My Top 10 Favorite Beauty Products of 2019

    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! LET’S MAKE 2020 A GREAT AND POSITIVE YEAR! A LOT OF YOU KNOW THIS WAS A HARD FOR ME BUT THANK GOODNESS FOR MY CLOSE FRIENDS, EVEN IF THEY DON’T LIVE CLOSE BY, AND THANK GOD FOR MY PARENTS AND CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS!

   This video through my youtube webcam was sooooo much fun to shoot a few days ago. I wanted this topic to be the last youtube video I shot for 2019 and it turned out wonderfully. Check out my TOP 10 FAVORITE BEAUTY PRODUCTS FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN OF 2019. WATCH MY LAST FUN FABULOUS YOUTUBE VIDEO AND LEAVE ME SOME FUN COMMENTS AND/OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BRAND OR PRODUCTS I LIST AND MENTION. OH AND MAKE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!!

I love you all and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

XoXo Carlie

 

GO WATCH MY VIDEO BELOW AND LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON YOUR FAVORITE PRODUCTS OF 2019! AND MAKE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY! XoXO

Here’s the makeup star list I wore in my video and thumbnail:

Primer: Putty Primer from E.L.F

Foundation: Soap & Glory KICK ASS all day wear, shade 01

Concealer: Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser dark circles and all over concealer.

Setting Powder: Coty AirSpun Translucent Loose Setting Powder

Brightening Powder: Laura Mercier translucent brightening powder

Eye Makeup: Blue blood, Mintea, and Cullinan from Jeffree Star Cosmetics, BLUE BLOOD PALETTE and Mystic Ice from my CELESTIAL THUNDER PALETTE from Dominque Cosmetics.

Glitter Eye Makeup:  The colors, Earthless, Between the Shadow, and Famine glitter colors from my HAUNTED glitter palette from Dear Katie Brown.

Blush: Girl on Girl from Trixie Cosmetics

Highlighter: After School Special from Trixie Cosmetics

Lipstick/s: For my thumbnail, I used Diamond from the Jeffree Star Cosmetics Family collection. In my video, I wear Sky High gloss from Jeffree Star Cosmetics.

Setting Spray: Urban Decay All-Nighter

My New PR from Duvolle.com

Wig Collaboration with Peggy Stone Pinup

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done a shoot, an article write-up or shot a video for my channel, but it’s because I’ve had a lot of stuff going on in my life and it’s been chaotic. But with that said, I’m back! Yay!

Here’s another sexy and beautiful collab with my pinup sister, Peggy Stone. She’s such a doll. Her and I both love wearing wigs and have a fun wig collection so we decided to do a double shot wig collaboration. While she donned a beautiful teal blue mermaid fantasy wig, I wore my new pink Paige boy wig which I hadn’t worn yet except in my last video where I reviewed Beauty Bakerie for my YouTube channel.

Between the two of us, we look like a beautiful vintage swirl of cotton candy. I hope you enjoy our photos here and stay tuned for more wig shots from both of us and much more content. Wishing you all a great week and see you soon.

XoXo

My Fashion Mood of Today

 I accomplished a lot of things today. Errands, cleaning, organizing, doing my art, starting my first story, etc. and as a fun post, I wanted to share my outside look today and what I did when I got home.

Sporting my “RedRum” lipstick, I didn’t have time to do my hair how I normally would’ve liked to because I was running late to an appointment, but I sported my cartoon “Beatles” tank that I first showed off in my “10 summer outfit” post last year with my black Peplum blazer, my dark denim jeans cuffed with my red and white bow high heels, and last but not least, my “AbbyNormal” (Young Frankenstein) necklace.

When I got home, I washed my face, applied my favorite “Fresh” rose mask, and took a nice soak After I changed into one of my beautifully multi-colored kaftan that I had recently got that made me feel regal from the long flowing material. One of my projects today was organizing my closet wear I keep my wigs. I found one of my fun purple wigs that I never wear and decided to slip it in to get my “CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL” juices flowing. There was no way I was going to put my makeup back on but I applied my prismatic “Alien Tears” topper from Jeffree Star Cosmetics. I completed my fun at home look with one of my many crystal pieces, my adventurine cluster hair comb.

Today wasn’t the day that I thought it would be when I woke up. It was better. I felt more positive about the day when I was out and about than when I first woke up. It was a good day and I encourage you all to something fun and kooky, like running around in a crazy wig, if you want to change your mood. Thank you all for reading about my day. Sending lots of love to you all.

Interview and Feature with Debra Shirley

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY, I got to interview and write a feature on the extremely talented hat and fascinator designer, Debra Shirley. You all know who she is from my Victorian photoshoot I did last year, my Burlesque shoot I did last year, my recent article on her with my latest hat from her in the, “BLACK VEILED BEAUTY” article, and more. If you haven’t seen all those posts, click on her tag here or type her name into SEARCH here to see all the posts I’ve done on her. 

Here is my interview that I did with her. I absolutely am in love with Debra and her talent!!

1. How did you get into making these gorgeous hats, fascinators, and head pieces?

1).  Princess Diana inspired my love of hats at the age of 10, when I borrowed a book on her from the library. She was so stunningly beautiful in all of the hats that she wore that I’m certain she seared my 10 year old brain into linking beauty with hat wearing.  It did not occur to me that I could design hats until I was studying fashion design in my 20’s. Whatever class that I wanted to take during the summer was full and I did not want to remain idle so I ended up taking a Millinery class to keep busy.  I quickly became enamored with the art, and the skills involved in creating came oddly natural to me.

2. How long have you been designing your art?

2).  I first studied millinery in the 1990’s, and soon after was able to start a full time job as a Milliner in a high-end Bridal Salon in Chicago, designing wedding veils and headpieces. As can sometimes happen with trying to earn a living, I lost focus on my true passion for hats and playful headwear. It wasn’t until 2014 that I decided to devote time and energy into creating hats and fascinators and getting them out into the world.

3. Did you teach yourself or take a class when you were starting out?

3).  Veronica Chin, a very talented Milliner at Burning Bush Millinery was my millinery teacher when I first started out.  I took millinery 1, and 2 which is all that the school offered. The school ended up adding a 3rd level class to its curriculum, because of the interest of myself and a few other students at the time.  I learned classic techniques such as blocking, pattern making, wiring and embellishing.  I took what I learned and expanded as much as I could. Each time you make a new piece you can learn from it.

4. What are your favorite events to create your fascinators and hats for?

4).  I love to create hats and fascinators for any event that a woman wants to dress up for and feel fabulous. That could be a day at the horse races, a polo match, a ladies luncheon or even a special photo shoot!

5. What’s your main source of inspiration?

5).  Inspiration can strike in various ways. One of my favorite ways to be inspired is to work off of the colors or details in a dress or favorite outfit. I like to pull the concepts out of the print of a garment and bring them to “life” in headwear, as if the hat is an extension of the outfit.  Sometimes I am inspired by a separate component or embellishment such as a flower or feather.  One piece can get me excited and I start looking for other pieces to go along with it, until the next thing you know, its a finished hat!

6. What’s the best compliment that you have received from a client?

6).  The best compliment that I have ever received from a hat client?  It doesn’t get any better than  “I felt so beautiful wearing your creation” the key word is “felt”. I love when women “feel” beautiful  in addition to looking beautiful.

Debra and I have developed a great relationship and I’ve probably said this before but I’m so extremely happy that I met her and have become friends with her. I hope to see her soon. I hope you enjoy her beautiful photos to give you an idea of what she can create and make sure to check out all her sites.

debrashirley1111@yahoo.com

www.millineryetc.com

www.millineryetc.etsy.com

Instagram: @DEBRASHIRLEY1111

P.S: Thank you Debra, my talented fellow artist friend!

One of my sexy sweet montage! Enjoy!

Enjoy this cool montage video that was put together by friends of mine. Stay tuned for more soon!

December Hits/Misses, and Holiday Faves

I hadn’t done a Product Hit or Miss video in awhile so I thought since it is the end of the year I thought it would be great to do one. Also since it’s the holiday season, I included some of my wonderful Holiday Faves. Hope you enjoy the video and make sure to always subscribe to my youtube channel if you haven’t already and click like on this video as well please. Thank you everyone! Happy Holidays!

New Todays’s Car Vlog Video

Here I talk more about Dolores Chapman aka TipToe Chick and how amazing she was plus my general thoughts and what I planned on doing today. Please watch, like and enjoy and follow both of my sites, this one and my art one  , and subscribe to my youtube channel if you haven’t already.

 

 

Gothic Halloween Beauty Photoshoot

I’ve been enjoying doing my spooky October posts and when my gal Sarah Mushenheim (lifewithlilred) asked to do a Halloween collaboration post, I was all too happy. Anything that has to do with Halloween makes me happy. Stay tuned for Sarah’s Halloween post coming soon as well.

   The second photoshoot I did after my “Mrs. Freddy Krueger” was more of a “Spooky Sex Kitten” shoot with my custom-made vinyl cork screw boots, a black criss cross mini dress, and my sexy “bedroom wave” wig, (which by the way, I loved how I looked and wished my hair actually looked like that especially with that particular hair cut. We rotated taking both color and black and white/monochrome photographs. With my hair style and the dark makeup, I almost felt like a French or silent movie actress. I was felt very confident shooting yesterday which made it that more fun.

   Since I wasn’t doing a typical Halloween shoot where you just dress up in any costume and stand there,  I came up with the idea to utilize my Halloween decorations and props in each photo. I thought the juxtaposition would look really cool and give the pictures a spooky and edgy but beautiful look. Here is my GOTHIC HALLOWEEN BEAUTY set. Hope you enjoy my photos and post and comment down below about what some of your favorite costumes have been.

 

 

 

 

Again with My big sister Rhonda

   My big sis who I recently did a feature on my site is the Tim Burton tattooed and amazing horror makeup artist, Rhonda Burnett. She just posted this photo of her on social media and I thought the look was brilliant so I had to show it off tonight!!! Make sure to check out her first feature interview on here a few articles back!

Hope you like and make sure to check my sister out. Love my sister Rhonda!!!