Listen to the Darkside

Last night me and my buddy Logan went to see Charlie Mars.

I was a little bummed because we were told he was going on at 8pm, and didn't go on until 10.30pm. I ended up leaving at 11.15pm because I was worried that I'd get in an accident if I let my already sleep deprived self drive home.

Those 45 minutes were stellar though.

After seeing him play by himself 3 times, it was a treat to see him with a band behind him.

 I'm sad I missed my favorite songs, but Charlie actually told me to go.

 I thought "Should I stay for one more song?" and he started playing 'No Place Like Home", hard to argue with that.

Tank-Old Navy

Skirt- Nordstrom Rack

Boots- Urban Outfitters

Earrings-Fossil

Lipgloss- MAC Viva Glam V

Blush- Benefit Dallas

Eyeliner- Bobbi Brown gel in Caviar Ink

A little lip.

 

Sometimes when it's steamy outside and you're 36 weeks pregnant, the only hope of looking somewhat decent is slapping on a coat of red lipstick and hoping for the best.

I decided to try a new hairstyle too because I can't be bothered to cut my bangs.

Tank- Ross

Long black maxi skirt (that you can't see)- Target

Bow belt- ASOS

Necklace- House of Harlow 

Lipstick- MAC "Lady Bug"

 

Sleeping Late

Last week one of my business partners was on vacation which meant my sleep schedule was all over the place as we had to cover different shifts than we were used to.

 Every morning I am beeped awake by my alarm at 5.25am. It's still dark outside, there are few cars on the road and I allow myself 20 minutes to get ready before leaving the house. This means planning my outfits the night before and rocking the "bed head" look more often than not. But last week I got a couple of opportunities to sleep a little later and take my time to get ready. It felt nice.

Dress- Target ($8!!!!), Cardigan- Ross, Earrings- Francescas, Nail Polish- Mac "Shirelle" with a Sally Hansen heart design sticker on my ring finger.

Summer Curls

The summer in Atlanta is pretty crazy. One minute it's 111 degrees and sunny, the next it's raining like crazy and lightning is striking my friends houses.

 Because of this I've been wearing my hair curly. Nature provided me with a hair texture  that is for want of a better word random, so I use my t3 straightening iron and twist it  because the iron gets hot on the outside of the barrel too.

 My hair is at that in-between stage where it's not quite a bob, but too short to be long yet. Sometimes I've ended up with Betty Boop hair which has been fun.

Lipstick is MAC Liberty of London Collection in "Ever Hip"

Mostly I just pin it up.

I've been looking on pinterest to see if there are some cool things I can learn how to do. I love all these braids

Source; www.hairromance.com

 and topknots,

source: www.kendieveryday.com

 but my hair is fine and thin, so I've been accessorizing with barrettes and hairbands

Barrette from Anthropologie

and then for days when I really can't be bothered I've just distracted people from my messy hair with red lips and Hello Kitty inspired sunnies! 

Lipstick is Lancome "Valentine",Eye  Liner is Benefit Babe Cake ( I love you and miss you) and glasses were from an independent store called "Psycho Sisters" in Little 5 Points Atlanta

Hooray summer! (Only a little sarcasm was in that)

Confessions of a Make Up Artist.

I have worked on and off as a make up artist for 5 years and in that time I have accumulated more make up than I could possibly use in a lifetime. The funny thing is that I have given away at least 50% of the products I've gotten as gratis to friends, so this is just the stuff I decided I couldn't live without. Scary. Maybe I should have entitled this post as Confessions of a Make Up HOARDER!

Here's a quick little tour of my guest bathroom, aka, "the make up room".

I love having pretty art in my bathroom where I do my make up. I got the 4 girls from The Red Velvet Shop, they're original drawings by Elsie Larson. They make me happy because all the girls have different hair styles and accessories, so it inspires me to try something a little different.

The doodles by JenyfferMaria were done specifically for me which makes them super special. The girl with the umbrella is illustrating my favorite song by my favorite band (Save Me by Hanson in case you were wondering).

I love walls full of Polaroid photographs, so I wanted to do a little homage to that with my Fuji instax photos. There are some from mine and my husbands European travels (Amsterdam, Paris and England) and fun family snaps, my favorite one up there is my husband sleeping with our cat Marvin (4th from the left on the bottom row).

I painted everything in seafoam green, then in white and sanded through the two layers so you could see bits of the original wood and some of the green. It was a fun project to do.

 I got all the shelves and the drawers from Goodwill and Vintage shops.

In the drawer on the left I keep my palettes of blush, my Stila getaway palettes, bronzers, mirror and a few extras. The drawer on the right is all eye products. Urban Decays primer potion will be my favorite forever, I have MAC shadows in quads to keep colors that go together together. I love Benefits "Big Beautiful Eyes" Palette, it's my "go to" when I travel.

I have tons of make up brushes because I feel like you can use pretty much anything as long as you have the right tools to apply things with. MAC brushes are worth the investment. I also adore Smashbox brushes, they feel so soft and will last a lifetime. Just remember to wash them every couple of weeks or so. I use MAC's "brush clean", but baby shampoo works wonders  too.

1- Nude/light lipsticks 2- Pink and peach lipsticks 3- Red/dark lipsticks

4- Lip gloss 5- Matte Eye shadows 6- Lip pencils

7- Concealer/foundation/cream cover ups 8- Powders 9- Eye pencils

I worked for Benefit for a year and a half, it was the easiest job in the world because it meant that I got to gush about how much I love their products all day long.

I will use Erase Paste, High Beam, Dandelion and High Brow until I die!

I hope you enjoyed this peek into my bathroom.

Birthday Black

When my Mam and Dad get sad that I moved to America, I usually reply with "well, I was born on the 4th of July!

Most of my friends now call Independence day "Lynnedependence Day" which makes my mouth form a giant grin.

There's always jokes about the festivities too; Jef posted this on my Facebook wall

"Ok pay attention cause I'm gonna light off a bunch of fire works for your birthday...all over town. I put a lot into this so don't miss it!"

and Corinne joined in too with 

"HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNNEDOLINA!! I hate to spoil the surprise but...a couple of us got together and asked the COUNTRY to do some fire works for YOU! YAAYYY!! Basically because all of America agrees that you're AWESOOOMMMME!!) :-D"

 I felt the love, I can't deny it.

Here's what I wore to my very fun kamakaze karaoke birthday party at the greatest dive bar ever Southern Comfort!

Top- Primark ( a million years ago)

Jeans-Old Navy (for $1.98!!!!! Seriously, my booty looked this good for less than a cup of coffee!)

Shoes- H&M

Clutch- Express

Ring-Anthropologie

Make up by David Jennings :) Using all MAC. 

My lip gloss is Viva Glam Gaga 2. I love this because ALL of the money goes to the MAC aids fund. Go treat yourself!

 

Rad disco sparkly manicure by me using Wet and Wild Wild Shine nail color in "Spectacle"

I hope y'all had a great Lynnedependence day too xoxo