My Look: Glammed Up with Too Faced - A Few of My Favorite Things

I look very unamused lol

Face:

NYX Pore Filler

Revlon Colorstay foundation

Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer

ELF HD powder

(From palette)

Sun Bunny bronzer

Melt Into Spring blush

Benefit Watt's Up! highlighter

Essence highlight in Swag!

Eyes:

MAC Painterly paint pot

(from palette)

Milk Chocolate (blender shade)

Snowflakes (brow)

Blue Satin Sashes (crease)

Bluff (lid)

Party Time (lid)

Ooh La Orchid (lower lash line)

black gel liner

purple pencil liner (waterline)

CoverGirl Clump Crusher mascara

L'Oreal Full Definition mascara

I'm loving this palette so far. What do you think?

My Look: Testing Out Too Faced

I did a little video getting ready with this look, trying out the palette. I just wanted to list products for you guys and show some extra pictures. Make sure you are subscribed to my YouTube channel to catch my videos :)

Eyes:

Maybelline LE Color Tattoo in Just Beige

LA Colors jumbo pencil in Sand Castles (lid)

(from palette)

Cream Colored Ponies (all over)

Chocolate Milk (blender shade)

Woolen Mittens (crease)

Moon on Their Wings (inner 3rd lid)

Crisp Apple Strudel (middle lid)

Buche de Noel (outer V & lower lash line)

Pure Glam (deepen outer V)

Milani Liquif'Eye in Brown (waterline)

Too Faced Better Than Sex mascara

Lips: Lip Injection Color Bomb in Bee Sting

Face:

NYX Pore Filler

Rimmel Stay Matte Liquid Mousse foundation

ELF HD powder

Essence Beauty Beats highlighter in Swag!

(from palette)

Sun Bunny bronzer (to bronze)

Chocolate Soleil bronzer (contour)

Melt into Spring blush

Swatches & Photos: Too Faced - A Few of my Favorite Things

This kit is exclusive to Sephora, and is Limited Edition, so get it while you can! I highly recommend it!

This kit retails for $56.00 USD.

Included is:

Pink & gold chevron clutch

Lip Injection Color Bomb in Bee Sting

Better Than Sex deluxe sample size mascara

20 eyeshadows

2 bronzers

2 blushes

small "look book"

All swatches are finger swatches on bare skin

Snowflakes / Whiskers on Kittens / Chocolate Milk / Moon on Their Wings / Dark Chocolate

Cream Colored Ponies / Honey Honey / Buche de Noel / Evergreen / Blue Satin Sashes

Coquet / Taffy / Crisp Apple Strudel / Woolen Mittens / Soiree

Tinsel / Bluff / Ooh La Orchid / Party Time / Pure Glam

All the shades are very pigmented, and are wonderfully pigmented. The only shades with a little trouble are the matte purple "Ooh La Orchid" and the shimmery "Party Time". "Ooh La Orchid" just needs a little help when applied, just build it up. "Party Time" is not the spectacular shade it appears in the pan, more like an overshadow actually. I'd use it over top of another shadow to give it a little "pop!".

Chocolate Soleil / Melt into Spring / Raindrops on Roses / Sun Bunny

No complaints in the face products department! All winners in my book, and I'm especially fond of the peachy coral shade - Melt into Spring.

The "Better Than Sex" mascara is just ok for me. It reminds me of Almay Get Up & Grow, as far as the brush. It's nothing special, but it's not bad either. 

First of all, I'm sorry I have to say this, but this lip stick looks like a penis. I'm sorry that's disgusting, but it does. It's quite off-putting. The color is beautiful, ou know I'm partial to natural nude shades. However, I'd wear this over a lip balm, so as to have a "buffer". The name of this shade is "Bee Sting" and I find that perfect, because that's what it feels like. It hurts SO bad on the lips!

All together, I am more than pleased with this purchase. You like? 

I give this an:

My Look: Cranberry Crush

I love Instagram. The filters just make such pretty pictures (see above haha).

   I purchased a couple of the new balm stain thingy's by Jordana. The colors I chose were Candied Coral (woah baby, in your face color!) and also Cranberry Crush, which I am wearing in this look. I'm really super liking them. "Super liking"? I think I just turned 5 years old LOL. Anywho, I think the cranberry shade is such a perfect fall color. If you know me, bold lips scare the crap out of me, but I can work this one.

Excuse lack of close up shot in this post, as again, this are iPhone pictures done on a whim. My bad.

Ah, the awkward smirk. What a gem.

Face:

L'Oreal True Match

Rimmel Stay Matte powder

CoverGirl + Olay concealer

Revlon Bronzed & Chic bronzer

Milani Luminoso blush

Hard Candy Tiki highlight

Eyes:

MAC Painterly paint pot

Too Faced shadows:

Teddy Bear (crease)

Blonde Ambition (lid)

Wet n Wild Brulee (brow)

CoverGirl Clump Crusher

Almay Get Up & Grow

Wet n Wild brow kit

Lips: 

Dr. Pepper Lip Smacker

Jordana Balm Stain in Cranberry Crush

My Look: Golden Holiday

Merry Christmas to all my readers out there! 

      I meant to get this up yesterday, but I just haven't had anytime. Lots of holiday happenings around here, and today I just wanted to spend time with my family. 

     This was the look I wore on Sunday for my family Christmas gathering, and I wanted to share it with you all. I think it could be amped up a bit for a New Years look too.

Products Used:

Revlon Colorstay Whipped foundation

Maybelline Mineral Power concealer

NARS Laguna Bronzer

Tarte blush in Exposed

Maybelline Color Tattoo in Gold Rush

Wet n Wild single in Brulee'

Too Faced Natural Eye palette:

Velvet Revolver (crease)

Heaven (brow)

Honey Pot (lid)

Sexpresso + Cocoa Puff (outer corner)

Milani Liquif'Eye in Gold (lower lash line)

Milani Liquif'Eye in Black (waterline)

Milani Eye Tech liquid liner (upper lashline)

Milani mascara

Wet n Wild lipstick in Cherry Picking

Revlon Lip Butter in Cherry Tart

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. 

It's My Birthday, & I'll Cry If I Want To!

   

     Ok, so I don't really want to cry. Well maybe a little bit, just because I waited too long to do pictures, and I was losing daylight quickly. If you know me, you will know I celebrated the 3rd anniversary of my 25th birthday on Wednesday. Technically today is not my birthday, but I am headed out with my friends tonight to celebrate. EDIT: This should have went up yesterday, so I celebrated last night.

   I spent over an hour doing my hair today. I straightened it, I curled it, and I still ended up with a messy bun. Story of my life, I swear.

My Look: A Mermaids Tale

Hello my loves! I got to thinking earlier: it's almost the end of summer. Holy cow! How in the hell did that happen?? If you have kids, like me, then you know school will be starting again very soon (whoo hoo!) With then end of summer comes fall and winter. In the makeup world that means something important: goodbye colorful makeup and nails, hello neutrals and Earth tones! So what I was thinking is this: I need to wear my colorful things while I still can. I need to lay off the neutrals for a while, because they will be getting good use very soon. 

I am rocking coral nails (Jessie's Girl 'JulieG' actually), and I decided to do a teal colored eye. I used my Too Faced Summer Eye palette for this look. To see what I did, keep reading!

My Look: Curly Girly

    Hi loves! How's things? I'm doing my Friday night usual: watching the Travel Channel. The Dead Files is on now, which I like. But really I watch for Ghost Adventures. Oh that Zak... my dream boyfriend. He is too yummy, lol! Even my husband knows, Friday night is Zak night, so leave me alone HAHA ;)

    Today did not entail too much adventure. My husband is on 3rd shift this week, so it's been a drag around here. Trying to find things for 4 kids to do so their dad can sleep all day, is actually very hard. It's defiantly wearing me down, dealing with all the fighting and bickering all on my own. 

Enough of all that, that's not what you stopped by for anyway ;) On to today's look!

5 Minute Face

    I hope everyone enjoyed their Father's Day yesterday, and spent some quality time with the special daddy's in their lives. =) I hung around the house, and the boys and hubby worked out in the barn on their go-kart project. They've all been having a blast tearing it down and repainting it. I went for a quick, simple look yesterday as it was really hot. I didn't much feel like sitting in front of the mirror for ages working on makeup, when I was just going to be at home. This is what I came up with. Enjoy!

My Look: Summer Days

    Been doing a lot of makeup related things the last couple of days. I have a new project I want to undertake for the blog, so I spent a good chunk of time taking TONS of notes yesterday. Yes, I am a note taking nerd. Also reorganized the collection a little bit, and made this big college that I saw on Pinterest. I also ran to Sephora and got some samples of Smashbox BB Cream, and Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer. Today the babies and I got out of the house, went to lunch and ran to Ulta. At Ulta I picked up NYX's blush in Peach, and the Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Exposed. I've been wanting it for a REALLY long time. I figure since I'm pretty much done working, it's now or never. I'll let you know how I enjoy all these things. 

Face:

Smashbox BB Cream in Fair

Maybelline Mineral Power concealer

NYX Stay Matte, Not Flat powder

PF Bronze Booster Seasons bronzer

Milani Baked Blush in Corallina

PF Mineral Glow Pearls in Light Bronze

Eyes:

MAC paint pot in Painterly

Too Faced Summer Eye palette:

Peach Fuzz + Sunbeam (lid, inner corner, and brow bone)

Cocoa Beach (crease & lower lashes)

Sugar Sand (above crease to blend everything)

Maybelline Falsies Flared mascara (top)

Maybelline Lash Discovery (bottom)

On Trend: Coral for Summer

Not much to write about today, just kind of tired and blah. I used my Too Faced Summer Eye palette to complete this eye look today. Enjoy!

My Look: Coral Crush

    Today I have a look using my Too Faced Summer Eye palette. Too Faced palettes come with these little cards with different makeup looks on them. The cards and the palette both are labeled "Day", "Classic" and "Fashion". I attempted to duplicate the "Classic" look from the cards. Attempted being the key word in that sentence, haha. 

Face:

Hard Candy Sheer Envy primer

Neutrogena Healthy Skin foundation

Maybelline Mineral Power concealer

ELF Golden bronzer 

(Darker colors as a contour/ blush combo. Lightest shade as highlight)

Eyes:

MAC paint pot in Painterly

Peach Fuzz from lashes to brow

Coral Crush on lid

Chocolate Sun in the crease and under lower lash line

NYC bronzer in Sunny to blend out the crease (I found the 1st brown too harsh)

Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Demolition (outer half lid, lower waterline)

Maybelline Falsies Flared mascara

Lips:

Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Fruitti 

Swatchfest: Too Faced Summer Eye palette

    As you know, I purchased the new Too Faced Summer Eye palette the other day. I had to ask for it at Sephora because it wasn't on display yet. But they pulled one out of the drawer, and I was the first purchaser ;-) Super exciting, I assure you. So here are some pictures and swatches, and I will post my initial impressions at the bottom. Enjoy!

L - R:

Sugar Sand - Plumeria - Cocoa Beach - Peach Fuzz - Coral Crush - Chocolate Sun - 

Sunbeam - Mermaid - Toasted Coconut

Toasted Coconut - Mermaid - Sunbeam - Chocolate Sun - Coral Crush - Peach Fuzz -

Cocoa Beach - Plumeria - Sugar Sand

    My favorite shades of this palette would be: Sugar Sand (reminds me of Urban Decay's Sin a little bit), Mermaid, and Toasted Coconut (such a nice warm brown). I do like all of the shades, those are just my favorites. The only one I could care less for would be Sunbeam. Both Sunbeam and Peach Fuzz have TONS of glitter, but at least with Peach Fuzz, the eye shadow actually shows up. I feel like when I apply Sunbeam I get all glitter and no eye shadow. Kind of annoying. You can even see by the swatches that it just looks poopy. Boo! 

Overall, I really like this palette as a whole. It has some very beautiful brown shades, very warm toned. I love the pinks because they are not overbearing (Urban Decay Woodstock anyone?). Lastly, who doesn't love coral, I mean come on! ;-)  I give this palette an A-.  If it weren't for that crappy Sunbeam shade, and the $36 price tag, I'd give it an A+.