THE FAST Make-Up for New Moms, busy teens, or anyone really!

(earrings from Raven & Lily)

Hi! I get requests all the time for SUPER fast make-up for new moms...teens, students...and people that just don't want to spend more than 5 minutes putting make-up on!

So here's my answer...as well as my new make-up routine! ha ha ha
Since I'm busy taking care of my precious 2 week old....I don't have much time for make-up, or hair, or really too much else! ha ha ha

HERE's what you need to get beautiful in a FLASH!

#1. a cream or liquid foundation

#2. a cream concealer (I use COVER FX Total Coverage cream foundation as a concealer, because it's so "full-coverage")

#3. powder is optional, depending on how oily your skin is...if it's normal to dry you might be able to skip face powder, if your skin is oily...definitely powder up your oily zones!

#4. EYESHADOW - a shade that matches your skin tone...and if you have an extra second, a warmer, peachy or more golden brown shade

(this eye shadow palette is from Z Palette...I put all my MAC, Stila, Make-Up Forever shadows in here!)

#5. EYELINER - I just used a black eyeliner (any kind will work), to line the rims of the eyes to give the lashline some definition. (You can use brown or grey too!)

#6. DARK Grey (or brown) eyeshadow to darken up the edges of the eyes..applied where you'd normally put eyeliner.

#7. LIPSTICK / LIPGLOSS - I put a light pink (Pretty Please from MAC) lipstick..and then if you want some shimmer, any gloss on top.

#8. LASHES - I curled my lashes then applied a few coats of L'Oreal Double Extend Tubes Mascara! (this is one of my favs...because it doesn't smudge off and it cheap!)

Now come along as I show you HOW FAST WE CAN PUT MAKE-UP ON!!!
Beauty for any "time-budget"! ha ha ha

huge love and fast make-up, your friend, KANDEE!!!!

PS. Don't forget your always invited to take a peek into KANDEELAND at: www.kandeeland.com

on this day 2 years ago....I had..

pink eye....well not the kind that makes your all all pinky and crusty...ha ha ha but I thought is was fun to see what I was doing exactly 2 years ago on this day...this was pretty shortly after I started doing youtube....
Thank you so much to everyone who has been part of the "Kandee Family"...from those who've followed me since the start...and to those who may have just found out about our happy-kandee-fam today!
We've come so far...and so much has changed...from making a pink eye video...to making our CUPCAKE UPDATE videos (new bloggy on her at my www.kandeeland.com blog too)


Have fun and enjoy..."what were we doing 2 years ago today"......getting ready to do a fun pink Valentine's Day look!

here's what I used:
Hot Pink Lipstick from Covergirl in Pink Wink
Hot Pink Blush (on your eyes as an eyeshadow) in DEEP PINK from MAC
*any cheap pink shadow from the drugstore will work...you don't need to spend al lot!)
Black Eyeliner in SMOLDER from MAC
Light Baby Pink Shimmery color...like a pearly-light pink...I can't see the name of the one I have.....so sorry
Highlighter in SHELL from MAC
Light Pink Blush in DANDELION from Benefit
White pearl eyeshadow for highlight on cheek in PLATINUM LUSTER from the The Body Shop

Brushes:
flat angled brush
fluffy brush like (224 from MAC)
flat blending brush
fluffy cheek brush

And I already primed my face- you can watch my video on Youtube on Getting Flawless Skin

Thanks for watching!! And you can watch the video on Youtube...it's looksso much better, I think! Lipgloss and Lashes, Kandee
PS. and please subscribe to me on Youtube so they'll let me make better, longer videos! Thanks everyone...you're all so wonderful!

Peek in My Closet & today's make-up!

 I am in the process of "unpacking" my closet....(and yes I think I will be having an "ebay-garage-sale" after going though a bunch of my stuff...I'll post it here or on facebook...but it won't be for a few weeks or so!)

I have fallen in love with a hanger! These "skinny hangers", that are velvety, and feel like they are flocked, like a christmas tree- are amazing! Not only can you fit like 50% more clothes in your closet because of their "skinny-ness"....but your clothes do not slip off the hangers! I love these...I got mine for super cheap at Marshall's and in hot pink!...they were way more expensive at Bed Bath & Beyond...and they only had cream and black.

DAILY QUOTE: 

FASHIONS FADE, STYLE IS ETERNAL - Yves Saint Laurent

And here's a special treat for my "blog family"...it's just a fun "non-tutorial-ish", peek into my daily make-up routine...and some hair teasing...and Blaker running around in the background! ha ha

Let me know if you like this little bonus video...this will not be on youtube either....I want to do some special stuff for all my "kandee blog family"....I heart you guys and all your comments that make my heart so happy!!!

HAVE FUN AND COME WITH ME AS I GET READY!!

dancing while putting make-up on.....your kandee

I get to PREMIERE something!

oh my! oh my white rabbit! Get ready to glam it up at a tea party..with URBAN DECAY's fabulous new book of eyeshadows...that is celebrating Disney's Alice In Wonderland movie....

the girls at Urban Decay, sent me this adorable little treasure to show all of you before it comes out!!!! It came in a box with a little bottle of Godiva White chocolate sauce with a tag that said: DRINK ME...a little "giant" pill case, with mints...and a beautiful mug with a "K" on it! It was like an adventure just opening it!!!

I immediately smacked these colors on my lids....these colors create the most beautiful smokey eye....and just wait til I play around with the colors!!!! This is an AWESOME deal to get all these colors, the eye primer, 2 eye liners....and all these beautiful, pigmented colors!!!

Thanks so much to Kat at Urban Decay for sending this to me! I was like a little girl at Christmas opening this!!! I love it!!!

YOU CAN GET ONE TOO!!!! This little gem comes out JANUARY 15th at www.urbandecay.com...
get yours before they are all gone, like a white rabbit, down a rabbit hole!!!!



and here's some of the ALICE in WOnderland looks I've done already!



have a fun and dazzling day, kandee

The QUEEN OF HEARTS - Alice In Wonderland Make-Up

May I present, Her Royal Highness...the Queen of Hearts!
(this is my version of the Queen of Hearts, played by Helena Bonham Carter, in Tim Burton's, Alice In Wonderland....and her royal make-up!
Video FACTS: stay tuned til the end for a special treat for all of you precious blog-family!!! I heart you- from Kandee of Hearts! (hee hee) I show you how to get rid of your eyebrows - temporarily I used an Elmer's Glue Stick (like 50 cents at the store and a spatula...you can use a butter knife...I got my spatula at www.naimies.com

I was up until 6 am editing this video....I hope you like it...my eyeballs are burning! ha ha ha

ENJOY!!! Have a fantastic day!!! I heart you all!!!!! xo Kandee

Lady Gaga Make-UP from the Love Game

Lady Gaga has some really cool make-up looks......this one is a bit more wearable than the lightning bolt one...ha ha ha ha...still, you may not want to wear this to work...but it's a fun look to wear for a night out or prom....or some other, more wild night out...

This  look is pretty and a bit more "wearable" without the eyelashes....ha ha ha

what i used:

EYES: MAC paint pot in painterly

silver eyeshadow like MAC pigment in Silver

a frosty pink shadow (i used Da Bling from MAC)

a frosty lavender ( i used Beautiful Iris)

a dark silver shadow like (Electra from MAC)

a shimmery peachy pink like (like Naked Lunch or Kitten from Stila)

Black creme liner...like fluidline from MAC in black

Black Mascara in L'Oreal Double Extend Tubes

False Lashes in #316 Nbs Feather Eyelashes from Naimie's  (www.naimies.com)

Lips: a pale-pinky-peach lipstick....I used BUERRE lipliner (pale nude-rose) then Pretty Please lipstick from MAC (a pale frosty pink) or BUBBLES from MAC

BLUSH: Blunt from MAC to contour (a dark bronze matte)

and Golden Bronze Iridescent Loose Powder to highlight

now go get your lady gaga on....

Conan O'Brien & little sleep

Monday was one of my most fun make-up jobs ever.....

I got to laugh and put make-up on Conan O' Brien....he is so funny and nice...even when the camera's aren't on.....he is hilarious....I was laughing all day...from the time I met him...to eating Pastrami Sliders that were brought to Conan, and then he said we needed to order more so everyone could try them....and I ate just as many as the men on the crew...ha ha ha ha ha!

I don't normally like Pastrami...but I was muy, muy, hombre..translation: very very hungry!!!

Conan was a phenomenal make-up artist, as you can see in the picture! ha ha ha

And he actually laughed at me...I was like, "whoa, I am a little funny...Conan O' Brien just laughed at something I said!" ha ha ha ha

And since that job, I've been on the.....non-stop train....

I have had about 6 hours of sleep since sunday night....I am not kidding or exaggerating....I do not know how I am actually awake....

and if you watched this video which I believe I did after that shoot one evening....you can see what happens when you drink coffee for the first time in 5 years.....

numbness of the extremities.... and I wanted to leap out of my flesh! ha ha ha ha

Hilary Duff

since I've received so many requests for this...

I figured it's about time to do a Hillary Duff make-up how-to!!!

I think her look is so pretty and smokey, it really will make any eye color glow....sultry and sexy, yet sweet...this is like her album cover for The Best of Hilary Duff

so let's get goin' to Hillary Duff Town....

what to pack for our trip:

FACE: watch my video on Flawless Skin....

EYES: Naughty Feather cream eyeshadow from BENEFIT (it's a light pearl-nude shimmer), NAKED LUNCH from MAC (nude pearly-shimmer shadow), SATIN TAUPE ( a gold-shimmery-taupe color), CARBON from MAC (black shadow), SMUT from MAC (a dark reddish-dark brown with gold flecks) and/or ESPRESSO (a very dark brown), brown eyeliner in COFFEE from MAC, black eyeliner in SMOLDER from MAC , Black MASCARA in VOLUME EFFECTS from Max Factor

EYEBROWS: i used CHARCOAL BROWN eyeshadow (a cool medium brown) if you have lighter hair try OMEGA eyeshadow nad if you have more red hair try SOBA from MAC

CHEEKS: BLUNT from MAC (dark bronzey matte blush), 10 from BENEFIT (2-tone highlighter and bronzer, a light frosty pink and dark gold-bronze)

LIPS: BUERRE liner from MAC and UNDERAGE gloss from MAC

I wanna do her more dramatic eye look too...keep you requests coming! have the best day possible!!! smiles, kandee

How To Get Flawless Skin

consider yourself warned....I have NO make-up on in this video...now that you're prepared...

if your skin doesn't look great....ain't nothin' gonna look great...not eyeshadow...lips....you'll just see red, blotchy skin!

so here's what you'll need:

you don't have to use it all...but I'll just put it out there.

moisturizer

bronzer (i love St. Tropez foam bronzer-you can get it at Sephora.com)

foundation (i love Laura Mercier)

concealer (in 2 shades-one light and one dark) (again Laura Mercier's my fav)

MAC highlighter in SHELL

MAC powder blush in BLUNT

Loose Powder (i use MAC in the video)

on with the show!!!

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