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: Dance

This was the genre I was most excited about! Mostly because I knew I was going to get to use my new Sugarpill Sweet Heart palette (a review will follow)! Lots of bright colors, because when I think of dance music I think of raves and being in the club and having lots of fun colors!

Again I always start with Too Faced Shadow Insurance just to make sure your eyeshadows are more vibrant and will last longer, no one like having creasing! Then I took Sugarpill's Dollipop on the inner half of the lid and then add Sugarpill's Midori to the outer half of the lid, and blend the two colors a little bit (not too much this is a look you don't want to be muddy). I then took Too Faced Like a Virgin shadow from the Pixie Pin-Ups palette very lightly a little bit higher than the crease. Then with my Studio Tools crease brush I blended Sugarpill's Afterparty on the crease, and blended it up a little bit on the brown. After that I added Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black mascara, and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner to the upper lashline and the outer half of the lower lashline, and then I added Physicians Formula Happy Booster Glow & Mood Boosting Blush in Rose, and that's the complete look

If there are any questions or suggestions please post them...I still have a few more of the genre series to do, but the next few posts I'm venturing off of it;)

Music Genre Series: Rock

When I think of Rock I think of Rock I think of purple and as cheesy as it sounds royalty! I also think of Steven Tyler and Mic Jager, so I took a lot of inspiration from them.

Of course always start with Too Faced Shadow Insurance (or any eyelid primer of your choice) After that I used Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Zero all over the lid and smudged it out. Next I used the Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland palette on most of the colors. The first color was Underland on top of the Zero. Then I mixed Mushroom and Vorpal in the crease.oI put Jabberwocky in the outer v and on the smudged it on the lower lashline. That was basically going to be the look, but I thought it was too clean for  rock, so I added Urban Decay Alice on the inner crease, and normally I wouldn't blend too much because it becomes muddy, but I thought hmmm...this is rock, so I did blend it. I left a little bit of just Alice peeking through, because it really is a beautiful color. For a brow and tear duct highlight I used Sugarpill's Tako (I think this is becoming my go to brow highlight). To finish off the eyes I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner on the upper lashline and Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Zero in the water line and used Ardell's 21s for false lashes, just to add some more volume. For blush I used Benefit Dallas

If you have any questions or comments please post!

Music Genre Series: R&B

For this look I drew a lot of inspiration from Beyonce`. When I think of Beyonce` I think of lots of gold, but yet still very natural.

For starters use an eyelid primer, I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I put E.L.F Bronzer in Sun Kissed on the inner lid, and from the Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. II I used Half Baked on the outer 2/3 of the lid and then Too Faced Like A Virgin (from the Pixie Pin-Up palette).  Again from the Urban Decay palette I mixed Perversion and Twice Baked and put it in the outer v with a Essence of Beauty crease brush. I then put Urban Decay Midnight Cowboy Rides again in the tear duct. For the brow highlight I used Sugarpill's Tako. To finish off the eyes I used Maybelline Volum' Express One by One in Very Black for mascara, and L'Oreal Lineur Intense liquid liner in Black, and with any look inspired by Beyonce you have to have major lashes, so I added Ardell's 21s and 305s to add volume and a more winged look. And for blush I used Benefit Coralista

Music Genre Series: Pop

The next series I'm doing is inspired by music genres. I listen to music all the time, so this seems like a natural choice. The first genre was possibly the genre I first got to pick out myself and that's pop. When I think of pop music I think of the one and only Britney Spears. When I think of Britney Spears I also think of pinks and purples.

On the inner corner I used a light magenta purple from the E.L.F 100 palette

Then for the outer part of the lid I used a light pink from the same palette

Then for the crease color I mixed two brown shades together and used my Studio Tools Crease brush

Then just too add a little bit more pink I used Sugarpill's Dollipop in the outer v. I then took Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Bourbon on the top lashline and smudged it out.  Next was Maybelline Volum' Express One by One mascara 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 then on my lips I used Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in Champagne.

If there are any questions or suggestions feel free to post!

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: 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.