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Accidental natural makeup

by margotsmokes

Jordi of ItsLikelyMakeup posted a Throwback Thursday photo on Instagram a while back of her as a teenager in the go-to Scene Queen weird dolly makeup, and naturally instead of responding with what the fuck were we thinking, I was inspired and immediately wanted to recreate it.

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Ahh!! I want to embed the actual IG but I can’t find it! It’s from December 2016. She posts a lot lol

Now my question is what the fuck were we using in 2006, because the above was what happened when I used what in my opinion, was an excessive amount of blush, and a coordinating lip color that seemed garishly pink. It looks downright natural. I think I own makeup that’s either of such better quality or has developed it’s own consciousness and minimalist aesthetic that it’s somehow directly/indirectly preventing me from charging up to max clown-level.

URBAN DECAY eyeshadow in Sin
KEVYN AUCOIN Sculping Powder in Light
TOO FACED Sweethearts Blush in Candy Glow
ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS Clear Brow Gel
REVLON Colorstay Liquid Eyeliner in Black Brown
TOO FACED La Creme Color-Drenched Lipstick in Marshmallow Bunny
BOBBI BROWN Eye Opening Mascara

Makeover makeover makeover makeover

by margotsmokes

I’m finally starting to play with all the makeup I got at Christmas since I’m finally starting to leave the house again.

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  1. Eyeshadow: Urban Decay – Sin
  2. Brows: Benefit Brow Zing – Medium Brown
  3. Eyeliner: Revlon 2-in-1 Kajal – Fig
  4. Mascara: Too Faced – Better Than Sex
  5. Blush: Too Faced Sweethearts – Candy Glow
  6. Liquid Lipstick: Kat Von D – Bow N Arrow
  7. Foundation: Too Faced – Snow

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  1. Eyeshadow: Urban Decay – Sin
  2. Brows: Benefit Brow Zing – Medium Brown
  3. Eyeliner: Tarte – Lights, Camera, Lashes Longwear Liquid Liner
  4. Mascara: Bobbi Brown – Eye Opening
  5. Blush: Too Faced Sweathearts – Peach Beach
  6. Lipstick: Bite Beauty – Thistle
  7. Foundation: Cover FX Pressed Mineral Foundation – N0
  8. Concealer: Maybelline Fit Me – Fair

February, week 1

by margotsmokes

I’m really proud of myself, because they left the security sensor on a $20 tote bag I bought at TJ Maxx, and instead of driving back to the store and having them remove it, I just cut that fucker off.

I wrapped the potentially dye filled part in a Ziploc then cut the chain with a pair of 3M plastic packaging cutting scissors I got at Michael’s in preparation for Christmas a couple years ago.

Best investment ever. Those shears will cut anything.

But I’m all high on myself because I’m not much for rule breaking, but in my deteriorated mental state I was all, not today TJ Maxx, and I got shit done and nothing blew up on me.

And I got to take my tote bag into D.C. because my Uncle is here for some trade show.

My Mom’s friend’s own stress response has become ordering things from Williams & Sonoma off her iPad while hiding in her bed, and in a near-literal turning-life’s-lemons-into-lemonade scenario, she bought this amazing Yuzu-Meyer Lemon Cocktail Mix that is one half of the classiest whiskey sour I’ve ever had.

I still can’t get my files off my memory card. At this point, it has nothing to do with the files themselves and everything to do with me needing to dominate my phone.

Halloween makeup, blood splatter nails, an ode to Gerard Way and Urban Decay’s Gash

by margotsmokes

Halloween zombie undead punk makeup

Straight up, Gerard Way’s eye makeup in My Chemical Romance’s “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” video was a game changer for me. By the time I was in my mid-teens I had every pot of silver-grey eyeshadow and every pitch black eyeliner that promised to stay on my inner rims that Sephora stocked, accumulated with the reckless abandon of someone desperately trying to spackle over a gaping emotional void and paying with their parents money.

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Makeup Post: Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in 1993

by margotsmokes

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Kind of obsessed with Urban Decay’s Vice line of lipsticks. There are so many of them. I never thought “more” would be a selling point, but walking up to their display feels like walking into a candy store, with the added benefit that you can find a color you like, then be like, ‘I want that, but more sheer’ or ‘in matte finish.’ Plus they’re cheap for a Sephora brand, and they’ve got their version of a lot of the hipster colors, the lilacs, the grieges, the weird 90s Kylie Jenner mauves like this one “1993” (gotta love the honesty.)

Eyes
Be A Balmshell Cosmetics Eye Primer in Submissive
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
The Balm Mary Lou-Manizer
Brows
NYX brow pencil in Taupe
Cheeks
Benefit Cosmetics Rockateur
Lips
Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in 1993
Face
Hard Candy Glamoflage concealer