Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Concert Outfit

Hello All!

As you know, I have to talk about my outfit and make-up for the concert.

The first picture is my outfit that I took at my mom house. My shirt is a vintage shirt that I found in my grandmothers closest, I had a black tank from Forever 21 plus sizes, a black skirt from Forever 21 plus sizes, tights with designs from the Avenue, a vintage purple chain purse from a rummage sale and flat shoes from payless.

My jewelry was pearls that came in a set of 10 from Forever 21 and a butterfly ring from Ashley Stewart, a plus size store.

Here are a couple of other pictures that show the top and the bottom of the outfit.

My makeup was done by me of course. My foundation is MAC studio fix plus NC 45, so is my powder, by MAC NC 45. Then my eyes was a pallet from eyes lips face. This was a smokey eye with a slight bit of purple to pop the color so it wasn't so smokey. Also the color under the brow as a highlighter of Ricepaper by MAC. The cheek color was a pop of red and my lips are a Moderate by MAC.

I hope that you enjoy and try this look out on yourself.

<3 Brits

Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Concert November 30th, 2011

Hello All,

I don't even know how to explain this, but this was the best concert I have ever been to in my whole life. I have been to a lot of concerts in the past, but this concert trumps everything.

On November 30th, I had to pleasure of going to the Jay-Z Kanye West Concert with my mom. Yes, I said it with my mom. She is the biggest Jay-Z fan ever, so it was fun to experience that with her. One of the many things that I can say about the concert, it was extremely well put together, wasn't too much going on on stage, but the lights that were used in the concert were amazing.

Before the concert started, I always look around for anyone I know or anyone famous I can get a photo-op with. As I was getting one of my favorite drinks at the concert, a Mai-Tai, I see Jessica from season six of the Bad Girls Club. She was the one that her favorite word was Wang. She was very nice, gave me a hug and kiss and good a great picture together. She was very humble.

The tickets stated 7:30pm, but I figured the doors opened at 7:30pm and the concert maybe didn't start to 8:30pm. My mom was so into it, she felt it would start on time and I knew it wouldn't. Overall the concert didn't start til, 9:22pm, but it was worth the wait. We had some great seats, many people may say that they were nose bleed sections, but we had a direct view to the stage. I can say that I did stand for the two and a half hour concert, but my mom was able to sit the whole time, see clearly and enjoy the concert. Once it started, it didn't seem like that we waited for two hours.

The concert started out with H.A.M (Hard as a MotherF***er) and the crowd went stupid. You could feel the energy that was going throughout the building. The duo was on opposite of the stages and they were on risers. It was so dope and amazing. So as everyone is singing, they were going down on the risers. It was like spotlight just on them and nothing else. As they get done with H.A.M. you could see Jay-Z run off the single risers and get to the main stage. It pretty much gave him time to get to the main stage to sing one of my favorite songs of the WTT (Watch the Throne Album), Otis. Of course there was a huge flag in the background as they sang Otis. The best part of this flag  after the song was over was, the flag collapsed but before it hit the floor, it was pulled up right away. My mom and I found that amazing how they did that. It was well orchestrated. **Just as some tidbit of info: if you drop the american flag, it is a felony were you could be imprisoned in jail for up to three years and have $100,000 dollar fine.**

Kanye was so happy to be in his home city of Chicago. He put in his all into the concert, but you could see the emotion in him throughout the concert. When Kanye was on stage singing his singles from his albums, Jay-Z was off the stage, resting or doing whatever. It was really dope the way when one was done, they would come back on stage together. Also visa versa, when Jay-Z was on stage Kanye was off the stage.

Also it was good to see that when Jay-Z sang 'Empire State of Mind' everyone in the building threw up the diamond sign and sang like we weren't from Chicago. Jay couldn't believe that we sang the words to strongly. That was a pretty cool yet soothing moment in the concert.

One of my favorite segments of the concert was when Jay-Z was singing Big Pimping. At this point Kanye was off of the stage, then once the song was over, Kanye came on stage and said; "Man, I said when I get signed I was gonna be big pimpin, spending cheese, spending cheese, but then I got...." that's when Goldgigger beat dropped. Everyone started laughing but then getting into the song. Once that song was over Jay-Z said; "Man, I'm sorry, I really never had those problems, but I can help you with this..." then 99 problems dropped. It was an epic. It flowed so well and the arena went mad. I guess that's why they call the United Center the 'Madhouse on Madison'.

Finally, the concert was coming to an end and it was still cracking. Of course the final song was Ni**gs in Paris (NIP). Once the beat dropped, the crowd was crazy. Also both Jay-Z and Kanye had on Bulls hats because of course the MVP of the 2010-2011 NBA season Derrick Rose was in the building as well as six time world champ and Olympic gold winner Scottie Pippen. Kanye shouted both of them out before the song began. So after singing NIP, the lights when black, like the concert was over. I am going to prepare you, it was the encore of encores. Once the crowd went crazy both Jay and Kanye came out, stood there, smiled and said "again" and the beat dropped for NIP again. Then a third time, then a fourth, then a fifth time. At this point Jay and Kanye said this; "We were in Boston and we did it three times, then we went to another city and did it seven times, now we in Chi-town, we have to break the record". At this point Jay calls everyone to the stage and says "security, calm down, we got this, we want this to feel like a club. Once everyone was situated and it was club feel Jay said "again" and the beat dropped for NIP. At this point we are only on number six and we had two more to go. As we were getting in the song, so many people threw their hats on stage and Kanye picked up most of them and wore it for a second to show his fans some love then he threw the hats back to the fan.

We got to the last NIP and it was the best one. The energy in the building was electric. We didn't really want it to end. Kanye put his hand to his heart and it was an amazing experience and we felt the same way that we did. Jay said Chi-town is the best and thanked us for coming.

No one wanted to leave, that concert was cray! I was living off the energy of the concert for two days. It was so inspiring and heartwarming and well put together and amazing. I cannot think of any other way to describe how the concert made me feel.

To Jay-Z and Kanye West, Thank you for the best concert I have ever been too in my life. Also my mom had the best time ever. Thank you and you two are completely in a league of your own. Thank you for coming to my city and shutting it down! This concert will be in the history books!

Day 2 of Kanye and Jay-Z in Chicago.

I just so happened to be out and guess who I ran into, Jay-Z and Kanye. At this time Kanye was showing Jay his old stomping grounds. That shows that Kanye is starting to be humble and grateful for his roots of Chicago. Love ya!

<3 Brits

Cyber Monday Shopping!

Hello All!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and had a great time with friends and family. As everyone know that this is one of the biggest time of the year for shopping. As some reports state shoppers over the four day holiday has already spend 50 million dollars on discounted TV's, computers, etc.

So today is called 'Cyber Monday' this is the day that a lot of people go back to work and do some online shopping. Many companies have great online deals that you can buy at the comforts of your own desk, home, etc. Some of my favorite websites are having some great deals and I want to share them with you.

Forever 21 Free Shipping and some clothes up to 80% off forever21.com
Eyes Lips Face (a makeup website) the whole site is 50% off. Min order of $25 dollars and shipping and handling is $6.95
M.A.C. Free overnight shipping on all orders big or small! (I finally got my Miss Piggy Eye shadow!)\
Best Buy has spend $100 get $10 back.
Old Navy has 30% off your entire purchase
ASOS has 25% off your entire purchase
VOGUE has a 87% discount of their subscription (for all my fashionistas, this is a must have)

Those are a few that you can check out! I am sure that there are millions more, but those are some of the favs! I hope that everyone enjoys shopping from the comforts of their own home. Enjoy your Monday and be watching out for my make-up Haul coming soon!

<3 Brits

Black Friday Shopping

Hello All,

I know that everyone is still getting over their turkey-coma and trying to get back into the real world. Also on that note, I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. The second comment is, I hope none of your friends or family memebers got abused on the Black Friday Shopping.

For those that don't klnow, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving where normally all the stores around the world have discounts of 50% or more off of clothes, applances and electronics. From what I have seen over the years, many people go out for the $200 dollar flat screen TV's and $299 computers.

Many stores have opened thier doors over the years at 5am. About three years ago, some women at a Wal-Mart was trampled trying to get to the holiday sales. So now many stores are opening their doors at 12am, or giving away the deals at 12am so many people don't have to wait around crowding the store up. Personally, I think that really smart idea for the stores as well as it saves lives.

This year I decided to stay at home and not particapate in all of shopping and exciting that is going on in the streets. The one thing that I did want, I was able to get online! Done and Done!  So a lot of my twitter family, friends and such went out to brave the conditions of the Black Friday madness. On a good note, none of those people were arrested or charged with cutting the line. But I seen some pictures from Wal-Mart, where a guy was charged with cutting the line to get a 80' flat screen TV and he was held down and arrested by a guard. It seems to be a serious matter when it comes to the cutting.

Let keep it real people, if you have to cut in line, get arrested or curse people out for a deal, just save your time. Hell, if you wait to cyber Monday you might even get the same deal and you can stay in the confort of your own home!

Maybe one day I will brave the shoppers, but until then, Shouts out to the Internet!

<3 Brits

I've been gone but I'm back!

Hello All,

I am sorry that I have been MIA. I just got a new job and it has been really hard for me to keep up with my new sleep schedule, as well as the new tiring job. So now that I got everything back in order and I am all together, I will be back everyday posting a new blog for you all to read. There is so much catching up to do, its crazy.

On tomorrow, I will be posting about a few things, Dancing with the Stars, The new Versace for H&M and the line that was outside, the fashions at the AMAs. thanksgiving and so on.

Thanks for hanging in there with me and I look forward to catching everyone up on everything!

I hope you and yours had an amazing thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble!

<3 Brits

Skincare Very Important!

Hello Followers!

Being a freelance artist, I can take about makeup all day but you have to make sure that you have a great skincare regimen going too. You don't want your skin to look old and wrinkly at 30, you want it to stay young, tight and pretty!

I know that some skin care products can be very expensive, but there are some things that you can do at your home that can give you that clear skin that all women want!

1. Drink lots of water!

It is very helpful to clear up your skin and make it even tone. I know some individuals may not like water, but it good for you and your skin. The best water would be from tap. It has the fluorine in it for your teeth and its not processed like some bottles of water. Plus its free. (free is always good!) Keep in mind, you can go weeks without food, but you cant go a week without water! Water Water Water. Drink it!

2. Moisturize your skin.

Don't get out the shower and not put some kind of moisturize face cream on your skin. It helps with the moisturize the skin and not dry up the skin. I wouldn't suggest any kind of perfume lotions or anything like that. I would suggest jergens, aveeno, cocoa butters, etc. But please make sure that you find something that works best for you.

3. A simple but last tip, Take two eggs and some honey and apply it to your skin.

This is somethings that you have at home and that you can use every other day and give yourself a mini facial. Per what I have read on many websites, it can smooth out your skin and tighten it up as well.

So above are a few different tricks to get that skin flawless and perfect.  I hope that you use some of the ideas and post your own and let me know how it goes!

<3 Brits

Colors Colors Colors

Hey All!

So I am obsessing over color shadows! Its all about the colors and being adventurous! I was just reading Vogue and a lot of the ads are full of colors. Also some cosmetic companies are coming out with some amazing colors such as Revlon and Maybelline.

I am so glad that companies are taking a risk and bring out the colors in their ads. Take a look at a few of my favorite colors that I did on some of my girls. Even Miss Piggy is giving me some color!

Try it different colors be adventurous! Send me some pics!

<3 Brits

 I had to steal this look below from a friend on twitter @MzXtremeClass! A great look and some amazing                                                                                             
                                                                             colors!

NYX Cosmetics!

Hello All!

As my obsession with my makeup continues, I want to give another brand to my makeup professionals and my make-up beginners. NYX cosmetics is another brand that I use on a daily basis. You know as I support MAC 100% but, it can be pricey and sometimes you have to use other options. So lets begin:

The company was founded by a lovely women Toni KO. NYX came from a greek mythology for, "greek godess who ruled the night".  She started this brand in 1999 and built it from the ground up. It is a brand for the women! NYX is a brand that doesn't test on animals. This is very important to me and to all my animals activists out there. So this is a plus for the brand.

As a freelance artist many people ask me what is a good brand to start off with and what I use all the time. The first thing that I say if you are starting off, you should use NYX and then work your way up to MAC. Also with that being said, may people ask me to compare the brands and these are my two comparisons:

1. It is an amazing product for the price. (Ranges from $2.50 to $35.00 dollars USD)
2. It seems to me (my personal opinion) that the colors, pigments, etc are about the same.

This helps my clients out a lot. Don't get me wrong there are some clients who can afford MAC right away and there are some that are on a college budget and need alternative brands.

As a make-up company, they have everything that you can think of. Foundation, primers (what goes on the lids so your shadows can stay), lipsticks, lip glosses, concealer, primer, eye liner, mascara, blushes, and on and on and on.

For all my Make-up geeks, please make sure that you try out this great brand. Its located at a lot of stores, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, etc. Test it out and let me know how you like the products. Also go to the website: nyxcosmetics.com 

The Red Lip by MAC

Hello All!

So as everyone knows following this blog, I love make-up. So for this fall, the red lip is back. The thing about a red lip is, you can just wear the lip and nothing else. It gives the full appearance of a fully done face, well in my opinion.

In the video (the link is listed below) a MAC make-up artist explains how she gets the perfect red lip. She states that you have to have a lip liner, (i agree), your perfect red, (please make sure that you choose the best shade for you. Not all reds are agreeable for all skin), and a mirror.

She explains that you have to make sure that you angle your cupids bow, which is the v on the top of your lip, and line all around your lips. You can make this liner as thick or as thin as you would like, your preference. Once your outline is complete, make sure that you fill your lipstick in all the way around. This includes very tight corners of your lips. Red is a very dominate color and if the color is not distributed evenly, then it looks cracked and not good.

TIP: When you have finished with your lip stick your finger in your mouth and pull out so the access doesn't get on your lips!  (I know I know, make sure that you do that so when you are talking to that special someone you dont have lipstick on your teeth, trust me!)

Once complete give yourself  a pucker and go out and give the world your fierce lips! I hope you all enjoy this  info and go out and get some red lips! Muah! xoxo

<3 Brits

http://www.maccosmetics.com/makeup_artistry/8173/Video/index.tmpl?cm_mmc=email-_-November-_-1112_redlip-_-redlip

BlackBook Midnight Mixologists Chicago Event Presented by Stoli Part 2

Hello All,

Here is part two of the BlackBook Event.

We last left off at the drink menu. As stated six out of seven drinks were amazing and here are all of the drinks listed below. Plus they are all pretty!

                    The above drinks were the two best drinks of the night for me! Absoluty delicious!

Next are all of the snacks that were provided for us throughout the whole time we were there. They were finger foods, some buffalo egg rolls, cheeseburgers, pretzels, and pizza (not pictured). Overall they are were pretty tasty and filling for all the drinks that we had that night. 

Last but not least is our outfits and makeup from last night. I finally got the chance to make up Ari's face from last night. She has amazing eye curvature and she can take great colors to her skin. I cannot wait for the next even to make up her face. I love to beat a face. Hell y'all know that make-up is my passion.

I used a foundation of NW 55 from MAC, a translucent power from MAC that blends into any foundation, a bronzer from forever 21 beauty collection, for her shadows, I used my pallet from eyes, lips, face, Ari provided her own lip gloss. I think her look went well with her outfit and she has great eyes to shape for all colors. 

Here is my outfit for that evening. I had foundation on from MAC NC45, MAC Power NC45, MAC blush, two combined colors, A bronzer from forever 21, two shadows from Victoria Secrets, and a light highlighter from my favorite eyes lips face pallet. A very polished and clean look with a pop of color! 

My outfit was a pieced together at the last minute, because was women, we never know what to wear. The top is a vintage top from my grandmothers closet, a bow tie belt from H&M, Pants from Forever 21 Plus Sizes and my nude shoes from Shoedazzle.com. 

Overall I want to send a huge thank you to Ari for thinking of me for this fabulous event. Congrats to BlackBook and Stoli for a fabulous event. Also if you are looking for something fun and somewhere different to go for drinks, please check out crossings. 

<3 Brits 

You're Invited! BlackBook Midnight Mixologists Chicago Event Presented by Stoli

                                                                          Part One 


Last night I was invited out by my friend Ari or @SassyVirgoAri on twitter. She always try to include me on some fun activities. So we went to a cute little bar called CROSSING on 2548 North Southport Avenue. It was an event present by Stoli and BlackBook. We got there around 8:30 and we thought it would be packed, but it was a very nice crowd there enjoying Stoli drinks. They had their magazines on the table as well as a photobooth for people to take pictures. The place was very cute, and very stylish, a great place to have an event as that. 

On the cover of the BlackBook Magazine was Ashley Greene from the Twlight Saga. The magazine cover was gorge and the make-up was simple, yet fabulous. The scarf on Ashley is simply amazing and it was a major talk of the magazine. Also BlackBook is celebrating fifteen years of being in the magazine business and they partnered with stoli to celebrate a great milestone. 


The book hits shelf's today, so make sure that you support and check a great and creative magazine. 

These are some of my favorite pictures that was taken last night in the Stoli photo-booth. As you can see we did both a color and black and white, but I really really love the black photos. They are more candid and more fun. I thought that was a great touch to the event.

The two pictures are pictures of the drink list that they were serving last night. I must say the drinks were amazing! Out of the seven drinks that were served, I didn't like one out of the seven and that was the "Stoli Chinos Elitist" it was way too much going on, anywho the drinks were really fabulous and each one was very different loved them all.

Miss Piggy Collection for MAC

Hello My Followers,

OMG OMG OMG The most famous pig, Miss Piggy of the muppets is coming out with a mini collection of a shadow, liner, and lashes for MAC Cosmetics . The reason I find this exciting, many people made fun of me for being a bigger girl and always called me fat and Miss Piggy, now to all those haters, HA, Miss Piggy has her own line of make-up and I think that is amazing.

The line will launch on November 14, 2011 in all MAC Cosmetic stores as well as maccosmetics.com. Here is her promo picture, and the items that will be involved in her collection. Also don't forget to support Miss Piggy, Kermit and friends in their upcoming movie The Muppet Movie is coming out on November 23rd.

<3 Brits

Included in the kit is the Miss Piggy Pink frost eye shadow, a black eyeliner (of course) and some lashes to make your normal lashes are little thicker.

Giselle Gatsby Photo shoot

Hello All,

I have been really following my passion and being a make-up artist and doing some fun and crazy shoots (see previous posts from the bottom). It was funny that I was just thinking about these pictures. I said to myself, self, you haven't gotten these pictures that you did a shoot for about three weeks ago. I just went to my phone and there are the pictures in my email! To me the shoot was something different other than the glamour photos. I really really love them and I love how my work is involving!

OAN: As a good make-up artist you only know how to do one kind of face. As a great make-up artist you can do all types of faces, Black, White, Asian, Mexican, etc. I feel that I am in the process of being a great MUA!

Take a look at my pictures and tell me what you think!

<3 Brits