Hello all you pretty, pretty ponies! So, here it is! This is where all the makeup magic happens. Today I sat down at my desk  and I created this easy and fun look that, for the most part, is water proof! So without further ado I present to you:

The Magnanimous Mermaid

So to start, I prepare my eyelids with a primer of some sort to prevent creasing of the eyeshadow. This is  the Mary Kay eye primer. I am using a white cream eyeshadow as a base to hold the eye color and make the color brighter. This is NYX cream eyeshadow in Milk. Apply that with an angled brush staying close to the lash line and building up until it looks like...

This!

Now here comes the fun part! After applying the base to both eyes, start adding your colors!

I am using (from left to right): NYX eyeshadow in Hot Pink/ Urban Decay eyeshadows in Fishnet and Deep End.

Using the same angled brush start with your lightest shade and apply that to the inner corner of your eye. Taking your next shade, apply that after your first shade in the center part of your eye. Blend slightly into your first color. Aaaaand finally, take your final shade to the outer corner of your eye and blend slightly into your middle color.

To finish off the eyes I am using Physicians Formula 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Eyliner + Serum and Mary Kay waterproof mascara.

Because this look is for a fun in the sun water activity I just used a tinted moisturizer with SPF 20 and finished off with a bright pink lipstick. This is Milani matte lipstick in Hot Pink Rage. So let's see the final product...

There you have it!

I know some of you guys out there have some looks that you would like tutorials for so, leave me a comment down below of the look that you have in mind and I will create a custom tutorial to share with everyone!

ALSO! Red Stick Roller Derby won against Spindletop 366-57! Thanks to all who came out to support us!

See you soon!!

Hello again!
  So this is going to be that roller derby post that I was promising in my very first blog! It's going to be long winded and I will try to explain everything the best that I can. 

  I guess I should start out with the fact I have never been athletic. Sure I played sports on occasion, but I was bad at it. Like really bad at it. 

Yup. I was the kid staring off into space.

  I think I played two seasons of baseball and one of basketball in my entire childhood career.

So what, you ask, in the world inspired me to think that I would ever want to tryout for roller derby? I am so glad that you asked! To really understand how I got swept up in the magic of roller derby, you would have to go watch a bout. Since we don't have that luxury on a blog space I will just have to try to explain with copious use of the exclamation point!!!!!!!!!

  Roller Derby is truly a fascinating sport! That's right, it is a SPORT! No, there is no ball. No, we don't get to beat each other up. No, it has no relation to the movie Rollerball with Chris Kline. Here is a picture of the basics:

So for #1 you have 5 skaters from each team out on the track. The skaters with stars on their helmets are the Jammers and collect the points. The rest of the skaters are the Blockers (Like me!) and they make up the pack of hip-checking, impenetrable wall-forming madness. The two Blockers with stripes on their helmets are the Pivots, one for each team. The Pivots manage the strategy for each team's pack. They can also except the star from the Jammer if she is getting tired and become the new Jammer.

Click on this link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yI9drSydFM

This is also a short explanation about how we roll. See if you can pick out yours truly in action! 

  Are you itching to run out and buy a pair of skates yet? After watching my first roller derby bout I was! So I go to the local skating rink where the tryouts are being held, dragging my roommate along with me for support. I convince her to also tryout and lo and behold, we both make it to the Fresh Meat program! The Fresh Meat program is where all newbies of various skating experience are taught the basics of the game, how to fall to avoid injury, and build up the endurance needed to skate with the big girls. So here I was, an intermediate (at best) skater, with no endurance training what-so-ever and throwing myself into roller derby as if throwing myself into the arms of a long lost lover. Needless to say I sprained my ankle within the first month of training. Only a minor setback! I didn't care! I was enthralled! I was in love! I was more tired, sweaty, and gross smelling than I have ever been in my life!

  I was a slow starter in roller derby. Lifetime of minimal sports+ plus size girl= lots and lots of work. The whole point of the intense training of Fresh Meat is to get you ready to pass the Minimal Skills Test that one must pass in order to be a rostered player. These skills require many things including: various knee falls demonstrated correctly, jumping a wooden board, and the endurance test. The dreaded 25 in 5. A skater must complete 25 laps around the track in 5 minutes or less. I must have tried 20+ times before I finally passed this test. There were tears! There were panic attacks! There were moments of hyperventilation! Then came the day! The day that I finally put mind over matter and just frickin' did it! Happiest day of my life.



And now I do thing like this! This photo is curtesy of Rhett Amick.
He always catches the greatest faces! Check out Me and Shifty Eyed Mavis
of the Magnolia Roller Girls on the far right.







I am part of the coolest sports movement ever! I get to skate with the
best groups of people, like this fun loving group right here.

  So, this post doesn't cover everything by a long shot. I will keep all you fans up to date on all the goings on of this spectacular sport and, more specifically, my amazing league!
  Remember, this Saturday the Red Stick Roller Derby Allstars are taking on Spindletop at 7pm! Keep up with our league schedule at www.redstickrollerderby.com.

  My next post will be a simple and waterproof eye look that you can wear to the beach, a pool party, a bout, where ever! Seriously I tested it out.

   Pop Out!

Introductions

Hi! 
I am known as Pop. It is short for my roller derby name LolliPOPnDROP. 
I have started this blog to share two passions in my life: Cosmetics and Roller Derby. Trust me, they relate to each other.

I will probably need to have an entire separate post to talk about roller derby, the specifics, how I got involved, what it means to me, etc. Right now I just want to warm up to this blogging idea. So here is a fun picture instead!

Promotional poster for our upcoming bout!
That's Jams P. Skullivan and I posing as Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc.

Anyways, what really fueled the fire for the beginning of this blog concept was, in my opinion, a lack of blogs, vlogs, etc. in the southern part of the United States for beauty and fashion. The roller derby is just a bonus, lucky you! I get asked a lot what I use and how I do it when I debut my "bout face" that usually is inspired by the theme of the event. (Ah, the blog title is now making sense to you, yes?) I keep growing more and more crazy over cosmetics, so I decided to start blogging to relieve some of this craziness before my head explodes! Eventually I would LOVE to start a vlog on YouTube for tutorials and more in depth, live derby action. Until then here are some pictures that will prove that I have some sort of knack for this kind of thing:

These are just a few. One day I will have better lighting and photo quality, but you get the point.

So, yeah. Proof! So if you are interested in learning more about the ever evolving "bout face", please subscribe! I plan on having guest bloggers, derby girls, and live footage periodically. I will keep you up to date on up coming derby events, bouts, fundraisers, and the like. Stay tuned!

~Pop