I'm not a regular Kat.. I'm a cool Kat

As someone who watched the American Idol reboot, there's something I have to ask... What happened to Katy Perry?? I used to love her when she first came out. Saw her in concert and was blown away by her voice, production and just her artistry.. but for the last year or so I feel like she's trying to figure out who she is as an artist and watching her week by week on Idol, she just seems like she's a hot mess...  Has she always been this way and we just never noticed?  I don't really know the answer and I hope that she is alright and I always want the best for her and I try to find things that I still really like about her and one thing is clear that she always has the full beat on her face and she always looks flawless.

I picked up one of her eye shadow palettes because they just looked so cute and I grabbed the Cool Kat palette because I already have 50 million warm toned eye shadows and the color selection in the Cool one looked really interesting almost unicorn like with their shimmers and duo chrome shades.

One thing is certain you have to either wet a brush to use the glitter shades or use a glitter glue, which I used the NYX glitter glue which is one of my favorites or the fall out is real with this one.
It really complimented the Colourpop Fame palette being another cool toned palette.


Here's my look:

Here's What I Used:

EYES

• Base-
• Lid- Cover Girl Katy Kat Cool Palette in Navy placed in the outer and inner corners with the Aqua shimmer placed in the center of the lid.
• Crease- Colourpop Fame Palette in Delirium, Razzle and Blase
• Highlight- Smashbox Cali Contour palette brightening shade
• Liner- On the lower lash line I used Razzle with Blase on a flat liner brush with the Navy shadow and Showboat on the inner portion.
• Mascara- Milk Kush Mascara and Wet N Wild Mega Length on the lower lashes

 CHEEKS

• Primer- Smashbox Pore Minimizing Primer
• Foundation- Maybelline Super Stay
• Concealer- Colourpop 04
• Blush-Wet N Wild Flight's Of Fancy in Don't Flutter Yourself
• Bronzer- Colourpop Step Right Up Palette in Spectacle
• Highlight- Colourpop In-Nude-Endo Palette in On Tempo and Glad You Came

 LIPS

• Colourpop X Eva Gutowski Ultra Blotted Lip in Party Wave
• Colourpop Hi Shine Ultra Glossy Lip in Champagne Mami

Katy Perry and the Subculture Drama

The beauty community was dare I say, shooketh to the core a few months ago with the highly anticipated Subculture palette from Anastasia Beverly Hills. I remember when this palette was leaked on Trend Mood way before the release and everyone was waiting for this stunning palette to be introduced to the world because it was advertised as the sister to the Modern Renaissance palette so the product was even more hyped. The Modern Ren palette is just so good and everyone was expecting this to live up to it and then it happened....

Every Youtube review I had watched on this one palette with the exception of Brianna Fox and Samantha Ravndahl absolutely hated this palette for many reasons.. the shadows were too soft and way too pigmented.. which made me so nervous to get mine in the mail and honestly when I opened up my palette with the exception of a little bit of kick up, I actually really like this palette.

Yes the shadows are so pigmented but if you learn to use a light hand, they are beautiful shadows.

This look was inspired by Katy Perry, while I was scrolling through my Instagram feed. I looked at all the colors used and thought to myself.. wow these look just like the colors in the Subculture palette and I'm really happy with how it turned out.


Here are a few other random eye looks I used with the Subculture palette

Here's The Look:

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Urban Decay Primer Potion in Greed
• Lid- Anastasia Subculture Palette in All Star with Rowdy on the outer corner
• Crease- Dawn and Roxy and then blending in Rowdy
• Highlight- Colourpop Here Kitty Kitty Highlighter
• Liner- I used Rowdy as my liner, on the lower lash line I used Rowdy with a pencil brush with Cube in the inner corner. I also used Cargo Black Sea in the water line.
• Mascara- L'Oreal Lash Paradise 

CHEEKS

• Primer- Becca Backlight Priming Filter
• Foundation- I think I used either the Photofocus by Wet N Wild or Too Faced Born This Way
• Concealer- Tarte Shape Tape
• Blush- I might have used Roxy from the Subculture palette
• Bronzer- Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer
• Highlight- Anastasia Gleam Glow kit in Crushed Pearl

LIPS

• Pretty Vulgar lipstick in Backstabber
• Colourpop Ultra Glossy Lip in Weho

Katy Perry: Cover Girl Look

When I first saw the new Cover Girl promotional photos with Katy Perry, I was just obsessed with it! I loved the teal liner and Katy Perry is just really knocking it out of the park with her looks recently. To recreate her look I used a matte Colour Pop shadow called Flux and mixed it with a darker teal color from my Wet N Wild 6 pan California Roll. I think the most frustrating thing when creating this look is finding the right lip color so in times like these I like to mix lip colors.


Here's the look:

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Palette in Anger
• Crease- Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar Palette in Truffled and Peanut Butter
• Highlight- also used Anger in the browbone
• Liner- On top I used Colour Pop shadow in Flux with a teal from Wet N Wild California Roll  on top then I used a thin line with my Maybelline Masterprecise (sacrilegious I know.. I didn't have cover girl!) on the bottom I used NYX Gel Liner in Brown with Peanut Butter smudged underneath
• Mascara- Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac Mattifying Face Primer
• Foundation- Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless in Classic Ivory
• Concealer- NYX HD in Porcelain and Maybelline Instant Age Rewind in Brightener
• Blush- Wet N Wild in Sunset Junction

 LIPS

• I mixed two Colour Pop Lippie Stix Fiesta and Cookie

Grammy Awards: Katy Perry

The last look in my Grammy's inspired makeup is by Miss Katy Perry. I love how classic the look was and it gave her that effervescent glow. I used mostly my Naked 3 palette by Urban Decay and a nice nude lip to give that natural yet sultry look.

Here's the look:

Here's My Look:

Here's What I Used:

EYES 

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer

• Lid- Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette in Dust on the inner portion of the lid, in the middle I used Liar and on the outer portion I put Factory

• Crease- I mixed Factory and Mugshot

• Highlight- I put Strange on browbone and inner corner

• Liner- On the top I used Cargo Liquid Black Liner. On the lower lash line I used Mugshot and then I used Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Black Velvet

• Mascara- Makeup Forever Extravagant Smokey

CHEEKS 

•Primer- Lorac Mattifying Face Primer

• Concealer- Wet N Wild Fergie Come Correct Concealer in Fair

• Foundation- Cargo One Base 01

• Blush- Hard Candy Baked Blush in Living Doll

• Bronzer- Lorac Tantalizing Baked Bronzer

LIPS 

• Jordana Mordern Matte Lip Stick in Matte Blush

• NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Tres Leches

Katy Perry: Superbowl Halftime Show Look

Oh my goodness!!! Can Katy Perry perform the Superbowl halftime show every year??!! She was perfection!!! Her stage, her outfits and her gorgeous glittery makeup and red lip were to die for! I had to recreate this magical Covergirl look..  Jake Bailey her makeup artist used everything Covergirl to create the look and while I didn't have many of the items he used I tried my best to get the same type of products. I did however have the lip lava color Mauva Lava he used to finish off the look.

Here's the Look:

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Picture Perfect Primer
• Lid- Her makeup artist used CG Eye Shadow Quads in Blooming Blushes, I got the same color scheme from the Naked 3 Palette in Nooner and Limit
• Crease- Also from the Naked 3 Palette I used Factory and Mugshot
• Highlight- I used Colour Pop Super Shock Shadow in Tassel on the browbone, and inner corners with a hint of Strange from Naked 3
• Liner- On top I used Be A Bombshell in Onyx then I used Lime Crime Zodiac Glitter in Ophiuchus and I used a tiny liner brush from one of my Hard Candy glitter liners to bind the glitter to my lid. Then I used Factory and Nooner on the lower lash line and Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion on the water line
• Mascara- L'oreal Miss Manga Black Angel

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac Mattifying Face Primer
• Concealer- Cargo One Base 01
• Bronze- Lorac Tantalizing Baked Bronzer
• Blush- Physician's Formula Mood Boosting Blush in Rose and Hard Candy Baked Blush in Living Doll
• Highlight- Colour Pop Super Shock Shadow in Tassel

 LIPS

• Colour Pop Lippie Stix in Confetti
• Cover Girl Lava Lip Gloss in Mauva Lava

Katy Perry "This Is How We Do" Music Video Look

This is a look I have been wanting to for a while, I actually have done this look before but I never got the photographic evidence so here we are again, sometimes these looks are second attempts because I'm not happy with the end result.. I'm kinda a perfectionist in that way I guess..

Getting back to the video, I really love this song, I am really impressed with the Prism album as a whole actually.. but this video is just pure fun. I know Katy has been getting a lot of flack for the video but honestly I think some people just need to let it go, it's a video and there have been way more offensive things in other music videos that no one even talks about..  The look that I have for you today is the layer of liners I like to call it..because it's 4 different lines, it's the look during the ping pong scenes with the black,pink,white and grey lid and a bright pink lip.


Here's the look:

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Cargo HD Primer
• Lid- I used NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk, then I put NYX shadow in White on top
• Crease- Urban Decay Vice Palette in Desperation in a thin line
• Highlight- Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Palette in Righteous
• Liner- First I used Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Woodstock, then on top I used my Electric Palette in Savage, then I used Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Perversion, then on the lower lash line I used Desperation
• Mascara- Shisheido

CHEEKS

• Primer- Lorac Mattifying Primer
• Concealer- Cargo One Base 01
• Bronzer- Lorac Tantalizer Baker Bronzer
• Blush- Physician's Formula Happy Mood Boosting Blush in Rose

LIPS

• Colour Pop Lippie Stix in Tuxedo

Best of the Year Recap

Tomorrow is New Years Eve!! I can't believe that another year has come and gone..  I have a strong feeling that 2015 is going to be an amazing year, this year was a year of building new and old relationships and finding my footing in my new career and just learning a lot about myself and soaking up information that further help me in my career pathway. This is just kinda a review of my favorite movies, TV shows, music, beauty products and even red carpet looks.  So sit back, relax and enjoy my review of 2014 in a nutshell :)

 10 Favorite Movies of 2014: For me 2014 was mostly about the sequels and Marvel movies!

The Fault In Our Stars- I can't begin to describe how much I love this movie.. Freaking Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace break my heart.. That amazing chemistry! I actually got the opportunity to read the book and I was very pleased with how the movie was done. Perfection.














Captain America: Winter Soldier -What can I say about Chris Evans as Captain America? It just all worked as a whole and I love the addition of Falcon and Black Widow.













Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 was Chris Pratt's year that he became a superstar. For a movie that I had no idea who the characters were before going into a movie, it was pretty spectacular. Groot was my favorite and the movie had such a stellar soundtrack, which I bought on Itunes..

Lets Be Cops - You could ask my cousins about how obsessed I am with this movie. I am a HUGE fan of New Girl so when I first heard that Damon Wayans Jr and Jake Johnson were doing a movie together I was first in line to see it haha and it is so funny! Their chemistry is something else and it's just a really good time.

22 Jump St- LOVED IT. Channing and Jonah come back with a vengeance. I love how they always poke fun at their own movie.

Dumb and Dumber To- This movie I have been waiting my whole life for and it's finally here and it was everything that I could have asked for.. Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels never miss a beat and makes me forget all about Dumb and Dumberer.

The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies - Great end to an amazing Trilogy, also Legolas is a bad ass!

Horrible Bosses 2- Another really great sequel that was long anticipated.. The gang was back and there's no disappointments, only side splitting laughter.

Divergent- This was also the year of Shailene Woodley. Love this series more than Hunger Games.

 
X-men Days Of Future Past- YES! This movie was fantastic!

Honorable Mention: Veronica Mars: When this Kick starter campaign came out, I was so excited!! I donated money for it in a heartbeat! Rob Thomas and The cast of Veronica Mars, Brava!

Favorite New TV Shows:

• How to Get Away With Murder: OMG! How flawless is Viola Davis as Annalise Keating!!??? If you are not watching this you should be.

• Girl Meets World: I have to admit something to myself that it going to be harsh but here goes... I am too old to be watching the Disney Channel.. but not so fast Girl Meets World came along and even though it's a new show, it's a spin off of Boy Meets World, one of my favorite shows of all time and it's flawless!

• Gotham:  Gotham is so much fun! Robin Lord  Taylor's portrayal of Penguin.. don't even get me started.. brilliant.

• Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: Another admission from yours truly, I have never missed an episode since Jimmy took over Jay Leno's job as host. that is the truth.. It's just so much fun.

• Orange is the New Black: I was HOOKED on this show. It's not the type of show I would usually watch but it was interesting to see the stories of each of the girls. It's a very well acted show, and well Crazy Eyes..

• Game Of Thrones: Yeah I know I'm late to the GOT party, but it's just a really great show and Khaleesi is my favorite character

Favorite Music of 2014:

•   Taylor Swift:  DUH. Her album was the best of the year.. My favorite song of hers is I Know Places. 
• Iggy Azalea: Fancy. Black Widow. Beg For It.. She knocks it out of the park every time and her homage to Clueless only makes me love her more.
• Magic!: Rude.. what a chill song, it was perfect for the summer.
• Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk. Shut Up Bruno Mars! This song I play on my way to work to pump me up 
• Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert: Ohh Something Bad, is a dream duet.. two bad ass women come together and wrote such an anthem.
• Lorde: Yellow Flicker Beat. Flawless.
• Maroon 5: Animals.
• Charlie XCX: Boom Clap, great song for a great movie.
• Sia: Chandelier. I don't think there needs to be an explanation for this one..
• Ed Sheeran: Thinking Out Loud. Don't. Sing. Another one that can never go wrong..
• Shakira: I love Shakira and I thought she was great on The Voice, I'm not a huge fan of her voice but gosh Empire was everything. 
• AJR:  I'm Ready was MY song of the summer. I dare you to play this song with the windows down, and tell me how fun this song is.. 
• Echosmith: Cool Kids. I love this song.. 
• One Direction: Story Of My Life. Steal My Girl. Yep I'm a closet 1D fan.. 

Favorite Beauty Product Discoveries:

• Cargo Swimmable Liners- These are SO great! Water, Cry, Sweat and Smudge Proof liners that go on so creamy and stay on all day!
• Cargo One Base- I don't usually like a lot of heavy foundation, and the one base is so easy and light and gives just enough coverage.
• LORAC 3D Lustres- LOVE! I bought the holiday 4 pack, and you can wear these gorgeous colors as a eye shadow, highlight, on your lips and even in your hair.. and a little dab goes a long way!
• LORAC Mattifying Face Primer- You only need a tiny bit but when applied it makes your face so smooth and velvety 
• Colour Pop Cosmetics- LOVE this line!! The Super Shock shadows are stunning and give amazing color payoff, the lippie stix come in amazing colors.
• LORAC Baked Bronzer- One of the MUA from Lorac called this Beyonce in a pan, and he was right!
• Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Palette- Not only did I get this palette for $16 dollars, I just always find myself using this palette lol 

Favorite Red Carpet Looks: 

Blake Lively
Blake is flawless in anything she wears, but these four amazing looks knocked it out of the park. When I ever have a child I hope that I look as perfect as Blake does. 

Gucci Premiere Black and White Ball Gown- Captives Premiere
Gucci Premiere Gown- Met Ball
Michael Kors Lilac and Oleander dress- Gods Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards
Chanel Spring 2014 iridescent, sequin frock- Mr Turner Premiere

Kate Hudson
She really got it right this year, just looked effortless

Gucci Premiere- LACMA Art + Film Gala
Temperley London- IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards
Zuhair Murad Spring/Summer 2014- Vanity Fair Oscars Party
Versace- Oscars

Taylor Swift
Taylor has been stepping up her fashion game within the past year, it was hard enough for me to pick just four looks lol 

 

J. Mendel- ACMA Awards

Oscar De La Renta- Met Ball

Zuhair Murad- Clive Davis Pre Grammy Party

Carolina Herrera- Golden Globes

 

Katy Perry
She is always so quirky and fun.. I love these two looks so much, especially her homage to Britney's Jean dress

 

Versace Couture- MTV VMAs

Valentino- Grammy Awards

Reese Witherspoon 

She is one of my favorite actresses and she always looks classy and feminine.

    

Calvin Klein- Golden Globes

Giambattista Vali Couture- Independent Spirit Awards

Stella Mcartney- Wild London Premire

Lily Collins

This dress is such a standout. The whole thing is old hollywood glamour with a modern twist

Elie Saab- Love,Rosie Premiere

Vanessa Hudgens 

I love her style and this is so casual, but so chic. Her Boho style is so effortless

Bongo- Young Hollywood Awards

There you have it my faves from 2014, Here's to 2015!!!!

Makeup Geek Katy Perry Contest: "Thinking of You" Music Video

 Last week's weekly challenge was Katy Perry inspired and while I'm no stranger to doing Katy Perry looks, I decided to go back in time and do a look inspired by her video for "Thinking Of You". I also recently cut my bangs on my own and still getting used to them again.. lol

Here's my look:

Here's what I used:

EYES

• Base- Wet N Wild in Pixie
• Lid- Ulta Elegance
• Crease- Day to Play palette (taupe)
• Highlight-Day to Play (beige)
• Liner- on top: NYX Skinny Marker, on the bottom, with Jordana glitter liner in Rock on Silver on the water line.
• Mascara- Maybelline Great Lash in Lots of Lashes

CHEEKS

• Foundation- True Match
• Blush- Flirt! in Urge

LIPS

• NYX in Medusa

Katy Perry 2010 MTV Movie Awards Look

This look has really nothing to do with Christmas, but I guess it could look holiday-ish with the silver. This Katy Perry look was done a couple of times but I was not happy with the way that it turned out, so finally satisfied with this look, here is the Katy Perry makeup from the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.....

 Here's my look:


































 Here's what I used:

EYES

• Lid- Ulta in Bone
• Liner- NYX JP in Milk  I applied first, then I put NYX shadow in White on top of the Milk, then I used NYX JP in Black Bean over the white (like the picture) then I used 120 palette (black) on top on the Black Bean. On the bottom, I used Jordana glitter liner in Rock On Silver
• Mascara- Maybelline Lots of Lashes

CHEEKS

• Foundation- True Match
• Blush- Hard Candy in Living Doll
• Bronze- Physician's Formula Light-Med

LIPS

• MAC Lightly Prancing gloss + NYX in Maragarita