FOTD: Bold Lip with Purple Liner

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful week and are ready for the weekend. I thought that I would kick off this weekend with a Face of the Day. Today's makeup was inspired by this bold lip color that I have been falling in love with. I also wanted to make my brow eyes stand out. Purple liner is a great way to make your brown eyes pop! It can make the brown appear brighter and more lively. 

This photo was taken in natural lighting without flash.












Here is an upclose shot of my eyes today. As you can tell, I only put the liner on my lower waterline. I wanted just a subtle pop of color on the eyes.  Using a colorful liner on the eyes when the rest of the face is neutral is a great way to incorporate color without going overboard.

 The photo to the right was taken in natural lighting without flash. This photo shows what my eyelids actually look like. Having hooded eyes makes it very difficult to see all of the hardwork that I put into my eyes. 

I took a bright shimmer color all over the lid and a medium taupe through the crease. I used a mix of a black and a somewhat purple shade in the outer corner to darken up the eyes just a little bit. I lined my top lash line with black liquid eyeliner. I finished off the eyes with a few coats of mascara. 

Products used:
Eyes:
Urban Decay Naked Palette - Sin, Toasted
Urban Decay Naked2 Palette - Tease, Blackout
Maybelline Color Tattoo in Tough as Taupe as a base
Urban Decay Primer Potion
ELF Liquid Liner in black
Covergirl Clump Crusher Mascara
Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara (purple)

Face:
Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet + Foundation
Maybelline Color Tatoo in Barely Branded (highlight)
MUFE Full cover concealer 
ELF Blush in Candid Coral
NYC Bronzer in Sunny

Lips:L'Oreal Caresse Wet Shine Stain in Berry Persistent 

The last photo was taken in sunlight without flash. 

Let me know what your thoughts are on this look.
Thanks!

Products I have wanted to try - Haul

Hello everyone! I am back with a haul of products I have been meaning to try out for a really long time. I finally got around to purchasing a few of these products to try out.

ELF Flat Top Powder brush - I have heard people rave and rave about this brush. For $3 I thought that I may as well go ahead and try it out. I haven't used it yet, but the bristles feel very soft. I don't own any brushes with a flat top, so I am excited to see how it performs. I have heard of people using this brush for foundation, powder, and blush. I will do a review on the brush once I have had time to really try it out.

Revlon Colorstay Foundation - This foundation has really lit up the internet with rave reviews. I have even heard people say it is the best drugstore foundation. With all the reviews, I was itching to try it. I had to return my Revlon Nearly Naked foundation for reasons I will explain in my review of it (coming very soon).

Maybelline Color Tattoos - I think the color tattoos came out about a year ago and since then beauty bloggers have expressed their love for the products. I thought it would be a cool product to try out. I haven't tried cream eyeshadows before. I purchased Electric Blue, Tough as Taupe, and Barely Branded.

L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow - I picked up Golden Emerald to try out. The color looked absolutely beautiful and really jumped out at me. These are supposed to be somewhat similar to the color tattoos I just mentioned. By purchasing some of each brand I can really compare them.

Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer - I have seen beauty bloggers use this product for a few months now and it has really made me want to try out this concealer. I have heard mixed reviews that it covers under eye circles for some and not for others. I am hunting for a good under eye concealer, so this made me want to give this a try.

I hope you guys enjoyed my little haul of products I have been dying to try. Let me know which products you would like a review on and if you have tried out these products let me know what you think.

Challenge: Ocean Inspired Eyes

Hello everyone! Today'/s makeup challenge was to create an Ocean Inspired Eye makeup look. I thought this would be really fun to do because I have totally neglected doing colorful eyes due to my job. Using color again was so REFRESHING! This look also gave me a chance to revisit my Sigma Paris Palette. I actually just hit pan on the highlight shade in the palette. It is one of my absolute favorites! 

Products used:
Eyes:

Louvre, Versailles, Triomphe, Orsay, Seinne, Eiffel Sigma Paris palette

Covergirl Clump Crusher mascara

Nyx jumbo pencil in milk

WetnWild Coloricon eyeliner in turquoise 

Face:

monistat antichaffing gel (primer)

Make Up Forever Mat Velvet + foundation

Ulta Baked Bronzer in Radiance

ELF Blush in Candid Coral

Lips:

Rimmel Lipstick in Airy Fairy (070)

Updated Pin up look in high quality

Hi everyone! I wanted to do an updated Pin-up look using my higher quality camera. I think a pin-up look can just help you feel pretty for the whole day. Red lipstick is such a fun and bold thing to wear on your lips. Here's the look I came up with for today using a new technique for the eyes.I also decided to put my hair in a fauxhawk for the day using some sculpting clay. I hope you all like this look. Let me know what you think! :)

 Products used:

Eyes:
NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk
BH Cosmetics 88 cool matte palette (white)

Urban Decay Naked Palette - Naked and Buck

Revlon Brow Fantasy in Dark Blonde

NYX HD Concealer 

Maybelline the colossal volume express mascara

Face:
Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hr foundation

NYC Bronzer in Sunny

Sigma Paris Palette Blush Peche and Lumiere Highlighter

Lips:
NYC Retro Red Lipstick




And here's a very rare photo of me smiling!
Let me know if you want a tutorial for this look!

FOTD: Pop of Teal with Sigma and Urban Decay

 I've got another Face of the Day using the Sigma Paris Palette. I also used one shade from the Urban Decay original Naked Palette. I was able to get my hubby to take these pics, so they are all in high quality. If you haven't purchased the Sigma Paris Palette yet, I would highly recommend it. Read my Sigma Paris Palette review if you haven't yet.

Let me know what you think of this look, too.

 Products used:

Eyes:
Sigma Paris Palette

Louvre

Triomphe

Versailles

Urban Decay Naked Palette - Naked

Elf Liquid Liner in Black

Wet n Wild Gel Liner in Black

Ulta Volumuptous Mascara in Black

NYX HD Concealer

Revlon Brow Fantasy in Dark Blonde

Face:
Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 hr Foundation

Ulta Cheek Color in Flush

NYC Bronzer - Sunny

NYC Translucent Powder (Setting)

Lips:

Ulta Lip Gloss in Flirtini

FOTD: Blue and Black

Today's look is a little darker than what I would normally wear for spring. I had a Revlon eyeshadow laying around that I had only used once, so I thought it would be nice to try it out for today. I'll just be running some errands (going to UPS, Walmart, etc) today. Nothing that I really needed to get dolled up, but playing with makeup is so much fun! I also thought this look was a way to wear blue eyeshadow without looking like a middle school girl who just learned what makeup was lol! I toned down the blue by adding a soft cream colored highlight and some black to add depth at the outer-v area. Since the eyes are more intense, I paired it with a soft peach cheek and a glossy neutral lip. 

I hope that you all enjoy this look! Let me know what you think of it!

Products used:
Eyes:
ELF Eyelid Primer ($1 at Target, check it out!)
Revlon Satin Eyeshadow Peacock Luster

Creep eyeshadow and Sin eyeshadow from UD Naked Palette
ELF Eyeliner Pen in Black

ULTA Eyeliner in Black

Maybelline the Colossal Volume Mascara in Black

Face:
Elf Blush in Candid Coral
Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 HR Foundation

Lips:
Ulta Lip gloss

FOTD: Glasses/New foundation

Hi everyone! Sorry that I haven't been posting. I've been having some really bad allergy attacks lately, so my face has been too puffy to do any makeup looks. I recently purchased a new foundation, so I wanted to do a face of the day using it. I will be doing a full review on the foundation after I've used it a few more times. Stay tuned for more reviews and a new series of Monthly Favorites! 

I think this look is a nice soft look for spring. 

Products used:

Eyes:
Old Covergirl Trio that I have
Elf waterproof eyeliner pen in black
Revlon Fabulash Waterproof Mascara in Black
Ulta eyeliner in black

Face:
Elf Blush in Candid Coral
Rimmel Lasting Finish 25 HR Foundation 

Lips:
Revlon Lip Butter in Tuitti Fruitti