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

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:

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. 

Lip Products I'm Using Up

     I sat down the other day to write up a 'Project 10 Pan' list, and I realized I have SO many lip products I don't use. I am just lazy is what the main problem is. I never put lipstick on, and when I do, I grab the same few over and over.  

      My solution to this was to pull some out of the 'Lip' drawer, and put them in plain sight on my table. If they are there in front of my face, I'll be more apt to reach for them. So I have a little collection here that I want to use up and be done with, so I work on ones I really like better. I also decided to include my lip liners, as I forget about them a lot of times also.

    So what am I using up??

Lip Liners:

Essence - In The Nude

MAC - Saunter

Jordana - Baby Berry

Jordana - Tawny

NYX - Citrus

NYX - Rose

NYX - Nude Pink

Lipsticks:

WnW - Think Pink

WnW - Bare It All

Essence - Creamy Nude (my FAVE, but it's almost gone)

Revlon Lip Butter - Sugar Frosting

Revlon Lip Butter - Pink Truffle

Revlon Lip Butter - Cupcake

Jordana Easyshine - Pink Lemonade

Lip Glosses:

Sephora Nectar Shine - Litchi Shine

Maybelline - Berry Dazzle

NYC - #555 Iced Orchid

NYC - #554 Golden Sunset (maybe?)

Mary Kay - Gold Sequins

Essence XXXL Shine - Timeless Beauty

So that's what in my cup for now. I'll keep you updated on how it's going!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!

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!

My Look: Orange You Glad It's Coral?

I miss my coral so much! I've been slacking on using all my coral makeup that I love so much. So, we got reacquainted today ;-) I also busted out my Coastal Scents Hot Pots that I haven't used in a while. I don't know, they ar really great eye shadows. If you want to see swatches of what I have, you can click here. I also want to mention that you will notice below that I used a lot of different blushes. But as you can see from the pictures, I used a light hand, and lots of blending. I like the effect it gave.

Swatchfest: Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipsticks

Hi my dolls! This post is pretty self explanatory, so I don't have much to say here lol. This is not the entire MegaLast collection, just the shades that I have. I seriously love these lipsticks. My only gripe (as I've stated before) is that they can be a tad drying. They do have good staying power, and are an amazing price. 

What are your favorites from this line?

HUGE HAUL!!!

It's my 1 Year Blog-iversary!!! I'm so excited! This has been such a fun year for me. Finding all these new exciting makeup products, the beauty community, making new friends, and finding something I love to do. I want to THANK all of you for all your support. You have all been so amazing, and I appreciate all your kind words and encouragement. Such amazing people I have found. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart <3

For something fun for my 1 Year post, I have a HUGE collective haul! There will be a video linked at the bottom if you wish to check that out. Below the jump I will have pictures and swatches of everything I got. Enjoy loves!!

My Look: Neutral Eyes & Bold Lips

Quick post guys! Just wanted to share a look I wore the other day. Enjoy!

Face

NYC Smooth Skin primer

Garnier BB Cream

Mary Kay mineral powder

Physicians Formula Bronze Booster bronzer

Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Exposed

Physicians Formula Happy Booster Translucent (highlight)

Eyes

Sephora lid primer

L'Oreal quad - Landscape

Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Demolition (lower lashes)

Maybelline Mega Plush mascara

Lips

Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Fruitti

Sinful Colors gloss in Italian Ice

Blush & Lipstick Haul

I think it's no secret by now that I am a blush hoarder. I just love blush, I can't help it. I have been lusting after the Tarte blush in Exposed for about forever now, so I picked that up a few days ago. I have a couple NYX blushes I also picked up recently, and my very first MAC blush. I am obsessed with the thought of MAC blushes right now. I don't want anything else, just MAC blushes. Yes, I have issues, I understand this ;)

I also picked up a couple more of the Wet n Wild MegaLast lipsticks because I found them on clearance at Meijer for only 49 cents! I couldn't believe it, I couldn't pass it up. 

On to pics and swatches!

March Faves

    I realize it's not quite the end of the month, but I felt like doing my favorites now anyway :-p I will gone next weekend (the end of the month) doing wedding festivities with my brother, so I figured now was a good time.

    I do not have a TON of stuff, as there are things I am using every single day to use up. You can check out my post on that HERE. I will be posting on update to that very soon also.

5 Pink Lipsticks

    Taking a break from nail polish in the 5 Series, I have some lovely pink lipsticks for your enjoyment today. All of these are available at your local drugstore. By the way, do you have any idea how hard it is to take a picture of your own mouth, IN FOCUS? I think I took about 50 pictures, and got 1 good one of each shade. Holy mackerel. LOL

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter - Strawberry Shortcake

NYX Round Lipstick - Thalia

Rimmel Lasting Finish - Airy Fairy

Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter - Sweet Tart

Rimmel Lasting Finish - En Vogue

Strawberry Shortcake / Thalia / Airy Fairy / Sweet Tart / En Vogue

New Goodies - and a LOTD!

    So today I got use my new Urban Decay Naked palette! So excited!! I saved up for it and I got the last one at Ulta. These babies have been selling out for a year now, that's crazy. Yes, it is expensive ($48) but it doesn't seem bad when you factor it all out. A single Urban Decay e/s is $17, and there are 12 in this palette. You also get a small size Urban Decay Primer Potion (lid primer), and the small size is $9. You also get an e/s brush which is $20 on it's own. So $233 worth of makeup for $48 is not too bad at all.

*photo courtesy of Urban Decay*

    I only used 2 brushes for this look today. I also did something I've never done before: RED lip stick! I hope you enjoy!

1) Prime the lids. I used NYX Jumbo Pencil in "Milk", which is a creamy matte white. 

2) Using a fluffy brush, I applied the color "Virgin" (lightest color, white frost) all over my lid, inner tear duct, and for my brow highlight. 

3) Next I applied the color "Naked" (light matte brown) to my crease, and blended up.

4) Still using the same fluffy brush, I applied the color "Buck" (darker matte brown) just into the crease to deepen it. Using the fluffy brush is doing 2 steps in one by applying the color and blending at the same time. It's also giving you a less defined, more natural look.

5) Using a brown eyeliner, I lined my upper lid and my lower waterline.

6) Using a small detail brush, I applied the color "Darkhorse" (darkest brown, frosted shade) to my outer V, and over the brown eyeliner. I also smudged it slightly under the lower lash line.

7) I curled my lashes, and applied my Cover Girl Lash Blast mascara. 

8) For the rest of my face I contoured my cheeks lightly with my NYC bronzer, and used my Hard Candy blush on the apples of my cheeks. It gives you more of a glow, rather than a color.

9) On my lips I used my Carmex lip balm, and topped it with "Ruby" lipstick by NYC. I've never used red lipstick before (it kind of scares me!) I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Thoughts?

Happy beautifying!!

My Top 5 Lip Colors

From L to R:

Ulta "Bare Shimmer" lip stick    $8 (discontinued)

NYC "Cafe" lipstick     99 cents

Sephora "Litchi Shine" lip gloss      $3

Jordana "E-123" lip gloss     $1.89

Milani "Summer Baby" lip gloss     $4.19

What do you like to rock on your lips?

**Note: I did not pay $8 for a lip stick, I got that for free =)