Simple Series- Everyday Look

Hello lovelys!

In these warm summer days, I like minimal products, I usually stick to just mascara, eyeliner so I don't have to worry about touching through out the day, but I still want to look put together when going to run errands or going to social events that are outdoors in the beautiful summer weather.
This would also be beneficial to teens who are beginners and want to look their best, without needing a bunch of products.

Here's the finish product.

 

Before applying any products, make sure to have a clean and moisturized face, we need a fresh canvas. I know, I look scary, I haven't had a decent night of sleep. This is the perfect opportunity to do this, I also need to conceal so imperfections.

 

Here's the before, I know, scary right, that's why it's important to get good night sleep and to drink water.

I have a tip for you, if you are like me and have a problem with oily skin, you are never sure if you put too much moisturizer. I wait a few minutes after applying moisturizer, allowing it to sink into the skin, if you feel oiler in certain places, for me it's my T-zone. Blot away with either blotting sheets or toilet paper.

If you have unblemished skin and an even skin tone, then you could probably skip this step, lucky you. ;) But if you're like me and you need a bit of help, then a tinted moisturizer is what you want. You can skip applying a moisturizer if you are applying a tinted moisturizer. I usually concentrate the product in the center of my face, where I am most red and where I have a blemish. I then blend out with my fingers.

My current favorite is the L'Oreal Magic Skin BB cream, but I couldn't find it, so I am using Garnier Skin renew BB cream. I prefer the L'Oreal one in the summer, since it's a bit dryer formula and the Garnier is more moisturizing.

 

The formula is thicker then the L'Oreal one, so a little bit will go a long way.

 



 

 

Funny Face! O.o

 

 

 

Now blend, you can use a brush, I prefer to use my fingers with BB creams and tinted moisturizers, since they are usually a thicker formula and the heat of my fingers make it easier for the product to sink into my skin.

 

See, now not so scary, it also looks very lighter, this BB cream is a little on the dewy side, so it has a tendency to reflect more light. I tend to only use this in the colder seasons.

 

 

Make sure to bring it down to your neck, I forget sometimes too.

 





If you are pleased with how your skin looks now you can proceed to your eyes, but if you need to conceal some imperfections, then go for it. I will go more in-depth with concealers in a following post. You can blot a little if you need to, it gets a bit hot in my bathroom, so I am going to.

 Now, focusing a little on the eye area. I am not going fill my brows that much, just the areas that less full. I will also dedicate more time for brows in another blog post. Take a brow comb and brush until they are pointing a pleasing direction or at least in the same direction. Take your favorite brow pencil, Fill and shape to your liking and finish with a brow gel.

Why so serious? xD

If you have some discolorations on your eyelids, you can take your finishing or foundation powder with either a fluffy brush or a powder puff and pat it on your eyelids lightly.

 

It's only a slight difference, but if you need more help, you could add a touch of concealer and it would be a little more concealed. I'm happy with this.

 

 

No take your favorite waterproof liquid or pencil, brown, black or if you are feeling brave, a funky color and apply a thin line.

 

Haha, I smudged eyeliner on my lower lash line. 

I like to apply my under eye concealer before I apply mascara, if you don't have dark circles, then you can skip this step, lucky you ;). But if you are like me and you need the extra help, take your favorite concealer and set it with your finishing powder.

 

 

My concealer of choice is Garnier's caffeine eye roller.

Now curl your lashes and apply two coats of your favorite mascara.

 

My mascara of choice is Revlon's 3D photo ready.

Now to finish with lips, you can apply a tinted lip balm, lipstick, lip gloss or just lip balm.

 I chose to use Revlon's Lip butter in Sweet Tart. I love adding a pop of color.

 

 

 

This may seem like a lot of steps, but with enough practice, you could do this in 10 minutes. I hope this was helpful, my wish to post more about easy ways to accomplish everyday looks, that are not only simple and quick, but also fun and colorful.

 Love you for reading!

Here's Preview of what's next!
I'm going to talk about eye shadows that you can just apply and have a multi dimension look, without needing 3 different eye shadows.

FOTD+Target haul!

Hello My Beauties!

I went to target a few days ago, for one thing and as usually, came home with more than on thing :P

But that's not why we are here, I'm here to share these lovely jewels I found for a steal.

 I found this in the clearance bin for 2.98$! And to make this deal even sweeter, I had a 2$ off Target Coupon! So it came to just .98$!

Such gorgeous colors, can't wait to use them! They swatched very nicely and they felt like butter :3

I have also been collecting the Almay Intense i-Color, like if they were baseball cards, I think if husband knew how many I already own, he would stage an intervention ^_^;;

 But they are so soft, pigmented and getting 2$ off with coupons, it really makes them hard to resist xD

Please excuse the white poweder under my eyes, appliyed too much setting powder :(

 

Love the color combination of these trios and the fact that I can go as light or as dark as I would like!

Products used:

Face:

Garnier BB cream in medium to dark

15 concealer palette from ebay

ELF HD powder

Too Faced Cocoa Soleil matte bronzer

Eyes:

ELF eye primer

MAC eyeshadow in Brun(brows)

ELF clear brow gel

Almay Intense i-Color shimmer 421 trio for brown eyes

ELF eyeliner pen

ELF mineral mascara(bottom)

Revlon 3D mascara (top)

Lips:

Revlon lip balm stain in honey

 

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Influenster: NYC Liquid Lipshine in Nude York City Review

Hello Everyone, I hope every one had a great labor day weekend and is having a great week. about a month ago I received a Vox Box from Influenster, with 5 products to thoroughly try and review.

Basket O Haul June 2012

Hello Everyone! So because I had a lot of going on in july, if you watched this video, then you know. If not, I went to Comic Con, it was lot's of fun, I will upload pictures from comic con too! Right after the Comic Con, I spent the next two weeks, volunteering at a Cub scout camp, that my sister was running and that was as, if not more tiring as Comic Con, but it was a lot of fun. I was going to try and upload a tutorial before everything got busy for me, but never got the chance to edit it, I'm still going to upload it though, just later this week. Now I realized that you can't really see the swatches in the video very well, so I decided to take pictures and post them here I will continue to do this and them to the video as well posting them here. If you would like to watch the video, it's right below :)

FOTD- L'Oreal Forest smokes

Hello everyone! I have a face of the day for you guys! It's been so long since I have done one of these. Well main product that I used today, got for a steal! It is the L'Oreal quad in forest smokes and got this from target for just a 2$ It was on clearance for 2.98$ and I had a coupon for a 1$ off L'Oreal. But I didn't that there was that there was a target coupon for a 1$ off L'Oreal, that would have made it a 1$! But that's okay, I will go back for the rest of them :) But here is the look and mind you, this is the first time in 10 years that I have tried L'Oreal eye shadows. I will say that they have stepped up their game! I love how their eye shadows feel!

Review: Mark- Get in Line liner in- Deep Aqua

When I was little, I remember borrowing my mother's Avon Catalog and instead of going straight to the kid section of it, like a normal kid would do, I would go straight the cosmetic section(and of course getting caught looking at and getting lectured saying that I was to young to be thinking about wearing make up...)My first lip gloss(and of course it wasn't the deep red one I wanted, it was a sheer pink one, because I was too young to wear such dark and provocative color or so my mother told me) was from Avon, so when I heard that Mark was a cosmetic branch off of Avon, I was all over it. This was my first product from mark

I was a bit skeptical about this liner though, one it was very small, the packaging was very simple, yet complex, Mark has this hook up system, which is suppose to make it easy to travel with the products. So if you are girl on the go, this might be something you want to look into. When I first opened the product, I almost didn't want to even swatch it, it had one of those all over the place applicator, very big turn off! Many time I have bought products with similar applicators and have been frustrated with them, even using the small short stoke technique, the liner would all over where I don't want them to be. But since I received in a swap, so I though the least I would do is try it out.

When I swatch this liner on my hand, my heart nearly stop, I was so shocked at how pigmented the liner was and it was only one sweep. I though I swatching one MAC's liquid liners, so I decided I would to apply it on my eye. Surprisingly, I didn't have a problem applying this liner, regardless of the applicator, mind you, I was using very short strokes and slow motions, but it really wasn't necessary, the applicator wasn't flimsy. They staying power of this product is a beast, like you have to have a oil based make up remover to take this off(I had to get some to get the swatch to come off my hand xD), so that's also a plus. You can purchase this product at the online Mark store(which I will provide a link for below) or from Avon lady for only 6$(I know right) They have only a few shades though, so if you would like to try out some good liquid liners that are comparable to MAC's Liquid last for a cheaper price, you should check it out, I know I will. I hope this was helpful!

http://www.meetmark.com/PRSuite/home/home.jsp

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Review: Fyrinnae Liners in Flamboyant Forest and Midnight Mistress

I have never heard of Fyrinnae products, let alone tried them, but I received these liners in a swap, so I had nothing to lose if I tried them. You have to shake them a bit, as it's instructed by the packaging, they are a bit on the watery side, so use a little at a time and build up to the color pay that is desired. I like them, they are not the greatest, they don't last 8 hours, but they do last a good amount of time even in the heat.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find them on the Fyrinnae site anymore and I can't seem to find them sold anywhere. Which really sucks cause I was hoping to get some more of these. But I will put a link to the Fyrinnae, because their products are really nice. I'm going to have place an order myself. Hope this was helpful!:)
http://www.fyrinnae.com/index.php

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NOTD- Oct 22, 2011

Love crackle nail polish!

Products used:
Sinful colors- show me white
Sinful colors- black crackle

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FOTN- Picture inspired

I loved this look when I first saw it, it screamed at me, saying do it now!

So this is the finished product, I'm very proud of how this turned out and it took me only 2 tries!

Products used:
Urban Decay 24/7 liners in Electric and Ransom
120 Pro color palette
MAC e/s in Era
La Splash eye base/sealer
Buxom Lashliner in leatherette
Stilla one step in Dark
ELF brow set in medium
ELF blush/bronze duo
ELF lip gloss in Candlelight

Profusion Colur me Glow Palette #06

Another palette swatch party for you guys, I went back for another palette, they are as sheer as the other palette, but they are build-able.

Sorry if you see the primer, I'm getting better at swatching though :) If you want to give these a try, they are totally worth a 1$, if you are just looking for a everyday wash of color. Or if you are starting out and want something that's not going to put a dent in your bank.

Thanks for reading :)
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LOTN- Pink and Turquoise

So, when I was sorting picture I wanted to use to and I ended up deleting the pictures I wanted to show you guys, all except for this one.. Well, this might be an upcoming tutorial, I loved how it turned out, a few more tries and it will be tutorial worthy :) For all of you who are going to hate when I write down all the products I used(Because they are mostly high end products, Sorry!) I will be posting swatches of the products I used so you guys kind look for a similar product in your stash or look for a cheaper alternative, I just used what I had on hand.

Products used:
La splash eyeshadow base/sealer
Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Electric
MAC eyeshadow in Too Dolly
MAC eyeshadow in Sushi flower
MAC pigment in Apricot pink
MAC eyeshadow in Brun(Eyebrow filler)
MAC eyeshadow in Era
ELF eyebrow set in medium
Benefit Bad Gal mascara

Thanks for reading :)

NOTD- 10-21-10

I love how my turned out today, I've been trying for some time for this crackle polish to work, I finally made come out like I wanted it to.

On nails-
Sinful colors- Soul Mate
Sinful colors- black crackle
Sally's beauty supply glow in the dark nail polish(under the crackle polish)

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NOTD- China Glaze Tempest

This looks navy blue, but my camera doesn't look the greatest, it's a purple with a navy blue diy duo crome, so gorgeous.

Dazzleglass Swatches

I thought of a usefull thing to post, which is swatches(which is one of the many reasons I read blogs) So I decided to swatch all if my lovely dazzleglasses for you guys :D All of these products were either bought with my own money or were sent to me in a swap unless otherwise noted.

 Dazzleglasses left to right:
Baby sparks- Light baby pink with gold, silver and light blue glitter
Rags to Riches- Light dirty pink with purple, gold and blue glitter
Internationalist- A coral pink with pink and blue glitter.
Funtabulous- A light pinkish purple with gold, pink and purple glitter
Love Alert- A cherry pink with gold and red glitter
Goldyrocks- A lemonade yellow with gold, pink and green glitter

I love all of these, but I would have to say that my favorite is Goldyrocks, it's such a unique color. You can find Dazzleglasses at MAC store's, The MAC online store, MAC counters and CCO's(If your lucky to find some there) I can't promise that you find some of the ones listed here, some of these were limited edition. I hope this was helpful to some of you. Thanks for reading!

Urban Decay 24/7 Liner pencil Swatches

So, I'm a little late on the Urban Decay 15th anniversary 24/7 Liner set Swatches, but I have time and nothing to do, so why not. This set retails, or should I say retailed because I checked the site and couldn't find it, for 92$. Which is really pricy for a eye liner set, I think this was the most expensive I have ever saved for. It comes with 15 full sized 24/7 eye liners and a Grind House sharpener. The shades range from everyday wearable shades to fun bright colorful shades, As you will see in the picture below. I will also take through ever pencil on how I have used them myself.

Midnight Cowboy, Corrupt, Stash, Zero, Asphyxia, Mildew, Bourbon, Perversion, Rockstar, Stray Dog, Electric, Uzi, Binge, Baked, Ransom

Binge is a metallic navy blue, I usually add this to a neutral eye for a pop of color or put a navy eyeshadow and use as a color booster, or put it in the inner corner when doing a smoky brown look, which I love to do :)

Rockstar, to me looks like a burgundy wine color and is my first experience with this kind of color. Ways I have found to use it is as a liner with neutral eye look, sometimes I would smoke it out for a sultry look. Or placed under a similar color to boost the color, or when wearing a mauve pink eyeshadow, I would use this a liner instead of black, for a more softer look.

Corrupt, looks to me like a earthy brown with little bits of shimmer. I have so much fun with this color, I use it instead of black with neutral looks or I use as a base for brown eyeshadows or I use as a liner with smoky navy blue looks.

Baked is interesting color for a liner, I have never come across a liner like this, it is a metallic bronze color. But I have found some uses for this, under a bronze eyeshadow for a color boost or put in the inner corner when doing smoky navy looks, which is my favorite way to wear it :)

Perversion is the blackest eye pencil I have ever owned, I say this because I have a gel liner that is black as this pencil. I pretty sure you all know the many way to use a black liner, but I will write down them anyways, I wear this liner with almost every kind of look, place under with similar or other colors and place it in the water line.

Bourbon is a metallic soft brown, if that can be possible. And like a black liner, this color is pretty much fool proof, but I'm going to write the ways to use it anyway. I wear with neutral looks for a more softer look, sometimes I smoke it out for an easy sultry look or under similar colored shadows.

Ransom, to looks like metallic violet, this is one of my favorites in this set. I love to wear this with a light purple eye shadow as a wash of color and this as a liner, it make my brown eyes pop! I also wear as liner with a neutral eye look for a pop of color or place under a similar colored eyeshadow as a color base.

Stash is dark olive brown color and also a color I have not come across for a liner anyways. Although I have found a few ways to use it, I wear this with a natural eye looks for a more softer look than just using black or place under similar eye shadows as a color base.

Zero is black(obviously..^_^;;) with a hint of brown, well it looks like to me. Like Perversion, you all probably know how to wear this, but because I run this, I can write if want :P I wear this as liner with every look imaginable and some use it as a color base with different colors or similar colors.

Stray Dog look to me a charcoal brown and I have to admit that I only have one way to use this color. I'm sure if I experiment more, I could find more ways to use this color, but for now, I just use it instead of black with neutral looks :)

Uzi is charcoal grey and is one of my favorites in this set. I love wearing this with light lavender looks, with natural looks instead of black or under similar eye shadows as a color base.

Mildew is a metallic olive green and I didn't think I would like this liner, but it's actually ones of my favorite liners in this set. I pop this in the inner corner with dark green or olive smoky looks, under similar colored eye shadows as a base color, or by it self with natural looks and/or smoked out for an easy smoky look :)

Midnight Cowboy is a shimmery pink beige and when I first looks at this liner, I though to myself "How the heck am I going to use this?" but this has become one of my most used and favorite liners. I pop this in the inner corner, I use this as a brow highlight, I place under similar colors as color base or use to highlight my face sometimes :)

Asphyxia is a shimmery fuchsia liner, this one of my favorites and possibly the only reason why this set caught my eye. Because this reminded me of a color in my pro color palette that I love, they ways I love to use this: When doing a smoky purple eye I pop this in the inner corner or I wear this under similar colors, or wear as a liner with neutral looks.

Electric is a shimmery cyan blue liner, this is one my favorites and possibly the reason I convinced my husband to let me have it :) Cyan is his favorite color and he loves it when I wear it. I wear this under similar colors as a color base, in the inner corner with navy, purple, pink and other colors for a pop of color or as liner with neutral colors instead of black liners.

This is probably the best investment I have ever made, I love these liners and have many uses for them. Unfortunately they don't have it in stock at the online store, but maybe if you are lucky you can find at a sephora near you. I thank you for reading and hope this was some help. Love you all and hope you are all well and happy! Until my next post, Have a great day!