Retrospective: SF in April 2012

I woke up feeling rather pensive and melancholy. Maybe it's the sound of money draining out of my bank account, or maybe it's the very humbling dinner I had last night with Debbi, Io Waters and Dylan Monroe. I'm in my dream city, the weather's beautiful and all I can think about is how much I miss my friends back home. Not to say that I want to move back to California. I'd just like to put all my friends in a cardboard box, tape it up tightly and ship them all here so I can be in the city of my dreams AND have all the love, too! 

But, short of having that, I guess a reflective photo blog post will have to be good enough. April was a month filled with lots of farewell dinners, lots and lots of farewell parties, a hundred thousand hugs and a million kisses. My friends are so great and no matter where they are, I'm lucky to have them! 

I love that I've accepted Matt as being Matt but Twinkie is still Twinkie!

Amy ordered food that is bigger *gasp* than her SAS (Standard Asian Size) head.

No one was ready. Except me, because I'm always photo-ready! *~DIVA~*

At least I have this guy with me in New York. <3

I hear boob punching is the new planking.

Still working on building a family out here. You know what they say: you can't build entire families in a month and a half at a new city. What, you've never heard that one before? 

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TE$$MONEY

Make-Up Party chez Miss Kika!

Artwork of my friend MissKika!

Does her style look familiar? That's because she's responsible for the artwork that's on the Sugarpill packaging! We love her. :]

Let me tell you how much I enjoy putting make up on my friends. A whole lot. Yeah. This is because I have the cutest friends in the whole world. That, and they let me do whatever I want! Being a make-up artist isn't much fun for me and I mostly just do it for the $$$ cash monies. The exception is if I get to make over my friends or do fun make-up events such as the JapanLA x Sugarpill make-over party earlier this year.

Yeah, that was fun. (Picture stolen from Amy!)

So yesterday Liz, better known as the artist behind Miss Kika invited me over to her place for play time with make-up. Fun! Lucky for you, I have pictures to share.

Surprise surprise, Sugarpill in the house!

Everyone say hi to the before shot of Liz! Liz has the cutest apartment ever but they're packing up to leave for Korea, so there's boxes everywhere. I mean, they like to decorate their house with brown cardboard boxes because they're artists and it's artistic.

And after! I also used her new fancy ghd straightener to curl her hair. I sort of really want one now.

You so pretty, Liz!

Make-up shot. I use this color combo way too much. Way. Too. Much.

Haha, kept catching her mid sentence.

Her fancy ball chair! I'm going to steal it when they move and put it in my tiny room. Do you think i'll be able to sleep comfortably in this? I'm going to say yes.

What I Used:

Sugarpill -

Tako

Buttercupcake

Darling

Afterparty

Poison Plum

Lumi

Other -

Too Faced Shadow Insurance

Mac Studio Fix Fluid

The Balm Time Balm Concealer

Unknown Japanese brand eyeliner

MAC Technakohl in Graphblack

NYX Eyeshadow in Dark Brown

NARS Blush in Orgasm

DIOR Lip Glow Color Reviver Balm

CoverGirl LashBlast Volume Mascara

And that's a wrap. Toodaloo folks!

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