Kingdom Come - The Civil Wars

I saw The Hunger Games yesterday after finishing the book...it was great! This morning I woke up and felt like putting on bright purple eyeshadow after seeing all of the characters with bright eyeshadows themselves. 

One year anniversary!

Today is a very special day for us. It's our one year anniversary! One year ago today we got together to make our very own beauty blog. It has been a great year for us. Thanks so much to everyone who has followed us and viewed our posts. We never imagined the amount of support we would get in just one year! We are extremely excited for what is to come in 2012.

• In honor of our celebration month, Brooke will be our weekly guest poster! Welcome to the team, Brooke! She will be posting every Friday for the month of February.
• We will start having Music Video Monday posts where we will copy a look from a music video or post a look inspired by a music video. Please, if you have a favorite music video at the moment, leave us a comment!
• We will have other surprises and special guest posts to post throughout the month which we are not quite ready to announce yet. We can't wait!
• We have a new logo! The layout will be evolving throughout the month.

Thanks for all of the support. We love you all!

Xo, Summer and Alexis

 

 For this special post we decided to do looks in our blog's color: purple!

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Boston - Augustana

"I think I need a sunrise. I'm tired of the sunset."

Hey everyone! I'm adoring my new palette. I had a bit of time yesterday to try out some new colors before I had to leave the house. I snapped some quick pictures and I'm here to show you how it turned out!

The other night I saw a gorgeous sunset with unique colors. It was the inspiration behind this look. (So cliche, I know. It really was beautiful, though.)

Colder Weather - Zac Brown Band

I went to a concert last night! I thought I'd share my eyeshadow look! I bought a few new makeup products this week that I've been wanting to try out.

Gone - Scotty McCreery

Hey everyone! Hope you all have been doing well. This weekend I went to Scotty McCreery's homecoming in Garner, North Carolina! If you don't know, Scotty is a finalist on American Idol. When you make the final 3, you get a hometown visit! I'm super proud of Scotty and so happy he's representing North Carolina. I had a great time there and I am so happy for him! Be sure to watch American Idol this Wednesday on FOX at 8:00p.m. Please vote! I'm hoping he'll bring home the win!

Anyways, I'm here to post the eyeshadow look that I wore that day. This is my favorite eyeshadow look. I wear it almost every single day. I have received so many compliments. I can dress it up with eyeliner, or tone it down for when I'm just running out the door to go to class.

Goodbye - Miley Cyrus

So i got a new shirt, its purple, with peacock feathers one it. YESSSS!!!!! anyways, i had to find a way to sort of dress it up for work. i decided to do a smokey eye (nothing too over the top) to go with the mani i gave my self yesterday.... all i did was apply an eye shadow primer - and covered my lid in a gray shadow, not metallic, which i prefer to use when doing a "night time" smokey eye. anyway, i then just blended in a matte black shadow from the outter edge of my lash... finished with urban decay liner, and maybeline falsies mascara... and VOILA!

ahhh, so ive been toying with the whole "matte/shiny" combo manicure idea for a while, i finally did it. i left some around the edges so its kind of messy.... and this is just a rough attempt. i think it could be amazzzeee...

That Should Be Me - Justin Bieber

So, last night a friend of mine came to stay the night with me. Me being.. well me, couldn't resist a make over. This particular friend rarely wears make up so I wanted to do something kind of extreme.. Its more fun that way.. right?

Anyway, I started with a liquid foundation and powder (both cover girl) and and used a bit of SEPHORA bronzer. Afterward I applied a eye shadow primer and then used a liquid liner by URBAN DECAY. Next I used an urban decay shadow (forgot the name, it rubbed off :p) and took a crease brush and rubbed in some "punki purple" eye shadow into the inside corner of her eye. I took an eyeliner brush and used the same purple shadow and lined the bottom lid and to finish off the shadow, put a small dab on the outer corner of her eye. I finished the whole look with Falsies Mascara by Maybeline.. I LOVEEEE it. don'tcha think it would be fab for a mardi gras party?

One By One mascara: Like It or Leave It - Aly & A.J.

This week I bought Maybelline's One By One mascara! I was almost out of my Falsies mascara, so I needed to buy some more. I kept seeing the commercial for this mascara over and over again, so I decided to try it out.

Eyeshadow: I Look So Good Without You - Jessie James

I have a simple eyeshadow look to share with you all today!

What I Used:

1. Mac Pigment - "Pinked Mauve"

2. Mac Pigment - "Vanilla"

3. Urban Decay - "Twice Baked"