One Year Ago...

I married my amazing husband at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas :-D I must confess that most of my glow in these pictures is happiness. Nothing else will make a person feel as beautiful as happiness!  Still, I thought you might be curious about my face-of-the-big-day:

Skin: Josie Maran Protect Daily Sun Protection Argan Oil Infused SPF 40+ (the sun in Las Vegas is serious, and we were married outstide in the Juno Garden)
Base Makeup: Revlon PhotoReady SPF 15 Foundation in 004 Nude, Make Up Forever HD Invisible Cover Foundation in 125 Sand, Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Concealer in Light Golden, MAC Select Cover-Up in NC20 and NC30 (I had a bad breakout), Make Up Forever HD Microfinish Powder
Eyes: Too Faced Shadow Insurance, NARS Duo Eyeshadow in Charade ("muted mauve" on the lid, "smokey plum" in the crease), MAC Brule to highlight browbone, a touch of MAC Wedge to deepen the crease (we avoided shimmer because the wedding took place at 11:00am outdoors, and I chose a quite muted, natural look in the hopes it would appear classic), upper and lower lashes lined with Sephora Collection Retractable Waterproof Eyeliner in Brown (still love this), Dior DiorShow Black Out Waterproof Mascara (this clumped BADLY on the day and I had a small nervous breakdown!)
Cheeks: Stila Convertible Color in Gerbera
Lips: MAC Spice Lip Pencil (all the MAC makeup used belonged to my sister who did my makeup; can you believe at this time last year I owned NO MAC?), YSL Gloss Volupte in Sugared Almond

Vegas Night Out OOTD

How often do you get to wear a bright, poly-satin cocktail dress?  Well, if I want to badly enough I'll wear it for a CVS run, to be honest.  Been a while since I was that desperate to glam it up, but in Las Vegas on the Strip there are tons of girls running around in sparkly skirts up to there and platforms up to here.  I knew it would be a perfect time to bust out my $70 (half off!) bargain from Express:

Regrets: I didn't push the towels in the bathroom out of the picture.  I didn't bring the gold version of these same shoes I own to match my other accessories (Target $14 clearance last year, heh). I didn't steal this mirror from my Planet Hollywood hotel room.  Sucker shaves off 10 lbs., on my honor!

Room theme is Interview with the Vampire!

The evening purse was a Lorac "freebie" (well, it came in a set that was a steal).  The choker is JC Penney and I used a coupon so it was $7. Purple and corally Orange... can you tell I love color? Sigh <3

Husband is like, "what are you doing?"

Do you get glammed up just because you feel like it sometimes?