FMM's Top 12 Posts of 2012

Wow, what a year it's been!  I thought i'd top off this amazing 12 months with some of my favorite posts!  It was quite the challenge deciding on which would make the cut, but... here they are in no particular order!  Here's to a whole lot of fun posts in 2013!  Happy New Year!  Which of my 2012 posts do you remember most? 

1.  French Bang Braid Tutorial (this post has received the most page views out of all of my posts!)
2. Fishtail Braid Tutorial
3. Incoco Nail Appliques
4. Side Swept Bun Tutorial
5. DIY Knotted Hair Ties
6. Beauty Chat with Allure at HBA Global Expo in NYC
7. Finding Beauty in Curacao - Inglot Haul
8. Deborah Lippmann's Reverse French
9. Deborah Lippmann - Lets Go Crazy
10. Nars Flowers 1 Palette- Andy Warhol Collection
11. How To Clean Makeup Brushes
12. Julep - Emilie

Thank you all SO MUCH for your love and support this year!  Cheers! 

Smokey Eye Tutorial using Urban Decay's Smoked Palette

Hi guys!  So a few posts ago, i shared my new Smoked Palette by Urban Decay with you.  A few of you mentioned that you would like to see a tutorial on creating a smokey eye.  I decided to put this video together to illustrate such.  I used only this palette, though i have to tell you that typically i like to mix it up and use other shadows as well.  I figured that for this video, i'd only use this UD palette.  I will show you other looks using some of my other favorite palettes in the near future.  I hope you like it!  I apologize in advance that some of the angles aren't the best, i'm still working on perfecting the video thing.  I'll get there eventually.  Let me know your thoughts!  Have you tried this UD palette yet?  Oh and Jeeda... this one's for you!  xoxo Carla

Inglot - Finding 'beauty' in Curacao`

So i just returned from a wonderful vacation in gorgeous Curacao!  One afternoon, we decided to take a ride to downtown Willemstad - a picturesque little waterfront town decked out in rows of pretty little pastel colored buildings.  This feast for the eyes is also the mecca for shopping in Curacao where you'll fine high end brands as well as souvenir shops to please any one's shopping itch!  I was so excited to run into the Inglot store!  I first heard about Inglot from my sister who told me that their style concept is similar to that of MAC's but less expensive.  I'd never made it out to the store in Jersey so i was anxious to feast my eyes on all the make-up goodness that i was about to encounter! 

The store was tiny, yet filled with every color of the rainbow!  I first glanced at the nail polish selection where i picked up two colors.  One was a teal (988) and the other a deep shimmery burgundy (342).   I then made my way over to the lip glosses.  There were hundreds to choose from.  Personally, i need lip gloss like i need a fork in my eye BUT my theory is, can one ever have enough?  That's debatable... i for one think not!  So i snatched up a 'Lip paint' pot in a pretty corally pink color (61) and imagined how pretty it would look paired with a dab of shimmery gold eyeshadow and plenty of mascara!  Lastly, the eye shadows... oh the eye shadows... all dreamy pretty colors!  This one in particular caught my eye (44) which reminded me so much of MAC's 'sumptious olive' (one of my favorite shadows)!  Since i was running low, i decided to pick that up as well.  Overall, i loved the store and their price point was relatively good considering i picked all of this up for about $50.  Now the only bummer is the number system versus color names.  I personally love, LOVE reading the super creative names of colors whether it be nail polish or blush!  I find that it adds personality to the product.  A number is so blah!  So my one word of advice for Inglot is to convert, convert, convert!  Gosh I'd love the job of creating names for make-up colors!  Can you just imagine???  Now if only there was a nail polish in "Carla"... i mean hello??  Now that would be a fabulous color, no?  Hmmm i better work on that!  For now, I'll leave you with these pictures filled with make-up eye candy!  Enjoy!

 

 

Here are swatches of all the goodies i purchased along with a few pictures from this amazing vacation!

 

 

 

My little munchkins!

 

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