Beautiful Things

I was listening to Beautiful Things by Gungor while posting, hence the title. God made beauty for us to explore and enjoy. Take a deep breath today and let the beautiful things of this world soak into your being.

Before you do anything else, head over to The Window Shopper and check out her 1000th post. Mallory took some shots for it, and I had the lovely pleasure of doing Payton's makeup. It was a blast! Can't wait for more collaborations with these creative ladies.


Today is simply about inspiration.

Haider Ackermann A/W '12

Victor and Rolf A/W '12

London Illamasqua

London Illamasqua. Brain child of Alex Box

Illamasqua. Love their artistic vision.

Kate Spade S/S '12 ad campaign

Kate Spade S/S '12 ad campaign

Galliano A/W/ '12

Beautiful lip color

Now for color!

Luella and June blog

Oh, Brad.

Hermes

Jane Aldridge, Sea of Shoes

via Green Weddings Shoes. Australian wedding.

Just some things that have made me smile of late. 

Cheers,

Mollie

Cheery, Cherry Lips

Is Blondie trying to tell me something??

Eyes: Lorac shadow, Ulta eggplant liquid liner | Lips: Illamasqua in Box | Cheeks: Revlon cream blush in Berry Flirtatious

This lipstick is my VERY FIRST Illamasqua product to own and I am in adoration. It's the first color I picked up, and when I saw it's named after Alex Box (ohmygoshimgushing) I knew we were meant for each other.

I wore this to work and felt very grown up. It's good to look in the mirror and feel beautiful, no? You simply need to ooze confidence and everything else (generally) falls into place.

Enjoying life,

Molls

Makeup Party Night

Makeup Night was a smashing success!!! I had friends over and created different looks on them and taught some of the makeup knowledge I've accumulated.

I want you ladies who attended to know that I learned SO much from you as well!! Because we are all made INcredibly unique it's a learning experience for me to apply makeup on faces other than my own. It's easy to get in a routine with my face, but when I'm applying on someone else, my eyes are opened (is that a pun? :) to new things. So THANK YOU. (I possibly had more fun than anyone because filling my apartment with girls and talking/applying makeup is HEAVEN).

We took some shots and hilariously (NOT) my camera hates the lights in my apartment so they are a TAD yellow. Until I am blessed with a higher quality camera, I'll be thankful for the one I own.

Here ya go!

I stole Mallory's pictures of herself from Facebook (shhhh don't tell) because I can't find my pictures of her :P She asked for a cat eye look so I did that plus a bold, pink lip and she looks gorgeous, no? (That's because she is).

Bri wanted a dramatic look so I put deep brown and gold on her eyes
then played up her beautifully FULL lips with my favorite lip color of the
moment NYX's Soft Matte Lip Cream in Monte Carlo

I love this look on you Bri :)

I was blessed to meet Miss Hilary just that night and she
was SO patient with me because I asked to take a million
pictures. It's not my fault the camera was being dumb!
So thank you Hilary :)

Hilary wanted a cat eye look as well and I think this
looks SO SO SO good on her. Some people just
have the right eyes for it you know?

Hilary, in case you're wondering why your pictures are in B/W, every picture I took of you had you looking  yellower than Big Bird.  

I caught her sleeping! :)

Kelly didn't ask for anything specific so I decided to do
light aubergine on her eyes. She doesn't generally go
beyond mascara so I didn't want to overwhelm her

I think these colors look gorgeous on you, roomie. You so pretty.

My other roommate, Ashley, gave me free reign of her face so I did a 

recreation of this look below from a brand I love, Illamasqua.  

The camera yellowed out the brilliance of the color on Ashley but it was pretty exact :)

Ashley thought this was a bit scary but I like runway-esque makeup 

and I think she looks gorgeous.  

I had a fabulous time! Can't wait for the next party :)

Molls