I stumbled upon this site, temptalia.com, that shows you step-by-step how to apply eye makeup that looks amazing! The girl who does this, Christine, uses some of my favorite M.A.C. makeup and innovatively uses painters brushes to apply the eye shadow instead of expensive makeup brushes. I learned a lot from reading a few tutorials. The makeup looks intense zoomed in but when she zooms out to her whole face it looks really pretty. The common theme in all her tutorials is to BLEND!
You may ask, why do I like makeup so much, especially the expensive department store brands? When I was a teenager, my mom became friends with the manager of M.A.C. Cosmetics at Nordstrom. She dressed like a rocker chick, but was one of the nicest people I have ever met and was an artist, so I connected with her. She would always do my makeup for free and never pressure me to buy anything. In fact, she dissuaded me from buying anything, instead offering to give me samples. M.A.C. has "events" where they introduce their new lines of makeup and she would always put my mom and I on the list to attend. The M.A.C. events are so fun! The makeup artists wear theatrical makeup all over their faces, music's pumping, and a makeup artist does a makeover on you using all the new products. As a teen, it really boosted my self-confidence to learn how to do my makeup and especially cover up pimples and oily skin. So I guess I'm trying to capture those good memories of being with my mom and feeling special getting my makeup done with my continued obsession with M.A.C. makeup.
