Contouring and Highlighting by H.A.L. Makeup Artistry

Today's makeup tutorial will show you how to highlight and contour your skin. I hope you learn some new techniques from this video, play around with them at home and customize it to your own specific needs. Makeup is suppose to be fun and I believe there are no rules, just techniques, so find what works for you.

Featured Products 

Smashbox Primer
Caryl Baker Visage Mineral Matte Foundation
Caryl Baker Visage Camouflage in Light
Caryl Baker Visage Camouflage in Medium
Caryl Baker Visage Highlighting Powder
Two Faced Bronzer in Milk Chocolate Soliel

Girls Night

Last week I had some of my girlfriends over for an old school girls night; makeovers, junk food, movies and chit chat. I had so much fun! I wanted to try out some of my new makeup and create some looks that had been swirling around in my head, and my girls were awesome enough to be my models!

We use to have nights like this almost every weekend, but everyone is a little bit more busy these days so when we do get together, we really make that time count. 

We were pretty silly when we were little, fashion shows and photoshoots were a regular part of our sleepovers. So, once everyone's makeup was complete and I had a chance to capture some professional shots of my work, it made perfect sense to do a girlfriend photoshoot.

Oh man, we had so much fun with the camera, we joked that if we had a camera like this when we were kids, this is pretty much what we would have been doing, all the time.

My relationships with these girls have gone through ebbs and flows as we grow up, begin careers, start families and move to new cities. I am really glad that regardless of the highs and lows, we are able to come back to where we started and just be silly girls. 

I am super grateful for these ladies, we all come from the same place and its comforting to share that bond with someone. I love my Camlachie girls to the moon and back!!!

P.S. I made the bow garland in the background based on a pattern I found online, check it out here.

I Am Employed By The Kingdom Of God

Now I am an entrepreneur. Yikes, that's a lot of pressure. Pressure to create recognition for myself, pressure to draw in clients and pressure to make my own income. I have had a few moments this week where I find myself spinning my wheels, worried if I can really make this stuff happen. Then I take a step back and remember the reason I have chosen this new career path:

1. I feel this is Gods will for my life. 

2. To focus more on caring for my family. 

3. To financially contribute to our household. 

I believe this is the order of importance for the reasons I am currently taking the steps I am taking. Yet, it's easy for me to worry and forget, that The Lord said he would take care of me, if I follow His lead. As I read some scripture this morning I was reminded that desiring earthly things, like money, won't get me anywhere but focusing on what God wants me to do and where he wants me to spend my time, is the only way I will run a successful business. 

It kind of struck me like a lightening bolt "I am not working for me, I am working for God, He is the boss and He is in control." I have heard this kinda of statement before but it really sunk in today. 

For me, this realization means that sometimes it might be more important for me to read the Bible, pray and meditate, over spending time promoting my business. 

So I am kind of an entrepreneur but I am more like an employee of The Kingdom of God. 

Xoxo 

Audrey 

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