Beauty Haul | Recent Purchases

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend. 

I usually film my haul videos, but I'm doing this one is a post today because it's just a few things I've picked up over the past two weeks or so. Some of them are repurchases or I've already shared them on Instagram, so I figured I didn't need to film this. Aka, I might just be lazy. 

Too Faced Sweet Tea Bronzer. After seeing Tanya and Kim's review for this, I knew I had to have it. This is part of their sweetheart collection so it comes in a cute little heart packaging. This just came to my house today so I can't wait to try it. 

Kat Von D Lock it Tattoo Foundation. I ran out of mine and my skin is having break out issues again, I wanted my favorite full coverage foundation. 

I used my Sephora points to get a sample of the Dr Brandt PoresDermabrasion scrub. I already have a sample of this, but I'm really liking Dr Brandt scrubs so I figured I'd get another since it was offered for 100 pts.

Sephora had some promotions online, and some skin care items were included, so I chose the Origins By All Greens foaming deep cleansing mask. I haven't tried much from Origins but this sounded interesting to me. It's a decent size too for a sample. I'll be trying this soon!

Anastasia Glow Kit. I shared this in my post on Friday and a lot of you wanted a review for it. I'll have the review up next week! This is amazing though!

Elf Blush and Contour duo. I had one of these years ago and didn't care much for it. I picked up a new one in different shade than I had, mainly because I was curious to see if the formula is different now that they've improved their quality! 

UD Naked Skin Foundation. Another one of my favorite foundations that I've been meaning to repurchase. 

Maybelline Lipstick in Nude Thrill. I saw a display of these, and I wasn't sure if they were a new collection! I haven't seen these blue packaging on maybelline lipsticks before. I chose a nude shade, because well, that's mostly all I wear. 

Me! Bath Pomegranate Bath Bombs. I found these at target. I was curious as to how they compared to Lush bath bombs since you get 6 of them for $10. 

Shea Moisture peace rose oil complex face moisturizer for sensitive skin. Since I've liked a lot of the Shea Moisture products I've tried and I'm into natural/organic skin care I've been wanting to try some of their skin care products. I needed a new moisturizer, and since my skin is sensitive and I love things with rose in them, I chose this one. 

I'll definitely be doing reviews for a lot of these products, but if there's anything you guys specifically want a review on then let me know! 

Kat Von D Shade + Light Eye Quad Review

Hello! In my recent haul I shared that I picked up one of the new Kat Von D Shade and Light Eye Quads, and today I'm going to share my thoughts on it!

These come in four different shades and they cost $26. All four of the quads are beautiful and they are all matte shades. 

The one I picked up is called Rust and it's full of warm toned colored and is described as 'brownish reds', which are my absolute favorite eyeshadows to wear. 

The back of the box shows you what each shade is suppose to be used for and there's also a little booklet that comes in the box too. I kind of follow this, but not exactly. You can really use these how ever you want to. 

I use the first larger shade as a transition color, then I use the third shade over (the orange one) in my crease. I use the second one over (dark brown) in the outer corner and to deepen up my crease. I use the last shade (cream color) on my lid. I never use a brow bone highlight, which is what it's suppose to be for, and I use it on my lid because I like lighter lid colors when I use darker colors in my crease. 

My overall thoughts

-I'll just come right out an say that this quad is so amazing that I actually went into Sephora yesterday and almost bought another one, and the larger shade and light palette that Kat Von D came out with first. I held myself back but I'm seriously thinking of getting the larger palette. 

-These shadows are so buttery and smooth, and they blend super easy. You can tell a great quality shadow when you apply them, and these definitely are amazing. 

-The pigmentation is great and I never get any fall out when I use these. 

-One of the things that I love the most about this quad is how big the transition shade is. I seriously hit pan and use up transition shades the fastest in palettes, so I can really appreciate that the one included in this palette is double the size of the rest of the shadows. 

-I've been using this non stop since I got it and it's quickly became one of my favorites. 

I've been super impressed with everything that I've tried from Kat Von D's makeup line, and this eyeshadow quad just makes me love her makeup that much more. 

Have you tried any of these eye quads? What's you're favorite from Kat Von D's makeup line? 

Favorite Foundations for Combo-Oily Skin

Hi :)

Today I'm going to share my favorite foundations for my combo oily skin. A lot of these foundations are probably ones you've heard me mentions a lot of times before, but I wanted to do this post because it's taken me a long time to find out which foundations work for me and my skin. These are all ones I've been using for a year or more, so that really tells you how much I love them.

The three main things I look for in a foundation is coverage, staying power, and longevity (if my face will look oily later in the day).

Loreal Infallible Pro Matte

Why I love it: Drugstore, full coverage, and lasts all day, what's not to love? It definitely keeps you matte and doesn't fade. My skin is combo oily and more oily in the summer and this works amazing. 

Estée Lauder Double Wear

Why I love it: it's very light weight and blends into the super nice. It's not super full coverage, but almost. This is by far the longest lasting foundation that I own. 

Makeup Forever Mat Velvet+

Why I love it: This makes my skin look so flawless. Blends great and has great coverage. This one isn't the longest lasting but for an everyday foundation it's great and I rarely have problems with it fading if I use a good setting powder. 

Kat Von D Lock it Tattoo 

Why I love it: The best full coverage foundation I've tried. It covers everything, so I like to use this if I'm having a 'bad skin day'. I find it keeps me matte, and has good lasting power. If you skin is very, very oily I'm not sure I'd recommend this but if you have a good primer max setting powder, go grab a sample and try it out. 

Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1

Why I love it: Great coverage and another good one with very good staying power. Blends nice (how many times am I going to say that lol?), and has a great price tag. 

Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeous

Why I love it: This is actually one that I think any skin type would like it could wear.  It's the cheapest I've mentioned, it's super light weight, and it's a light to medium (buildable) coverage. It covers all my redness well and lasts through the day too. This is my most repurchased foundation, I think I've been through at least 6 of them!

I also wanted to mention the urban decay naked skin foundation because it's also one of my favorites, but I currently don't have it. I've repurchased it 2 or 3 times and have been meaning to get it again! It's another light weight, medium coverage one that lasts through the day too! 

What is your favorite foundations? Any ones that I should try out that I haven't mentioned? 

Current Everyday Makeup

Hello! I do this thing where I get stuck on one makeup look for a few weeks and do it everyday, then I'll get bored and change it. I rarely stray from whatever is my 'current makeup look' that I'm stuck on at the time unless I do something specific for a blog post or I get something new to try. Does anyone else do that, or am I just weird LOL?

I do switch up my foundations and blushes most often, but everything I'm going to show you today is what I've been using the most!

I also had a bit of a hard time yesterday with the lighting in my house, so I took some photos while I was in my car getting ready to leave for work. 

Face Makeup 

Benefit Porefessional Primer, Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo Foundation, Mac Pro Longwear Concealer, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer, Wet n Wild Color Icon Blush in Rose Champagne. 

Lips and Brows

Nyx Micro Brow Pencil and Australis Oh Hai Brow Kit. Milani Lip Liner in Nude and Milani Lipstick in Matte Nude. 

Eye Makeup

I've been really into a darker smokey eye lately and I've been using my Tartelette palette a lot. 

To get this look I use wanderer (1) as a transition shade. I use power play (2) in my crease. I use natural beauty (3) all over my lid, and bombshell (4) on my lower lash line. In this picture bombshell looks black but it's a super dark purple shade. 

For my eyeliner I used Maybelline Line Stiletto and Stila Smudge Stick Eyeliner in Black in my water line. I used Covergirl Super Sizer for my mascara. 

I hope you guys enjoyed this makeup look! Maybe I will do a video tutorial on it soon since its been a while since I filmed a makeup look!

What is your current go to makeup look?  

FOTD: Everything Pink

Hello Everyone! I know I have been doing alot of FOTD posts, but I just get so excited when I put on my makeup in the morning and always want to take pictures of it and blog about the look I created. Lol.  Todays FOTD is going to feature pink eyeshadow, lipstick, blush, and highlighter. I really love all of the products I used in this look and now I will share some pictures!

For my Face:

I used the Kat Von D Lock-It Tattoo foundation (little sample from sephora). I used the Covergirl & Olay simply ageless corrector under my eyes and the Revlon Color Stay concealer on top. I set my makeup with the Maybelline Dream Matte powder. I use the Elf golden bronzer all over my face for a slight bronzy glow.

I used Nars Laguna to contour my face, and Nars Deep Throat for my blush. I used Dior Rose Diamond to highlight my face. I found the best way to apply this highlight is with a smaller brush so it is more precise, rather than using a bigger brush because this is not as pigmented as alot of other highlighters that I've used. 

For my lips I used Snob by Mac.

For my Eyes:

For my eyeshadow base I used the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Inked in Pink. I used the Mac Double Feature 5 duo for my eyeshadow with the light pink all over my lid, and the darker shade in my crease. For my eyeliner I used the Marbella Permanent Eyepen. This eyeliner is great it does not smudge or run off my eyes at all. For my waterline I used Urban Decay 24/7 liner in perversion. For my mascara I used Benefits They're Real. 

I hope you all enjoyed this post and thank you so much for reading!