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MAC Force of Love lipstick giveaway

2012-03-19T04:44:00.007-07:00

A few ways to enter:

1. Click this link and sign up www.beautylish.com This is the best makeup networking site I've come across. Everyone is so sweet!! The people that sign up using the link above are tracked in my account, so I will know if you actually signed up or not!

2. "Like" my facebook fan page

3. Leave a comment on my facebook wall telling me what your favorite brand is and why.

I will announce the winner on my facebook page and on this blog. If you're the winner, you will have 24-48 hours to claim your prize, otherwise another winner will be chosen.

Comment below to let me know which of the options you did and how many entries you did.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2012-03-17T10:55:00.001-07:00

I took a break from my hiatus to film a st. patrick's day video for you all :)

enjoy xoxo

Heart Hero Contest Winner

2012-03-01T09:45:00.003-08:00

Congratulations to Alyssa Rosas for winning this contest! Random.org was used to find a winner.

Contact me to claim your prize!

Win MAC Femme Fi & Force of Love lipstick by being a Heart Hero! last day!!

2012-02-27T12:55:00.005-08:00

My daughter is participating in a jump roping event at school where all of the money collected goes to the American Heart Association.

I'm going to be giving away some free mac makeup. I'll be doing a random drawing to decide the winner. By law, I can't require you to donate in order to enter this giveaway, but it would be very appreciated if you would at least donate a tiny amount in order to enter (even $1!).

The gift is a RARE MAC Femme Fi Eyeshadow and a Force of Love Lipstick (from mac's chen man). Both BNIB.

Please enter your donation here, then leave a comment at the bottom of this post.
Donate to the American Heart Association

This is the last day to enter, so act quickly. Thanks!

February EOTD Contest

2012-02-27T06:30:00.005-08:00

Win a free MAC lipgloss and eyeshadow of your choice...just by doing your own makeup!!

It's time for our monthly EOTD Contest! Anyone can enter, this contest is open internationally.

Duplicate this eye look the best you can. The person who duplicates it the closest will win.

Try to take the picture of your eye at the same or similar angle as it I have taken mine in the 2nd photo. This makes it easiest to judge the photos. I will choose the top 3-5 closest look on Sunday March 4th. From there, the public will vote for who they think did the job that closest resembles the original picture.

You must upload your photo to my facebook fan page wall. You must "Like" the fan page in order to be eligible. http://www.facebook.com/LCmakeup

*THE PRIZE*

Winner will receive a MAC lipstick or lipgloss AND a MAC eyeshadow of their choice. This includes pro products.

Good luck!!

Force of Love (MAC Chen Man) Lipstick FOTD

2012-02-25T08:44:00.002-08:00

products used:

eyes
-MAC Naked Pigment
-Lorac Front Of The Line pro liner
-Tarte Lights Camera Lashes Mascara
-MAC Chromagraphic Pencil nc15/nw20

skin
-new NARS Tinted Moisturizer in Alaska
-MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer nc30 under eyes
-MAC MSFN in light just under eyes to set concealer
-NARS Deep Throat Blush
-MAC Strada Blush to contour

lips
-MAC Force of Love lipstick
-MAC In Anticipation & More to Love pro longwear lip pencils layered

All in all, I love this lipstick, however, I love Party Parrot from Iris Apfel a little bit more! This lipstick is a shade in between Party Parrot and the new Nicki Minaj Viva Glam Lipsticks!

Party Parrot & Viva Glam Nicki FOTDs

2012-02-25T08:40:00.002-08:00

Party Parrot

Viva Glam Nicki Minaj

Did a little comparison to show how different these lipsticks are. BTW, the new Force of Love lipstick coming out with Chen Man is a shade almost exactly in between Party Parrot and Nicki Minaj.

Eyes
-MAC Blanc Type
-MAC Robin's Egg (from Iris Apfel)

Skin
-Studio Fix Fluid
-MSFN Light Plus
-Viva Glam Nicki Minaj Lipstick used as a blush
-MAC Taupe blush for contour

MAC Chen Man Haul, swatches, and comparisons

2012-02-23T12:02:00.002-08:00

There wasn't a whole lot from this collection that I wanted, especially because most of it was either repromotes or permanent items already. I knew that I had to had Force of Love lipstick, as bright corals are right up my alley. Folks, this one is going to fly off the shelves just like Party Parrot did, so buy them FAST!

I LOVE the texture of Force of Love lipstick. Mattes are my favorite. It's very similar to Party Parrot, but it's a hair or two lighter. Budding beauty lipstick is a lustre formula. It doesn't go on as opaque as Force of Love, but it's counterpart Budding Beauty Lipglass goes on pretty opaque. Likewise, Force of Love's counterpart Force of Love Lipglass goes on sheer compared to the lipstick.

For those that missed out on Party Parrot, Force of Love is a nice dupe!

New Hair FOTD

2012-02-23T09:26:00.001-08:00

sorry, took these with my phone bc i can't find my camera.

products used:

eyes

mac marvelous lipstick as a base on lids

mac amethyst shadow (lid, sub parfait amour)

mac coral eyeshadow (crease)

mac sweeten up eyeshadow (crease, sub paradisco)

tarte lights camera lashes mascara

skin

mac strobe cream

mac studio sculpt foundation nc25

mac matte bronzer

nars sin blush

mac tauep blush to contour

mac hyper real pressed powder in light to set foundation

lips

mac of royalty and bourbon lipsticks layered.

my Valentine's FOTD

2012-02-23T05:54:00.000-08:00

products used:

eyes
mac dipdown fluidline as a base
mac smut eyeshadow
mac bamboo eyeshadow
mac dazzlelight eyeshadow
mac blacktrack fluidline

skin
mac studio sculpt foundation nc25
mac MSFN light plus
mac taupe blush to contour
mac warm soul blush
mac too chic beauty powder to highlight

lips
mac hug me lipstick
mac oak lip pencil

MAC Shop Shop Shop Cook Cook Cook and Vera Collection Haul & Swatches

2012-02-06T12:58:00.000-08:00

Colour Added Quad

Shop & Drop Quad

on a holiday & butterfly dreams plushglasses (my fav) from the Vera Collection

face powder (more like a non-mixed together MSF)

industrial and designer purple pearlglide liners. on a holiday and butterfly dreams plushglasses, and the 3 colors of the face powder swatched separately and together

Vote For the FOTD Winner!

2012-02-02T03:47:00.000-08:00

Ok all. So I had a lot of entries for this contest. It was so fun and exciting seeing what everyone came up with! I've decided I want to do a EOTD/FOTD contest once a month. You can enter everytime if you'd like.

For this contest I posted my original picture of an eye look. The entries were supposed to duplicate the look as best as possible. From all the entries, I picked the top 5 who I felt executed it the most like the original picture.

From the top 5, I gave viewers a shot to vote. By the end of the first day, I eliminated the 3 pictures with the lowest amount of votes, which left us with our 2 finalists.

The voting is open for another 2 days. I'm announcing it here because I want the voting to be fair, and not just a popularity contest as it usually turns out when the voting is left on facebook alone. By posting it here, I'll get outsiders votes as well.

Here is the original picture:

Here are the 2 finalists

FINALIST #1

FINALIST #2

Please consider blending, color placement, and the winged liner when making your decision. You may only vote on one.

Click on the link labeled "finalist #1" or "finalist #2" to vote. Vote on the picture that exemplifies the original picture most. It will bring you to that picture's link on facebook. Click "like" under that picture. (while you're at it, "like" my fan page!), then you're done!

2 days to vote, thank you!

Winner will receive an eyeshadow and lipgloss of their choice.

Brown Eye FOTD

2012-01-28T07:20:00.001-08:00

Products used:

eyes
- MAC Studio Finish Concealer nc30 as a base
- MAC Shadows:
  - Style Snob
  - Magnetic Fields
  - Handwritten
  - Shore Leave
- MAC Blacktrack fluidline
- MAC Studio fix lash
skin
- MAC Strobe Cream mixed with MAC Studio Sculpt nc25
- MAC Tenderling Blush
- MAC Taupe Blush (to contour)
- MAC Too Chic Beauty Powder (to highlight)
- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Light Plus
lips
- MAC Subculture Lip Pencil
- MAC Sweet Sunrise Lipstick

FOTD Contest

2012-01-25T07:27:00.000-08:00

Duplicate this eye look! You can use whatever products you want. Post your looks on my facebook fan page (and like it while you're at it!). I'm only taking submissions on that page.

http://www.facebook.com/LCmakeup

The winner will receive any mac lipgloss and mac eyeshadow of their choice!

You have 1 week to submit your photo. Last day to submit a photo is Jan 31. Good luck!

Upcoming seminars: Cincinnati & Baltimore

2012-01-13T06:16:00.001-08:00

This is the upcoming seminar for February. Registration is now open.

Baltimore Class:

Location: Comfort Suites Columbia Gateway

7146 Old Waterloo Rd

Elkridge, MD 21075

Date: Feb 18, 2012

Time: 1030am - 1230pm

Price ~~$125~~ $80

Availability: 20 Students

* Discount give to those signing up multiple people*

You will learn:
-All about brushes and their different usages
-How to apply flawless foundation
-How to apply blush and contour the face
-How to apply the perfect red lip
-How to do several different eye looks
-and more!

Learn more at www.lcseminars.com. Register on that site. Thanks!

Kind of a fan of my makeup today :)

2012-01-11T09:53:00.000-08:00

products used:

eyes:

mac shadows: electra (lid), ground brown (crease), symmetry (crease), blanc type (highlight)

lorac liquid liner

mac studio fix lash mascara

skin:

mac studio fix fluid nc25

mac mineralize skinfinish natural medium plus and light plus

nars desire blush

lips:

mac in anticipation pro longwear lip liner (all over lips)

mac just wonderful lip liner

mac posh it up plushglass (applied lightly)

6 more days left in the registration of the Chicago makeup seminar!

2012-01-10T12:52:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone,

There's only 6 days remaining to be able to register for my class in Chicago. I know many of you have expressed interest in taking it, but now is the time to make your final decision and register before it's too late. I don't know when I'll be teaching another class in Chicago, so sign up!

Visit this page to register: http://www.lauren-clark.com/workshop1

Class info:

location: Elk Grove Holiday Inn

time: 1030am to 1230pm

price ~~$125~~ $65!!

email me with any questions you may have. Detailed information about the class and what is covered in the class is available at the link above.

The Mother of all MAC Giveaways!

2012-01-08T18:06:00.000-08:00

Are you ready for this? I'm doing a grand prize winner, 2nd place, and 3rd place. This giveaway is so big, the 2nd place winner's prize makes other giveaways look bad!

This giveaway is to celebrate the amount of viewers I've had on youtube and on my blog. Once my blog hits 700 followers and my youtube hits 1500 subscribers, I will open this giveaway contest. For now, it is closed! However, I am so excited about it, I wanted to at least let you know what the prizes will be!

The prizes in this giveaway consist of my own personal and professional favorite products! There is nothing in this giveaway that I don't use on a regular basis. I handpicked all of these products because I personally love using them on myself and on each of my clients!

LC's Favorite Products GIVEAWAY!

3rd place winner will receive:

Studio fix lash mascara (my FAV mascara!)
"Bountiful" Plushglass (my favorite formula of gloss + one of my favorite colors!). The color is much more clear in person.

2nd place winner will receive:

An eyeshadow quad filled with: dazzlelight (my go-to highlighter), ground brown (pro, a fabulous crease color that pairs well with any other color), fig 1 (matte plummy color i'm in love with!), and naval (a pro, matte navy color)
Studio Fix Lash Mascara (my fav mascara!)
"Bountiful" Plushglass (my fav formula of lipgloss, and one of my favorite colors!) the color goes on much more clear than in that picture.
"Blushbaby" blush (this color goes with any look!! I use it on 90% of my clients, no joke!)

and last but definitely the best!!!

**drumroll**

The Grand Prize Winner will receive:

1.) 9 (NINE!) eyeshadows:

fig 1 (my favorite matte purple, it goes so well with so many colors)
parfait amour (my very first mac shadow, i'm a sucker for blue violets!)
texture (a great, very reddy-orange medium brown. A great crease color. Also a great brow color for red-heads!)
wedge (a great brow color for brunettes, also a great crease color)
naval (pro, a buttery smooth matte navy)
ground brown (pro, this brown pairs well with any color! just pop it right into the crease and bring it under the eye)
bottle green (pro, another great matte shade)
indian ink (pro, again, another great matte)
dazzlelight (one of my go-to highlights)

2.) Empty 15-pan palette to put all those shadows in!

3.) A brand new 224 brush! (my favorite favorite favorite blending brush!)

3.) Blacktrack Fluidline (my all time favorite eyeliner. Great to smudge it, also great to create a clean line. Also great for the waterline!)

4.) 263 brush (to apply the fluidline, of course!)

5.) Taupe Blush (my all time favorite contouring powder. This shade will work great on anyone that's super pale, up to about an nc40/nw35. If you win this and happen to be darker, please let me know and I will substitute with a darker contour shade :))

6.) Blushbaby Blush (this blush goes with ANYTHING! I use it on most of my clients, it just makes everyone look amazing!)

7.) Empty 6-pan blush palette

8.) Studio Fix Lash Mascara (love this mascara...love the brush the best. It makes it impossible to have clumpy lashes.)

9.)Careblends Oil (ok..I'm in love with this stuff. I mix it with almost all of my foundations for a more dewy look, I especially love mixing it with my studio finish concealer)

10.) Redhead Mineralize Skinfinish (this shade works on everyone with any color look you're doing)

11.) nc15/nw20 Chromagraphic Pencil (a great nude liner for your waterline)

12.) Pink Opal Pigment (one of my favorite shades of pigment because it's so incredibly versatile. It's a beautiful cheek highlight, as well as a lid color, or brow highlight. You can even dab a little of it overtop of your lip products)

13.) Bountiful plushglass (my favorite formula of lipgloss, it's not super sticky and it has a slight plumping to it)

14.) Nice & Spicy Pro Longwear Lip Pencil (I didn't pick these two lip products to go together, but I picked this lip pencil because it's so versatile. It's a long wearing color and will last for HOURS on you! See my blog post about these incredible liners)

All of these products are worth about $550!!!!! This is not a giveaway to take lightly in my opinion!

So get the word out! Once we reach 700 followers and 1500 youtube subscribers, we will open the giveaway and I'll post the rules!

goodnight!

xoxo LC

My birthday FOTD!

2012-01-08T14:48:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I turned 26...happy birthday to me!

products:

eyes

-mac shadows: silver gull, robin's egg, atlantic blue, violet trance, rose blanc

-lorac liquid liner

-mac zoom fast black mascara

-make up for ever liquid eyeliner in teal (under eye)

skin

-mac studio finish concealer mixed with careblends oil used as a foundation

-mac mineralize skinfinish natural in light and medium plus

-mac taupe blush to contour

-mac subtle breeze mineralize blush

lips

-mac nice & spicy lip pencil

-mac sweet sunrise lipstick

a few birthday goodies...

a sweet pink dress from bcbg, and a few lipglasses from the tour de fabulous collection

a little vacation to chicago, guess shoes, a new book called Heaven Is Real, a few goodies from my CCO, and a couple other things :) I had a great birthday!

Adore Me Lingerie Giveaway Winner & Review

2012-01-06T12:01:00.000-08:00

And the winner is....

Marina Moreno! Please email me to learn how to obtain your prize!

A few words about my experience with Adore me:

Adore Me is a website that customizes a showroom of lingerie based on a style quiz you take at the beginning of your session. For $39.95 a month, you receive 1 lingerie set per month of your choice.

A few notable things about this company: They have REAL live women who customize a showroom based on your quiz answers...it's not just some automated thing. Those same women are also available online to chat with you if you have ANY questions about sizing, style, etc.

Another thing to note is that they have friendly customer service, and their response time is quick.

I ordered this cute set on the right. It fits great although I wish the panties weren't cut as high waisted, because I like mine to sit ultra low. That's literally the only negative thing I can say about the entire experience I had with Adore Me. The set is just adorable, and you can really see the quality in the work when you receive yours in person.

Shipping time was very quick as well. I received mine 2-3 days after placing my order. It came wrapped up cute in a nice box with a ribbon. I took a picture, but then got a new phone so all of the pics of the packaging are gone :(

Lastly, there's no commitment. You may cancel your subscription at any time with no penalty. You also can choose to skip a month if you don't see anything that your eye is drawn to.

I hope you decide to give it a shot!

xo, Lauren

subtle cut crease and red lip FOTD

2012-01-06T09:37:00.000-08:00

inspiration photo

my lips were much darker in person

products used:

eyes

mac shadows: brule (lid, highlight), retrospeck (lid), sorcery (crease), wedge (crease
omega in brows
zoom lash mascara
mac liquidlast liner in black

skin- studio fix fluid, blushbaby blush, hyper real pressed powder in extra light

lips- redd lip pencil, power house lipstick

MAC Iris Apfel Lipstick Swatches & Some Comparisons

2012-01-05T10:24:00.001-08:00

Aren't they beautifullll!?

Impassioned vs. Party Parrot

Their color is very similar, indeed. But their finish is much different with Impassioned being much more glossy than Party Parrot, which is a matte. Also, I find Party Parrot to be a lot more rich, even though that doesn't traslate in the photo above.

Scarlet Ibis's closest permanent dupe is Lady Danger, but it is slightly more matte than Lady Danger. Still worth owning both, in my opinion.

Makeup Seminar in Chicago 1/21/2012

2012-01-02T11:42:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, This year I'm holding more seminars than I did last year, but I need a minimum amount of 10 people to sign up per location or else I can't hold the seminar. The next seminar, in Chicago, has currently met the 10 person minimum and the class is for sure on. The original price of the class was 125, but I've lowered tickets to $65 per person. I'm also going to run a special that if you sign up for you and one other person I can lower the price to $50 per person. For that special pricing you'll need to email me first. Click the tab above that talks about the seminars and what we cover in them.

This seminar is January 21, 2012 from 10am-1pm at the Holiday Inn in Elk Grove.

Use the following link to register for the class and read more about the class. Hope to see you there!! <3 <3

http://www.lauren-clark.com/workshop1

Give yourself a gift....MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencils

2011-12-25T13:55:00.001-08:00

MAC Pro Longwear Lip Pencils came out just a few short months ago, and they haven't gotten enough love. These are lip pencils that glide on very pigmented and smoothly and last for HOURS. I tested one out. I put on the red lip pencil called "Kiss Me Quick" and took a picture when it was freshly applied, and one 8 hours later. I wore just the lip pencil, nothing over top of it or under it so that I could truly test its longevity. It faded some, but it did a remarkable job.

Freshly Applied

After 8 hours of wear.

They come in 10 beautiful shades and are a must-have for my professional kit.
Etcetera
In Anticipation
Staunchly Stylish
More to Love
Kiss Me Quick
What A Blast
Absolutely It
Morning Coffee
Nice ‘n’ Spicy
Bittersweet

All the shades are must-haves for my kit except for "morning coffee" because it's too much like "nice 'n' spicy" -- the difference is hardly noticeable.

,

the pencils actually look a tiny bit different from the picture above because their colored ends are elongated. like this:

It makes it easy to differentiate from the pro longwear pencils from mac's regular lip pencils. Enjoy!

Holiday Look #3 FOTD

2011-12-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

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Products used:

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