Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Halloweekend in Review

I hope you all had a great Halloween weekend! I was happy to actually get out and be among friends after being sick and cooped up for two weeks. My first order of business: sugar skull makeup for a Saturday night party.

It was my first time attempting the look and I used cheap Halloween drug store white face paint that took forever to apply so I didn't quite complete the details, but it was good enough for a first try.


Sunday my friend scored VIP passes to the closing weekend of the Tim Burton exhibit at LACMA. The pieces on display were amazing!! I'm not obsessed with Tim Burton, like so many others, but I am certainly a fan. It was pretty cool to see his sketches and other creations up close. Unfortunately no pictures were allowed once in the exhibition :(



While at LACMA I had to snap a few pictures of the Urban Lights exhibit by Chris Burden. Do these look familiar? They're from the movie Friends With Benefits starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. There is a scene where the two fight and a security guard stops them - that was in front of these lights.


And then came the actual Halloween! My costume at work yesterday was a flapper outfit that I recycled from a few Halloweens back. Here's a close up of my hair and makeup.




I hope you all had fun last night!
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28 comments:

  1. LinNovember 1, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Your Halloween was pretty awesome. I had no clue there was a Tim Burton exhibit going on, my husband would have loved to go...sucks.

    For being your first try your make up turned out pretty good on the first photo & you look like a total flapper hottie in the last ones haha :)

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  2. JosieNovember 1, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Cute! LOVE the Flapper costume!
    xo Josie
    www.winksmilestyle.com

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  3. KoriNovember 1, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    Loving your red lipstick! Hope you had fun! Kori xoox

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  4. CNovember 1, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    I love it all! Sounds like you had a really good Halloween weekend!

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  5. ShutterbugNovember 1, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    That would be a fun exhibit to go to! Great job with the makeup! :D

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  6. MichelleNovember 1, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Not to be a square but whats a sugar skull? And I love both your make up adventures. I miss Halloween already!

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  7. Lena B, ActuallyNovember 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Your makeup was awesome this weekend! And I totally remember those lights from the movie! Very cool!!

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  8. AshleyNovember 1, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    Oh my goodness girl, I love both of your costumes!!! I've seen so many cute flapper ideas this year and have loved them all! I'm also really liking the Tim Burton inspired costume. So Halloween :)

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  9. MicaelaNovember 1, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Leeann your make-up was AWESOME!!! and even though you couldn't take pics at the Tim Burton exhibit, what an experience to be LUCKY to be able to go to.

    ps. i believe in recycling halloween costumes especially if it's a cute flapper with red lips!

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  10. Selma @ Crazy Little World Of MineNovember 1, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Love the urban lights... and your flapper outfit. :D

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  11. LindseyNovember 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    UGH! I'm so jealous, I've wanted to be a flapper since I was a kid but never have. I'm totally being one next year if it's the last thing I do! Love the make-up in both get ups. Glad you are feeling better :0)

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  12. Claire KieferNovember 1, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    You look so pretty in all those pictures--including the face paint ones! I want to see your WHOLE flapper costume please; I'm sure it was adorable. I didn't dress up this year (LAME) but I did carve pumpkins, watch scary movies, & eat lots of Halloween candy. :)

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  13. MirandaNovember 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    i am not obsessed with Tim Burton whatsoever but that sounds like so much fun to do on Halloween! like the face paint! :)

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  14. AngelaNovember 1, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    you look so cute in the flapper look.

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  15. JNovember 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    i love the face makeup!!! you did such a good job!

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  16. TylerNovember 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    OOH your make up looks great! I love it! My husband would LOVE the Tim Burton exhibit.

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  17. MelNovember 1, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    What a bunch of fun plans! I love the flapper look on you. I'm sometimes a grump when it comes to Halloween. I hate costumes! :(

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  18. henning loveNovember 1, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    i love your costumes, the flapper is definitely my favorite. you rock that red lip color!

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  19. ChristiannaNovember 1, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Love both of your costumes! They are awesome and well thought out! The make up is great! And I'm so jealous of the Tim Burton expo!

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  20. JulesNovember 1, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    I love that you were able to squeeze so much fun into one weekend, especially for Halloween! Both costumes looked great and you really did a nice job on your sugar skull makeup. It's so fun to let loose and be whatever you want on Halloween :)

    I'm sure the exhibit was incredible and I love the photos you captured of the lights. I still need to see Friends With Benefits. It's on my list!

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  21. Life Through Preppy GlassesNovember 1, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    I saw those lights when I was at LACMA...pretty cool.

    liking the skull face!

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  22. happy hour 24/7November 1, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    love your halloween "face" and the last two photos as well! no halloween for me as i had a good amount of it in NOLA.

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  23. his little ladyNovember 1, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    those lamp posts are awesome! such beautiful photos. and i think you did a great job with the make-up. success! :)
    xo TJ

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  24. this free birdNovember 2, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    I think you looked rad and your flapper costume was awesome, too. SO COOL that you got to check out the Burton exhibit. Epic fail on my part :(

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  25. Miss AngieNovember 2, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    You are GORGEOUS!

    I did the sugar skull makeup this year. :)

    I LOVE Tim Burton!

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  27. Julie (Little Pink Rain Boots)November 2, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Great costumes. That's awesome that you got to see the Tim Burton Exhibit!

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  28. UnknownNovember 3, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    You look amazing! It's weird how you can barely recognize you with all that makeup on!

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