A little about me.

I just wanted to take a minute to introduce my self properly. My Name is Laurie, I am 37 and I live in South Carolina. I have four wonderful children and a great husband who supports me because I told him to.

I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome into the community. I am going into this alone, for reasons I will keep to myself, I have none of my personal friends or family that know of my blog or Youtube channel. So i'm alone is this sea of people with just my laptop and a four year old camera. I know one day they will find out, but i'd rather them find out on their own.

See a woman putting herself out there, on the net, Youtube is frowned upon, but I cant help it. I have to do this if not I feel like something inside of me is going to die.

Beauty and makeup have been a passion of mine for years now. I truly Love it with every ounce of my being, it makes me happy. Almost too happy.

I don't claim to be a expert. I don't claim to know everything about beauty, But I do know what I know.
And I know I love this. I love sharing, ideas, products as well as learning new things from you all.

I also know I don't have good grammar so if I mess up please let me know so I can correct my mistakes.

I hoped this helps you get to know me a little better and if there is anything else you would like to know about me please feel free to ask.

Have a great and wonderful day!

Laurie M. Themakeupsquid.

How to blend eye shadow

Blending colors together can be difficult at times leaving you with a muddy, muted look, but there is a technique that you can use to practice blending your colors.








What you will need to practice this technique:

Black eye shadow
White eye shadow
A large shader brush
A pencil brush
A tapered blending brush

If you can blend black and white together you can blend any colors together.
Leaving you with  a nice gradient of color movement.

I have demonstrated this technique in the video below so you can see how its done. Happy blending!

Let me know what you guys think?

Products I am loving right now

I have many products that I use daily. But there are only a selected few that I truly love, Here are a few that I won't live without.

Anastasia of Beverly hills Perfect Brow Pencil.
Anastasia.net says:
Anastasia specially designed this pencil to apply and blend color into the brow to achieve a brow look so natural it looks like your own. With a velvety-smooth pencil on one end and a built in brow brush on the other, this product is perfect for anyone who wants to achieve a fuller brow look. Portable and convenient to apply and blend color into the brow with less to carry in your makeup bag.

The Highlighter Pencil
This pencil brings subtle focus to the brow bone. Use the Matte side during the day to create a soft highlight.

The Lashes you can find them at www.ilovekara.com They Are AMAZING!!

What are your favorites?
And don't laugh at my madness!

Things you should do before its to late!

I didn't always take care of my skin when I was younger, and it caught up to me before I knew it.

Here are some things I regret not doing and think you younger ladies should keep up with.





Diane Keaton is one of my hero's and I hope I look as half as good as she does. Intelligent, witty and gorgeous! I'm giving Diane a Squiddy.

Things you should keep up with.

Treat your eye area better, they will start to wrinkle.

Protect your skin. child bearing will reek havoc.

Water, Drink it. Lots of it.

Moisturize Everything, Everyday.

Find your best eyebrow shape for your face shape and stay with it, it doesn't get any better.

Be gentle to your hair it's apart of you, don't kill it.

    Find a bra that compliments your shape, two sets ain't twice as nice

    Find your summer and winter shade in your favorite foundation.

    Use as many shimmery products as you can, because when you get older it wont look as nice.

    I will update this post regularly so follow my blog to keep up with this list.

   Also if anyone is seeing my videos on YouTube please gimme a like,comment or a sub.

   I love hearing your replies to my madness, please let me know your there in a comment, like or follow!

   Thanks, Love you guys!

Value yourself.

In my line of work, Which is mainly set around relationships. I do see a lot of people who don't value themselves. It seems to me that people don't realize how how amazing they truly are.

Here are a list of things I believe if you apply them to your life, you will see how special you truly are.

1. Remember where you came from and how far you have come.
2. Never forget that it was you who accomplished and attained all you have.
3. Always remember your a limited edition and anyone one would be lucky to have you.
4. Your dreams are yours don't put them on a shelf for no one ever!
5. Gossip is for the ignorant and dim witted.
6. Your life is your journey and you are the driver.
7. A Pretty face doesn't make a pretty heart.
8. Your opinion does matter.

9. Intelligence is dead sexy.

What would you add as the tenth to this list?

This post was inspired by Ciaobella