Nutcracker Flashback- Blogmas Day 8

'Tis that time of the year! With everyone about to open their run of The Nutcracker, I thought I would go back and look at all of the different characters I've played since my first nutcracker in 1998.

Here we have my very first nutcracker! I was a caroler in the prologue (with my dad in the middle as the priest!), and I was a mouse.  While at Ballet San Jose, I was always a mouse, because that was the only student role.

I'm the one on the bottom right

My twin sister Victoria (left) and myself being goofy.

In 2004, I moved to the San Francisco Ballet School, where I was a rich girl in the prologue, and a butterfly in the opening of Act II.  I was so excited because this was an entirely new production of The Nutcracker, and I was the first student out on stage! That kind of thing is a big deal when you're 11 years old! (Rich girl costume not pictured)

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I'm the butterfly who is 3rd from the left

The next season I was a party girl! I got to be Clara's best friend, which I thought was really cool!  My name was Carolina Pessego.

I'm in the pink dress on the far right.

 In the next couple of years I was a soldier in the fight scene and a dragonfly in the opening of Act II.

I'm in the back with the black and gold hat.

 When I was 15, I started learning company roles! This was incredibly exciting for me, and was my first real experience with dancing with a professional company.  I was a flower vendor in the prologue, I was Mrs. Greene in the party scene, and I got to dance snowflake and flower!

Me in my flower vendor costume with my dad, who was the Policeman in the prologue.

Snowflakes with my friend Caitlin.

Flowers with my friends Lauren and Caitlin.

During my trainee year at SFB, I got to learn and perform the Dancing Doll with the San Francisco Symphony!

Don't mind the photo-bomb...

 While dancing with the Cincinnati Ballet, I danced as a party parent, a snowflake, a flower, and a mirlipoo.  Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of these costumes!

I hope you enjoyed this stroll down memory lane with me!

Does your family ever get to see The Nutcracker?

-Fly high, little birds!

Makeup Look Of The Day: Blogmas Day 7

Just as I said in my post from yesterday, I created a makeup look from my Sephora purchases!  I'm really happy with how it turned out, however I couldn't seem to get a good picture of the eyeshadow.  We'll just have to make do with the full face!

I am wearing NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in the color Deuville.  This foundation is beautiful! I have particularly oily skin, so I've always been a bit cautions about trying anything with the word "glow" in it.  However, with some setting powder, I had absolutely no trouble!  My face looked raidiant without looking like an oil slick.

For my countour/bronzer, I am wearing The Body Shop's bronzing powder in the shade fair matte.  For my blush I am wearing Mac's Poweder Blush in the shade Well Dressed. This is a very pale pink satin blush that I really love wearing when I'm very pale.  The satin finish gives a subtle glow that makes wearing a highlighter completely unneccessary!

For my eyebrows I have used Laura Mercier's Matte Eye Colour in the shade Cafe Au Lait.  This is a great multi-purpose product that I will often use on my lids as well as my eyebrows.

On my eyes I am using the Too-Faced eye primer in the shade Champagne.  This wakes up the eyes wonderfully, and is a great lazy girl cosmetic item! I will often use this on its own when I am rushing out of the house.  However, today I am also using my eyeshadow purchase from yesterday, Sephora's Mirror eyeshadow in the color Lunar Eclipse.  To line my eyes I again took a little bit of the Cafe Au Lait on a thin liner brush.  To finish, I used Dior's Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara (what a mouthful!).

On my lips I used the Sephora lip liner from my purchase yesterday, Real Red, and for my lipstick I used Mac's retro matte lipstick in the shade Ruby Woo.

I hope you have enjoyed this post! Let me know what you think of this look in the comments below.

-Fly high, little birds!

Holiday Shopping: Blogmas Day 6

Today was a bit rainy in the city of Manhattan, which means that everyone was clamoring for the shops (including myself!).  In an attempt to get some of my shopping done without becoming too overwhelmed, I decided to go to only one place.  Any guesses?

If you guessed Sephora, then you would be right!  While I can't show you everything I got quite yet (some of them are presents, don't ya know), I will show you the few things that I have been lusting after for ages!

I finally ran out of my Superbalanced Foundation from Clinique, so I decided to replace it with the cult favorite, NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in the color Deuville.  Can I just say, there's is definitely a reason that this is a go-to for so many!  I can't wait to give you guys an update on it once I have a chance to try it out for a couple weeks!

Like many people, I am a huge fan of the statement lip, and I especially love a good red around the holidays!  However, I sometimes have trouble with the staying power of the color.  This is why I decided to dive into the realm of lip liners!  I didn't want to go too fancy yet, because I'm first starting out, so I got the Sephora brand Nano Lip Liner in the color Real Red.  Its a gorgeous color, and I'm very excited to try it out!

Last but not least, I bought a new eyeshadow for the holidays.  Unlike some people, I do not have an averse reaction to wearing glitter on my eyes, so I decided to take advantage of that fact!  I bought the Sephora brand Colorful Mirror Eyeshadow in the color Lunar Eclipse.  It is a gorgeous pewter that can either be really bold, or blended out for a lovely sparkle that brightens the eyes!

I was thinking of posting a makeup look with these new items.  Would you like that? Let me know!

-Fly high, little birds!