BLACK IS BACK. [STYLE BLACK].

MAC FALL 2009 LAUNCH:
STYLE BLACK
North America: September 24, 2009

courtesy of platinumblondelife.com

wootwoot! DARKNESS is in, ladies! it's all about those deep plums, burgundy, BLACK, navy! bring it all outtttttttttttt! it's not only about dark lips/neutral eyes...it's about black on black, dark and dark! bring out the Gothic side.

this is the pack of goodies i got last night.
*not pictured: Volcanic Ash Exfoliator (review later!!)
[yes, we get Gratis for every launch]

Cinderfella
these mineral shadows are SOO fabulous.
highly, highly pigmented &OH SO sparkly ;]

Bling Black
NOT the biggest fan of this olive green glimmerglass.

Swatches - from top to bottom:
Glimmerglass: Bling Black
Mineral Shadow: Cinderfella
Mattene Lipstick: Midnight Media
Greasepaint Stick



GO CHECK OUT THE COLLECTION TOMORROW @ YOUR NEAREST MAC COUNTER/STORE TO SEE ALL THE COLORS ;] GORGEOUSSSS!!

i'm not the biggest fan of black lipstick, but shoooooo i will rock that hardcore! if i don't feel like an idiot, i'll take some pics this weekend, ahahahahaha. but i'm planning on doing a dramatic black cat eye with the greasepaint and a hot pink lip. OHYAH. if you're in the Richmond area, come to MAC and i'll do a free demo ;]


being in this dark mood, i've reached the darkness with my nail game;

OPI: Liquid Leather
SUCH a frickin' hot ass black. FIERCE!!!


this is what my girl Pietra gave me for my bday a few days ago.......
YES, i'm in HEAVEN. she loves me &i love her back.
18 bottles!!! i know, amazing. &she even got me the limited OPI w/ diamond dust in 'em!!
(the ones w/ silver tops) HOLY SHIT, they are TOO gorgeous. AH!

alright, just a quick update ;]
check out STYLE BLACK and the new Cremesheen/Glimmerglasses tomorrow!!! =)

I am in for a CRAAAZYYY ASS WEEKEND this weekend!!!!! i'll share with you guys later!
goodnight loves.

LET'S KETCHUP.

WHERE YOU BEEN AT?!
let's ketchup.

i've been semi-M.I.A from blogger; tell me something that i DON'T know! lately, i've been lazy and i haven't been in an "updating" kind of mood. =/ sorry! but i felt like this entry is waaay over due; so without any hesitation, here's what i've been up to...

i took a couple of blank face charts from work about 2 weeks ago because i thought it was time to start practicing. i'm going to learn how to do face charts when i go to basic training in October, but until then, i thought i'd try to teach myself. so here is my first everrrrrr MAC face chart.

there was no theme i had to follow - i just came up with the colors/theme. i wanted to do something colorful, so i did a pink/yellow/green look and called it "tropical warrior." lol. everything was fine until i attempted to draw the eyelashes...my goodness, i suck at it! that is definitely one thing i really need to practice on. all the face charts that i'm doing are going to be hung up on one section of my bedroom wall around this gold mirror that i have (= it'll look fab.

going back in time - labor day weekend; i worked @ MAC all labor day weekend but i had monday off....and babe$terz said him and his family were heading my way for a little vacay and asked if i wanted to join them on the last leg of their journey. so i went with booski and his family to Virginia Beach over night. unfortunately, Monday had crappppy ass weather, so no beach time for me =( but the night before was really fun - we stayed on the strip/boardwalk all night. i had a complete face of makeup on because i had just gotten off from work and as in a rush to pack my things and dipset.


i really liked the way this turned out. i did a simple black/brown smokey eye using MAC blackground paintpot. BUT, let me tell you, that shit creases like a mug!!! oh my goodness, literally one hour after i started working, my shadow was creasing!!! it was NOT a good look. so i tried blending it out and putting more shadow and ugh, it was a disaster. it looked like i didn't have a clue about makeup -_- it was embarrassing. i don't understand...Soft Ocre paintpot doesn't crease on me =( i'm dissapointed in blackground! hmph.

babe$terz and i had a little photo shoot in the car on the way back home =)

so, this was my LOOK OF THE DAY last thursday. i felt like bringing out my new boots because i so can't wait for the fall weather!!! i got two pairs of boots from Charlotte Russe for $40 because they had the 'buy one get one for $10" so hell, i took advantage of that shit! i've never bought shoes from Charlotte Russe before, so i hope these janks don't fall apart on me!!!!




&i had to go to work @ MAC later on in the night, so i had to wear a full face of makeup the entire day because i didn't have time to go back home and put on my face. so that day i kept it simple and brought back my usual "tempting &antiqued" eyeshadow look from way back when i used to wear this everyday of my life...




and also that same day, i went back to that small boutique/thrift store in my area with my friends Pietra and Joe. and my girl Pietra spotted these SICK ASS heels that i bought without hesitation...they are perfect for

that's Pietra, modeling them for me. ahahaha. aaaaand...that's Joe and his Jordans. look @ the ghost spots in the pic! my plae is haunted -_-

and lastly, my 21st birthday!!!! WOOTWOOT! my birthday was on Monday the 14th and i am officially 21! finally! i'm ready to take on the world =D unfortunately, i worked at MAC all day on my birthday =( but i managed to get a tutorial done for you guys! (if you haven't checked it out on my youtube channel yet, go do so! please. kthanks) and then we had plans to go out after i got off from work. i have great friends =) i had a blast. i didn't get drunk, because i had 9am morning class the next day, ahahaha. but it doesn't matter, i'm not an alchy anyway! but i had so much fun. i only had 4 drinks..which were good as hell, btw! i'll share only a few pics with you guys because i still don't want to get toooo personal with you all and i still know that there are some people who read my blog that i DONT want to read my blog..but there is nothin i can do about it. so, here you goooo!

1st shots of the night: dirty bong water. how classy, right? haha.

that fucker in the backround ruined the shot. anywho, that's my roommate Allison and my bestie Pietra. i love these women, foreal. we were just bar hopping so we just dressed casual.

towards the end of the night @ the last bar, where i got a FREE pink sombrero because it was my birthday =) HOLLLLAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

just showing off my ring ;] and making sure ya'll remember that i don't give a F*CK! =P

&these are our shoes for the night. i decided to throw a pop of red into my outfit. these heels are fcking comfortable - i got them from NYC when i was in the Filipino Independence Parade. &Pietra's heels are from Charlotte Russe. SO BOMB! (too bad the floor is dirty as hell!!!)

and the bday festivities continue on.....we're having a triple bday celebration on the 26th, so it'll be a goooooooood night ;]


&&tomorrow i'm gonna get my eyebrows did, finally! i don't get them professionally done as much as i should. i'm gonna get them reshaped and have them thin 'em out, a LITTLE. i think they're a little too bushy and i want more definition to 'em. so yaaaaaaaah. i can't wait, because these puppies need some major work! ahhahaha. andddd i was also planning on cutting my hair (nothin dramatic) but i chickened out and everyone is telling me to not get it cut...even strangers at work! so, i'm sold. totally convinced, hahhaha.

well, i guess that's it for now. i've just been doing the school and work thing. i'm trying to update as much as i can, but hey, i can't help it if i'm slackin, so bare with me!!! i hope ya'll have been doin good!!!!!




have a great weekend gals ;]

TALK ABOUT BITCHASSNESS.

Haha, Kanye, you have some balls.

i'm sure all of you have seen it - or if you missed what happened, check all your facebook friend's status updates, i'm sure they've got all the VMA details covered, LMAO.

and watching Lady Gaga made me even MORE ecstatic about her concert on the 28th!! she is on some of the REALEST shit - call it weird, whatever you please, but you must admit, it's her crazy ass steez that makes her who she is - girlfriend, i love you! haha.

so - this entry is going to be oh-so-boring, because i really don't feel like uploading pictures. i began a new entry the other night with LOADS of pictures from the past week, but.....let's be real, i'll leave it for my next post, haha! sorry. but in my next entry, i'll update you guys more about what i've been doing for the past week.

until then; i'll be a minute man and give you a quickie[s]:

[+] in approximately 90 minutes, i will be officially 21 years old. on my GROWN SHIT for real and ready to take on the world!
[+] i bought 2 more pro-palettes last night at work and filled one with my greens+teals. I HAVE A HATE FOR DEPOTTING RIGHT NOW. argh.
[+] i was sad/dissapointed last night because my parents ended up not visiting me for my birthday =[ I MISS MY FAMILY, MAN. shit.
[+] i'm supposed to go out for drinks at midnight...in the next hour, but i'm no alcoholic so i'm not super excited and i really don't care if i go or don't. but it's on tomorrow night! ;]
[+] Lilly the puppy is crazily spazin out right now...weirdo.
[+] this VMA host is SUPER FRICKIN' ANNOYING.
[+] i put my 2 weeks notice at the gym - it is NOT worth my time and effort to work there anymore. my heart is with MAC <3
[+]yellow cake/chocolate frosted cupcakes are sitting in the kitchen right now...and i'm so tempted to devour yet, another one. *slobbers
[+] i'm all about BOLD LIPS for the fall - and you should be too. STYLE OF BLACK, HERE I COME! (september 24th, North America launch!)
[+] i want a bed topper for my weak ass Ikea bed and new teal colored sheets/comforter.


&my goodness, i promise i'll get makeup tutorials up on my youtube channel - ASAP! i have been lazy when it comes to creating videos/updating blogger. like, seriously. i'm sorry though! but that's all i have for now. i may be drunk in the next 80 minutes....


have a good week!

PRO PALETTE CHERRY POPPIN'.

NO LONGER A PALETTE VIRGIN.
yes, after all this time.

maybe it's hard to believe...but i just purchased and filled my first 2 MAC Pro Eyeshadow Palettes! i was depotting like crazy! (but i had some help from my roomie; thanks boo!) i don't know why i never used palettes..i just over-stuffed my makeup drawer with eyeshadows. now, it's getting a bit overwhelming...i can never close the drawer completely. so, i decided to finally get me some palettes. i started off with 2 palettes and 5 pan eyeshadows; chrome yellow, orange, sketch, shadowy lady, moon's reflection - and then i just depotted more to fill 'er up. i made a neutral palette (which may need to overflow into a second palette) and a random palette that i am making my 'purples' palette. i'm planning on buying 2 more palettes this weekend for my blues/greens and pinks/oranges...i'll buy more palettes later. so far, 30 eyeshadows down... A SHIT LOAD MORE...

the pile is slowing decreasing...i can finally shut it closed.

so, i was so excited to depot all my shadows because, HELLO! the Back2MAC recycle program!! look at this! this is what i have..SO FAR. i'm not even done yet.

for every 6 empty containers, you receive a free lipgloss, lipstick, or eyeshadow.

HOWEVER, me being a MAC makeup artist and all....i can't recycle my shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh, what the eff. what the hell am i gonna do with all these containers!?!......

here are my two options:
[1] I can be so generously kind and give them away to my friends so they can take it back to MAC and get free stuff. OR.....
[2] I can be a cheap ass and take my friends with me to another MAC and recycle them. AHAHAHAHAHAH wow.

so, i don't know what i'm going to do. i'll let them sit for now and i'll think of something. OR maybe, i can have a little contest and give away empty containers so you guys can go get a free MAC product....hmmmmm...??

so anyways, when i bought the eyeshadow palettes, i also bought Magenta lipliner and one of the new nail laquers from the Fall '09 collection &i did a design with it yesterday.

before you throw up in your mouth, let me warn you...it isn't the MOST attractive nail color, okay?

yeah, i know what you're thinking, "Aimee, what the FUCK were you thinking?!"
the flash of the camera makes the color look EXTREMELY dookie-ish. it's more of a dark olive green color..hence, "dry martini" as the name.

it's okay, i can handle the criticism. i was hesitant to get it, but what the hell, it's MAC - that's what they do...think outside of the box and come up with crazy colors, ugly or pretty. me and the other artists liked this color and we all bought it. it looked cute in the picture, lmao. whatever, I CAN ROCK IT! i spiced it up with a gold, white, &neon green design.

so, don't hate. appreciate....the fact that i'll rock some dookie ass nail polish LMAO.

finally, i'll end this post with a little gift from my darling Pietra. my 21st birthday (WOOTWOOT!) is in approximately 11 days from today. holler! so she gave me part of my present early because she couldn't wait to give it to me, HAHA!

hi, kitty! you cute thaang.

she got me a cute ass hello kitty necklace to match the earrings that babe$terz bought for me back in March! she got the blue bow because my earrings are the blue bow ones too =) how thoughtful. she was kinda upset back in March when she saw that Paul already bought me the earrings because she was already planning to get them for me for my bday, my badd! so she compromised and got me the matching necklace =) i love my Pdawg. i wouldn't have thought that i would rock the necklace, because everyone and theys mamas have one...but whatever. it's from my booboo Pietra, so i'll rock that shit out! HAAAYYYYY.


BTW, i got a few requests to do a tutorial or at least describe how i recreated tina marie's yellow &gold look from my last post. i think that will be my next tutorial. or i may create a tutorial while doing my makeup for work on Saturday...i'm planning on combining chrome yellow &orange. OHYAH.

BTW #2, i was talking to my manager tonight at work and we were talking about celebrities...chris brown came up and i'm like, 'oh yeah, doesn't he shop at this mall a lot?' and she said yeah, he shops at Louis Vuitton (which is right across from MAC) and she said a week before chris beat the shit out of rihanna, they were at our mall and they came into MAC. they tried helping rihanna before the store got mobb'd...but they weren't quick enough. she was saying how rihanna is cute and all but her skin tone is like...gray. LMAO.

so, i'll see ya then!
have a great weekend ladies!

THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

.INSPIRATION.

from other beauty bitches! <3

this is what we are here for - INSPIRATION. i keep up with you gals for inspiration, updates, laughs, and entertainment. every blogger that i follow or find has something unique to add to the bunch. you broads are F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S (yeah, like the rapper). so, the other night i was contemplating on what kind of look i was gonna rock to work the following day. i wanted to try something different to play with my skills, but i just didn't know where to start. i was checkin up on my bloggerbabes, like usual. and i came across tina marie's newest update. (this was a few days ago). she posted a picture tutorial on a GOLD & BROWN look. when i first layed my eyes on it, let me tell you, i fell in love. it was SO simple yet so BAM at the same time. i would have never thought to pair Gorgeous Gold with Tempting (which is one of my all time favs, btw). so i'm like, SOLD! that's the look i was definitely going to be doing. so the following day i tried the look using the same colors except for one. it turned out GORGEOUS!!! i was so impressed. i loved the color combo and i LOVED the contrast of the yellow and the gold. so tina marie, you eyeshadow guru, thank you babydoll, you were my inspiration ;]

[yep, my ass made a video on this look. check it out!]

and now, moving onto the outfit for that day. a week or two ago i went shopping with some of my girlfriends because i felt the need to spree on more black attire for work. my roommate made a good point - if i can only wear ALL black, i might as well spunk that shit up! ahahahahah. so thats the mission i went on - to find funky black shit. lmao. so of course, we ended up in forever21, the heaven for us all. i saw SO many cute black clothes but i didn't splurge. i guess i got overwhelmed by the boringness of all black - so i think i need to slowly ease my way into an entire black wardrobe. but for now, i'm doing good. i spotted these black sequin leggings which caught my eye so hard. they were only $12! so i'm like HELLZ YEAH! and i needed an off-the-shoulder top to go with it, and i found one for $11 =) wootwoot!

[those are my air max's...my gym shoes -_- i fucked 'em up. dah well]

look @ them bad boys! sparklin' like shit! OHYAH. but the thing is...when i walk, my inner thighs rub against eachother (like normal, unless you skinny bitches dont have that - then eff you! LOL). and it FOREAL sounds like LOUD ASS SANDPAPER. like no joke! it makes a loud ass noise. it was so embarrassing - yet, i showed and demonstrated it to all the other MUAs i worked with, LMAO. NO SHAME! haha. but i was seriously waddling the entire day to try to avoid having my inner thighs rub together...some of them noticed and made fun of me =( HAHAH! =P it was all in fun. and next thing you know, i look down and there was shit load of black sequin all over the floor!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA i didn't know they actually FELL OFF! lmao. what a waste of my life. but aye, they were only $12, so what do you expect?! i think i can still wear them as long as i wear a pair of black shorts over them...ugh.

speaking of outfits, this was my outfit for school on...thursday? yeah, thursday. i really felt like dressing down and gettin' dirty. lol just kidding. but i wanted to bust out my sneaker game again so i just wore black leggins, a vneck, and my bumble bees (air jordan retro VIIs).

babe$terz always gets on me for not rockin' my sneakers anymore. he's like, 'what happened?' you dress like a white girl now...you barely wear socks anymore. LMAO. i put my sneaker game to rest for the past 2 years, so all i've been wearing are flip flops and gladiators. so he foreal told me that i barely even wear socks anymore, hahahaha. which is true. but hey, i can't always wear sneakers..i gotta GROW UP someday, right?! so babe would probably be turned on if i wore my sneakers around him hahahahaha. but back in the day thats all i ever wore...sneakers.

throw some steez to it - stunna stunnaaaaaaa shades. and my shoulder bag that is delicious. I LOVE IT. my roommate got one too. from where you ask? TARGET! yes, Target bitch! i've never bought any clothing/accessories from there before, but foreal, they got some cute shit! we saw the bags and we're like OMG that's hot. i loveeee love the color of it. i brought it into work the other day and my manager was like, OMG IS THAT A MARC JACOBS?! i'm like no, TARGET BIAATCH! hahaha so if it fools people, then HAAYYYY ;] lol. it was only $14.99! BOOYAH. you can wear it on your shoulder as a regular hobo bag too. but i like the extra shoulder strap - for versatility.

on another note - i'm finally gonna get my ass from 15 eyeshadow MAC palettes and start depotting all the frickin' eyeshadows and get them organized. my makeup organizer can no longer close correctly because it is overflowing with eyeshadows. i can depot them all and get me from free shit for the back2mac program =) hellz yeah. i'm all about it. sooooo..wish me luck with the depotting. i tried to depot ONE powder and i cut myself like shit =( ahahahaha. oh lawd.

alright, well i'm about to go out and get me some FRIED OREOS. yes! YUMMM. i'll update you guys on that because i know how a lot of you are food junkies!!! there's this diner that has a lot of fried things...and it's open until 2am =) yes, eating fried shit after midnight. oh, how wonderful.

mwuah!