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Hiya, girls! Because we’re all Irish today , I’m celebrating St. Paddy’s with a green shirt, green eyeshadow and a few pints of green beer — just kidding! — green tea. El Hub really is part Irish, and I’m planning to go to the store this afternoon to get stuff for corned beef and cabbage, yum.

I dunno if we’ll go out for green beer tonight… We shall see!

Anyhoo, I think it would be kinda fun if we did another round of Share Your Look. Send in your look for today or tonight. If you’re going green, great, but your look doesn’t have to be green. The sky’s the limit.

Inspire me!

My St. Paddy’s Day look’s posted above, and I’m putting together a tutorial for it right now.

• Eyes: MAC Paint Pot in Painterly, MAC Eye Kohl in Powersurge, MAC Pigment in Golden Olive, MAC Pigment in Gold Mode, MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack, MAC Eyeshadow in Humid, MAC Glitter Reflects Antique Gold, Chanel Exceptionnel Mascara
• Lips: Chanel Aqualumiere Gloss in Tangerine Dream
• Cheeks: Benefit Coralista Blush
• A description of my look: I wanted this shimmery gold and green eye to match my green polo. This look’s basically a neutral eye with some extra color on the lid.

It’s still pretty neutral (i.e. safe for non-St. Patrick’s Day use), but I dusted Reflects Antique Gold over the entire lid for a touch of sparkle.

Your turn!

Share your look by filling out this form. Attach a picture (or a link), and feel free to cut loose. Cats, dogs and mugs of green beer are totally allowed.

FEED OR EMAIL READERS: I haven’t figured out how to get the form to work correctly from the feed or the emails yet. I think it’s possible, but for now, if you’re reading this on the feed, please click this link if you want to fill out the form.

Your friendly neighborhood (Irish) beauty addict,

Karen

Ladies, ya’ll did not disappoint. 🙂 Thanks for sending in so many great looks, yay!

In this first installment, we’ve got looks from Makeup and Beauty Blog readers (aka MBB Babes!) all around the world. If I missed your look this time around, please keep submitting pics and I’ll add yours to a future installment.

Apparently, a lot of us *love* our MAC, LOL!

MBB Babe: Fie from Malaysia

• Eyes: MAC Eyeshadow in Satin Taupe, Maybelline Eyeshadow in Naked Beige, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Bourbon, Majolica Majorca mascara, MAC Eye Brows brown pencil in Lingering
• Lips: Nivea Lip Care in Strawberry Kiss
• Face/Cheeks: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser in Almond, NARS Bronzer in Laguna, Laura Mercier Illuminating Powder in Mocha Spice

Describe Your Look:
“Very neutral make up. Flawless skin without looking very caked up. Good for a sunny day out! :)”

MBB Babe: Sole from California

• Eyes: Benefit Brow Zings, MAC Prep + Prime Eye, MAC Infatuating Rose Cool Eyes Palette, Bare Minerals Liner Shadow in Wild Ruby, Sephora Jumbo Eye Pencil in 507 Pink, MAC Plush Lash Mascara in Plushblack
• Lips: Makeup Forever Aqua Lip Liner in 3C, Bare Escentuals Buxom Lips in Ruby
• Face/Cheeks: Smashbox Photo Finish Color Correcting Foundation Primer in Balance (lavender), Smashbox High Def Healthy FX Foundation, MAC Blot Powder, Bare Minerals All-Over Face Color in Ruby Radiance, MAC Powder Blush in Dame

Describe your look:
“I used MAC 224SE brush to apply Satisfy (the light pink shade from the Holiday 2008 Cool Eyes Palette) all over the eye, focusing on the highlight area under the brow. I used the MAC 275 SE brush to generously apply Bon Fete just to the lid and the MAC 219SE brush to apply Wild Ruby to the crease. I used the 224SE to blend the color in the crease thoroughly. With the Bare Escentuals tapered shadow and eyeliner brush (using the liner end), I applied Wild Ruby as dry eyeliner to the outer corner of the eye on the top and bottom lid. I finished the look with the Sephora brand Jumbo Eye Pencil in 507 in the inner corner of the eye, on the top and bottom lid, and to the middle of the eye where I blended it with the darker liner. Curled lashes and applied two coats of mascara.”

MBB Babe: Ines from Korea

• Eyes: NARS the Multiple in Copacabana, L’oreal Lineur Intense in Noir Mica
• Lips: NARS Lipliner Pencil in Jungle Red, Chanel Rouge Allure Lip Color in Passion
• Face/Cheeks: Benefit High Beam on cheek bones and brow bone

Describe your look:
“Look-at-me red!”

MBB Babe: Kelly from California (you also know Kels as blogger Vampy Varnish!)

• Eyes: Fyrinnae eye shadow in Faerie Glamour, MAC eyeshadow in Phloof!, Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Ransom, MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder, DiorShow mascara in black
• Lips: MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Lavender Whip
• Face/Cheeks: Benefit High Beam on cheek bones and brow bone

Describe your look:
“I used MAC’s Phloof eyeshadow on my brow bone as a highlighter. Then, I used Fyrinnae’s Faerie Glamour eyeshadow dust on my lids up until my crease. I lined both upper and lower lids with Urban Decay’s Ransom eye liner, then lined my lower waterline with MAC’s Smoulder eye kohl. I topped it off with black DiorShow mascara. It’s definitely not a ‘tame’ look, but I love it when I’m feeling colorful and daring!”

BTW, if you love nail polish, you gotta check out Vampy’s blog.
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Happy Sunday, pretties!

I was having a lot of fun with these picture frames in Photoshop this morning and thought, “Hmm… wouldn’t it be cool to take YOUR pictures and do a roundup of them like the other pictures in this post?”

So let’s do it!

If you have access to a digital camera, take a picture of your makeup and send it to me in this form (or send a link). Include the names of the products you’re wearing and a description of your look.

I’ll take a bunch of the looks and put them together in a resource post with a sprinkling of Photoshoppery, some comic bubbles, some pretty picture frames and perhaps a guest appearance by Tabs.

I think it’ll be cool to be able to see a bunch of different looks together in the same post.

Whatever look you’re wearing, share it with the form and attach a photo (or a link, like to Flickr, Photobucket or pics on your blog).

Here’s my look today…

• Eyes: Stila Jewel Palette, Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner in Bronze, Benefit Samba-dy Loves Me, Cargo Plant Love Eyeliner in Black, Stila Lash Visor Waterproof Mascara in Black
• Lips: Nars Lip Liner in Morocco, Stila Lip Glaze in Jewel, Stila Pearl Shimmer Gloss in Pearl Kitten
• Cheeks: Stila Jewel Palette

A description of my look: El Hub and I are heading out to brunch, so I’m going a little casual today with shimmery brown eyes, pink cheeks and a shimmery brownish pink lip. I started with the palette and lipgloss from the Jewel Stila Loves Barbie can. I’ve been repping the scarf/gold hoops combo in my pics lately, but that’s because my hair’s been absolutely out of control!

Private eyes are watching you… watching your every move…

How to share your look

Fill out this form, and attach a picture of your fine self. If you want to get your pet up in the mix, go for it.

FEED OR EMAIL READERS: I haven’t figured out how to get the form to work correctly from the feed or the emails yet. I think it’s possible, but for now, if you’re reading this on the feed, please click this link if you want to fill out the form.

I’m off to devour some banana pancakes. Talk to ya in a few. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen