I loved making Valentine's Day cards when I was a kid. And as I got a little older, I loved picking out my cards and candy at the store, going through them and giving the best ones to the boys I had crushes on. I think this spirit has stuck with me which is why I don't get depressed about being single around Valentine's Day. It has never been a romantic holiday for me; only a fun one!
I made heart shaped sugar cookies. My second decent batch, thank you very much!
I used this recipe for the cookies. Courtney's sugar cookie recipe! FYI, when using a heart shaped cookie cutter the size that I did, you'll probably only get 14 cookies instead of 18.
I tried a new recipe for the buttercream frosting. I got it from this blog--->American Buttercream recipe It was really good!
And I used my new hand mixer and it was wonderful! Thanks again, Dad & Mary!
I also went skating with a group of friends. Skating is another excuse for me to wear ridiculously fun makeup. The Makeup Geek website is doing a Valentine's Day look challenge so I wanted to throw my hat in the ring with this look.
Items used:
EYES
Too Faced Shadow Insurance (primer)
NYX milk jumbo eye pencils (base)
Wet N Wild Spoiled Brat palette (silver on the lid and slightly into the crease)(pink in the crease and in the lower lash line)(black in the outer V and in the upper lash line)
NYX Cherry Single Eye Shadow (blending over the black and into the pink)
NYX Pots and Pans jumbo eye pencils (under the lower lash line)
Urban Decay Zero eye liner
NYX Mauve pink Roll On Shimmer (over the lower lid and into the crease after makeup applied)
Urban Decay Curling mascara
Scotch Tape (to help get the crisp line in the outer V)
LIPS
Palladio Bright Red lip liner (all over the lips as a base)
NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Dolly Pink
I even got a new sweater, earrings, scarf, headband and rings (all on sale!) to wear. This was the whole look:
The skating rink was extremely busy! It was hard to maneuver around all of those kids.
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| Stacy and Aniyah |
Jennifer and Miranda |
| Wendy, skating with Miranda |
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| Josi's Valentine's Day look |
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| Courtney also embraced the holiday with her festive makeup and jewelry! |
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| Aniyah, Josi and Miranda,looking all cute! I think everyone had a good time even though it was so packed in there. I hope we can all do this again soon! ~Jules |
I'm so excited to have one of my own recipes floating around cyberspace! Your makeup looked awesome and I saw your entry on the MUG site and while there were a few that were like WHOA, yours stood out as one of the really great ones! Say, for that frosting did you use the cream cheese version? I'm ready to try it out, they were SOOO good!
ReplyDelete~Courtney
Courtney, that didn't sound assholey at all! You're so funny! Did you end up posting your pics on the MUG site?
DeleteAs far as the frosting, I used the butter version. And even though the recipe called for the best vanilla you can find, I used the Walmart brand so if I would have used the best that was out there, you probably would have cum in your pants when you ate it.
Not yet, but I revised my makeup and plan to do it yet! I have until the 17th.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right about the frosting lol JoJo and I ategonna make them tonight!
~Courtney