New Blog Look and a HUGE thanks

I want to give a HUGE shout out to my friend Anna who made me the new banner for the blog <3

It changed a lot over the process of creating it, and went from what I expected, to something completely awesome and different.

I'd told her I wanted it to blend my love of gaming and beauty altogether. When I saw her put me a teal dress, I asked for pink because Sleeping Beauty was my favorite Disney Princess. So she made a shortened version of the dress and made it awesome. Add in some combat boots and a SWEET lancer from Gears of War, and tada!!

Anna has done many photo edits and logos. You can view her fan page all this Here

She's also done an artfire banner for me, which you can view in my shop here: Rustad Creations

I would like to thank Anna publically for this, because it's amazing and wonderful what she has done for me. She put a lot of time and effort into these for me and I love her for it!

Give her page a like <3 I know she'd appreciate it.

What's on my FACE!?

Okay... thanks to Ree Mariani for the wonderful blog name. So, I decided to show you may simple at home, working make-up face. I may just make this a regular thing is you guys just like to see full makeup looks.

Before I begin, I apologize about my hair, it's really crappy looking today cause I did NOTHING with it.

Hi guys! This is my face! =D In all it's broken-out glory (it's been a stressful week okay :P) So lets start with the basics.
1) Foundation- I washed my face as usual in the shower, and put on a moisturizer (I use just straight Aloe, but choose your favorite) and put on a light coating of bareMinerals foundation in fair. dusted over with a small amount of bareMinerals Warmth.
2) Eyes- I primed with NYX Jumbo eye pencil in Cottage Cheese. Used Madd Style Cosmetics from Inner to outer: Kiss with a Fist, Til Death, and Lust on my lid. Eye liner is bareMinerals Big and Bright Eye liner in Intense Black, and mascara is CoverGirl Lash Blast Luxe in Black No 840.
3) Lips A coating of  Madd Style Cosmetics "The Dude" lip bomb with a light coating of Mary Kay Nourishine Lip gloss in Coral Rose

First off, this is my First look with Madd Style, so let me share some close ups:

I love these colors. I love pink, and love how these look. I can't wait to get more colors from them to play with =D

All of these products are things I use almost daily. I love them and feel weird without them. They make me feel good, and pretty. Puts a smile on my face when I get compliments on my eyes or get asked what I used. So tell me, what are your daily must haves? What do you have to use on a daily basis to feel like you are nekkid? Let me know, I want to see what YOU love so I can get some new things to try!

REVIEW: Concrete Minerals

Alright ladies, and gents (if there are any reading this) Sorry about my little absence there. I have been busy with work, and the joyous Flu Season caught up to me, and kicked me in the face, so  I haven't been in exactly a blogging mood. But I'm back, and I think it's time for a review!


So, about 2 weeks ago I recieved samples of Concrete Minerals that I requested off their etsy site. For being samples, they came with a nice amount of pigment, and I was very impressed. Definitely got my monies worth with them! So they arrived in a very timely manner, within a week after I ordered, wth no spillage. I was extremely please. So here are the 4 pots as I received them. (Obviously after unpacking them from the mailer.)

Four wonderful pots unopened and ready to be used and loved!

The bottom of the pots, all with labels.

So they arrived in one piece, without spilling, with proper labeling, and in a timely fashion, I think I am in love <3

That's right, it has a label on the bottom that includes: Company name, Color name, Ingredients, Logo, the actual weight(covered by the sample sticker) and their website. (which is a coming attraction. I went there to check it out and it's under construction for now) It's all neat, clean and easy to read. I love labels because it's easier to know what colors you are wearing/putting on that day.

Now, to reveal the first pot. I opened to find my new favorite thing for all make up companies to use:

A sifter sticker... with a TAB on it!!!! I about freaked out and did a happy dance. I love sifters, I love the job of sifter stickers, but whoever invented the ones with the tab that goes up the side for easy access, you are my new best friend sir! No wonder there was no spillage! This is a gift from the gods I believe. (I know, I'm strange, I'm all freaking out over a sifter sticker, but seriously ladies... imagine the delight I had to find I wouldn't have to fight to get to my precious piggies. <3

So the colors I got were:

 So far, I love them all. To show how well they blended together I did a look with Kismet, Jezebel, and Souljourner:

The Above pictures are my little creation using the pigments. I have to say I am super happy with it. The end results was amazing, and I have to say I was worried about adding the blue at the end, but it gave it a nice little fading effect. They blended so easily, and I didn't have to add extra pigment to get any of this effect, this was all from the original application.

There was little to no fallout as well. This comes from pigments that adhere well, as well as practice at application. Either I've gotten really good in the past 2 weeks, or these are amazing pigments.

So My Final verdict... I am in LOVE! They are amazing, they were received in a timely manner, and they work together beautifully! I will definitely be buying again.

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