tag: nail polish obsession

no more nail polish! LOL okay, i think that'll be it with nail polish videos for a while... i will be getting back into makeup talk soon. i'm slowly getting better... i think it was just a 1day/2day bug. now i just have nagging cough.

i used my webcam to film today's video. i rearranged my iMac and my 2nd monitor on my desk so i can position the webcam to be in front of the window (or by the window). i would really like to film directly in front of the window, but i remember when i did that in the past, i was so washed out. i have way too much junk in my office to be moving heavy things around so i think the webcam is good where it is for now.

oh, BTW, Bare Escentuals JUST released their READY blushes! yes, PRESSED blushes! OMG! they have a preview sale right now on their READY blushes and bronzers... using the code MARCH at checkout, you will get free shipping on the preview items only. so tempting! i might just go to the mall since i have a full punch card ($10 off) that's been burning a hole in my purse! and if you were on the mailing list, you would've gotten an email from them with a link to the preview sale. i don't know if i can link to it here as the link might change per email recipient (not sure). so call your local boutique if you have any questions. this sale is not at ULTA or Sephora... just online or at the free-standing boutiques. xoxo Kathleen

FOTD show & tell January 13th

so i finally blew the dust off my HD video camera (Sony HDR-XR150) and recorded another Face of the Day (FOTD). this time i was at my makeup table and used natural lighting and no external lighting. when i film at my desk, i'm using my webcam (Logitech C910) which records in HD 720p and i have a clip lamp on one of my wire shelves and table lamp that sits on my desk. in my old videos, i used the webcam that came with my iMac but the model i own doesn't record in HD. the new ones do and i so want one with a 27" monitor! well, i just upgraded the RAM from 2GB to 16GB and it has definitely sped up importing video from the various cameras and exporting the video to an MOV file. the quality was pretty good, but i wanted it to be better so that's why i got the HD video camera. i got the Logitech camera because i wanted to film videos on the fly with high quality, too, and i didn't have to mess with lugging my HD video camera (as if it's sooo heavy... LOL).

anyway, i hope the lighting in this video is much better than the orange cast the lamps give me when i'm at my desk. i think i'll film using my webcam when i'm showing stuff and outfits of the day/night, but i think i'll use my HD video camera when i'm doing my show & tell videos. the only thing i don't like about using the HD video camera is that you can see my giant pores. UGH. it's because of the horrible skin that i had in high school. it's not nearly as bad this time around i mainly break out in my chin and under my chin, but the aftermath of the acne i had back in high school is forever carved in my cheeks. i hate it. xoxo Kathleen