Mega Haul, New Vid, and I'm BACK!

Hello lovely lovely people!

In short... I'm back! Still trying to sort out some lighting/location/filming issues, but I am indeed back to making videos, and I've come back with a monster 25 minute long video (which I'll post here once it's uploaded).

To accompany this video, I've posted below this post a series of swatches/product photos for some of the things I show in the video... swatching during videos is far too messy! So be sure to scroll down and check out Part 1: Lipsticks, Part 2: Lip glosses, and Part 3: Eyeshadows!

Full shot of new goodies!

xoxo

How did you find the YT Beauty community?

Hey everyone,

Just a "chit chat" post about how I started watching beauty videos on YouTube.

It never really occurred to me to look on Youtube for videos about makeup and fashion. I read magazines and visited the websites of those magazines, but that was it.

So in April or May of 2008, I was searching Youtube for the latest episode of Gossip Girl.
And one of the most recent results was a makeup tutorial for the makeup of Georgina Sparks. I remember wondering to myself why anyone would actually go to the trouble of figuring out her makeup, but I was also really curious. So I clicked. And a few hours later, I had plowed through all of this girl's makeup videos. Her username was carrielizlacey, and her account has since been deleted, but she was my very first subscription. I made an account on YT so that I could subscribe to her.

For a while, I only watched her videos because I had no idea there were other makeup channels out there. But then I saw that carrielizlacey was subscribed to a channel called "MakeupGeekTV"... and.... well the rest is history :D

I often wonder what happened to carrielizlacey. I know it sounds weird, but I really liked her personality, and she wasn't bad at putting on makeup! And I wish she hadn't deleted her channel! 

So who was your first subscription? How did you find the Youtube Beauty community?

xox
Chloe

Thanks Suzy!!

My lovely friend Suzy sent me some great Dutch goodies!!!




Shimmer Powder in Sparkling Dawn. Gawwwwwwgeousssssssss!!!




GLITTER!!




Glitter liners in Live Forever, Into the Night. They stayed on really well, and weren't chunky or flaky!



Sparkle City!



Essence eyeshadows in Live Forever, Sparkling Dawn, Into the Night. All except Into the Night cracked in the mail, but I successfully repressed them! But now the pretty design is no longer...

Suzy, you are fab!!

Bella Swan hair from New Moon

Here's my newest video, Bella Swan's hair from New Moon. Her hair is a bit different in this movie. It's a lot straighter, with just the ends curling. Her hair is really long though, so by "the ends", I'm thinking of "jaw-line and lower". I think it turned out really nicely, but it's too bad my hair refuses to stay curled for a long period of time :(

Damn You JVC

I was so excited to make better quality videos.

Foiled.

For my birthday, I got a JVC Everio HDD camcorder, because I LOVE filming things. I'm a very visual person, I love taking pictures and having permanent memories. So I thought it would be a great addition to my camera family, which already includes a Nikon D60.

You know, for $500, I really didn't think I would have to ask how good the video quality is. It shouldn't really be an issue.

But for serious. My iSight camera takes better quality videos than the Everio.

Taking it back to Best Buy this weekend. Now I'm wondering what to get instead :(

Contest Entry Video!

Dottilicious/Suzy Contest Entry!

Sadie wanted in on the groovy fun...


Hello all you cool cats... It's the 1960s in Chloe's casa today!

Being a complete "noob" (I hear that's what you call incompetent people in the gaming world?) I tried forever to find a computer game character that I could do a look for. And voila! Cate Archer! After looking at lots of photos (side note: there are some really dirty people out there... video game porno? Grosssssss!) I came up with a sort of hybrid look... a combo of all of her looks!

Products used:
MAC Painterly paintpot
MAC Blanc Type e/s (creamy white matte)
MAC Embark e/s (Dark brown matte)
MAC Wedge e/s (medium brown matte)
Annabelle Ebony e/s
Urban Decay 24/7 eye liner in Zero
Quo false lashes #806
NYX purple pearl pigment
Laura Geller lip spackle
MAC Blankety lipstick
Fix +
Joe Fresh cheek tint in Peachy
Sonia Kashuk blush in Pink

Brushes used:

MAC 239
Sigma SS224
BE Precision Eye brush
Sigma SS188
Annabelle lip brush
Annabelle Angled brush