, January 26, 2012

Hey ladies! So guess what's coming up...Valentimes! Yeah, cue the eye rolling and "pffft"'s. Once again, I will be single with millions of other women on this, holiest of days. I say, why not embrace our singleness? Okay well this post doesn't exactly CELEBRATE being single, but it helps those of us that may be trying to hook that one guy that won't stick...I'm not going to say that I'm going to give you the secret to getting the man of your dreams, but this sure as hell will help! In short, I've been reading fashion magazines up the wazoo, and I have a theory about what MOST guys want: Simple. They don't want you to look too made up, like you put so much effort into looking like a hot toddy, even though we still spend 2 hours picking out the perfect white T shirt. They don't need to know this.
Here is an example of what I'm talking about. I saw a poll in Glamour magazine recently that said guys like girls best in just a White V neck, nice fitting jeans, and black pumps. Easy enough right? Don't go crazy, because you want to look like you're not putting in to much effort to look a certain way--put that extra effort into making a good impression! 

Okay so your outfit is done, but what about makeup? How do we impress the guys that apparently say we look better without makeup? I think what they mean by "no  makeup" is, you just got out of bed looking completely fresh faced and flushed with the teensiest bit of dark rimmed lashes. Hey, I'm trying to please both parties here. 


This is a simple look, not using too much makeup that enhances the eyes for that "Vampy Valentines" face we're going for.
The products I used so you can follow along are:
                   

 Covergirl ageless foundation             Mary Kay Powder Foundation                Covergirl Concealer

Sephora 48 Color Blockbuster, I use this for blush and I also used the Black Kohl pencil it came with.





Maybelline Black Gel Liner                                      Naked Palette from Ubran Decay, I used black color

NYC Lip Stain in Champagne Stain


In this case, Hair is a cinch. I suggest going back to the basics. When it comes to men, they're not hard to figure out. Everything is "less is more", so in the case of hair, I'd suggest looking to someone like the lovely Brigitte Bardot for inspiration..let's just say, BIG and SEXY.  Let's not overdo it on the hairspray though, ladies. 



Bardot always looked like she had the effortless look down PAT. Bridgey, TEACH US. 




Here are two ladies that really wore the effortless look well. What I'd say you should use in this situation is a 1'' to 1.25 '' curling iron, some tousle spray (such as Herbal Essences Tousle me softly, see THIS post for a reference) or Bumble and Bumble Sea Spray to finish the look off. All you need to do is wrap about 1 inch sections of hair around your curling iron, doing this over your whole head. We want bigger curls so they look more natural. Don't put product in your hair before because we're putting spray in to set it. Once you've done your whole head, shake all of the curls out and go through them with your fingers. If they look too curled, you can brush them out with a comb. After you've sha-sha-shaken it, go ahead and spray your Tousle spray et voila! Tu es fini! (You're finished, for those who don't speak francaise) You can make it more Bardot-y and secure in a half pony with a few bobby pins in the back, or just let it flow free baby! 

I hope everyone has a terrific Valentines and your man is completely in awe of you! You better get at least some chocolates out of this...or maybe..you know some..woopie. Yes I speak Sims. I am clearly single.



Product Review: NYC Lip Stain

by Miss Style on Friday, January 13, 2012

so, you all know how lip stain is like, dabomb.com right now right? I guess it was and now it's coming back, but that's beside the point. the point is, that I recently saw a blog post which stated "Champagne Stain by NYC is awesome" and so, I had to try this theory out.  NYC products are usually so cheap, I stick to what I know, and what I know is their nail polish. Good for trying a new color and whatnot, but I tend to stay away from their other products and go with the more expensive things for skin and face makeup.






Now, it was much easier to put on and glided on quite smoothly as compared to my "Color Sensational" lip stain by Maybelline. I like the color, but I would prefer it to be lighter. I guess looking at the color of the bottle on camera it does look darker, so I probably should have gone a shade lighter if I wanted a more natural look. All in all, I'd say this is a great product. I like the color, and as you can see it's true to what the bottle looks like. It promises 16 hour coverage, but i'm about to go to bed, so I'll have to try it tomorrow and see if it works out. I plan to try Maybelline's new "Baby lips" colored balm soon, so I'll let you all know how this stain stayed on when I review that. Go try this product! It's cheap and it looks super cute on! AND they have a LOT of different shades.

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