Awww this might be your new go-to look....

 awwwwww yeahhhhhh....it's tutorial time!
I've been trying to upload this baby all day (reason why this is going up to latey-late-late)
but it's a good one!

I wore this make-up this over day in my "loos curls video" (CLICK HERE TO SEE IT) and everyone asked for a tutorial!
PLUS: I'll show you how to turn any black eye pencil into the perfect winged liner!
AND here's some of the make-up I used to make this video:

 I show ya everything from drugstore to high end options and the colors that look similar!
YES,you do see the new NAKED BASICS PALETTE from URBAN DECAY in this picture! hee hee

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH MY, NEW, FAVORITE MAKE-UP LOOK! IT'S JUST SO STINKIN' EASY AND PRETTY! ha ha ha

Now come hang out with me for a few minutes and it'll be like you're going to "beauty school", but not like the normal, awful beauty school..ha ha ha ha

HERE'S ALL THE LINKS AND WHAT I USED:

FOUNDATION: L'Oreal Lumi Foundation and RCMA Concealer

*EYE SHADOW OPTIONS

DRUGSTORE EYESHADOW: L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Endless Pearl

MAC EYESHADOWS: Brulle (my favorite nude from MAC), LLAMA and ORB

URBAN DECAY Naked Basics Palette  (you can also use some of the shades as brow colors too!)
I kinda love all these matte shades, which makes me like it more than the previous NAKED palettes!

BLACK EYELINER: Too Faced Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner in Perfect Black

MASCARA- L'oreal Voluminous False Fiber Lash Mascara

BROWS: any brown or taupey-grey brown shadow 

I used CHARCOAL BROWN from MAC

LIPLINERS:

drugstore nude lip liner: Maybelline Lipliner in TOAST

Kevyn Aucoin lipliner in BARE

Urban Decay Lipliner in NAKED (*what I wore)

mid-range: MAC lipstick in Blankety

high end lipstick (and the one I actually am wearing!)  YSL Rouge Volupte #2 Sensual Silk

*click here to see my story about my YSL lipstick

HIGHLIGHTER:

MAC BEAUTY POWDER in PLAY IT PROPER (but I think it was limited edition- that drives me crazy!)

* you could use SILVER DUSK from MAC which looks similar.

BLUSH:

BEN NYE BLUSH in Pixie Pink

This may be my new everyday, make-up look....hugs and yay it's FRIDAY, your kandee

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I get kinda' obsessed sometimes...

 Just like when I like a song and I play it over and over again....
yes, I do the same thing with nail polishes....
I am loving the HALO silver and gold nail polish like crazay.

 On the left is good ol' HALO from Orly and on the right is, LIQUID VINYL from ORLY (AKA black nail polish). If you've ever tried Orly polishes you know why they're so great...it looks like a glossy paint job on a car and the rubbery handles are the smartest idea.

 I like how it looks like it snowing, silver and gold glitter down my nails! Yes, I am singing "silver and gold" in my head!

Do you ever get obsessed with a certain lip gloss, song, food....?
ha ha ha I do to all of the above!
I am also semi-addicted to the Caramel Brulee Latte from Starbuckles, but since I have them make it without coffee I guess it's not a latte...but that's how you roll when you don't drink coffee.

HOW TO GIVE BAD HAIR DAYS A KARATE CHOP

Who's ready to give a swift karate chop to their bad hair days?

And who doesn't like to spend an hour doing their hair?

(I don't even like spending 15 minutes on my hair)

If you answered yes to either of those...read on my "good hair day warrior"...

I've got some hair greatness on it's way-(yes I made a tutorial for ya)

cute, tousled, waves!

ALL YOU NEED IS:

*hair

*1 inch curling iron (anything bigger will just make curls fall out)

*flat iron (if you wanna straighten your bangs or fringe)

*hair clip- for sectioning hair

*hair spray- to help make hair obey you

*smoothing cream- to make your fly-away hairs really obey you

*and 5 minutes for thin to average hair AND more minutes if you are blessed with thick hair

*and you need to watch this video I made for you and your hair:

(here's a lil something-somethin' you can pin or print out to remind ya)

Hiiiiiiiiii-yaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh bad hair day....
your karate kandee
    
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The Skinny on the New NAKED:

 yes, here's the naked-skinny, on the NEW Urban Decay Palette that's gonna launch on the 29th...
I don't know what these colors look like in person, or on the skin, since all I have is this paper with the pictures on it.
Sorry these pictures kinda looks like it's from a 1970's ad...ha ha ha ha...but that's all I got to show ya!

So here's the scoop of naked-ness:
This is the NAKED BASICS palette.
*It's basically the multi-purpose MATTE companion to the (OG) Naked Palette.
*It's a bunch of neutral shades to use as bases for any or all of your eye looks.
*These mattes are said to have a luxe-finish, to make sure the mattes are NOT chalky or powdery.
*Venus- is a demi-matte, which has a hint of satin to give a bit highlight and dimension.

THE SHADES- 4 totally new colors (WALK OF SHAME was already available in the other build-your-own palettes and FOXY was already in another palette)
(TOP)
VENUS- soft, off-white demi-matte
FOXY- very light yellow/beige matte
WALK OF SHAME- very light pink nude matte

(BOTTOM)
NAKED 2- rosey taupe matte
FAINT- warm, dusty brown matte
CRAVE- deepest darkest brown/black matte

The packaging is that same "rubber-suede" that the last palette was in. The only bad thing is it gets dirty super easily, and doesn't really clean well. All shadows are full size. You can do a lot with this palette, it's a great set of "bones"- to build a good eye look on.

* I can't really tell exactly what these babies look like, as all I have to go from is this paper with pictures on it! ha ha ha But hopefully it gives you a sneeky-peeky!

Bottom Line: it's a small lil palette loaded with  neutral nudes for all skin tones.

You can get your hands on a NAKED BASICS palette for (SRP $27) at SEPHORA, ULTA, certain MACY'S stores and online at: Sephora.com,  Ulta.com, macys.com, beauty.com and urbandecay.com

and I'm out like the dated,  70's style pictures I had to post today (ha ha ha ha), your kandee

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PS. I am editing a new tutorial that will be up today and it's easy-peezy-awesome!

What happens when I buy a YSL lipstick...

 This is what happens when I buy my first YSL lipstick, Rouge Volupte in #2, Sensual Silk.
Yes, I convinced myself that this lipstick was worth spending $34 dollars on at Sephora.
And I have to admit- it is kinda', pretty amazing.
The shade is perfect.
The packaging makes you feel like your last name should be Kardashian, or Hilton, or Winfrey.
THE PROBLEM:

 As you'll see here....my precious Blake (who's 5), saw this beautiful tube of lisptick on the kitchen counter. (where I took it out of it's box and stood just staring at it's beauty.)
This doesn't look like any of my other lipsticks. And it weighs more than any lipstick tube I own- it almost feels like you could use is like hand-weights to work out with.

 anyway....he twisted it, wondering what it was, and SMASHO-INTO-THE-CAP-O!
No, my cheapo lipsticks look way too boring to want to play with, but this...this lipstick begs to be touched. It's like an art piece in a museum- your fingers feel magnetized to it's case!

*

I was a lil' saddened, but I couldn't be mad at him...he didn't know it was a lipstick- he just thought it was some cool golden thing, that was way too heavy to be some boring, ol' make-up- it must be a tool or something that needed to be twisted!

Just look at what's left in the tube! It's beautiful!
The pigment is unlike any drugstore, or even MAC lipstick! It feels like velvet, it's got some miraculous ingredients that make your lips look plump and smooth as butter, it's lasts super long, and the pigment in this lipstick is out-of-this-world.

I may not be able to apply it right from the tube onto my soup-coolers, but you bet I will scrape every last trace of liptsick out of this baby with a brush! Then maybe I'll just save the tube because it's so pirty and makes me feel fancy, just looking at it!

fancy-ness, your fancy kandee

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How to Have a Thanksgiving Smackdown...

This was our traditional Wrestling Smackdown...just kidding, but but it was really me trying to tackle Jordan to hold still for a picture, wearing the Turkey hats my sister got!

And to think he didn't want his picture taken with this hat on!

 Earlier in the day, I had to make a run to the grocery store for a pumpkin pie ingredient I forgot when I went grocery shopping like a boss. *Caramel Brulee Frappuccino without coffee- my fav! (since I dont' drink the coffee)

 VIEWS of THE FOOD: our fav, yummy sweet potatoes covered in toasty marshmallows and cranberries.

 Roasted Brussel Sprouts- I normally don't like them, but the ones my mom makes are pret-teeeeeee tastayyyyy.

 This is how one, Kandee Johnson's plate looked... ha ha ha

And this is how I bury my pumpkin pie in ice cream and whipped cream! IT was so good, I ate three slices! Yeah boi!

I saved all the more embarrassing photos of my family wearing the Turkey hats for my Kandeeland blog (it's less popular, and that means Jordan won't be so embarrassed that I put it on my "main" blog, here! ha ha ha

And I will NOT be caught at any stores, trying to avoid getting run over by crowds of crazy shoppers today for Black Friday- the craziest shopping day of the year!

I might just go try to eat some left over pumpkin pie...ha ha ha ha

and I'm out like the stores were of all vanilla ice cream yesterday, kandee

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Thanksgiving Time Machine & Recipe o' Pie

consider my blog as a time traveling device...

we wil now travel back to last year, when I looked like this (above)

and that (below)

psssssst: look how lil' Ellie is

 Blake looked like this....those pants would know look like capri's on him....and he hasn't been able to fit in those shoes for a long time...

Alani wore this....and looked fancy.

If you want to taste one of the yummiest Pumkin Pie Cheesecakes...you can watch me cook this, even more Thanksgivings ago.....and I'm thankful my dad is in it:

I am off to go cook stuff...ha ha ha
hugs and lots of thankfulness not just today but everyday...thank you each of you for letting into your heart and days, to hopefully encourage or inspire you and fill you with some extra love and hugs, your kandee

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