Gulf War 2014

Last month a friend and I went to Gulf War. It is one of the major events of the year for the SCA. It was located in Lumberton, Mississippi. I have gone to Lillies War in Missouri and Pennsic War in Pennsylvania in the past but I had never made it to Gulf war. While it was nice to go south in early spring, it was too far to travel.

It wasn't the same with out the kids, but now that they are working too, I guess I need to get used to it. I am planning a few small events this summer and hope at least Danny will make it with me.

I met a few people while volunteering at Chiurgeon Point. The highlight of the week was the Calontir party. It was fun to watch the "Whack-a-fighter" it was a variation of whack-a-mole using fighters behind shields. I also enjoyed the singing around the fire.

I managed to get pictures of the Royal Procession.

Make-up Buddy

I have been planning on trying out my cheese making kits with Mom and went over yesterday. Since my nieces were going I grabbed my make-up at the last minute. Mom had sandwiches ready and a Frozen for my nephew to watch. I had not seen the movie and was looking forward to seeing it. I did get to see snippets between trying to get Cruz to sit down, eat, and visiting. The cheese did not get made either.

I did manage one very important thing. Maddy and I talked make-up and I tried some of my stuff on her. Look at that gorgeous heart shaped face, naturally wavy blond hair, and crystal blue eyes.

 I used my two tone cream foundation to contour her face. It was a little dark for her right now, but it wasn't bad. I gave her one of my black gel eyeliners and we tried that out. I hope she gets lots of fun with it. Then we used some products that came in our ipsy bags. We both had the Cailyn lipbalm in apple pink and the Dr Brandt's microderm abrasion. I used her lipbalm and my Dr Brandt Pores No More, I had the primer from a Birchbox. We used my Pops goes the eyeshadow in champagne as the base for both eyeshadow looks. I also cleaned up her eyebrows just a tiny bit.

I like how the contouring gives definition but still allows her skin to look like porcelain. With the neutral eyeshadow her eyes simply glow.

 For the first look I finished the eyes with my NYX eyeshadow from last months ipsy bag and the second  I used Beabombshell Bora Bora that was also in last months quad shadow. I also added a hint of her White gold eyeshadow and highlighting mousse on the top of her cheek bones. You can see this picture appears to have a more dewy look to it. The turquoise is a fun compliment to her blue eyes.

I can't wait to see how she looks for Prom in a few weeks.