Honour my inner Goddess

Today I had my ‘lesson’ make over with the lovely Sam at Napoleon Perdis – what fun! She showed me how to use the somewhat scary looking gel eye liner and got me to try it as well… it seems I have ‘the knack’! Yay me! She also managed to make me less afraid about doing my eyebrows (I was always scared that I would make them so dark it would look like there were 2 caterpillars crawling across my forehead!) and contouring my blush.

I was there for around 2 hours and had a ball! I came away with some practical knowledge and some new makeup to play with – eyebrow pencil, eye primer, concealer and a palate with 4 eyeshadows, 4 blushers and 4 lip stains which are all mix and match and can be used interchangeably (blush on eyes, lip stains on cheeks etc) VERY happy with my purchases! ($100 free product… nice!)

The photo is a little misleading I think… for some reason my new camera takes photos which look make faces look paler on the forehead and chin… weird! My skin DOES actually all look the same colour! (except for the contoured cheeks of course!) However, being that it’s around 35 degrees today and after the make over I went to do the grocery shopping, came home and unpacked (slowly, due to my bung shoulder) and had lunch.. THEN I thought to take a photo – I’m a bit shiny!!

So I’m feeling quite goddessy at the moment… even sitting here with my sore neck and shoulder and aching foot waiting for Jeff to come home to see my smoky eyes and contoured cheeks before I clean it all off! Very goddess-like indeed!!

Oh yes… lots and lots of new, rather expensive make up and make up brushes!

My amazingly generous husband treated me for my birthday and I have to say – for someone who has never spent much on make up I feel incredibly decadent and goddess-like with all my new pretty play things!

I’m the proud new owner of primer, foundation, powder, blush/ bronzer, gel eye liner, mascara and lip gloss plus 14 make up brushes for various uses, a gorgeous make up bag and a book called Forever Flawless all from Napoleon Perdis. On top of that, I also received a 2 hour ‘Make Up Shake Up’ lesson (which I have booked for next Friday) and a $100 credit to spend on products when I go back! I’m thinking concealer and eye shadow!!

So, apart from feeling loved and adored by my husband (which makes me feel like a goddess) I now feel very girly experimenting with all my new girly stuff!!!

:-D

LOVING my new hair cut and colour – the natural waves make me feel very goddess-like!

Who knew???

^{Not me, obviously!}

That’s the plan anyway! We’re off to a dinner party at Sammy’s tonight and I’m feeling like I need to put some effort in.

The plan is to actually blow dry my hair (rather that let it dry frizzy!), put some make up on (although, it IS 36C today, so too hot for too much makeup!) and wear my new maxi dress. I might even make myself a new necklace to wear with that dress too… I’m in the mood to create!

Wish me luck – I’ll let you know how it all turns out! Haha!

^{Hopefully not with me thinking it’s all too hard and too hot and not bothering at all!}

I’ve been looking for hairstyles for the wedding, and came across this# website… and have since wasted hours of time playing with the makeover tool!! The pic is one of the results!

Looking at all of these styles and colours and seeing how they suit me has made me realise just how much my hair impacts on how “goddessy” I’m feeling! I need a change I think….

I’m definitely feeling the goddess vibe in dresses these days!!

^{Couldn’t seem to manage a photo without chopping my head off – so this as good as it gets for now!!}

These are some of the most fabulous women on the face of the earth. I feel honoured to spend time with them!

Blessed be my Goddess Sisters!!

That is all I have to say!

Felt like I was more of a practising goddess back then… miss those days!