Today's Makeup Look 22

NARS Mambo (chocolate brown) eyeliner pencil smudged out around eye and as base.

NARS Exotic Dance (metallic gold with brown; metallic white) gold all over lid and under eye; white mixed with gold to blend in crease; white shade pressed next to nose and inner corner of eye.
NARS India Song II (shimmering walnut) darker shade as eyeliner on top of top lashes.

NARS Laguna (brown gold) bronzer in number 3 pattern.
NARS Deep Throat (pinky peach) brushed on apples of cheek and along cheek bone.

NARS Blondie  (light taupe) eyeshadow to fill in eyebrows.

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara

NARS New Lover Velvet Gloss (strawberry with gold) lip pencil

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 21

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Today's Makeup Look 20

NARS Bateau Ivre (sky blue; denim blue) lighter colour on lid and placed darker outer back corner.
NARS Night Flight  (dark blue) as eyeliner on top of eye.
NARS Calanque  (platinum, caramel, bronze) caramel colour used to blend into crease, bronze use lightly under eye, and platinum lace-like shadow dusted over to tone-down/soften blue shadow.
NARS Orgasm (peachy pink) brushed along cheek bone.
NARS Laguna (brown gold) bronzer in number 3 pattern.

NARS Blondie  (light taupe) eyeshadow to fill in eyebrows.

NARS Pandora (black) between lashes.

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara

NARS Malibu (pink brown) lips with lip balm over top.

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 19

NARS Malibu (pink brown) Multiple on eyes, lips and cheeks.
NARS Jolie Poupée (violet and pearlescent purple) violet on lid and placed darker pearlescent purple on outer corner.

NARS Abysinnia  (pearl sheen) to blend edges into and over crease
NARS Lulu  (purple eggplant) as eyeliner on top of eye.
NARS Cordura  (sooty dark brown) lightly brushed under eyes.
NARS Luster (golden apricot) brushed along cheek bone.

NARS Blondie  (light taupe) eyeshadow to fill in eyebrows.
NARS Pandora (black) between lashes.

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara

lip balm on lips.

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 18 - NARS Portrait of Paradise Collection

I'm not sure if it's the blog or there really is a huge parallel between makeup and cooking recipes. These descriptions of how to use makeup products are often enticing like reading a drool-worthy cooking recipe.

For example:

How to use the new NARS Portrait of Paradise zippered compact

1. Apply Laguna Bronzing Powder with the NARS Bronzing Brush. Starting at the forehead, roll brush down to the cheek and along the jaw line. Finish with a touch of color along the nose and chin.
2. Using the NARS Blush Brush you can also sculpt the face by adding Albatross Highlighting Blush to brighten the face where light bounces off the skin (top of the cheek bone, brow bone, forehead and down the center of the nose).
3. Apply Orgasm Blush on the apple of the cheeks, blending out along the cheekbone.

Beautiful!

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 17

NARS Malibu (pink brown) Multiple on eyes, and along cheek bone.

NARS Mambo (chocolate brown) Eye Liner Pencil lightly smudged out around eye and as base. And later in between top lashes and bottom lashes to line eyes.

MAC Haux (soft rosy brown) eyeshadow on lid and around eyes to set pencil.  Also dusted over cheeks. (off label use)

NARS Abysinnia  (pearl sheen) to blend edges into and over crease.

NARS Fez  (velvety cocoa) on lid.
NARS Blondie  (light taupe) eyeshadow to fill in eyebrows.

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara

lip balm on lips.

... Joan made me do it.

Joan Crawford on Practising Makeup p.217

"This [makeup program] reads like a long, painstaking process, but after practice a complete makeup job can be done in just minutes."
Joan Crawford - My Way of Life


Practise is essential to becoming good at all things: Using cooking books that appeal to you in philosophy is a great way to become fabulous at cooking. Likewise, imitating or using inspiration from the Makeup Your Mind book is a great way to become fabulous at using makeup.
Below is one of 12 looks posted from François Nars' 2nd Makeup Your Mind book to be released April 19th.


"Makeup is an accessory to fashion." François Nars, 2011

... Joan made me do it.

Getting the Most out of your NARS Illuminator - Fabulous glow

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 16

NARS Illuminator in Orgasm on cheeks using technique show in video (will blog about soon).

NARS Malibu (pink brown) Multiple on eyes, cheeks, and lips

NARS Mambo (chocolate brown) Eye Liner Pencil lightly smudged on bottom of eye as a base

NARS Blondie  (light taupe) eyeshadow to fill in eyebrows.

NARS Alhambra (metallic rose) on lid and below eye.

NARS Mekong  at base of lashes.

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara.

... Joan made me do it

Creating a Fabulous Cat Eye

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 15

NARS Malibu (pink brown) Multiple on eyes, cheeks, and lips

NARS Mambo (chocolate brown) Eye Liner Pencil lightly smudged out around eye and as base

NARS Blondie  (light taupe) eyeshadow to fill in eyebrows.
NARS New York  (plum brown) eyeshadow on lid and around eyes to set pencil.
NARS Kuala Lampur (boysenberry and rose gold) boysenberry on lid and rose gold to blend in crease
NARS Bali  (neutral taupe) under eye.
NARS Himalayas  (iridescent pink) to brighten along crease and inside of eye near nose.

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara

... Joan made me do it.

Today's Makeup Look 14

NARS Malibu (pink brown) Multiple on eyes, cheeks, and lips
NARS Mambo (chocolate brown) Eye Liner Pencil smudged out around eye and as base
NARS April Fools (golden bisk and shimmering sage) golden colour on lid, to blend edges and extending just above crease, dusted as highlight by eye next to nose; sage all over lid and around eye.

NARS Luster (golden apricot) brushed along cheek bone an a bit below apple of cheek towards cheek hallow

NARS Deep Throat (pinky peach) very lightly dusted on apple of cheek

NARS Volumizing Larger Than Life mascara

NARS Pandora (black) at base of lashes (top and bottom)

... Joan made me do it.

Fruit Cobbler p.270 of Happy Days with the Naked Chef

After a quick assessment of fridge contents, I realized that dinner was destined to be light, and we needed 'something additional'.  Dessert! :-)
So, I decided to try Jamie Oliver's Fruit Cobbler recipe.  My husband took to the chopping board and I tossed him various available fruits, using the recipe as a guideline.  Apples, pear, kiwi, strawberries, grated half an apple.  I poured balsamic vinegar & sugar into a warming pan.  Then my husband tossed 'his work' in and added a container of blueberries.  While that simmered I quickly threw the butter, self-rising flour (this stuff is great), sugar, salt, and cream into a bowl and mixed with my hands.  We poured the fruit mixture (ready when berries burst) into a pretty glass baking dish and tossed on the crumble.  Baked 30 minutes.  So easy! So good!  Leftovers made for a delicious treat in lunches the next day :-)  (I took a picture and will publish an image later)

... Joan made me do it.