Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Exciting news and an every Day Neutral/School Look

The last 2 days have been pretty amazing, i found out my grandparents are taking me and my 15 yr old cousin to las vegas for my 21st birthday (which ive been planning since i was like 12.) the last couple of years have been really hard and i knew i would never be able to go to vegas for my 21st birthday and they knew it was what id been dreaming about for forever so i guess they decided they would take me :D. Then today i had my appointment to sign all the paperwork and get enrolled in dental assistant courses thru PIMA medical institute! AND i start school on monday! ive been trying to get into school for years now but could never really decide what i wanted to do...enrolling in pima just felt natural and it all happened so fast and smoothly that i figured i better not second guess myself this is probably what im meant to be doing. so im extremely happy and feel like maybe this is the start of 2010 for me and things are going to get better.

Yesterday and today was the first time i decided to try and do neutral makeup so i could have some easy ways of doing my makeup for school. Ive been so used to doing big bright bold looks that i almost forgot how pretty neutral is plus i love how easy and fast it is to slap on some foundation,mascara, and eyeliner.

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What i did for this look is used my revlon colorstay foundation in sand beige with 1 drop of the MAC care blends essential oils in Sweet Orange&Lavender. i love the effect that the oil makes when mixed with any liquid foundation or concealer and blended in well with a stippling brush.

This is what the MAC Care blends essential oils looks like:
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The oil came out with the warm & cozy collection for a limited time.



Then i took a pinky plummy blush from ulta im not sure of the name unfortunately. contoured my cheeks and bronzed a bit.

For the eyes all i did was prime with UDPP and sweep a skin tone shadow all over lid to brow and with a brownish reddish eyeshadow from Sallys i defined the crease just a bit. I used my colossal lash mascara 2-3 coats to create big thick lashes. Lined the bottom and top waterline with loreal HIP eyeliner and filled in my eyebrows.

Super easy to do and only takes a good 5-10 mins.

This can work for anyone for school,work,or just every day. hope it was helpful!

[Please note:this blog contains my own thoughts and opinions. They are not influenced by anyone or any company.]

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Makeup Brushes

The main thing you need to create an effortless and flawless look is brushes. This is just a list of some of the most known brush brands and where you can find them but there is sooo many more companies that make brushes of different qualities,prices, and selection.

The top brushes that everyone recommends are MAC brushes. The quality of MAC brushes along with their cosmetics is perfection but with a price of between $17.50-$52.00 there are so many other companies that make products just as good at a price that wont empty your bank account.
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You can buy MAC brushes and other MAC products at http://www.maccosmetics.com/




while MAC brushes are great there is also plenty of duplicate brushes with just as good quality but at a much better price.


For starters there are Sigma Brushes

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Sigma brushes are exact dupes of MAC. The creator of these brushes wanted to create brushes that were of exact or maybe even better quality of MAC but at a price that virtually anyone can afford. And among some beauty gurus they have admitted that sigma brushes may even be better quality then MAC. These amazing brushes even have the same numbers as MAC but with an SS before the number for example:

the SS239 by sigma would be the equivalent of a MAC 239 and so on and so forth.
You can buy Sigma Brushes and other sigma products at http://www.sigmamakeup.com/



Another great brand of brushes are sephora brand brushes

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These brushes are very soft and easy to use. while they are a bit pricey they have a huge selection of all different types,shapes,and sizes. You can find pretty much any brush your looking for if you step into a sephora and they always have some sort of brush set you can find for a pretty good deal.

You can buy Sephora brand brushes (along with many other brands of brushes) at http://www.sephora.com/




Next we have Sonia Kashuk brushes which you can buy at any Target. i have to say these are one of my favorite lower end brushes. they are so soft and theres a wide variety to choose from plus during holidays you can buy awesome little sets that come with some cute travel bags. The quality of these brushes is fantastic for such a small price i definitely reccomend them to anyone that is just starting out and needs to build their collection.

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You can find Sonia Kashuk brushes and products at http://www.target.com/



Another great set of brushes are by NYX.

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the set above costs about $90.00

You can find NYX brushes and products at http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/ You can also find NYX products at http://www.cherryculture.com/ or check your local CCO.

I hope this was helpful to anyone thats just starting their collection and want to find good quality brushes and just didnt know where to start. :) Theres alot more brushes out there but for now these are just a few of my favorites. if you have any questions, feel free to ask ;) i dont bite.

[Please note:this blog contains my own thoughts and opinions. They are not influenced by anyone or any company.]

Friday, January 22, 2010

Matte Blue and brown

Today was sunny and not too cold and not too warm..i felt like wearing something bright and fun and this is what i came up with. i love doing all matte looks and its great that sallys sells some decent matte colors for only .89 cents. (with sally club card, .99 c. without)

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Products used were:
Face:
Revlon colorstay foundation in 180 Sand Beige
MAC select cover up in NW20
Blush and contour color are some random colors from the ULTA 69 pc blockbuster set.
Eyes:
UDPP
NYC white pencil liner (as the base for the blue)
(Lid)Sally girl eyeshadow in Aqua
(Crease) Kat Von D Beethoven palette - Leather (Matte brown)
(define crease) Kat Von D Beethoven palette - Lucifer (Matte Black)
a matte skin tone color for highlight. (ULTA)
Colossal lash mascara by maybelline
Lips:
Carmex
concealer
Loreal HIP shine struck liquid lipcolor in Euphoric

Brushes Used:
Face:
Sonia Kashuk stippling brush aka Highlighting brush
Eyes:
(Lid)Loew Cornell Maxines mop in 1/4th in.
(crease)Sonia Kashuk blending brush
(highlight)an image essentials angled eyeshadow brush from kmart


[Please note:this blog contains my own thoughts and opinions. They are not influenced by anyone or any company.]

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Smokin hot pink

Well with exactly 2 months until my 21st birthday im getting pretty creative and trying to figure out what exactly im going to wear and do with my makeup on my birthday! Honestly im gonna get so messed up that night that i probably wont remember what i wore on my face or body lol. Here's a look i did the other night for a challenge on Makeupgeek.com.

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Products Used:
FACE:
Revlon colorstay foundation in 180 Sand Beige
MAC select cover up in NW20
Blush and contour color are some random colors from the ULTA 69 pc blockbuster set.
EYES:
UDPP
(Lid)Jesse's girl eye dust in Pink Glitz (Foiled it on)
(crease)Jesse's girl eye dust in sparkle red
(define crease) with a matte dark pink from a loreal hip duo eyeshadow
(Liner)Loreal HIP color truth cream eyeliner in 905 Black
(Mascara)Maybelline the Colossal volum' express in classic black
LIPS:Maybelline A05 Pink Cloud (the red tube)
Loreal HIP shine struck liquid lipcolor in Euphoric