Halloween Look No.3~ Sugar Skull #2

Hello Wonderlandians,

This year I opted to go for the Sugar Skull look on Halloween. I did debate doing your standard kitty-cat, but decided to throw in a little more effort. Here are some pictures of the makeup look.

The first couple pictures were of me whilst at a Halloween party, I did both my sister's makeup and my own:

The whole process took about an hour, my sister's taking the longest, due to lack of familiarity with her face. I can place makeup on my face with ease, working on someone else's face is another story haha...

Here is my sugar skull makeup look on this day of all Hallows Eve:

Sorry about not including a tutorial, I do have a tutorial up from last years attempt at doing a sugar skull.

Happy Halloween!

Abstract Alice
xoxo

What have I done now?!

Hello Wonderlandians,

In light of my recent adventures trying to go purple and whatnot, I have decided to bleach my hair and try again fully invested this time around. I must say this is definitely daring on my part, while I am very excited about the prospects of purple hair (very excite), the thought of going a lighter color is daunting. I've only ever had dark hair, where my natural blonde streak peeks out and provides contrast. 

Here is my adventure thus far:

This is after initial bleaching first time go. As you can see my hair was more of a copper tone blonde. Very close in color to Anna from Frozen.

I absolutely loved this hair color!!! As this wasn't my final goal I had to leave this color behind to go into a more actual blonde color :)

Here is my hair after the second bleaching (I also got my nose pierced ^_^), very BAM blonde. Well at least for me it certainly is.... I still have moments where I do a double take when I pass any mirrors...eeps xD

After giving my hair a short (very short) break I have also added some purple ends to it. Hardly visible in the picture above, but I will post again once I redo them :)

That's all for now, until next time!!

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice

xoxo

To Read or Not to Read...

Hello Wonderlandians!

Today I will be sharing with you some of the books I have read in the last couple months (I've been slacking). In all honesty most of the books I've read recently have been due to their movie counterparts coming out. I have to read a book before watching the movie...I just have to...am I alone in this? Probably not..haha...anywho here are the books:

1. Divergent
• Alice Points: 
• I thought it started kind of weak, but as I read more it got better and better 
• Could not put it down
• Great read highly recommend
• 8/10 tarts
• Red Queen Points:
• The style of writing seemed overly simplified, was not challenged...
2. Fault in our Stars
• Alice Points:
• Invoked all sorts of emotions
• Could not out it down (literally read it in one day)
• Great writing style
• 9/10 tarts
• Red Queen Points:
• I honestly don't have anything....
3. If I Stay
• Alice Points:
• Great book momentum I thought
• New perspective and engaging
• I really enjoyed this book
• 8/10 tarts
• Red Queen Points:
• Some of the plot could be confusing if you weren't paying close attention
4. 50 Shades of Grey
• Mad Hatter Points:
• I honestly can't decide whether I liked this book or not....I will say read at your own discretion...hahaha

Hope this has helped pick out some books to read, although I jumped in kind of late on some of these...I feel like I may be one of the last people to have read these books...oops...

Yours Truly.

Abstract Alice

xoxoxo

Modern Snow White~ Casual

Hello my Wonderlandians!

Quite a few months ago now I had promised to post this look, but a whirlwind of life events took place and I am only now getting around to writing an actual post about it. Sorry for the wait, but I hope you enjoy my simple take on Snow White. My goal was to make it into a very easy every day look. Today I will be showing you how to achieve this very pretty, but simple Snow White look:

What I used:

• Lime Crime Eyeshadow Helper
• Holika Holika- Aqua Petit Jelly BB Cream #2
• Holika Holika- Full Moisture Lipstick in Kissing Red
• Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Lipstick in 09 
• MAC- Liquid Liner in Black
• Maybelline- The Colossal Volume Express Mascara
• Urban Decay- Naked palette (Virgin and Half-Baked)
• Falsies- I do not know the name on the case has rubbed off....

These are the things I used, but please substitute any thing for something you have at home. Any red lipstick or even red lipgloss will work all that matters is the intensity you would like to have for the look.

First thing you want to do is apply your foundation, or in my case BB cream.

Eyes: First use any eyeshadow primer you have and prime your eyes. Then add your base color, I used Virgin from the Naked palette. Put the base color all over the lid, inner corner, and brown bone. This will allow you to blend out the second color very easily. Then take a medium brown/copper color, in my case i used half-baked from the Naked palette, and  focus the color on the outer half and crease. Blend until preferred intensity or softness is achieved. Add a slight cat wing for definition. Leave like that and add mascara for a very subtle look or add some falsies to add the drama. I opted for falsies....

Lips: I went for a slightly toned down red in the picture above and a slightly more intense red in the picture below....depending on your preference choose the lip look that works for you!

Go forth and channel your inner Snow White!! Until the next post!

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice
xoxoxo

Falling for Autumn

Hello Wonderlandians,

I just had to take a moment and express my deep appreciation and love for Autumn! Let's begin by mentioning that 90% of my wardrobe is Autumn/winter appropriate, so I will finally be expanding my clothing choice. No longer will I be wearing my Disney tanks 24/7 (not that I really minded). I love dressing in layers and lets not even get started on boots....oh be still my beating heart....

This being mostly a beauty page we cannot forget about the makeup and beauty products!

Top 5 Autumn Beauty Do's that I live for:

1. Bring back the Dark Hues!!! I'm talking lips, eyes, and everything else. (not that spring or summer stops me, they just seem more appropriate in fall/winter time)
2. Moisturizer- this is a must for me in Autumn/Winter. I have typically really oily skin, but come winter and that goes bye bye. Which would normally be a good thing, except my skin gets too dry and it makes any foundation look cakey (not sure if I'm the only one with this problem or not)
3. Dark nails <3
4. Prime piercing/tattoo weather! Most piercing/tattoo places recommend that you wait until the colder seasons to get anything done, because then you won't be swimming in germ infested pools and you are less likely to get an infection. You also sweat a lot less in colder weather so it wouldn't irritate the piercing and/ or tattoo...
5. Change! The best thing about Autumn is the gorgeous transformation everything goes through! From the leaves to the sky, everything is changing and I love that! It inspires me to try new things and make some changes. I hope it encourages to do the same <3

AHHH!!! I just cannot express enough my love of Autumn!

Side note: Which do you prefer saying? Autumn or Fall? You can probably guess mine haha....

Well that's all for now! Keep an eye out for more posts :)

Yours Truly,

Abstract Alice

xoxoxo

Go to Summer Lips!!!

Hello Wonderlandians!

I apologize for the long pause! I have been ridiculously busy and so many things have happened in the last couple things. Definitely with its ups and downs. I hope to start regularly posting on here again.

Without further ado! Let's kick this thing back up by sharing what some of my go to summer lipstick shades have been. You will probably notice that a lot of these are from Lime Crime and the reasoning behind that is simply that I really enjoy their products and have been obsessing over them, since I first started buying makeup. My collection has grown through out the years and I hope to do a post about it soon. SO keep your eyes peeled.

Here are lipstick shades that I have been loving this summer:

• Revlon ColorBurst Lacquer Balm in Provocative (#135)
• Revon Color Stay Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain (#020)
• MAC Matte Lipstick in Candy Yum-Yum
• Lime Crime Velveteen in Pink Velvet
• Lime Crime Lipstick
• Countessa Flourescent 
• Great Pink Planet
• Geradium
• Retrofuturist
• Coquette
• My Beautiful Rocket
• Centrifuchsia

L-R: Provocative, Lovesick, Candy Yum-Yum, Pink Velvet

L-R: Countessa Flourescent, Great Pink Planet, Geradium, Retrofuturist

                           

                           L-R: Coquette, My Beautiful Rocket, Centrifuchsia

Swatches of the mentioned faves

Hope you enjoyed my summer favorites and I look forward to showing you my fall faves! Fall and Winter are my favorite seasons!!! I am beyond ecstatic, especially living here in the Sacramento region where it can reach 100 degrees. Goodbye yucky summer heat, hello winter wonderland!

Until next time!

Abstract Alice

xoxo

Hair Transformation ~ Purple!

Hello Wonderlandians,

I know I haven't been posting regularly...and although I have moved out I really have no excuse for not maintaining this blog...

As of a while ago I decided I want to dye my hair purple!!! Some of you may know, based on a past blog post, that I am currently sporting an ombré look.

When I decided to go purple it didn't go well the 1st time...here is a picture:

The bits where my hair was most damaged didn't pick up the color and turned a grey purple color...not the best turn out, but oh well

The 2nd time I dyed it I used the same brand, but I had by this point cut off some of the worst bits of hair. However, the color hardly picked up at all and I'm not entirely sure as to why...but here is a picture of what that looked like:

As you can see barely any traces of purple it went more of a very washed out burgandy color....

They say 3rd times the charm and I must agree for my third attempt I opted to use a different dye and it worked marvelously!!! Here is a picture of that:

That is my hair life in a nutshell!! Until next time!

Sincerely,

Abstract Alice

Xoxo