August Favorites

Hi Friends! Happy September 1st! I'm super excited that my favorite month is here, and that Fall is right around the corner! I'll be sad to see summer go, but there's always so much I look forward to in the next few months to come!

I don't know what's happened to my blog posts lately! Time has been getting away from me and I've been forgetting of plan Friday posts. The opposite had happened to me this week. Everyday I've been telling myself to take photos for my blog and get a post done, and now here I am Friday, with this being my only post this week! Oops!

But regardless, I am here with my August favorites. I didn't have much to share this month, few a few makeup/beauty products and no lifestyle favorites. I've been ridiculously busy and consumed these past two weeks with my Etsy Store and tying to grow my Instagram page for it! Okay, let's talk Favorites now.

-I've been super in love with the L'Oréal infallible Amber Rush shadow lately. It's so easy to just throw on my lid for a simple eyemakeup look with some bronzer in my crease. I showed how I use it in my Current Makeup Routine Post, if you haven't checked that post out yet!

-For blush I've been using my Morphe 9N palette a lot, specifically the peachy shade in the dead center of the palette. This was also featured in my current makeup routine post.

-I've also been loving Bennefit Sugar Bomb blush. I honestly didn't like this blush when I first bought it a few years ago and only used in a handful of times until recently. I thought it lacked color and just wasn't very exciting. Now I've changed my mind because I really enjoy wearing blushes that look very natural and just give some subtle color to my cheeks.

-I've been obsessed with this Tarte Lip Paint in Birthday Suit that came in the Sephora birthday gift for this year. It's the perfect shade and I'm in love.

-The L'Oréal Lash Paradise has becomes my favorite mascara right now (reviewed here) and I swear the more I use it, the more I love it.

-And lastly, I've been using the Burt's Bees Gentle Foaming Cleanser for Normal to Combo skin and I really like it! I bought this because Ulta was out of the Acne Solutions cleanser that I also really love, and I'm super impressed with this foaming cleanser too! I've been loving Burt's Bees skin care lately and my skin has responded really well to everything that I've tried!

So that's all for my favorites this month! I just realized that almost all the makeup I mentioned was products I shared in my everyday makeup routine post. I'm sorry for being repeative, but oh well!

What are you loving this month?

Current Everyday Makeup | Summer to Fall

Hi :)

Today I'm sharing a video on my current makeup routine. This is pretty much what I've been doing with my makeup most days for the past month or so. I can't get enough of my Morphe palettes that I purchased on vacation, so you get to see them in action here in this video!

This makeup has some red/orange tones in it, and a little bit of a darker lip color so its a perfect makeup look to transition from Summer to Fall. I'll definitely be doing more Fall makeup looks soon!

Click HERE to checkout the tutorial!

What is you current go to makeup look?

5 Cheaper Alternatives to Your Favorite High End Makeup

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Today I'm sharing 5 cheaper alternatives to high end makeup. These products I'm about to show are ones I've used for a long time and I think are just as great of quality as high end ones. A few of them I've replaced some high end makeup with that I use to buy all the time, and since I've discovered these ones, I haven't repurchased the high end version! 

L'Oreal Infallablie Pro Spray & Set. This is my favorite setting spray. I used to buy the UD All Nigter spray until I found this one. A lot of drugstore brands have setting sprays now, I've tried the new Maybelline one and I'm not a fan. I did a blog post over a year ago comparing this L'Oreal one to the UD one, where I got technical and compared prices to fl oz, and showed that this one works just as well as UD, but you are getting the most for your money. You can read it here. 

Nyx Micro Brow. This is exactly like the Anastasia Brow Wiz. It's half the price, and if you can get Nyx buy one get one half off at Ulta, then you can get 2 for $15. I have another blog post comparing the two product here. 

Wet n Wild Color Icon Blush I have mine in the shade Rose Champagne. I want a few more of these, and I'm super impressed with the quality of these blushes for how affordable they are. They are just as great as a lot of my high end blushes (and better than some!) and I reach for this one more. 

Elf Contour Palette. This little gem is only $6. I don't actually have any high end contour palettes, but I do have a ton of high end bronzers and I still prefer this elf palette for contouring. Plus is comes with a bronzer, contour, banana shade, and a highlight! 

Maybelline Lipsticks. These are my favorite drugstore lipsticks. I have a ton from different lines, but the creamy mattes are my favorite. You all know I love Mac lipsticks, but these are just as good! 

I definitely plan on doing more posts like this in the future because I love finding affordable options to high end makeup! 

What are your favorite affordable makeup products? 

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? 

Drugstore Favorites

Hi :)

I've been meaning to do an updated drugstore favorites. I didn't want to do a top five or ten like I have in the past, so today I'm sharing all of my favorites from the drugstore. It's hard to narrow down favorites and these are all things that I love just as much as my high end makeup so I wanted to include everything.  This video is pretty long, so I'm sorry about that! 

Here's some of the products, but I share a ton more in the video!

I hope you enjoy watching, and props of you actually watched the whole thing lol!!

What are some of your drugstore favorites? 

Drugstore & Lush Haul

Hello beautiful people!! I feel like I haven't blogged in forever. I tried to keep up on everyone's blog posts while I was out of town. I think I did a good job but if I missed any of your posts please let me know so I can check them out!

Even when I'm on vacation, I still somehow find a way to go shopping and buy makeup. True makeup addict right here. 

While I was away I found some drugstore makeup items that I wanted to try out, and I also went to a lush store and got a few things. 

1. Lush Bath Bombs in Dragons Egg and Twlight. They didn't have any new ones to try out so I picked up Dragons Egg because it's my favorite, and I've tried Twilight before but I don't remember it. I also got a Tea Tree Toner Tab which is a facial steamer. 

2. Lush Fresh Face Mask in Catastrophe Cosmetic. I have never tried their fresh face masks before so I was pretty excited about this. The toner tab I got was to use with this to open my pores before I apply it. I will be doing a review for both of these in upcoming 'skin care Sunday' posts!

3. Wet n Wild MegaGlo illuminating powder in Catwalk Pink. I've never seen these before and I was curious because it was only $3.99. It's more of a blush but the name sounds like it would be a highlight. I also got the Loreal True Match Lumi Powder Glow Illuminator in Rose. Everyone seems to be talking about these but I've been obsessed with highlighters lately so I wanted to try one. 

4.  I got two of the Loreal La Lacque lip crayons. For some reason I can't find the names of these on the tube. I got a pinky mauve shade and a raspberry shade which is super bold for me. I will be doing a review on these soon and hopefully can find the names of them! The last thing I picked up a Rimmel Lasting Finish Lip Liner in the shade Kisses. This one is a dark mauve shade that's on the more purple side. 

This completes my haul post! I hope you all enjoyed reading!

Have you tried any of these items before? I'd so, leave your thoughts on them in the comments! 

January Favorites!

I haven't done a favorites post since October! Does anyone else feel like writing favorites post is a chore? I do! And I also feel like they are an obligation as a beauty blogger LOL! That's probably why I haven't done one in so long. Honestly, 90% of the time I use the same stuff everyday/every month unless I get something new and that's another reason why I haven't done one. 

So since I haven't done one in months, I thought this would be a good time to do one. With that being said, I probably won't do these every month, just randomly when I feel like I have goodies to share ;)

First up is some cheek products. My all time favorite bronzer is Nars Laguna. I finished up the one I had in a blush/bronzer duo and I bought the full size back in December. I've already hit pan on this!! I seriously have been neglecting all of my Bronzers for months because I love this one so much! 

Next is two blushes- Physicians Formula Argan Wear Blush and Majolica Majorca Puff de Cheek Blush. I've done reviews for both of these, but I seriously can't stop using them! They both just give you just a beautiful flush of color! 

You've all seen the Urban Decay Naked palettes a million times. The original one is my favorite and you can tell mine is well loved. This has been my go to palette for the past few months. I'm going to have a post on my currentl everyday eye look using this soon! 

Next up is the L'Oreal Infallibe Pro Spray & Set. I love this setting spray so much! I'm going to do a post comparing it to the UD all nighter spray soon, but this is obviously a spoiler that I love it.  Next to it is the Pacifica Island Vanilla Perfume. My sweet husband got this for me and it smells like heaven. I've had my eye on this one for a while and if you like vanilla scents, then you would love this one! 

Lastly I'm going to share my favorite lip combo! It's the Urban Decay 24/7 lip pencil in Naked with Mac Hug Me on top of it!! I wore this in a recently FOTD post. I never use to be into lip liners but once I tried one from Mac, I was hooked! Hug me was a long time favorite lip stick of mine but these two together is just amazing. I got this lip liner as a free sample when I ordered something from UD so long ago and it's just been sitting in my makeup collection. I'm so glad I'm using it now!

Now that I've wrote novel long descriptions for each item, this concludes my favorites post!! I'm super hyped up on coffee right now, so that is the culprit for my ramblings. 

What are your favorites this month?

Also, if you guys have any request for posts please let me know! I'm feeling sort of un creative right now and also feel like I'm slacking a little. Someone inspire me! 

FOTD | All Drugstore

Hello! Today I'm going to share a FOTD post using all drugstore products. This was such easy and affordable so it's something everyone can do! 

For my face 

Covergirl Ready Set Gorgeoues Foundation and Concealor, Rimmel Stay Matte powder, Milani baked blush in Dolce Pink, Elf blush/bronzer duo from the Snow White collection, Physicaisn Formula Shimmer Strip in Warm Nude. 

On my lips I have Nude Lust from Maybelline the buffs collection. 

For my eyes 

For my eye base I used Maybelline Color Tattoo in Audacious Asphalt and Maybelline The Smokes Palette for my eyeshadow. For my liners I use Loreal Lineur Intense Carbon Black and Silkissime pencil liner. For mascara I usd Maybelline Lash Sensational. 

I hope you all enjoyed and thanks for reading! 

What are your favorite drugstore products to wear everyday?

FOTD | Featuring the Naked 2 Palette

Hello!! I'm going to share a quick FOTD post! I feel like I'm on a roll with all these makeup looks lately- that's probably because I was slacking on them for so long!

For my face

Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation, Mac Pro Longwear Concealer, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, Nars Laguna Bronzer, Hourglass Ambiant Lightening Palette, Benefit Rockateur Blush. I forgot (again) to include my lipstick in the picture. I'm wearing Maybelline Soft Matte Lipstick in Touch of Spice. 

For the eyes 

Naked 2 Palette for my eyeshadow, and Mac Paintpot in Painterly for my eye base.  Tease as my transition color, Snakebite in the crease and lower lash line, YDK all over the lid. L'Oreal lineur intense liquid liner, Urban Decay Rehab in my water line, and Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara. 

I hope you all enjoyed this makeup look and thanks for reading! 

Favorite Lip Products!

Happy November Everyone!! I was totally going to do an October monthly favorites post but I got really lazy and decided not to do one because I don't think my favorites for the month are that exciting lol. Instead I decided to do a post on all of my favorite lip products! I've mentioned before that I normally wear alot of nude/pink toned lipsticks and gloss so a lot of these that I'm going to be sharing are very similar in color. I'm also really picky about what lip products I like to wear and I rarely find one that I love. I don't know why this is, but I'm going to show the ones that I do love! 

From left to right- 

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Rush

Nars Lipstick in Shrinagar

Urban Decay Lip Junkie Lipgloss in Wallflower 

L'Oreal Colour Riche Balm in Nourishing Nude

Mac Lipstick in Hug Me

Buxom Gloss in Dolly.

I realize that there is only one drugstore product in here and the rest are on the more expensive side, but like I mentioned before, I'm super picky sorry! The UD Revolutionary Lipstick and the Buxom Gloss are pretty new to my collection but I absolutely love both of them! 

Here are swatches for all of the products. They are all a pinkish nude shade, with the exception of the Nars lipstick. This one is a little bit darker berry color. It looks a lot darker and more pigmented when it's actually on the lips. 

These are all great lipsticks and gloss that have really nice formulation to them. They all apply nicely and really smooth to my lips. I have not had any of them dry out my lips either, which is great because I hate having dry lips! 

Have you tried any of these lip products? If so leave your thoughts on them below!