Daily Grace

Hi again! I did my friend's hair and makeup today and used the "baking" or "cooking" technique in contouring and highlighting, so I thought I'd snap some pictures and share the technique with you here on the blog. Letting your makeup "bake" basically means you're letting it set for a while with a light-colored or a translucent powder. It helps you achieve a precise contour and provides a really clean finish to your makeup. I baked Lesley-Ann's makeup and, in the meantime, worked on her eyes or touched up her hair a bit.   I used a (clearly shattered) translucent powder from Ulta and a sponge that kind of looks like a beauty blender. If you normally dampen your beauty blender, don't. This works best with a dry sponge. If you don't have a sponge to work with, a dense powder brush will work just fine.   Pack on a thick layer of powder to your sponge or brush. Apply this over your foundation; remember, this is a setting te...

Hey babes. It is 5:03 pm and I finally have wifi. Check out my tatt. Sadly, it isn't real... maybe someday, but definitely not anytime soon. I've wanted to try and draw a sleeve on myself for a VERY long time (I'm such a weirdo, I know), and I finally had the time to do it since yesterday was such a dreary summer day--I skipped out on the pool and tattooed myself. Here is a video showing every piece: **Disclaimer** I don't think you can view the video on your phone unless you use the blogger app, so sorry! Next time, I'll upload to YouTube and post the video from there.   Here's a photo of the inner pieces that you can't see in the first picture just in case you aren't able to watch the video!   This does take a lot of time and effort. It took me about 4 or so hours working on it off and on. I used a black Wet 'n Wild pencil eyeliner that I found in my makeup stash. I actually found two and switched back and forth, sh...