Holiday Glam With Red Lip & Plum Lip

Holiday Makeup

Hey everyone!! This holiday makeup look is pretty common this time of year. There is something about a sparkly gold eye, and cherry red lips that puts you in the holiday spirit! I thought I would try to pair this gold eye makeup with a dark plum lip to change things up. I honestly love both of them so much and would wear either or to a holiday party. If bold colors aren't your thing, don't worry! A nude lip would look just as incredible too! 

PS - When taking these photos it was EXTREMELY windy outside! sorry for the random hairs in my face!

DETAILS:

Eyes- The Semi-Sweet Chocolate bar palette.

 1- to set my lid so all shadows will blend easier.

2- transition shade for my crease

3- to warm up my crease

4- outer corner crease to add depth 

5- a tiny amount to deepen outer corner

6- all over lip to clean up any fall out. (this color has a peachy gold undertone, which was I wanted for the gold glitter to go on top!).

Gold Glitter- H&M

Gel Liner- Colour Pop Cosmetics

Lashes- House of Lashes

Brows- Anastasia Beverly Hills

Face:

Foundation- Maybelline Better Skin

Highlight- Maybelline FitMe

Contour- Benefit

Illuminator: Mary-Loumanizer by The Balm

Lips:

Color Pop Cosmetics- Succulent (bright red)

LipLand Cosmetics - Montenegro (deep plum) - sold out. Similar HERE.

XOXO

Friendsgiving.

 Director/Model: TheJpetite 

Photographer: Ashley Rae Photography 

Styling/Set Design/ Rentals: Lindsey Ekstrom- Fancy Lou Designs 

Makeup/Model: Yours Truly

Florals: Pj's Flowers and Events

Accessories: Alixandra Collections

Sophia's Apparel: Alixandra Collections c/o

Jess's Apparel: Top: Joie | Bottom: Shein c/o

Food Vendors: Sprouts, Chelsea's Kitchen, LGO, The Herb Box, Chestnut, Flower Child, and True Foods

Let me start off by saying how incredibly grateful I am to have worked with such talented people! Jessica is one of the most kind, unselfish people you'll ever meet. I've had the opportunity to work with her a couple of times now and when she first told me about the shoot, I was super excited and honored to be apart of it. She is so creative and absolutely wonderful to work with. I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley and Lindsey and can I just say how fabulous these two women are? I can't believe how much ambition Ashley has! She has such a keen eye and knew exactly how to make us look good and achieve a good shot. There was no messing around! :) It amazed me to see Lindsey at work. She had boxes and boxes of these incredible decorations and she put it together in minutes. It takes someone extremely talented and creative to pull something this extravagant off in the little time that she had.  

Thank you to all vendors and creatives that made this shoot possible and allowing me to be a part of something wonderful!  

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

xoxo

Celebrate Good Times.

Who loves a good celebration? I know I do! This past summer, my husband graduated BYU, was commissioned into the Air Force, and was accepted to and started attending Midwestern University in their dental program. If you ask me, these accomplishments are worth celebrating. I wanted to put together something simple and intimate. Here are some ideas for a inexpensive, elegant celebration.

I used graduation pictures of my husband, his diploma, and his Air Force acceptance as a center piece to "show off" and represent him for the celebration. Surrounding that, of course we had to have desserts! What's a celebration without desserts?

For drinks, I placed sparkling cider nicely on the table, showing all the different flavors. I used wine glasses to serve the drinks because nothing says "class" like some fancy glassware!

I used some antique dishes and serving platters that I borrowed from family for the desserts because I wanted to take something that was simple and make it elegant.

 Last but not least, you need guests! Ryan isn't someone that likes the spotlight, so I wanted to keep the guest list very simple by only inviting close friends and family. There's nothing better than ending your night with a toast to friendship.

"Life should not only be lived, it should be Celebrated"

Life is too short to not celebrate! Sometimes I feel like we go through life making huge changes, accomplishing great things and never take the time to celebrate and really recognize what we've done. So keep calm and celebrate!

xoxo