My Look: I Love Myself Today

I finally had a day where I felt like taking a picture of myself. I have quite a bit going on in my life lately (I will have a Life Update video up in the next week). I just haven't felt "blog-worthy" lately. But yesterday I was just feeling it, so I snapped a selfie. 

Face:

CoverGirl TruBlend foundation

Maybelline Age Rewind concealer

ELF Tone Correcting powder in Warm (set under eyes)

NYC "Sunny" Bronzer

Wet n Wild "Reserve Your Cabana" highlighter

NARS "Madly" blush

Brows:

Maybelline Color Tattoo in "Matte Brown"

Milani Brow kit in Light (I use shade Brow2)

Eyes:

Maybelline quad in Desert Festival (LE fall 2013)

Jordana black FabuLiner

Milani mascara

TooFaced Lashgasm mascara

Lips:

NYX Butter Gloss in Peaches & Cream

My Look: Casual Mommy Monday

     I have a love/hate relationship with long weekends. It's nice having hubby and kids here, but it takes me hours and hours on the following Monday to put my house back in order. Needless to say, it was a sweats and simple makeup kind of day.

Some of today's products: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze, Essence single in Party All Night, Wet n Wild MegaLiner, NYC Color Wheel blush in Rose Glow, Hard Candy Tiki highlight, Milani Brow Fix kit.

My Über sophisticated and high couture outfit of the day, complete with intricate updo (lololol!)

So what are you all doing on this Monday? Recovering from the weekend as well?

Have a lovely day beauties! 

My Halloween Look

      Yes, I so totally wore this all day. Even to my sons party at school, and he is in 2nd grade. 

It's how I roll haha!

Face:

Rimmel Stay Matte Liquid Mousse foundation (will review soon)

NYC Sunny Bronzer

Rimmel blush in Pink Sorbet

ELF blush in Peachy Keen

Eyes:

MAC Painterly paint pot

LA Colors jumbo pencil in purple (lid only)

theBalm Meet Matte Nude palette:

Matt Singe (buffer color)

Matt Malloy (brow)

Wet n Wild Fergie Desert Festival palette:

 Matte orange (crease)

LA Colors Holiday palette:

Bright purple (lid & lower lash line)

Shimmery white (inner corner)

Rimmel ScandalEyes liner in Black (smudged on upper & lower lash line)

Benefit They're Real mascara

I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Halloween!! 🎃👻

Dollar Tree Finds!

    I wondered on over to the Dollar Tree the other day (I honestly can't remember what for) and I decided I needed a new hair brush, and found some other goodies there also. I thought I'd share what kind of things can be found at the Dollar Tree lately, and a few swatches too!

   The ELF Lip Exfoliator pictured above was actually purchased at Target for $3, not at the Dollar Tree, but I thought I'd include it. Basically it's an exfoliating lip scrub in the shape of a lipstick and it tastes like vanilla. Simple enough.

     I did pick up the hair brush, and also a couple larger clips for keeping my hair out of my face while putting my makeup on, or doing my hair. They came together 2-in-1. 

The LA Colors Rapid Dry Top Coat is a bit of a disappointment for me. It's super runny like water, and it drags through my polish leaving little track marks. It also doesn't dry rapidly AT ALL. Granted it's only a $1, but pass on it. 

     If you watch my YouTube videos you know I am LOVING the ELF Matte Lip Colors. I have 5 out of the 6 available shades now, and found all of them at the Dollar Tree, although they are still available at Target and online. The shade I passed on is Praline because it's just too dark brown for me. The color I did pick up this time is Coral, which I was super pumped up about. It's a beautiful peachy nude color, and reminds me a bit of Just Peachy by Wet n Wild (one of my all time faves!)

   I also found a bunch of the Rimmel Glam Eye quads. I didn't however realize they were quads and not trios, until I was swatching the last one. So the first 2 palettes only show 3 swatches, not 4. Oops! They did have a few more shades available, I just picked up the ones I was interested in. I have worn the gold one already, and it is pretty nice. The only complaint I have is that the little strips of eyeshadow are really hard to get into, even with the little sponge applicator. While it is pretty to look at, the packaging leaves much to be desired in terms of usage. Swatches of everything is below!

Green Park

Royal Tea

Heart of Gold

ELF Matte Lip Color - Coral

Top Product Picks for Fall!

Foundation:

Revlon Photo Ready

L'Oreal True Match Lumi

Eyes:

Maybelline Color Tattoos in Pomegranate Punk & Mossy Green

Urban Decay Naked 2 palette

Lorac Pro palette

Wet n Wild Comfort Zone palette

Coastal Scents 88 Warm palette

Wet n Wild Knock on Wood trio

Maybelline Olive Martini quad

ELF baked shadow in Burnt Plum

Sephora Outrageous Metallic Eyeshadows - Bronze, Gray & Purple

Blush:

NARS Madly

Tarina Tarantino Neapolitan Lane

Tarte Exposed

Rimmel Spring Flower

Milani Sweet Rose

Milani Berry Amore

Wet n Wild Mellow Wine

Wet n Wild Berry Shimmer

Lips:

ELF Matte Lip Color - Tea Rose

Wet n Wild - Bare It All

Wet n Wild - Mauve Outta Here

NYX - Thalia

Revlon Lip Butter - Sugar Plum

Revlon Lip Butter - Raspberry Pie

Maybelline Vivids - Brazen Berry

NYC - Sheer Red

Swatched: Wet n Wild Tough Girl Collection Eyeshadows

       I finally found these little beauties at Walgreens today. There are 2 more trios in this collection, but I opted not to buy them knowing I'll never wear them.

      All of these trios have a great texture, none too powdery and none lacked in pigmentation. All swatches are one swipe, no primer.  Highly recommend them if you can find them!

Enlisting For Beauty

Soldiers in Charms

Spoiled Army Brat

Zero Dark Flirty

My Look: Wet n Wild "I'm Seeing Triples"

Face:

Wet n Wild Coverall foundation

LA Colors concealer

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Brightener

ELF HD Powder

Maybelline Instant Age Rewind powder

NYC Sunny Bronzer

NYX Terra Cotta blush

Eyes:

NYX jumbo pencil in Milk

Wet n Wild trio "I'm Seeing Triples"

NYX single in Sahara

Urban Decay shadow in Naked

Jordana FabuLiner in black

Rimmel ScandalEyes liner in Black

Almay Get Up & Grow mascara

Lips:

Wet n Wild Fergie lipstick in Fergie Daily

Rimmel Show Off Lip Lacquer in Stargazer

Thanks for the huge nose, dad! Jeez Louise!

See the tutorial here:

Wet n Wild Pop Art Craze Nail Polish Swatches

      I found these polishes at one of my local Rite Aid stores. This was on Thursday, and they were on sale for $0.69 instead of the regular $0.99. As this was last week, I'm sure the sale is over now. However, $1 is really nothing to pay for a polish anyway lol. There are 2 other colors I did not pick up; one being an orange shade and the other white. 

      Formula is the same on all of these polishes, except the green. The green is a bit more sheer/jelly like while the others are opaque creams. All swatches are 2 coats, except the green which is 3. I use NYC In a New York Minute topcoat. 

L-R:

Teal Slowly and See

Stand the Test of Lime

Who is Ultra Violet?

Listening to Blue Reed

I give all four of these polishes an:

Swatch & Quick Review: Revlon Colorstay quad "Delightful"

   Here is another "gem" I found on clearance at my local Meijer. I use the term "gem" lightly, and sarcastically in this situation. This particular quad is being discontinued from the line, so if you happen to be interested in it, I'd get it while you can. As you can see I only paid $3.49 for this quad. There were a few other ones on clearance also, but I didn't pay attention to exactly which ones. 

     In a nutshell: This quad looks beautiful in the pan and when swatched. It's a nice neutral quad, with a subtly pop of peach. That being said: the color does not transfer to the eyelid AT ALL. It boggles my mind how this swatch so beautifully on my hand, but when applied to the eye - nothing. I tried a brush and the sponge tip applicator also. Still - nothing. Such a shame considering how pretty it looks. If you are looking for a sheer, subtle eye look, this is your man (or girl, which ever you prefer). If you are looking for pigmentation, save your hard earned cash. All the other Colorstay quads get rave reviews, and I see now why this one is being discontinued. 

Left to right: white/ cream matte shade. Soft peach/pink satin shade. Yellowy tan satin shade. Chocolate brown demi matte shade.

What are your experiences with the Colorstay quads? Did I just pick a bad one or what??

I give this quad:

Top 10 Drugstore Lipsticks!!

Essence - Creamy Nude

ELF Matte Lip Color - Natural

Rimmel - Airy Fairy

L'Oreal Balm - Laze in the Maze

L'Oreal Balm - Caring Coral

same order as listed above

Wet n Wild MegaLast - Just Peachy

Wet n Wild MegaLast - Dollhouse Pink

Revlon Lip Butter - Sugar Plum

Maybelline Vivid - Hot Plum

Maybelline Vivid - Brazen Berry

same order as listed above

You can watch my video here:

My Look: Guru Inspiration - Leighann Says

I watched this awesome eye tutorial by Leighann Says on youtube the other day. She did a fun summer look incorporating orange, and I thought that would be fun to try out. Do you ever recreate a look you see on youtube? How often? I find myself doing it a lot, it's always really fun to play around and see if I can make my makeup look half as good as theirs lol. I will link Leighann's video below if you want to see exactly how to accomplish this look. :)

Face:

Wet n Wild Coverall foundation

Mary Kay mineral powder (t zone)

Maybelline Dream Matte powder (under eyes)

LA Colors concealer

NYC Sunny bronzer

NYX blush - Summer Peach

NYX eyeshadow - Sahara (highlight)

Eyes:

Maybelline Bold Gold color tattoo

theBalm Meet Matte Nude palette:

white + yellow: inner lid & brow highlight

Matte Singh (peachy shade) : crease

Wet n Wild Fergie "Desert Festival" palette:

orange: outer half of lid

dark brown + orange: darken crease

Essence liner - Bling Bling (lower lash line)

dark brown shade to blend that out

Almay Get Up & Grow mascara

Lips:

L'Oreal Balm - Laze in the Maze

Leighann's video: