Smokey Rose Eyes

Not much to say other than I love this makeup look! I was trying out a few new things this week when getting ready for work and got the idea for this after using Mushroom as my liner. At the time I didn't pair it with a warm shadow, but thought the contrast would be pretty, and voila!

I hope you enjoy!

 

Naked3 Swatches & Tutorial

Dun dun duuuuuuuun!

I'm back! And I'm the proud owner of the gorgeous, perfect Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. When I saw the teaser images for this palette, my little heart skipped a beat... 

I'm happy to say I'm absolutely in love with every single shade in the Naked 3 palette. Where the Naked palette was aimed at golds and warm neutrals, and Naked 2 was silvers and cool neutrals, the Naked 3 is all about rose gold! Every shade has a slight pink or mauve undertone to them, and I love the way it works with my skin tone. 

Here are the swatches! I took the descriptions from Urban Decay's site.

Strange: Pale, neutral pink matte-satin

Dust: Pale metallic pink shimmer w/ iridescent micro-glitter

Burnout: Light pinky-peach satin

Limit: Light dusty rose matte

Buzz: Metallic rose shimmer w/ silver micro-glitter

Trick: Light metallic pinky-copper shimmer w/ tonal micro-sparkle

Nooner: Medium pink-brown matte

Liar: Medium metallic mauve shimmer

Factory: Pinky-brown satin

Mugshot: Metallic taupe shimmer w/ slight pink shift

Darkside: Deep taupe-mauve satin

Blackheart: Smoky black matte w/ rosy red micro-sparkle

Like I said, I'm in love with every single color. They're all amazing quality, as is expected with Urban Decay shadows, and all of them are pretty accurate to their descriptions. Blackheart is a little misleading just because if apply the color normally, you really won't catch any of the red glitter in your look. It is pretty much invisible, even in a swatch, but may possibly stick out more if you use some kind of mixing medium or something like that. It's still a beautiful color, just don't expect to notice the glitter when your actually wearing it. 

I have been using this palette for the last few weeks as I've had all my other makeup boxed up for our move. We just bought a house (pictures to come eventually!) and I've had very little time for makeup, but have used this palette for my daily eye looks. It's very versatile and I've come up with a ton of beautiful new looks. I did a tutorial of one of my favorites!

Woo for silly face :)

Until next time!

XOXOXO

NYX Haul + Makeup Look

 

I've been avoiding makeup shopping for the last several months to work on saving money, and well... because I know I basically have more than enough makeup to my name as it is. BUT, be that as it may, NYX recently released a ton of new products and I've been dying to try them out. SO, I took a trip to Ulta and came out with a few new (and not so new) things.

 

First off, not so new products I purchased was the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, a must have which I was running very low on. I also re-purchased the HD Photogenic Concealer in Fair. I LOVE this concealer. Its turned in to my favorite. Its medium to full coverage, but doesn't set in to fine lines and matches my foundation perfectly.

 

Now, on to new things!

 

I'm a big fan of the NYX Stay Matte But Not Flat powder, and when I saw they came out with a foundation I had to give it a go. First thoughts, after just using it once: I'm not really sure about it.

The color is *gasp* nearly to light for me!? I can still work with it, it's just very light. When I tested it on my hand, it appeared to be more on the full-coverage side, but when actually applying it to my face, it took a bit of work to get it blended and appeared to be more of a light-medium coverage. I'll have to do a more in depth review after I've used it a bit more.

 

A not new product, but new to me is the Jumbo Eye Pencil in Knight. When I swatched it, it looked like a black to almost mossy green shade with gold flecks in it. Very beautiful, and I think it will go great to make a simple smokey eye.

 

One thing I got that I was very excited about is the Collection Noir Powder Brown Liner. After my first use, I'm not 100% sure how I feel about it. I really liked the idea of using it to give a less harsh, smoked out liner but it leaves a lot of fall out, and the product is VERY pigmented. I would advise against using it without something to catch the fall out or you could end up with raccoon eyes.

 

I bought 2 single eyeshadows. The first is the Nude Matte shadow in Underneathe It All. It's a medium warm brown shade that I thought would be perfect for defining the crease.

The 2nd is a Glam Shadow in Sparks. It's a cream/champagne shadow with gold glitter infused in it. It's a gorgeous color, but the glitter has some serious fall out you need to watch out for.

 

 

Finally, last but not least, I got the Love in Florence Palette in Meet My Romeo. I was attracted to the colors in this palette because they looked like they could be used to make a great natural/neutral look or a smoked out evening eye. Plus I fell instantly in love with the shimmery taupe. I created a quick eye look using this palette that you can see below.

 

 

 

I must say, I'm a tad disappointed with this palette. I was really hoping for more color payoff, especially with the 2 shimmery shades but as you can see in the above swatch, they came out very faint. I refused to give up on the palette though, and found foiling the shadows with a little water helped bring the color and metallic sheen out.

 

Above is me with just foundation/concealer and my brows done.

I started by applying the taupe color with a little water to the inner corners of the eyes to brighten up the look.

 



 

I also used water to apply a wash of the bronze all over the lid, up to the crease.

 

I used a pencil brush to add the matte light brown at the outer crease, bringing it up to about halfway across the eye.

 

I went over that with a small amount of the dark brown.

 

I blended the 2 brown shadows out with a fluffy brush to diffuse the harsh lines.

 

I applied the peach shade to the brow bone.

 

I used my favorite Physicians Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner in Deep Brown to line the eyes.

 

And applied a coat of black mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

 

And the eyes are complete!

 

I finished off the look with Physicians Formula Happy Booster blush in Warm and Covergirl lipstick in Delish.

 

Let me know if you've tried any of the new NYX products and if there are any must have's!

PHEW!!! Back in Action!

So apologies first, I know I've been MIA for a while, SORRY! These last 5 or so weeks have been absolutely insane. I had both my sisters' birthdays to celebrate as well as my boyfriends. That on top of Christmas, New Years and being sick for 3 weeks straight SHOULD have been enough, but then last week my boyfriends car basically exploded and we had to scramble to get him a new one. So that's what I've been up to!

I haven't been a complete bum though, I took a few pics of the makeup I wore on New Years to share! My boyfriend and I went to the Cheesecake Factory and had an amazing dinner, then laid low at home and had a Mad Men marathon to ring in the new year :)

I put this look together with eyeshadows from my Urban Decay Vice Palette and for the lips, I used my new NARS matte lip pencil in Cruella. I LOVE that lip pencil! It's a gorgeous red, has an amazing texture and just looks beautiful. 

A new tutorial will be up very soon so keep an eye out! 

XOXOXO

Not So Neutral Makeup Tutorial

And for round 2 of my makeup uploads for today, I have a "Not so Neutral" look :)

 

Again, I came up for this look just getting ready for work an I really liked the cool vs warm shadows/tones on the eyes and wanted to share it! It's a super simple look and great for day or night.

 

 

Enjoy!

XOXOXO

Fall Beauty Giveaway! -Winners Announced!!!-

And the winners are...................

1st Prize - bloodgoddess13

2nd Prize - sarai campos

 

Congratulations you two!!! I'll be sending each of you a message requesting your email addresses so I can get your mailing addresses and I'll get these packages out ASAP!

 

Thank you so much everyone who participated! I really appreciate the support and your enthusiasm and can't wait to host my next giveaway, so keep an eye out for future updates!

 

Just in case you're wondering, this is the website I used to choose the winner:

http://textmechanic.com/Random-Line-Picker.html

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So here it is! My fall giveaway prizes and rules/directions!

 

I'm super excited to get this giveaway going and I hope you all are to. I'm going to get right to the steps on how to enter and the rules!

 

 

 

 

2nd prize:

 

e.l.f.

Eyelash Curler

Eyeshadow Primer

Blush in Twinkle Pink

Shine Eraser Blotting Sheets

 

NYX

Lipstick -  Spell Bound

Lipgloss - Dolly Pink

Jumbo Eye Pencil - Cottage Cheese

 

 

1st Prize

 

Too Faced Glamour to Go Spun Sugar Edition Palette

e.l.f. blush in Mellow Mauve

NYX Lipstick - B52

NYX Lipgloss - Tea Rose

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Rust

ecoTools 6 piece eye brush set

eos Lip Balm - Pomegranate Raspberry



 

You can submit your entries up until Friday December 7th! The winners will be announced Monday, December 10th!

 

How to Enter:

1. Subscribe to my Youtube Channel

2. Hit "Like" on my video

3. Comment on the video telling me your 1 "can't live without" beauty product

4. Comment on this blog post with your Youtube name

 

Rules:

1. You can enter multiple times. You must follow all of the above steps for your 1st entry, and just comment multiple times on my video for any other entries.

2. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only, SORRY!!! :(

3. You MUST be 18 years of age or older OR have your parents permission to enter.

 

So thats it! If you have any questions list them below and I'll make sure to get back to you! I hope you enjoy this giveaway and I can't wait to find out the winners!!!

 

Easy Green Fall Eyeshadow Look

Here's a simple green eyeshadow look that's perfect for fall (and makes green eyes pop!)

 

Enjoy!

 

xoxoxo

Urban Decay Vice Palette + My first Glam Bag!

Hoooooly Moley! Today was a glorious day for makeup. I FINALLY got out to buy the Urban Decay Vice Palette. I've been drooling over pictures of it online for weeks and woot woot! Got paid today, so finally made the splurge. And if that wasn't amazing enough, I checked the mail today and my first months Glam Bag was delivered!

 

I'll cover everything I got, but first for what I'm sure will quickly turn in to my holy grail eyeshadow palette................

 

 

Almost shed a little tear when I opened it... It's so beautiful! (I know, I'm a spaz...)

 

Ok ok ok... so first impressions only since I haven't even owned the thing for more than a few hours, but good lord these shadows are beautiful! I swatched all the colors (no primer!) left to right in order from top to bottom on the palette and I can safely say I'm in love with every single color.

The pigmentation is incredible, and the fact that every color is 100% brand new is beyond awesome. At first glance, I know I'm going to be way over using Blitz, Penny Lane, Desperation, Provocateur , Rapture and Freebird.

 

Every shadow is buttery smooth, super pigmented, beautiful and just wow... I can already tell the new formula for the glittery shadows has been improved also, which I'm a HUGE fan of.

 

The ONLY downside to this palette is the price. It's hard to justify buying another palette of shadows when I already had so many, and at $59, it sure wasn't cheap, but it really is worth it. I love each and every color and they're all new, so I'm gonna stay on cloud 9 for a long time with this one!

 

You can find the Vice Palette at:

www.urbandecay.com
www.sephora.com
www.ulta.com

 

 

And here's what I got in my very first Glam Bag!

 

mirenesse Lip Bomb - Mirror Me

It's described as a "glossy lacquer stain". Keeping in mind I've only had it for a few hours, I will definitely agree with the lip stain claim! As seen in the swatch below, the color is an extremely opaque, blood red. I don't see the gloss really lasting through the day, but goodness, I had to SCRUB to get the color off my hand after swatching it. That to me is a pretty good indicator of how it will last on my lips, but time will tell! I'll update if my opinion changes after a few wears.

 

be a...bombshell eyeliner - Onyx

Hello fat eyeliner! No real opinions on this one, except that it's definitely black! I'm not the biggest fan of thick liners, but I'll give it a chance!

 

theBalm What's Your Type? Black Mascara

Again, too soon to tell how I feel about this product, but I really like the style of brush. My lashes are pretty hearty and I only have problems with mascara formulas that are especially watery, so I'm sure I'll love this sample. AND! I'm pleased its a sample! I'm really not a fan of buying full-size mascaras just because they do go bad so quickly and there's so much product wasted, so I usually feel better with sample sizes anyway :)

 

Coastal Scents pan quad - Vibrant Blue, Deep Eggplant, Candlelight, Elven Midnight

One of my very first palettes was a Coastal Scents 88 palette and after trying out so many different products and brands since then, I've been neglecting Coastal Scents lately.

I'm honestly really really pleased with the choise of colors in this set and the color payoff they have!

The bottom 2 shadows are both GORGEOUS and I really like the darker blue also. It's a perfect midnight blue with a hint of glitter. The light blue isn't really anyting special to me, but they've definitely reminded me why I loved Coastal Scents in the first place!

 

Couture Colour - Pequi Oil Treatment

Umm.... No comment? Haven't tried it yet and I really don't use much for products in my hair. I WILL try it though because it says it restores softness and shine which my hair NEEDS! I've bleached and colored my hair more times than I can count in the last year or so and my ends are FRIED! This is especially scary since I'm trying really hard to grow my hair out, so I'm all for anything that helps with my frizz/fried hair!

 

So that's all I have for tonight! I really have no complaints so far about any of the products listed. I'm super excited to be getting my Glam Bags FINALLY! (I waited so long when they had to stop accepting new submissions!)

You can learn more about how to sign up for monthly Glam Bags at www.ipsy.com. They're $10 a month and come with 4-5 full size and sample size products.

 

Until next time!

xoxoxoxo

Rose Gold Inspired Makeup Tutorial

This look was inspired by rose gold jewelry. I've been in LOVE with it lately (like the rest of the world) and did this look getting ready for work one day. When I was done, it really made me think of some rose gold jewelry I've been drooling over and wanting to buy, so I wanted to do a tutorial for it :) It's simple, elegant and classy, perfect for day or night.

 

Enjoy!

 

XOXOXO