what's in my travel makeup bag?

i think i did okay with not bring too much makeup during this 3-4 day weekend trip. i probably could've just taken one NAKED palette, but i wanted to bring both. it was also nice to bring my Clinique foundation as i'm finally done with the pressed foundation and i needed to start using up my liquid foundation.

it's nice to have options when you go out of town because you never know what you are going to use and if bought any new clothes, you never know what will go with those new things. neutrals are always a way to go and that's why i only brought my NAKED palettes. that's what i tend to like anyway... 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

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

FOTD show & tell January 12th

since i'm not a makeup artist, it feels awkward to me to call videos where i show you how to apply makeup as a "tutorial." so i'm calling them "show & tell" where i show you how i put on my makeup and tell you what products i used. so i hope you like this type of video!

after i watched this video back, i realized that i was mainly in the bottom half of the screen. i'm going to fix this in an upcoming video and also move the camera closer to my face. i'm currently using a webcam (which records in HD - it's so awesome!) and it doesn't zoom in. my Sony HD camcorder does zoom in, but it's just so much easier to use my webcam because it's already plugged into my iMac. plus, i love the HD quality! i'm so impressed! i'm going to keep working on this so i can make the best videos i can. i'm also going to work on the lighting because i'm noticing that i'm way too orange. so i might use the stand up lights that you've probably seen in the back of my videos. it's a work in progress. :) xoxo Kathleen

my favorite "go to" neutral palettes

my favorite type of eyeshadows are neutral ones. various shades of browns and creams. i love them all. so when i see one in Sephora, Ulta, or the drugstore, i want my hands on them. with the amount of eyeshadows i own, you would think i have every single brown shade under the sun, but i don't care. you can never have enough. LOL


in today's video, i show you 6 palettes that i use on a regular basis. to be honest, i probably reach for 3 or 4 of them because they sit on my makeup table. i love the Hello Kitty "memoires of a kitty" palette, and i used it a bunch when i purchased it, but i only use it when i travel because the compact is small and doesn't take up much space in my makeup bag. the NYX palette is really nice, too, and i've traveled with it once already.

i have to say that both the Urban Decay NAKED palettes are my favorite as well as the Bare Minerals READY 4.0 "the truth" quad. i have a couple other neutral READY 2.0 duos, but they didn't fit in this video. ;) thanks for reading! xoxo Kathleen