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

Recent Nail Looks

Hi beauties!     

I haven't done a "Nails of the Month" post or video lately, and I have pictures just collecting up. So I thought it was time to do a post! Polishes used will be listed below each photo of course. Enjoy!

L'Oreal - Creme Puffs (Versailles collection)

NOPI - Rainbow in the S-Kylie

Sinful Colors - Beverly Hills (pink)

Sinful Colors - Lavender (purple)

Sinful Colors - Beverly Hills (base color)

Sinful Colors - Lavender (stripes)

Milani - White on the Spot (Hello Kitty's face)

Wet n Wild - Black Cream (eyes)

LA Colors - Shock (nose)

Wet n Wild MegaLast - Haze of Love (bow)

Revlon - Girly

Sinful Colors - Beverly Hills (base coat)

Maybelline - Twilight Rays

Sinful Colors - Black Magic

Milani - White on the Spot (base color)

Wet n Wild MegaLast - Sugar Coat (3 coats)

Sinful Colors - Gilded (accent)

     Obviously I have been having quite a love affair with Sinful Colors "Beverly Hills" lately LOL. It's such a pretty pink though! It was limited edition, but I still see it on clearance at Rite Aid and Walgreens every now and then. 

Swatch & Quick Review: Maybelline 'Caffeine Rush' palette

     If you are interested in this little palette, I highly suggest picking it up VERY soon. I don't know if these are being repackaged, or discontinued, but they are being clearanced out everywhere. I found mine at my local Meijer, and as you can see I paid $4.74  for it. 

    In a nutshell, I find these Maybelline EyeStudio palettes to be very buttery, pigmented and easy to blend. I highly recommend these little palettes if you can still get your hands on them. I also have the purple one in Amethyst Ablazed, which I can also swatch for you all. If you are a neutral lover (who isn't, who am I kidding? lol) I'd jump on this one before it's gone.

     On the top of the palette you have a very shimmery "top coat" if you will. This just adds a sheer wash of sparkle over any color you choose. Next we have a nice deep chocolate brown shade. On the left middle is a satin finish tan shade. Right middle is a standard brown/taupe color. The bottom shade is a creamy shade with a satin/ frost finish.

Do you have this palette, love it? Hate it? 

I give this palette:

I used this in a video that you can watch here:

My Look: Hi-Ho Silver!

Long time, no look post, eh? What can I say? I'm a slacker, but you already knew that hahahaha.

Face:

CoverGirl + Olay Eye Corrector #230

Wet n Wild Coverall foundation

Maybelline Mineral Power concealer

Rimmel Stay matte powder

NYX Liquid Illuminizer in Sunbeam

Hard Candy highlight in Tiki

NARS blush in Orgasm

Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer

Brows:

Revlon Brow Fantasy in Brunette

Wet n Wild brow kit

Eyes:

MAC Painterly paint pot

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Cool Crush

(from Urban Decay Naked 2 palette)

Tease (crease)

Foxy (brow highlight)

YDK (lid)

Pistol (lower lashes)

Jordana FabuLiner in Brown

CoverGirl Clump Crusher mascara

Swatches! NEW LE Maybelline Color Tattoos 2013!!

     ** There are 6 total shades in this collection, I only have 3 of them. There is also a lavender, a white-ish shade, and a sandy shade. **

(clockwise) Cool Crush, Icy Mint & Seashore Frost.

Cool Crush & Seashore Frost are both duochrome shades!!

L-R: Seashore Frost, Cool Crush & Icy Mint

My Look: Winter Blues

Hi my loves! 

I'm having this issue lately where I keep taking pictures of my makeup looks to blog, then I don't do it. That leads to me not remembering what I used when it comes time for me to blog it. 

LOL #bloggerissues #lazyass 

I'm just going to put a notepad and pen on my vanity so I remember to write it down everyday.

I DID however remember this one, as it was just the other day. 

I'm not normally one to wear a lot of blue eyeshadow. I'm not the worlds greatest makeup artist, so I can tend to look a tad 80's with blue shades sometimes. I think this look turned out alright though. You be the judge, let me know in the comments. Am I Olivia Newton-John "Let's get Physical", or is it alright? ;-)

Face:

NYC Smooth Skin Bronzer in Sunny

L'Oreal True Match blush in Innocent Flush

WnW Fergie highlight in Rose Champagne Glow

Eyes:

MAC Painterly paint pot

Maybelline Eyestudio quad in Spirited Seas

Ulta pencil liner in Indigo

Rimmel ScandalEyes mascara

Swatch & Comparison: New Maybelline Color Tattoo - Barely Branded

     Yesterday I put my foot in my mouth about the new gold Color Tattoo, and also the beige one. If you missed that post, you can click here. I wanted to do a swatchy swatch of Barely Branded today, and compare it to it's counterpart: Barely Beige. 

     I still stand by my original statement that if you missed out on Barely Beige, run out and get this new one. I said RUN, not walk. Go get it it, NOW. ;-) Both of these are very creamy champagne shades. I'd say that Barely beige may be a tad bit pinker.

Oh, and before I forget.... this just happens to by my 300th blog post. Pretty awesome :-)

Barely Beige  /  Barely Branded

Barely Beige  /  Barely Branded

Swatch & Comparison: New Maybelline Color Tattoo - Gold Rush

     Well friends, today I eat my own words. When I looked at the new Maybelline 24 Hour Metal Color Tattoos (what a long name!) the other day I decided the only one I needed was Inked in Pink. I use the word 'needed' loosely here. I thought it silly for them to release yet another gold shade. You have Bold Gold from the permanent line, there was Gold Shimmer in the fall collection, and now Gold Rush. I also thought I didn't need to pick up Barely Branded because it was so similar to Barely Beige from the fall collection also. Well the makeup addicted junkie in me looked up swatches of these new Metal shades and decided I needed both. 

    Gold Rush is VERY different from both of the other shades. In comparison, the other 2 don't even look gold. Gold Shimmer is more of a green tinged antique gold, and Bold Gold is more of a murky gold. 

    First up will be a swatch of Gold Rush, then in following photos will be comparisons to the other gold shades in the line.

Maybelline 24 Hour Metal Color Tattoo - Gold Rush

Bold Gold  /  Gold Shimmer  /  Gold Rush

Swatchfest: New Maybelline Color Tattoo - Inked in Pink

     I read on Nouveau Cheap blog that Maybelline will be coming out with new Color tattoos to add to the permanent line (I believe). These are called 24 Hour Metal, so they are all metallic shades.

    The good news is, for those of you who missed out on the LE fall Color Tattoos, there is one in the line called Barely Branded, that is pretty much identical to Barely Beige. There are 5 new Color Tattoos in total: Barely Branded (beige/champagne), Silver Strike (silver), Inked in Pink (metallic soft pink), Gold Rush (bright gold) and Electric Blue (electric blue, obvi). 

I found these new shades at my local Walmart for about $6. they were in a new end cap display with the new Rocket Volume Express mascara.

    The color I choose was Inked in Pink, which reminds me A LOT of the eyeshadow Sin from Urban Decay. The texture of this was super super creamy, more so even than some of my other Color Tattoos. It applies very nicely and evenly. You know how I feel about these COlor tattoos, I think they are AMAZING.

This is all the same swatch, I just showed it at different angles and lighting so you can get the best idea of how it looks.

Are you as excited as I am about NEW Color Tattoos???

Fall Eye Look: Go For Green!

Products Used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Mossy Green (lid only)

Wet n Wild single in Brulee' (crease to brow for easier blending)

Wet n Wild single in Envy (lid & lower lash line)

Wet n Wild single in Nutty (crease)

Essence Long Lasting Liner in Think Khaki (waterline)

Jordana FabuLiner in Black (top lash line)

Maybelline Mega Plush mascara

Essence No Limits mascara

Christmas Gift Guide to Show Your Guy 2012!!

     It's that time of year again... time for me to show you some of the awesome options out there for Christmas. I do this list so you can show your boyfriends/husbands exactly what you'd like (they need specifics girls!), but keep in mind you can also use this list as ideas for people you are shopping for also. Think Mom, Sister, Aunt, BFF, Teacher, etc. 

     There are WAY too many things on this list to have a picture of every single thing. Almost all product descriptions will be clickable links where you can go check it out. This list is composed of both drugstore and higher end products. I try to keep everyone's budget in mind when compiling this list. Also, let me say this: don't ask for mascara or foundation. I don't know why, it just seems too weird and personal to me. Besides, shade matching on ourselves it hard enough, don't even bother trying to have a guy do it LOL. 

Top Nail Polish Picks for Fall!

First up, sorry guys but I do not have nail swatches for this posts, just bottle shots. I don't have time to swatch 15 polishes right meow. I have a video detailing this post, which I will link below if you wish to watch. :-) Also, don't forget to subscribe to my youtube channel while you are there and show some support. Thanks loves!

What are your favorite colors for Fall?

Keep reading for close-ups!

Drugstore Mascara Run Down

I have tried quite a few mascaras in my day. Not every mascara in the drugstore, but a good number. I just wanted to list what is great, or not so great, about each mascara I've tried. At the end I will list them in order of my favorite to my least favorite.

What criteria do I look for in a mascara? Let's see:

- Volumizing

- Separating

- Lengthening

- No Smudging

- No Clumping

- No Flaking 

- Very Black in Color

- Dry Formula

- Holds A Curl

That's not a lot to ask for, is it? 

Swatchfest: Maybelline LE Fall 2012 - Tenacious Taupe

Hi my loves! Today I have my second - to - last post of the Maybelline LE Fall 2012 items I've collected. I have one more nail polish to swatch after this. 

Rite Aid has a deal going on right now (probably until Sat) where you spend $15 on Maybelline, you get $5 back in an UP Reward. The Maybelline lipsticks retail for $7.49, so with my $5 I had on my Rite Aid card, I picked this one up for a whopping $2.68 (that includes tax). 

This is the only lipstick in the collection that really appealed to me. I love nude lipsticks, but the rest were way to brown toned/too dark/ too rosy for my liking. 

To see a swatch and a comparison to other nude lipsticks that may be similar, keep reading!

Swatchfest: Maybelline Fall 2012 - Downtown Brown

What's up guys? Not much here, just running errands for the week ahead, and lounging around the homefront. 

For today's post I have one of the LE nail polishes from the Maybelline Fall 2012 collection. As I stated yesterday, I am LOVING this collection. I don't think I've ever been so excited for any kind of makeup collection ever before. I love this. I think I may actually go back to Rite Aid and pick up at least one of the lipsticks. 

Anywhoozle, onto the swatch!

Swatchfest: Maybelline LE Fall 2012 - Eyeshadows

Let me just start out by saying that this collection is AMAZING. I love pretty much everything in it. If you are unaware this collection is available at places such as Rite Aid and Walgreens. The collection consists of:

2 Brow Pencils

2 Master Drama Eyeliners

4 Color Tattoos

4 Blush & Bronzers

4 EyeStudio Quads

6 Lipsticks

6 Nail Colors

I have swatched the Color Tattoos already, and you can see that post here. I do need to add Mossy Green to that post, so please excuse my laziness on that. I have 2 of the nail polishes that I will swatch soon, but today I have 2 of the EyeStudio quads to share with you. The 2 quads I picked up were #200 - Smokey Cinnamon, and #400 - Olive Martini. 

Let me preface this by saying: At my Rite Aid they were also repromoting a quad from last years fall collection call 'Strut It Suede'. I don't know if that is a repromote for this collection, or if it was just in the wrong spot. So if you were looking for that quad last year, check the new display. You may get lucky. I have that quad (I found it at Big Lots for $3), so if you'd like swatches of it, let me know in the comments below. 

Swatchfest: Maybelline 2012 LE Color Tattoos

Hi loves! Today I have for you the very much searched for by me, new Color Tattoos. Very exciting stuff ladies! I have been searching high and low for these babies. I've been to probably 5 different Rite Aids, 2 Walgreens, and Meijer. No luck. Then last night, I just had a feeling. I told my husband to pull into this Rite Aid, and there they were! A full display just for me! ;-) 

I did notice on the display that they are repromoting 2 permanent shades with collection: Bad to the Bronze and Audacious Asphalt (which I already own). They also have a little eyeshadow brush on the display, to use with these products I am assuming. There are 4 shades total in this collection, but I only picked up 3. (I'm thinking I may pick up the green one as well). These retail for $6.69 each at Rite Aid. There are no deals going on with Maybelline this week unfortunately, but I did have a $2 UPreward coupon, bring my total to $20. 

The 3 shades I picked up, as you can see in the above picture: are Barely Beige, Gold Shimmer, and Rich Mahogany.

On to swatches, so keep reading!