GREAT BEAUTY TIPS from Makeup Junkie!!!

Just throwing some little tid-bits out there, some may be helpful, some you may already know!!

~Dab a creamy highlighter underneath the arch of the brow to lift the brow and make the eyes look wider.  Add a touch above the cupid's bow to make your lips appear fuller!!
~Go for a yellow based concealer, as it will help to camouflage red or purple tones in those annoying blemishes!
~For us older more "mature" beauties, sometimes brown mascara's and eyeliner's are more flattering than the harsh look of BLACK, and gel and liquid liners may be too harsh., but you can dampen your brush and use your eyeshadow as a liner, this will flow a little easier over fine lines!
~Use a flesh toned eyeliner on the inner rim of your eyes to make them appear wider and to help neutralize any redness.  Pale eyeliner inside the eye creates a more open-eye effect, while dark eyeliner inside the ye creates a more elongated focus to the width of the eye!
~I you have thin or very sparse eyelashes, use an eyeliner to full in any gaps between the lashes and lightly dust them with powder in between coats of mascara to add volume!
~If you suffer from oily skin, invest in a little packet of "Blotting Clothes", they are easy to carry in your purse and are better for quick fixes than powder!
~Before applying your face regime, cleanse your face and finish with a quick splash of cold water, this will close the pores and make them less noticeable!
~Be sure to cleanse your face really well before applying your heavier night creams.  You must make sure that there are no oil's or dirt in your pores, if there is and you apply the night creams you could run the chance that your pores will get blocked which will cause blemishes!
~For really tough waterproof eyeliner or mascara, use a Q-tip dipped in an oil based cleanser to remove, I use good ole Olive oil!
~Try using a night cream that stimulates cell regeneration. Skin repairs itself at night and the temperature of the skin increases during sleep, aiding in the ability to absorb the ingredients!

So there you have it, hope these were help full!!!

Where's your confidence?

If you pay attention to any "girlie" conversations.....and I do, you will hear that the re-acurring theme when it comes to beauty is how much we hate certain "things" about ourselves or our looks.  So let's try something different!!!
I want to know  where your confidence lies, what "part" of you do you most admire, feel good about or just plain loooooove!  Do you have amazing legs, a great booty, perky boobies ( the real ones!), an incredible smile, bright beautiful eyes and a great nose?????  I'm so guilty of the same conversation as you all have had I'm sure, dragging myself thru the muddy mud hole of what I despise on my body, and I point out to anyone who will listen, ALL of my not so perfect  parts and dimples and short comings......WHY, I don't know really????  Is it to assure others that I don't think too highly of myself, or to make sure EVERYONE knows that  I'm so not perfect.....anywhere!

Well, I want to change my stinking thinking!!!!  I want you to join me in commenting and telling the world what is your BEST ASSET....and if it's your ass-et.....then tell it!!!!! 

 Feel good about something today, we are beautiful and we want the world to know it!!!!!

I ADORE this picture!!!  You go girl!

"For women...bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical  gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can't possibly fit.  Without these visual references, each individual women's body demands to be accepted on its own terms, stop being compared and start being UNIQUE!!!!"  

WOO-HOO!!!!

Makeup Junkie's review of Buxom!!!

ARE YOU BIG AND HEALTHY?????

I don't mean your waist and hip size!!!  Ladies I have found an AWESOME Buxom product that I purchased a couple of weeks ago and just now had the chance to try it out.  

It's the "Buxom Big & Healthy Lip Tarnish".

This little gem tints like a stain but feels so daggon moisturizing when you put it on, and it adds a bonus slight tingle and poutie effect as well.  You also get a wonderful built in sharpener with this bad boy!  I purchased the color "Blackmail" for the fall and I adore it!!!  You can only purchase this Buxom product at your local Sephora store and the cost is $18.00,  f.y.i. their are a lot of MINI Sephora's popping up in your local JC Penny's as well!

So go and try one out, and just a reminder about Sephora.....THEY GIVE SAMPLES OF SAMPLE-ABLE PRODUCTS!!!!  If you ever want to try something before you buy, they are more than happy to help you out!!!!

So get your BIG & HEALTHY on ladies!!!!!

Doors are opening and makeup junkie is thrilled!

So as I posted earlier, there has been a busy little whirlwind swirling around me lately and I am now slowing down to normalcy, well as normal as I can be!

God is opening doors for the makeup junkie in ways I truly never dreamed He would.  Back in September I pulled my big girl panties up and went to a casting call for a network called Jane.TV, it was a great experience and I had no actual expectations of being chosen for the role of makeup artist in a make over show, but wanted to prove that I could muster the confidence to present my self to my peers and not fall flat on my face.
 I received an email from their marketing department stating that I was not chosen for this particular venture but that they were wanting to speak with me further on another opportunity they had with the network.  I did not get my hopes up because I thought they were just being kind and didn't want to hurt my over 40 feelings, BUT I received a call last night from the CEO of Jane.TV who is a doll baby and a mighty women of God!  How awesome is that!
She explained her plans that she had and how she wanted to involve myself and one of my closest friends to be the center of this venture, all revolving around helping women!!  Can you say WOO-HOO!!!!!
I love doing the makeup thing, but to think that me, a normal mom, housewife blogging fool could make a difference in another women's life.......is amazing to me......truly, it is.  I'm just thrilled for any opportunity to be able to bring my life's experiences to help another, and be able to inspire them both inside and out....their heart, and their face! He He!  I have prayed several times that God use me to help others and that He always get the glory, but help me to have the wisdom and knowledge to help others correctly as well.

Go and check out Jane.TV, like them on facebook as well and get to know this most amazing network!!!!!

Confessions of an Over 40 Make-Up Junkie!: Makeup Junkie's whirlwind....pt. 1

Confessions of an Over 40 Make-Up Junkie!: Makeup Junkie's whirlwind....pt. 1: I'm surprised I even remember how to work this thing! It seems like I have been dormant for decades on writing on my Makeup Junkie blog, s...

Makeup Junkie's whirlwind....pt. 1

 I'm surprised I even remember how to work this thing!  It seems like I have been dormant for decades on writing on my Makeup Junkie blog, so much has been going on in the last month and I am just now being able to stop and take a seat and write, and it's good for the soul ya know.  It all started back in 1969, October 11th to be exact.....oh no wait, WRONG story!

Seriously though, my whirlwind began unexpectedly on Thursday September 29th when my husband called and told me the horrible, heart wrenching message that the Pastor that introduced me to the Lord when I was a young 17 year old goofy girl had been found unresponsive by his wife at their home.  A young 69 year old mountain of a man, Cowboy extraordinaire, God fearing and truth preaching man was now in the hands of our most awesome and loving God.  As I drove to the emergency room not knowing what to expect, you start to do the remembering game, thinking of all the funny, quirky, forever etched in your brain moments that you have shared with this person and how you could not even begin to imagine how he could no longer be here. No longer preach on that incredible pulpit, no longer sit a horse like no one else, no longer drive his Mercedes thru the fields chasing cattle or horses, no longer smile that incredible smile, no longer tell the most amazing, funny stories........no longer be present in the life of thousands!  As we stood waiting in the hallway outside of his E.R. room, hearing the sounds of doctors, machines, tears and  prayers....life became very, very real.  They made the decision to move him to a hospital where his doctors where stationed and ready, my husband and I accompanied **"our pastor"** and  the transport team out to an awaiting ambulance and as we walked down those hallways hearing nothing but the sound of the bag which was being pressed as to give air and breath to this most precious man of God, my heart actually hurt......
The next day I drove to the hospital and entered the I.C.U unit, sat and talked with family and tried to keep the mood as light as you can during times like these.  He was scheduled to have extensive tests ran to test brain activity and I had to get back home to attend my son's Friday night football game, and you hate to leave, you want to stay and comfort your friends and family, but I couldn't, I would come back the next day.
At 7:50 p.m. I got word that the test showed no brain activity and that the family was saying their goodbyes and machines were being removed.....Oh My God.  I instantly felt the tears and the shortness of breath and the panic of not knowing what to do, what do I do, my husband is going to completely loose it.........but we have to get to the hospital!  I met my husband in the parking lot and relayed the awful news.......and held him as he sobbed.  My wonderful friend took care of my kids getting home and we drove to the hospital in utter disbelief that we were actually experiencing such a thing, with such a man as this....really?  We arrived at the I.C.U unit and a waiting room filled with fellow family members and  long time friends.  We were brought back through big doors, down the hallway and finally to his room.......this was it.....this was going to be a moment in my life that I would rather not ever have to experience.
To be blessed to have the privilege to experience such an incredible, Godly, strong, funny, hero, soul winning, Bible preaching, bluegrass playing, horse loving, extraordinary man of all men taking his final breaths on this earth, and witnessing  at the very moment God took him to receive what he had been striving and working for all of his life......their really and truly are no words to describe what that was like.......privilege is the one word that continually pops into my mind......just a once in a lifetime privilege.   He is where he has longed to be, at the feet of Jesus.
As his most amazing wife and adult children grieve and mourn their incredible loss, their strength inspires me, their love for others during their heart break amazes me beyond belief.....his wife is quite possibly the strongest women I have ever met, her strength is undeniably from our most gracious and loving God, for without Him she would surely break.

**Side Note** Our Pastor, when you get saved and give your heart to the Lord, the man or women who lead you to Him is usually etched into your life, well, for life and even though at the time of his death we were not sitting in his church under his pastoring.......he will FOREVER be "OUR PASTOR"........for the things you taught myself and my husband, for the endless stories, for opening your home to us, for loving our family and inparting bible truths.........THANK YOU!!!!!!  You will be missed beyond words.

Part 2 in a few days...... :)