Motives Monday/ On Hold

Today has been "Spring Cleaning" Day around here. It seems like things get dirtier when you start out. Not even half way done but sure am feeling good. I had to take an hour and half  nap to get revitalized for the second half of the day. It is so nice to feel my energy coming back. I hope it stays this way.

 Jon and I got out tonight and had a lovely dinner with the baby. I had a yummy gyro wrap which the baby helped me with. He was so cute siting in his high chair trying to be grown up. He wouldn't drink out of his sippy cup because he wanted to drink what we were drinking. Jon would use his straw to give the baby drink and the baby just loved it. Later when we got home we went for a evening walk with the pup and the baby. Strydess is starting to calm down. She listens very well and tries to please when she can. Her faults, she gets too excited when she sees a kitty. She could easily drag me along side her without her even noticing. Her other fault when on a walk. She jumps out of her skin when other dogs bark at her. She is so cute she gets so scared and I have to calm her down. Who would ever think such a beast would be so skittish and shy. The baby just loved talking to her whenever she would come up to him. 

Anyways, back to Mondays. I have come to the conclusion that I am going to pause my Motives Mondays for the time being. Can't muster up enough strength for them lately and I don't want to use the energy I do have only on makeup for the week. So thats that for now Lol!

Hoping everyone a very lovely week. I am trying to get back into the blogging world. I have been so absent and I apologize. I am looking forward to all my favorite reading which is you all! 

So much Love

~ Marie

Motives Monday/ Event In MI

Hello Everyone. I am trying to catch up the last week. I hope you all had a most delightful Memorial Day Weekend. 

Anyways, I wanted to post my Makeup Event and it took me until today to get the pics up!

We stayed at this incredible ski resort/lodge. It was so beautiful and refreshing to be out and about.

Every building had a Switzerland/German feel to it. 

I didn't get any pictures of the resort inside this time, you will have to forgive me :)

Back to makeup Lol! We set up our makeup in one of the huge conference rooms where the speakers and all the attendees spent 2/12 days. 

We ate and learned and played with makeup in this room. There was a huge Eveta school of girls who attended this event and we had so much fun with them.

The last day the girls from Eveta school got to compete in a contest of a makeover. There were 10 teams made up of 3 girls per team. They got to use Motives and do whatever their artistic heads could muster up on each other. I was delighted to be one of the judges.

Here are some of the first shots of the models.

and here are the after shots.

I thought they all did an excellent job! I had a hard time judging them all. I couldn't help but admire all of their aspiring talent. 

It has been so much fun being away and spending time at an event that hosted 3 celebrity makeup artists, but it was SO delightful returning home to my Sweet Baby Boy and Honey Man. I have never left my baby that long before and it hurt so bad. I cried when I had to leave him with the neighbor for a couple of hours until his daddy could get home from chicago. I thought he was going to cry when I left him but no I did Lol! I could barely finish telling my sweet neighbor all his directions for feeding and sleeping and such without stopping and trying to control my tears Lol!!

I wish you all a delightful week!

So much Love

~ Marie

Motives Monday/ On The Road

At this time that this post is being published I am driving in our faithful pickup truck up to Michigan for a half a week of Makeup! Top makeup artists will be there giving a 3 day workshop for those who wish to become makeup artists! I was invited to be apart of a team that will be hosting the makeup, which of course is Motives. I am so excited because I will be hopefully doing lots of makeovers and lots of custom blends which Motives consultants specialize in. Best of all my trip was taken care of because my friend who said she would only come if I could in which I was invited by the laddie who is putting this grand event on with all expanses paid for! THANK YOU LORD! YIPPE :)

So I don't have a tutorial this week because I ran out of time but no worries, I shall be back next week with tons of exciting new makeup knowledge dear readers! 

I sure had a blast taking the Motives Monday pictures this week.

I wish everyone a Classy Monday! 

Please be blessed as you all carry on your week.

Much Love

~ Marie

Motives Monday/ Winged Eyes

"The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. . . . The ordinary objects of human endeavour -- property, outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible."  

*Albert Einstein

Tonight's review/tutorial is going to be on " Eyes with a Wing".  Now this is a lesson for me because much searching and study has gone into this tutorial. I have always wanted the "perfect" Winged Eye look but have always felt discouraged at my attempts. 

First off I want to go into the tutorial by clarifying what products I have tried and what worked best for me. 

As you can see with the picture below that my favorite eyeliner tool is the Lux Precision Eyeliner pencil. Not a surprise that it is Motives. Now let me tell you why, this product is I say one of the VERY best out in the market right now. Using this pencil you will find that it is waterproof, (which is amazing for those of you who get oily eyes or have trouble keeping your eyeliner on for the whole day) and also because it has the Precision tip which is like using a pen. I had bought a liquid eyeliner a couple of weeks ago from the local drug store just to compare the difference and I found it HUGE. The regular liquid liner was so easy to make a mess with and because the brush was way more difficult then the Precision pen. After applying my eyes with the Precision liner it was so much easier for me. I found the tip I could control a lot better then the liquid brush. Also I didn't feel like I was going to drip paint on me because it was all about sketching and not about painting.

So, thats the review, now on to the tutorial.

First off I learned that there is NO one set rule for this technique. Just what you are comfortable with, remember this is something to have fun with and not to take too seriously, which I had to remind myself Lol!!

 I want to give you all several ways you might want to try applying your Winged Eyes. 

1. Try applying your liquid liner by tracing a small thin line first, this makes it easier to touch it up if you wish it to be bolder and stronger. If you start with a big large line you usually look overdone so start with a nice thin base line that you can fill in later if you wish to. 

2. Another way of applying is to sketch three small little dashes, one from the inner corner of your eye, one in the middle lash line and one near the tip outer corner of your eye. Then you may fill it in from the outer corners to form one nice even line. I always increase my outer wing after I have established my line.

3. Another tip I got from my friend Julie is do a Dot To Dot and then just fill in the dots. 

Now remember practice makes perfect. I had to practice this look several times before I started feeling more confidant to wear it in public. 

4. You can also use a eyeliner gel with a makeup brush, I find this also much easier to applying a winged eye because the makeup brush is easier to control and the eyeliner gel is so easy to trace or smudge on. I use this gel in another tutorial if you are wondering what I am talking about :)

I wanted to write a little bit about why I am doing my Motives Mondays and what I wish to accomplish from them. First off they are entirely pure selfish ambition on my part. They are an outlet for me to actually learn and experiment  with and also they create new ideas for applying makeup. Or just talking about what I am enjoying at the moment is really fun for me. I hope to accomplish new techniques and looks from these tutorials and improve my photography skills along the way.

I hope everyone a beautiful and blessed week. Thanks so much for reading my blog. I so appreciate all your encouragement. Also the relationships I have made on this blog has blessed me in so many ways. 

In Christ

Marie

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.  ~Hellen Keller ~ 

Motives Monday/ SunBeam Lipstick

Happy monday everyone. 

Tonight I selected Sunbeam lipstick as my review for todays Monday post.

This color is gorgeous.
I just loved how it glows on my lips. 

I am a lover of gold on blonds and burnets.
I think you can really spice up your evening look with gold lips and gold cheeks. 

When I was a kid I remember when we studied Ancient Egypt and at the end of our studies my mom threw us a party in which we had to dress up as Egyptians. Us girls spray painted noodles in gold which we put in our hair and wore white gowns with gold sashes.
My mom painted lovely cat eyes which really gave us the egyptian look.We also studied the food and found recipes to make for our party.
Ever since then I always have had a fascination with the color gold.
Such fun memories :)

Well, I hope everyone has "gorgeous" week! 

Have fun putting your wardrobe together and please remember

 that

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

*Proverbs 31:30

Love
~Marie

Motives Monday/ Basic Smokey Eye

Today's tutorial is a basic smokey eye.

Step 1 I used Motives Creme Shadow Gold Dust. I love this shadow, its water proof and its a great base for pressed shadows. It is also so pretty just wearing it on its own. 

2nd step I used the Black Tie shadow as my second primary color. This color is a shimmery grey. I applied it only to my lid.

The 3rd shade is the Hazelnut which is also a shimmery color. It is used as the contouring color. I blended this in my crease and made a v shape on the corners of my eyes.

I am still trying to improve my skill when it comes to taking pictures. I am having a hard time getting so close to the eye and capturing the exact color of the eye shadows without making it blurry. I realized I need to get another special  lens that can handle this performance. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday. 

Many blessings to all my lovely readers!

In Christ

~Marie

Motives Monday/ Training

Well, last weekend I had the opportunity to drive up to Cleveland Ohio and get another Motives training under my belt! 

The drive was so pretty

 We got rain on the way home which I so enjoyed.

Baby in his car seat,

 just waking up from his nap

My little work station and desk.

I loved that it had a little mirror and note pad for taking down notes.

The training was on Saturday from 9:00 to 7:00 

When Jon came to pick me up it was raining out, Jon thought chinese food sounds good on a cold and wet day. The baby and I agreed!

some rules I learned:

"There is one rule with makeup,

 there are no rules".

"

"When using makeup always remember,

 no fixing just enhancing"

Sorry no tutorial or review today.

I am excited for next weeks tutorial though!

Learned so much over the weekend and excited to start practicing what I learned.

Green Apple Monday

Happy Monday Everyone!

Today's Monday tutorial is featuring Green Apple Shadow. 

This shade is such fun. 

So lets get started shall we?

To start out this look

1. I chose to use a shimmery sliver shade pearl to use right on my tear duct,

2. I used the Pink Gold which I brushed right beneath the eyebrow and brought down to my crease just right above the lid. 

3. The green apple I used directly on the eye lid.

This was a fun color for me, I hope you all have fun trying out the avenues of green apple and what you can do with it.

Many Blessings in Christ

Motives Monday/ Burnt Caramel Blush

Whew, I made my Motives Monday post before the sun went down! 

I have had a super busy Monday and I am so glad I actually got this posted. 

So it seems I review blush on my busy days Lol!

Even so, at least I am getting a mm posted!

Well, to get started I have to admit I have been really loving this Burnt Caramel Blush lately. It really gives a natural sun kissed look to my cheeks. And if you're like me I really need to help my white skin, coming out of winter and all. :0

I hope everyone is enjoying this Monday and I wish you a wonderful blessed week.

Love