Ulta Haul

Today I have an Ulta haul. I received my rewards coupon in the mail and redeemed my points as well as picked up a few things. The first two things I picked up today I received for free. The first is a Hot Tools 2 inch curling iron. I love my Hot Tools straight iron so I am sure I will love the curling iron. My next free item was Armani Code. I really like the smell and this is my first time trying it out. Maybe I will do a review soon!

Ulta was having a special if you bought $17.50 in Ulta cosmetics you received a free gift. I bought two precision liquid eye liners in carbon black and grey smoke. I also purchased an eyebrow pencil in warm brown. The free gift came with a handful of goodies. I received two eye shadow quads, mascara, dual eye/lip pencil, a dual eye pencil, a lipstick, a nail polish, three brushes, and a dual lip-gloss. They are all very neutral in color which I like especially for work.

Here is the link so you can see the free gift: http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod3550005#sku2229784

The last thing I bought was the Tarte True Blood palette. I am in love with the colors! They are gorgeous and I can’t wait to try them out. I love creating new eye looks and the colors are very pigmented which is perfect because they last a little longer than usual.

Thanks for reading and until next time, stay beautiful and don’t forget your lip-gloss!

My Must Have Nail Polishes

Hi Everyone!

Today I wanted to list my favorite nail polishes! I won't go into too much detail but I will add pictures of each. I hope you all have a great day! Stay beautiful and don’t forget your lip-gloss!

CHINA GLAZE

 White Cap 951

Platinum Silver 627

Cyberspace 975


Passion

Strawberry Fields 716

Riveter Rouge 930

Coconut Kiss 567

Black Diamond 629

Liquid Leather 544

Cracked Concrete 979

OPI

It’s All Greek to Me

I’m Not a Waitress

Bogota Blackberry

Purple with a Purpose

Yoga-ta Get this Blue

Yodel Me on my Cell

Cuckoo for this Color

Black Shatter

ORLY

Chantilly Peach

It’s Up to Blue

FINGERPAINTS

Artist’s Sapphire

NICOLE BY OPI

Show you Care

Boys ‘n’ Berry

Stolen Kisses

A hint of golden natural....

Happy Monday! I am so happy that the day is almost over. One day down, only three more to go before I start my weekend. It is going to be a busy weekend which will be a nice distraction since next week probably won’t be so great for me. Today I went for a more natural look. The face routine is the same from yesterday minus the highlight. I used Penny Lane by NARS again. I love this color. I just can’t stop gushing about how great it looks on my face! 

My eyes are simple today. I used my Urban Decay Naked palette and a few colors from MAC. With a small eye shadow brush, I lightly put naked from the UD palette all over my lid. I did not take it past the crease. It is a very natural color and it is darker than my skin tone. I mixed MAC woodwinked and satin taupe and blended them into my crease with my MAC 217 brush. In the outer corners, I took mystery from MAC and very lightly dabbed it on. I used my blending brush to blend all the colors together. Going back to the UD palette, I put half-baked on the center of my lid. Once again, I used vanilla as my highlight and then added exquisite from LAsplash to give a little sheen to my eye. I used my favorite eyeliner, UD 24/7 glide on pencil in whiskey. I love the color. It is the perfect shade of brown. I put a little bit of mystery over it to keep it in place. I smudged whiskey on my lower lash line and velvet from NYX on the water line. Lastly, I used Bad Gal Lash mascara. 

My lips were a little darker than usual. I used Revlon Just bitten in Twilight and then put Viva Glam Gaga 2 lipstick and lip glass over it. I love lip stains because after the actual lipstick fades, there is still some color on my lips and I don’t have to worry about them looking too pale because yes, my lips are also pale without some type of product on them!

I hope you enjoyed today’s look. I have been doing a lot of purple/blue looks and I wanted to do something different. During the week, I try to keep things fairly natural. Thanks for stopping by!

Purple People Eater...

Happy Easter! I was going to do an Easter themed makeup look but I am not into pastels. I am much too fair and I just don’t like them! So instead of pastel, I went for a purple theme since I just painted my nails purple yesterday. According to a website I came across, you should wear purple/violet when you want to:  to use your imagination to it’s fullest; to re-balance your life; to remove obstacles; to calm over activity or to energize from depression. I thought it seemed fitting for today. I don’t have any major plans today but I am going to dinner with my sister tonight. I will stop rambling and get on with the makeup.

First, as always I started with foundation. I used Almay Clear Complexion foundation in ivory. My skin is driving me nuts lately and I have been really breaking out. This foundation has salycilic acid which helps with my blemishes. I used the same concealer I always do followed by my mineralized skin finish that I mentioned in my previous post. For my blush, I used NARS cream blush in Penny Lane. This is my absolute favorite blush right now. It looks so natural on my skin. I used MAC by Candlelight to highlight my cheekbones.

For the eye lid, I used Too Faced Romantic Eye palette in the color cut the cake. I love this purple. It looks purple with a hint of grey. I love it. On the very inner corner, I used the lightest purple in the Rimmel quad in Dark Signature. I went back to the Romantic Eye palette and used First Dance in my crease and blended it out. Then I used the darkest purple from the Rimmel quad in the outer corner and once again, blend, blend, and blend. I used Kiss the Bride and Soulmates from the Romantic Eye palette to highlight my brow bone. I used my Maybelline gel eye liner in eggplant on my upper lash line and lightly applied First Dance over it. On my lower lash/water line, I used NYX Velvet. It is a gold brown color and it really helps brighten my eyes without having to use white eyeliner. I smudged First dance on the lower lash line. Then, for the first time I used a glitter loose shadow from Lasplash. The color is gorgeous and it adds a really nice shimmer to my eyes. The color is Exquisite and it is a very pale gold. Review to come soon!  Lastly, I used Maybelline One by One mascara in very black.

I kept the lips very neutral. I used NYX lip pencil in beige all over my lips. I lightly put NYX Iced Honey lipstick over it followed by MAC Viva Glam Gaga 2 lip glass. This completes the look. I know there is always a lot going on with the eyes but I do have the most fun with them. I hope you enjoyed and never forget your lip-gloss!

Blue, Blue, Blue

My makeup today is very simple. I wasn’t in the mood to do too much today but I wanted to share what I did anyway. I started using a new foundation today. I used Neutrogena Sheer Glow foundation in the lightest shade.  It doesn’t have a lot of coverage so I had to use more of my concealer but I like that it doesn’t feel like I am wearing a whole lot of makeup. As always, I set it with a powder. I usually go back and forth between my FitMe powder in 110 or my MAC mineralized skin finish in light. Today I went over my foundation with MAC since it gives more coverage. I used my usual bronzer (Maybelline FitMe in light). My blush is an ELF blush in Peachy Keen.

My eyes are usually my main feature. Since I wear glasses, I want to make sure my eyes pop. Today I went for a blue theme. I primed my eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion. I started with Nylon by MAC all over the lid and then on the outer third of the lid I put Prussian by Mac. I used a flat eye shadow brush for both colors. I blend the colors with my blending brush. In my crease, I lightly used a dark blue from the NYX eye shadow trio in Lake Moss. You have to try out this trio. Maybe I will do a review on it soon! Once again, I blended the colors. I used Vanilla and a little bit of Nylon from MAC to highlight my brow bone and inner corner of my eye. I used a little bit of MAC All that Glitters on the center of my lid. I took NYX eye pencil in Sapphire and lined my upper and lower lash line. I put the dark blue from NYX over the upper lash line and I used Prussian and the dark blue on my lower lash line. Lastly, I used my favorite mascara, Bad Gal Lash. Before I went out and about, I did use Peony by NYX on the lips followed by a Philosophy lip-gloss in coconut.

This is definitely not my best look but I really wanted to do a blue themed eye look. I hope you enjoy.
Stay beautiful and never forget your lip-gloss!

Going Green

I love the weekends. I actually have the time to play around with my makeup and create more dramatic looks. My look today may not be work/school appropriate but it is a great for a night or it can be toned down if needed. Lately, I have been really into greens. They go really well with my skin tone and browns eyes. I will take you step by step through the process (minus the foundation routine/blush). So let’s get started!

First, I took Humid from Mac and used a Mac 239 brush all over the lid. I made sure it was even but did not take it into the crease. I used a blending brush from the Body Shop to blend out the color and get rid of the harsh lines. Next, I took the lightest green in the Rimmel London Tempting Trio and put in on the inner half of my lid. I used the Mac 239 brush and blended into Humid. In my crease, I used the darkest green from the same trio. I used a Mac 217 brush. I then used the blending brush again to blend and smooth out the harsh lines. I used Mac 219 pencil brush and put Plumage from Mac on the outer corner of my lid and crease. I made sure to blend it in with the other colors. To add some shimmer to the look, I put Mac Steamy lightly on my lid. Then I used the third color from the trio and blended it in on my brow bone and worked into the crease. The last eye shadow I used was Vanilla from Mac and I used this on my brow bone and around the eye to clean it up. On my lower lash line, I took Plumage, Humid, and the Rimmel trio and smudged it out. I took black gel eyeliner from Maybelline and lined my upper and lower lash line and winged it out. To make sure it stayed, I put Carbon from Mac over it. Lastly, black mascara finished the eye look. Since it such a dark look, I went for a nude lip. I used Viva Glam Gaga 2 lipstick/lipglass and added a touch of red lipgloss in the center. The look is complete. Below I have step by step images to help anyone recreate the look. Stay beautiful and Go Green!