Green with Envy!

Hey there! I have a few looks and posts I want to share with you all! I haven't been feeling well this past week and I have been looking and feeling pretty bummy, so I didn't get to do as many looks as I wanted to, but I'm hoping to feel better soon - Fingers crossed and have more to share!

Here is a Green eyeshadow look that I love! I love how vibrant, yet still wearable it is. I adore creative eye looks that are bright and colorful. I give major props to those who rock those looks, but me personally, I couldn't, guess I'm not daring enough. Instead I like to use one bold color and make it, wearable for everyday. I do this by applying the bright color just to the lid and using neutrals to blend through the crease.

The green I used for this look is a Ben Nye pigment called Chartreuse. If you haven't tried any Ben Nye shadows, you must! They are fab! I promise you wont be disappointed! In fact, you may become a Ben Nye addict immediately! lol I bought a bunch of sample size pigments from www.makeupgeek.com. She sells her own line of cosmetics as well as Ben Nye and MAC sample pigments and Sugarpill Cosmetics shadows and pigments. Go check it out! Plus she has a great blog and tutorials!!

Here's the look breakdown

Eyes
Ben Nye Chartreuse pigment (lid)
MAC Soft Brown (crease)
BH Cosmetics Party Girl Palette - Dark green shimmer (outer V and blended through crease)
BH Cosmetics Party Girl Palette - dark matte burgundy-brown (lower lash line)
Bobbi Brown Black Gel Liner (winged liner)
MAC Engraved pencil (water line)
L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Face
MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NC37)
MAC Espresso eyeshadow (contour cheeks and nose)
Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette - 5th blush top row (applied lightly and built up to apples of cheeks)
MAC Soft and Gentle (highlight)

Lips
Maybelline Nearly There
Wet n Wild Bare It All

Some Current New Favs!

Hello Beauties! I have a few new fav products that I have been using pretty much everyday and I want to share them with you! These are my go to, daytime or night time, throw them in my purse and go, current addictions.

First, is the LORAC Pro Palette. Let me just start by saying that I feel LORAC is sooo under-rated! I never understand why this line isn't more sought after...their eyeshadows are pigmented, no fallout, blend like a dream and last all day! Same goes for their blushes and bronzer! Fab! Just Fab!! Anyway so, at first I was hesitant to buy this palette as its very neutral and sort of reminded me of the Urban Decay Naked palettes, but what sold me was the bold purple (Deep Purple) shadow. I love purple and it served as enough distinction to justify buying it! lol After my first time using this palette I fell in-love with it!!! It has become my go to palette. Below are a few looks I have done using this palette. :)

Next, is the Elf Powder Brush. I use this for applying foundation. This brush is absolutely A-Mazing!!! It gives a beautiful, airbrushed, flawless application. And! The best part is its only $3!! Can't beat that!! It is by far the best foundation brush ever! (try it and let me know if you agree)

Last, is the BH Cosmetics 10 Color Camouflage Concealer Palette. This palette is great for makeup artist! It's easy to pack with its slim case and contains 10 different shades that are creamy and can easily be mixed and blended together. It also provides ideal coverage to conceal dark circles, blemishes or to highlight and contour the face.

Fav! Bright Pink Lips

Hola!! Have I ever mentioned how much I love love love bright pink lips? Well, I do! :) I used to be timid when it came to colors that stood out or drew attention. Not anymore! I am addicted to pink lipsticks and the brighter, the bolder, the PINKer the better. I really feel like a bright, stand-out lipstick can make your whole day just that much better. Its probably because it makes me feel pretty and sassy and confident! And when you feel good about yourself, you just cant have a bad day, right? Right! So ladies, find your perfect shade and wear it like it was made just for you!! :)

Face

Mac Studio Fix Fluid

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer

MAC Mineralized Skinfinish Natural (Dark - contour)

MAC Blushbaby and Dainty Blush

MAC Mineralized Skinfinish (Soft and Gentle - highlight)

Eyes

Mac Painterly Paintpot

BH Cosmetics 28 Neutral Palette

BH Cosmetics Liquid Eyeliner

Ardel #105 Lashes

Lips

NYX Pinky lipliner

Wet n Wild #967 Dollhouse Pink lipstick

MAC Lickable lipstick

xoxo

Pink with Envy of Blue and Green!

I know I have said before that I am naturally more of a neutral-look girl, but I do like to be creative and come up with looks that are bright and colorful! This might not be a look that I personally would where out and about or just to the mall, but I do love the way this turned out! I used the BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette. This is a FAB palette for those who adore bright, bold, vibrant, colorful looks!

Face

Maybelline Fit Me Foundation

MAC Studio Select Concealer

MAC Blot Powder

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Dark (contour)

MAC Peachtwist Blush

MAC Trace Gold Blush

Eyes

BH Cosmetics 88 Matte Palette

BH Cosmetics Liquid Eyeliner

Ardell #105 Lashes

L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Lips

NYX Femme Lipstick

NYX Louisiana Lipstick

xoxo

Everyone Loves A Basic Smokey Eye

Well Hello! I found this lipstick on clearance, so even though its not a typical color I reach for, I decided to try it. For $3 its worth the risk, right? Its Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Rosy Nude. I wanted to try it out - complete look and all- so I put this together last night pretty quickly (please ignore my weird shaped eyebrow lol). I did a basic smokey eye using browns and black from the BH Cosmetics 120 Color 3rd Edition Palette. Here is the breakdown...... :)

I started by applying MAC Painterly Paint Pot all over eye lid up to the brow (this is used as a base to help the shadow last longer and be more vibrant).

Next, I applied this shimmery brown shade to just the lid using a Sonia Kashuk fluffy medium eyeshadow brush.

Then this shimmery rosy gold shade to the crease and blended upward using a EcoTools large eyeshadow brush.

I used this matte light brown to blend the two colors together using a Sonia Kashuk blending brush.

Then I applied the black shadow to the lashline (upper and lower) using a EcoTools pencil brush

Blend out the black shadow (upper lashline) using a ELF Mineral blending brush.

Lastly, I applied mascara (L'Oreal Voluminous), cleaned up any fallout, applied my foundation, concealer, blush and lipstick.

Face

Maybelline FIT ME Liquid Foundation

MAC Studio Fix Powder

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural - Dark (contour)

MAC Margin and Trace Gold Blushes mixed together

Lips

MAC Burgandy Lip Pencil

Revlon Colorburst Rosy Nude Lipstick

This lipstick is very moisturizing and goes on smooth. I really like the texture and staying power of all the Revlon Colorburst Lipsticks and this one is no exception. I'm not crazy about the color on me, but it is a very pretty color - especially for darker skintones. :)

*Don't have a variety of brushes - That's ok! Try it anyway using what you do have!!! You can even use a q-tip to help you blend (dont press hard or you will lift off the color)

**I do suggest the everyone have atleast one blending brush (2 is ideal).

xoxo

Green Smoke

Hello my fellow makeup junkies! I did this look for a 4th of July family bbq we went to. I know, not very festive, right? I really just wanted to use the green shadow out of the BH Cosmetics 28 Color Smokey Eye palette I just bought (yay for getting packages in the mail! I love getting packages in the mail...lol). So, going along with the name of the palette I did a green smokey eye. I love smokey eyes - Like love love love - probably why I bought the palette. Ha! And once again, BH Cosmetics has not disappointed me. This palette is full of perfect colors and shades with great color payoff for creating the perfect smokey look.

Eyes

BH Cosmetics 28 Color Smokey Eye Palette

(Green shade on lid and blended up through crease

MAC Espresso used to blend out green

Matte Black shade to deepen outer corner and lash line)

MAC Vanilla for highlight

BH Cosmetics Liquid Eyeliner

NYX Dark Brown Eyeliner (lower lash line)

L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Blush

Coastal Scents 10 Blush Palette

(Dark Bronzy shade (top row far right) mixed

with 3rd shade on bottom row)

LORAC Tanalizer Baked Bronzer (contour)

MAC Pearl Cream Color Base (Highlight)

Lips

Maybelline Nearly There Lipstick

                                          Coastal Scents Blush Palette

xoxo

Egyptian Inspired: Fire and Heat!

Happy 4th of July!!! I was inspired by Beautylish.com and all the creative, amazing photos featured on there and wanted to create a new look! In honor of just how HOT it is in Arizona right now, I came up with this look. It represents HEAT with the vibrant colors of fire!! I had so much fun putting this together and playing with such bright, bold colors. Hope you all like! :)

Face

MAC Studio Fix Fluid

MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer

MAC Blot Powder

MAC Harmony (contour)

MAC Modern Mandarin Blush

Eyes

MAC Painterly Paintpot

BH Cosmetics Party Girl Palette

NYX Blue Eyeshadow Pencil

BH Cosmetics Liquid Eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Ardell 105 Lashes

Lips

MAC Lady Danger

xoxo

Purple and Blue and Pink - Oh My!

Hi!!!!! Its Friday!!!! Here is a look I did using the BH Cosmetics 120 Color 3rd Edition palette. This look is fun and colorful, but not too bright or over the top. I dont typically wear really colorful looks (more of a netrual girl), so this one is right up my alley. Its probably about as bold as I will go (on the eyes at least) and still staying in my comfort zone. I usually save my creatively, boldly colored eyes for looks I do on other people. But you never know, I might even surprise myself one day and step out with some florecent yellow eye shadow! LoL :)

Eyes

BH Cosmetics 120 Color 3rd Edition Palette

NYX Blue Eyeshadow Pencil

Maybelline Liquid Eyeliner

L'Oreal Voluminous Mascara

Blush

Lorac Exposed

Lips

NARS Angelika Lipgloss

xoxo