Oh, blog. How I've missed you.
I've fallen in love with makeup and it's been quite the whirlwind, let me tell you. Tons of contradicting feelings have collided since my initial foray into the makeup world:
Do I deserve this hobby? Yes. Treat yoself.
Is it selfish spending an hour on my face once in a while? Get it gurl.
Does it matter to anyone but me? So what if it doesn't?
Am I fishing for compliments? No.
Am I trying to impress someone? No.
Can I still be a feminist and enjoy makeup? YES.
Am I doing this for my husband, other women, or myself? ???
On and on and on. Goodness gracious. Why must it be so difficult? I have a sneaking suspicion I'm overthinking this whole darn thing haha (as is my specialty). But! There's no denying the pure joy creating the perfect, fierce cat eye.
For this look, I wanted a super simple and understated smokey eye. Zac and I went out with my father in law to Junkyard Cafe last weekend. (The food was out of this world. I had the most amazing Tri-Tip Memphis BBQ Sandwich of my life. Ugh.) (:
I started by putting a neutral creme eye shadow all over the lid as a base. Over that, I patted on a skin toned eye shadow, setting the creme eye shadow. Then I went in with a smaller blending brush and added depth to my crease with a medium brown eye shadow. I added a light sandy color to the center of the lid and then pooped on some dark brown creme eyeliner with an angled brush. Topping it off, I added some awesome Zoom Fast Black Lash mascara by MAC.
I'm thinking of making this a regular series on the blog! Let me know if you'd like to see more of these kinds of posts. (: It's good to be back.
