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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make her Perfect Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting. It is a delightful mixture of butter, cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Ingredients: 1 cup chopped pecans 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened ½ cup butter, softened 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 16-oz. package confectioner’s sugar Place 1 cup chopped pecans in a shallow pan. Bake in a 350 degree (F) oven until lightly toasted, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Place 8-oz. softened cream cheese, ½ cup softened butter, and 1 tablespoon vanilla in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add a 16-oz. package confectioner’s sugar and beat at high speed until smooth and spreadable. Stir in 1 cup toasted pecans (cooled). Spread icing on cooled cake, cupcakes, or cookies. I used the Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting to ice an Italian Cream Cake. The Italian Cream Cake is the cake I chose for my Easter dinner, and I will be uploading the cake before long. I hope you enjoy the Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting! –Betty ?

Get your own makeup brushes here! www.sigmabeauty.com there wasn’t much time to talk about the other makeup before and after doing my eyes; at anyrate the tutorial is all about the eyes anyway.

It’s hard to picture Old Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner without their cherry red lips and thick black liner. Thanks to these timelessly glamorous stars, the retro pin up makeup look has been prized by women for decades. With bold colors and minimal application, the pretty look turns any 21st century girl into a bonafide MGM screen siren. Check this look out for yourself (and try it if you like it!) by watching this video. Those interested in how to apply eyeliner only can skip directly to 4:23 :) The main products I used are the following: compact: Diorskin Nude 020 light eye shadow: Chanel 60 ivory grey eye shadow: Sisley 17 stardust eyeliner: L’Oreal mascara: Lancome Hypnose (even though I still prefer Maybelline’s Define-a-Lash Lengthening Washable mascare) eyebrow palette: Sephora 01 blush: Chanel 55 in love lipgloass: Christian Dior Addict Ultra Gloss 767 (and as the name suggestes, I’m totally addicted to this one!!) Join me on facebook www.facebook.com