Featured on Miss Lipgloss!

Imagine my surprise when I groggily grabbed my phone this morning to check email and noticed a sudden surge of subscribers and traffic on Style By Cat.  Holy heck, how did that happen?!  So I read through some of my new comments and learned that I had been featured by a very, very prominent beauty blogger from Holland named Cynthia who has a blog called Miss Lipgloss:

Yep, that's me!  How cool is that?  I'm always so surprised and grateful when I get featured by amazing bloggers. :D  It gives me such a great opportunity to meet new readers from all over the world which makes me super-happy!

Anyways, I really wish I were literate in Dutch, but I guess I could get the gist of what her post is about. I don't know much about Cynthia except that she's a gorgeous, very accomplished beauty blogger with an uber-professional site which makes mine look pretty ghetto by comparison, lol.  Check her out if you're not already subscribed to her!

Soooooooooooooo if you're reading this, thanks Cynthia!  You're awesome! :D

XOXO,

Cat

Silver Bird and Branch Lariat Back in Stock!

This popular piece sold out last week and I've gotten a lot of requests on my Etsy to restock.   Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that it's now available again, however in limited quantity for the time being.

Governess Dress

I've been meaning to play with a red, black, and yellow color scheme for awhile.  Since hubby has one more day off before getting back to the grind, I thought I'd squeeze in one more style shoot.  Here's what we came up with on the fly:

:: Dress ::

eBay

:: Cloche ::

Old Navy

:: Sunglasses ::

Sunglass Warehouse

:: Handbag ::

Marc Jacobs

:: Socks ::

Forever 21

:: Shoes ::

Unlisted

My Yellow Dressy!

Style post!  When was the last time we had one of those?  I really want to post fashion more often because it was my first and foremost passion.  Bet you didn't know that I graduated from a fashion program at my college years ago and used to be a fashion designer...sigh...  Oh well, some stuff doesn't work out, you move forward, and life goes on, right?

Anywho, just thought I'd share another one of my holiday goodies, a lovely yellow dress that was gifted to me by my sisters. :D  I've never owned a yellow dress before, so I was delighted to receive one for Christmas!

:: Dress ::

Soda Fountain Dress from ModCloth

:: Necklace ::

Chubby Birdie and Branch Lariat by Lovelina

:: Earrings ::

Painted Wood Button Earrings by Lovelina

:: Shoes ::

London Calling by Poetic Licence

:: Socks ::

Anthropologie

Rollergirl by Urban Decay

I couldn't wait to try out my new Urban Decay Rollergirl Palette so I figured I'd post a tutorial in order to kill two birds with one stone.

Rollergirl is a fantastic palette that includes 3 neutral shades (Verve, Suspect, and Darkhorse) and a poppin' hot pink (Woodstock).  It also comes with a 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Whisky and Lip Junkie gloss in Crush, both in travel sizes.  Not only are the colors gorgeously pigmented, versatile, and easy to work with, but the compact is sleek, attractive, and extremely portable, perfect for quick day-to-night transformations.

For today's tutorial, I'm going to show you guys how I used Rollergirl to create this look:

To start, I'm going to prime my eyelids with my current favorite primer, Lime Crime's Candy Eyed:

Next, I'm going to add some Verve, a "pale oyster shimmer" to the inner corner of my upper eyelid:

Then, I'm going to take some Darkhorse, a deep brown with golden flecks, and apply it to the outer corner of my upper eyelid:

Once I've completed that step, I'm going to apply Suspect, a taupe-y bronze shimmer, above Darkhorse:

Using a fluffy brush, I'm going to carefully blend the colors so that there are no visible harsh lines:

Now I'm going to take some hot pink Woodstock and apply it along my bottom lash line:

Using a thin, bent eyeliner brush, I'm going to apply black gel/cream eyeliner to my top and bottom lash lines, making sure to wing it along the top lash line:

For extra sparkle, I'm going to enhance my eyeliner with the gold Sephora glitter liner that was gifted to me over the holiday:

Holy cow!  I soooooooo LOVE the way this looks!  Uh oh...new obsession!  Be prepared to see a lot more gold glitter liner in future posts!  lol

Curl my lashes and add mascara and I'm nearly done:

You know I'm gonna have to add some fun, glittery eyelashes to really complete the look!

Don't they make such a big difference?  Don't forget, you can now win TWO pairs of your own glittery Daiso lashes in my latest GIVEAWAY!  

Almost done!  I'm just going to apply some Lip Junkie gloss in Crush to my lips:

It's a sheer, shiny pop of pink that is more subdued on the lips than in the tube, which is perfect for today's look!  It's smooth, moisturizing, smells and tastes great...like mint chocolate chip. :D  

Overall look:

The Rollergirl Palette totally met my expectations and I had so much fun creating today's look with it, one of my favorites in awhile!  I can't wait to see what else I can come up with!  Hope you guys found this tutorial and review useful!  Happy January 1st!

Hugs,

Cat

Holiday Goodies

I wanted to share a few goodies that I received over the holiday, which ought to make for at least a few fun posts:

Clockwise from top: UD Rollergirl Palette, Sephora Glitter Eyeliner in Silver and Gold, UD Dangerous Palette, UD mascara and 24/7 eyeliner pencil sampler combo.

Cream tiered lace mini dress and blush faux python clutch, both by Lola.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  Aren't these shoesies ultra-gorg?!  They're named London Calling by Poetic Licence.  They're just my taste...these guys really know how to do footwear.  Can't wait to wear them! :D

all images taken via Instagram for iPhone

Oh, and don't forget to enter my latest GIVEAWAY to win some goodies of your own!

Happy New Year!

Hey guys, just thought I'd end the evening by wishing everyone a happy new year.  Here's to 2012! :D

Here are my resolutions for the upcoming year:

1. Adopt a healthier lifestyle!

Yes, I'm sure this is on the list for about 90% of the population.  I was actually able to stick to a regular exercise regimen and healthy diet for about eight months before Thanksgiving and I've fallen off the wagon since.  No better time to start up again!

2. Take more risks and dive full-force into the things that I'm passionate about!

In general, I've always been hesitant, cautious, and overly-concerned about how my actions might affect my future.  This year, I'm just going to throw myself into the things that are truly important to me.  I think there's success to be had if I work really hard towards the things I'm most passionate and enthusiastic about. :D

3. Be the best me I can be!

This kind of relates to resolution #1 and #2, but I'm just going to try my best at all of my endeavors and see what happens.

I suppose that pretty much wraps up my hopes and expectations for 2012.  What about you guys?  :)  Whether you're setting goals for yourselves or not, here's to a Happy New Year all the same!

Cheers!
Cat