Halloween Fashion and Copper Headbands

I'm back after my brief sabbatical. K's cold was passed to me, and of course, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

I am so excited. Halloween is just around the corner. It's my all time favorite holiday. I love it even more than Christmas. I used to be a legend in my old hometown for my decorating. But, now, I live in the country and have to take pleasure in the little things I can do and find for Halloween. While shopping for some cardstock to try some new packaging/card designs on, I happened down the Halloween aisle where I discovered the most awesome Halloween inspired makeup. So, of course, I had to get some. They are called Fantasy Makers by the creators of Wet n Wild. I got this awesome glitter nail polish whose lid is shaped like a tombstone. I swear this is the best glitter polish ever. You can see a pic of it on my nails. We also got mini bottles of glow in the dark and blood red nail polish, and a mini glitter lip gloss that has a keychain attached. I'm in love and might have to go back to get the shimmer dust when I'm stocking up on Halloween nail polish.

Believe it or not, I actually worked this weekend. I was quite productive. My newest piece has just been listed in my shop. It was inspired by my persuasion bangle. I happened to be talking to a customer about headband designs and thought how fabulous that would be in a headband. So, here it is. I think it turned out pretty well, and I have to say I am in love with how the ends turned out. It's really very comfortable to wear and can be formed to the shape of your head. Like I said, it's in my shop if you want to check it out.

Mineral Makeup

Today is all about mineral makeup.

I recently purchased a makeup kit from mineralmakeup on etsy. It's all a part of my plan to make myself feel better about the way I look. I haven't worn makeup since I was pregnant with K. I used to wear it all the time. Plus, I've come to realize that I'm at that age where I can't get away with not wearing makeup. My biggest problem was the colors I needed. My complexion is only good with certain colors and not many at that.

So, I convo'd mineralmakeup to see if she could help me when I made my purchase. I even sent her a pic so she could have a better clue of my coloring. She was very sweet and very kind. I even ordered some of her brushes which are fabulous. She sent me several colors that I love and some samples of other colors that I'm loving just as much.

What's so great about mineralmakeup you ask? Well, I can't give you the rundown of all the benefits of it cause I don't know really. I only really know my experience with it. First, it's supposed to be better for your skin that ordinary makeup. It is super easy to apply. Even after all these years, it only took me about 10 minutes to apply everything from the concealer to the mineral veil. It totally felt like I didn't have any makeup on at all. Not like when you buy store brand, and have that heavy feeling all over your face. The best part was that I only had the slightest hint of wearing makeup. The rest just smoothed out my lines and complexion, and you couldn't tell I had it on.

If you were thinking of trying mineral makeup, I say go for it. Go talk to mineralmakeup over on etsy, and she can get you all set up with what you'll need. Every now and then she does a Saturday Night Special which helps. For those of you not in the know, it's a forum thread on etsy at 5pm EST on Saturdays with lots of shop specials. She also has lots of great samples.