This is the first non-self portrait I have done for my Light & Sugar project.  I figured what better way to start it out than to do a collaboration with my roommate Sarah, internet famous nail blogger extraordinaire of Chalkboard Nails!

She is modeling her own ninja dagger nail design and holding a pair of badass silver nail wheels that resemble ninja stars.

For the makeup I used:

Sugarpill “Love+” (red)

Sugarpill “Tako” (white)

Kryolan silver metallic aquacolor

Sephora black liquid eyeliner

I recently bought a Make Up Forever “Aqua Cream” in Gold, so that was my starting point with the makeup.

I am pretty impressed with it!  It’s a bright and shiny gold that really stays on.

I added Sugarpill “Magpie” (dark blue shimmer) and ended up with this dramatic glam look.

I thought the whole thing came together pretty well!

dress from Forever 21

necklace from Crumpetcake

Yeah, I did makeup inspired by a sweater… what of it?  ;-P

I don’t always make a post here when I take my weekly self-portrait, but I assure you I have been keeping up with my Light & Sugar project!  Light & Sugar on Tumblr has the entire portfolio of portraits.  I just like to give you guys a few extra details here on this blog if you care to look.

I used eyeshadows for all of this design!  Kind of ridiculous considering I probably could’ve achieved the same thing with some greasepaint from the Halloween superstore or something… but anyway, I used what I had!

I’d like to thank the makers of Neutrogena makeup removing cloths and the Clarisonic skincare brush, without whom I would probably never be able to get all this crap off my face from week to week.

For once I actually had an idea in my head when I started my makeup today

My parents’ lemon tree is FULL of ripe lemons, and that was the inspiration for the look.

I used Sugarpill Tako and Buttercupcake, Makeup Forever lashes, and Sephora liquid eyeliner.

Here’s the silly sketch I had made:

…and here’s an “outtake” for you that I took with my point-and-shoot camera 

Decided to take the shoot outdoors today.

Dress from ModCloth

Necklace by Tarina Tarantino