Everyday Makeup Routine

It's been a while since I've share a makeup look here on my blog! I thought I'd share my simple and go to, everyday makeup look that I've been wearing lately. I usually opt for lighter eyemakeup during the week (if I actually do my makeup), and save a full eye look for weekends or if I have go somewhere important.

PRODUCTS I USED

BASE + FACE MAKEUP

I rarely ever use a face primer anymore unless I do my makeup earlier in the day and want it to last, or if I have somewhere special to go so that is why no primer is pictured. For foundation I've been using my Covergirl Healthy Elixir Foundation. For concealer and setting power I use Mac Pro Longwear and Rimmel Stay Matte, these are my two holy grails. My go to bronzer has been the Stila Stay all Day Bronzer, I use it to warm up my face and a light contour. For blush I've been reaching into my Morphe 9N blush palette for this look I used the peachy shade in the very center (middle shade, second row). Since this blush has some shimmer, I skipped a highlight.

BROWS

The only brow products I ever use is Nyx Micro brow pencil and Essence Gimme brow gel. They are just the best brow products.

EYES

I always prime with Mac Painterly paint pot, even if I don't wear shadow. It conceals any darkness or discoloration on my lids. For shadow I honestly just take my blending brush and dip it into my Bronzer, blend it into my crease and under my lash line. Then I've been using L'Oréal Amber Rush shadow all over my lid. It's light, pretty, and gives a little color and shimmer without being too much. I tight line with L'Oréal Silkissime liner so my lashes look fuller, and finish up with L'Oréal Lash Paradise mascara (missed my review? Check it out here!)

FINISHED LOOK

I forgot to add my lipstick in the photo above, so here it is with the makeup look photos. I absolutely love this mini Tarteist lip paint in Birthday Suit that came with the Sephora birthday gift. It's literally the best color of life, and the most comfortable liquid lipstick I've ever worn. I want need the full size.

So there's my everyday makeup look and routine! I probably should have filmed this for my YouTube channel but *shrugs*.

EXTRAS!

I reached 600 followers on my 2nd Instagram account that I have for my Etsy Store! In honor of reaching 500 last week, I'm holding a giveaway over there and I'm over the moon that I already grew to 600 in just a few days. 

I'd love for you all to enter the giveaway, and win some goodies from my Etsy Store! Checkout my giveaway post on my MoonElements Instagram for more details!

Current Everyday Makeup Routine

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today I'm sharing my current makeup routine. This is how I've been doing my makeup for the past month or so, when I've actually been wearing makeup. Since I'm home all day most days, I don't wear any makeup anymore and I just let my skin breathe. I usually only do my makeup once a week, sometimes twice, so these products I'm using in the video have been staples in my collection recently.

You can click HERE to checkout the video on my YouTube channel!

What's in my 'Emergency' Makeup Bag

From the title of this post, I bet you all are thinking what the hell is an emergency makeup bag? 

Basically, this is my everyday makeup bag that I keep in my purse, with some essentials, but also a ton of crap that I'll usually never need. Anyone think I'm crazy yet?

There's a story behind this 'emergency' makeup bag. When I was in Califronia, we randomly decided to go to Catalina Island and stay the night. But since this was spontaneous (and so sooo worth it), we took nothing with us. No change of clothes, no tooth brush, nothing. So of course the makeup addict in me was freaked out that I had none of my makeup to put my face on the next morning, and no skin care or hair products with me. We were able to buy changes of clothes, deodorant, tooth brush etc. but the only things I had with me were an eye brow pencil, concealer and some powder. Thankfully the hotel had face wipes to take my makeup off. 

So long intro aside, I vowed to always have a  bag of makeup on my from now on, just in case. Ok now you can call me crazy if you want. 

With the exception of lip products, I put things in here from my collection that I don't use too often. That way I don't miss them while they are in purse.

I have my Urban Decay Naked Flushed Palette. This pretty travel friendly and had a blush, bronzer, and highlight all in one. It also had a good sized mirror. 

I also have the Elf Acne Fighting Foundation which isn't my favorite, but the coverage is decent and it's fine for being in a pinch. 

The Covergirl Ready Set Gorgoues Concealer, and some brushes. I have a stipple brush for foundation, a buffer brush for the blush and bronzer, and two mini eye brushes. I actually don't have any eyeshadow in here, but I can use the bronzer and highlight for shadow too. 

 

I have a Nude by Nature setting powder, which is always in my bag no matter what. 

I have a few eyeliners, the Maybelline Super Skinny, UD 24/7 liner in Zero, and Maybelline Line Stiletto. 

I also keep and Eye brow pencil which is from Chella, and then the one from Nyx is actual used up and I just have it in there for the spoolie. 

And last in this photo is a mascara from Estée Lauder. 

Next is lip products! From left to right is Bite Beauty Duo in Lychee and Rusk, Tarte lipstick in Park Avenue Princess, Nars lip crayon in Rikugien, and a PUR Cosmetics lipstick in Sheer Zircon. These are all nude and mauve tones that look good with anything. 

And very last, I have a mini cleanser from FAB, and mini Moistuizer from Olay, and two makeup wipes. These may seem unecessary, but when I was in Califronia with no cleanser or Moistuizer, my skin was breaking out for over a week afterwards. Thank you, sensitive skin! 

I've also thrown in a mini deodorant, contact solution and case in my purse too. I realize I don't need all these items on an every day basis, but it's nice to have a bag put together just in case I need something. I've run into more than enough situations where I could have used a lot of these products! 

Do you have an everyday makeup bag? If so, what do you keep in it? 

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 | Everyday Neutral for Fall

Hello! I'm going to share the makeup look that I've done pretty much everyday lately. It's neutral and great for this season and the blush and lipstick I used are one of my favorites for Fall. 

Face Makeup

Benefit Porefessional primer, Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous foundation, Mac Pro Longwear concealer, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, Australis AC on Tour Contour Palette for my bronzer and highlight, Nars Almeria Blush. 

Eyes 

 Mac painterly paint pot to prime, Tartelette palette for my eyeshadow. I didn't get a close up of the eyes but I used wanderer as my transition, dreamer in my crease and lower lash line, and force of nature on my lid. I used Loreal Lineur intense liquid liner, UD shadow stick in rehab on my waterline, and Covergirl super sized for my mascara

Lips 

Mac morning coffee lip liner and Mac hug me lipstick on top. 

What is your go to makeup look for Fall? 

What's In My Makeup Bag?

Hello!! I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately! I've been sick with a cold for almost two weeks! I've been slacking on the makeup looks but I promise I'll have some up soon!

I was tagged by Margo on Instagram a few weeks ago to do a 'what's in my makeup bag' but I totally spaced and forgot to post a pic on Instagram for it. So I thought I'd do a blog post on it instead, because I have excessive amounts and I don't think I could fit it all in one picture LOL!

This is the bag I always carry in my purse. I believe it's from target- I've been using it for years so I'm not 100% sure. I like this one because it matches all my purses pretty well. 

Nude by Nature setting powder- this was sent to me by my lovely friend Natalie when she sent me some Australian goodies during our beauty swap. I always keep a powder with me to touch up if I need it. And I think the packaging on this is so cute and pretty! 

Concealer stick- I think this is from Maybelline (the label wore off!) but I always keep this for touch up too. 

Hand sanitizer- because germs, yo. 

Ease Up headache and tension relief oil- i got this in my September BuddhiBox and its a roller ball with an essential oil blend for headaches and tension relief. This also smells amazing so it dupes as a perfume ;)

Wellsmith Scented Shea Butter- another item from BuddhiBox, I like that this is small and can for easily in my purse. It's a great lotion/hand balm and also smells amazing. Plus it's in s cute little tin and I feel fancy that it's not like s regular lotion in a tube. 

The Body Shop lip butter- I always have to have some kind of chapstick or lip balm with me! This one is moisturizing and smells good. 

And here is the rest of my excessive (and embarrassing) amounts of lip products. Nars lip crayon in Rikugien, Nyx Butter Glosses in tiramisu and Creme brûlée, Nyx Butter Lipstick in Pops, 2 lipbalms, and Nyx lipliner in Natural. All of these Nyx products I have multiples of so I just throw them into my purse. 

 I also carry two brow pencils, two eyeliners, a mini mascara, hair tie and hair pin. The reason for the two brow pencils and eyeliners is you have no idea how many times I've gone to use them and the tip is broke off or they need to be sharpened. So I put extras in there so this doesn't happen bahaha. Or maybe I just like to hoard things. 

OK now that you've all seen the excessive amounts of things I stuff into this little makeup bag, tell me what do you always carry with you in yours? Let me know in the comments!!

FOTD: Classic Red Lip + Neutral Eyes

*Hello!*

I've always admired anyone who can pull off a red lip really well. I never thought I could (and am still not sure I can LOL) but after I colored my hair back to brunette, I'm finding myself wearing more colors and being more daring than when I was a blonde. Werid, I know. 

Anyways I was trying out a red lip and paired it with a neutral eye looks so I thought I would share it here on my blog!

FOTD- Red Lips and Neutral Eyes 

For the Face 

Primer- Benefit Porefessional 

Foundation- Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation 

Concealer- Mac Pro Longwear 

Powder- Rimmel Stat Matte 

Bronzer- Benefit Hoola

Blush- Tarte Amazonian Clay in Exposded 

Highlighter- Mac Soft and Gentle 

For the Lips 

I got both of these lips prodcuts in Ipsy bags. I always get a lot of red lip products from them and I usually just throw them in a box and never use them. I pulled these two out to try them with some incouragment from a friend. The lip crayon is from J Cats and the gloss is from Bombshell. 

For the Eyes 

This is my everyday eye look using the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette. About 90% of the time, this is the eye look that I wear. It's fast, easy, and takes no time to do. 

Primer- Mac Painterly Paint Pot

Lid Color- w.o.s 

Crease Color- faint and blended out with naked 2

Lower Lash Line- faint 

Brow Bone- Venus

Eyeliner- L'Oreal lineur intense liquid liner and L'Oreal extra intense liquid eye pencil in water line

Mascara- Maybelline Falsies 

This is all for my FOTD post! The red lip was definitely out of my comfort zone, but the more I wore it, the more I was stating to like it! I think it looks really bright against my pale skin, which is kind of scary haha!! 

Can you rock red lips? Let me know in the comments!