Thursday, August 26, 2010

Bronzed



I did a bronze summer look with winged liner, again another basic summer look. I used NYC New York Color cosmetics pallet in 818 A Union Sq.



                  Face: 
Rimmel 25 hr foundation 200 soft beige
 Mac studio fix concealer NW20
Mac studio fix powder NC35
                  Eyes:
NYC New York Color 818A Union SQ
Bronze (lid)
Lighter Brown (crease)
Darker Brown (outer corner)
Wet & Wild e/s crembrule (highlight)
Wet & Wild gel liner (black)
Rimmel Max lash mascara
VS eyeliner (black)
                 Lips: 
VS lipstick (shy)

Natrual




For this look I went really natrual and really simple I only used 3 colors from ELF Cosmetics.
 
                    Face: 
Rimmel 25 hr foundation 200 soft beige
 Mac studio fix concealer NW20
Mac studio fix powder NC35
                      Eyes:
ELF mineral e/s natrual (lid)
ELF mineral e/s celebrrity (crease)
Wet & Wild  e/s crembrule (highlight)
Wet & Wild gel liner (black)
Cover Girl eyeliner (black)
Rimmel max volume lash (blackest black)
                      Lips:
VS lipstick (shy)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

ELF Mineral Eyeshadows Review


I got these eyeshadows for free with a purchase over 20 and they would send you 10 free mineral shadows of your choice, these the were colors I chose.


If you were to normally buy these shadows they would be $3 a piece. You can find them at ELF.


Here's the list of the colors I got.
Confident: is a glittery chocolate brown.
Earthy: a shimmery lighter green.
Natural: a shimmery vibrant beige.
Enchanting: a matte flesh tone shade.
Glamourous: shimmery purpley pink.
Wild: glittery dark chocolate brown.
Seductive: highly pigmented matte black.
Golden: shimmery bronze.
Celebrity: shimmery taupe-ish shade
Sassy: shimmery darker tan.


Pros:
  • Jars come packed with product
  • $3 price tag
  • well pigmented
  • last all day
  • not a ton of fall out
  • gorgeous colors




Cons:
  • need more colors please!! :)
  • should be available at more Targets, Kmarts, ect...


And here are some swatches...






Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Bronzey/Brown



I've been doing this look alot, it's basically my every day/work look. Mostly everything I used can be picked up at a drugstore. I only used Maybelline's sunbaked neutrals palette.







Face:
  • Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer (Light to Neutral 30)
  • Mac Studio Fix Powder (NC35)
  • Maybelline Dream Mousse concealer (beige medium)


Eyes:
  • Maybelline Sunbaked Neutral palette (Lid: Gold, Crease: Dark Brown, Highlight: offwhite beige)
  • Wet and Wild Gel Liner (black 886)
  • NYC Maximum Boost Volumizing Mascara (black)
  • Maybelline eyeliner (carbon)


Lips:
  • Victoria's Secret: Volumizing Lip Plumper (clear)







Sunday, July 25, 2010

Review Maybelline dream smooth mousse



So I bought these at my local CVS for the buy 1 get 1 50% off sale. I've been using it for about a week now and so far I really like it.



The cream whipped foundation goes on smoothly and it's very blendable. I only use one swipe and it's good enough to use on my entire face. It definitely lasts for a good portion of the day, I haven't had to touch it up during my work day so far.
My shade is 240 Natural Beige.




The dream mousse concealer also goes on very smoothly but you need to blend it in well it has a thicker consistency, a little bit of this will go a long way.
If you have dark circles I'd recommend this product, it covered mine up pretty well and all I had to do was put powder on top of it to hold it in place.



The one thing that I don't like about this product is it doesn't withstand the 95 degree temp we have right now, but other then that I love it and I will most likely end up buying it again.
My shade is Beige Medium 0-2.5