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Johnny Was in The Woodlands, kimono, The Woodlands TexasThis post warrants some words.   There is a  young girl that works at Johnny Was in The Woodlands who had been open to a fun makeup play date!  I finally had tine to do a Saturday morning with her recently and she looked so cute I’d wanted to post a photo here!

Leilani was claiming to be having issues with her smoky eye technique so we focused on that among other things.

I tried to use as much of her recent makeup purchases as possible but of course had to mix in a few of my own great finds. Sometimes you’re literally throwing money away that you could be using on other things.  Some of the items that we agreed were great budget friendly finds were Maybelline Dream Velvet Foundation, Revolution Baked Highlighter and Physicians Formula Custom Bronzer!  Of course Rimmel lip liner is the best ever, but that goes without saying.

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On some things though, I stuck to the staples of Anastasia Dip Brow, Nars Black Valley gel liner and the Naked Smoky Palette! We were both happy with the results we got with a light smoky look. By the way, it’s worth mentioning that SMOKY is the correct way to spell the word, unless you are referring to SMOKEY the BEAR.  Just sayin. The creaters of Smokey The Bear spelled his name differently on purpose…I feel like this is how half the universe now spells smoky incorrectly.

Back to me though…we had a fun time digging through makeup and discussing the finer points of the art…getting lips to stay on, etc so I just wanted to share! I did not have a lot of time this past year to still do makeup so I love that I took the time! Thanks Leilani!

-SDS

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I look like I take myself so seriously.  I really don’t.  I have to explain how this post came about and you will see the humor.

I was going to Paris this month.  I decided it would be a perfect time to get pictures done with my husband, in front of the Eiffel Tower.  After researching, it became evident that I would need a red dress for the supposed photo opportunity, so I set out to have my own dress created. The dress is a wee bit different from my original design idea but I learned a lot!  Grace Abbott was the seamstress I worked with to create the gown.  I think next time, I will try to have an ultimate black dress made. That dress that makes anyone look good. One can dream.

I wasn’t counting on extreme wind and cold on the day we took time to actually do the photo session.  It was so cold and windy that you literally could barely hold your eyes open and when you did, freezing cold tears would fall out of them.  A see-thru red lace dress flapping in the wind was not going to work. Fortunately, I brought a back up. It was a 20 year old black dress that I keep around and let clients use for photo sessions.  But that’s another story and I’ll post the photos from that later….here we have the dress that I didn’t wear in Paris.  Instead, I wore her to our anniversary dinner here in Houston.

I wanted to share it on the blog, so here we are!  I am not sure what my new obsession is with red…I’ve always been a pink person.  I guess I’ve decided that red is a classic, fun, forever color pop. I recently invested in red shoes…which is hard to do!  It’s very hard to find a red shoe that is acceptable.  Red sneaker wedges, red stiletto nails, 5 million tubes of red lip stick and of course…this red Prada bag which I will use until I’m dead to justify the cost! I was lucky enough to purchase her in Paris as a souvenir. At least this is what I tell myself to help rationalize.

The red Gianni Bini heels are adorable!  The name is Valentina, and I’m really hoping to wear them here and there, they are super comfortable.

All of my home revamps are finally finished so a lot of my spare time will be used for MUA jobs on the side of my Day Job working for Johnny Was, but I will still make time for my blog!  Why? I have worked in fashion and makeup for years. I still do freelance work here and there.  I love photography. Art. I have opinions. Strong ones from what I’m told.  Blogging is a creative outlet so that I don’t feel compressed by having to blend in with society and grind. My blog is a platform for what I am doing in life and what I aspire to do more of.

-SDS

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