falsies from DSK :)

USED RED CHERRY #47

didn't curl my natural lashes and didn't put mascara on to blend.. so no close-ups for you! but i used smashbox 24k gold, nyx black and mac shroom :) oh.. and i put on the falsies.. then decided i liked them.. so i put on the rest of my makeup AFTER. d'oh! super phail. 

lips: NYX georgia

you can kinda see my awesome new scarf.

lips: HK cutester :)

scarf scarf.

lips: MILANI's lip mixer thing :) but my lips were still stained from the red lipstick.

you can see my bracelet cuff! i like it~ first bracelet in awhileeee. from target!

aaaand you can see my lovely DSK JEWELRY necklace! :D 

lips: red lipstick.. one of MAC's.. i forget which one. recommended to me by a MUA. i sort of like it but prefer to use georgia instead of redred.

oh yea! i remembered to bring down my exposure when using my flash.. so i'm exposing way better.. hahaha. you can actually see my makeup! i'm not washed out! yeeee! (as katie says). 

i really like how these falsies look! so does the boyfriend~ tehee. my only complaint is that it makes it hard for me to see.. i dunno if double lids have "more vision" but i have to open up my eyes fairly wide in order for my vision not to be blurred in the 1/3 top. plus it took foreveeeerr! hahahaa. but i'm a newbie, that's just expected. 

definitely gonna see bout wearing these when i go clubbing on thursdaaaay~ v20 baby! yeeeea. i'm excited :) haven't gone in awhiiiile and recently been listening to lots of radio which is FILLED with that kinda stuff (at least what i listen to). EHEHE. 

KATIE YOU BUM, COME WITH US! :D 

final verdict: they're super nice but definitely take some getting used to.. i still want to try those tapered shiseim ones too xD~ just at the end of my lashes. i think it would help with vision xD hahaha. darn my monolids!

THANKS STEPH!! :) sorry it took me so long to post a look w/ 'em. they're looooove! but not as much love as your jewelry xD 

what do you guys think? ;) 

top DUOS

heheh.. bet that grabbed your attention ;) but it's not the new MAC duos, sorry!

top8 picks from the cinema makeup shoot!

retouched (quick-edit, define that later if anyone wants) & posted on my webbie

WWW.SARAHSAKAMOTO.COM -- under "portraits" gallery.

didn't feel the need to watermark.. PLEASE don't make me need to watermark!

DO NOT REPOST W/O MY EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION.

ALL IMAGES ©SARAHSAKAMOTO 2009, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

MAKEUP ARTIST: Miguel Lopes

MODEL (as pictured): Ingrid de Lao (very experienced model)

MAKEUP ARTIST: Yadira Lopez (won 1st place in mu school session!)

MODEL (as pictured): Alyssa Gomez (first time to model! moved great)

MAKEUP ARTIST: Angie Molano

MODEL (as pictured): Michelle Facundo (first time to model, direction needed)

MAKEUP ARTIST: Stephanie Kelly

MODEL (as pictured): Brigitte Buny (first time to model, direction needed)

retouched (quick-edit, define that later if anyone wants) & posted on my webbie

WWW.SARAHSAKAMOTO.COM -- under "portraits" gallery.
didn't feel the need to watermark.. PLEASE don't make me need to watermark!
DO NOT REPOST W/O MY EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION.
ALL IMAGES ©SARAHSAKAMOTO 2009, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

CINEMA MU SCHOOL

soooo, i got set up through my school to go shoot with some makeup artists (it's a 5 week course) down in hollywood.. HELLS YES I WENT! plus i get paid :) hahha! you know a broke student like me is ONNNN that like white on rice! anyway.. we had to be down in hollywood (wilshire theatre) by 9am D: aka.. leaving around 6:30.. aka waking up at 5am. wtf D: i was NOT on that..

we didn't even end up getting out of bed til 6.. haha! left at 7am (ish). he drove.. i was OUT hahaha. got there.. man. COLD. and we had so much equipment~ we had to take 3 trips! D: i was nervous too.. no idea how it was going to be, if i had to pose the model (sort of bad at that, ahha), etc. and i dunno, i mostly always get nervous (to some degree) before a shoot. 

shot 4 models (had their own MUA).. once with a BEAUTY look, once with an AVANTE GARDE look. it was preeeeetty cool. i was starving by the time lunch came (break between beauty and avante garde) so we walked over to ralph's (better than mcdonald's!), got us some premade sandwiches and coffeebean.. "THE ULTIMATE - WHITE CHOCOLATE" is awesome! chocolate covered espresso beans (grounded) in an ice blended white chocolate. mmm~ 

aaaanyway.. don't want to ramble on too much. the boyfriend is passed out on the bed and i want to join him D: i'm really tired.. 

here are some UN-EDITED shots from the shoot today :) lemme know what you guys think!! are they portfolio worthy? do they totally suck? LINKLINK. 

had to choose 5 images per look, therefore the 40 images. 

ah, yes. MIMI, I GOT YOUR PACKAGE! didn't know you were a riverside gal! that's pretty close to home, some of my friends go to UCR! i haven't tried the smashbox liner but the eyeshadow is so smoooooooooth! missha is a bit chalky but i can work with it, don't have many (or any) pink eyeshadows. double as a blush? HMM.. anyway, much love girl! glad to support a fellow blogger's sale :) 

pictures + rambling

the roses :) don't mind the weird color balance.. they're actually super pretty in person! x3 and yes, they're sitting on my desk.. so i can look at them (and smell them) all day :) 

the weird couple in their robes.. tehee :) wooaaah my hair looks super long! i miss.. hair.. hahaha. what do you girls think-- short or long?? maybe should length? i need to compile a montage of sorts of all my hair lengths.. and figure it out.. ahha. the boyfriend is no help, he says he likes it all.

i should get the bf a sign that says "do not flash animals".. hahaa!

the vday get-up.. for the 30min we were outside... we ended up staying in bed til noon, grabbing breakfast at cajun kitchen (but ended up being lunch), changing back into our robes and eating breakfast/drinking lambic... hahah! it was pretty awesome, i must say :) 

ee, you can kind of see the necklace i got from the bf (christmas '07).. i should definitely wear it more often.. but i'm kinda feenin' a silver necklace! or just.. more necklaces.. hahaa. lost my favorite two somewhere :( :( while i was at the old apt.. so lame! 

so.. yes! my vday face. i didn't opt for colorful makeup (durr!)

cheeks: NYC mosaic blush in "pink".. then "peach" (may not be the actual names)

contour: NYC mosaic bronzer

eyes: MAC shroom (inner corner, highlight, lined bottom, little on lid)

lips: maybelline moisture extreme D110 "rose glow" (MLBB--my lips but better??)

and.. ALL my makeup (besides MAC of course), i bought at CVS.. what a handy dandy little place. forgot what blog i saw it on but CVS/etc were having sales (BOGOF--buy one get one free).. so of course i had to stop by after i bought the robe :) tehees. i was gonna stock up on my blushes but NYC wasn't on sale yet :(

aaanywho.. have a picture to take! blog later :) 

pictures pictures

just to warn you.. these are totally out of order. i have pics from texas to now.. hahaha. 

what's the kitty doing?

waiting to pounce on bryant... hahahaha! he has a habit where he twitches in his sleep, so his movement caught the kitty's eye and.. it was just.. waiting. it was so cute :) 

exploring our cabinet.. hahaa. so cute. it went into the bathroom twice before this and stood up on its hind legs propped against the cabinet and just mewed until i opened it and let it explore.

aww.. :) so pretty!

the birthday boy.. PRIOR to drinking. LOL! he was just being silly :) well.. we were both being silly hahahaa. as if that wasn't apparent.. 

i'm wearing NYX round lipstick in "georgia" here. it's so.. bright! paired with a natural smokey eye.. loveeeed it :) and uh.. it randomly struck me, but bryant's expression really reminded me of this headstone/statue thing we had (at home, a long time ago) of beethoven..... HMM.. yea i dunno either. and i also don't know why i have the "asian glow" look.. it's just blush :( maybe i overapplied. 

our frigidaire :) full! for once~ hahaha this was after our last huge shopping trip. i think i posted about it before but this is (finally) the pic of it. crazy huh? it has some of the roomie's food but it's mostly ours.

awesome window~ :) plants were outside and i think it was an overcast day.

THE SEXY CAR!! not a sexy pic of it but.. man. it's even in MY COLOR (harhar, prom dress!). haaaaawt.. 

some natural looking makeup :) i love window light! nothing on the lips, btw.

UMM.. yes. ridiculous, no? look at the bottom of the jeans!!! hahahahahaa. 

cuzzo posing with part 1 of her present~

opening~ she knew what it was, 'cause she read the sticker on the side. poo head! ;P 

attempting to regain breath after laughing so much :P

she's so happy with her poster~ tehehehe. hey cuzz! did you hang it up on your wall? i wanna see a pic! :)

MMM.. good stuff, good stuff :)

trying out my KOJI EYETALK glue with MU layered over it.. it looks blueish but i think i used my UD gunmetal.. but i'm not sure :\ 

eyeliner with monolids? HMM.. i just winged it (harhar). 

um.. YUM? :) bread pudding~

bryant and my desserts~ 

where at? THIS PLACE~ yeeeeayuh. downtown houston :) if you have a chance (and money), go!

HAHAHA.. you have to realize.. lucy is a weimarainer. HUGE DOG. look how cute and small she looks~

and.. yes. i forgot to rotate this. but ty is cute nontheless :)

and i don't think i have a picture of koy on my powershot! :( boo~ 

ah yes! i got my PRETTY PINK BOX today :) it looks like a bunch of fun. take pics later if anyone's interested.

ALDO and LONGS DRUGS

yay obama! :)



ordered stuff off of forever21.com.. and as it turns out, i've ordered something from them 5 times (this time included) since october. WEIRD. i guess they just have awesome stuff :) so i haves me cuzz's present! not what i originally planned but after conferring with some other people.. decided with this current gift. i will have it WELL before your birthday (late march), hurrah! also boughts me a pencil skirt and a nice top, sweets.

waiting for my dang 15% off discount code from wetseal so i can get gdawg's gift.. AND my boots.. and a belt. geez louise! ;P it sure is taking awhile. well, they said i'd get a code before the 25th so.. i guess i can wait another 5 days.. considering that none of my basket is "special sale".. and ALSO considering that HER birthday isn't until late march also. yeeeayuh, i'm on a roll :)

aaand.. i have bryant's gift (got it last friday but he didn't LOVE it.. he liked it but i could tell.. so i sent it back and exchanged it). i guess since he already knows what it is, i can tell you guys ;P it's actually a.. dundundun.. ROBE! so he won't steal mine. did i already announce that? i forget. and i think i know what i'm gonna do for valentine's day.. but that's still a ways away. i don't know why i keep thinking so far ahead of time :\ i guess i should be figuring out what to do for our 15months since we BOTH don't have money to go out (go figure). 

AAHH! our 15monthiversary is 1/24, his bday is 2/5, vday is 2/14.. then less than 2 weeks after that is our 16monthiversary. way too close together :(

oh! i was bored today so i bugged bryant to go out somewhere.. really i wanted to go to longs drugs but he's been wanting to get a tie and NORDSTROMS is also on state street (though it's a couple blocks away.. but.. we need the exercise) so that was my excuse :) tehees. he got a tie.. it was $100 but it ended up being around $50.. which is good! then we went into EXPRESS and i tried some stuff on but wasn't in love with it. 

headed over to ALDO'S and i bought some red flats! i REALLY liked the brown pair too.. but.. at $40/ea.. eh. if i don't like the jc penney ones i ordered, then i'll get the brown ones. or black. hmm.. either way.. cute! :) i'll go get some in feb maybe when i get my loan check, haha. man i wish my birthday was closer to now.. i'd def bug bryant to buy me another pair ;P harhar. 

i really liked this champagne sort of color.. but it looked sort of weird on my feet.. 'cause for some ODD reason, my feet are actually tanned! wtheck? or maybe my feet are just a weird color. either way.. COLOR = bueno, ON MY FEET = no bueno. so sad! would've been a nice metallic shoe too, could've checked it off my list!

black is always cute :) 

seeeee.. the brown has a really nice metallic sheen to it.. i'd definitely be stuck between getting the brown and the black if i had to choose between the two! but uh.. if i returned the jcpenney shoes, i'd definitely think about asking my parents to pay for my second pair. MAYBE. then again, my loan check will be here... or.. i could chance it and wait for them to go on sale.... hmm.. 

and here's my lovely lovely pair of red hootttt flats that i bought! it'll be nice to throw in some color into my outfits, though i definitely don't think they'll be seeing as much sun as say, the black or the brown ones. but! still! must not self-doubt myself into returning them without throwing on some potential outfits w/ them! the thing that sort of sucks about it is 'cause my feet are HALF SIZE.. and they only carry 38 (8) and 39 (9). boo! make a 38.5 dammit! 

i freakin fell in love with these shoes though, i hope they make my feet happy. they had some REALLY soft ones that i almost thought bout getting.. but the front end was way too round and made me look like i had club feet :| super lame!

then after pondering between brown and red shoes (hahaha my indecision made bryant say "ohh my god!" tehees) we were off to longs~ refilled my SOFTLIPS in cherry 'cause i just found out today that i'm near the bottom, eeks! disaster adverted! :) and bought one lipstick (RIMMEL airy fairy).. and one blush (NYC peachy) and one bronzer (NYC mocha). sweet! 

just waiting for cherryculture to refill their stocks of NYX round lipstick AHEMMM and i'm all set for makeup for the year. damn, does anyone know when they're gonna refill? i've been checking everyday for bout a week now :( i guess i'm just being impatient.

AN ENTIRE YEAR, YA HEAR? purely skin care after that, IF i get it (more like a trip to the dermatologist!!). well, maybe a good eyeliner (gel? any suggestions?) or maybe i'll keep using my wetn'wild one IF I CAN FIND A BETTER MAKEUP REMOVER THAN MANDOM. becausseeee.. mandom sucks w/ wetn'wild! there's just something in that liquid liner that.. does not want to come off my skin. i dunno. so it makes the inexperienced me have lots of trouble since i don't line perfectly at all. plus, blahblahblah~ 

class was canceled today :) so it was pretty chill. might've been the reason why i was so bored. i guess i could've cleaned but i just really.. don't want to do dishes. there's SO MANY TO DO, holy crap. we cook once (steak, mashed potatoes) and suddenly.. WHABAM! no more bowls, no more plates, no more anything! i don't know what happened. if we had a dish washer, i wouldn't have to do dishes as often 'cause one of the guys would definitely stick it into the dishwasher.. 

i'm.. just busy.. with no sense of motivation. i finished 3 assignments on one day due to lack of ideas/etc.. and it was mostly because bryant kept pushing me to. i guess i'm not the only one who kicks butt around here if i have to ;P so babe.. if you ever read this.. thank you! <3

oh! and the pinkberry up here is open! i don't know for how long but.. OMG. PINKBERRY! i wanted to gooooo.. but.. bryant wouldn't let me :\ plus he doesn't really like it either. but he DID get me a cinnamon sugar pretzel :) which was equally awesome, says my stomach. and probably better, since pinkberry is cold.... hm.. so i don't know he was thinking that but.. thanks honey! :) 

170. cold :|

yes.. from all this glorious heat (or at least it was warm enough to just wear a cardigan.. or just a shirt).. winter decided to strike today. i decided part of the reason why i didn't wake up until 2:30 today was because i didn't want to get out of my warm blankets. why? FOG. all day! well.. maybe not FOG persay.. but definitely COLD. OVERCAST. GREY. BLEH!

ANYwhosers.. 

i'm getting towards the end of my period but i randomly got moody today. was it the weather? i dunno. i wanted to go out to dinner, bryant was ehh.. at 6, we both decided we weren't hungry. checked again 6:45, he wasn't hungry. 7:30 he still wasn't hungry. then i got upset.. because.. i was getting hungry, for one. and he's ALWAYS hungry! just by being a GUY, he's constantly hungry, constantly wanting something or eating something. and today.. today he wasn't hungry? i dunno, i just got really upset. grabbed the blanket, huddled up on the couch, listening to the sounds of him playing SIM CITY, not even wondering where i was or anything (at least he didn't come check up on me). then, as you know (at least i do), when i get sad.. i thought of all the other things that made/make me sad, which didn't help at all. blah! and eventually around 8:30 he walked in and asked if i still wanted to go 'cause he was hungry. i had gotten uh.. a little teary (damn mood swings!) so i was acting weird for awhile.. but eventually got over it.. mostly when he was trying to stuff an end piece into his mouth (we went to go get sushi). i have a video of it :) hahaha. definitely made me laugh. plus i ate so i wasn't hungry-cranky.. and he was being cute, trying to figure out why i was acting so weird.

darn that boy, making me smile :)

in the photographic life of sarah? this product shot i did today. hopefully needless to say, ©sarah sakamoto, all rights reserved, dammit! well.. shot it awhile ago.. took a few new shots today and re-retouched it today. bryant's giorgio armani shoes.. 

my UD stuff :) "baked" and "chains". pretty pretty~

someone still needs to teach me how to take a FLASH pic of a swatch.. -__-

ah, yes. a lovely story.. i was rolling around in bed, tired but not able to fall asleep.. and i have NO IDEA what i did.. but all of the sudden i hear a decently loud CRACK and my finger started to hurt. what the fack? so i roll over, turn on the lamp and.. my nail had torn halfway off D: UGH! so i had to cut it SUPER short.. 

*my nails are NORMALLY at this length. 

so i decided to cut ALL of my nails that short. well. slightly longer but still very short for me :| and i do not like it at allllll.. but it'll be good for me i guess :| i have a problem with picking at scabs or just scratching in general (that's why i have so many scars) so hopefully this will help. definitely not going to do this again.. hate the feeling. never had my nails this short! not even when i was playing piano or violin. PLUS my nails are as long (or as short) as bryant's.. and.. that's just weird. he's just lazy and refuses to clip them when i tell him because.. he hates being told what to do (get a haircut, cut your nails, do the dishes, transfer money, etc). ai ya ya.. 

my horrible point-and-shoot shots of my UD MU. 

top is "chains" and bottom is "baked" + NYX "copper"

both have NYX "black" and MAC "shroom" if you're wondering.

i wish it showed up as more of a green :| maybe i didn't layer it on enough.

i'm turning into gooollllddd... or something. nah, i just think my white balance is off. extreme tungsten light doesn't help either~

also did my eye MU (typed EMU.. and laughed) in 5min (or less?) using "baked" and "gunmetal" w/ NYX "black" and MAC "shroom".. but when i got all moody, it came off :| go figure. 

been looking up a few vids on youtube to see if i can find a better way to put on MU.. think i found a way or two. we'll see though. i still like my 5min method best~ using a big brush (my FAV brush of all time.. UD's blender brush) put base color (shroom) all over.. then put on whatever shade you want (gunmetal).. then using an angled brush, put on black. use large brush to put on highlight (shroom) and inner eye corner shade (baked).. and.. done!

ah yes! remember me talking about a girl named KELLI? yupp. here she is!

her personality's basically like the first shot.. very cute, sweet, wholesome, innocent. that one is way too.. high school portrait ish though :| gonna reshoot it i think (she asked me to come in and help her with strobe lights). decent lighting. teacher really liked the second one though.. but.. i think i might reshoot it too. gonna see if i can edit it first (both pics) 'cause she had the hardest time not laughing when i was shooting this pose.. hahha. it is pretty funny, considering it's not much like her personality at all. might shoot some more while i'm teaching her about the lights. 

ugh, silverfish in the bathroom while i was taking a poo! (LOL)

ugh, portfolio! what am i gonna do?? :(

ugh, shooting at 7am tomorrow!

ugh, returning equipment before going to ventura tomorrow! (maybe we can extend)

ugh, being in ventura by 9am!

ugh, makeup finance class!

ugh, tomorrow being our 1year 1month anni.. with little/no free time! :(

i have more to write but this entry's pretty long. gonna go brainstorm for port~