What I ended up wearing to see Gaga

I bought batteries and brought my camera along to see Lady Gaga, all ready to take lots of snaps! Then discovered that I left my memory card at home. So I could only take a couple pictures but they're saved onto the harddrive of my camera and I can't find the cable to bring them to my computer! When Steve and I got home, he took some pics of me in my outfit.

It's a nude bodysuit, shiny *tight* high waisted black leggings, (thank you American Apparel), my go to black patent peep toe heels (Aldo), red lace gloves, white double breasted single button jacket (silence and noise for Urban Outfitters), my deadstock flip up glasses, nude colored multi-way bra (Victoria's Secret) and makeup/nail polish.

The concert was awesome, I am so glad that there were giant screens of Gaga since our seats were at a slightly unfortunate angle... I was most excited when she started to sing Speechless, when she was at the piano it was the best... She talked a lot which was awesome and the costumes were very cool... Want to see her again...

High Heels for Men

Stumbled across a fierce blog. It's High Heels for Men. The blog protests for men's right to wear high heels and stockings (and not be considered a crossdresser for doing so.)

I've got Gaga tickets!!!

Seeing Gaga in Toronto on November 28!! It's the second stop on her world tour. Crazily/Impressively she's touring at least into April of 2010. So I've begun to think of what I might like to wear to her concert. Right now I am thinking.....

white and gold Venetian style mask
netting over too-big hair, (crimped, curled, pinned and pinned)
black lipstick
black nail polish
black makeup around eyes
black latex fingerless gloves
nude bra worn under:
black fishnet bodystocking
black 5 ¾ inch platform peeptoe patent heels
multi-layered pearl necklace
black frilly skirt
ivory double breasted jacket

ooohhhhhh, but we'll see... I have so many Gaga inspired and Gaga appropriate items in my closet.... And I couldn't find my black skirt... I remembered some silver stockings and a fringed leather jacket while I was looking around for the items I'm already thinking of... Love Gaga...

Halloween Makeup - Eyebrow Covering

Halloween (the best day of the year) is this Saturday!!! There are parties to hit up and looks to rock. So I've just cleaned the test run off my face... Putting on my makeup and costume takes over an hour! (Feels like my wedding day again, though that was a little more work...) I've been watching youtube video tutorials to learn how to cover up my brows so I could redraw them up higher and more arched on my face. It's not easy. A couple of my favorite videos; the gluestick method by Blanche Babcock (so cute), the gluestick vs. the spirit gum and browwax method by petrilude and the soap method by Glosspot in her how-to Columbia video for Halloween.

These weren't even all the products I used to get my Jessica look... (above)

What's there is:

1) MAC studio fix fluid (foundation) (love this product)

2) MAC lip conditioner (use often)

3) Quo brush cleaner

4) MAC select cover up (concealor)

5) Sally Hanson eyelash curler (I didn't actually use this today to preserve my faux lashes for parties this week)

6) Annabelle Studio - Karma pigment

7) Rimmel blush - 34 Sienna

8) Maybelline Dream Matte Powder

9) Covergirl blush - cheekers

10) Quo brush kit

11) Quo lip brush

12) Lancome Palette - I didn't end up using this actually!

13) MAC lipstick - Ruby Woo (one of my fave shades)

14) Covergirl loose powder

15) MAC prime and prep lip (a luxury for lips)

16) Maybelline mascara

17) Annabelle lip liner (for brows too!)

18) Bonnebelle - noir eyeliner

19) MAC brow gel -ha I so didn't need this, after glueing my brows down!! (another luxury - nice to have)

20) MAC liquid last liner - point black (a brush is a must to get this one right)

21) L'Oreal HIP duo pigment - flamboyant (an affordable decent quality product)

What's missing is:

G & T gluestick

style 110 eyelashes and lash adhesive by Sephora (so fun)

Quo cosmetic wedges (sponges)

black eyeliner

Covergirl neutralizer (concealor - to cover brows)

A bunch of these products I use fairly often or are part of my arsenal already. Some I picked up just for Halloween, such as, extra purple shadow and the lashes and glue... MAC is my hands-down favorite maker of products. Some of the other brands are great too, but tend to be a little pricier. Then I pick up a lot of products that aren't as good of quality, but are a little more affordable. I've had to start using a medium size handbag to keep all my makeup in.

So here it is! (below) I'm hoping to get some better photos on Halloween. I needed to practise the makeup and I wanted to take a photo of the whole thing as I cannot wear this dress to work. It's a little too slutty... I am planning on wearing the shoes/gloves/makeup/stockings/hair with a more conservative outfit... My new highwaisted skirt and a red top.

Here I am mid brow covering: (below)

Beautiful Woman.... Lizzi Miller

Been a bit too busy for blogging recently, or even tweeting.... But here is something worth blogging about; look at this gorgeous woman that Glamour put in their September issue:

She hasn't been touched by an airbrush and... she... glows!

On the other hand we have Keira Knightly:

(Article) And nothing against Keira, I've read that she gets pretty agitated by people altering her image... The blame should be on the marketing crew of Chanel. If she wanted those she could damn well buy them. Women do come in every shape and size after all. But it's SO GOOD to see that image of Lizzi Miller, untouched!

Maybelline Pulse Perfection Mascara! and Mascara Giveaway!

For a couple of weeks now I've been trying out a new mascara... It's Maybelline Pulse Perfection Mascara . It's a mascara with a vibrating wand. It honestly sounds a little scary to me, it did at first, but I had the opportunity to give this mascara a try, for free! Courtesy of Matchstick, a word of mouth marketing agency in Toronto. I actually love trying out new mascaras. This one isn't available for purchase yet in Canada. Even though it's been a couple of weeks, I'm still trying to like the 'pulse' - the vibrating part. It's not scary at all. You have to be a little more careful while applying of course and you need to get close to the mirror - leaning across the countertop in a public restroom isn't really going to work, nor is trying to apply right after a wicked arm workout at the gym. I find the vibrating action really forces you to apply the mascara a lot more slowly. Maybe that's a good thing... In the end I can't really tell if the vibrating helps thicken or benefit in anway the appearance of lashes. I do think this is an exceptional mascara - I like the wand and the make up of the product does the trick, it's thick but not too thick and it's kinda wet-ish... Doesn't feel dry on application and it's not tricky to clean it off. It does make lashes appear thicker, longer and if you don't get too carried away separated. If you keep applying and applying then the lashes will start to stick together.


I'm going to keep using the mascara - keep testing the vibrating aspect.... Sometimes I don't even bother, it seems faster/easier to not use it. I still get great looking lashes. I'm thinking the vibrating aspect is pretty much a gimmick - and it's a great product without that... Which without would make it more affordable to the consumer and still reliable. I guess Maybelline is really interested in selling this mascara, perhaps there is a mascara war of sorts among makeup companies. I think a great ad/marketing campaign and providing free samples or demos to customers and relying on the prospect of... well... reliability... would do just fine.

I've given a couple of the tubes to my girlfriends so I'll have to ask them how they're liking theirs.

Maybelline Pulse Perfection Mascara GIVEAWAY:

So I received a few extra tubes of Maybelline Pulse Perfection Mascara, if you would like me to send you one all ya hafta do is answer me this: (a question tied somewhat to my career and my other passion; animation!) What designer recently put together an ad campaign with animated characters alongside models wearing her/his line? Please leave your answer as a comment and include your e-mail. (Please, only Canadian and U.S. residents)

Awesomeness

Amber Rose