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? 

Top 14 of 2014! Makeup Favorites

Hello beautiful people!

 I didn't do a monthly favorites post for December because I wanted to do a post that included my favorites for the entire year. I picked some of the things that I purchased in 2014 that were my favorites and that I used the most. This post is going up a little bit later than I wanted it to, and thats mainly because I used my new camera I got for Christmas to take the photos, and I'm super lazy when it comes to actually blogging from my computer (I'm so lazy that I take the photos and blog from my phone >.<). Also, I know that pretty much every blogger and youtuber has done posts and videos on this already, so sorry if you are tired of seeing the 'best of beauty' posts lol!

Top 14 of 2014

My two favorite foundations that I purchased this year are the Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation, and the Covergirl Ready set Gorgeous Foundation. I love both of these a lot, and I really recommend checking out both of them if you are in need of a new foundation! The Covergirl one is definitely my most used one out of all the foundations that I own. 

Two of my other favorites this year came from Hourglass. The Ambient Lighting Palette and the Ambient Lighting Blush in Mood Exposure are two of my most used makeup items. I use the palette everyday and the blush is one of my favorites that I own. Silly me forgot to take a picture of them other than the packaging. Lol fail. 

The next two come from Nars. You all know I'm a huge fan of their cheek products! The first one is the Nars Laguna Bronzer. This is my all time favorite bronzer. I just purchased the full size a month or so ago because I used up the one I had that came with the blush duo. The next item is the Nars Almeria blush. I'm so obsessed with this blush its not even funny. It's such a unique color and I can't get enough of it.

These are my four favorite palettes I purchased this year. The first one is the UD Naked2 Basics palette. It's a great neutral palette for everyday wear. I used this one almost everyday and it's great if you are a fan of the Naked eyeshadow line like I am. 

Next is the Makeup Forever Artist shadows. These are the ones that you choose which colors go into your empty palette. These are super nice and really great quality!

The Too Faced Cat Eyes palette was another favorite of mine this year. The colors in it are gorgeous and I'm seriously in love with the Cheetah print packaging. 

Last for eyeshadows is the Maybelline The Nudes Palette. This is by far the best drugstore eyeshadow that I own. I love this palette so much and its another one I used on an everyday basis!

My two favorite and most used lipsticks are Mac Faux (left) and Mac Viva Glam 2 (right). They look similar here but Faux is more pink toned, and Viva Glam 2 is more brown/nude.

My favorite scent was Gucci Guilty. This stuff smells like heaven! If you haven't smelled this before, please go do so! It's amazing!

The last for my favorites this year is my set of Sigma Brushes. I believe I bought these last March. It was a set of 7 brushes on promotion for Jaclyn Hill on YouTube. I'm very sorry these are gross and dirty, but I use these everyday and they are amazing. I did have my F80 fall apart on me and Sigma was kind enough to send me a new one! 

This concluded my favorite post for 2014!! Thank you all for reading!

What are some of your favorites for 2014? Let me know in the comments!