Ahh, the holidays.  No matter what holiday you celebrate, this is the time of year where it’s all about showing your friends and family how much you care.

And that comes in the form of presents.  Monday, I showed you how to ask for the makeup you want.  Today, I’ll show you some awesome gift ideas for those in your life that love makeup and beauty.

Makeup Pallets and Gift Sets

Nothing says ‘I love you’ like a whole slew of makeup.  Try these great options:

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Karen over at Makeup and Beauty Blog did a post recently with all sorts of video tutorials of how to do smokey eye makeup.  I have to admit, I’m not the best at it.  I’m trying, though!

So, that’s the point of my look for today.  I’m calling it Plum Smokey Eye for obvious reasons.  Of the tutorials at Makeup and Beauty Blog, I used the first one by MAC Pro Makeup Artist, Chantel Miller.

Here’s what I came up with:

Turned out pretty well!  At first, I didn’t like it much.  It could be smokier, but I think I was scared to go that extra mile.  What do you think?

Here’s some products I used to create today’s look:

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I’ve decided to start a new series here on Makeup Files.  Similar to the Tutorial Tuesdays, you’ll be seeing a neat makeup look on a regular basis.

The big difference is that the Face of the Day will have the look and what products I used without a step by step tutorial.  I won’t be doing this every day, but it’ll be pretty often.

Here’s how I look today, 10/15/2008.  I chose a yellow and orange color scheme to complement the blue top I was wearing:

And here’s what I used:

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And Lipstick Week soldiers on.

It feels weird knowing that I’ll need to get all prettied up every single day.  I really have no choice this week!  That’s alright, though.

Today, I woke up feeling like getting all dolled up.  I was just raring to get pretty, as opposed to the last few days.

Check out how it ended up:

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Pink is my favorite color.  Can you tell?

So, of course, I need to do a look with some great pink colors.  Heck, the vast majority of my clothes are pink.  I might as well match.

Today, I’m going to show you a super cute pink look that sort of reminds me of geranium flowers.  That’s why I’ve called it Geranium. Creative, no?

You may notice that the pictures in this tutorial are better than previous ones.  Yeah, I’m getting the hang of this.

So read on for the Geranium makeup tutorial.
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Purple is so in right now.  I went to a clothing store the other day and almost everything on the racks had purple in it.  (It’s a shame.  I wish pink was in right now, but I guess purple is the new pink.)

In the makeup world, smoky eyes is in right now as well.  I decided to put these two trends together, so I created Plum Smoke.

Did you know that you can do a smoky eyes look without using any grey or black eye shadow?  It’s true.  The smoke in this tutorial is subtle, but still so totally adorable, without any of those colors.

This look also has a vintage feel based on how I did the eyeliner and mascara.  If you like vintage makeup techniques, then you’ll like this look.

Read on for the Plum Smoke eye shadow tutorial.
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Less than a week ago, I got my first ever MAC makeup stash.  At the time, I promised that my next makeup tutorial would use the MAC Cosmetics I got.

Well, I always live up to a promise.

Today I’ll be using MAC eye shadow and lip gloss (along with some other brands) to get a great summer look.  I call this Tropical Storm because it uses tropical colors (blue, green, yellow.)  It’s also stormy and smoky.

This is a pretty heavy look, using a lot of color.  Because of this, you may want to limit it to special occasions.  For instance, it would look nice at some club after a long day at the beach.

Although, if you’re like me, you may want to wear it any ol’ time.  I really do like wearing a lot of makeup.

Get ready for the Tropical Storm makeup tutorial!
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I finally got my first MAC Cosmetics stash.  First stash.  I did have one item from MAC, but that doesn’t really count as a stash, now does it?

After purchasing a wealth of products during last week’s MAC sale, I finally got my makeup yesterday.  I waited all day long and UPS finally showed up at 7PM.  That’s pretty late!

But I finally got it and am oh-so-excited.  I thought I would take a picture for everyone and tell you what I got.  Here it is:

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UPDATE: This sale is now extended an extra day, so it ends Tuesday June 16, 2008 instead of today, Monday.

As you’ll recall, I was asking for help in choosing the right MAC makeup last week. Here’s why:

If you’re like me, you don’t live by a MAC Cosmetics store. Because of this, you’ll need to do your shopping online.

Luckily, there’s a sale today just for such an occasion! It’s called the Friends and Family Discount, which is 15% off on all online orders. This is just for today (6/16/08), though. So get your butts on over there. Things are already selling out!
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If you pay attention to the Beauty Blogosphere at all, then you know about the MAC sale going on right now. With a certain coupon, you can get 15% discount at any of the MAC stores (not including MAC counters at department stores.)

Boooo. I don’t live in an area with a MAC store. Not even a counter.

Luckily, they’re also going to be having the same deal for online orders Monday only. Yay! Now that’s something I can get behind.

Confession: I only own one thing from MAC, and it was given to me. It’s a pigment pot, Blue Brown.

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