running errands FOTD

when it came time to film a video today, i totally blanked out! i keep a list of ideas and i just didn't want to do any of them! so i kinda copped out and did a FOTD (face of the day) and had a little chat. at least i put on makeup today! i was on FaceTime with my neighbor and while i was catching her up on what's been going on with me, it gave me time to "put on my face" as i'd like to call it.

tomorrow i should have something more substantial as i did damage today shopping and so i don't need to go out again and spend more money. i've already gotten a lot of looks from my husband. LOL i have quite a stash of pre-recorded videos to upload in April! i'm kind of excited because while i absolutely love making videos this time around, i need a little bit of a break. i'm not burnt out or anything... but i need some time to come up with ideas and looks for future videos! most likely i'll film a few videos while i'm out of town and also while i'm uploading these pre-recorded videos even when i'm at home.

i hope you have a great Friday and weekend! i'll see y'all tomorrow. xoxo Kathleen

bareMinerals FOTD show & tell a soft purple look

so YouTube did change their video manager because when i uploaded today's video, there is no mention on how much percentage has been uploaded. that totally irks me because i usually shut off my iMac when i'm not using it and i don't want to sit in my office waiting for the upload to finish. i know i can go back to the older upload manager, and i might just do that tomorrow.

so today i made a video based on the eye shadow colors that Lisa/lisaeckman27 said she had in her collection. i think it came out nicely and fits well with something you'd wear during the spring. i hope she likes this look! i am also loving that i don't have to use a lot of summer bisque (concealer). when i was putting on my foundation, it really covered up my spots! of course, i hate the new spots that came up, but at least my super old ones are finally on their way out. i just want my cheeks to be clear of spots (as well as under my nose). it's what you see first when you look at me.

i got some more packages in the mail today and i'll film them in separate hauls tomorrow. i already have 5 re-recorded videos to upload in April when i go out of town. i'm excited to share those videos with you! xoxo Kathleen

bareMinerals FOTD show & tell subtle greens for St. Patrick's Day

i've been seeing quite a few St. Patrick's Day tutorials show up in my subscriptions so i thought i would contribute to the bunch! however, i don't think bright greens look good on me so i opted to do a more subtle look.

i hope you like it! i actually just grabbed the colors like 10 minutes before i started filming. i never plan too far ahead because sometimes that deters me from making a video. so if i just fly by the seat of my pants, my videos feel more natural. at least that makes sense to me.

so i'm listening to The Hunger Games audio book and i'm already halfway done. it's a bit over 11 hours long and now i have 5 hours left to listen. i almost stopped listening because i get so distracted with everything else and then i pause the book a lot. even though the movie doesn't come out until the 23rd, i decided to "read" the book before the movie comes out. i hear it's pretty close to the book. i read all the books before the Twilight movies came out and then i reread them before the next one came out. the only one i skipped was Breaking Dawn. i don't know. i just couldn't be bothered to reread it. i do find The Hunger Games to move rather slowly. most likely it's because i'm listening and not reading. i definitely read books much faster than listening to them. i'm probably not going to watch the movie at midnight. i'll probably watch it about 2 weeks later when the hype dies down. xoxo Kathleen

MAC dark grey smokey eye using smoke & diamonds

another oldie, but goodie... i still feel like poo! so i found another tutorial that was pretty good to upload today. sorry for the quality... when i uploaded videos in the past, i used a program called iShrink (i believe) to compress the video so it could upload quicker. so the best it could be was 360p.

nowadays, depending on what the video is about, i would either upload in 720p HD (which takes HOURS to upload) or large 480p and they still take a long time to upload. HD is really taxing on the internet at home so uploading in large 480p takes about 1/2 the time, but it still takes a while depending on how long the video is.

anyway, i'm slowly getting better... my fever broke last night while i was crashed on the couch... as soon as that happened, i felt 10x better. i was able to sit up and eat dinner (we ordered pizza) and watch last Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead. i really wanted to go out today and see my friends C & R get married, but i just couldn't do it... i was still pretty weak. i've been taking OTC meds and also the hubby stayed at home today, too... at least my other friends A & M made it to the wedding. i still feel horrible that i couldn't go but i didn't want to infect them on this blessed day. they're going to have a celebration later on in the summer and most likely i'll be well enough to attend!

i'm going to try to make a new video tomorrow, but we'll see. i'll sound like crap, and i'll have to edit out all the coughing, but i have something planned for the month of March. i hope you like it. xoxo Kathleen

MAC shale & sketch / Fafinettex3 recreation

i really wanted to make a video today... specifically the bridal makeup look i'm going to do to my friend C, but i had a HUGE coughing fit last night that i had to sleep on the couch because i kept on waking up my poor husband. then i couldn't go back to sleep. i'm so stubborn when it comes to taking medicine, but i finally caved in and took some DayQuil to kick this cough in the butt.

so i uploaded an oldie, but goodie. it's a video that i made back in June 2009 that i actually liked! i hope you like it, too... maybe you remember it? LOL

i will be uploading older videos when i go out of town, around March 10th weekend... i'm not sure if i'll be able to record anything beauty-related when i'm away, but i'll try. i do not want to miss a single day! however, if i do, i'll just double up when i get back... or i'll just pre-record some videos and upload them on those days. i hope you don't mind! i actually had some good videos back then (and much better skin, too)! xoxo Kathleen

FOTD show & tell January 23rd

today i made another show & tell video... this time using the original NAKED palette from Urban Decay. i almost used my BUXOM gel eyeliner, which i love, but at the last minute, i used "creep" from the NAKED palette because i wanted to use as many colors as i could from the palette.

as you can tell, i'm no makeup artist. i learned how to apply makeup by watching YouTube videos. i must confess that after i watched this video while editing, i saw that i didn't apply enough or somehow i blended away my transition color on my left eye. whoops! LOL well, i fixed it while i was editing the video.


i primarily made the video for my friend who received her NAKED palette from me for her birthday. i think she will be happy that i made this video for her because she absolutely loves this palette! thanks for watching! xoxo Kathleen