Season Mini Series: Winter

Next in the season mini series is winter. When I think of winter I think of icy blues, white, and of course rosy cheeks! Also with winter there's a sort of harshness, so I did something things a little bit differently.

Seeing how there is a harshness in winter, I did a double wing liner.  To start off use a primer I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance then I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk all over the lid and blended it out. The reason for this is because I'm using mostly white and light blues, so I needed a good base so it would show up a little better. Then on the inner half of the lid I used an icy blue from the E.L.F 100 palette

After that I used Maybelline Blink of Blue eyeshadow trio

And first I used the top light blue on the outer half of the lid. and then with a very light hand I took the bottom blue and blended it into the crease to add some dimesion. For the highlight and near the tear duct I used the white. Now for the liner...I used L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black on both top and bottom, but I also used the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk right in the corner and extended it quite high. The bottom and top liner follows that to create the double wing. Then I took Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eye Liner (in white) on the bottom lashline. For mascara I used Maybelline Volum' Express Falsie in Very Black (with the Maybelline Volum' Express One by One wand) For blush I used Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush in Rose. For lips I used Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in Raisin and E.L.F 2 in 1 Conditioning Gloss in Va Va Voom. And there you have it Winter!

If there are any comments or questions feel free to post below!

Bright Pop of Color for Spring!

There is nothing better than a quick and easy look, that adds just a pop of color! Usually in Spring and Summer I'm not one to wear a lot of makeup due to the fact it gets quite humid in Georgia, and I'm usually ready to get out of the house! And the best part is this look is using completely drug store products! And this look will also last ALL day long!

Now before I put my foundation on I used L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base all over my face, including on my eyelids. Then I used L'Oreal True Match Super Blendable Makeup, which is the foundation I use everday. Onto the eyes I used Neutrogena Nourishing Eye Quad in Sea Shell 140/Taupes, which I think is discontinued, but the Sea Biscuit would probably be the closest. And I followed the back of the shadows to create that eye look. For the upper lash liner I used Wet N Wild Mega Liner in Turquoise. I made the liner quite thick and dramatic, because this is where the pop comes from.  For mascara I used Maybelline Volum' Express The Falsies. And of course for the lower lashline I used L'Oreal Lineue Intense liquid liner. For blush I used Physician's Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush in Natural. And lastly for lips I used NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Pop 156.

If anyone has any questions or comments please let me know! Also, my cousin came up with an idea to do team color looks, so if you have a favorite sports team let me know, and I'll do a look with that team!



March Favorites!!!

Ok so this month I did try out a few different things, and some things I really loved, and others I wasn't too impressed with. So to get started:

I'm going to talk about hair products. The thing that completely impressed me was Tresemme Naturals shampoo and conditioner! I can't say enough nice things about this! It smells amazing, it makes my hair so smooth and silky, so what more could you really want?

Next is something I can't stop raving about! I love everything I have purchased, but I especially love Sugarpill's Sweetheart Palette and Absinthe Loose Eyeshadow. Included in the Sweetheart Palette is Dollipop, Afterparty, Midori, and Tako. Just about everyone I have showed the palette to say it's some major color, and the best part the color payoff is amazing! What you see is what you get! Absinthe loose eyeshadow is quite possibly my favorite green shadow EVER! The shadow is very finely milled and blends beautifully even when wet!

Another eyeshadow on the list is probably NYX Iced Mocha. This eyeshadow is the perfect brown and is great for many different skin tones! It's a great everyday color, and is easily blended, the color payoff is great, and it wears all day with a primer. The color is almost metallic like and is very creamy! It puts me in mind of Urban Decay shadows.

Again another shadow...Vandaleyez Superhero. This is color that I have been looking for! It is a perfect neon green and is absolutely beautiful when used with a mixing medium, but if it's a little too bright for you it can be worn dry and still be beautiful.

When it comes to eye creams I have been looking for the perfect for close to a year now, and each time it seems they would get worse, but I finally found something that has worked! In a matter of days I could tell a difference, and the best part? It's all natural. Honey Bee Holistics Wrinkle Away Eye Cream is the best thing that I have found! It's creamy, mouisturizing, smells good, and it also isn't like putting a ton of chemicals on your eyes! I wear contacts and it hasn't irritated them at all either, which some leave a burning sensation, not fun!

I'm such a sucker for brushes! I have more expensive brushes and less expensive brushes, and I have got to tell you I found the best foundation brush and it's on three dollars.  The E.L.F Powder Brush is amazing! It is a flat top brush, which would be great for stippling or buffing into the skin. It makes your face look almost airbrushed. The bristles are really soft, and so far I haven't had any shedding. This brush is currently out of stock (for good reason) but I got mine at Target.

Lastly is a blush(es) that I wear almost everyday! Physicians Formula Happy Booster™ Glow & Mood Boosting Blush is just so beautiful. Whether it's in Natural or Rose they're both easily blended and pigmented, which sometimes drugstore brand blushes aren't too great. They also smell wonderful, and I haven't seen a scented blush except Benefits Box O Powders. Do they do everything they claim to do? I wouldn't say the smell alone makes me happy, it's gone a minute after I put it on, but the blush itself makes me happy! It is the cutest packaging EVER!

Well that's it for the month of March, if there are products you would like me to try let me know! Also if there's any questions or comments please post!

Bright Green Eye Using Sugarpill & Urban Decay

This was my first attempt at creating a cut crease look, and I'm not quite sure I got it perfect, but I did like the results! This was also another reason to play with some more Sugarpill colors, and quite possibly my favorite green EVER!

First always prime your eyes, this time I used something different, Urban Decay Primer Potion. Then I took Sugarpill's Absinthe and added a little bit of mixing medium to make the color more vibrant, and then just added that to the entire lid. Next comes the more difficult part, the actual part of cutting the crease! I used a small angled brush and first added Sugarpill's Dollipop and blended that up, then I took Urban Decay Underland (from the Alice in Wonderland palette) and added that under the Dollipop and blended it in just slightly. Last I took Urband Decay Oil Slick and blended that slightly into Underland. The actual part of cutting the crease is finished. Recently I have really been into putting actual colors on the waterline, so first I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk and then added Sugarpill's Afterparty over that and smudged it into the lowerlash line. Then I added my Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara in Very Black and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black on the upper lashline and on the outer 1/3 lower lashline. For blush I used Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush in Natural

Music Genre Series: Country

Next in this series is Country. Being from the South I have had my fair share of country music playing in my life. Up until I was in fifth grade I didn't realize there was any other type of music besides Rock. When I think of the females in Country music I think of very natural looking makeup, so that's basically what I did a very neutral eye look and simple face.

Don't forget to always use an eyelid primer, I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I used Too Faced Heaven from the Pixie Pin-Ups palette (all Too Faced colors will be from this palette) all over the lid. Then put Too Faced Leading Lady in the inner corner. Next use NYX Iced Mocha all over the lid, and put Too Faced Like A Virgin on the crease. I used Urban Decay Twice Baked very lightly in the outer v to add some definition and Too Faced Erotica on the lower lashline. I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara in Very Black, and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner, very thin on the upper lashline. For blush I used Physicians Formula Genie Blush in Nude Rose, and lastly Too Faced Totally Nude lipstick.

This was a very simple look and would be good to wear everyday for school or work!

Element: Air

This was quite possibly one of the more difficult looks out of the Element series, because let's face it, air is invisible. So I thought I would use whites and blues, which can be somewhat. I decided to take it upono myself to basically play with some Sugarpill!

Always first is Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I placed Sugarpill Tako all over the lid and up to the brow, and I put several layers of Tako on the lid, and then I took the Studio Tools Crease brush and applied Afterparty very lightly. Next I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk on my water line and tear duct, and blended it out. I put Tako over the Milk on the waterline, and Lumi in the tear duct. That is basically it for shadows, then I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black for mascara and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black. For blush I used Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush in Natural, Cover Girl Wetslicks AmazeMint in Tickled Pink .

Yeah I know I look super tired, that's because I was

Element: Water

Next in the Element series is Water. Water was so fun, because there's so many colors associated with water. I went more for an ocean type of water.  With this look I used only colors from the E.L.F 100 palette!

First of course put Too Faced Shadow Insurance all over the lid. Then I took a light blue on the inner half of the lid

Then I used a light green on the outer half of the lid

Then I used a dark purple and dark blue for the crease

Then to add a bit more demension I added a mermaid green to the outer corner

On the lower lashline I added a true blue color

For the brow highlight I used a matte white and for the tear duct I added NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, blended it out and then added a light blue with some shimmer

For mascara I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very black, L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black. For blush I used Neutrogena Mineral Sheers in Rare Rose and for lips I used CO Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint No. 1136

Element: Earth

Earth is quite simple...add a little green, add a little brown. This is great for an everyday look, and is quite simple.

First of course is Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I took NYX Bright Green all over the lid. Then I used Urban Decay Homegrown on the outer 1/3 of the lid and lower lashline line. Then I took NYX Iced Mocha in the crease, then I took Urban Decay Twice Baked on the outer corner. I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black for the mascara, and L'Oreal Voluminous Eyeliner in Rich Green (this is almost like a marker) I used Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Bourbon on the waterline. For blush I used Benefit Dallas, and for lips I just used Burt's Bees...we are working on a natural look here haha. And that's it!

I don't know what it is but for some reason the whole face I take pictures way after I actually do my makeup, but I guess it's a way to show how the colors wear. And it did last all day, and I really do like the NYX shadows! They are easily blended and creamy in texture. The Iced Mocha color is a great color to wear on a daily basis!

Element: Fire

Now for the first time ever I'm going to do my own mini series! I have been watching xsparkage for quite some time, and learned some great techniques, so let's see how I do on my own haha! This mini series is based on the Elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth. I got the inspiration while re-reading the House of Night novels! The first look is Fire using lots of Sugarpill!

Oh how I love me some Sugarpill colors! There really wasn't any other colors to use to get this look! First I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance all over the lid (this was going to be a long day) then I used NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk and blended that out. Next I took Sugarpill's Buttercupcake in the inner 1/3 of the lid, then Sugarpill's Flamepoint in the middle 1/3 of the lid, and then Sugarpill's Love+ on the outer 1/3 of the lid. Since there is blue in flames, I used NYX Azur Sky in the crease and on the lower lashline. Of course I didn't stop there, so I used Urban Decay Oil Slick in the outer corner, blended it up, and then smoked it out. For mascara I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black, and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black. For blush I used Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush in Natural, and for lips I used NYX Tinted Lip Spa in Juicy.

This picture was taken probably about ten hours of makeup being on...I had a big shopping day with my cousin haha! And everywhere I went I got lots of questions and compliments about my eyeshadow, and I was happy to talk about Sugarpill! The colors stayed true to when I first put them on, which was remarkable, considering how hot it got that day!

Bright Sunset using Ben Nye Pallet make up tutorial

This has combined some of my favorite things all into one! Bright color, pink, and green! This is probably one of my favorite tutorials that Leesha has done! If you want to watch her video go Here.

I was excited to get to use some Sugarpill colors as well, although they're not shown in their full glory because I had to blend them out a little bit to get the look like Leesha's, but of course that is not necessary.  On the inner 1/3 of my eye lid I used one of my favorite Sugarpill colors Buttercupcake with E.L.F's shadow brush, flip the brush over and use Sugarpill's Flamepoint in the middle of the lid, I blended those two quite a bit. Then I added NYX's Red Pink shadow to the outer 1/3 of the lid with Studio Tools crease brush. I blended that about the Sugarpill colors. I then took Sugarpill's loose eyeshadow in Tipsy on the lower lashline. For a brow highlight I used a matte white from the E.L.F 100 palette.

For mascara I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara in Very Black. I used L'Oreal Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Black, Benefit Dallas for blush, and E.L.F 2 in 1 Conditioning Gloss in Love It.

Purple and Green For Green and Brown Eyes

This look was very simple, but I love it. It sort of reminded me of a Barbie doll, in fact I was actually told that. There was very minimal color used, so it was quite fast as well.  To look at Leesha's tutorial go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PeusqTtJU

Even though this looks almost completely pink, there's actually some purple, in fact the main color is purple. And for more vibrant color, you could actually use a purple or white eye shadow base. After I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance I used a mid-toned purple from the E.L.F 100 palette.

I put that all over my lid, and then added a pink color with a fluffly brush.

After I blended those colors out a bit, I added Urban Decay's 24/7 Eye Pencil in Flipside, and then added Homegrown from the Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. II. Then I added NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk to my inner corners, and set it with a white eyeshadow, and then added my favorite white eyeshadow with pink shimmer to highlight my brow.

For eyeliner I used L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black. For mascara I used Maybelline's Volum' Express One by One in Very Black. Neutrogena Mineral Sheers in Rare Rose for blush and Cover Girl Wetslicks AmazeMint in Tickled Pink on the lips, and there you have a quick and easy Barbie-esque look!

Please post suggestions, comments, and questions!

NYX Haul/First Impressions

Now normally I do a xsparkage tutorial, but on the weekends I have decided to either do a review or a tutorial all my own. And since today I got my order from NYX I thought I would do a first impressions of the items I got. I have never used any NYX products, but I do think I like them, so I will order again soon!

First I am a big cupcake fan, I actually make specialty cupcakes, so when I saw their cupcake lipglosses I had to have some!

These are extremely cute, but really that's all these are.  The glosses are clear, so if you like that they're for you. But I didn't really think they added anything to a look. They are also quite difficult to open, and are a lot smaller than I thought they would be, which is okay because I don't think I'll get much use out of them.  The scents/flavors (yes they have somewhat of a taste)included are Strawberry, Banana, Apple, and Vanilla. I'm a big vanilla fan, but this was almost too much vanilla.

Next I got a Tinted Lip Spa in Juicy

Even though the lip spa looks quite dark it is just a sheer wash of color. The lip spa was extremely mouisturizing. And I did love the color. I can honestly say I will be purchasing more of the lip spas!

Next was a Candy Glitter Liner in Hot Candy

I would compare this with the Urban Decay glitter liners so far, and the price is much better! The liner is hot pink and the glitters are a lilac, green, and pink.

I had to purchase The Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk! I am a huge xsparkage fan, and Leesha always seems to be using it! It is creamy and very blendable! Of course a great base!

Last I purchased six eyeshadows. For the most part these seem very creamy and seem like they would be blendable.

The top color is Sunrise which has a matte/shimmer color.  The shimmer in it is quite large in the pot, butwhen transfered on the skin it isn't as much as you would assume, and it a very vibrant color!

Bright Green which is a frosty color, is very beautiful! I'm still looking for my perfect neon green color though (I still want brighter haha) It seems to be more of an olive toned bright green.

The next color is Azur Sky, a matte finish. This color is beautiful in the pot and swatched! It is an extremely vibrant true blue. It would be lovely on the lower lashline as well!

Next is Red Pink, a matte finish. I actually purchased this color because Marlena, aka Makeup Geek, used it in a tutorial. I also happen to be a sucker for pinks! This is a beautiful hot pink that almost has a satin finish to it. I can't wait to play with this color, like I said a sucker for pinks.

The top color is Iced Mocha, a metallic finish. I have to say I understand why this is a NYX eyeshadow favorite! It's an absolutely beautiful taupe brown! This would be an amazing everyday color! The color is very creamy and could be compared to Urban Decay shadows because it's so creamy!

Last is Burgundy Pearl. This was another YouTube beauty guru suggestion from EmilyNoel83, and I have to say I love it! It is described perfectly just by the name itself! It's a pearliscent burgundy haha. This would be another good everyday color.