Car Selfie + Bad Hair Day = Nice Makeup Application

Makeup of the day includes New and Favorite products with a bad hair day :)

Skin Prep:

• Michael Todd True Organics Moisture Lite Non-Oily Hydrating lotion
• Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief Gel-Creme (Eye)
• Maybelline Master Primer Blur + Smooth #100
• Ardency Inn Americana Ultra Lightweight Skin Perfecting Primer
• Nivea Men Post Shave Balm (Sensitive) only in my T-zone area where I get oily

Face:

• Estes Lauder Double Wear Foundation '3W1 Tawny' 
• Kevyn Aucoin The Sensual Skin Enhancer 'SX07' (highlight T-zone, under my eyes & my lower jaw line)
• Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess '02 Medium'
• Besame Brightening Vanilla Powder (over the areas I highlighted)
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette:
• Dim Light powder all over my face (areas I didn't cover with Besame powder)
• Incandescent Light powder to highlight 
• Cargo Cosmetics Blush 'Miami Beach'
• Surratt Beauty e/s 'Truffe' for my Brows
• Anastasia Beverly Hills 'Clear' Brow Gel

Eyes:

• MAC Pro Paintpot 'Painterly'
• MAC Pro e/s 'Always Sunny' as my transitional shade (crease and above crease)
• Lime Crime Venus Palette:
• Creation e/s on crease
• Icon e/s on lid & lower outer lash line
• Muse e/s on ouster crease & lower outer lash line  
• Divine e/s on lower outer lash line (smudge under 'Muse' e/s)
• MAC Eye Pencil 'Teddy' on lower outer lash line
• MAC Eye Pencil '15/25' on water line
• MAC Upward Black Lash Mascara 

Lips:

• Lime Crime Velvetine Liquid Lipstick 'Shroom'

Pre Valentine Look & Outfit

I attended an engagement party over the weekend that was absolutely beautiful.  This look can be worn for any event during the day or evening.  

Face Prep:

• Michael Todd Blue-Green Algae Toner
• Michael Todd Antiox Serum 
• Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre (moisturizer)
• Nivea Men Post Shave Balm - Sensitive 

I mixed the moisturizer and shave balm by warming  it up using my hands and then applied it to my entire face.

• Benefit The Porefessional Primer - apply this primer in the area that is needed.  For me it will be my nose. 

FACE:

• BECCA Ultimate Coverage Complexion Creme Foundation - Nude.  I used a beauty blender to apply.
• Urban Decay Naked Concealer - Medium Light.  Applied on my t-zone to highlight and blended with my beauty blender
• MAC Pro Sculpting Powder - Shadester. I used Bdellium Tools brush #944 to contour and sculpt
• Buxom Bronzer - Tahiti. Used Sedona Lace Brush #FB 03
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette - Dim Light Powder. Used Crown Brushes C309 Jumbo Chisel Powder brush and applied it to my entire face.
• H.G.A.L Palette - Incandescent Light. Used Sigma Tapered Highlighter F35 & applied above the apple of my cheeks. 
• BECCA After Glow Palette - Mineral Blush Flowerchild - applied with Real Techniques Multi-task brush
• B.A.G. Palette Skin Perfector Pressed - Moonstone and Rose Gold.  Applied with Sigma F35 over Incandescent Light
• MAC Studio Sculpt Defining Powder - Light Plus.  Applied with Morphe Brushes G2 (Gun Metal Collection) over my t-zone where I applied concealer. 
• Caudalie Beauty Elixir Mist
• Urban Decay Chill Cooling & Hydrating Makeup Spray

Brows:

• NYX Micro Brow Pencil - Chocolate
• Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Gel - Clear

EYES:

• MAC Pro Longerwear Paint Pot - Painterly 
• Morphe Brushes - 35 W Palette 

M.B Palette - This is hard to explain since Morphe Brushes eyeshadows doesn't have names.  

• First Row/L to R/3rd e/s - under brow bone & inner tear duct
• Second Row/L to R/6th e/s - blend all over eye lid to crease and lower lash line
• Fourth Row/L to R/1st e/s - blend on crease
• Fifth Row/L to R/3rd e/s - blend on outer crease & smudge on outer lower lash line
• Second Row/L to R/4th e/s - blend above crease
• Fifth Row/Left to R/1st e/s - apply on the lid then reapply using the same color with a damp brush

• NYX Cosmetics Matte Liquid Liner - Black on upper lash line
• NYX Cosmetics Glam Liner Aqua Luxe - Nude.  Applied in the center of the eye lid
• MAC Upward Lash Mascara 
• Eyelure Vegas Nay Lashes - Shining Star 

Lips:

• Kat Von D Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick - Mother and Foiled Love (discontinued) in the center of the lips

Outfit for the day -

Lace Top - Lane Bryant
Leather Skirt - Macy's Plus Size
Fish Tights - Lane Bryant 

Morphe Brushes Palette 35 W (plum & purple)

I was very happy with this look because I kept it simple and wearable for any event/day or night.  

FACE:

• Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre 
• Make Up For Ever Step 1 Base Smoothing Primer
• MAC Pro Longer Nourishing Waterproof Foundation NC35
• L'Oreal Paris Infallible Pro Matte Foundation #106 Sun Beige
• Kevyn Aucoin The Celestial Liquid Lighting 

I mixed the two foundations and Kevyn Aucoin Liquid Lighting in a palette with a spatula and applied with Bdellium Tools #957 Brush

• Kevyn Aucoin The Sensual Skin Enhancer SX 07 concealer to highlight my face
• Besame Cosmetics Brightening Vanilla Powder Translucent to 'bake' my face
• MAC Sculpting Powder 'Shadester' to contour
• MAC Pro Longerwear Blush 'Make You Mine'
• TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer Luminizer

Brows:

• NYX Micro Brow Pencil 'Ash Brown'
• MAC Brow Set 'Beguile'  

EYES:

I only used my Morphe Brush palette 35 W palette for this look.  It's a bit hard to describe since the eye shadows doesn't have names or numbers.

• MAC Pro Paint Pot 'Painterly' 
• Light Brown (2nd row/6th color/left to right) blending on the crease 
• Light Cream/Yellow e/s (1st row/3 color/left to right) above crease and under brow bone
• Lavender/Plum/Purple e/s (3rd row/4th color/left to right) on the lid
• KiKo Long Lasting Stick Eyeshadow #20 in the water line and lash line
• Light Brown e/s over the black liner and blend
• Urban Decay Perversion mascara on upper and lower lashes
• Lash Bunny Mink Lashes 'Bunny Love'

LIPS:

• Kat Von D. Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick

- 'Vampira' starting on the outer lips and working to the middle on top & bottom lip

- 'Double Dare' in the middle of the lip 

'Teddy Boy' Pigment using Ardency Inn & MAC Cosmetics

Left Side: Completed Look w/Lashes and Right Side: Not Completed & No Lashes

This look was inspired to the welcoming of FALL and the leaves change of color.  I was super excited to use my new pigment 'Teddy Boy' from Ardency Inn and 'Great Dame' fluidline from MAC.   


EYES:

• MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot 'Painterly' 
• MAC Pro Eye Shadow 'Always Sunny' as my transitional color all over my crease and above the crease
• MAC Pro Eye Shadow 'Uninterrupted' on crease (blending) 
• Urban Decay / Smokey Palette 'Blackout' eye shadow on the outer crease working to the middle with little to no product on the brush
• Urban Decay / Smokey Palette 'Kinky' eye shadow on lid and under brow bone
• Ardency Inn pigment 'Teddy Boy' on lid (over e/s)
• MAC Fluidline 'Great Dame' on upper and lower lash line and waterline including the wing liner on lower eyelash line
• MAC Pro Eye Shadow 'Uninterrupted' on the lower lash line blend...blend...blend...
• MAC Upward Mascara on upper and lower lashes
• Eyelure Katy Perry Lashes 'Ka-Boom' (discontinued)

FACE:

• Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre 
• Make Up For Ever Step 1 Base 'Smoothing Primer'
• MAC Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone Treatment
• Ardency Inn Foundation 'Medium Golden' and Medium Beige' 
• MAC Strobe Liquid Lotion Hydratante Lumineuse

I mixed the MAC strobe liquid lotion with the two foundations then applied on my face using a brush (a beauty blender would work just fine).

• MAC Sculpting Powder 'Shadester' ton contour
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Bronzer 'Radiant Bronze Light' 
• KiKo Soft Blush #108

Lips:
NARS lip gloss 'Supervixen'

Makeup for Green Eyes or "Green" color lovers :)

with false lashes

without lashes

FACE:

• Embryolisse Lait Creme Concentrate

• Boscia No Pores No Shine T-Zone Treatment - only applied on my my T-zone to help reduce large pores and shine.

• MAC Pro Longwear Nourishing Waterproof Foundation NC35
• used Bdellium Tools #957 Brush

• Kevyn Aucoin 'The Sensual Skin Enhanced SX07' to highlight/conceal
• Under the eyes, middle of the forehead, upper lip and chin
• Used Morphe Brushes G2 (Gun Metal Collection) to buff out

• Besame Cosmetics 'Brightening Vanilla' Face Powder
• applied over the areas I conceal with K. Aucoin

• MAC Sculpting Powder 'Shadester' to contour 
• Used Bdellium Tools #944 Brush

•  Stila Cosmetics Creme Blush 'Gerber'

•  MAC Sculpting Powder 'Whisper of Gilt'

• NYX Cosmetics Micro Brow Pencil 'Ash Brown' and MAC Brow Set 'Beguile' 

EYES:

• MAC Pro Paint Pot 'Painterly' 

• Make Up For Ever Matte eye shadow 'M322'
• blend on lid and crease using MAC #224

• MAC eye shadow 'Natural Wilderness' (discontinued) on lid and lower lid

•  MAC eye shadow 'Plumage' on lower lash line
• used Eve Pearl smudge brush 

• Buxom Hold the Line Waterproof Eyeliner 'Call Me'
• applied on my waterline 

• IT Cosmetics Hello Lashes Mascara 'Blackest Black'

• NYX Cosmetics False Lash EL 123

LIPS:

• MAC Lipglass 'PRRR'

 

Fall 2015 Makeup Look #1 - Plum/Purple

Swatches of the colors that I used in the palette

This is such a pretty color (4th swatch /left to right).  It reminds me of MAC e/s 'Creme De Violet'.  I used a Crown #C433 Pro Blending Brush to blend all over my lid.  It doesn't matter if you get some color on the crease.  

Using the same brush, I blended this chocolate brown (2nd color from the swatches above/L to R) on my crease concentrating in the inner and outer crease.

Next, I combined these two colors (5th & 6th color in the swatches above) and blended over the chocolate color on my crease and with little to no product on the brush, I blended above the crease.

I actually used the Caramel color (next to the pink/first color from swatches above/Left to Right) first on my crease as my transitional color before I applied any other colors.

This pretty pink eye shadow went above the crease

Last, I applied Inglot pigment #35 on the lid

 

I used the same colors on lower lash line (except the pink and caramel color)

Face: 

• Ardency Inn Foundation 'Medium Beige' and 'Medium Golden'
• Kevyn Aucoin The Celestial Skin Liquid Lighting
• MAC Strobe Liquid Luminous Lotion (discontinued)
• MAC Powder 'Shadester' to contour
• Buxom Bronzer 'Tahiti'
• Morphe 9 B Blush Palette Pink (2 row/last color left to right) and Mauve (3 row/2 color left to right) color.

LIPS:

• ColourPop Lippie 'LBB'
• ColourPop Liner 'LBB'
• MAC Limited Holiday Cremesheen Glass 'Courting Chic'

Hautelook Haul - Josie Moran, Ardency Inn & Morphe Brushes

I did some damage shopping at Hautelook.com

Hautelook was having GREAT BEAUTY deals and I purchased:

• Josie Maran

• Ardency Inn 

• Morphe Brushes 

Josie Moran

Josie Maran Whipped Argan Oil illuminizing Body Butter

I saw Josie Maran share this product on QVC (or at least mentioned a product similar to it) and I knew I WANTED it.  Hautelook had it for $7.00 each so I purchased 2.  It's a small container, smells wonderful and leaves a small shimmer (illuminizer) on your body.

Soft pink radiance Vanilla Fig Scent

The consistency is thick but feels so nice on the skin and fresh. 

 

 


Ardency Inn

I started using Ardency Inn products last year mainly eye products and have come to really like it.  I've been tempted to try the foundation except I find it pricey for the amount of product you get.  However, it has almost the same concept as Cover FX Custom Cover Drops so by mixing the foundation with other products you will save from using too much of it. 

Shades: Medium Beige and Medium Golden

I purchased two different shades (shades name above) and have not stopped using it since I received it.  I love it!!!  It matches me perfectly, it's light weight, medium to full coverage, has a pump and gives me such a beautiful "skin" finish.  The bottle is 0.5 oz and I only paid $15 on Hautelook opposed to $38 at Sephora.  I combined both colors by using one pump of each and mix it with my liquid bronzer and highlighter.   

The texture is thick and it doesn't dry too quickly after applying on the face, which I like so you can blend without rushing.  I use a palette to mix my liquid and cream and what I have noticed is that it would dry quickly on the palette.

Supercharge Eye Liners - Top: Hot Pink  / Bottom: Grey

I love the Supercharge Eye liners because it's creamy, applies smoothly and lasts a long time.  It works great on the water line especially for those who have sensitive eyes.  I paid $7.50 each on Hautlook opposed to $19 at Sephora.

Teddy Boy pigment

I am a huge fan of pigments and when I saw this color it screamed "FALL" to me.  It's such a pretty maroon/red color with turquoise glitter.  The pigment contains 0.05 oz and I paid 12.00  on Hautlook opposed to paying $32.00 at Sephora.

No Base

Morphe Brushes:

Left: Blush Palette 9 B / Right: Eye Palette 35 W

Swatches of the 35 W Palette below (no base applied)

Row 1 / Left to Right

Row 2 / Left to Right

Row 3 / Left to Right

Row 4 / Left to Right

Row 5 / Left to Right

Swatches of the Blush Palette - starting from row 1 - left side and working across (no base) -----

This is my first time ever trying makeup by Morphe Brushes.  As you can see from the swatches above, the eye and blush palette is very pigmented and opaque. The texture is soft and easy to blend with no fall outs.  Both palettes are great to use on any skin complexion since it has a diverse of colors from matte, satin and shimmer as well as a great everyday use.

I paid $15 for each palette on Hautelook opposed to $39.95 on Morphe Brushes.com.  Click the link above - the 2 two palettes are on sale for $19.99.