First Time: Brow Lightening

Today I had a new beauty experience. This morning I got my eyebrows bleached for the first time. My roommate, Sam (mentioned many times through out my blog) is training for a new job and is having to complete all kinds of testing. Today was her eyebrow lightening test and I was her model. 

I wasn't nervous about getting my eyebrows bleached although I have had dark brows all my life. I actually chose to keep the bleach on longer then she needed to. If I was going to do this I wanted to push it as extreme as we could go. (Side note: My brows could have gone lighter. The pictures I will have posted here are after 30 minutes of the bleach sitting on my brows.) The true experiment was to see if it would make it any easier when apply my brows in the morning, weather they be brown or pink.

When I got home I got rid of some of the tiny dark hairs that couldn't be reached with a spoolie and then applied my make-up as usual. Today I did my brows pink to see if the lighten made a diffrent to the ease of application and the over all effect. 

Getting my eyebrows lightened or bleached has had no effect on how easy it is to fill in my brows thus far. The reason I say so far is because I have not tried filling them in brown. I can imagine that with my brows already being dark it helped the process. Only time will tell. 

Now for the actual vibrancy of my pink brows, yes lightening my dark brows definitely made a diffrence. I find that the pink in my brows is a lot more even across the entire brow. There aren't any dark patches or spots. I feel like anything there will be pros and cons to this transformation. If I find that lighter eyebrows are becoming a bit of a burien I will simply tint them back to a shade closer to what they were previously.

The ligthening itself was awesome. Very comfortable and relaxed. The bleached that is used on brows is slightly diffrent and less strong then bleached used on your actual hair. There was no harsh smell or burning senstation either. Please note that not everyone has the same skin and that diffrent people will react diffrently. I do have sensitive skin and had no problem getting my brows lightened. If for some reason you do feel a burning sensation I would bring it up to your stylists attention immediately. 

I am happy to announce that Sam of course did pass her exam! :) She does awesome work, espeacially if you are looking for on point brows. I wish I could devulge the secrect information of where she actually works, but I can't. However you can follow her on instagram or twitter at @samantha_opal. 

I will definitely be posting an update on my bleached brows. If you have any questions or comments please leave them in the box below.

Peace & Luv  

Today's Look... Autumn Insprstion

First off I would like to wish everyone a Happy (Belated-Canadian) Thanksgiving!! If you are celebrating I hope you had lots to eat with friends & family.

Today's look was loosely based off of this "holiday" as well as the Fall season. When I think of this time of year in colors I think of shades of golden yellows, oranges, and browns thus the colors chosen for my eyes today. The rest of the look I choose to keep pretty basic, keeping my eyes as the main pop of color and focus.

For more pictures and a list of products used follow the link below...

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion (Original)

NYX Jumbo Pencil (Milk)

Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette (Buck & Naked)

Urban Decay Smokey Palette (Kinky & Freestyle)

Sugar Pill Pressed Shadows (Butter Cupcake & Flamepoint) 

Urban Decay 24 hr Glide On Eye Pencil (Zero - Black)

Stila Waterproof Eyeliner Pen (Black)

MAC Waterproof Extend Play Lash Mascara (Black)

Brows:

Annabelle Skinny Brow Pencil (Medium)

MAC Pro Longwear Waterproof Brow Set (Quiet Brunette)

Face:

MAC Studio Tech (NC20)

Stila Custom Blush (Color Adjusting Coral)

MAC Sculpting Powder (Sculpt)

MAC Mineralized Skinfinish (Soft & Gentle)

Lips:

Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick (Heather Shimmer)

Stila Color Balm Lipstick (Olivia)

If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below.

Peace & Luv

Bloggers Obsession: Nitro:licious2046, Caqui, & All My Purple Life...

A unique lip gloss available in a wide variety of colours that can create a high gloss, glass-like finish or a subtle sheen. Designed to be worn on its own, over Lip Pencil or Lipstick, Tinted Lipglass is the perfect product for creating shine that lasts. It's pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic colour. It contains Jojoba Oil to help soften and condition the lips. Tinted Lipglass is packaged in a convenient bottle with a sponge tip applicator that provides a quick, smooth, even application.

A little over a month ago I had written about a new collection MAC was coming out with. The Blogger Obsessions collection is now out, and splashing across the faces of people all over.

Unfortuanly because of the postal strike we were having over here, it took much longer to recieve packages. Today I finally got the two lipglasses I had ordered.

If you go back to my MAC's new collection Bloggers Obsession, you can get a full down low on the collection. I ended up going with Nitro:licious2046, Caqui, and All My Purple Life.

 

If you would like to check out pictures, and swatches, well... you know what to do.