For all you Waxing Queens : My Favorite hard and soft Waxes For the body and the face

Hey Ladies!!!

So For all you starting our in the beauty industry or for u  Amateur Waxing Mama's I wanted to suggest some of my favorite Waxes.  When I first started out I just didn't know what to use , in school we used Gigi and honestly I just wasn't a fan, so after much trial and error I found several waxes that now have permanent homes in my Esthetician Room * Note I do live in a  Humid Climate and these waxes work really well here

Waxes for Facial Hair:
Hard Wax : Hands down Cirepril Rose Wax

Strip Wax: I love the Satin Smooth Cream Wax



Body Waxing :  Berrins Ease Soft wax.. Love it!


On the Cheap: Satin Smooth Cream Wax



Brazillian Waxing:

Hard Wax: Cirepril Blue ( I also use this for nose waxing!)


Soft Wax:  Epillyss Millenia , this one of my most favorite waxes! It acts like a hard wax yet is a soft strip wax and is FANTASTIC on coarse hair including Brazillians and Mens Waxing (backs, chests.. ect)




Well my loves , I just wanted to make a few sugestions!

Happy Waxing!

xoxox

k

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Homemade Makeup and the end of the World!

So I  am married to a man that has the end of the world and prepardness on his mind alot. If you look in my pantry at home you WILL see lots of excess can goods, bags of rice.. beans.. and what not. One day while he was going on and on about supplies we needed on hand incase the shit hit the roof, I started imagining what the world REALLY would be like if we couldn't just go get groceries at the local Market or we couldn't just grab a bottle of asprin at the drugstore if we had a headache... What if in this Apocolyptic setting we had no choice but to live off the land, grow our own food , and make use of what we already had and owned. Then the sickest thought of all popped in my head. No makeup... *gasp* No sephora.. No online shopping for the latest color palette from urban decay (even though you own 20 similar colors ) No more nothing.. Whats a girl to do? What CAN a girl do? Even if it's the end of the Earth I still wanna look good when I step out of my house, even if is just to harvest from the garden and strain rain water.. Am I right? LMAO... Thus,  the Beauty Survivalist is Born.  In the upcoming weeks I hope to do a series on  Youtube on how to make beauty products from stuff in and around the home. So when the shit DOES hit the roof, you WILL be prepared. ;)

Here is an easy little remedy for a lip gloss or stain for you when that last lip gloss of yours finally runs out!

Easy fix! Berries!!


Stain:
Blackberries and Dew Berries make great stains! I have an abundance of of dew berries that grow around my house and after picking them my hands are always stained with a berry purple color. So bite one in 1/2 and rub the rest on your lips, you will have a stain that should last all day!

Gloss:
Take a berry and mash it up good add a little vaseline mix it up, transfer it to a little makeup pot, bam! you have lipgloss!

I have lots more recipies and ideas that I will be putting in my videos and on here  with item such as beets, castor oil, corks... you'll just have to tune in for the Beauty Survivalist!

xoxoxox

k

D.I.Y. How To Depot NYX JUMBO PENCILS(REQUEST)

Ladies you know I love my NYX jumbo pencils! I had some questions about sharpening them as we all know it is rather difficult sometimes if you don't have a large enough sharpener, so why not depot them! My youtube friend PhasionQueen27 has a lovely tutorial on how to do just this! Yay!

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Eyeshadow giveaway! CLOSED Congrats Ebony Miller!

Hi my beauties! Just wanted to let you girls know I have an eyeshadow giveaway going on at Facebook, It ends Wednesday Feb 8th 2011 ! Go check out my page for details!

xoxoxo

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Simply-Kendra/133362496686557

Winner was chosen! Ebony Miller Congratulations~!!
Not to fret everyone I will have another giveaway when I hit 200 fans!

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I met the nicest girl on Youtube

So I met this lovely girl on youtube named Thechocolateberry through my wonderful youtube friend, Powerfulflamingrose and she does these really cool intros on youtube for the makeup girlies. Anyways she is having a contest when she gets to 1000 subs, which won't be long and I am happily sponsering her with some eyeshadows to give out as prizes, in the meantime she told me she would make me an intro.Yay! I just have to get her some info and what not, so I really never thought about an official intro so just for fun I tried my hand at it and this is what I came up with. But I think I will stick with the idea of her making one for me! BTW subscribe to her so she can get her contest on way and check out some of the cute intros she has done for other girls!
http://www.youtube.com/thechocolateberry
Also Check out Powerfulflamingrose at http://www.youtube.com/powerfulflamingrose and don't forget to check out my cosmetic line, Simply Kendra
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   Thanks so much to my friend  Jen AKA PowerfulFlamingRose from youtube for her awesome tutorial using my Eyeshadows from http://www.simplykendra.com/
Thank you so much Jen, it means alot to me!  Everyone go check her out on youtube @ http://www.youtube.com/powerfulflamingrose  She is also my partner in crime for our contest "MY CREEPY VALENTINE" you can also see that on her and mine youtube pages, this contest will be running until Feb 18th!

Eyeshadow Primers from Expensive to the low low

Does your Eyeshadow crease and fade within just a couple of hours of you applying it?  Then you most likely need an eyeshadow primer, if you don't know what that is, then you just found your newest best friend.
Don't blame your Eyeshadow, blame your oily lids, its a common problem and its an easy fix.  Eyeshadow primers create a protective barrier between your lids and your shadow keeping the oil at bay and helping your eyeshadow stay put and often help make your shadow look true to color.
So if your already not on the Eyeshadow Primer bandwagon and you feel clueless I am going to breakdown a few primer favorites, an unconvential method, and even a DIY.

Eyeshadow Primer 101 here we go:

Popular Favorites:

These favorites are here for their cult like following




Urban Decay Primer Potion:  This primer reigns king in the world of primers, although a tad on the expensive side, your going to be out around 20.00 bucks for a small tube. I  highly recommend it, a little goes a long way! Ulta and Sephora will have sample sizes sometimes, so if you like to try before you buy check those store's out for ongoing promotions.






Too Faced Shadow Insurance: This primer, another favorite among makeup girlies is priced a little bit cheaper at around 15.00 a tube.  In my opinion Its a good choice for those that have semi oily lids. I don't feel it works as well as Urban Decays Primer potion but nonetheless its not a favorite without reason!

On the low low:

Don't feel like shelling out alot of money for a primer here are a couple low priced options.

ELF Eyeshadow primer:  At about 3 bucks a tube, you just can't beat it, I personally really like and do use this primer from time to time. Although I have never actually used it on a client. It does work great on me, FYI my lids aren't that oily... so that being said I can't tell you how well it works on really oily lids.

NYX jumbo pencils:  I can't say enough about these pencils at 3-4 bucks a pop you can afford to get one in every color.  Dries to a nice matte texture on the lids and comes in a variety of colors. I really like this pencil in the shade "MILK" which is just a nice white, also really  makes whatever shadow your wearing pop!





The Unconventinal:

Monistat Chaffing gel:  Don't be embarssed, lol. This stuff makes a GREAT a primer for the lids and the face. In my own opion it is VERY comparable to smashbox photofinish Primer!  Your lids will stay Matte ALL day long!



DIY:

1 part foundation
2 parts facial moisturizer

Mix together and apply to eyes!

this is great for girlies that lids aren't super oily.


Other EASY Ideas:
 For very oily lids just use an extra matte foundation on eyelids

Alot of ladies swear by just cream concealer!


So there you go! Just a few ideas on getting your lids Eyeshadow ready!

xoxoxo

k

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Simplykendra.com is HERE!!!!!

Well its a happy day here for me, my website is up and ready to go! Please check it out, I have lots and lots of pretty eyeshadows just waiting for your pretty peepers! Let me know what you think!!!!


xoxoxoxoxxo

K
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I know I know its been a while...

Sorry I haven't been  blogging as mush as I normally do, I  have just been majorly busy with the eyeshadow. I am down 20 web pages, 20 more to go and I designed and printed 40 styles of lables last night. *sigh* I  is a Tired Gurl...
I can't believe my youtube subs are up to 94!!  Very excited about that, I should have thrown a contest sooner! ha.  Recived my invitation to the Les Nouvelles Skin care show going on in Dallas this March, if you are an Esthetician or Makeup artist this show is Fantastic! Lots of classes and lots of shopping! Yay! I can't wait! I def will be going to the In-depth Bridal Makeup class, I really want to learn more about applying makeup that will be photographed. I did attend the HD makeup class last year but honestly... it kinda sucked. So hopefully this one will be better. Anyhoo just wanted to let you guys know whats been going on with me, I will be back blogging regularly soon! Thanks for reading and all the support.
xoxoxox
k