"Princess Purple" Romantic Makeup Tutorial

Hello my beauties!! It's Friday and I'm feeling pensive and serene... it's been a long, tough week and I'm so ready to exhale and recharge. Today's dreamy look is inspired by sparkling, purple twilight and the mystical, magical air it exudes. I'm wearing my new crown, a medieval braid and some princess-purple makeup to match, using all Motives Cosmetics. Where am I heading? To dreamland to prance with some unicorns, fairies and happy rainbows!! xoxo ;)

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#CalmBeforeTheStorm...

It's eerily quiet and still in NYC... public transportation is out of service and store aisles are empty... big X's criss cross most windows... everyone is awaiting Irene... My dad's borough of Staten Island has been evacuated and he fled to Canada... statuses are updating, tweeting, and buzzing at lightning speed, yet there is no sight of Irene... except when she appears on my caller ID as my mom... her name is Irene :)

I'm not a doubter, skeptic and/or conspiracy theorist, but I'm basking in the calm before the storm with my beer in my hand and my keyboard under my fingertips. Call it capitalizing, but I'm a blogger and I gotta follow the buzz while my electricity is still on. So, enough about Irene (sorry mom); time for my hurricane themed maquillage du jour worn last week on another stormy day for my friend Kenya's bday.

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