Time flies... and I'm getting OLD!!

My oh my! 

Today, I spent the afternoon with my cousin Armando and his family. 

I was doing his girlfriend's, Linda, makeup for her birthday and anniversary night. 

Linda and I were pregnant at the same time and had our babies within a week of one another. 

Beautiful baby, Melody, was born on Christmas Day and 

my silly monkey, Maxwell, was born on New Years Eve. 

Our little holiday babies are growing up so fast and its a little scary. 

Heres an early picture of them, Melody was 4 wks and Maxwell was 3 wks. 

Halloween Series... Mermaid/Witch look

Yesterday I decided to give my skin a break and used a face chart

to create a witch/mermaid look. 

 

I used a ton of different colors to create the look. But as you can tell I used a wide range of Blues and Greens with some browns for contouring.

For a Witch, change the eyebrows for a more dramatic look. 

For a Mermaid, add glitter to the eyelids and a shimmery lip gloss. 

I have convinced my sister to let me do this to her so stay tuned for those pictures. Hope this inspires some of you...

Mermaid fins and Witches brooms,

Raquel =0)

Halloweenies! ha ha

I love, love, LOVE Halloween and if you were to ask any of my friends I usually start planning my costume from (I dont know............) lets say March.
ha ha

99 Cent Store Haul (if there is such a thing, ha ha)

So I went to the 99 Cent Store with my little whiner today and boy oh boy did I find some goodies.

Enjoy the photos! =0)

How I store my makeup...

So for a long time I woud store my makeup in a basket or in the drawer of the bathroom. 

It was always all over the place .

Especially when I still lived at my parents, I lost two Carbon by MAC 

because of that and then some =0/

Anyway, about a month ago I went to Target and found this green container 

Guantanamera...

So this weekend we bid farewell (well for 10 months at least) to my beautiful cousin Gaby. 

 (My sister Jackie, Gaby and myself)

She leaves tonight for Cuba.

She was accepted into a medical program which is based there. 

( I love it my cousin is going to be a doctor!!) 

She is such an intelligent and beautiful old soul,

who cares for so many others before herself. 

I wish her nothing but the best of luck in her studies. 

Love you Gabers! =0)

Til next time, 

Raquel =0)

P.s. Here the nails and makeup I wore to the bbq...

The first picture of this post was taken just before we left the bbq. My nails were chipping and my eyeliner was half gone by then, thanks to my sister sharing a hilarious video. 

But I'll share that another day.. Night =0)

Makeup Friday!!!

So I thought of this great idea! ha ha

Every Friday I will post a makeover/just for fun/going out, etc post. 

You'll see before and after pictures 

and a little video from the lucky lady who gets her makeup done. 

Stay tuned!! =0) 

Breathe, Release and Breathe.

There are things that happen to you every once in a while that make you look at your life

and helps you re establish that...

You are so blessed to have such a wonderful life. 

I am so blessed to have been giving the opportunity to give life to this amazing little human being.

Annoying kids..

I know, what a harsh title, but!! I have a point. 

Today, I am taking care of my nephew. 

His name is Devon and he's 3 yrs old. 

Now this adorable 3 year old who is too cute for words... 

SEE!!!

Change is good...

So, I'm changing up my whole idea yet again 

(indecisiveness!! I dont even think thats a word) 

But anyway....

VS Obsession!!

Im totally rocking to the 80s tunes "obsession" playing in my head right now. ha ha

I am obsessed with the makeup, and just maybe because its Victoria's Secret it makes me feel sexy wearing it. ha ha. 

Anyway, Ive done two looks using VS eyeshadows as the Star of the Show!

SO,

I took a cue from my friend Vanessa, whose makeup I did for this picture, 

and somewhat recreated the look. 

She looks amazing by the way. 

Electric BLUE!

So  I decided to play with color this time around and choose to use this amazing navy blue from BEDHEAD...